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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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).

[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