It's a promise! She's dungeon crawling her way from the IC to Anvil at the moment and I'm looking for good opportunities to showcase that spell for you.

Edti: Okay, done! Put some pixies up on Buffy's Potpourri Thread in our sub forum (see link in siggie).

This post has been edited by Acadian: Oct 1 2013, 07:39 PM

Well since I'm starting a new character later this evening, I think I'll mention him here.

His name is Arravyne (that's pronounced "Arraveene" by the way), and he's a Dunmer from Vvardenfell. He's born under the Atronach, and is a War Wizard/Sorcerer. He doesn't like the term "Wizard", he thinks it refers to wizened old men poring over some ancient dust covered tome, so he calls himself a Sorcerer.

He's currently on a ship heading for Cyrodiil.

CT, good luck with Arravyne. A Dunmeri Atronach sounds pretty interesting!

Let us know how he works out.

Last night Lothran went from Morcant´s little cottage to Pell´s Gate to sell some potions and from there he went to the Imperial City to sell more stuff and make a new version of the Ragnarok spell at the university. As night fell he decided to head for Chorrol one last time before winter comes. It´s getting chilly, so he can feel it´s time to go back to Bruma soon



This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 2 2013, 11:26 AM

Argh! Buffy's too slow! She traveled from Topal Bay / Blackwood up alongside the Niben to Bravil. There she met a friend and the two rode up to Pells Gate. She got delayed there clearing the nearby Fort Homestead before returning to the University - only to learn that she had once again missed Lothran! We're glad he's starting his seasonal migration to Bruma so Buffy knows where she can find him!

Your elf may be all over the place, but my elf knows some tricks too! As always, Buffy is welcome in Bruma whenever she feels like it. That is if she can put aside her new duties as ambassador of Shivering Isles

But he´s not there yet. He has some business to do in Chorrol now and then he´s gonna head back to I.C. As of now he has one thing on the agenda: collecting Septims. That new spell of his, called Valhalla´s Might btw, took about 1700 Septims to make so now he´s down to a meager 200+

As I always do I've written up an intro for Arravyne. It's a little long, but what can you do? Since it's spoiler free I figured I'd drop it in here. So, here goes nothing:


The Serpent's Wake, en route to Cyrodiil:

The deck of the Serpent's Wake is awash with sound. The gentle creaking and groaning of the ship as it's rocked by the waves, the faint, barely audible humming of the rigging, the clamour of the crew as they guide the ship on it's journey. And on the starboard side of the ship stands a Dunmer, seemingly utterly oblivious to all around him as he leans on the rail and stares out at the ocean, a bubble of calm amidst a whirlwind of activity. The Captain of the ship watches on, perplexed, professionalism warring with his curiosity, which eventuality wins out. The Dunmer doesn't look round as the Captain approaches, still staring out at the sea.

“I didn't take you for a sailor Arravyne, but the way you're watching the waves makes me wonder if you're thinking of a change in profession.” That caught Arravyne's attention, though any anger he might have felt was stilled by the jovial smile on the Captain's face. “Ha,” he replied, “the sea may be a wondrous thing, but I'll be glad to feel solid ground beneath my feet again. Or empty air for that matter.” He turned, looking back the way they had come, though Vvardenfell had long since faded from view, and for a moment the calm seemed a little stormier. Once more the Captain's curiosity won out: “You'll miss Vvardenfell, won't you” Arravyne turned back to look out over the rail, leaning on it once more. “That I will Captain, that I will.”

“Then why leave? If you don't mind my asking.”

“I thought you said that it didn't matter to you why I was leaving, as long as I wasn't in trouble with the authorities.”

“That I did, and I meant it. But you look like you could do with talking about it. And I know what it's like to have to leave your home behind.”

“How much do you know about Vvardenfell, Captain? About the Great Houses in particular?”

“I know a fair bit, as much as any who sail there on business. You were a member of one of them, I take it?”

“Telvanni.”

“Ah, the mages. Now that says a lot. Made a few enemies, did you? I hear it's easily done in House Telvanni, what with them all fighting for position and all.”

“A few. It got in the way of my studies, and I couldn't be bothered with it, in all honesty. Fighting your way to the top just to spend the rest of your life waiting for your allies to betray you, what's the point? I considered leaving House Telvanni and joining the Mages guild, but that would simply have made me an enemy of everyone in House Telvanni. And they don't take kindly to what they see as treachery. So that only left leaving Vvardenfell completely.”

“So why Cyrodiil? Wouldn't Summerset Isle be better for studying magic?”

“Perhaps, but would you want a bunch of High Elf snobs lecturing you down their noses about how they're superior in every way? I'd sooner take on Divayth Fyr, it would be a less painful death, and quicker.”

The Captain burst out laughing at that, slapping Arravyne amiably on the shoulder. “You've got a point there friend. Cyrodiil does sound preferable to that. Not as nice as Hammerfell of course, but nice enough.” Now it was Arravyne's turn to laugh.

“No doubt, but Cyrodiil is where the Arcane University is, and not even the Telvanni speak ill of it. What better place to study magic?”

“I suppose you're right. We'll have you there in a few days, weather permitting of course.”

“Thankyou Captain. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll get some rest. I've not been sleeping well of late, as I'm sure you can appreciate”

“Of course. Perhaps you'll join me for dinner this evening? It's a long standing tradition of mine, to entertain my passengers. And besides, it'll save you from another evening of the crew's stories of debauchery.”

“I'd be glad to. Your crew seems decent enough, but they're a touch...vulgar.”

“True enough. I'll have one of them knock for you later. Until then my friend, sleep well.” And with that he returned to his customary position at the stern, near the wheel. Arravyne remained leaning against the rail for a few long moments, thinking once more of Vvardenfell, then turned and made is way to his cabin. He needed some sleep.

Three days later, the Serpent's Wake pulled into Anvil, just after sunrise. Arravyne gathered his possessions, mostly clothes and coin, and bade farewell to the Captain, who had taken a brief break from shouting orders at his crew to see him off. The two shook hands warmly, and the Captain said to Arravyne “Next time you're in Anvil, come by the docks. I'm putting out for Summerset Isle in a day or two, and I'll be back not long after, getting some repairs done. It's always rough sailing there and back, all that arrogance must screw up the weather.”

“I'll do that my friend. Until next time”

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Oct 3 2013, 12:32 AM

mirocu - The SI thing should be an easy gig. Buffy views it as simply a subset of her duties as a Lamp Knight. She should only have to go out there when the University wants more info on SI particular magicks - like changing the weather and such. Or when they want some of those exotic alchemy ingredients. A Warlock of Lothran's skill should be able to quickly fill up his coin purse.

CT - So Arravyne arrives in Anvil, aspiring to the wonderful University of the Arcane - can't do better than that!

Today Lothran went outside of Chorrol in search of loot to sell. He found a lone bandit with some stuff on him but that wasn´t enough, so my elf decided to clear out Crumbling Mine. Before that he had to rescue a Courier and her horse from a bandit who tried to catch up with them in a skirt!

Having spent a day or two in Chorrol, Lothran left the town in the afternoon and enjoyed The Orange Road up to Glademist Cave. After some exploring in there he went southwards towards the big city, whilst having fun with some bandits along the way. He also took the opportunity to coronate Shady Sam and the Imperial City stable boy.

Yesterday, Buffy was northbound near Vindasel and we were notified 'Samuel Bantien is unconscious'. Boosting her detect life from her standard fare of 360 feet to 480 feet and urging Superian into a fast, wide search pattern, we quickly found the problem. Poor Sam was being relentlessly harried by a raging boar during his monthly pilgrimage from the IC to Bravil. Fortunately, we had gifted him with the crown of essentialness long ago. After helping to kill the boar, Buffy healed Samuel, repaired his damaged short sword to well beyond its original specifications and they dined on roasted boar. She then wished him well, urging him to use the recently cleared Green Road as he continued toward Bravil.

Crowns are good.

I´m glad Buffy was able to help Samuel. Imagine having that boar knock you out relentlessly and with no end in sight! I must make sure Lothran finds him too as I´m sure he could use another crown

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I must also make one of the Khajiit Couriers reappear and coronate him as he´s nowhere to be found. Second time he´s gone for a very long time now...

Edit: I forgot to mention that Lothran used Buffy´s Torch in Glademist Cave with good results. It lights up places far away where his Illusion-based light spell doesn´t reach. Very nifty indeed!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 6 2013, 08:33 PM

So Buffy's torch lights a greater area, is what you're saying?

Kahreem of Weet is still in Leyawiin. I can't wait till he finally gets out of there.

Lady Saga is in Bravil. She is going to stay there indefinitely until I figure out a way to transform her game from Xbox to PC.

Same goes for Joan of Arkay. Her game's gonna be on PC as well; can't wait to see what Better Cities does to Imperial City (where she's still located).

So 2 of my characters are gonna have PC gameworlds, but I've decided Kahreem will stay on Xbox.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Oct 7 2013, 02:14 PM

To avoid any possible conflicts, move JoA out of the IC before installing Better Cities. The same goes for Saga and Bravil.

Renee, that's exciting news for you, Joan and Saga indeed! So many mods, so little time!

The spell mirocu calls 'Buffy's torch' is simply this: Frost damage (magnitude 3) x 30 seconds on target. The fun thing about frost is that when you cast it, it will 'stick' to any surface (like walls) and provide a nice little light source that you can send into dark places to check them out. Night eye can do the job, but I find this little 'magelight' spell quite fun. After clearing a chamber in a dungeon and noting no nearby pink glows, she'll toss some frosty 'magelights' into dark corners to check for loot and such. It saves the lazy little elf with short legs quite a bit of walking. Lol.

I actually got the idea from watching vids of KC's dear Khajiit, Aravi, using her 'magelight' spells in Skyrim.

Awwwh, look at you! All grown up and talking mods like a real gamer!

Buffy´s Torch works well as a cealing lamp too!

Well, I'll probably just (try to) take Joan from my Xbox save and just import her to the PC. Then I'll begin her game from scratch. It's not like she got very far.



Yup, I was gonna say this sounds similar to Magelight in Skyrim.



Yeah you know? Next thing I'll become one of those PC elitists, like DutchGamer. Remember him? He's the guy who showed up over at Beth's forums, asking all the PC gamers to petition Bethesda to make the next Elder Scrolls PC-only? The way he was putting it, it sounded like we'd be getting a better vanilla game, but we'd also be paying hundreds of dollars for it.

Well, good luck importing your characters (especially Saga ) and good luck with the mods. They can be a mouthful so be careful

And just wait. Soon enough you will be bashing on "console gamers" and the fact they can´t roleplay!

Yeah... take that Konsole Kiddies!

Just kidding. No seriously, we're kidding, if anybody's out there lurking & reading this (off-topic) discussion.

So did you finally take the plunge and get a PC then? Congrats in advance if you did. Now you can be an elitist snob like the rest of us!