If you want to level Destruction get a CORRODE ARMOR or CORRODE WEAPON effect on self, instead of self damage.
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You don’t die.
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You also get to level up Armorer at the same time. Combo’s great with your “Fortify Armorer” spell to minimize the hammers you break along the way.
If you just want to level up Armorer, you can enchant some apparel (a ring, for example) with the Disintegrate Weapon/Armor effect, and it will damage your gear every time you equip this ring… so just spam equipping/removing the ring in your inventory until all your gear breaks for optimal Armorer EXP gains.
Spell casting hints: Weakness to Magic 100% for 6 seconds, and a Absorb Fatigue 5 pts for 6 seconds. When you spam it, it will trigger the weakness and double it to 10 pts.
It’s a style of casting that works better the more you cast then on the enemy.
I find these simple exploits of game mechanics funny. Do you have any others (in Oblivion or other RPGs)?
A friend used to spend time sneaking + auto walking into a door behind which was an npc. He did that to level up the sneaking skill… Edit: oh, op mentioned his trick as well. Still, point stands.
Meh… these types of tricks are interesting to discover, but boring to use, imo. If you’re gonna play that way imo just use cheats to max whatever skills you want. Less time wasted and more time left to enjoy the game.