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Comment author: BrandonReinhart 01 August 2009 01:41:51AM *  37 points [-]

Ah yes, intelligence enhancement spells. I like to call this a "Morrowind Singularity." Drink intellect enhancing potion: craft another, better, intellect enhancing potion. Repeat until incredibly intelligent. Craft special weapon using enhanced intellect, defeat boss in a single hit.

Comment author: gwern 01 August 2009 08:07:09AM 10 points [-]

Does that actually work?

(I can't decide whether that would mean Morrowind's game mechanics are broken, or just really awesome.)

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 02 August 2009 02:01:07AM 3 points [-]

I believe there's a video of a speed run done that way somewhere on the internet.

It took less than 15 minutes to beat the game, if memory serves me.

Comment author: gwern 02 August 2009 09:05:13AM 6 points [-]

http://speeddemosarchive.com/Morrowind.html has a ~14 minute speed run that has as one step 'Create and drink Fortify Intelligence in batches of 5'. That it?