Board Thread:Oblivion/@comment-81.147.42.0-20150412152806/@comment-24353761-20161024231108

More better good:

"Nightstalker" (Chameleon + Night-Eye): Daedra Silk + Bonemeal + Columbine Root Pulp. Every other combination of ingredients seems to inflict ugly side effects (like Burden), so this is probably the best formula to go with. Just be ready to wander around Oblivion and kill a bunch of Spider Daedra to make it.

"Mind Reaver" (Damage Health + Damage Willpower + Damage Intelligence): Wisp Stalk Caps + Elf Cup Cap + [Apple / Grapes / Daedra Venin / Dragon's Tongue / Dreugh Wax / Ectoplasm / Flax Seeds / Glow Dust / Green Stain Cup Cap / Harrada / Imp Gall / Nightshade / Onion / Peony Seeds / Redwort Flower / Sacred Lotus Seeds / Scales / Scamp Skin / Spiddal Stick / St. John's Wort Nectar / Stinkhorn Cap / Strawberry / Troll Fat / Venison / Void Salts / Watermelon / Wormwood Leaves / Black Tar (SE) / Congealed Putrescence (SE)]. Not only is this potion nice to use against enemy spellcasters, but, as you can see, it is very easy to concoct, with a huge variety of ingredients to form the poison's Damage Health element (and Wisp Stalk Caps and Elf Cup Cap complementing each other to form the other two elements). In fact, it's hard to find an ingredient with the Damage Health property which won't combine with the other two ingredients to make this poison. Pear is a rare exception; combining Pear with Wisp Stalk Caps and Elf Cup Cap gives you a Fortify Speed potion with all three of those Damage traits reduced to mere side effects. So, you know, don't use Pear to make Mind Reaver.

I have yet to find a single formula which uses Pear and which can't be outdone by another combination of ingredients, come to think of it. Those Restore Fatigue and Damage Health properties really don't play nice together. So if you find a way to create a Fortify Speed potion without side effects, let me know. Because pears suck. So do leeks.