They wouldn't end up as the excavator's metal body, either!

No thanks. Even if they would make sense, as well as cannons on battleships, I don´t want gunpowder in my ES games.

Same. Although a part of this one wouldn't mind a spin off TES game set in a steampunk Tamriel.

Raven speaks well. Magic renders gunpowder useless, IMO.

It´s why I don´t like the Dwemer very much. Their abilities ruin the franchise for me

Thing about the Dwemer that baffles Khajiit is how come after thousands of years no one has figured out how to replicate their technology? That is, we know people in Tamriel have been studying them.

It has crossed my mind as well. But I just chalk it up as no one bothers since they have magic

Khajiit is not so sure. He would think an army of animunculi would be of great value on a battlefield.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Nov 18 2016, 08:58 PM

Not if they could be rendered useless by powerful electric spells



Then again, anyone could be rendered useless by that

Exactly. Better a robot than a living person, Khajiit thinks.

Well, some of it does resist examination rather strenuously. And most of those interested in the Dwemer seem to be mages, at least, of those we come across in the games. A combination of arrogance and a strictly academic viewpoint seem likely candidates.

And there's always the fact that the bigger question regarding the Dwemer is what happened to them.

But a person can have Resist or Absorb Magic. Not sure machines can.

Something just crossed my mind. Since enchantments can be used, can big machines be enchanted with Resist Magic too or are they too big and would require too much energy for the process?

Hmmm, interesting question. Perhaps you could enchant each component of the machine for a myriad of effects?

Another question regarding enchanting: who or what determines that only weapons and armor can be enchanted? Why can Khajiit not enchant a mug with cold resistance and make it keep hot drinks longer?

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Nov 18 2016, 09:07 PM

I think we are cooking with something!!

The Dwemer are actually pretty terrifying if you consider what could've happened had they not disappeared.

Maybe that´s why the devs got rid of them?

Ha yeah! "These Dwemer guys. They are just too OP, so we are going to have to cut them. We must have balance."- A Dev

But really, just imagine what they could have done with those machines if they had been heavily fused with magic.

I don't see why not, from what I've seen in Elder Scrolls games magic is limitless and with help from Daedra anything is possible take the Kvatch Siege Machine for example, it was big and resisted magic and all it took to power it was a sigil stone.

Well there you have it, I guess.