Using your research journal, you can spend time studying any spell already in your possession, in order to increase your knowledge of the spell’s various archetypes. This means that you will need to research to discover each new spell, in one of three general fashions In short, spell tomes no longer exist, by and large, with the exception of certain hand-placed tomes. The process for obtaining new spells adheres to the Spell Research format. Did I mention you start with 10 Magicka Better bring some bodyguards along! No longer will you be shooting flames from your hands from the moment you step into the world, instead you’ll be hitting the books (or paper rolls, in this case) to study magical artifacts and painstakingly research your spells.

Not only that, the process of becoming a mage isn’t assumed to have happened sometime before level 1, but rather will be a core focus of your playthrough should you intend to take up the esoteric arts.

As you’ll see below, the systems surrounding magic have been expanded upon greatly to introduce new schools and nuance to the casting of spells. Though the magic of Librum can be described as low magic, it is equally apt to call it deep magic. When you start Librum, you need to change your fundamental expectations of what being a mage looks like in Skyrim.

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