Oblivion Question

[Shibathedog]

What does "Feather" do? Make you lighter or something?

[Gryph]

Lets you carry more stuff.

[ken_cinder]

Or a more advanced description.....It decreases the encumbrance values of items you are carrying. ie: Makes items lighter so you can carry more.

[Daeval]

Or a more advanced description.....It decreases the encumbrance values of items you are carrying. ie: Makes items lighter so you can carry more.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are you sure? Your max-load number increases when you cast it on yourself, but your current-load number stays the same. Just curious.

[ken_cinder]

Well then it obiously just increases your ability to carry a certain weight, but thats a stupid way of doing it, as technically it's tied to your strength stat.....so if you increase that,,you should be stronger period.

If it's just for increasing the ammount you can carry, the spell should decrease the weight of the items you carry........but that would make sense, so we can't have that!

[Wizard]

Too bad everythings capped at 100.

[Daeval]

Well then it obiously just increases your ability to carry a certain weight, but thats a stupid way of doing it, as technically it's tied to your strength stat.....so if you increase that,,you should be stronger period.

If it's just for increasing the ammount you can carry, the spell should decrease the weight of the items you carry........but that would make sense, so we can't have that!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I did a little research. The magnitude of a feather spell is how much extra weight you can carry, modified by your spell effectiveness %. So it makes more sense to just tack that on to your carrying limit, independent of your strength stat, rather than calculate new weights for all your items so that your total inventory is lighter by a specific amount.

 

I guess you could argue that "feather" should make your items weight less and its compliment, "burden," should make your items weight more. But, since both affect only the things you carry, the result is exactly the same and is easier to to visualize the way they'v done it. Also, you can feather or burden a character who isn't carrying anything, so I would argue that the spells are actually affecting the person in some metaphysical way - if you want to get really nerdy about it.

[Shibathedog]

....ummm....O_o.....oh...

[Daeval]

....ummm....O_o.....oh...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Short, concise version:

 

"Feather 50 for 240 seconds"

Means it will increase the maximum weight you can carry by 50 for 240 seconds.

 

 

And the slightly advanced caveat:

This part only applies when you cast the effect, not to potions, etc.

 

The amount it adds to your carry limit, 50 in this case, is modified by your Spell Effectiveness % (it's on the bottom of your spell lists). So, if your Spell Effectiveness is 80%, then this spell would only add 40 to your carrying limit; since 80% of 50 is 40.

 

 

That better?

[Shibathedog]

yeah i understood it, i just felt like i understood it a bit too well after all that hehe