Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24722049-20151003205534/@comment-4441359-20151012001215

Purrington wrote:

Spartan Jack 17 wrote: I think a lot of people (especially in Skyrim) see magic as a shortcut used by people who are too weak to do things any other way. You act as though anyone can learn magic with little to no effort. If most people just used it as a sort of cheap substitute for strength, they would only likely achieve a novice level a spellcasting, and not progress any further than that.

Mastering magic requires just as much skill and dedication, as mastering the art of combat, just more power of the mind, than that of the sword arm. That isn't my opinion, I was just saying that it seems to be the opinion of a lot of people in the Elder Scrolls universe, especially in Skyrim. Obviously it's wrong.