Started a new character with a new race Options

[ghastley]

I like to play any new NPC's I'm planning to add to my mods as characters, to get an idea of their quirks and stuff. So I created a Nocturnal race.

Nocturnal has a night-eye lesser power like a Khajiit. Low strength, and agility, but high Magicka, or she'd have no offense at all! She takes sun damage at a lower rate than a vampire, but unlike them, has no way to turn it off. I gave her white (Order) eyes for contrast.

My character is born under the Thief, of course, and I gave her the Skeleton key as starter equipment so she doesn't raise Security or Alteration. High Sneak, and having really dark skin (darker than shown in the picture of the outfit), and a black outfit, makes her hard to see. That also makes for poor screen-shots.

She's currently doing the Mages Guild Recommendation quests, as access to spell-making will be useful. I considered giving her a way to do that without joining a mortal's guild, but decided it was too much effort, and the quests were a useful test. She's been caught out by the dawn a couple of times, but she can let herself into any building quickly enough not to get too badly hurt. Fast travel needs planning, but she's at the stage where she hasn't found most places yet.

She's still picking up her arsenal of spells as she goes around the Mages Guild chapters. Since the game gave her Flare and Absorb Health, and summon skeleton, she's used those so far, but will consider Illusion spells when she gets them.

I know I may have to reconsider the sun damage, but so far I haven't found any quest that she wants to do, that is prevented by it. I'll keep going until I hit a road-block with that, and figure out something when it happens.

Her cape is still being worked on. The sides between the arms and the body are proving almost impossible to weight to the standard skeleton, and may will require extra bones. She's currently using a makeshift one with those sections removed, which doesn't look quite right, but isn't too glaring an anomaly.

The sun damage thing may also mean I need to make her immune to Vampirism, but I'll just keep taking the Mandrake rather than build it in. I haven't played a Vampire character for long, so can anyone who has point me at the quests where the sun damage makes it difficult?

This post has been edited by ghastley: Jun 14 2013, 02:14 PM

[ghastley]

She's just paid a visit to the Shadow Stone, instead of working on her illusion. Since she doesn't use light spells, and her night-eye lesser power doesn't raise any skill, it's the easiest way to have Chameleon available for enchanting.

She picked up a Ring of Shadows when she did the Temple of the Ancestor Moths for the TG quest (lots of restarts needed for that). She's just done Meridia's quest to get the Ring of Khajiiti, and located Fort Istirus while she was in the area, in case she doesn't go to the Dark Fissure. Next up is a trip to Chorrol, to pick up some Grand Soul gems, and buy Soul Trap from Alberic Litte.

The cape has progressed to the point where she doesn't feel too uncomfortable wearing it. It still bunches up behind her back, instead of folding properly under her arms, but each iteration of weight-painting is making it a bit better. Raising her arms to cast spells helps, so she does that a lot.

Finally found Sergius actually inside the Three Brothers store, and was able to furnish the shack.

Later:

Soul trap + Grand gems + Fort Istirus = 2 black soul gems
2 Black soul gems + 2 Bandits + an amulet + a pair of sandals = enough extra chameleon!

Nocturnal has given Corvus back to Millona, and has a new place to sleep during the day!

This post has been edited by ghastley: Jun 19 2013, 10:12 PM

[mALX]

She's just paid a visit to the Shadow Stone, instead of working on her illusion. Since she doesn't use light spells, and her night-eye lesser power doesn't raise any skill, it's the easiest way to have Chameleon available for enchanting.

She picked up a Ring of Shadows when she did the Temple of the Ancestor Moths for the TG quest (lots of restarts needed for that). She's just done Meridia's quest to get the Ring of Khajiiti, and located Fort Istirus while she was in the area, in case she doesn't go to the Dark Fissure. Next up is a trip to Chorrol, to pick up some Grand Soul gems, and buy Soul Trap from Alberic Litte.

The cape has progressed to the point where she doesn't feel too uncomfortable wearing it. It still bunches up behind her back, instead of folding properly under her arms, but each iteration of weight-painting is making it a bit better. Raising her arms to cast spells helps, so she does that a lot.

Finally found Sergius actually inside the Three Brothers store, and was able to furnish the shack.

Later:

Soul trap + Grand gems + Fort Istirus = 2 black soul gems
2 Black soul gems + 2 Bandits + an amulet + a pair of sandals = enough extra chameleon!

Nocturnal has given Corvus back to Millona, and has a new place to sleep during the day!

GAAAAH! I didn't know going to the stones would make that power available for enchanting! That was a great tip! I've always used Sigil stones for the chameleon enchantment early in the game (because they are random you can keep reloading a save right before you take the sigil to get the stone you want).

Before level 4 the sigil will only give you 10% chameleon, but the Shadow Stone gives you 15% - much easier to cover yourself that way!

I've tried reloading saves in the Temple of the Ancestor Moths and could never get the ring to randomize! I've heard it can be done, just never happened in my game, lol.

I hope you'll post screens of this, I'd love to see more of that robe in game!