Oblivion talk:Skooma

Morrowind-specific Info

This seems more specific to Morrowind than Oblivion. I often carry some Skooma with me, and I've never once had a merchant refuse to do business with me. I'm pretty sure they'll all buy it as well, unless it's stolen, which applies to everything, of course. (Of course, only vendors that deal in potions will buy it unless you're a Journeyman in Mercantile.) -- TheRealLurlock 14:48, 4 June 2006 (EDT)

• Should this page be moved to the Tamriel namespace, since it contains info on both OB and MW, and there is no Morrowind:Skooma page? --FMan 19:27, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

I've re-written this in a more "Tamriel" style at Lore:Skooma, which perhaps could be transcluded or redirected here? IMHO, the article should either go for an "In-Character" style (Tamriel) or a "Game Player Advice" style (OB and MW) but not a mixture of both. --Actreal 02:14, 3 October 2006 (EDT)

Yeah, I was just cleaning up the obvious errors, but it still needs some clean-up. For instance, there is no Moon Sugar in Oblivion. Really, I'm not sure this needs its own page, except as an entry in the [[Lore:Dictionary_S|Dictionary]]. --TheRealLurlock 09:28, 3 October 2006 (EDT)

Origin of Word

Is it possible that the name skooma was derived from the word soma. It was a drug used to escape pain and reality in the book "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. --Maniji 21:19, 9 March 2008

In fact the word Soma goes back much further than Huxley. Brewer: "An intoxicating drink anciently made, with mystic rites and incantations..." You could be right but it's definitely speculation so shouldn't go on the main article. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 02:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT)

I believe Skooma did in fact come from the word Soma, an easter egg referring to Brave New World. And though it does not belong in the Skooma section, it is probably worth a mention in the easter egg section. — Unsigned comment by 68.187.83.65 (talk)

Good grief... Soma goes back well, well before the discovery of electricity, let alone the invention of the computer. Believe it or not, many things in the world do not reference computer games. A little research goes a long way. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 15:39, 1 April 2008 (EDT)

While that's true enough, and I agree that it's too speculative to bear mentioning in either the Skooma or Easter Eggs articles, it's entirely possible that the game designers didn't know the history of the word, either. :) --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 16:45, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

Skooma I guess does come from soma(which is a drink used by indians since vedic times ), not only that but its ingredients too match, ie. moon sugar..nw moon means soma (sanskrit) and soma is related with mental.. — Unsigned comment by 59.95.13.56 (talk) on 15 September 2008

Serpent's Wake Skooma

Should the size and more detailed location be mentioned as this particular bottle is easily missed, being smaller than an inkwell and obscured by shelves.The-manta 13:27, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

If it's mentioned anywhere, it should probably be mentioned in the Serpents Wake paragraph itself. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 16:45, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

Hm, good point, shall I add it there then? The-manta 04:27, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Yup, go right ahead. If people think it's too minor or whatever, they'll revert it, but I don't think I ever found it, so I'd agree it should go in there. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 10:46, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Ok, I'll get right on it. (Wow, this the first time I've started a real [small] discussion!) The-manta 17:39, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Morrowind References

What is the point of the Morrowind skooma references? One is under "general information; trade; last paragraph; 2nd to last sentence" & another is under "general information; trade; first paragraph; last sentence." I think they should be taken out since Morrowind has it's own skooma page. Also there are several more Morrowind references, but their context is more debatable. 96.3.141.210 22:14, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

Due to my bad edit, I found out that it was a trail to Skooma. I might fix this sometime, but for now it might be just fine. --Mr. Oblivion^(T-C) 22:35, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

I just did the same and made a bad edit to the Lore:Skooma page, so I'm going to un-transclude the Lore:Skooma page here and include only the Oblivion-specific info. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 17:03, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Tripping, Falling Over

I was staying in the Merchant's Inn and I found two bottles of skooma upstairs. I did them both and was having fun running around and jumping, when I landed on a table downstairs. But instead of just landing, the view switched to third-person, and I went ragdoll and fell face-first off the table, and smacked my head on the ground. No damage, but it was pretty fun. I spent a while trying to do it again but I couldn't. Anyone know anything about this? 71.209.66.70 16:02, 9 June 2009 (EDT)

Isn't that because you ran out of fatigue? — Unsigned comment by REAL DEADGUT (talk • contribs) on 6 July 2009

It's most likely that you ran out of fatigue, you can easily recreat it with an altar of spell making, and it's very amusing to actually dive off Dive Rock :D --Nacht 14:21, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Moved from page

• 10 bottles: Waterfront District, Imperial City in a barrel (Hard-level lock) outside of Myvryna Arano's shack. (Respawns)

There is definitely a hard-locked barrel next to her house, but when I opened it, it contained a folded cloth, an hourglass and yarn. I guess this information is false. Wolok gro-Barok 14:00, 16 June 2009 (EDT)

I would suggest reading THIS discussion (and the discussion underneath it as well). The barrel definately contains Skooma. But only if a long series of conditions are met. Krusty 14:06, 16 June 2009 (EDT)

I don't know why, but for some reason the lock on the barrel is sometimes average instead of hard.--DarthWeezie 20:37, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Just checked the barrel with a lvl 1 and a lvl 15 character, and it is leveled. At lvl 1 it was Average, at lvl 15 hard. I'll tweak the page, although I'd like a CS confirmation first. --Krusty 23:02, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Damage Intelligence

I'm not sure what happened but after drinking maybe 40 bottles of skooma (using duplication) I permanently had 0 Intelligence, can anyone explain this? — Unsigned comment by REAL DEADGUT (talk • contribs) on 6 July 2009

The effects of skooma drain your intelligence. Pray at an altar, or find a Restore Intelligence potion to fix the problem. Lucky the Cat Guy. 02:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Because, if you read the article, you will see that it damages your Intelligence. –Elliot^(T-C) 02:54, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

So is there any way to get it back? — Unsigned comment by REAL DEADGUT (talk • contribs) on 6 July 2009

As Lucky already said, "Pray at an altar, or find a Restore Intelligence potion" –rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 05:20, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Intelligence

Skooma damages your intelligence so remember that if you use it to run fast you are affecting your magicka. If you abuse Skooma and didn't realize it affects your intelligence do not worry because it can easily be restored by praying at an altar.

Indgedients

does anyone know what skooma is make out of, i know one ingredient is moon sugar, but what are the others. I know you can't make skooma, im just curious. — Unsigned comment by 71.2.72.232 (talk)

I have read somewhere it is made of Moon Sugar and Nightshade, but I don't know for sure. --Wizy (Talk/Contribs) 00:54, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I had thought it was supposed to be fermented moon sugar --Brf 01:06, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I know that it is refined Moon Sugar, but Nightshade can be used to make Skooma more potent--DarthWeezie 00:53, 5 August 2011 (UTC).

There's an unofficial book called The Alchemist's Guide to Skooma that sheds some information on this. rpeh •T•C•E• 08:20, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Capitalization

Do you capitalize skooma?--DarthWeezie 07:52, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't do. It's not a proper noun after all. rpeh •T•C•E• 09:51, 7 August 2011 (UTC)