I'm so disappointed with the lack of this feature right now.

They should burn you too if you get too close to them.

Ha yes but they do when you kill them with a hand weapon!

I have never understood what exactly they are, some sort of Daedra maybe? same with Spriggans, what exactly are they.

There is Candlelight and Magelight.

Uh no, that would get annoying quick. They're supposed to follow you so naturally they'll get close to you.

All summonable creatures are daedra; well maybe not the familiar but the others are. Spriggrans seem to be spirits linked to the forest, protecting them.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Spriggan#Spriggan

Not logical and unrealistic. They follow at a distance anyway and not for long.

Yeah, that would be a cool feature (albeit minor). A summonable torch!

They're golems. Atronach is essentially just an ES term for that.

I have summonable torch. It's a Nord who I send ahead then cast incinerate upon. Easy fix. If they have the beard, even better. Those things are usually juiced up with leftover grease from all those Horker steaks.

If that were the case, then torches would have no use since every race has the ability to make their hands burst into flames.

Well its not like it matters anyway because this game isnt dark anyway, you dont need light.

I'd rather think of them as Fire, Frost and Shock Elementals. Creatures formed only of said element. Like in D&D. (though Storm Atronach seems to be more rock than electricity).


I laughed at that more than is proper.

Anyway, would be nice, but even i won't call this dumbing down or half-assing And the way Flame Atronachs die is pretty cool.

It is odd that they forgot that they would cast light, seeing how they remembered to make sure that magic in your hand casts a small amount of light along with Dawnbreaker