Morrowind:Burden

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	Burden
School		Alteration
Type		Offensive
Base Cost		1.0
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Spells Custom Potions Built-In Potions Scrolls Clutterbane Black Jinx Spear of the HunterBM

Burden M points for D seconds

Increases the target's encumbrance by M points for D seconds. If Burden pushes the encumbrance level past its maximum value, the target becomes immobile. It will therefore be prevented from moving, and will be a sitting duck for pounding with ranged weapons, spells, or even melee weapons with a higher reach than the one it has.

[edit] Notes

• An alternative to the Burden effect is the use of spells, scrolls, or enchantments to lower an adversary's Strength, i.e. with Drain Strength or Damage Strength effects. This will lower their maximum encumbrance, rendering them immobile if it goes beneath their load level. One might even combine the Strength drop with a Burden effect for maximum flexibility.
• The Burden effect can be resisted with a Resist Magicka effect. Conversly, the effects of Burden can be amplified by a Weakness to Magicka effect.

[edit] Related Effects

• Feather, Fortify Strength
• Drain Strength, Damage Strength
• Resist Magicka, Weakness to Magicka

[edit] Alchemy Ingredients

The following ingredients will make a potion of Burden:

• Adamantium Ore* ^TR
• Gold Kanet
• Resin
• Scrib Jerky

*This is a first-effect, so if you're foolish enough to waste a 50lb. chunk of extremely rare and valuable metallic crystal by shoving it down your throat, you can feel some of this effect without making a potion.