Daggerfall:Destruction

The school of Destruction is one of the six avenues of magical study. This school is concerned with the purely destructive capabilities of magicka, evident in spells like Fireball and Ice Storm. Buying, creating, and casting a spell devised to harm or destroy a target are less expensive for mages skilled in this path.

This skill is increased at 2x rate.

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

Description

"Destruction refers to the School of Destruction, one of the six formal avenues of magical study. Destruction spells are those with a primary purpose of causing damage to a target, such as Fireball or Acidic Field."

Classes

The following classes have Destruction as a skill:

• Primary Skill
  • Battlemage

• Major Skill
  • Mage
  • Sorcerer
  • Spellsword

• Minor Skill
  • Bard
  • Nightblade

Factions

The following factions have Destruction as a required skill:

• Dark Brotherhood
• Mages Guild
• The Akatosh Chantry
• The Order of Arkay
• The Temple of Kynareth

Training

Destruction training is offered by the following factions:

• Dark Brotherhood
• Mages Guild
• The Akatosh Chantry
• The Order of Arkay
• The Temple of Kynareth

Destruction Spells

Spell	Element	Range	Magnitude	Chance of success (%)	Duration (in-game minutes)	Spell Effect
Energy Leech	Magic	On Touch	(1-10) + 5/per level	-	1 + 1/per level	Transfer: Fatigue (to caster)
Fire Storm	Fire	Area around Caster	(1-20) + (1-5)/per level	-	-	Damage: Health
Fireball	Fire	Area at Range	1 + (1-7)/per level	-	-	Damage: Health
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
Frostbite	Frost	On Touch	(1-9) + (1-3)/per two levels	-	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Health
Gods' Fire	Fire	Target at Range	(1-50) + 10/per level	-	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Health
Hand of Decay	Magic	On Touch	-	10 + 3/per level	-	Disintegrate (target is killed instantly)
Hand of Sleep	Magic	On Touch	(1-15) + (1-5)/per level	-	5 + 2/per level	Continuous Damage: Fatigue
Ice Bolt	Frost	Target at Range	(1-35) + (1-5)/per level	-	-	Damage: Health
Ice Storm	Frost	Area at Range	(1-30) + (1-5)/per level	-	-	Damage: Health
Lightning	Shock	Target at Range	(1-25) + (1-5)/per level	-	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Health
Magicka Leech	Magic	On Touch	(1-15) + (1-5)/per level	-	5 + 2/per level	Continuous Damage: Spell Points
Shock	Shock	On Touch	(1-20) + (1-4)/per level	-	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Health
Sleep	Magic	Target at Range	(1-15) + (1-5)/per level	-	5 + 2/per level	Continuous Damage: Fatigue
Spell Drain	Magic	On Touch	(1-50) + (1-5)/per level	-	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Spell Points
Sphere of Negation	Magic	Target at Range	-	10 + 2/per level	-	Disintegrate (target is killed instantly)
Strength Leech	Magic	On Touch	(1-9) + 1/per level	-	5 + 1/per level	Drain: Strength (of target; does not transfer attribute to caster, but instead reduces attribute of target)
Toxic Cloud	Poison	Area around Caster	(1-25) + (1-5)/per level	-	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Health
Vampiric Touch	Magic	On Touch	(1-15) + (1-5)/per level	-	5 + 2/per level	Transfer: Health (to caster)
Wildfire	Fire	Target at Range	(1-15) + (1-5)/per level	-	1 + 3/per level	Continuous Damage: Health
Wizard Rend	Magic	On Touch	(1-14) + 1/per level	10 + 5/per level (for Paralyze)	1 + 1/per level	Damage: Spell Points; Paralyze
Wizard's Fire	Fire	Target at Range	(1-15) + (1-4)/per level	-	-	Damage: Health

&Enemies can cast Wizard Rend at range.