Today In Skyrim (Spoilerific), Like the other one, but with added spoilers!!! Options

[Renee]

Vampirella sounds fun. I wanna be on vacation.



Turdas, 12:55 PM, Heartfire 4, 4E 201

Level: 10
Gold: 824

Playtime: 29:06:48


"Skyrim's a hard enough land if you've got a roof over your head."

"I am in agreement, Brel. And I should stop beating myself over the situation."

Indeed. The 'situation' involved a Nord who'd been calling himself 'Taz the Slayer'. Isaac and Brelyna had met Taz back in Whiterun, inside the Bannered Mare. He'd claimed he wanted to go trekking, and seemed to know where Fellglow Keep was located. He was also a big, brawny warrior type, and uninterested in picking sides among Skyrim's warring factions. Taz the Slayer hadn't wanted any gold either, another plus in his favor. For all these reasons, Taz had seemed perfect. Isaac the White allowed him to come along. He gave the Nord some healing potions, and a Talos amulet to wear round his neck (since the man carried a shield).

Despite all these factors, Taz had not lasted long. He'd survived a few random skirmishes from Whiterun into some brush territory. He'd helped take down a sabre lion for instance, but during the first actual fight at Fellglow, he had fallen.

He'd done fine against a couple of lowly-skilled mages, but when a fire atronach had shown a few minutes later, Taz made the mistake of attacking this beast head on, despite the fact that he hadn't taken the time to properly heal himself before engaging in combat again. All of this weighed upon Isaac's conscience.

And now, he was thinking. Pondering, here inside of Fellglow. Many mages inside Fellglow Keep had fallen, and Isaac had managed to free the man who'd stolen those books in the first place. But this man, another mage by the name of Orthorn, had fallen as well.

"Brelyna?"

"What is it?"

"Suppose there were a way to .. now listen to me, here. But suppose there were a way to summon a man? A warrior, in fact."

"I'm a mage, not a spell-writer, you know."

The idea seemed simple enough. And it would absolve Isaac from any chances of future guilt. No more hired goons. No more messy arrangements with money, or items, or loot. Brelyna had been a fantastic companion so far, other than some occasional wordiness from her. But wouldn't it be nice to be able to summon a warrior, instead of hiring one, who'd possibly die like Taz the Slayer? Like Orthorn? ... Or become grumpy about payment, or lack of ale, or whatever may be?

"It's high time we get in there and find our fortune!" Breylna had said, apparently not taking Isaac seriously.

How did one learn to summon though? How did one learn to write any sort of spell? .... The great days of the Third Era, when spell-writing was at its peak, were long over. Many nowadays didn't even bother to write anything new; everyone preferred to just buy a tome. Or scavenge one from loot, if he got lucky. But some of the mages in Skyrim had to know how to still write.

"There seems to be a need for something new," Isaac explains.

"I'm right behind you."

"But are you with me? Here, let me explain as a riddle."

"Okay, what?"

"I can summon a wolf, who dies in one shot. I can summon an atronach, who fires flames at my locks. Is there any between? For now it would seem, that the need for an advocate has been nocked."

Brelyna smirks. "They say Ravencrone of Morthal has studied draugr, undead, and all manner of summoned creatures."

'I think we should pay a visit to court wizard in Whiterun next, after we find these supposed stolen books."



This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 31 2015, 12:49 AM

[Lopov]

Neat story. I like how it shifts from Taz's backstory and his untimely demise to Isaac's pondering about summoning an actual warrior. Not that Brelyna is listening to him.

But I didn't know there's a mod which adds Taz to Skyrim.

[Acadian]

What fun to hear such well-known Brelyna phrases in action! Ah yes, summoning a disposable warrior. Isaac is wise to start small. After all, one of Buffy's early spells was not to summon a chicken but to turn a person into one.

So the book thief didn't make it, eh? No big loss I figure.

This post has been edited by Acadian: Dec 31 2015, 10:17 PM

[Renee]

Ha ha Buffy could turn a person into a chicken? Good lord!

Yeah, poor book thief did not make it. I thought he would. I don't think there was an option to give him any healing potions though.

But I didn't know there's a mod which adds Taz to Skyrim

My next trick is Foghorn Leghorn and Daffy Duck.

[Renee]

Sundas, 6:05 PM, Heartfire 4

Location: The Arcanaeum, inside of Mage's College


"There are few places where one can pursue my type of work, without persecution."

"And after you hear my pitch, you might consider your 'type of work' quite contrary, and of controversy, indeed."

Isaac the White meets Phinis Gestor, Conjuration trainer and vendor at the Mage's College of Winterhold. And tells him of his idea. At first the elf scoffs. Then he gains interest. Before the hour is over, Phinis becomes sure that Isaac is on to something. The question though: was this idea a good one?

"Let me show you," Isaac says, pointing toward the floor. He casts his spell. Phinis's jaw drops.

A few days earlier, Isaac had been back in Whiterun, returning from Valtheim towers with Brelyna. He'd returned from this trip with a wild sort of idea: was it possible to summon a warrior? ... He'd brought this idea to Farengar Secret-Fire, who'd also scoffed. And snarked, and insinuated, and mocked. Matter of fact, Farengar had done just about everything to make the man with the huge white beard go away, but the man with the huge white beard had persisted. He had not given up.

"So, you wish to master the arcane arts?"

"You have the knowledge, you must have the knowledge of spell-writing, as those who dwelt in the Third Era also had. I beg of you to teach me this knowledge."

"Very well. I may teach you these skills, for it has been awhile since a student of the craft has come begging compulsively at my feet. I admit, it is not a completely unwelcome feeling."

Finally, Farengar relented. What do I do to make this insolent man leave me be? ... But he'd also been curious. It had been awhile, years as matter of fact, since he had written a new spell. Why should he? Why should anyone? Skyrim already had an effective repertoire of spells which had long been proven to work without fail.

And now, days later, here in The Arcanaeum, Isaac casts the spell he and Farengar had worked on for days.



"A chicken. You have summoned a chicken?"

"Completely useless for combat, yes I know. But it's not the chicken that's for show. I want to cast warriors, myrmidon, and fighters. Might you possess interest?"

Phinis explained that casting a warrior, an actual flesh-and-blood warrior, might be possible, as Isaac had just demonstrated that it's possible to summon an actual feathers-and-blood chicken. But the life forces involved in bringing a man, an actual person, would make it very difficult to implement. And this is not to mention the unethical nature of this concept.

"You know," Phinis says, "why not just buy my spell? I have spells which will allow you to summon the atronach of your choice: whatever your preference of destructive magic may be."

"So I buy your spell and now I can cast something which will pelt me with fire? Or shocking-magic? Or lumber noisily within some confined lairs?"

"I have spells which raise the dead to fight for you. I can sell you these spells at an affordable price."

"Bah. Such is the magic of warlocks and witches. And I have not desire for this sort of reputation. But hmm ......... raises dead?"

And so was born the idea which would make Isaac the White quite the topic around the Mage's College.




This post has been edited by Renee: Jan 9 2016, 12:34 AM

[Acadian]

This left me chuckling. Not only the conjure chicken spell but the possibilities that Farengar overlooked. Can you imagine the horror of a 'Conjure Braithe' or 'Conjure Heimskr' spell?

This post has been edited by Acadian: Jan 9 2016, 01:09 AM

[SubRosa]

w00t! Time to start calling up the dead! Might I suggest Undead Summoning for all your necromantic needs?

[Grits]

Yay, Isaac the White is writing spells! Just like back in the third era. Congratulations!! I think that making spell mods for characters is so personal it's a bit like having them write the spells.

For excellent existing summoning mods I second SubRosa’s suggestion and also suggest Nature Summoning if Isaac the White wants to summon Kynareth’s creations. I use both and love them.


edit: forgot the link. D'oh!

This post has been edited by Grits: Jan 9 2016, 05:11 AM

[Lopov]

All big discoveries have to begin with something small, right? And in Isaac's case it's with the chicken. The mod from SubRosa looks like it'd suit Isaac.

or 'Conjure Heimskr' spell?

[Renee]

Thanks to all, and thanks for the link Miss Florens.

[SubRosa]

After watching Frozen a few days ago, I want a Conjure Olaf spell!

[haute ecole rider]

Mmmm, take a Frost Atronach mesh, make him stouter and rounder, stick a carrot on him and you've got Olaf in Skyrim!

[Renee]

Morndas, 9:58 PM, Frostfall 13, 4th Era 201

Isaac the White is in Vernim Wood, a mod-added village. I forget the name of this mod, but it adds all the villages found in TES1: Arena, and they're all pretty small little hamlets. Anyway, Isaac has just focused the crystal in the Oculory, and after a night's rest in the Vernim Wood Inn, he will walk back to Windhelm with Hugh Mann and Crystal Beth so they can all take a cart to Winterhold.


I have decided also what's going to happen with Claire Voyance. I left her over a month ago, and she's headed toward Windhelm, a town she's never been, so she can confront Ulfric, and get in an epic battle with his forces, I assume. But her game is on hold right now. I can't decide who gets to win Civil War: Stormies or Impies? So I'm going to create a warrior guy eventually who will probably be a Nord, and this guy will join the Stormcloaks. This guy's game will be dead-is-dead, and if he dies, then Claire's side wins. Claire is not DiD, but if the Stormie's side ultimately wins (my warrior doesn't get killed at some point, and manages to defeat the Empire), then she'll have to find something else to do.

But now, my white wizard.

[SubRosa]

That is a neat idea for what to do with the Civil War. Nordy-Boy will decide it.

[Lopov]

At first I read that it's called Vermin Wood.

That's an interesting approach with Claire and the Nord. Maybe that's the one who'll be named Bjorn To Be Wild.

[Renee]

At first I read that it's called Vermin Wood.

Yeah, I know, ha ha. I mistyped Vernim for Vermin myself at first.

I don't think Bjorn will be the one. He's supposed to be a badass, and I see the unnamed Stormy guy being more of a meek person, of noble deeds and all that. I won't be able to start his game this season though. Cripes, it's already February, and I'm not even done with White Wizard! Isaac is literally going to occupy the rest of my Skyrim season this year, pretty much.

How in the world was I able to b34t the Mage's College quest in less than a month back in 2012? ... I must have been gaming like mad back in those days.

This post has been edited by Renee: Feb 3 2016, 01:32 PM

[SubRosa]

I always think Vermin Wood too.

If you want the strong silent type for your Stormcloak, I suggest someone based off Buliwf (Beowulf) from The Thirteenth Warrior. This mod makes Ulfric look like Vladimir Kulich. You could copy the face data to one of the male Nord presets, and use that for your player character.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Feb 3 2016, 10:52 PM

[Renee]

Sweet, thanks SR! It'll be awhile before I roll my Stormie guy, so I might need a reminder about Ulfric played by Vladimir. I've been watching so much Xena lately I was expecting to see her sneaking up in that video you linked to as I watched it.

I did some gaming today finally (it's been over a week, imagine that?) Isaac the White is off to Labyrinthian, which I'm pretty excited about. Skyrim is supposed to be this huge dumbed-down action game, but honestly I don't feel like his game has had much action in it lately.

This post has been edited by Renee: Feb 4 2016, 01:45 AM

[Grits]

Renee, what a great idea to let your future Stormie decide the outcome of the war! Good luck to Isaac in Labyrinthian. I haven’t been there in ages. I’m looking forward to his adventure.

SubRosa, now I know which movie I'm going to watch next.

[Renee]

Yes, I went to Labyrinthian a long time ago, back in 2012. I remember there was some sort of giant dragon made of bones, I think, but other than that, the experience will be new again.

I put a mod in his game that adds white greybeard robes, but they're rather expensive, but he's really wanting to buy one of these robes from Farengar Secret-Fire. Pictures soon!

This post has been edited by Renee: Feb 5 2016, 02:48 PM