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[Renee]

So did you finally take the plunge and get a PC then?

Yup, got the HP I was telling you about. Got it 2 weeks ago. It's been a blast. Windows 8 is kinda strange, but holy crap this is the fastest computer I've ever used. i also got a wireless mouse + keyboard and an Xbox-style controller for PC, although I haven't figured out how to get this controller working yet. I'll figure it out, though, even if I have to hire someone.

[SubRosa]

So did you finally take the plunge and get a PC then?

Yup, got the HP I was telling you about. Got it 2 weeks ago. It's been a blast. Windows 8 is kinda strange, but holy crap this is the fastest computer I've ever used. i also got a wireless mouse + keyboard and an Xbox-style controller for PC, although I haven't figured out how to get this controller working yet. I'll figure it out, though, even if I have to hire someone.

Congrats! I wish I could help you with the x-box controller, but I don't have a clue about getting those to work. I have Windows 8 on my tablet, and I agree that it is kind of strange! Its like Windows 7, but with a phone OS look laid over the top of it.

[Renee]

Congrats! I wish I could help you with the x-box controller, but I don't have a clue about getting those to work. I have Windows 8 on my tablet, and I agree that it is kind of strange! Its like Windows 7, but with a phone OS look laid over the top of it.

Thanks! I'll figure it out eventually, and if I can't I'll literally hire somebody. Gaming's that important to me. I often game in bed, so having 2 devices at once (mouse & keys) while playing Oblivion or Skyrim just won't work.

OH and On-topic: Kahreem of Weet has left Leyawiin.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Oct 9 2013, 12:03 AM

[Lopov]

OH and On-topic: Kahreem of Weet has left Leyawiin.

Raven (<--pic) is sitting in the Great Chapel of Arkay in Cheydinhal.

[Acadian]

Where's Kareem headed?

Wow, a close up of Raven with no hood. He looks like a tough customer!

[Renee]

Raven looks like an actor I've seen. wow, he looks determined.

Acadian: he was on his way to Bravil, but then he realized he's supposed to take the ring to Ahdarji, not S'krivva. Oops.

[mirocu]

The Weet bandit is sometimes a little confused, huh?

As for the Nordic Dunmer, he has of now withdrawn to the Imperial City. It´s time to take things a little slower in preparation for his return to Bruma. He did however go to the Ayleid ruin west of the Waterfront where he fought off a bandit and got himself some nice things to sell to fatten his coin purse.

[Acadian]

Yup, Buffy knows what that chill in the air means for Lothie!

The heavily fur-bundled tree elf did get all the way up to visit a guild sister who lives at the tavern in Falkreath. She sweet talked the guards there into letting Superian into the guard tower for the night - out of the cold, you know. She's dungeon crawling now, clearing several of them between Cheydinhal and Cropsford. I figure after the snow up north, she's likely headed for the delicious warmth, mist, ferns and willows of Blackwood.

[Renee]

As for the Nordic Dunmer, he has of now withdrawn to the Imperial City. It´s time to take things a little slower in preparation for his return to Bruma.

Oh wow, seems like he just left there.

So which months does he choose to 'hibernate' in Bruma, then? I finally looked at how months correspond from Earth to Tamriel recently.

[mirocu]

The heavily fur-bundled tree elf did get all the way up to visit a guild sister who lives at the tavern in Falkreath.

Buffy´s in Skyrim!??? When did her transition to that province happen!????

Oh wow, seems like he just left there.

Time really flies, doesn´t it?

So which months does he choose to 'hibernate' in Bruma, then?

Mid-November till the end of March. However it´s not written in stone exactly what days he decides to travel, but some time around those dates.

[mALX]

The heavily fur-bundled tree elf did get all the way up to visit a guild sister who lives at the tavern in Falkreath.

Buffy´s in Skyrim!??? When did her transition to that province happen!????

Buffy's Skyrim visit is reaching Falkreath via the Jerall Mountains (all thanks to Ghastley's Falkreath mod!)!

I've downloaded the mod too, and can't wait for Maxical to visit Ghastley's Falkreath (Maxical has been to Skyrim, but she prefers to remain in Cyrodiil and only visit Falkreath and the buxom waitress that Ghastley hired to run the inn, lol).

[mirocu]

Buffy's Skyrim visit is reaching Falkreath via the Jerall Mountains (all thanks to Ghastley's Falkreath mod!)!

I've downloaded the mod too, and can't wait for Maxical to visit Ghastley's Falkreath (Maxical has been to Skyrim, but she prefers to remain in Cyrodiil and only visit Falkreath and the buxom waitress that Ghastley hired to run the inn, lol).

Oh, so ghastley has his own Skyrim mod for Oblivion? Didn´t know that

[mALX]

Buffy's Skyrim visit is reaching Falkreath via the Jerall Mountains (all thanks to Ghastley's Falkreath mod!)!

I've downloaded the mod too, and can't wait for Maxical to visit Ghastley's Falkreath (Maxical has been to Skyrim, but she prefers to remain in Cyrodiil and only visit Falkreath and the buxom waitress that Ghastley hired to run the inn, lol).

Oh, so ghastley has his own Skyrim mod for Oblivion? Didn´t know that

His mods are AWESOME, he is highly respected on Nexus. Here is what Ghastley said about his Falkreath Oblivion Mod:

The Standalone http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/42765/? mod that Acadian is using only has the town (needs borders turned off) and a single quest. One or two of the NPC's are missing, as they use content from one of the mods below.

The http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/42765/? mod includes an expanded role for the town if you also install http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/26343/? to add the bear riders. That's basically where those two overlap, with Uzgash being added there. It has an expanded version of the standalone quest, so there's nothing you need from that download if you have the other two.

Each of the latter two mods has a base plugin, and an extra one for SI, so there's content in each for those who don't have the expansion. The SI parts add quests in the Isles, so it's fairly obvious in the walk-through what's dependent on it. The crossover part is included in the Gweden download.
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[ghastley]

There's a bit of clarification needed here. My Falkreath mod (or the same thing in the other mod) just adds the town of Falkreath in the land that was already present in Oblivion beyond the invisible border. If you turn borders off in your game you can go there now, but you just won't find a town where Falkreath is supposed to be. It doesn't add any more of Skyrim, and if you go much further north, you'll still fall of the edge of the world.

I added a few houses, tavern, chapel, jail/guard-tower, and appropriate inhabitants on approximately the right point on the Oblivion map. The standalone mod has a single quest just in (actually under) the town. Gweden gets a another quest or two that have you go there, and expands the standalone mod's quest a little to fit in to the Red Dragon Club quest line. The townsfolk do the usual trading, the guards will arrest you if needed, etc.

It was made to be part of the Gweden mod, but there seemed to be interest in just the town, so I made the separate one later, and trimmed down the quest a bit.

I had also considered adding Elinhir, which is in Hammerfell just over the other border, the three provinces meeting just outside Sky's Edge Cave, which is a location in my Rumple Mod - the one with the Bear Riders. I just haven't come up with an idea for a quest into Hammerfell yet. The one I did have resulted in Haballa coming to Cyrodiil instead. Elinhir still might happen, if the muse strikes.

[Grits]

Darnand and (NPC) Jerric took a stroll north of the border. They're spending at least another day in ghastley's Falkreath. They arrived at sunset just in time to relax in the tavern. Darnand managed to annoy the proprietor, possibly by looking at the wrong big blond while I took the picture. After he scrounged around for things to sell so that he could bribe her they finally had a nice chat. Darnand definitely needs to invest in a Charm spell.

NPC Jerric did very well on the way up. He likes to summon Slim (skeleton) pretty much every time a rat sneezes at them. Darnand's only AR comes from his leather gauntlets, so overkill is fine with him.

I have never turned off the borders before, so this is pretty exciting. Hmm, Elinhir...

[mirocu]

Lothran continues to coronate people in the Imperial City. No less than six tonight and at least two more are to follow
He´s also been selling some items collected from killed bandits, but he didn´t get so much from that.

[mirocu]

Today a lot of time was spent at the University and for the first time since his novice days, Lothran was wearing the appropriate attire; a Mages Robe he had in his home. He could have gotten a White Mage´s Robe or something else more fancy than the standard robe to demonstrate his rank, but that´s not him. Even as a Warlock he´s never felt superior to the Scholars and Apprentices and he wants that to show. He also knows that as a mage one is never fully trained and in a way, he´s still a regular Scholar and feels he should be dressed as such.

While at the University he took the opportunity to upgrade a couple of spells as well as claiming one of the beds upstairs at the Mage´s Quarters. He got the one in the corner on the right, passed the big book shelf.

This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 23 2013, 08:26 AM

[Acadian]

I saw on the other forum that you were going to try that (mage's robe at the University). I'm glad you and Lothie are liking it.

You know that Buffy calls the University home (even though she's in the bowels of Fort Linchel at the moment) so they can be sometimes neighbors! Buffy uses a mod that King Coin made for her called 'Buffy's Apartment' - it's in the attic above the Mystic Archives.

Buffy did eventually get her issue green bag tailored to fit properly so she doesn't trip over it and can find her hands. Then she had the useless enchantments replaced with one to repel water. So. . . her green bag does occasional double duty, when the weather is cool, as rain gear and a nightgown. Oh, and sometimes she wears it when mixing poisons (the rain repellant enchantment is handy vs spills/splatters as well).

[mirocu]

Yes, we both feel that the Mage´s Robe is what he should wear while at the University. After all, the clothes makes the man Dunmer mage!

Any particular reason Buffy´s at Fort Linchel? Or is she just taking care of some necro- or conjuredudes?

This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 23 2013, 03:02 PM

[Callidus Thorn]

My new, and currently only, character Alvar Dren(a Dunmer Sorcerer born under the Atronach), has just earned his first recommendation from Chorrol. I've no idea where he'll decide to go next, depends which school of magic he wants to shop for first.

And I think I'm going to swipe the rule about robes from Lopov too.