I got bored, and decided to level a mage character. Then, I remembered a certain dark Brotherhood fellow who inspired me with the phrase "Too much fascination with knives and arrows these days: A good spell can kill someone just as well." Or some such. :3
And so I made an Altmer. And then I realized he came with an illusion spel, Fury...
It was then that I realized how much FUN it is to make your enemies kill eachother, rather than you. From that point, I began leveling my Illusion. T'was rather slow goings, I'll admit, until I found a wonderful little spell: Courage.
A rather simple Buff spell, it prevents the target from being feared, and increases HP and Stamina. Spamming it on Lydia, I accidentally missed and hit some random guard. I was shocked when no confrontation ensued. Then I leveled my Illusion by spamming Courage, and, later, Rally on allies in cities.
I joined the Dark Brotherhood to continue my current goal: Become, what my friends would refer to it as, a "Mage-sassin". Creative lot, they are.
Not once has my character, Illekken, picked up a blade of any sort, nor any other melee, or ranged, weapon. His Illusion is above level 90, soon to reach 100. Destruction is just over 40, and I have leveled purely magicka.
(Quick note: I'm not making a character that is "Practical", so to speak. I'm making one I'll find enjoyable, and challenging. Sneaking is actually quite difficult when you need to prevent people from seeing the light of your spells, but Quiet casting removed any other real issue.)
And so, onto the earlier posed question. Has anyone tried this build, found success, or any other neat little things related, or not entirely related, to it?
And so I made an Altmer. And then I realized he came with an illusion spel, Fury...
It was then that I realized how much FUN it is to make your enemies kill eachother, rather than you. From that point, I began leveling my Illusion. T'was rather slow goings, I'll admit, until I found a wonderful little spell: Courage.
A rather simple Buff spell, it prevents the target from being feared, and increases HP and Stamina. Spamming it on Lydia, I accidentally missed and hit some random guard. I was shocked when no confrontation ensued. Then I leveled my Illusion by spamming Courage, and, later, Rally on allies in cities.
I joined the Dark Brotherhood to continue my current goal: Become, what my friends would refer to it as, a "Mage-sassin". Creative lot, they are.
Not once has my character, Illekken, picked up a blade of any sort, nor any other melee, or ranged, weapon. His Illusion is above level 90, soon to reach 100. Destruction is just over 40, and I have leveled purely magicka.
(Quick note: I'm not making a character that is "Practical", so to speak. I'm making one I'll find enjoyable, and challenging. Sneaking is actually quite difficult when you need to prevent people from seeing the light of your spells, but Quiet casting removed any other real issue.)
And so, onto the earlier posed question. Has anyone tried this build, found success, or any other neat little things related, or not entirely related, to it?