Updated on September 18th, 2021, by Anastasia Maillot: As the 10th anniversary of Skyrim approaches, fans might feel tempted to return to the game and challenge themselves with a pure mage build. That being said, this does mean that many newcomers to the series may make a few mistakes when it comes to playing as an all-powerful mage in Skyrim. Unlike past games, the player doesn't need to pick a specific class in order to build the character they want, and, instead, the focus is on combining the skills themselves rather than following a set path.

Related: Awful Things You Can Do In Skyrim (That NPCs Mostly Ignore) While there have been many different variations of these skills in the series, those found in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim are the most accessible in terms of character builds. One of the main draws of the Elder Scrolls series over other first-person RPGs is, most notably, the ability to fire off balls of fire and arcs of lightning from the player character's hands like it was going out of style.

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