Today Lleduri, who is supposed to only do Enchanting and Alchemy and otherwise just sit in the bank, appropriated a third of the housing fund and purchased the Midnight Steed for herself. She has been using the Piebald Destrier which is Lildereth’s mount. This should not matter. Lildereth isn’t even on the PC. Lleduri apparently is very not good at sharing.

Something similar happened with my group today too. Haa-Rei, out of nowhere, took 50k out of the bank to buy some furniture and furniture plans from a guild store.

We were supposed to be saving up for a house for Tsarakiri, but hey at least Haa-Rei now has an inkwell and a teapot, I guess.

Make that a third? The crafting monkey (look, I find it difficult to call him by his name okay?) spent most of his money last night on furniture plans. I found some pretty good deals too. A bunch of blues for only 5k each, not to mention the ones I found through loot because RNG loves me.

Also, what's the point of the 4-poster Breton beds? ??? Whatever, I got both that and the regular full Breton bed. As if to encourage me, someone bought another of my Draugr motifs, meaning he got more gold to spend without having to go to the bank and dip into the motif fund.

Still haven't found the right plans to finish furnishing the interior of Strident Springs Demense but I can say with complete confidence that Eolan and Jo'zira's bedrooms are perfect now and I might start furnishing Sleek Creek Manor with some of the Khajiit plans I've found.

Taking some time to review my purchases and subsequent crafting, would a household that already has a waterfall on the grounds need a well? Does anyone need a well? Or enormous Argonian curtains? I tend to underestimate the size of some things

I also spent 90 crowns on an Argonian bed because I couldn't find the plan anywhere. On that note why is the Argonian mat Epic-level and more expensive There are a lot of things that are Epic-level decorations that have absolutely no business being Epic-level. Like pot lids.

@Acadian - That's what happens when Imperials try to appropriate Breton culture. Or was it just Mazoga? I can't remember but I guess it makes sense if she's the one who made the mistake. Or maybe she knows what she's doing and prefers Sir over Dame? Where was I going with this?

How about a fourth big spender? Bought the summoned banker a couple days ago (from my 6 mo ESO+ renew crowns). He's pretty useful.

Heh, I figure Sir Mazoga knew exactly what she wanted to be called. And Dame Buffy was wise enough not to argue with a fellow knight who is over three times her size.

Er ... big spender? Uh ... what is that?

Jerric had a very Jerric experience last night. While he was wrapping things up with some Pact officers that he had helped, he somehow managed to swipe a drink off the table next to the guy he was trying to speak with. Despite his recent heroic efforts, everyone got mad. Jerric chose to rapidly exit the building rather than fight to the death over an accidentally stolen drink.

Outside he discovered that the fort he just liberated from the Covenant was now full of friendly Pact troops, who might also be mad over his “theft.” He decided to wait out the heat at Misa Manor.

The sands of Stros M’Kai glowed under two nearly full moons. Jerric had a quick look at the now complete (yay!) crafting stations, checked out the snack situation, and investigated upstairs to see if anyone was around needing help in, say, one of the beds. Nope. He was alone.

So then being Jerric he went out on a balcony and started climbing around. Buffy Tower has a ledge over the door. He decided he could make the jump.

It’s possible that he can make the jump, but the first try resulted in a large thump and a manly sound of surprise on impact. In what he describes as a masculine and athletic manner, he rolled head over heels through the open door into Buffy Tower and stood up.

There inside stood Misa herself. I suspect that she was involved in a decorating screen and couldn’t see or hear him, because (thank Stendarr) she did not seem to notice. Once I stopped laughing, Jerric removed himself back to the fort and finished his business with the Pact. It didn’t occur to him until later to enjoy his ill-gotten drink.

Here’s a screenie from the adventure: Sure, I can make it!

Yup, that's our Jerric being Jerric!

OMG, you had me rolling reading this!!!! Oh, this is SO Jerric as I remember him from the Pre-Oblivion Crisis days!!!! I never did see Jerric there, and I'm sure I was either in a decorating screen or had stepped away from the keyboard for a while. That is so funny !!!!

@Grits - I'm glad to know that even in TESO Jerric manages to be Jerric. That had me in stitches!

So I started off TESO a month or two back in the Ebonheart Pact, because I am nothing but biased (Dunmer forever!) Somehow, it didn't manage to hold my interest... and then this happened.

*****

Jo'tasrin does not understand where all these strange ideas come from. Coldharbour, escape from Molag Bal, emperors and evil necromancers, spy rings and Queen's agents... pah! And this nonsense about Jo'tasrin lacking her soul - does she look soulless to you? Her fine fur, her bright eyes sparkling with life, her sleek tail, do these look like they belong to a mere shell? Jo'tasrin will forgive you this insult, but only once!

No, no. Jo'tasrin thinks you have had too much moon-sugar, yes? You babble strange things, and then you will go sleep it off and in the morning you will be very embarrassed you believed a simple Khajiit would be part of some nonsense about Daedra and heroes. We all do it once. Jo'tasrin herself did, when she was a kit, although she must tell you that buying her a simple drink is not nearly payment enough for that story.

So what is it Jo'tasrin does, you ask? Well, she travels Auridon! There are many beautiful spots to fish or gather herbs or hunt mudcrabs or imps (yes, yes, Jo'tasrin can defend herself, that does not mean she is fighting Molag Bal!) Just the other day she found a lovely island, just south of Mathiisen, much salvage on the beaches and wild jute and flax in the interior. And for more money, there is always something to find in Mathiisen itself! It is a true wonder what treasures people leave simply lying around. Abandoned! Uncared for! It breaks Jo'tasrin's heart, it does. She thinks she is being generous, selfless even, when she takes such things somewhere where they will be truly appreciated.

Yes, it is true Jo'tasrin sometimes helps out her good friend Razum-dar. What of it? On Auridon, simple Khajiit like them must stick together as it is not an easy place from them to be. Especially with the Veiled Heritance all over the island like rats on a moon-sugar plantation, and when Jo'tasrin hears worrying, worrying things about the Thalmor and the College...

Not that Jo'tasrin would know any detail about any of this. She hears things in the taverns sometimes, that is all. She is just a simple Khajiit, remember?

Jo'tasrin is sure the sugar-dreams will go away soon.

*****

...yyeeeaah.

Fun facts: I am usually the most absurdly law-abiding TES player ever. I don't steal anything! I fail at stealth! My Dunmer mage was the same... and then I rolled a Khajiit.

First ten minutes of the game, I manage to get a bounty. Somehow. Honestly, I still don't know what I actually did? I was just wandering around the temple one minute and had guards yelling at me the other. So off I run until I'm well out of sight...

...and then I found a Thieves' Trove, and I could almost feel Jo'tasrin's eyes lighting up with drake signs. Why should this one slave over staves and robes which sell for a pittance when there are such goods free for the taking?

Well. Okay. At this point I was still determined to try to keep to my usual lawful playstyle... but then, when I was trying to sell stuff to a merchant, my hand slipped and I accidentally stole something from the table next to him.

While running away from the guards, I realised that trying to keep this character non-criminal was doomed to failure and Jo'tasrin has been rolling in her ill-gotten gains since. (Although I haven't tried pick-pocketing yet and generally only steal stuff when no one is around. Baby steps?)

This post has been edited by Kazaera: Feb 26 2017, 08:08 PM

BWAAHAA!!! Oh, I am going to love Jo'tasrin !!!!! Loved this little insight into her !!!

Today in Tamriel: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

So I got my new crafter up to Provisioning and Alchemy mastery, with Enchanting on its way. I was reminded that it's far easier to grind Enchanting than Equipment Crafts when you already have a master crafter or two and plenty of materials.

Also, even though it's less painful to level a completely new character as a crafter since One Tamriel dropped, it's still pretty terrible. You're no longer restricted to your Alliance's skyshards and you no longer have to be v1 to access Craglorn and the top level writs, but you're still rewarded according to your level. (you get crap pay compared to max level crafters and you always get Ornate/Intricate junk at your character level instead of the crafting level as rewards, also meaning less gold and Inspiration/lesser materials)

Don't get me started on "you are not skilled enough to extract all materials." Goodbye tempers and Ruby mats. You died for a good cause.

Anyways, the Squad's doing well. Hates FINALLy got a big boy writ (well, bigger than what she usually gets) and Eolan's getting writs again (okay, technically, it was Jo'zira that got that 74-voucher smithing Writ). He's only like 3 vouchers short of an attuneable crafting station. I've decided to throw all the smaller ones at the master crafter to slowly build up his supply, too. This only counts for Hates and Jo'zira, since they rarely get any for their main crafts. Still gotta work this out. I still need an extra set of Consumable crafting stations. idk

@Grits - I love getting second-hand accounts of Jerric's exploits, 'specially since the Squad rarely gets to interact with anyone since they're always busy.

@Kazaera - Welcome to the club! Glad to have another Jo' around.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Feb 27 2017, 09:53 PM

OOH, an Attunable Station!!! Which one will you get first?

Well, the quickest way to build those crafting skills up is when you have a festival where the potions you drink give you accelerated XP. I got all 5 of my mules to Master Level in almost everything during the Witches Festival; just doing their regular Writs and one at a time having them deconstruct everything that came in from Glyphs to armor and weapons (or make food/potions,etc) till they reached 50; then started on the next. By the time the festival ended they were almost all at the top.

Same with the New Life; a trip to Windhelm and slug down that potion before doing their Writs.

So when does the Jester's Festival start?

I didn't know the event EXP boost affected Inspiration gains, too. Ah well, I'm not waiting for that. :V

Today Haa-Rei got his first master writ - woohoo!

Unfortunately it's for a shield in glass style, which he doesn't have knowledge of - boohoo.

Still, he's pleased that his crafting is starting to pay off.

Congrats !!!!!

Wow, that took a while! I finally got my first one after about three days of doing Writs. What a great feeling it was to get one!

If you don't "Accept the Quest" when you first receive them, you can read them over in your inventory and decide if you can do them or not. If you can't, then they are selling for great prices on the Guild Store shelves!

(Also = not accepting the quest immediately also allows you to pass the Master Writ to another of your characters who does have the knowledge)

The Alchemy and Enchanting Master Writs are easy, but the equipment Master Writs - there have been a lot that I can't do, or have to sock into the bank to wait till I've researched Nirnhoned for that particular item = even after having to buy the Motif for that Master Writ and learning it. If the Motif was too expensive to learn, I've just been donating them to one of the Trade Guilds that I'm a member of, but a lot of people are selling them for a good income. (I've been buying them to get the Crafting Stations for Hunding House, I'd say they are doing well selling them just from the number of them that I've bought, lol.

I guess that's the benefit of knocking out all traits a while back. Honestly, it stresses me out trying to sell those things so I just save them until I can do them. And since none of them ask for any of the four new motifs, I have no excuse not to do them. :T

Did some gathering in Craglorn early today. Still no Ra Gada motifs, and not nearly as much Bast as I wanted. At least I found 3 Fortified Nirncrux? I think I might start farming group delves but I'll most likely end up buying them once the 4-week time period has passed.

Also, I realized that Eolan is the only one that doesn't have the Master Gatherer achievement. Lazy. But I guess while the others gathered he was doing dungeons. He's at about 6.7k gathered nodes right now. Ugh.

In the whole time I've been gathering Nirncrux, all but one of them has been the Fortified (armor) ones. Once and one only time I got the Potent Nirncrux (for making weapons). I'm going to need another one for one of these Master Writs; and have been farming like mad for it in my spare time. So far no luck.

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In having my bank mules toiling away at doing Writs in hopes of getting more Master Writs, I have run out of base level mats for them to work with. Of course, the new system pays you with a bunch of junk mats none of my characters can use, and when they do get surveys the mules can't go out collecting them since they are now in all kinds of "random" locations.

So today I took my youngest bank mule out on a mats run for some basic Iron and Jute. She is a little baby Dragon Knight whose only levels came from doing Writs; not combat or questing. It is probably her first time leaving Davon's Watch at all, but what a blast I had with her! She had some really unique spells, was tough as nails! I enjoyed the heck out of that mats run with her!

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Cirinwe cleared Shadowfen today, but she's still not level 50. Wrothgar next, I think.

Haa-Rei continues to work on his crafting, but he's reached the point with home decoration where we've run out of stuff to craft. I think I feel a plan shopping spree coming on.

I've found most of mine in stolen loot, but none of them were the particular ones I was looking for; lol. Most of those I really wanted (I had to buy); and some I never ended up getting because they were too expensive.






This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 1 2017, 04:47 AM