While I cant say for sure yet... it is my guess that a number of the spell effects from Oblivion will not be present in Skyrim

Silence / Dispel / Fortify ___ / Burden / Shield / Water Walking / Weakness to ___ / Drain ___ / Damage ___ / Reflect Damage / Reflect Spell / Spell Absorption

^ some of those will be missing from spell-casting i believe


It is my bet that u can mix and match ingredients to make waay waaay more than 85 potions / poisons (some effects which won't be found in spell-making)


Would u like to silence, drain the stamina, and do burn damage to an enemy all at once???

U wont be able to create a 1 spell that can do this but you can create a poison that will accomplish this



In oblivion... spells did pretty much everything alchemy could do

In skyrim.... i predict alchemy to be a lot more versatile + powerful than the 85 spells

ok.

Just out of curiosity what to you base this prediction on?

They done so with other areas of the game, makes sense alchemy needs more reasons to survive than makeing magic n health potions. Now spells only have one effect where as potions have many. I'm not sure it will be like op said but time will tell.

Gut feeling + small amount of questionable logic

Conjuration should have around 14 spells----85 / 6

Destruction---- different types are Runes + touch + projectile for 3 different schools

nvm... scratch that


I dont know if those effects will still be in the 85


What I do know is that i will not be able to mix, match, and create my own spells to my heart's desire

Mixing, matching, and combining effects will still be possible in Alchemy however---- making it more versatile and probably more powerful too