Bosmer Hearthfires?, Little Treehouse of Horrors Options

[ghastley]

So I'm currently playing a couple of Bosmer archers from the Gweden mod, who've made it to Skyrim. Darwen, who is very slender, with a dancer/gymnast's body, and Enilwen, who's a bit larger, rivalling Nords. Although they're taking different approaches, hunting bears and dragons respectively, they're both doing the usual sneak/archery/smithing thing for max damage, with little or no defence except RUN!!!

They'd each like somewhere to live, but haven't found anything they like. Darwen has taken over the Alchemist's shack, because it's in bear country, but she's not happy, because it's made of wood. Enilwen is sleeping in taverns, and has no fixed abode.

Dead wooden construction offends their Bosmer heritage, and neither has been to Solstheim to see Telvanni mushrooms. The options are pure stone, which isn't the best choice in cold climates, and living wood, which just doesn't seem to exist here. So I'm considering whether the latter can be fixed.

The CK has vines for wall and floor use, and I'd expect to use a lot of ivy for fill. There are bone and hide pieces that might be adapted as furniture, and mammoths have larger bones than most creatures, so their bones can be used for large items. Pelts everywhere, of course. Iron items from draugr ruins would be hauled in where they'd be useful. Even though they're not Bosmer-traditional, this is Skyrim, and they're available.

Can anyone think of any other stuff a Bosmer would use?

This post has been edited by ghastley: Apr 11 2016, 06:31 PM

[ghastley]

I loaded up Enilwen's game, as she has the smithing skill to make just about any kind of arrow, and she posed for the banner image.

Bosmer Hearthfires

Of course, Stray Dog wanted to get into it, too. I haven't taken pictures of the interior yet, as I still have more stuff to make, when I decide what it is. The two pots you can see through the doorway are re-textured urns from the nord ruins. I just used the texture from a regular pot, and they look great.

Making the arrows has meant that this mod will be dependent on Dawnguard, as well as Hearthfires. That DLC introduces the constructible arrows, and I didn't want to duplicate that definition. The recipe using bone is new, and you'll get two ways to make arrows now, with wooden or bone shafts. A Bosmer will naturally only use bone.

[mALX]

I loaded up Enilwen's game, as she has the smithing skill to make just about any kind of arrow, and she posed for the banner image.

Bosmer Hearthfires

Of course, Stray Dog wanted to get into it, too. I haven't taken pictures of the interior yet, as I still have more stuff to make, when I decide what it is. The two pots you can see through the doorway are re-textured urns from the nord ruins. I just used the texture from a regular pot, and they look great.

Making the arrows has meant that this mod will be dependent on Dawnguard, as well as Hearthfires. That DLC introduces the constructible arrows, and I didn't want to duplicate that definition. The recipe using bone is new, and you'll get two ways to make arrows now, with wooden or bone shafts. A Bosmer will naturally only use bone.

Those pots look gorgeous!

So Wizwen has done it all with magic. Hunting deer with firebolts is easier than with a bow.

Actually she hasn't done it all, because she doesn't need the blacksmith equipment, so she didn't make any of that. She did all her smelting, material-making etc. at Shor's Stone before going to the site.

Wizwen in her new home - you can tell she's a mage by her satchel.

Wizwen outside her home.

And if anyone wants to try it so far - BosmerHF 0.1. The build quest does not end, so it will sit in your Miscellaneous list incomplete. You can build everything that exists so far, but if I add any new stuff, it will mean a restart. So don't use anything but a disposable character.

I'll bet Shor's Stone was happy to see her there smelting! I'm having trouble downloading to my laptop right now, so will def be waiting till it is finished and hope I can get the laptop fixed by then.