And what about the fire salt business. As far as I know, summoning is such, along with the amulet of kings and things like that, where you cannot harvest things from a dead deadra because they immediately vanish back into Oblivion, [i]immediately[/i]. 

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I don't think he assumed it was weak. Rather, he assumed that even the strongest telekinesis could lift over a hundred pounds. I know a vampire lord can do that, though they have the power of blood magic backing them up. Ultimately, if one can do that, it wouldn't be a walk in the park. The mage would have to exert considerable effort to lift that kind of weight and sustain it.
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We've already discussed how misleading information from the games can be. I see it this way, Telekinesis is a mystical property, to put hard limits on mystical properties, especially when these properties are committed by someone with over a lifetime of experience and with the assured assistance of a deity, is a little silly. I can imagine Sarel using his spell to stop falling rocks or stop an arrow, the pressure of which could well be over 100 pounds, with some effort. Sure, maybe it would take some magical bolstering, but I do not believe it is outside of his capabilities.