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[Acadian]

Nice job with Xena and Gabbie. They look great now.

[macole]

Loredas, Mid-Year 14, 4th Era Year 422-- * Just imagine, somebody has to keep the vineyards safe from rabbelry. Rawr!

The vineyards are in peril. Should I bring a goblet?

Yes, your make-er-cuter skillz have pushed Gabby and Xena into the HOT zone.

This post has been edited by macole: Dec 11 2023, 02:49 AM

[mirocu]

Loredas, Mid-Year 14, 4th Era Year 422-- As promised, Renee Gade III just picked up a bounty-styled quest from the agent in Skingrad (in my gameworld, a lot of castles, towns & villages have these sort of quests).

Sounds just like Arena.


Crossover?

[Renee]

Thanks you all, I try!

mirocu: something like Arena but it works a little different. I've got it so that sometimes, if Renee or Joan or whomever goes into an inn, the innkeeper will ask "can you do something about that menace across the road?" The lady in Pell's Gate (friend) might inquire about taking care of Fort Homestead, for instance. And once whatever leader is dealt with, my adventurer returns to the innkeeper/shopkeepr/etc., and gets paid. The Pell's Gate lady can only pay a few meager things, like potions, beer, food, etc. But some of them pay GOLLLLD.

This sort of thing comes up during conversation, but not all the time. So it feels more natural. IT's not like EVERY time we go into a place they bombard us with requests! Sometimes I even forget which of them offer work; I wrote most of these like 5 years ago. 👛

I also have some fixed examples; agents who sit at desks (usually in castles or barracks) and offer several places nearby to plunder. These guys & gals pay more than the innkeepers, but their dialog is more targeted on quests. The way to find these folks is to just play the game. If a character's Fame is over, let's say, 5, then somebody (a scout) will come looking for him or her when he/she enters towns. "Hey, you look like a capable sort. We've got an agent up in the castle offering quests for coin, if you're interested..." The scout then hands the character a note, describing where to find the agent.

It's the sort of thing I used to pretend/RP all the time, except I've made these random quests not just imagination.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 12 2023, 06:33 AM

[Renee]

Anyway, last we saw RG3 she was plundering Cursed Mine. She's only the first section, and I believe there are three overall sections.

[haute ecole rider]

Though Tallei is NOT my MQ character (that honor remains reserved for Julian), we are going through the MQ right now just to get it out of the way. We found a couple of mods that will make the post-MQ world more immersive for us.

Anyway, Tallei just finished the Grand Tour of Cyrodiil getting Allies for Bruma; on the way back we stopped in Sancre Tor. This was made tolerable by using the kill/killall command in console quite liberally and fast traveling to avoid those Gates on the roads.

Not looking forward to the big fight at Bruma - it's going to be a pain just getting through that one.

Oh, and Tallei's now level 9.

[mirocu]

Wow, you really mean it when you say getting the MQ out of the way

[haute ecole rider]

Of course! Tallei’s not the Hero of Kvatch or Champion of Cyrodiil! She’s just a little Breton lass trying to learn how to be a mage to show her family back home she can do something and be good at it.

We are at the Necromancer’s Moon stage (the last one Raminus gives you) of the Mages Guild quest line. Not sure yet if she’s going to be the Archmage, or if we will RP that Raminius is the Archmage when the dust settles.

We did find a mod that restores the Bruma Guild, so will be activating that once the MG quest line is completed.

[haute ecole rider]

Welp, that's that done - the MQ is over, the Oblivion Crisis is done.

Now to repair the damage, rebuild and move on.

Giving this mod a try: No more Gates.

Looking forward to how it affects the world.

[mirocu]

Couldn't you just have ignored it all? Worked wonders fo Lothran

[haute ecole rider]

Since with Tallei I am roleplaying that this is a few years after the Crisis, it makes sense to me that the last remnants of the Gates would have decayed out of sight, and that structures damaged by them (i.e. the wayshrines and the Skingrad cemetery) would have been restored.

Tallei is doing the quests Julian didn’t do in her fan fic. Today she is in Cheydinhal, waiting until it’s time to go to the Dark Fissure. I’m reminded once again why I adore Dervera Romalen. “There’s the Chapel going Imperials and there’s the Chapel dodging Dark Elves, and never shall the twain meet.”

And of course: “Gruiand Garrana can talk her way out of almost anything. Of course, she mostly talks about herself.”

About to start asking around town about those pesky fines . . .

[mirocu]

Lothran has just come back to Bruma after having visited the mountain staircase and empty chest, and after clearing out Capstone Cave for the first time this season. Snow is falling and a night at Olavs is coming right up!

[Acadian]

Buffy has fond memories of visiting with Lothran in Bruma in the winter. She remembers how magical he looks with snowflakes dancing in his hair.

[mirocu]

Happy memories


Nice evening at Olav's yesterday. Lothran laundered a bottle of Surillie 399 with Ongar and will add it to his cellar, so to speak. Ongar of course got in trouble for openly stealing food again but Lothie saved his bacon by interrupting the guard with a conversation

[Renee]

Wow this thread got busy (for Chorrol). Lothran launders items, what??? I thought he's a guard!

Morndas, Mid-Year 16, 4th Era Year 422-- The Concern of Cursed Mine has concluded. Xena Gade, Gabrielle, Felrika, and the new addition to the party, Archer Beth, have plundered the mine and rid most of its inhabitants. The vineyards are safe once again.

Tallei is doing the quests Julian didn’t do in her fan fic.

This is a good way to approach these games!

[mirocu]

Wow this thread got busy (for Chorrol). Lothran launders items, what??? I thought he's a guard!

Lothran doesn't believe that one thing excludes another...


And he appreciates a fellow dungeon clearer. Getting rid of pests like that is always a good way to restore peace

[haute ecole rider]

Yesterday (Sunday 17th Evening Star) Tallei became the Arch Mage after an emotionally challenging ordeal.

It’s been interesting playing a pure mage character with no weapons other than a Mages Staff (and the Staff of Indarys that she got from the Cheydinhal Gate quest) and no armor. I’ve not had to turn on TGM in the console except when she picked up Daedric HEAVY armor and weaps for sale in the IC Market District.

We did die a couple of times, including when she got smashed by a Minotaur Colossus upon entry into the Tiber Septim Hotel. Fortunately kill is a thing in the console, and on reload we were able to get through this tavern brawl.

Now to get Kvatch rebuilt! And check out the Bruma Mages Guild restoration - a personal project of Tallei’s now that she is Arch Mage.

[mirocu]

Sounds like an interesting endeavour. Is she still breezing through it all or taking her time from here on out?

[haute ecole rider]

Taking our time - and I'm now spending less time gaming in Oblivion. That's fine, though. I rather enjoy not having the pressure of getting this or that done in the MQ or even the MG. Right now we are enjoying Kvatch Rebuilt's slower pace - it actually gives you a few days to a week between quests, and there is not that sense of urgency, so Tallei actually has time to talk to people and work on her Speechcraft.

For some time we've been thinking about getting a companion - someone with melee skillz for the heavy fighting. I've looked at CM Partners, but it adds more NPC's to a Tamriel already full from TIE. And I've looked at Companion Share and Recruit, but couldn't find a companion mod using that framework that fits what I have in mind.

This guy Boromir works with CM Partners, and fits the bill, but again I'm not sure I want to add even more NPC's to taverns and what not.

Then I found this: Arren. Like the better known Vilja, he's a stand alone companion with his own backstory, his own quests, and his own lines. And I found a secondary mod for Arren that adds voices. It's a bit monotone, but I'm liking the Redguard voice I gave him.

Once I have Kvatch rebuilt, then I'll start the Sancre Tor. The COC armor is awaiting pickup, and getting it will trigger the first quest. Before then, I hope to have a bunch of dungeons explored with Arren and more of the Cyrodiil map filled in.

[mirocu]

Yesterday Lothran cleared out Plundered Mine and today was spent in Bruma in preparation for tomorrow's departure. Serpent's Trail is the immediate goal.