Meditations on the Words of Power

Paarthurnax at the Throat of the World can help the Dragonborn meditate on three Words of Power: Fus, Feim and Yol. Talking to Paarthurnax and choosing the dialogue option "I wish to meditate on a Word of Power" unlocks the option to receive a buff for either the Unrelenting Force, Become Ethereal, and Fire Breath shouts. The Dragonborn is allowed to possess only one attribute at a time, however they can repeatedly change the attribute by meditating again as needed. 
==Effect==
*Fus (force) will apply the effect Force Without Effort, resulting in a 25% lower chance of being staggered and a 25% higher chance of opponents being staggered (most recommended, as by the time one reaches Paarthurnax, one will have learned all words of power for Unrelenting Force).
**Applies to most attacks with a stagger effect, such as Power Shot, Power Bash, regular power attacks, Unrelenting Force and Shield Charge (when the enemy is not knocked down).
**It does not function with the Destruction school perk Impact. It achieves its stagger effect through damage inflicted by a particular spell.
**Stacks with the Heavy Armor perk, Tower of Strength for 75% less stagger. This reduced stagger applies to Dragons landing/crashing near the player, resurrected dragons bursting from a burial mound, regular power attacks by foes, some traps, and enemies who use shouts.
*Feim (fade) will apply the effect Eternal Spirit, increasing health regeneration while ethereal by 25%.
**Only applies to the Become Ethereal shout.
**Can be used by those with vampirism as a means of regenerating health, even in sunlight.
*Yol (fire) will apply the effect The Fire Within, increasing the damage dealt by Fire Breath by 25%.
**This increase is questionable against higher level opponents or at higher difficulties where the damage is still minimal when facing enemies with sizable health bars.
**Weakness to Fire poisons can be applied to an enemy or placed in their pockets to drastically increase the viability of this choice.
==Trivia==
*The three meditations are all related to shouts obtainable throughout the main quest. One word of Unrelenting Force is found in Bleak Falls Barrow and two are gifted by the Greybeards. One word of Become Ethereal can be found in Ustengrav during the quest "The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller," while another word for Fire Breath is gifted to the Dragonborn by Paarthurnax. 
==Bugs==
* Selecting "Feim" may not add the Ethereal Spirit perk and instead have no effect. The ability may only show in active effects while Ethereal.
*Sometimes selecting "Yol" adds a 25% bonus to all fire damage done by the Dragonborn, not just from the Fire Breath shout. This can be combined with Augment Fire perks, the Vampire/Necromage perk bonus, and Ahzidal's mask to gain huge bonuses to fire spells, with the Flames spell dealing up to 20 fire damage per second.
* Often, when "Yol" is selected the health regeneration effect of "Feim" is active.
==Appearances==
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