Finger of the Mountain

Spell. Can be aquired through the Chorrol Recommendation quest.

Finger of the Mountain deals Shock damage on target. The spell's damage and radius is dependant on the player level when acquired.

How to Acquire
Acquiring Fingers of the Mountain requires a character to first gain Earana's notes from the quest (see Chorrol Recommendation). The player must acquire a Welkynd Stone and a spell that deals Shock damage. Then the player must travel to Cloud Top. Located at Cloud Top is an ornate shattered Ayleid pillar next to the charred corpse from which the player previously acquired the Fingers of the Mountain book. Attacking the pillar will consume the Welkynd stone and cause four lightning bolts to spring from the ruins to strike the pillar, creating a massive Shock blast in a decent radius around it. This will do approximately 70-90 points of Shock damage to anyone standing close. If the player survives, they will now possess the Finger of the Mountain spell.

It is recommended that one use a defensive buff of some sort to endure the damage successfully if still low level. Alternatively, one can activate the ruin from a distance with a ranged Shock spell and simply stand outside the blast radius.

Spell Statistics
Finger of the Mountain requires a Destruction skill of 50. It is a ranged Shock spell with variable damage and radius, depending on your level. Early in the game it is likely to be one of the most powerful spells available to most spellcasters. It is also quite reliable as a standard attack spell for a quite some time later. It is less tactically useful for those who use Conjuration as well, however, due to the lack of Shock-resistant summons in the early-to-middle game.