Great thread. Alchemy has always been my favorite in TES. There is definitely something off with number of useless and/or harmful effects. Feels like something is missing or something else was inte
I thought the same thing myself, but then realized there are no "rare" alchemy materials. A blacksmithng hireling can bring a 3k tempering alloy or 2 dregh wax at 2.5k each from a cloth hireling. I'