Genius Idea

[Mystical]

Whilst playing Oblivion this evening, I got a sudden realization.
 I was experimenting with skill increases in the 'mage section', and I realized that it doesn't matter how powerful your spell is; your experience will up the same amount as when you cast a small spell. So, I went to the Arcane University, and created a Charm spell (to train Illusion) that has charm 3 pts for 1 sec. It only takes up a worthless 1 magicka pt, but it gave the same experience as a 150 magicka pt spell would! This was I could cast the spell over and over without really losing any magicka, and still get the experience. I was so shocked that I didn't do this earlier that I had to share this with you guys. =P

[Lucien]

Yea ive done that before i raise my destruction by creating a fire damage on self and y raised my destruction without losing almost any life and its fast anything.

[Doran Dragonfriend]

Also you will cast spells faster in you hold down block, then keep casting the spell over and over again. It goes much faster then normal.

[Mystical]

Really? Cool, I'll have to try that. Thanks for the tip. =)

[TipMe]

Nice Mystical, I'm trying that. xD

[Anfauglith 126]

Make a summon skelleton for 1s and you will see your char at lvl 100 in a few minutes  There is a page on the UESP that provides tips for level up

[Doran Dragonfriend]

Also just an idea if you wanna raise destruction and armorer, is make a disinigrate weapon/armor spell on self for 1 pt, keep casting it over and over again, your destruction will raise, and your armor will eventually break, meaning you will have to repair it leveling up your armorer.

[Mystical]

Ooh, that's another great idea. I have been searching for ways to level armorer. Thanks for the tip!

[Idun Wanadai]

Looks like a good Idea.  I have done this for Alteration as well... that feeble Protect spell you first get if Alteration is a major skill does wonders.  Also use Minor Heal Wounds for Restoration.  I got Restoration up to Journeyman last night, and leveled two or three times upping my alteration as well.  Course, i didn't play it ALL THAT LONG.

[Young Dragon]

A rwally usful one is one of those armor disintagration spells on self you get up your destrution and Then can repair your armor!

[HiddenSniper]

I got all of my magic skills to 100 at level 9 this way  . I just stuck C down and went and watched Band of Brothers, occasionally coming back to change spells.

[DM8954]

Well, if you're not even going to be around to do all the grunt work, you might as well take the next step and use console commands to set everything to 100. (I would ask if you're on x-box or something else but you said "C" and not "X" or square, or whatever other buttons different consoles use.)

I think that's where we see the full spectrum running from "cheat" to "not cheat". If you're having fun, who cares where you stand on that line... but for me, the difference between a creative game exploit and full cheating can be determined based on one thing: If the game world was the real world, would it still make the slightest bit of sense?

 + If you're talking to someone and their face turns inside out... that makes no sense. Console commands make the world right again, so it's alright to use it in a case like that.

 + You really wish you had some money... and suddenly you have a hundred thousand more than you did a second ago. Knock it off with those cheat commands, buddy.

 + An ancient foe trapped some people inside a block of ice using magic. You can hit them forever and they don't die... but you still get some great training experience. Sounds normal to me.

 + Creating a spell to damage your own armor, then repairing it the old fashioned way just to get practice at fixing armor. Not only does that sound normal... it sounds like something someone might actually consider doing in the 'real' world. (like taking your gun apart and putting it back together really, really fast for the fun of it... if you're a crazy soldier-type)

 + Running down the street, jumping as high as you can as you go... looks kinda goofy but it happens. It's called excercise or cross-training. Not my thing, but it works for some people, I suppose.


For a real stretch of the imagination, you could consider save points to be a cross between dream sequences in a movie and meditation or planning/visualization. You stand at the cave entrance and imagine yourself entering the cave and all the things that could possibly go wrong. You're not really getting your @$$ handed to you by that Minotaur Lord over and over, you're simply trying to think of what could possibly happen when you enter that cave. When you finally go in there for real, you're fully prepared and you somehow manage to survive. Good job! 

Just my two Septims on the subject.

[xoxoxlovestinksxoxox]

  That save thing is genius.

I didn't know that it was the same experience! Apparently, Conjuration is easier to level up than I thought. But I usually use destruction to kill the creature before I summon a new one. I need to make a spell like that damaging myself!