Oblivion:Drain Skill

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	Drain Skill
School	Destruction
Type	Offensive
Effect ID	DRSK
Base Cost	0.65
Barter Factor	0
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Spells Scrolls

Drain Skill M points for D seconds

Temporarily reduce the value of the target's given Skill by M points. The effect lasts for D seconds, after which the damage disappears. Dispel may work to heal the damage before D seconds has passed.

Internally, all of the various Drain Skill effects are considered to be the same, so learning Drain Skill:Illusion, for example, will give you access to all 21 Drain Skill commands at the Spellmaking Altar.

[edit] Notes

• One application of Drain Skill is to train a skill, because training can be bought more cheaply. However, Drain Skill has no effect upon how long it takes to gain experience in the skill. It will still take the exact same number of spell casts, for example, to gain one level as it would if there was no active Drain Skill effect.
• Drain Skill and Absorb Skill are the only ways to reduce a skill. No Damage Skill effect exists in the game (even in the construction set).
• Drain Skill can be used with Trainers to raise a skill's base value above 100, but it doesn't work with Skill Books.

[edit] See also

Sections:

• Drain vs Damage vs Absorb: A comparison of these similar effects.

Related effects:

• Absorb Skill, Fortify Skill
• Drain Attribute, Drain Fatigue, Drain Health, Drain Magicka

[edit] Apparel with Drain Skill

Name	Magnitude	Type	Other Effects
Athletics
Cursed Baliwog BootsSI	5 pts	Boots	Water Walking
Cursed Boots of the WavesSI	5 pts	Boots	Water Walking
Blade
Cowl of the Druid	10 pts	Hood	Detect Life 40ft Fortify Alchemy 5 pts Fortify Marksman 5 pts
Heavy Armor
Quicksilver Boots	5 pts	Boots	Fortify Agility 10 pts Fortify Speed 10 pts
Light Armor
Tower of the Nine	10 pts	Shield	Fortify Block 5 pts Fortify Heavy Armor 5 pts Shield 5 pts
Quicksilver Boots	5 pts	Boots	Fortify Agility 10 pts Fortify Speed 10 pts