Hello,
I am trying to come up with a good build for a shadow priest in skyrim.
The character I have in mind is a lot like the WoW shadow priest:
Stealthy, fading in and out of the shadows, craze-driven, controlling minds and drawing his powers from the dark / void.
Here's what I have by now:
Now to the questions
Thank you all in advance,
looking forward to this character
I am trying to come up with a good build for a shadow priest in skyrim.
The character I have in mind is a lot like the WoW shadow priest:
Stealthy, fading in and out of the shadows, craze-driven, controlling minds and drawing his powers from the dark / void.
Here's what I have by now:
- Dunmer seems fit to be a shadow priest.
- Stealth + Illusion will give me the fade in and out feel and allow to manipulate minds.
- Alteration for defense and detecting creatures.
- Restoration for healing and avoid death.
- Enchanting for my items and for a 'ritual dagger' I'd have around (not sure about that park as I do not intend to come to melee combat at all).
Now to the questions
- What would be my best way of mimmicking 'shadow / void' damage?
I thought that my best option would be shock spells, if I treat them as some sort of soul-tunnelling spells.
Also there's the restoration's poison trap, but although I don't actually plan on being a vampire, it would feel out of character to join the Dawnguard (to get the spell) instead of the mind-controlling-nightmarish vampires..
- It seems like the only way to make this character shadowy is through conjuration magic. It would make sense since I am supposed to manipulate minds and cause people to see things (summoned creatures) but I would like to avoid falling into the repetative illusion+summoning pattern..
I thought that 'Trap Soul' and 'Spectral Arrow' have that shadowy feel. Is it worth investing into conjuration only for them? Should I stick to summoning? And also, it's the first time I've ever heard of that 'Spectral Arrow' spell, is it any good at all?
Also, does 'Daedric Command' controll ANY summoned creature?
- Since this character draws it's powers from the shadows, I would like to heal using restoration as little as possible. Instead I would like to 'drain' health/mana/stamina from my enemies. I don't use weapons, so enchants that would normally drain life won't help.
Will the 'Drain Vitality' shout be effective enough? The only other option I see is the vampire's drain life, which totally sucks (no pun intended, but hehe).
- Has anyone used Skull of Corruption? Is it a hassle to collect these dreams? Will it be a reliable source of damage?
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- Any other advice would be appreciated.
Thank you all in advance,
looking forward to this character