Jack of all trades /-/ master of none.

*master of all. :P

I regret putting some of my first perks into destruction magic. My character now is more of an Assassin, dagger and long sword to take advantage of blades. Gonna make him a stealthy backstabbing motherfucker. Arching is also very cool, and very satisfying with the backstabbing bonus (can I raise it beyond 3x?) Also got quite some perks in smithing since it's so easy to rank up and very useful to be able to improve armor/weapons. And just now getting into enchanting to ward myself against magic.

While specialization is key to a powerful character I don't think I'm spreading myself too thin. I already kill dragons with 3-4 powerful attacks.

Next time I'll make a mage/thief evil character robbing everyone blind.

Can probably expect a potion or something in future DLC to reset your perks.

Just had another brill session!, Riften is such a great city, did a few quest and had some great battles, also found a sweet powerfull Firebolt staff to buy :)

Not into alchemy that much, it's just a pain in the ass to find the ingredients and I don't like the idea of scrolling through a huge inventory of potions in the middle of a fight (I'll to it for healing and stamina occasionally). Breaks up the pace of combat.

When I think about it, my perks in lock picking don't seem to be that useful after all. I unlock the tougher ones with just 5-10 tries.

I am really enjoying my mage, I love using powers more than anything in games anyways so I feel right at home with this build.

Some things I love about the mage...

- Summoning a atronach to fight along with you, very powerful (yet Novice level) companion. I always summon it before entering a fight. And summoning strong dead corpses.
- Hadoken! I love charging up lightning bolts or fireballs and shoot them like Ryu/Ken from Street Fighter lol. I hope Master levels can be charged up to Akuma level :D I saw one master necromancer do that, loved it!
- I also really like the combining dual wield elements in each hand. For example fire + lightning and start unleashing them both, pure badassery! Though I wish you could merge two elements and then charge them into one and then release, that would be fantastic!
- Its a thinking mans game sometimes. Sometimes you have to use stradegy to make the best out of your magic for ultimate use, like Illusions, use Fear on the most fearsome bastard and them start doing damage.

Things I dont like...

- Staffs are good, but it needs to be constantly charged when you use too much. Though I buy those big gems, seems to take less power. I wish you could melee with them as well.
- Not to be able to merge two elements into one, unless there is one and I dont know it yet.

I cant find much cons as pros, I am loving the mage build alot.
I also did what ManThatYouFear told me, added Impact perk to Destruction, charging up a fireball with two hands and attacking two a enemy will stun them for a second, can't image more powerful powers.

I took out giants and mamoths, took some time, but I loved killing them off, those bastards just gives me headache! I hope I find Frost Trolls because they are my nemesis in this game lol

Right now I am in Novice and Apprentice levels in level 9 so I cant dish out much damage on my spells but soon.

PS. Lydia is one strong companion! I have seen her fly to orbit from a giants ground Hulk smash and a minute or so later, she is back in the fight hahaha. Some places in the environment Giants wont come at you, so I use those spots to kill them, for now.

Warning with ball Sath

*mage stealths into room*
*mage pick pockets everyone round a table*
*mage charges up huge ass fireball i the corner*
*mage blows room up*

*mage spends half hour trying to find all the parts that was on the table and shelves*

Have you encountered any Master-level locks yet? They're a bitch to lockpick if you haven't put any perks in that skill tree - have to save just before and keep reloading until I get the job done!Haven't put perks into anything non-combat yet, no.

Damn it!! Having withdrawal symptoms after last nights great play session, found some brilliant locations and some epic loot :)

I want to go home and play :(
I got guests tonight :( (no offense fr0sty you understand lol)
I got loads of DIY to do the weekend before carpet comes (still) :( (sad face but pretty much looking forward to it)

But if i am very nice to the misses do a damn good job on all the DIY she wont run guilt trips on me for playing skyrim... all night.

I shall walk through fire with my hands lit up with lightning to vaporize them all! lol

lmfao :)

Yeah, good going bethesda. How does a noob mistake a like a faceted normal map get in to the game? :)

I did quite find some. Sure needs few tries and loose some lockpicks, but doesnt make me want spend any perks in the lockpick tree. I have managed open everything ive encountered so far.

Lockpicks are easy to come by too, at least i never ran out of any. Anyway in all stuff ive opened, didn't find many interesting loot for my mage.

Yeah just buy a ton of lockpicks (cheap and easy to get), it's way better than wasting points on lockpicking perks.

Do you know where I can buy above Apprentice spells? Or do I need to put perks in them?
I am in Collage of Winterheld (i think thats the name), but I dont know who sells stronger powers or how to upgrade my powers (i refuse to call it magic or spells, powers sounds more godly lol, i know I am wierd :P)

Yeah cant wait to get home and play some more!, stupid work getting in the way of my fun.., this weekend i make my way to Winterhold!!, thats if i dont get distracted by new amazing locations :)

looking myself mate, apparently according to a NPC some one called valdra or something or other sells them (name was a random guess, sure it bean with V)

i found dwarf armor enchanted with destruction spells :D way to heavy for my liking though.

then i found a full elven set with conjur enchants, will wipe them tonight and put my destruction ones on there

so it's possible to replace the spell on an item and not loose it in the process?