Plot hole? Options

[Syradd]

I'm not sure where to put this, but it's been really bugging me! Haha. Okay, so i might confuse you with this, but bear with me.

The mages guild recommendation questline; how come the university doesn't expect a recommendation from Kvatch?

Obviously Kvatch is unable to give one, but If you never go to Kvatch, nobody on the outside is aware of what's happening there, so therefore the university should expect a recommendation from there. So if you collect recommendations from all the available cities but AVOID Kvatch, they don't expect one. Maybe there should have been a mention of this in-game. I don't know. Lol

Okay... I'm confusing myself, but I hope you understand my point! Thoughts? Any other plot holes you guys can think of? I LOVE this game... but I think this is an interesting point. Lol

[Acadian]

ghastley, does it help that a master alchemist can make a potion from only one ingredient? Buffy's basic simple poisons are crafted from pure nightshade as the only ingredient, for example.

Since cure disease is a simple no magnitude effect, there isn't really an advantage to making a potion over simply eating the ingredient of course. Like many characters, Buffy simply carried mandrake root for a time. Then, as her restoration came up to speed, she learned cure spells. That way she could dump the mandrake and make room to carry higher priority stuff - like more shoes!

[ghastley]

ghastley, does it help that a master alchemist can make a potion from only one ingredient?

No, because only the first effect is used. A Master of Alchemy would be able to make a potion from just Mandrake, but it would be heavier than the root! And from elf cup cap, they'd get a damage willpower poison.

It's not a problem, because it gives me a nice hook to start the vampire hunting quest, just an observation that Bethsoft didn't think it through again.