Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.118.67.131-20140922181150/@comment-29458028-20140926061147

The thalmor aren't the best mages around. Tell that to the Psijic order or something (there are many more psijics than you think). Magic violates physics.

And substantiation?

The use of physical weapons is because not everyone has mages, because all the powerful ones went into seclusion. Shalidor battled the ehtire Rourken clan, FFS.

Touch spells lack range because they are touch spells. But lets say an icy spear, which is unaffected by drag or gravity (because it is and you can see so), it wouldn't have range limits on it.