Scribing question x2

Grendalism · August 14

Hello community.

Quick two questions about scribing:

Q1. Does scribed skills count as ‘skill tree skills’ from the POV of passives or armour sets?
I.e. ones ‘Torch’ count as a fighters guild skill with respect to the Slayer or Banish the wicked passives?…does ‘Trample’ proc Powerful Assault?
(If not why not, if they are listed in that specific skill tree sub-menu?)

Q2. Do scribed skills get saved with armoury slots?
I.e. if I have scribed elemental explosion with fire and saved as armoury slot 1, and for armoury slot 2 I change it to lightning, if I load armoury slot 1 will I get fire (from the saved armoury slot) or will I get lightning? (As the scribed skill only shows the most recent and doesn’t change back to “different morphs”)

Syiccal · August 14

Question number 3..what's the point of the archived scribed skills, if when ever I want to change a skill I have to use ink again??

Erickson9610 · August 14

Yes, Scribed skills are part of their parent skill line and proc/benefit from that skill line's passives. Think of Scribing as additional Active Abilities added to various skill lines — except rather than them always being a particular type of skill, you get to decide the "morph" of the skill by using Scripts.

Scribing skill configurations are currently not stored in the Armory system, but ZOS has voiced interest in adding support for this somewhere down the line. Currently the Armory system saves the Scribing skills to your build, but they will always be whatever you currently have those skills scribed to be.

I have no idea what the point of the archived skills menu is. It doesn't let you revisit old skills for free — it just shows you what they were. It shows you a complete history of every skill that character has scribed in reverse chronological order. Honestly, I think that list ought to be removed if it serves little purpose and takes up space on ZOS's servers.