good question. i'll see what me and revenger can dig up.
so basically you want whatever is included in my save but also add best soul gems?
yes that is normal. remember, it's like having a fortified bonus. without the fortification, your skill would be 15.. but with the fortification it is 30. when you level up your skill, it's going to level up whatever the actual skill value without the fortification so it's going to say it ranked up to 16 but your TOTAL skill then (with the fortification bonus) is 31. you have nothing to worry about... everything is working as it should.
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also, thinking about making a modified save with health regen turned off, magicka and stamina regen increased, smith and speechcraft at 100 as usual, block at 100, increased executions (if possible, i saw something about this somewhere) but everything else (like one-handed, two-handed, destruction, etc) stays the same. you see where i'm going with this? would you guys enjoy something like that? if the difficulty was set on expert, i think something like that would be really fun.