Race - High Elf: Your Magicka is increased by 50, and your Magicka Regeneration is

increased by 50%.
+ Vampire Lord Stage 4
Class - Nightblade: You deal 25% extra damage with sneak attacks and spells.
Stone - Shadow Stone: You are 25% harder to detect while sneaking, and you deal 25%
extra damage with sneak attacks and spells.
Deity - Vaermina: Illusion spells cost 10/20% less. / Illusion spells last half as
long, but they reduce enemy Armor Rating by 150 and Magic Resistance by 25%. This
effect is reversed for Command spells.
Stats - (H)300(M)200+150(S)300 (Buffs from Race/Flute)

Perks - Perk Total 65 (Since you will get more perks while doing most of the
content, you can go into alchemy/smithing or flesh out one of the trees more (like
sneak for sneak magic/dagger sneak attack)

One-handed : Skirmisher(2)/Fighter’s
Stance/Overrun/Execute/Onslaught/Flourish/Quick Slash(2)/Precise Cuts(2)
Light Armor : ALL
Destruction : Elementalist(2)
Illusion : Illusionist(2)/Captivating Presence(2)/Indomitable Will(2)/Master
of the Mind(2)/ +3 perks of your choice to get the Illusion magic you want (e.g.
Statis for paralysis spells)
Sneak : Agent(2)/Merciless/Backstab/Trespasser/Infiltrator/Hidden
Threat/Living Shadow
Enchanting : Artificer(2)/Resonance/Soul Siphon/Jewelry Enchanter/Armor
Enchanter/Corpus Enchanter/Elemental Enchanter/Insightful Enchanter/Twin Secrets
Speech : Merchant(1)/Silver Tongue/Bard(2)/Troubadour
Security : Collector(1)/Golden Touch/Deep Pockets(2)
Pilgrim : Cultist/Pariah(1)/Zealot
VL : Nightwalker(1)/Ancient Thirst(2)/Dread Harvest(2)/False Life(2)
Get these perks first, then feel free to get the rest of the VL from perks if you
want them

(Buy/find the best light armor possible and enchant it with)

Head - Fortify Illusion Cost / Fortify Destruction Cost
Chest - Resist Magic / Fortify Power Attacks
Gloves - Resist Fire / Fortify Sneak Attacks
Boots - Resist Fire / Resist Shock
Ring - Resist Magic / Resist Fire
Necklace - Fortify Illusion Power / Fortify Destruction Power
Cloak - Resist Fire / Resist Shock (Half Power)
Weapon - Absorb Magicka / Absorb Stamina (Can use a artifact sword like
dawnbreaker if there is one you prefer)
Off Hand - Spell

Spells

(D) Whatever drain spells you like

(I) The strongest version of the Illusion spell, you want to be able to hit the
targets without dual casting

Black Books
Filament and Filigree - Secret of Arcana: Spells and enchantments cost 10% less
Magicka.
The Sallow Regent - Seeker of Might: You take 10% less damage from all sources.
The Winds of Change - Scholar’s Insight: You gain 10% more experience.
The Hidden Twilight - Mage’s Gift: Magicka regenerates twice as fast out of
combat.
Epistolary Acumen - Dragonborn Force: Dragon Aspect reduces incoming damage
while power attacking, drawing a bow, or casting a spell by 25% .

Notes and Buffs

Play Flute
Eat all 3 foods
Keep Dragon Aspect up at all times
Get Azura's star for 10% spell cost reduction
Get Oghma Infinium
For shouts, any work but drain life is the most fitting (and a really good choice)

Good early/mid game sets are Thieves/Nightingale/Raven (Check the github items
page) https://github.com/Oghma-Infinium/Fahluaan/blob/main/Documentation/ITEMS.md