Daggerfall:Alteration

The school of Alteration is one of the six avenues of magical study. This school concerns itself with magicka's ability to change, often radically, the structure and composition of any object. Unlike the school of Illusion, Alteration deals with actual change, not the appearance of it. Slowfalling and Shield are two classic spells of the school of Alteration. Buying, creating, and casting spells of alteration are less expensive for mages skilled in this path.

This skill is increased at 2x rate.

Alteration's governing attribute is Willpower. The skill is checked whenever you cast a spell from the Alteration school of magic.

Description

"Alteration refers to the School of Alteration, one of the six avenues of magical study. This school is concerned with magic's ability to change the very structure and composition of objects. Dimunition and Shield are two classic Alteration spells."

Classes

The following classes have Alteration as a skill:

• Primary Skill
  • Mage
  • Sorcerer

• Major Skill
  • Battlemage
  • Healer
  • Spellsword

• Minor Skill
  • Bard
  • Nightblade

Factions

The following factions have Alteration as a required skill:

• Mages Guild
• The Akatosh Chantry
• The School of Julianos

Training

Alteration training is offered by the following factions:

• Mages Guild
• The Akatosh Chantry
• The School of Julianos

Alteration Spells

Spell	Element	Range	Magnitude	Chance of success (%)	Duration (in-game minutes)	Spell Effect(s)
Force Bolt	Magic	Target at Range	(1-30) + (1-10)/per level	10 + 5/per level (for Paralyze)	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Health; Paralyze
Jumping	Magic	Caster only	-	-	3 + 1/per level	Jumping (at twice natural capacity) [this spell is broken in v2.13, but fixed by a third-party patch]
Medusa's Gaze	Magic	Target at Range	-	1 + 8/per level	1 + 1/per level	Paralyze
Paralysis	Magic	On Touch	-	25 + 2/per level	3 + 1/per level	Paralyze
Resist Cold	Magic	Caster only	-	30 + 5/per level	2 + 1/per level	Elemental Resistance: Frost (or half the damage if unsuccessful)
Resist Fire	Magic	Caster only	-	30 + 5/per level	2 + 1/per level	Elemental Resistance: Fire (or half the damage if unsuccessful)
Resist Poison	Magic	Caster only	-	30 + 5/per level	2 + 1/per level	Elemental Resistance: Poison (or half the damage if unsuccessful)
Resist Shock	Magic	Caster only	-	30 + 5/per level	2 + 1/per level	Elemental Resistance: Shock (or half the damage if unsuccessful)
Shield	Magic	Caster only	(1-12) + 1/per level	-	5 + 2/per level	Shield (absorbs melee damage up to the spell's limit)
Slowfalling	Magic	Caster only	-	-	3 + 1/per level	Slowfall
Spider Touch	Magic	On Touch	-	5 + 15/per level	1 + 1/per level	Paralyze
Water Breathing	Magic	Caster only	-	-	5 + 2/per level	Water Breathing
Wizard Rend	Magic	On Touch	(1-14) + 1/per level	10 + 5/per level (for Paralyze)	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Spell Points; Paralyze

×You are unable to jump while Slowfalling is active.

±Enemies can cast Wizard Rend at range.