Fire damage

[Kamltoe]

I just read this on some elder scrolls fan site

'Additionally, the Aspect of Terror perk in Illusion increases the damage of fire-based spells. If you get the perk while having zero ranks of Augment Flames your fire spell damage will increase by 10. Adding the perk while having Augment Flames 1/2 will add 12 damage to your fire spells, and adding Aspect of Terror while having Augment Flames 2/2 will add 15 damage to your fire spells.'

When i read the aspect of terror perk in my game its talking about fear spells, not fire. Can anyone confirm?

[HazakTheMad]

Originally posted by Kamltoe:

I just read this on some elder scrolls fan site

'Additionally, the Aspect of Terror perk in Illusion increases the damage of fire-based spells. If you get the perk while having zero ranks of Augment Flames your fire spell damage will increase by 10. Adding the perk while having Augment Flames 1/2 will add 12 damage to your fire spells, and adding Aspect of Terror while having Augment Flames 2/2 will add 15 damage to your fire spells.'

When i read the aspect of terror perk in my game its talking about fear spells, not fire. Can anyone confirm?

It is a glitch where because of the perk that makes fire spells terrify enemies it is considered
a fear effect so its total magnitude is amplified.

[The Flying Rodent]

It's not that it flat out increases Fire Damage: It's that Aspect of Terror increases Fire Damage for casters with the 'Intense Flames' perk, which adds a Fear effect to Fire spells (fears enemies that reach less than 20% health IIRC).

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Fire_Damage

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Illusion

You cannot have any rank in the 'Intense Flames' perk without at least 1 rank in Augmented Flames, so part of the info you got is wrong (the part about having 'zero ranks in Augmented Flames'). Having 1/2 Augmented Flames + Intense Flames however will add a flat 12.5 fire damage to spells (on top of what is normally added by the perk), and having 2/2 Aug Flames + Intense Flames will add a flat 15 damage.

The spell where this effect is most pronounced is probably the Ignite spell, which you can get from Ahzidal's Ring in the Dragonborn Expansion. It normally deals '4 damage per second for 15 secs for 60 damage total', or '6 damage per second for 15 for 90 damage total' if you have 2/2 Augmented Flames. However, with Augmented Flames 2/2, Intense Flames, AND Aspect of Terror, this spell now deals 21 damage for 15 seconds for 315 damage total. That's a 5 fold increase in damage from only 4 perks!

[HazakTheMad]

Originally posted by The Flying Rodent:

It's not that it flat out increases Fire Damage: It's that Aspect of Terror increases Fire Damage for casters with the 'Intense Flames' perk, which adds a Fear effect to Fire spells (fears enemies that reach less than 20% health IIRC).

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Fire_Damage

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Illusion

You cannot have any rank in the 'Intense Flames' perk without at least 1 rank in Augmented Flames, so part of the info you got is wrong (the part about having 'zero ranks in Augmented Flames'). Having 1/2 Augmented Flames + Intense Flames however will add a flat 12.5 fire damage to spells (on top of what is normally added by the perk), and having 2/2 Aug Flames + Intense Flames will add a flat 15 damage.

The spell where this effect is most pronounced is probably the Ignite spell, which you can get from Ahzidal's Ring in the Dragonborn Expansion. It normally deals '4 damage per second for 15 secs for 60 damage total', or '6 damage per second for 15 for 90 damage total' if you have 2/2 Augmented Flames. However, with Augmented Flames 2/2, Intense Flames, AND Aspect of Terror, this spell now deals 21 damage for 15 seconds for 315 damage total. That's a 5 fold increase in damage from only 4 perks!

Yep.
Over at Uesp it was found out a few years back.

[Kamltoe]

Thanks guys