Absorbtion and detection?

[udtojan95]

What does the skill life detection do?
I spell it but i cant see any difference.

And what are the absorbtion spells about?
Like strength absorbtion. Do i get the strength of my opponent for some seconds?

[TrueTeamM8]

Life detection let you see npc around through walls and stuff (like a purple wisp or something), it's useful but depends on how far your spell works.
Attribute absorption literally works like how you described it. You simply gain enemies attribute for some time

[K§H]

I still find it quite funny that "Detect Life" also detects the dead NPCs (skeletons, ghosts etc.).

[RequiemsRose]

Worth noting that unless the life detection has a decent range on it, you probably won't immediately notice a difference. My early game assassin/thief build was using a ring with 15ft of life detect and that was only really decent for checking if someone was on the immediate other side of an interior door. You might have to get surprisingly close to even see the "wisp" of detection sometimes.

[Sirius Black]

Life Detection is a pretty situational spell — great for the Thieves Guild questline, but not very useful in most other quests. It can be helpful in dungeons. It's better to enchant some jewelry or clothing with it, so you can have it available permanently and just equip the item when needed.