Nice stories Rhianae & Callidus!


I can second this. On PC there are a multitude of settings and mods to make dungeons darker, on consoles one only has to dungeon-dive as normal. I would push a setting on my TV remote to make my vanilla games even darker, but even if I didn't do this there would still be areas where one might actually need a light source.

Lady Saga got several new radiant-style quests from the merchants of Skingrad*, one of these brought her into Goblin Jim's Cave. She brought a couple of Wood Elves along for this expedition: Maglir and Erthor.



She found Erthor lurking in his stupid cave once again, trying his hand (and failing) at his usual experiments. Silly elf. Erthor had somehow managed to eradicate the vampire known to the locals as Eradi~Kate, who had been rumored to frequent Bleak Flats Cave towards the end of the 3rd Era.

One of the cool things about Saga's delve into Goblin Jim's is she left Maglir and Erthor waiting for her in an early chamber, and then managed to dispose of every single goblin in the cave, one after another, with her crossbow. She only missed maybe twice. All shots were done while she stealthily stalked them, so there was no melee action at all, and no summoning. Only blondie and her bow. Ironically, only Goblin Jim himself managed to spot the blond elf before she could get a shot on him.

*Enhanced Economy adds 'retrieve the item' quests.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Apr 10 2014, 03:50 PM

Farming?

Yeah, I could have Tarvyn shoot them down, but I'd rather have an explanation for them still being there, and a reason for him not to shoot them down or anything.



Yet another game-day passed for Tarvyn, and he now has his recommendation from Cheydinhal. And Falcar has earned a place on Tarvyn's list. One day soon there will be a reckoning, now that Falcar is no longer protected by Guild Law it is only a matter of time...

And on a lighter note, on the way to Cheydinhal, he came across this. He spent a few minutes just standing there, looking at it, listening to the sounds it made. He'd never seen anything like it back in Vvardenfell. Considering the sight before him, he couldn't help thinking it a great shame that there was nothing like this back home.


Sorry the pic's not great, it's times like this I envy you guys, being able to take screenshots.

Edit: And a quick question for any marksman inclined players. Would 100 arrows be an unreasonable number to carry around? In terms of realism, I mean.

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Apr 10 2014, 03:12 PM

Rihanae – Great job by Lissa and ‘Zoga clearing undertow cavern!

CT – Vilverin is a great dungeon. Clever alternate lighting tricks by Tarvyn. I agree about leaving some of the non-respawning stuff in dungeons for when you come back. In fact, one of the ‘lessons learned’ when we restarted Buffy’s game a couple years ago was that now she doesn’t pick up welkynds, varlas or nirn roots. I think Buffy’s collected all ten of the statues though. Nine are with the dude who collects them and the final one is in Buffy’s apartment; that way, the quest is ‘frozen’ at a convenient place for us for now. Love the waterfall! And the Cheydinhal recommendation is done. Yeah, Falcar is still on our ‘list’ too. Grrr.

Regarding arrows, 100 should certainly cover a young marksman. Later, a good marksman will strive for generally getting 'one hit, one kill' and the number required should go down. As far as an individual quiver, they vary. Buffy's only hold 15 arrows, but 25 would not be unreasonable for a large quiver that an adventuring archer might carry I think. Of course, Buffy's mare does carry extra arrows for her elf. Also, Buffy is able to recover a much greater percentage of her arrows from fallen foes than the vanilla game provides for. She is also quite aggressive about recovering any arrows that miss - to include using her 100 foot telekinesis spell (for arrows that are not stuck in a tree/ground etc).

McB – Glad you’re still enjoying Tharryn! Hang in there – in time he’ll figure out his own path to the best way of doing things.

Renee – So good to see Lady Saga adventuring with her Bosmer Buddies. Glad she’s enjoying her crossbow and additional quests from your mods.

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Well, we got Valenwood Improved installed in Buffy’s game. She’s near Falinesti in NW V-wood now, exploring.

I have no idea how many arrows is 'realistic', that's one of those things i need to remember to ask an archer next time I'm at a Renaissance fair. Saga goes for about 50; usually a mixture of iron, steel, and silver.

The waterfall pic looks fab. The pic up above (Saga with her Bosmer companions) was taken with a digicam; sometimes I use a camera, other times I'll let my PC take a screenie. In my opinion cell phone pics & cameras can capture some contrasts & highlights PCs cannot. I also sometimes like the slight blurring effect a camera can create.

Farming...That completely unstorylike thing where you simply jump around the dungeons that you know are full of Bandits or Marauders and you just go in/kill/sell the loot...Much like the Dragon-Farming in Skyrim where you just jump from Dragonpeak to peak and kill repeatedly...*Shrug*...Is fun and moneymaking...

Fair enough on the not shooting them down...I worry not about such things meself...

Just remember about the arrows, the weight of each arrow is about 0.1 in carryweight terms...I hadn't realised that, as the Skyrim ones don't weigh anything...Well, I think that...The Fallout bullets don't anyways...

So 100 is...Um...10?...Weight?...Er...I think I had 250 Iron ones at one point...*Shrug*...

I thought as much.

I used to use Sercen for that. 1 Ringleader, 1 boss chest, minimal risk. There was that, Fort Nikel, and I think it was Fort Empire...

Renee is using a crossbow pretend mod now!

"I hope we'll get to Skingrad soon, I've had enough of the wilderness for now!"



Erthor complains as he did long ago, Aerin from Valenwood thinks. She had brought the errant elf to with her to Valenwood in the Year 434, but he hadn't stayed more than a month before he'd gotten too homesick for his beloved Skingrad.

"I con't wait to be back in Skingrad..." Erthor reminds his rescuer. The same tall blonde Bosmer who had 'rescued' him years before. "...safe and sound."

"This time, I shall take you where you desire to return, and such is not of erroring, Associate."

With that, Saga does indeed turn towards Skingrad. Though Maglir (Saga's recently-hired knight-errant) says nothing through this ordeal, he hopes his new boss keeps her word. Just five hours with this fool, and I cannot stand his nitwitty presence!


* Lady Saga has just finished her recommendations, and is headed towards the Arcane University. Since I RP that it's in the future with her game, and she'd tried to make it into the university in the past, this means it's taken her seven years to finally make it this far.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Apr 11 2014, 01:01 AM

Saga finally escorted Erthor back to Skingrad? It is truly wonderous times..

She really looks good, btw

Yeah, she looks good in that pic, I agree. Look like she's walking with purpose.

Finally! He is in Skingrad. Recommendation finished. She's on her way to the I.C. Can't wait to see the University, it's been so long.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Apr 11 2014, 01:37 PM

Lothran is now in the Market District

Really? ... Wow, he and Saga just passed each other. She's in the Arcane University right now (it's her first time, wow) but she was doing some shopping in the Market District not long ago.

What year is it in Lothran's game? That's a good question for you and Acadian, actually, you've both been at it so long.

*Applauds Renee*...I like Maglir...He makes me laugh... ...It's the grumpy thing, y'know?... ...

Aaaamywho, as was challenged by Thorny-Boy...I did Barren Cave on normal difficulty, in one run without saving...

Yes, Tharryn got the whatsit disease (Which we cured with a potion he'd made, the instant we finished the dungeon) and yes, the Patriarch and the Matriarch did pretty much kill him on a couple of occasions...

Mostly, the lower level vamps were easy enough...They gave decent damage to health and armour, but their disappearing thing didn't work much as Tharryn always uses the Detect Life spell anyways...

Much use of the heal spell and repair hammers afterwards sorted the effects of the fights well enough...

The Patriarch had a Glass Warhammer of Fire™, which he used to awesome effect...Ruined my armour. shield and boots...The boots I couldn't repair 'cause Tharryn's Armourer rating is still in the 30s...

The Matriarch had some Corrode Armour and Weakness to Lightning spells...I think that's what they were, the first one was that brown-y/Orange one with snowflakes-ish...Aaanyways, when she started with the spells and the quick slicing with her dagger...The health poured off of me little Dunmer... ...But generous application of silver sword/shield staggering saved the day...

In both boss fights, had I not had the healing potions I'd have been dead...I admit...If I'm not supposed to use them during fights, I apologise, that wasn't in the memo... ...

However, had they managed to kill him at any point, I'd have just reloaded, and tried again... ...

Level-wise, we're at Glass weapons and Orcish armour for bosses...So we'll be expecting some pretty Ebony stuff soon...*Rubs hands with glee at thought of acquiring his Ebony Longsword once more*...

We so need to get his strength up though... ...

Having taken him out of his game in order to do this vampy cave...(We were travelling the ring road around Lake Rumare)...I may take him further out of the game and do the MG recommendations, so as to get at the enchanting/spell making stuff...(Which, in his story is available via The Church™)...

Hey Renee, I'll say hi to Erthor for you... ...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Apr 12 2014, 06:58 AM

If I´m not mistaken Lothran´s year is 437. Not that high as you´d think maybe, but he´s come a long way still..

@McB - Glad to see the survival capabilities of your character But I would not have said anything if you had had to reload..

had had..? Was that right? The English language is so strange to me..

This post has been edited by mirocu: Apr 12 2014, 07:42 AM

Yep, that's right...Safe to say your English is a hell of a lot better than my Swedish... ...

Yeah, I was a bit surprised how well Tharryn did, actually...I'm hoping to find a bandit cave along my travels in order to get him a higher-level cuirass...We're probably at Mithril level now...Have to wonder about the Glass armour and whether he would feel it a little ostentatious... ...(over the top btw)...

Oh, we've just finished clearing Fort Alessia of Marauders...And selling their stuff...Awesome!!...Glass Longsword!!...Booyah/slice!!...

Put my first piece of "I'm keeping this" swag in my Imp City house...The Silver Sword is now sticking up out of the bin by the bed... ...

McB: Congrads on another successful dungeon dive!

mirocu: Ahh the Year 437. Close enough!

And yes, it is possible to say "had had" on occasion. It does seem rather clumsy, right?

Renee – Congrats to Lady Saga on being accepted into the Arcane University! I hope she remembers her Bosmeri buddy, Erthor, once she’s all edumagecated. Mirocu’s right – that’s a great pic. It is year 437 in Buffy’s game. There’s a couple factors that have held that back: I started her over at 1000 hours (she’s now at total 3645) and we play at a slowed time scale of 12.

mirocu – I hope Lothie doesn’t spend all his money in one store. Does he want the best or does he want cheap?

McB – Glad Tharryn got through Barren Cave okay. Buffy’s fave part of that is washing the vamp dust off in the nearby waterfalls after. I’ve always found the glass and daedric armor pretty fuggly; that’s one reason Buffy’s forever level 19. 'Imp City' - what images that conjures!

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Buffy’s exploring northern Valenwood. She’ll be slowly working her way south but, for right now, she is quite enamored with what the Valenwood Improved mod has done to the Strid River Valley.

No worries. He bought a lot of ingredients but he also sold lots of weapons and a few armour pieces, so all in all his coin purse is fuller now than before he came to the Market District

And I see Buffy is yet again off-Cyrodiil..


And Lothran is now in Cheydinhal after a brief visit to Morcant. As always she provided excellent service and my dark elf left with ingredients, his mace fully charged and to top it off he had learnt how to summon a boar

This post has been edited by mirocu: Apr 12 2014, 08:16 PM

The boar is a great sidekick! He reminds me of a clannfear the way he charges straight at the enemy. That’s Jerric’s favorite summons at the moment. Good choice!

Lil and Jerric had a relaxing day in Dune. Lil replaced some dried-out arrow shafts and then they both took a nap. I expect that when night falls they’ll go for another stroll out on the sand.

At the market they bought a lot more fruit, some desert clothes, and a cute hat to take home to Abiene. Lildereth is not enthusiastic about writing up the accounts. I expect that some things make their way into her bag without the traditional exchange of coins, and those transactions are best unrecorded.

Here’s a picture of where they ate dinner the first night they got there. And here’s a Dune traffic jam. Note the Alfiq walking practically under the Pahmar! Lil is in her new desert camo and Jerric is wearing whatever was on top of the merchant’s pile.

Yeah, I read Subrosa´s comment how good the boars are for Archers since they never leap so I thought I´d add that spell to Lothran´s repertoire

Jerric and Lil look very comfortable in Dune. Did they stop by to visit Baa and Mooch in their home?


You mean the housecat under the tiger?