Stealth????

[dragon wench]

Originally Posted by oozae

It says so in the book, or did I forget something?You can't do that all the time my friend.

Hmmm.. Well I don't have the best memory for details, so you may well be right. I'll be sure to check when I get my mitts on the Cuirass and/or book.
Even if it does negatively effect Willpower though, it is not a big deal IMO. You would, in most cases still have enough Willpower so that it would not seriously hamper your ability to cast spells governed by it, and the 60% magicka resistance would negate the possibility of less Willpower making you more vulnerable to magic attack. Also, there is a nice little CE ring you can find early on that adds 10 points to both Willpower and Intelligence...

[Genetic]

Where do you find this ring?

[Raumoheru]

Are you medieval weapon expert?

But as for ''damage'' in real life that depends on how you swing your sword.. and there isn't much of difference on ''damage'' when comparing short and long blades.. (long and short sword) Mainly in games whole damage is just quite silly. But then game without those uber weapons perhaps wouldn't be so attractive for players. It would be nice to see some realism in RPG's..

i do have a *few* swords, but think about it. being stabed with a 2 foot blade, or being cleaved in half with a 6 foot blade? yes shortswords can hit fast and disrupt spells, but a claymore can usually kill a mage in one to two hits anyways.



EDIT: the ring is found in Samarys Ancestral Tomb, north west of seyda neen

[Wrath-Of-Egg]

Originally Posted by Raumoheru

i do have a *few* swords, but think about it. being stabed with a 2 foot blade, or being cleaved in half with a 6 foot blade? yes shortswords can hit fast and disrupt spells, but a claymore can usually kill a mage in one to two hits anyways.



EDIT: the ring is found in Samarys Ancestral Tomb, north west of seyda neen

Just walk on coast line towards Hla Oad..

Yes as for that claymore.. but that thing requires strength and space.. what if whole combat is fought in small cave? What if that mage will jump away and evede your blade? It would be more realistic. But hey as we all know or should know.. bad guys will always stay in one place and take that killing blow. Wht they cant move like one meter to left or right i dont know. But it is funny to watch how silly whole cartoon is. But lets back to the topic. So the evil mage has evaded your blade.. and now is searching something on pile of stuff. Your own blade is stuck on ground. Mage will find his spear and will run towards you trying to impale you. What do you do? take the blow? Try run away? Try to get sword out of the ground and defend yourself?

[Genetic]

You take out your short blade and parry! Then move in to finish him off.

[Raumoheru]

and how often do you think that situation will occur? Especially in a videogame

if it does happen whip out that spare daedric katana you got straped to your back