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[Lopov]

Nice that you mention several of your characters in this story! At first I thought that you created a new character, named Nelles, and that her backstory involves being kicked out of the AU.

The battle with rats is hilarous yet slightly creepy.

RATS, and lots of them!

[mirocu]

Poor Nelles...


But I agree with Lopov, interesting idea to incorporate your other characters like that. Imagine, it was Lady Saga who got her!

[Grits]

I thought the same thing at first, it must be raining and Renee spontaneously started a new mage! But the mention of Snaat (and a glance at the stats and date before I got very far) clued me in. This was great fun to read! I felt sorry for poor Sparkly as her lights went out. Swarm of rats, ugh. Love it!

[Renee]

I been reading too much Stephen King lately, ha ha.

[Renee]

Sundas, 12:48 pm Sun's Dusk 25

Renee Gade the third is rather depressed today. One of her crew has died, her Khajiit archer. And it was her (Renee's) fault.

It's tricky to explain, but she's had a very successful adventuring party over the last few weeks: a Nord warrior, an Altmer Mage, and the Khajiit archer. All females--not by choice, but it just turned out this way by happenstance (like a roll of the dice). The dynamics of this party are what made it work. Both Renee and the Nord are up-close melee fighters with BIG swords and mostly heavy armor, while the mage and the Khajiit do their thing from a distance.

The elf and the Khajiit haven't got much health, but this never really mattered before, because it was rare that they would have to engage in direct combat. The problem was Renee visited Broken Promises Cave, but decided to leave the Nord gal outside. The Nord is added by a different mod than the other two, she behaves differently. She's great at what she does (bashing things) but she doesn't sneak at all. So Renee decided to leave her behind. Renee also broke one of her cardinal rules which is: scout first, bring the party in second. The party (as a trio) was going in.

So without the Nord, what wound up happening is the Khajiiit wound up in some face-to-face with a bandit ringleader, with another bandit going at her from behind. The mage was mixed-up in there too. With all these bodies dancing around, Renee did not want to just go in with her giant sword, so she stood back and waited for an opportunity to swing.

So anyways, the Khajiit gal died in Broken Promises Cave. And for the last two days, Renee hasn't had much desire to just go out again. She's just sort of wandering around Chorrol, like she's dazed. It's Sundas, so she spent the morning at chapel. Then she went for a walk. Discovered that there are bath houses (Better Cities stuff), and so now she's taking it easy. Just soaking in warm water. She's not feeling too happy, but it's rather relaxing interesting for me.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Oct 12 2014, 01:16 PM

[Lopov]

I'm sorry to hear that her Khajiit archer died but on the other hand it makes for a very interesting roleplay, I think. It makes her (and you) realize how some characters are precious only when you lose them. It also makes sense that she didn't continue adventuring immediately yet she instead needs some time to get in better mood.

[Renee]

Yes exactly. It was really a shock to lose Cresha (that's her name). We've already become used to having her around. It was also pretty neat because CM Partners adds all these extra NPCs in-game, and some of them (like Cresha) are very specific and almost irreplaceable.
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Cresha could also pick locks, you see, that was another cool feature about her. Renee technically can just bash any lock she finds with a weapon (I've got a lock-bashing mod) but it was better to just have the Khajiit pick them. Renee went on sort of a mad dash around Chorrol, trying to find another archer, and wound up joining the Ranger's Guild, but so far nobody.

She is now heading toward the Imperial City with Felrika (the Nord warrior) and Haili (the Altmer mage). She wound up spending four days in Chorrol, but wants to return to her new home on the Waterfront.

[Acadian]

Renee, what a captivating adventure. So sorry you lost Cresha. I expect you'll live with the consequences, rather than calling upon Divine Intervention via the command console or reinstalling CM Partners.

[mirocu]

Sorry to hear Renee losing her companion. Lothran doesn´t have one other than his horse and he´s very careful where he lets her go

[Renee]

Renee, what a captivating adventure. So sorry you lost Cresha. I expect you'll live with the consequences, rather than calling upon Divine Intervention via the command console or reinstalling CM Partners.

Oh yeah, you know me. Consequences. CM Partners 2.0 does have Essential and non-Essential versions of the same NPCs, so technically I could probably add another Cresha and simply rename her when we find her.

On the positive side, CMP has a virtually endless amount of NPCs that can be added, way beyond the original mod itself. I found a wood elf archer who is really neat, from the sound of her. I forget the name of the mod, but she gets added to the camp just outside of Kvatch, and Renee will eventually be heading that way. This wood elf is supposed to be more experienced, and she's supposed to have some sort of custom armor, so that'll work out just fine.

mirocu: yeah, horses make good companions for some. Renee doesn't seem to be much of a horse-rider, but Saga is.

[mirocu]

mirocu: yeah, horses make good companions for some. Renee doesn't seem to be much of a horse-rider, but Saga is.

Lothran rarely rides but he sometimes takes her out for some exercise in the Jeralls

[Renee]

mirocu: yeah, horses make good companions for some. Renee doesn't seem to be much of a horse-rider, but Saga is.

Lothran rarely rides but he sometimes takes her out for some exercise in the Jeralls

What kind of horse does Lothie prefer?

[mirocu]

What kind of horse does Lothie prefer?

He´s only ever had one kind; a Paint, sold by The Wildeye Stable in Bruma

Aetherius is his second one. His first got slain by an ogre on the way down from the mountains in the spring while Lothran was occupied fighting a bandit

[Renee]

He´s only ever had one kind; a Paint, sold by The Wildeye Stable in Bruma

Aetherius is his second one. His first got slain by an ogre on the way down from the mountains in the spring while Lothran was occupied fighting a bandit

Wow, so his first horse died. Interesting.

I took Acadian's advice about boosting horse-health, so now all of Saga's horses have at least 500 HP at the least. Paints have 500, Bays have 650, something like this.

[mirocu]

"Rain, rain and more rain. Yep, I´m in Blackwood, alright."

Lothran has arrived in Leyawiin and is trying to get dry at the Fighters Guild after his walk from Water´s Edge. As always, he visits the southernmost town before going to the northenmost one. This habit is just one of his many traditions and he eagerly makes sure to upkeep them

[Renee]

Yeah, that's certainly true, he's all about tradition. Lothie is not near any of mine at the moment. I think Saga is in (um....) Cheydinal, and Snaat Rayag is in Skingrad, though I haven't gamed with either of them for a few weeks.

Renee Gade the third is in Skingrad right now, about to sell some loot, get her brand-new enchanted claymore recharged and repaired, and other mundane things.

You what's funny? Arena actually winds up being more of an 'Action RPG' (the way I play) than Oblivion does. In Oblivion, combat is rather rare, the way I game. It might happen 5 to 10% of the overall time. In Arena, combat is much more constant, despite what some people say about older games having less action. Seems Renee 1 is often getting attacked, trying to cast spells, dealing with baddies, etc.

On the other hand, Arena has more non-violent quests than Oblivion does. Arena has all those 'hey, can you get this for me?' random quests.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Oct 19 2014, 11:46 PM

[Acadian]

Aww, nice to hear of Lothie visiting the Blackwood/Leyawiin area. Simply beautiful with all the ferns and weeping willows.

[mirocu]

Aww, nice to hear of Lothie visiting the Blackwood/Leyawiin area. Simply beautiful with all the ferns and weeping willows.

Yes, Lothran is back full force now!


@Renee - My Arena game is also much more of an action RPG than Oblivion

[Renee]

@Renee - My Arena game is also much more of an action RPG than Oblivion

It's because of two reasons: (1) I rarely use the fast-travel function, and even though I've got MMM, it is set on vanilla spawning rates, and the vanilla game doesn't just slam the world with monsters. (2) We usually take our time shopping and moseying aroung. Mods only add to the number of non-violent, non-action things we can do.

In Arena on the other hand, there isn't as much to do, unless we don't mind doing random town-fetch quests over and over. I wind up looking forward to night time, or finding some lair to dive into.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Oct 20 2014, 05:10 PM

[mirocu]

Methinks ye is korrekt


Lothran is about to re-explore Darkphantom Cave southeast of Leyawiin. He will just do a quick sweep and then he´ll head back into town and ponder about which road to take when it´s time to travel up to Imperial City