Steve Meister Q&A

There’s a quick Q&A with Morrowind’s “magic man”, Steve Meister, over at Codex of Vvardenfell, shedding some light on how Alchemy will work in the game. A snippet to follow:

Q: Will there be any potions that permanently increase skills the way that reading books might?

A: There are four ways that skills and attributes can be altered by magic effects, including those coming from potions. These are Drain, Damage, Restore, and Fortify. Damage and Restore are permanent, while Drain and Fortify only last for the duration of the spell or potion. Also, Restore only lets you go up to the natural maximum value of the skill or attribute, while Fortify can increase the maximum value of the skill or attribute. Ingrients can have any of these effects, and therefore so can potions.