Oblivion talk:Light

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If you have a high enough sneak with no chameleon, then you drink a 110 (or so) foot Light potion, what effects would this have on your sneak ability and attacking? From the description provided on the main page, it sounds to be like you would light up an entire room and you would no longer be the focus of the light source. Is this correct? --TobyD 06:43, 14 November 2007 (EST)

This is what the note says: Be careful casting Light when you are sneaking or under the effects of chameleon; as you would imagine, it spoils your chances of hiding. So it makes you more easily detectable while sneaking. --Mankar Camoran^{•T•C•E•} 08:36, 14 November 2007 (EST)

Thanks Mankar, I was just curious if anyone had experimented with this more in-depth or not. Is the light basically an equivalent to a torch (in terms of detection) and if there was a way you can use Light the same way you can use Night-Eye. --TobyD 11:29, 14 November 2007 (EST)

No problem. That's why we are here! --Mankar Camoran^{•T•C•E•} 11:43, 14 November 2007 (EST)

[edit] Casting Targeted Light Spells

It says that "Casting targeted light spells only works when the spell strikes an NPC or monster. It doesn't work if cast at a point on the floor or wall." I'm pretty sure that this isn't true. I cast a custom target spell of light at the wall in froscrag spire a couple of times with a wide AOE and it lit up the place for the alloted duration. --Piercethetruth 20:54, 6 December 2007 (EST)

Then I'm guessing that there was a NPC/creature standing near the wall when you cast the spell (for example, one of the Atronach familiars? Or another follower?). If you cast an area of effect spell at a wall, it will affect any animate objects (other than yourself) that are standing within the spell's area of effect. It still doesn't mean that the spell is having an effect on the wall; the target just becomes the creature(s) within the spell's range. One way to see the difference pretty clearly is to change your light spell to have a small magnitude (say, 10), in which case there will be circles of light centered on the spell's targets. The walls will never be lit up. Another way to tell the difference is to cast the spell on a wall when there aren't any creatures within the spell's area of effect. The room will stay completely dark. --Nephele^Talk 23:08, 12 December 2007 (EST)

oh yeahhhhhhhh that makes sense..it hit me lol.--Piercethetruth 08:42, 15 December 2007 (EST)

[edit] Darkness

What about the Darkness effect?99.237.148.26 11:11, 5 April 2008 (EDT)

Try doing a search. It would direct you here. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 11:17, 5 April 2008 (EDT)