Well, let’s see… with this perk you can have the Ebonyflesh, for example, with 300 points of armor, and the Dragonhide will give you 500 points (but your Alteration should be 90). So if you plan on playing a pure mage, you should probably go without any kind of regular armor. But keep in mind that you cannot use the Mage Armor perk while wearing a regular armor (be it light or heavy). There is the Alteration tree of magic, which has spells that protect the mage from physical damage, such as Oakflesh, Stoneflesh, Ironflesh, and Ebonyflesh.Īlso there is the Mage Armor perk in the same tree of magic that can triple the effects of armor spells. If I wear robes what’s going to be my armor then? You will find them on the corpses of hostile mages, or you can buy them at the College of Winterhold. Robes can carry very nice enchantments that boost Magicka regeneration or reduce the spell cost and the Arch Mages robes are especially good. Sometimes people think that robes are light armor, but it’s wrong. No, robes have armor rating 0, so they do not count as armor, and are quite suitable for a mage character. You won’t be able to use Mage Armor perk, if you wear armor.
But you need to be aware of, at least, three things:
