Hee! Thank you all! Yes, I now think of Buffy (even if writing her in Cyrodiil, Elsweyr or Valenwood) as SkyBuffy. That is a very old shot, so let me think. She gave up the Amulet of Articulation in favor a a Nord type amulet quite some time ago. Yes, that is Savior's Hide (from Hircine), but her current version is without those massive 'shoulder pads'. Hmm, I'm pretty sure she has invisibility readied in her right hand and 'detect any freaking thing that can move' in her left. Currently, she generally sneaks with bow spell in her left and her detect spell in her right.

I'm now calling that detect spell her divination spell as a short but accurate description. It detects anything that can move of rabbit or larger size, including living, undead, daedra, automatons.

Ylenno: Now THAT is a useful spell, alright. If only we can have one that lets you how many money a mark- I mean, a person has on his body. It'll certainly make some... activities easier to do...

Uleni, that does indeed sound convenient for a thief!

Somewhat to Buffy’s frustration, I prefer Skyrim’s more ‘active concentration spell’ aspect for divination/detect spells over Oblivion’s detection mechanics. A mage’s life has plenty of magical conveniences, so this is one aspect I like being a bit more challenging to manage. So she basically dungeon crawls with her detection spell in her right hand, actively pulsing the air for threats every few steps, and the spell to summon her bow in her left hand.

As a Master in the school of Illusion I would imagine Buffy to employ a strong Chameleon spell when dungeon diving. But I reckon that´s not the case?

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When dungeon diving, Buffy relies primarily on knowing where her foes are. To do so, she ‘pulses’ the air with her divination/detect spell every few steps. By knowing where the foes are, she can avoid surprises, hunt foes effectively and position herself to avoid being seen. She also relies on her stealth, small size and a ‘muffle’ spell to help subdue any noise and light coming from her.

Buffy’s modified muffle spell is very cool. It is ‘cast’ by the act of her crouching into stealth, and remains active until she stands up from stealth (which dispels it). You will often see the spell active on her during sneaking screenshots as a bluish aura around both feet. It has three effects when active:
1. It muffles her sounds, making her hard to detect.
2. It allows her to pass over ‘pressure plate’ traps without triggering them. (RP – it is actually a perk that accomplishes this).
3. It partially shrouds magical lighting effects as seen by foes. This means that spell effects emanating from Buffy appear very dim/subdued to foes. The primary benefit of this is that her mystic bow appears dim and wispy to foes when muffle is active. The spell does not affect the visual perception of allies, which means her readied spells or mystic bow can be readily seen to help allies avoid accidently targeting her. (Pure RP to address the question of an archer trying to sneak around with a flaming blue bow.)

As Rains Hand the 19th is a momentous day, Jerric went to his favorite waterfalls in Morrowind to celebrate. It’s south of Ebonheart where lava from the Tormented Spire makes the water almost too warm for a Nord.

First order of birthday business: get wet.

Then the birthday song. Jerric does not have lute-friendly fingers, but he can sure bang a drum. The local nirnroot and netches helped with the singing.

Once the sun set behind the cliffs, Jerric whipped up a party meal and beverages. He put on some trousers for the cooking. Darnand was not there to suggest a shirt.

Thankfully there were no shalk beetle attacks since as his celebrating progressed Jerric quite abandoned any attempts to maintain situational awareness. The waterfalls and peaceful wildlife encouraged him to pass out sleep there, where he dreamt of wood elves and butterflies.

A very Happy Birthday to you, beloved Buffy! I hope your day was exactly how you wished it.

Love from your friend,

Jerric

So Jerric is hot, wet, and banging away.

Sounds like another day in paradise!

Dear Jerric,

I’m was so excited to hear from you on my birthday!

It sounds like you had a wonderful day with plenty of water play and good food.

I did indeed have a beautiful day as well. Acadian took me to a secret place deep in Valenwood to play for the day – it was warm with plenty of waterfalls and streams to explore. And being my birthday, I dressed appropriately of course -
Buffy's Birthday Suit.

As ever, your thoughtfulness touches my heart and brings a tear of happiness. Be well in your travels and know I think often and fondly of you, my dear friend. Green grasses and cool waters to you.

Buffy

BWAAAHAA !!! Happy Birthday, Miss Buffy !!! The water you are bathing in looks gorgeous, a nice pretty grotto!

Oops, and I forgot to mention why he is all hot and wet. It's Buffy's Buff-Day! Happy Buffing Buffy, and many more Buffs to come!

Woo, Buffy wore our favorite outfit for her birthday! What a beautiful spot to celebrate.

SubRosa, I spit tea.

Thank you so much for the kind wishes back on Buffy’s birthday!

mALX, Buffy found a happy (and warm) oasis.

Lothran and mirocu, thanks for the wonderful note from both of you.

SubRosa, thanks for the Bufferific wishes!

Grits, thank you, and may I say that based on Lil’s magnificent screenshot for Rains Hand, it looks like our two elves favor the same fashions!

A bit of an update on our return to fanfic – Thanks to the warm encouragement of our friends here, Buffy and I are well back on track after our long fic sabbatical. The changes Buffy and I talked about in the prelude of our short story book have had a profound impact on jump-starting our productivity. Not only are we cranking out short stories almost at will, but our efforts have renewed interest in picking up Buffy’s main story from where we left off at the end of Book 1. It looks like this will take the form of several more sequential books that are each more modest in scope than the massive Book 1. The next book is fully drafted and I hope to pause our short stories to begin posting Book 2 around mid June. Book 3 is about half done and Book 4 is in solid concept form.

Posting no more frequently than once a week, that all translates to, well, a neverending story, which has always been my wish for Buffy.

Nice pic of the month but I have to say I was a bit hesitant to click on the link...

WOO HOO! And I love seeing Buffy get Knocked Nocked up! Awesome shot, Miss Buffy !!!

I’m so pleased to hear of more Buffy story in the making. What marvelous news!

Buffy looks all business getting nocked up. Great to see a moment of the endless practice behind the Bowgirl’s awesome archery.

I almost wanted to ask when was the May screenshot taken, then I recognized the place.

Nice screenshot and Buffy again wears IMO one of the outfits that suits her the best.

Save that screenshot. A candidate for "Where Am I?" if ever I saw one.

Thank you, friends.

mirocu - I'm glad the title of May's screenie didn't keep you from opening it!

mALX - Thank you! I knew you would know exactly what to expect from the title. Lol.

Grits - Thanks! The writing continues to go well.

Lopov - I agree with you about the Triss outfit. I've loved it for a long time but the Oblivion version only came in big bewb size. I was delighted when I realized the Skymod for it scales perfectly to Buffy's actual figure.

ghastley - Good idea indeed for a future 'Where am I' screenshot.

Ooh, Buffy sees Falmer butt cheeks! Nice screen of the month, Buffy!