hey guys i loved playing as a sorcerer or spellSword in Oblivion but there where one thing bugging me though,
when playing as a spellcaster that was dependant on his blocking skill i found it semi frustrating that i could not use my shield without a weapon attached as my primary... and when i saw the new Skirim trailer i noticed that there were some dual wielding elements like a staf and sword combo and i got to thinking ... wouldn't it be awesome if you could have a finer cooperation between the wielding shields and and pure magic (aka not through a staf) ?
like being able to enchant your shield so that enamies that hit it is knocked back? or if you have block skill at master or higher you are able to tilt your shield and cast magic while blocking ( maybe give a penalty to accouacy or attack speed to balance it )
or maybe just hit enamies in the head with your shield when they get close to by a secound or two more to hit it with spells.

i for one think that this would do a lot for the immersive elemenets in the game and make combat not just more fun, and diverse but also more realistik.

thank you for reading this

There are magic shields, so the armor ones are not needed for such a character (unless your character specifically uses material shields).

I don't see why you can wield a shield and spell.

I'd always imagined Spellbreaker to be wield in such a way.

Though it's worth noting there is a "ward" spell now, that is used like a magical block.

If you're asking if you can use a shield in one hand and a spell in the other, you can. If you already knew that, then, I will just say that it might be a really fun way to play. I might just use that.

...it was hard to read through that...post...but I think I got the jist of it.

You put what you want in your hands, so in theory you can put a shield in your left hand and a magic spell in your right in Skyrim.

You can wield shield and spell, I think. Read a preview before starting threads.

You can HOLD a shield in one hand and a spell in the other BUT you cant block with magic in either hand.

thanks for feedback and sorry for my clear lack of knowledge on this matter

Maybe there will be a kinetic barrier spell that creates hexagonal interlocking barriers in a sphere around you that need a couple of hits or an arrowshot to burst individually before you can be reached. Of course that would work both ways - you wouldnt be able to attack the enemy either so its really only putting off the inevitable while you heal or drink a potion.

I'm also interested in this, my pure mage will have all stats in magic. the only exception is blocking/shield (think 300 but instead of spears i burn people to death). I just want to get one thing straight, if i have a shield in one hand and a spell equipped in the other i can not block?

If you can wield a shield and spell at the same time you can block.

Man thanks for answering lol you would be surprised how many different answers i got that had nothing to do with what i asked