Today in Skyrim..., Epic battles, mudcrab sightings, anything but spoilers. What did your Options

[Lena Wolf]

I need some coffee. Oops, all we got here is cake. Cake, cake, cake. We need new emoticons.

:coffee:

[macole]

I've been a beta tester ever since Daggerfall was released.

In my real life job we called it Release Candidate testing or Regression Testing. I loved that job and I was good at finding issues. It feels so good when you find a bug and you can tell the high and mighty programmers that their stuff stinks. Of course I was most diplomatic about it unless they tried to push back.

[Lena Wolf]

It is always user error, Macole!

[Renee]

Thanks for the coffee, Lena.

I switched from Claire Voyance to Sir Vyvoor. The main difference between these two (other than gender) is Claire is much more of a healer. She keeps the rest of her party alive, while she herself only raises her axe or mace only occasionally. She is also really good against Undead, being a devotee of the Nine.

Vyvoor is more of a rogue. More of a fighter. And he uses Shouts. He's my guy who did the Main Quest, and the Stormcloak side of the Civil War. So as I fire up his game tonight, I find him chilling in Helgen. I've got Helgen Reborn in his game. Really great mod. Helgen gets slowly rebuilt over time, and so Vyvoor spends a lot of time recruiting talent, training Helgen's new soldiers (for real, not just imagination/roleplay), and doing quests.

In my real life job we called it Release Candidate testing or Regression Testing. I loved that job and I was good at finding issues. It feels so good when you find a bug and you can tell the high and mighty programmers that their stuff stinks. Of course I was most diplomatic about it unless they tried to push back.

This sounds really neat.

[PhonAntiPhon]

"I am a monster."

Kaia watches the Vampire Thrall. She's scrabbling weakly on the dusty floor of the cave, fingers waving ineffectually at the crossbow bolt protruding from her armor maybe 3 inches below her navel.
"Help..." Damp eyes turn pleadingly to her.
Kaia kneels down.
"...help..."
Some gold, a garnet, a health potion.

"...Help me..."

"I am a monster."

[Renee]

This reminds me of my old Mycharonna posts, Phon. Uh, this is Mycharonna by the way. Anyway... no story. No roleplay. No update. Just some creepy poetry (which was inspired by me getting into HER head.

You go, girl.

[PhonAntiPhon]

"Vampires!" Ysolda climbed into the bed and pulled the furs over them both. "In Whiterun. Thank Mara you were here."
Kaia smiled ruefully.
"It's because of me being here that they are here, Yz."
"But you'll fix it."

It wasn't a question, it was a statement and it was accompanied by an expression of such wide-eyed and naive trust and certainty that Kaia was for just an instant unsure how to react.
"I'll try."
Ysolda slid her arms around Kaia.
"Are you eating? You seem even thinner than normal..."

Kaia lay staring at the roof, watching the twinkling of stars through the gaps in the slats.
In truth she wasn't. What she was doing was drinking an awful lot. Not that it helped; probably made things worse but it took the edge off at least.
One of Ysolda's legs slid over hers.
"It's good to have you back, even if only for a little bit." Ysolda's voice was sleepy, muffled slightly where her face was pressed against Kaia.

Somewhere outside a wolf howled; quiet footsteps trip-tripped past the door of Breezehome; the quickly-muted jingle of armor.
It was only a guard, but Kaia felt her breath catch in her throat, had to force herself to not reach for a weapon.

"You and the girls need to move from here. Whiterun isn't safe."
She felt Ysolda stiffen and pull away, looking round she saw the other woman staring at her, eyes wide and twinkling in the gloom.
"You need to move away."

"It's not safe."

[Renee]

Even behind walls, Whiterun is never safe. Even though those poor folks have a woll.

I did some gaming with Sir Davor Vyvoor last night, going through the Helgen Reborn mod. Very well done, so far. Vyvoor also gathered a writ to get rid of the chieftain of White River Watch. Took some really good pictures! I'll post 'em tomorrow, perhaps.

[PhonAntiPhon]

She didn't want to be a vampire. She had enough problems with the wolf in her head; Mara, she had doubts about herself when it was just her.

But no, no vampire.

So Serana had partially soul-trapped her for the trip to the Soul Cairn. It felt... strange, but still better than the alternative.

That wasn't the problem though, no, not by a long shot.

Ysolda was what she needed.

Serana was what she WANTED.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Just introduced Mrs. Khajiit to her first TES game! Khajiit decided to let her try Skyrim on Xbox 360 since this one feels it’s the easiest to jump right into. For her first ever character? She rolled a big ol’ Orc gal named Narshul who likes heavy armor and hitting things with warhammers!

[Acadian]

Well-done, Khajiit! That is your Chorroliotic duty, introducing family to TES.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Well-done, Khajiit! That is your Chorroliotic duty, introducing family to TES.

We’d probably still be playing but the game crashed and we realized we needed to go to the grocery store!

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Dec 6 2021, 12:37 AM

[SubRosa]

Well-done, Khajiit! That is your Chorroliotic duty, introducing family to TES.

We’d probably still be playing but the game crashed and we realized we needed to go to the grocery store!

Don't let anyone steal your sweetrolls!

[Lena Wolf]

Just introduced Mrs. Khajiit to her first TES game! Khajiit decided to let her try Skyrim on Xbox 360 since this one feels it’s the easiest to jump right into. For her first ever character? She rolled a big ol’ Orc gal named Narshul who likes heavy armor and hitting things with warhammers!

A new acolyte joins the ranks of TES! Whack them all, girl - way to go! Fits with Skyrim.

[SubRosa]

Come to think of it, my first Skyrim character Scylla was an orc as well, but she used a Battleaxe.

[Renee]

Khajiit, I hope Mrs. Khajiit does not also suffer from restartitis! If not, perhaps you can learn a thing or two from her.

Scylla looks mean! Rawr!




This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 6 2021, 04:40 PM

[PhonAntiPhon]

"Flubbadah, uffleeby?"

The bandit looked up at Kaia, his eyes almost comically wide, as she crouched above him on the rise, calmly reloading the crossbow. She ratchetted the weapon and watched him in a disinterested way, head cocked to one side, as his hands made their way up to the top of his head, groping fingers exploring his scalp until they located the crossbow bolt sticking more or less out of the center of his head, right at the top.

"Flibberfoo!" He exclaimed. "Ffaberme?"

His expression became one of extreme puzzlement as he tottered sideways a couple of paces and fell to his knees.

"Ug."

His mouth dropped open, a thin line of drool extending from it as his arms fell limply to his sides and he collapsed onto his face on the grass.
Kaia fired again into the back of his head just to be sure, and nodded in satisfaction as his legs momentarily stiffened and then relaxed.

Then she got up and looked around for Serana.

[macole]

PhonAntiPhon does have a way with dark and suspenseful writings that leaves me wanting more.

[Lena Wolf]

"Flibberfoo!" He exclaimed. "Ffaberme?" ... "Ug."

A way with words, indeed! Ffoho!

[PhonAntiPhon]

PhonAntiPhon does have a way with dark and suspenseful writings that leaves me wanting more.

I'm the Joe Abercrombie of Skyrim fanfics lol...