I never understood why potions cant be bought at the Mages Guild

[The Holy Knight]

its weird to me that you have to buy potions or make them at the Temples and not the Mages Guild

[Ralzar]

Well, there should be something that isn’t supplied by the mages guild

[The Holy Knight]

but you can also do Daedra Summoning at the Mages Guild too. They should have traded that for potion buying and leave the Temples with the Daedra Summoning, haha idk

[Ralzar]

If there was any thought behind the design choice (and with Daggerfall, who knows?) I'd say it was that potions are used as a way to give someone spell abilites instead of casting spells. Since Mages Guild members are expected to use spells, they're not interested in spells-in-a-bottle.

But really, I'd like the Mages Guild service-monopoly to be broken up a bit. Or equally beneficial services added to other guilds.

[The Holy Knight]

I guess I can see your point of view

[Seferoth]

Also why does Temple of Arkay sell soul gems? You need to be in Mage's Guild anyway to use them. I understand why School of Julianos sell them as they have their own magic item crafters, but Temple of Arkay selling them is kinda pointless. You cannot even make money(which is a damn shame) by soul trapping things so even that's off the table.

[Ralzar]

Yep, the guild services are a mess when you look outside the Mages Guild.

[Seferoth]

Yep, the guild services are a mess when you look outside the Mages Guild.

Maybe they were randomly generated too.

[Jeoshua]

Some day someone needs to do a rebalance of the Guilds, Shops, and Temples. Potion Selling and Making should be available at a premium from Alchemists. Arkay needs soul gems removed from their inventory. Fighters should sell high quality weapons and armor, or even have a discount at some stores. I don't think Mages need to be nerfed but others need a bit of a buff.

[Seferoth]

Now that i think about it, Dark Brotherhood selling soul gems is equally pointless as Temple of Arkay selling them. I wonder if there ever was an idea of creating magic items without joining the mages guild or School of Julianos. It would be great if there were a way, like perhaps a mod that gives you an opportunity to create a magic item if you complete a specific quest or task...perhaps doing some quest for Witch Covens would allow them to craft one for you. Or perhaps creating a Magic Items could be done with any smiths, but with ridiculously high price like 10-50x price. Even better idea would be to add a new skill "Enchant" that would allow you to create magic items yourself directly by using a "spell" called Enchant...or something like that. I am quite sure that's impossible to mod though.