Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4092092-20130801070333/@comment-25109952-20131020132302

SajuukKhar wrote: -It differs depending on what type of lichdom you want. Most liches take a similar path, placing their souls into a container, also known as a phylactery ,making themselves immortal.

The dragon priests used a different form of lichdom where they would harvest power from their worshipers, transferring their servants lifeforce into them to prolong their life.

-If alchemy isn't magic, then why was it a magic skill in both Morrowind and Oblivion?

-Being able to possibly die during he process of making yourself immortal doesn't mean it cant make you immortal once its done.

-Its not vague, he specifically says the magic you learn will last you a lifetime, and if you are talented at magic, it will last you several. With the very clear implication that the magic itself is what will let you live longer.

-http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ring_of_Hircine "Tharsten Heart-Fang, a great leader of the Skaal of Solstheim, possessed the Ring of Hircine for many generations in secret, unnaturally extending his life and youth."

There is solid proof, many people have done it via many different magical ways, and its been mentioned before. - Forgot about Dragon Priests. I guess I'll just go cry in a corner now.

- I'm just going to quote you from earlier....

'' "The '"skills"' are a gameplay mechanic, not a lore one. In lore, all magic is just magic, and things like destruction/restoration/mysticim are just names mages made up for similar spells." ''

- Ysgramor is immortal in Sovngarde, and he wasn't an avid magic user, was he?

- Strange it doesn't say anything on his UESP page. I hate it when one page says one thing and the other doesn't.