I’ve been thinking.

Right now, martial weapons feel like they cover a pretty wide spectrum of playstyles, which is great. But there are still a few things that are missing.

Like spears, tridents, and polearms in general. Crossbows too. Even more niche stuff like flails or whips. And unarmed or brawler-style combat has always felt like it could fit somewhere in Tamriel as well.

On the magical side, it feels a bit more centered around destruction staves, with restoration sitting in its own category. It works, but it also feels like magic doesn’t have the same kind of “weapon variety” that martial combat does.

It makes me wonder about the idea of different magical tools instead of just more staves.

Things like tomes, focus items, or wands. Not just as cosmetic differences, but as different ways of handling magic.

For example, staves could stay as the more traditional, guild-approved elemental magic.

Tomes or similar tools could lean into more forbidden or dangerous schools of magic, like plague, necrotic themes, or Oblivion-related magic.

And then something like wands or focus items could sit somewhere in between, more aligned with alteration, illusion, and supportive or utility magic.

Just a way to give magical combat a bit more of the same variety that martial weapons already have, without necessarily tying everything to class skill lines.

Just thinking about more varieties to have to approach combat.