New Toon!, share your development character ideas Options

[Renee]

I think there is a thread somewhere around here about our Oblivion characters once they are already extant. The New Toon thread, however, is going to be about developing a character, or 'toon', as it were. I usually keep the process of developing new ones to myself. I might ask others what this new one's name should be, or something basic like this, but I want this thread to be more interactive.

I'm developing a Druid idea. Going to be a 'he'. I have a very vague idea of making a Breton male druid who lives almost entirely outside of civilization. I know nothing of the druids though. I know nothing of their history, other than the stereotype in DnD, in which they remain close to nature. My new toon will stick to this stereotype. He will be somewhat like glargg's Wild Elf character, methinks.

I want to explore the possibility of all those cool weapons found in other games (like quarterstaffs and pole weapons, perhaps, maybe even blowguns and slingshots! ) for my druid guy. I know there's gotta be some mods out there like this. I've already got some sort of spear mod in my games, but the only way to access it is to visit the basement of the Skingrad FG. My druid aint going that far.

That's as far as I've gotten. I never could make a druid in the vanilla game, because it doesn't support the sort of nature scene I've been visualizing in my head for years. The only peaceful creatures are deer and butterflies. So on PC, the doors have opened. MMM adds tons of peaceful (and not-so-peaceful) creatures. Witchcraft makes a lot of hostile creatures (like wolves) into passive animal acquaintances. That sort of thing.

I am going to do some reading on druids this weekend, no doubt. This should be fun!

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Aug 22 2014, 11:04 PM

[Grits]

gpstr, welcome to Chorrol! Great to see you here.

I can almost envision her transforming from a simple Altmer lass into a hulking, gargantuan, Shrike-like assemblage of steel and razor wire, then rending flesh, then simply transforming back. I sort of like that idea.

I love that idea! Elenin’s face is great. Her eyes look amazing. I’m looking forward to hearing about her adventures.

Renee, it sounds as if your druid is coming along nicely. What a great idea to bring him to life during a warm spring rain.

[gpstr]

Enchanted Druid Treehome

I downloaded it for Hanna just on a whim - I wanted to give her some place out in a forest to live, but it didn't necessarily have to be "druid-ish" since she'd already tried the druid path and it hadn't worked out right. But I thought it looked interesting, so I gave it a shot.

It's awesome. It's a bit too fancy for an actual druid (in spite of being inside a tree), but it fits Hanna perfectly. And it led to the next phase in her career because it includes a portal to the Shivering Isles, and she hadn't been yet. So I took her there, just because she had easy access, and it turned out that she did well in the Isles.

@Grits - thanks. Actually, that shot doesn't really do Elenin justice. I'll get some more - I'm still surprised by how nice her face is. I'm still sorting out her direction though. I took her out of the sewer and up to the IC, but she hasn't really done anything yet. I've been fiddling with armor and weapons and bound stuff and just pondering, trying to get some insight into who she is.

This post has been edited by gpstr: Mar 30 2015, 04:13 PM

[gpstr]

More shots of Elenin.

I've already lost control of this character, and she hasn't even made it out of the sewer exit yet. I took her to the testinghall so I could put her in some clothes and just ponder a bit and take some pictures, but... I dunno.

Something about her face just breaks my heart. I don't know yet what her story is, but there's definitely one there. I see an enormous weight of sorrow in her eyes.

I don't know if she's going to work with the bound items idea at all. Maybe, but it seems a little flashy for what she appears to be. I can't even work out a way that she's going to fight. I honestly don't think she looks like she would fight. If anything, she looks like she's done fighting, and I'm thinking maybe that's a hook to her character, but I can't work out how to play that in Oblivion's "go here and kill this" world.

I just don't know. I think I've got the makings of an extraordinary character here, but I'm having a really hard time working out what that character is. And I can't just pick something and try to force it on her - there's too much personality in her face. She's going to be whoever she's going to be, but I have no idea who that is...

[SubRosa]

My first thought when I looked at her was that she seemed to be very sad too. You could try doing a non-violent walkthrough with her, using command and fear spells. I know other people have done it. There are some places and quests that you cannot do though. Unless you bring along a follower to do the dirty work.

[mirocu]

*taps foot waiting for the announcement of Renee´s new character*

[Renee]

I will probably create her Wednesday or Thursday. It's supposed to rain one of those days. For now, I have switched to Snaat Rayag's game, my long-forgotten skooma dealer. I installed Gweden Brothel into his gameworld, and so right now he's headed to Anvil, which I'm pretty psyched about.