[X] My Assistant

[Renee]

ha ha okay I get it now

[mirocu]

Had a very nice session tonight

Lothran is wandering the area north-northwest of Skingrad. He made it to Echo Mine which he hasn´t explored before and so he did that. Then he wandered to a nearby fort and explored that one too. Both were quite small and didn´t take long, but then he noticed an Ayleid ruin that could potentially contain a statue. It didn´t, but it was a nice crawl anyway

After all that, plus some bandit/ogre battles, he visited and coronated the Jemane brothers, the residents at Brindle Home and the sisters at Gottlesfront Priory. And now he´s currently outside the Ayleid ruin close to Weatherleah and is about to enter it..

[Acadian]

Wow, Lothie's been busy!

[mirocu]

Yeah, this is somewhat of a rarity


But quite fun indeed!

[haute ecole rider]

Gotta keep those skillz up, Lothie!

Julian is in the process of returning the Mages Staff to Ardaline in Bravil. She has the Wabbajack for Martin. Yup, she's at Chapter 14.7 in OHDH! We enjoy playing through this story (with minor variations, such as those introduced by new - to us - mods) every time we restart the game in the prison. I keep the alternative starts for other characters.

[mirocu]

Gotta keep those skillz up, Lothie!

He needs to un-rust himself after his winter hibernation


In fact, tonight he decided to give Buffy´s stomach a break by getting rid of a few vampires at Bloodcrust Cavern. He went in and threw an AOE spell, then he ran out and thusly lured the vampires out in the sun

And now he´s resting at the Fighters Guild, listening to the gossip of his fellow guildmates


Btw, Rider, what is OHDH?

This post has been edited by mirocu: Mar 18 2015, 08:47 AM

[Acadian]

Rider - Nice to see Julian reliving her adventure. Collecting staves!

mirocu - I think Rider will tell you that OHDH is the name of Julian's fan fiction (Old Habits Die Hard). The link to Rider's wonderful fiction work is in her sig. Thanks to Lothie for taking out the trash some of those vampires and helping to keep Skingrad a bit more cramp-free for Buffy the Slayer. I hope he enjoys his time in Skingrad. He deserves to rest up there and enjoy the wine and cheese for at least a couple days.

[haute ecole rider]

'rocu, Acadian is right. You mean to tell me you haven't read OHDH yet?? I thought you were one of Julian's readers, but I guess I'm mistaken.

In any case, Julian is moving on. She is heading off to Cheydinhal to start her Grand Circuit of Cyrodiil, having closed the Bruma Gate with Burd, Bor and Soren.

Before doing this quest, I finally figured out Bor and Soren's Form IDs in the CS. Imagine my surprise to find both are Imperial (in OHDH Bor is Nord, and Soren is Redguard - just seemed that way because of their names). So I "fixed" them to better match the story, and made 'em both essential too. I really enjoyed the quest so much more knowing that they are "Bor" and "Soren" instead of the generic "Bruma Guard."

[ghastley]

In Oblivion, all guards are Imperial, as the guard dialog is only recorded for that race. I wanted to create Nord guards for my Falkreath mod, but couldn't. You've probably struck them dumb (or you'll get the dreaded "I HAVE NO GREETING"! - that's only if they have cause to speak first, such as when they'd normally call you criminal scum.)

Unique characters like Byrd have dialog all their own, and don't inherit the generic guard stuff.

And the real-life Soren's I know are Danish.

[haute ecole rider]

Oh, I noticed that these two lost their voices when I played through the quest. But their dialog still showed up in the subtitles, so I'm cool with that glitch. It's not immersion-breaking for me.

[mirocu]

@Rider - I basically only read updates here, sorry

[haute ecole rider]

Don't apologize! If you're not into reading old fan fics, then I recommend you avoid OHDH. It's quite colossal, I'm afraid, and a real time-sucker. At least, it was for me! No worries!

[mirocu]

Lothran has just come back from an excursion to Nornalhorst


It was yet another ruin he had not explored before, the fourth in just a few days´ time. Inside he took care of a vampire infestation as well as other undead who are now without the un He found two Varla stones and took five Welkynd stones, and he also found a book about a robbery of Nocturnal herself! He read it back at the Skingrad Fighters Guild.

[Lopov]

Good to hear that Cyrodiil still holds mysteries for Lothran. Oh, and that book is great, especially the ending (as always).

[mirocu]

Good to hear that Cyrodiil still holds mysteries for Lothran.

Yuuuuuuuuuuup!™

I actually thought that last night; I´ve been playing this game and this character since Feb 2007 and I still find new stuff! I have to look a little closer, but it´s still there!

Oh, and that book is great, especially the ending (as always).

I have read it before, but it still got to me!

[Acadian]

Yup, good to see Lothie still discovering new things. When's he going to put together an expedition to go around putting those varla stones back?

[mirocu]

Yup, good to see Lothie still discovering new things. When's he going to put together an expedition to go around putting those varla stones back?

Around the same time I sell all my NES games...

[Acadian]

Didn't Baa and Mooch undertake such an expedition?

[mirocu]

I don´t remember. Maybe they did

[Grits]

Replanting the Nirnroot (via console) might be another non-journal quest to undertake in celebration of the next 1,000 hours that roll over.