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[mirocu]

They all say hi back..!

I´ve been playing Oblivion for seven and a half years now. I have over 2000 hours on the same character and not until just now did I meet the skooma-sucking son to the count of Bravil!

Wow. Just wow

[SubRosa]

Having met him myself, I cannot say you have missed much!

[mirocu]

Still, it goes to show there´s always something to discover in Oblivion!

[Renee]

Renee Gade III is on her way to Bravil, after asking her companions where they'd like to go. I've been keeping quiet about RG3, but for the past couple weeks I've been gaming with her, and so far she's spent all her time up in the I.C., or around the Niben area.

She has two companions at the moment: Gabrielle and Mimi. So she asked her companions (Gabrielle, actually) where shey'd like to go, and I rolled a 10-sided die to get Gab's answer. Bruma was 1, Cheydinhal was 2, Leyawiin was 3, etc. #4 came up, which is Bravil. So they're on their way there now.

I've written a bunch of RG3's tales, was thinking I'd finally make a fanfic, but I don't know what to do. It's not really 'complete'. I'll probably just post 'em in the Today threads. That's what I'm good at.

Upon getting to Bravil, she finds she has no gold. Or at least, not enough to enter town with. And she's got nothing to sell. She got a tip from one of Bravil's guards that there's a nearby Ayleid ruin called Anutwyl, and Renee checked this place out but unfortunately the first door she came to was locked with a 3-tumbler, and she only had 3 lockpicks. HAD. That's the word. She broke all 3 of them, dangit.

So now she's traveling north through the woods with her two friends, just looking for a place to plunder.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Jun 24 2014, 01:18 AM

[mirocu]

So now you´re incorporating some pen and paper stuff into your gaming sessions? Nice

[Renee]

Yes, I've always mixed some old pen 'n' paper stuff in these modern times. Plus, in this instance I wanted them to go somewhere, but I'm notoriously bad with decisions sometimes. I have no idea which direction to go, so I ... pretended Gabrielle made the decision instead. Ha ha.

Don't you ever have a hard time making decisions, in game or not? .. Or I guess Lothran simply has a routine he sticks to?

[mirocu]

Don't you ever have a hard time making decisions, in game or not? .. Or I guess Lothran simply has a routine he sticks to?

He pretty much has his routines now, that is true. But that only dictates what towns he visits at what time of the year. Aside from that he basically just wanders the wilderness and roads with the occasional dungeon in between

[Grits]

Renee, I love the way you incorporate the old ways into your games. You are an inspiration! I’m glad you’re writing RG3’s tales in any kind of form. I know she’s an important character, and I look forward to reading about her whenever you’re ready.

[SubRosa]

It is cool to know that the Renee Gades are still roaming Tamriel. With Gabrielle and full Xena gear this time no less!

[Acadian]

Renee, that's a great way to sort out 'where to go next'.

Buffy's early game is generally objective driven to get this or that. Her mid game expeditions are generally planned by looking for any suspiciously blank areas of the map, then plotting a course to cross them, looking for new locations. Her late game expeditions are usually circuits that are planned around the types of foes she wants to hunt in dungeons. So generally a route from dungeon to dungeon for 5-10 dungeons ending in one town or another where she visits friends/guild mates and does some shopping.

[mirocu]

Lothran is again in Bravil and has just added some Necro robes to his collection. Not sure but I think his next step is Chorrol to check up on things. The nearby Colovians might also get a visit from the white-haired Dunmer

[TrisRed]

The time has come for me to FINALLY restart Lissa. My friend gave me his old portable hardrive to keep some backups of her saves so this time I won't have the same trouble as last time. I played a variety of games in between but I now feel ready, although this time a couple of things will be different, just to avoid the repetitiveness of re-playing her story.

She, as a person will be the same, as will her background, but I think I'm going to set her on a new path this time around. In this time line she never went to prison, so her game will start in a Fighting Chance, her aunt Rhosaan's weapon store. She has returned to Cyrodiil after three years adventuring, meaning she has actually been back for a full year; so no family reunions. She also starts the game aged 20 instead of 19. I'm trying to avoid starting storylines that the Lissa 2.0 went through.

I don't know if she will keep her old friends or make new ones, I guess I will just have to see where our journey takes us. It will be sad to (possibly) say goodbye to the likes of Jessie and Anyanka, but it's a risk I am going to take.

It's exciting and scary at the same time, but it is the right decision i think.

I will post her updates quite fully and narratively, but saying that I also plan to return to her fanfic very, very soon. I had bad writers block, you see. I did do the whole book, but had to re-write a majority of it as I realised I wasn't pleased with the final product .

So, yeah, Lissa is back! Woohoo!

[Acadian]

mirocu - Nice to hear that Lothran is back visiting Bravil.

Rinhanae - I'm so pleased to hear that Lissa is getting a new start. Sometimes, taking a little break is a good thing. I hope you really enjoy playing her through again with the changes you've made.

[mirocu]

Oh, Lissa´s back now! I really think you have the right approach here, Rihanae. Keeping her as herself but not doing the exact same thing as before will keep her return fresh and fun!

[Renee]

Welcome back, Rihanae. *claps* I would put some super-duper quadruple passwords on your PC if I were you. That's clever starting Lissa at a different age, it explains the gap of time when we last saw her. My Lady Saga character has seen two major jumps in age.

Everyone else: Yeah I still have all my old dice, books, all that stuff from the old days. Every now and then I roll some dice. Doesn't everyone?

Right now, Renee Gade III, Mimi, and Gabrielle are in the middle of frickin' nowhere. They are on a quest to find an important pickaxe for one of the merchants in Bravil, however this pickaxe could be in three different caves, according to the merchant, and these caves are in the Nibenay Basin area, which I'm not too familiar with. In the process of looking for these caves, I've seen several places I'm sure I've never been in.

Does anyone know of a mod that allows the player to get rid of the GPS pointer on the map? .... I don't use the in-game map at all unless one of mine is in a town. I've looked at several map mods over at Nexus, but can't find anything which specifically gets rid of this pointer.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Jul 4 2014, 03:18 AM

[mirocu]

Last night Lothran decided to go back to his roots as a master thief. And what better goal to aim for in Bravil than the castle? If only he´d known that place had already been visited on several occasions by the Weet bandit. There was barely anything left!

Though he did manage to find a gem; the book called The Importance of Where. Close to eight years of gaming and over 2000 hours and this is the first time we both see this book! Needless to say, it´s now in his possession and on its way to his book collection in Bruma.

It was a very nice experience to sneak through a castle again and as it turned out, the first time through Bravil´s. Is there perhaps other castles we´ve forgotten about? I think Lothran has gotten himself a new quest...

[Lopov]

Hey, it's very nice reading about Lothran's thieving exploits!

It's a bit different, you know, Lothran's stories most of the time don't revolve around such things and it's good to see the thief back in action.

[Renee]

The lack of things in Bravil's castle can't be due to Kahreem. He's invaded this place twice, always gets caught. One of my others, like Eradi~Kate, probably decimated the place at some point. Kate used a lot of magic, you see.

I've never heard of that book either. The Importance of Where. Wow.

[mirocu]

Hey, it's very nice reading about Lothran's thieving exploits!

It's a bit different, you know, Lothran's stories most of the time don't revolve around such things and it's good to see the thief back in action.

Thank you! Yeah, he doesn´t have any need for stealing no more so he rarely does these things. But he does have a need for excitement and exploration and I think we will hear more about this

The lack of things in Bravil's castle can't be due to Kahreem. He's invaded this place twice, always gets caught.

They probably moved the goodies to even more secret places after Kahreem´s visits

I've never heard of that book either. The Importance of Where. Wow.

I´ve heard about it long ago so I knew it existed. Though I haven´t thought about it in a long while so it was a nice surprise anyway

[Acadian]

I don't recall seeing that book either.

Hey, it wasn't Buffy who looted Castle Bravil. Although welcome in several courts, the court of Bravil is not one of them. Buffy avoids that castle, along with Count Pompousness and his skooma-head kid.