How to reach roof

[Fenris]

So you can construct a chimney and lighting rods, but how are your staff expected to get to the roof? Can only higher level earth reach farther distances?

[TheBeardyMan]

I'm sure I've seen mages assembling roof decorations from below the roof to which the decoration is attached. So it looks like roofs - or at least the roof to which the decoration is attached - don't block line of sight for assembling roof decorations.

[n3mes1s]

build a staircase inside... so your staff can reach it. Also yup, earth is the skill to use for constructing so yup, the higher the level the higher your mage will reach.

[Fenris]

Originally posted by n3mes1s:

build a staircase inside... so your staff can reach it. Also yup, earth is the skill to use for constructing so yup, the higher the level the higher your mage will reach.

That's the thing I did build a staircase. It didn't work. I guess I just need earth.

[n3mes1s]

Originally posted by Fenris:

Originally posted by n3mes1s:

build a staircase inside... so your staff can reach it. Also yup, earth is the skill to use for constructing so yup, the higher the level the higher your mage will reach.

That's the thing I did build a staircase. It didn't work. I guess I just need earth.

Weird. I do that all the time for my staff to reach higher places. Probably you put the staricase still way too far from the target.

[Fenris]

Originally posted by n3mes1s:

Originally posted by Fenris:

That's the thing I did build a staircase. It didn't work. I guess I just need earth.

Weird. I do that all the time for my staff to reach higher places. Probably you put the staricase still way too far from the target.

It was directly under the bloody roof. I think I just need an earth mage. I don't have one.

[stretch]

I think maybe I tried this myself and it did not work but have you tried building it elsewhere and having your ghost move it to the place you cannot get to?
I used stairs as external scaffolding at times or removed bits of roof and built spiral stairs out through the top in others.
Some places indeed did seem quite resistant to being built upon even when they looked to be within range but I never figured why, just worked around it.

[n3mes1s]

Originally posted by Fenris:

It was directly under the bloody roof. I think I just need an earth mage. I don't have one.

Then its something else. Maybe you found a new bug. And no, you dont need specifically an earth mage, just skill 1 on earth (and every single mage has level 1 in all skills) if at that point you cant reach it it wont matter. There is something else going on.