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[Renee]

Ah I am the opposite, Lena. I use the Autumn and Spring versions, but don't use Winter because I can't conceive of snow getting too far south of Bruma.

I gotta say the Spring version really puts a LOT of flowers into the game. Every time I game during the months Rain's Hand and First Seed I feel like I'm about to sneeze!

*Example*

This post has been edited by Renee: Nov 27 2022, 07:25 PM

[Lena Wolf]

I fully intend to use these seasons for the year 4E203 which is just about to start in Lena's game (it's Evening Star 4E202). I'll try to use them for the whole year, and we'll see. May be they'll grow on me.

As for winter going South... I was caught in a bad blizzard in South Texas once (to give you a local example), and it is the same place where I was also baking at 110F a few months before... So yeah, I believe it!

[Acadian]

Oh Lena, that's beautiful! Just the thing for playing OB in the winter time.

[macole]

I gotta say the Spring version really puts a LOT of flowers into the game. Every time I game during the months Rain's Hand and First Seed I feel like I'm about to sneeze!

*Example*

Snow or flowers? i like the snow on a cold winter's day but um, I'll take the flowers.

[Renee]

Don't forget your Benadryl then. Or Dayquil or whatever you prefer for allergies. Lots of pollen with that Betty's mod installed.

[Renee]

Country

Joanie

Fiery!

Statue 7 (or is it 8?)

⚔

[SubRosa]

Joanie is statuesque.

[Acadian]

A horse for Joan’s guard, a horse for Joan’s stuff. . . but no horse for Joan?

Dropping a fireball on that Argonian’s head?

Umbacano – ugh.

[mirocu]

Nice ones, Renee!

[Renee]

The ruin had one of those giant traps which lift us up into the air, and Joan got caught on the edge of the trap 2x in a row, while being chased by baddies! In a last-minute effort to escape she had the idea to try jumping off the trap as it'd come back down from the ceiling. She'd then aim her feet (Mario Bros. style) so she'd land on that ledge.

NOW she was in command! Enemies could not get to her up there!

[SubRosa]

Lousy cops put January in the clinker!

January is starting to feel like she might not measure up...

Painting with all the colors of the wind

Everybody's an art critic

January will always be a Great Lakes gal

Offline mob

[Acadian]

Poor January - stuck in 'The Chosen One's' Oblivion prison cell.

Wow, even a Breton looks small compared to that Altmer.

Oh yes, the painted trolls quest. That was a clever quest.

Jan's armor & shield look good - very businesslike.

Great shot in the water how you can see all of her even through the water.

[macole]

Painting with all the colors of the wind

Amazing looking blue sky.

[Renee]

Ah, there's Nerussa. She was one of your favorite elves back in the day, as I recall. Jan really looks sort of classic in these pictures, and not just the Painted Trolls ones. She looks like some damsel in a classic oil painting.

... speaking of .. gosh... it's been probably 13 or 14 years since one of mine did that quest. Anyway, good to see you're back in Cyrodiil.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: January is a Nord in this game. And she is still tiny compared to an Altmer!

I had forgotten all about the painted trolls quest. That was really creative.


macole: I love how you can see the brush strokes in the sky, and everything else.


Renee: Teresa had a major crush on Nerussa back in the day.

The painted troll quest was really fun to do again, after all these years. I really love how they presented the world, being all done up in oil paints.



Fraking archers!

Don't ghost me bro

Battling side by side with Bellac

What did Kaelin put in my drink?

Watch where you shoot that thing!

The Alliance

Standing on top

Hi Boromir

Low bridge

Long Live the Emperor!

[macole]

Um, I think Boromir could use a seriously strong healing potion.

[Acadian]

I used to be an adventurer like you. Until I took an arrow in the back.

I laughed over the low bridge pic.

[Renee]

Hey, just be glad all those arrows stuck in her shield, rather than she herself becoming a pincushion.

Ah, the Forlorn Watchman. Golly, it's quests like this which really capture the imagination, right? I can remember seeing that ghost standing by the shore long ago, my eyes almost falling right out of my head Those early days of playing OB man... the amount of depth and wonder were just astounding.

To go off-topic a moment, now that I've played all 5 ES games, Oblivion definitely has the most creative quests. In comparison, most of Morrowind's quests are standard Fetch or Steal-type missions, or "Collect money from X, and if you can't get the money, kill him/her...." which makes me wonder, why... WHY I'm supposed to consider MW has the "better" quests & writing as so MW fanatics used to badger us with. Morrowind does not, at least if we're considering side & guild quests. The Main Quest has an air of mystery about it so far, it's really got me gripped. But that's it. I can't really say it's "better" than OB's Main Quest. Just different.

Heh heh, what's going on in the Oblivion Gate picture?

Yeah, looks like she took one for the team. What level is Jan? She's already seeing deathclaws daedroths, that's why I ask. And I know you tend to do these quests really fast.

I laughed over the low bridge pic.

Me too!

[SubRosa]

macole: The funny thing is that Martin was healing himself the entire time. So he was at full health with that arrow sticking through him.


Acadian: I tried something different, and took the high road in the mountains from Chorrol to Bruma. I was not expecting the bridges to be too low to fit a mounted character! I had to use the moveto command with the console to get them past the bridge. Thankfully it worked for both horse and rider with one command.


Renee: The blurry effect on the screen is just something I get on my PC from the Oblivion Gates. It is just some sort of visual effect the gates make. What is weird is that it will even show through solid objects, if they are in the way of the gate.

Jan was about level 17 or 20 when she started the main quest. It meant the fights were tough, and keeping NPCs alive was a real pain. I broke down and made a lot of them essential. But the sigil stones were the best variety.



Valhalla Awaits

Found it

Blades from a bygone age

The Countess and the Crow

To battle

The Black and Decker Kingdom Wrecker

Looks like the warranty was expired

Jan and Marty

Paradise Awaits

Dagon

Dragon

[Renee]

Yeah that makes sense to see daedroth if she were that deep into the levels at that point. I forgot that you've been with Jan in OB in this game for a while now. And also, OB can level up pretty quickly if all 7 Majors are being used.

Valhalla Awaits! There's her one-liner catchphrase.

Looks like she's doing Knights of the Nine? -- Wow, look at that wicked armor. She's headed toward the Wicked Tower of Doom!

Ah, there's that bastard Dagon. Just like Natthrafan in Stormcrow... Too bad Jan can't make her sword turn into a dragon this time. Perish, get back to your planes, demon!