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It's not difficult to raise 30+ knowledge by equipping artifacts that boost knowledge specifically for creating minions, and then removing them... Even with 30 knowledge, a minor artifact gives +30 initiative.
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I'm saying that you can achieve a general effect of reducing defense by -11, and even that's with a horrified scream from Daedra. And if her troops have +12 defense? Then there's still +1 remaining. In my opinion, having a full spellbook is much better than uselessly trying to reduce the opponent's defense.
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And I know about the range from -5 to +5; the rest is just "in reserve"...
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I'm saying that you can achieve a general effect of reducing defense by -11, and even that's with a horrified scream from Daedra. And if her troops have +12 defense? Then there's still +1 remaining. In my opinion, having a full spellbook is much better than uselessly trying to reduce the opponent's defense.
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And I know about the range from -5 to +5; the rest is just "in reserve"...