I agree. He's also not as annoying as Marcurio.

So Vorstag, Mycharonna's human companion, already died! It happened in Morvunskar. She cleared out a lot of this fort (which is inhabited by evil mages) and while Vorstag stood bored outside. So she decided to try and include the guy! But it didn't take long before he was toasted.

One of the mages happend to a 40-point fireball staff. Poor Vorstag didn't have a chance. I wonder if he's a lower-level follower or something, seemed like he kept getting pwned quite easily, even though this game is on Apprentice difficulty.

Oh no! That's too bad. Vorstag is still a beast in Rowan's level 50 something game. (Though she does keep him supplied with potions.) Damn those fireballs! Poor Mycharonna, alone again!

Potions. Potions. That's something I've wondered about, do followers really use potions? Every time I give my follower a bunch of potions he or she doesn't seem to use them. I definitely have checked inventory in the past, too. Hmmm....

So with Vorstag, she didn't bother to give him any. Maybe I should start doing this, just in case I'm just not noticing whether they get used.

I've found that the the player-made potions don't get used, but the healing and magicka ones found in the game do.

That's what I've found too. Kharjo pretty much receives every healing potion Aravi finds. He hasn't needed them very often I am pleased to report.

Ahhhh that makes sense. I'll try giving Mycharonn'as next peon follower standard generic potions. This is good to know too because my vamp (as well as LHM and others I've created) is usually in the habit of leaving some potions un-looted. They're already rich, and all those extra potions don't need to be picked for cash, so they often get left behind. Not anymore though.

Dang we learn something new everyday, right? Or at least every week.


This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Mar 15 2013, 06:35 PM

Today we met a Breton called Erich who just happened to be near the border when a sweep of Imperial troops gathered him up along with some oaf called Ulfric Stormcloak...

Sadly, in the insuing fistycuffs he's lost his memory and hasn't got a clue about why he was in Skyrim in the first place...

Though, he does like shooting things with fire...A lot...

Having made his way down to a lovely village called Riverwood with a decent chap called Ralof, Erich had decided to earn his keep, earning a fair day's money for a fair day's work...If only he could find a damned woodsman's axe around the place...

The shopkeeper suggested there may be a free one up in that Bleak Falls Barrow place..."Oh, and while you're there, could you...You know...have a look for something that was stolen from us?...Huh?...Please?..."



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As a break from every character that I've made being involved in my KOTN story, Erich has nothing to do with anything...and for once, the Skyrim that is, is the Skyrim that is...If you know what I mean...

I'm attempting to do a pure mage...Robes, wards, **-skin spells...Shooty fire spells...And a huge bunch of conjuration-ness...

I'm also going to try and avoid the conjour weapons spells, simply to keep the need for the uber-spells going, and not be able to rely on good old-fashioned killy-stab-stab metal type...

Not that I'm bored of the knighty-types, as such, it's just that Dragonborn (aside from its MQ which ended up urinate*-ing me off when I realised what the pay-off actually was) and Hearthfire really have made Skyrim far more enjoyable than it ever was, for me personally...So I just want to keep it going with some different type of roleplay thing-ish-ness...

I'm considering not doing a lot of the quests...Well, I've done them all before...Some I'll need to do, the Thane of Falkreath ones...Possibly the College ones...But maybe not...Certainly he'll have to enrol to get access to the mages and their monies...Hmmm...

Though one thing is certain...No dragons... ...Or Companions...Or Thieves...Or Dark Brotherhoods... ...



EDIT...Erich does have a surname...It's just that I've forgotten what it is... ...Weeeelll, at just after half-five this morning, it asks for a name and then it was lost again...So, other than the Erich bit, I've no idea... ...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Mar 16 2013, 11:38 AM

Good luck to Erich! I love non-questing characters. They can poke their nose in anywhere without causing me to panic over triggering some bug or another.

McB: I have noticed that my PS3 games did not feature a wood-cutting axe in Riverwood but on the Xbox there is one. All of this is pre-Dawnguard or any other DLC or updates, too.

I don't wanna post spoilers outright, so you'll have to hightlight this..try looking on a table located just behind the smith's place. It's by a fence near the river. I remember last summer being very surpised to find an axe here.

Granted, maybe there's always been an axe in my PS3/Riverwood games, but I just never found it. That's a possibility, but rather unlikely.


This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Mar 16 2013, 02:28 PM

Oh cool!!...Got Erich some axe action, though I'll definately go look for that other one for future reference...It always seemed odd to me...

Well, the non-metal killing utensils attempt failed...One Damage magica regen potion and Erich would have been dead if he hadn't had the steel war axe with him...*Shrug*...Bought the bound sword spell tome...Hey-ho...I tried in that way, it was either that or die... ...

So, Erich took on two tribes of Bandits...I know there were two, as there were two chiefs...Plus a Sabre-Cat turned up from somewhere...

That was a busy time...Didn't die once though...*Applauds Erich*... ...

This is fun again... ...

Ehem. Pets.

ha ha there ya go.

Mycharonna just returned to Anise's Cabin, which may as well be Mycharonna's cabin since Anise is long gone. This cabin really is her home. I need to post some screenies at some point.

The upper level is totally plain, other than some torches laid upon its front lawn. It looks abandoned, otherwise. There are some cheap utensils, ingredients, and clothes lying about. The honey pot Mycharonna stole in Riften is the most interesting thing.

Have a look in her dresser, though, and it gets interesting. There's a layer of ordinary clothes, but under this layer are a few enchanted robes. And under these there are a series of notes and books, most of which are Dark Brotherhood assassination contracts with her name on them. There's a couple enchanted weapons, but what's really interesting is the 8,000 gold, tucked underneath all this mess. Mages and bandits (and other NPCs) occasionally wander though the area where the cabin is, they have no clue apparently about the hidden gold. (RP wise)

Now we go to the cellar, which is really cribbed out. Rubies, garnets, emeralds, and other jewels are laid on the cupboard and tables. Soul gems. And a series of enchanted clothes that enhance the potions and poisons she makes are stored down here, as well. A torch is in the middle of the floor, keeping the place well-lit at all times.

This is definitely her home, until she figures out a place to spend that 8,000 gold on a real house.

This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Mar 17 2013, 03:57 PM

Cool... ...

Well, Erich Krannt (yes, I know...It was 5.30am-ish...Leave me be!!... ) is definately a mage...And an Alteration/Conjouration one at that...I'm only level 15 and both are either at or near 50 already...With no training...

The wife's like "Why do you keep Male-Chicken*-ing about changing all the spells all the time?" then it increases Alteration/Sneak/Conjuration/Illusion one after the other in a row and I just simply point and say, "That's why."

The kids are sickened by my power levelling...*Smug*...It's about one and a half levels per hour played at the mo...Robert knows how to play the game these days... ...

Currently, Erich is taking care of a Bounty Hunting contract in Bilegulch mine...This coming after doing a favour for the Jarl of Falkreath (With a view to the whole house/Hearthfire thing kicking off)...I'll be doing the Thane quest there too...

The Thane quests.. *sigh* I switched from Mycharonna to Lord Haaf-Mersey. I am doing another gaming marathon today. Anyways, LHM has been stuck on 1/3 for ever. Can't figure out what else will trigger Thane quests in Falkreath. And I've done it with other characters. I've become Thane in Falkreath with others, that is. It didn't take this long, either. I think LHM has done the werewolf one (where he takes the ring from the imprisoned dude) and that's it.

Actually *facepalms* I forgot about the talking Dog quest. I think LHM might have to do that one, too. He's going to be a very busy man these next few months.

Erich Krannt

If you just want to buy Lakeview Manor, all you need to do is wait until you get the letter from the Jarl (I think at level 7 or so), and then go kill a bandit boss for him.

If you want the whole Thane title, then you have to do three favors for people in FallsChurchkreath. The Barbas quest is one. Picking wheat for the farmer is another. Getting the priest's journal back is a third. There are several others as well.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 18 2013, 12:34 AM

Thanks, hon. LHM has spoken to every NPC in town, trying to see what else there is to do. I forgot all about the talking Barbas dog one, though.


This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Mar 17 2013, 09:39 PM

There's a guy in leather armor who has a quick errand he needs doing. He's often chopping wood in the main part of town.

Namira . . .oh that voice . . .hmmm . . .

Lord Haaf-Mersey is trying to find the moth priest, who has been taken to Forebear's Holdout. I am being extra hardcore about this: No map and no HUD. This "holdout" place is hard to find!

But LHM found a cabin with a dead NPC inside. There's a dog named Meeko, and so now he's got a dog follower! I forgot that we can have one dog and one NPC follow us, so it's like a new addition to the family.

I just have to remember to have LHM tell Meeko to "Sit..stay..." before going into dangerous areas.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Mar 24 2013, 07:50 PM