Quest problem Options

[bloodyfish]

Well, I'm using an acrobat to do the mage quest and I'm up to the pillar. I did it right on my old, deleted character, but now I'm having a problem. I have no way of fortifying the pillar. I wasted the scroll by accident. Do I need to be able to use a fortify magic spell to make a target or touch version? My restoration isn't high enough yet if this is true. Anybody know what I should do? And will jumping into the area work?