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Renee
Oh, well that's good. Fallout 3 every Friday. I will probably start FO3 soon too. Summer's coming.

In other news, I transferred Lady Saga's Xbox save over to PC. This will be the younger version of Saga, who still was traveling around with Erthor after coming back from Valenwood. She will finally take that annoying Bosmer back home, ha ha. And eventually, after doing a bunch of random exploring and such, she will then return to Valenwood, but this time we can go there with her. wub.gif

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Last Seed 30, 4th Era Year 5

Days Passed: 4

Lady Saga, aka Aerin of Valenwood, returns to the province of Cyrodiil, and arrives on Anvil's docks. On her person, she carries a number of small things (gems and such) she can sell, to start her self off once again. She begins her game with the following...

1 Iron Bow
24 Iron Arrows
1 Rusty Iron Daggar

1 Burlap Vest
1 Tan Linen Skirt
2 Rough Leather Boots

An assortment of potions and poisons, food, and ingredients (some of which she eventually turns into more potions and poisons).

An assortment of random items: lockpicks, gold, four torches, and one empty canteen.

298 gold pieces, after selling all her pretties, and selling several useless potions she made.

When she arrives, her skin is tanned, for she had been spending lots of time outdoors in Valenwood. Unfortunately, she had resorted to some sort of ordinary, mundane lifestyle over the past five years. Though she can still twang a bow, her skill her has become less. And she's completely forgotten all the spells she'd learned, when she left Cyrodiil long ago with Erthor. All except for her two healing spells, which she'd been using daily down there, for whatever reason.

Oh yes, Erthor. By now, after spending all this time back in Valenwood, he can't wait to get back to Skingrad, safe and sound. And this time, Saga means to return him there, for real.

Saga managed to return to the Mages Guild, and easily joined them once again. She'd been kicked out of the Guild long ago*, but nobody seems to remember. While in the guild, she met a mage associate who seemed eager to do some adventuring, which pleased Saga to no end, especially since during the 3rd Era, she had all sorts of trouble getting anybody to follow her; they were all too frightened of the Oblivion Crisis, it seems. So now, Saga has a couple others to travel with, which is good, since she hasn't even got a proper set of armor, yet.

After spending a couple days in Anvil. Saga is ready to head to Skingrad, and eventually the Imperial City, where she'll begin her magical training once again, by picking up a few discount spells there.

* The youngest version of Saga on PS3 got kicked out of the Mages Guild
Lopov
So this is Saga's second stay in Cyrodiil, right? The first was on PS3, the third on you already wrote about and this is happening in between?
Renee
Yes Lopov, it is the second Saga, the one I created on Xbox in 2012. smile.gif Good memory. I created her originally to come back from Valenwood with Erthor, and I was able to do all this too, using the console to fast-forward that quest. Gaming with Saga again is all sorts of fun, especially since she's been made "humble" again, with a lack of possessions / wealth.

Here, let's have picture of her, shall we? Hey now, strike a pose, Saga.

I think this version of her is my fave. I didn't change a thing from Xbox, all I did was darken her skin a bit.

She looks upset in that one though. Here's a happier pic of her.

Acadian
Lady Saga II looks great! The Valentan suits her. Yes, dear Erthor. tongue.gif
SubRosa
It is great to see Lady Saga again!
Lopov
QUOTE(Renee @ May 24 2017, 02:17 AM) *
Here, let's have picture of her, shall we? Hey now, strike a pose, Saga.


Saga likes it rough - she has wrist irons on even when in town. wink.gif


mirocu
Lady Saga is back?


Will she perform her major hits Poke Mer's face and Corn This Way?
Renee
Ha ha ha ha I like that .. My my my my my my poke-mer face! laugh.gif Nice one!

Thanks you all for the warm welcome of Saga. It's been awhile since I gamed with her. Let's see what she's up to next.

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Loredas, Heartfire 1, 4th Era Year 1

Lady Saga, Erthor, and Saga's nameless mage companion spend the night at Shetcombe Farm, a place where Saga has been many times before. On the next day, they decide to explore Kvatch, which is still in ruins and has been inhabited by a large gang of bandits.*

It is far too dangerous for Saga to go there; she's still walking around in town clothes, with only a cheap iron bow as a weapon. So the trio heads toward Skingrad instead, occasionally dealing with random enemy encounters. Since Saga is not really very good at combat (unless she's making a stealth shot), Ertthor and the mage handle most of this.

*Kvatch Rising mod


Renee
Mid-morning, Sun's Dusk 16, 3rd Era 434

Days Passed: 82

The next morning, it's breezy and calm, here at Topal Bay. Joan of Arkay awakes from an uninterrupted sleep, standing up from the sandy ground she'd slept on. Checks her food supply and has a carrot. Walks toward the small bridge which led to this isle she'd camped upon all night. Crosses this bridge. Sniffs the air, concentrates her hearing. And is satisfied. No enemies nearby. Not even a mud crab.

"Well, you should have yourself a pleasant stay here today, Gryphon," she says to her paint horse.

The horse stares and makes some sort of grunting noise.

Joan checks the rest of her gear. Her Shortsword of Embers still holds its full charge. The armor she's wearing (half of which is enchanted, and expensive) had barely been damaged the day before, when she nade her way from Leyawiin to Topal Bay. Plenty of potions, food, and three mandrakes, just in case. A few scrolls for backup. A spell book which (over the past few months) had become full of new Restoration spells, along with her trusty ability to Turn Undead, shield herself lightly, and also light up a room, if need be.

The only thing Joan notices which could have been improved is her lockpick supply. In fact, she's got just one of these. She's not very skilled with lockpicking; it's going to be tough having just this one.

"Well, I can always sojourn back toward Leyawiin, should the need arise."

With those words, Joan of Arkay braves herself, and tries to figure out how to enter Deepscorn Hollow.


Note: One of the things about Joan is she cannot swim, and the entrance to Deepscorn Hollow is underwater, from the way it looks, not to mention she's wearing some heavy armor pieces. Oops. Because of this, Joan decides to head back to town. Maybe somebody in the Mage's Guild sells water-breathing spells
Acadian
I should certainly think wb spells would be a necessity with heavy armor. Oh, and a good chance for Joan to grab a few more lockpicks!
Renee

Morndas, Heartfire 3

Days Passed: 8

Lady Saga went into All Things Alchemical, and was greeted by Falanu Hlaalu. Falanu immediately recognized the blond elf, and Saga was able to tell the Dunmer who she was. Once this greeting was over, Falanu remembered that Saga used to do lots of business in the past, buying up pounds of ingredients over time. Saga is not only good with alchemy, she's good with a bow, too.

"Say, could you assist me with a little problem I've been having?" asked Falanu.

"Surely, I can make assistance to one good friend such as yourself."

Falanu had had some sort of "storage cellar" dug under her shop; a place where she could keep certain ingredients cool, but the place had become infected with pests.* And she wanted Saga to go down there and take care of the problem.

Well, Lady Saga was glad to assist. It took a few hours, but the rats, bats, imps, and a lone conjurer were soon dealt with. It helped that Falanu was able to provide three strong potions of night-eye, as well as three zombie scrolls, but Saga only needed to use one of these scrolls. She then returned to Falanu, who paid 100 gold, and gave the Bosmer a special mortar & pestle, which will grant her the ability to make potions & poisons of a much purer quality.


* This was a quest I made called "Target Practice," which (more specifically) was created so Saga could have an easy practice session, as well as make a few quick gold pieces. Turns out, Saga did very well down there, finding a skirt which fortifies Fatigue 15 points (she's keeping that one), as well as some jewelry and a couple soul gems. wink.gif
Vital
Glad to see Saga got some solid rewards for her grinding! goodjob.gif

Renee, it's been good fun catching up on all of your (and others) exploits that I've missed smile.gif
Renee
Thanks Vital. smile.gif Yikes, that's a lot to catch up on. And here's some more. This update is the first one I've got from the summer of 4th Era Year 421, in my RG3 game.

Turdas, Mid-Year 13, 4th Era Year 421

Days Passed: 291

The weather turns hot as summer kicks in, down here in Leyawiin. Renee and her party wind up staying in Leyawiin (and the Blackwood area) for quite some time, because it takes them a while to figure out where the 'nearby vampire menace' is coming from. And for the first time, Renee Gade III also hears about the Blackwood Company from some citizen. Since she got kicked out of the Fighters Guild a while ago, and has been missing being part of an organization like this one, she gets curious about Blackwood Company, and joins them (mod).

But about the vampire thing. The people of Water's Edge don't have anything to say about any vampires, so it's up to RG3 and her party to find out if any of their lairs are nearby.

Turns out, there is a place, but it's not on the same side of the river that Water's Edge is. It takes several days of exploring to discover Fort Redman, even though the place is plainly visible from the other side of the Niben! Doh. Once it is discovered, about half of its inhabitants are killed by Renee Gade III herself, the other half are lured outside, where the rest of her party waited in ambush. The siege of Redman took two days to finish up.

In addition to Redman, Renee and her party also found a missing "orb" which once belonged to Count Marius Caro (this quest was added by me, and the orb was actually a Sigil stone), which was interesting. Because once they found where the orb was hidden (in a marauder fort called Fort Blueblood) they had run out of food. The party left the place while starving. This occurred at night, and in the rain.

Oh no! Which way led back to Leyawiin?

But Renee still remembered some "girl scout" lessons from her youth: study which way your shadow is cast, and you can figure out which direction to go in. First step: everybody's torches go out! Finding Leyawiin would be impossible with them lit. But if they were out, and everybody walked while keeping their shadows to the left, they would generally be going south, toward Topal Bay, since Nirn's sun last set to the west (their right).

Their luck was amazing. After several hours of walking in darkness & rain, they finally saw that the distant horizon was flat; they knew they were finally at the bottom edge of Blackwood Forest. But what was amazing was that they also just happened to find the small village where they'd left their horse. This is a mod-added village on the edge of the bay, but somehow Renee and her party just happened to walk straight to it.

Renee

Sundas, Mid-Year 30, late morning


Level: 15
Days Passed: 308

Rainy day, rather lukewarm for the southern parts of Cyrodiil. Renee Gade III and her party were getting all ready to leave Leyawiin. They've been down here for about a month, and are getting homesick, and sick of Blackwood's hot, sticky weather in general. So they were just about ready to start heading north again, when a visit to Tun-Zeeus changed their mind.

Tun-Zeeus, the Argonian blacksmith of The Dividing Line, has been wanting them to find a pair of special blacksmith tongs which were made just for him, but stolen at some point. After searching three places the tongs could possibly have been taken* (Fieldhouse Cave, Shattered Shield Cave, and Onyx Caverns) these tongs were not found, which made everybody frustrated, because now they really want to get out of Leyawiin!

Upon returning to Tun-Zeeus though, he's now told them that some courier (now dead) was reportedly ambushed, and taken to Fieldhouse specifically. So guess what? Everyone's gonna have to go back to this cave (which was NOT easy to find) and see if this courier can be found.

* Enhanced Economy quest
mirocu
Nice to see Cyrodiil has not been deserted smile.gif



As for Lothran; yesterday he left the Imperial City for Bravil. Nice weather and along the road a few Minotaur Lords. Nothing he and his Spriggan couldn't handle but since it was a long time ago since we were out and about they still posed a minor challenge.

The Dunmer is now sitting in his home in Bravil. Dusk has settled in and high summer in Bravil county has begun smile.gif
Acadian
Renee, nice to see you adventuring as you try to sort out which character to play. Hee!

Mirocu, so glad that Lothie had a safe 'warm up' trip down to Bravil. smile.gif
mirocu
Well, not much to tell here. Lothran walked around Bravil late at night to soak in the atmosphere without much of a muchness occurring. Morning has come and I reckon a necrodude hunting trip is in order smile.gif
Renee
mirocu your updates ale always so quick, and to the point. Unlike mine!

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Tirdas, Sun's Height 9, 4th Era 421


Days Passed: 317

Rainy day, and cool for summer. After weeks of travel, the party is finally back to Chorrol, and Renee Gade has the appropriate number of bear pelts (20 in all) after months of toil. She and her party haul these smelly items up to the Fighters Guild, where Vilena Donton stands stern at the top of her little queendom.

"You've been told what you must do in order to regain your standing, and you've not yet done it. Don't return until you have twenty bear pelts!"

"Hmm. Do you not see all this crappe I am carrying? What, do you think we're walking around hauling furs upon our backs because it's cold outside? We are in the middle of summer."

"So, you've collected the pelts. I trust you've learned a lesson."

"Learned a lesson?" Miss Gade retorts. "What sort of lesson? ... I needed to collect the skins of twenty dead animals to correct righting a wrong I never committed?"

"Your rank is restored," Vilena continues.

"Thank you."

"...along with all rights and responsibilities."

"Gracious. That is so much better. Glad to be back as part of the guild, that I am."

"I'm honored to speak to the champion of Cyrodiil!" Vilena suddenly gloats. "What do you need?"

"[SIGH] Talk about a dovetail."

Renee Gade III rolls her eyes, and then immediately grabs a bottle of ale which is standing nearby. Then she walks downstairs, and has a slab of salted mutton. "Nothing like some free food," she mutters to one of her companions.


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mirocu
QUOTE(Renee @ Jul 28 2017, 02:02 AM) *

mirocu your updates ale always so quick, and to the point. Unlike mine!

Yup. I'm certainly not in your league when it comes to story-telling smile.gif

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Today Lothran left the comforts of Bravil to go necrodude hunting. He took the boat directly to Cadlew chapel (thanks again, Sub!) and after doing his duty he then decided to walk the main road southwards. He crossed the Niben halfway to Leyawiin and continued back towards Bravil, fending off any foe he met along the way. Weather was changing to and fro but stayed mostly on the wet side of things.

There was one bandit who did not attack Lothran as he approached. Lothran engaged her in conversation and found her to have 67 in disposition and yes, it was indeed a Khajiit again. Lothran raised it even further and topped it off with a 200 gold bribe to get it to 100. Just because.

Now the Dunmer is sitting in Bravil Mages Guild having conducted business, or rather all but one. He didn't get Ita to recharge his gear before she went for dinner and it may well be until the next day before his weapons are fully charged again.
Acadian
Renee, how rude of Vilena not to accept Ms Gade's hard kilt bar furs - regardless of their origin! Nothing a bottle of ale won't fix though it seems. biggrin.gif

Mirocu, necrodude hunting is always wonderful sport! It seems like you have SubRosa's Cadlew Chapel mod? I've not used that one but I've no doubt that it is as tastefully and professionally done as all her mods. I hope he enjoys his pause at the City of Mara's guild hall. smile.gif
mirocu
QUOTE(Acadian @ Jul 30 2017, 09:03 PM) *

Mirocu, necrodude hunting is always wonderful sport! It seems like you have SubRosa's Cadlew Chapel mod?

No, but I do have her boat mod that places boats here and there so one can cross lake Rumare/river Niben easily, even from within the town of Bravil. Cadlew in my game is vanilla, hence the necrodude presence.
Kane
QUOTE(mirocu @ Jul 31 2017, 03:24 AM) *

QUOTE(Acadian @ Jul 30 2017, 09:03 PM) *

Mirocu, necrodude hunting is always wonderful sport! It seems like you have SubRosa's Cadlew Chapel mod?

No, but I do have her boat mod that places boats here and there so one can cross lake Rumare/river Niben easily, even from within the town of Bravil. Cadlew in my game is vanilla, hence the necrodude presence.

Just tracked that for download myself. smile.gif I look forward to using it, Subby!

Also, Melora is in Skingrad, having just talked to Sinderion. Kvatch is next!
Renee
Wow, mirocu actually cranked out three paragraphs! Hot damn. rollinglaugh.gif

Kidding. I like the fact that some outlaws (very rarely) will 'turn sides,' and won't just attack us. It certainly does add to the story. Anyway, this update from Joan of Arkay's game should be very mirocu-ish.

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Morndas, mid-day, Sun's Dusk 26, 3rd Era, Year 434

Joan of Arkay begins to leave Cheydinhal, where she'd come to update her spellbook with something which will help her breathe underwater. That mission was successful. With this spell in her book, she is supposed to head back to Leyawiin...

But it's been awhile since she's been to Battlehorn Castle. She needs to revisit the place, which is boing inhabited currently by just three people. With over 990 gold on her person, she also has enough money (hopefully) to pimp the place a little.

But first... Joanie has heard about a place called Memorial Cave, located on the banks of Lake Rumare, across from the Imperial City. This cave is supposed to be inhabited by vampires. As a hunter of undead, Joan of Arkay simply cannot resist.
mirocu
QUOTE(Renee @ Aug 6 2017, 03:49 PM) *

Wow, mirocu actually cranked out three paragraphs! Hot damn. rollinglaugh.gif

And you may notice I stretched out what little in story-way I had in order to accomplish that laugh.gif

Lothran's game is as you know very slow-moving. I may game for an hour or more and yet have little to show for it in the end. I'm also not the best story-teller. And as I come up with them, more excuses are on the way tongue.gif


mirocu
Lothran went to re-visit Nenalata yesterday, the very place which close to a decade ago would prove to be a certain someone's final resting place.

Nothing much to it. A bunch of Lich here and there and some minor loot. Lothran got into the inner chamber and the throne where Umbacano succumbed to his greed for power all those years ago. Claude Maric also found his final resting place here, having been killed by the Lich guards summoned when Umbacano hit the stage.

It's always interesting when you re-visit a place you haven't been to in a very long time. For instance, I saw staves that Lothran had discarded laying on the floor throughout the ruin and I thought to myself "Geez, I haven't seen those staves in ten years!" That was what hit me the most when gaming yesterday. Lothran has been running past the ruin all this time without re-entering, despite its significance.


I'm glad he finally did it smile.gif
Acadian
Renee - Pro tip from a mage: When it comes to water breathing, go for an enchanted ring instead of a spell. If your spell expires underwater, well, it can be. . . problematic. tongue.gif

Mirocu - Nice to see Lothie had a good Nenalata Nostalgia run!
Callidus Thorn
Recently fired up Oblivion again, Gideon Draconis has returned to Cyrodiil as a proper Sorcerer. He's incredibly slow in his armour, but it isn't really bothering me. He's only level 3, with one Mages Guild recommendation done, but he's already a journeyman of Conjuration and Mysticism. And just picked up the summon flame atronach spell biggrin.gif

I'd forgotten how thick the fog in Oblivion can get. Taking the Orange Road from Bruma to Chorrol at times he was just jogging through a bubble laugh.gif

I've also turned the crosshair off, for the first time. Not sure why, must have been bugging Gideon or something. I haven't gotten used to it yet, but it I'm getting used to aiming without it.

Next up for Gideon is the Chorrol recommendation, then it's back home to Frostcrag. He took one look at the map, saw the distance to Anvil, and said there was no way he was walking all the way there and back. rollinglaugh.gif He'll probably do the same to get to Leyawiin.
Renee
WHAT? You are just turning your crosshair off??? Forsooth my bird! Thou art never wert!

Kidding. Actually, now that your crosshair is off, you'll have more of a 'dice roll' effect going on with thrown spells, and archery. You'll miss more often, is what I'm trying to say. wink.gif Now try no crosshair, and gaming in 3rd person. Oh yeah.

I think you are strictly 1st person though, right? I seem to remember this.

Callidus Thorn
Yup, 1st person only for me. Which makes the amount of time I spend on my characters faces kinda funny, when you think about it laugh.gif

And I'm definitely missing more spells without that crosshair, keep aiming too low.

Had a bit of a shock earlier, thanks to the random conversations that take place. Loaded up Gideon's game(he was in the Chorrol guildhall), and immediately of the npcs shouted "NO!" rollinglaugh.gif Probably talking about the chapel of Dibella. *shrugs*

Two recommendations down, onwards to Bruma for Gideon
Renee
Callidus, you learn to use other ways of aiming once the crosshair is off. If your character is sneaking for instance, you can use the sneak-eye. I'm not sure how it works in 1st person, but in 3rd person, the way I aimed on Xbox was not exactly dead-center. It is slightly off-center, matter of fact. After awhile you get a feel for aiming using these vaguer methods. Overall though, the game starts to feel more like your rolling dice.

My detect life-using characters have an easier time too. DL definitely helps with aiming in 3rd person, because now I can see where the NPC or creature actually is; my character won't be blocking the view as much.

That's a funny story about Gideon. And oh, I haven't added an update since early August. Something must be wrong with me. Time to rectify this disastrous situation. laugh.gif Here is where Renee Gade III left off. I haven't gamed with her in months, so I don't even remember what was written.

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Fredas, Sun's Height 12


Temperate day, not too hot. Rain comes and goes a couple times, too.

After leaving Chorrol the day before, finding Clearwater Farms, and spending the night in this small little hamlet (Turdas) it takes all day for Renee, Felrika, Jada, and Arraya to find Ninendava, the next vampire place for them to tackle. And by the time they get there the sun is going down, negating any advantage they'd have to lure these monsters out one-by-one.

So no vampire-hunting today, but at least they know where the place is.

On Sun's Height 13 through 14, the party does return to Ninendava, and easily conquers the place. There aren't as many vampires in here as there have been in a few other lairs.

Note: the Gabrielle NPC showed up out of nowhere during this session, in Clearwater Farms's Inn, of all places. Remarkable, because she'd gone missing days before, even before the party got to Chorrol.
mirocu
Lothran is back in action and on his way from Imperial Bridge Inn to Leyawiin. He has stopped for a breather at the shrine to Nocturnal and is currently awaiting my return. It's nighttime and the weather is nice.
Acadian
Great to hear that Lothie is back in action! Hanging out with Nocturnal's raven. wink.gif
Renee
QUOTE(Acadian @ Sep 30 2017, 12:27 PM) *

Great to hear that Lothie is back in action! Hanging out with Nocturnal's raven. wink.gif

+1. smile.gif
Callidus Thorn
QUOTE(Renee @ Sep 29 2017, 10:45 PM) *

Callidus, you learn to use other ways of aiming once the crosshair is off. If your character is sneaking for instance, you can use the sneak-eye. I'm not sure how it works in 1st person, but in 3rd person, the way I aimed on Xbox was not exactly dead-center. It is slightly off-center, matter of fact. After awhile you get a feel for aiming using these vaguer methods. Overall though, the game starts to feel more like your rolling dice.

My detect life-using characters have an easier time too. DL definitely helps with aiming in 3rd person, because now I can see where the NPC or creature actually is; my character won't be blocking the view as much.


I'm getting the hang of aiming without the crosshair, but I'm somewhat tempted to switch it back on. I can't be sure, but I get the impression that the crosshair is actually below the center of the screen in first person, or at least, that's how it feels now that it's gone. But it's not really gone. Once I hit an enemy I get their health bar popup, effectively negating the removal of the crosshair. But not having it onscreen does improve the scenery somewhat biggrin.gif

Gideon's been indulging his curiosity today, checking out Forts Nikel and Empire, and was rewarded for doing so. In Fort Nikel he found a shield enchanted with reflect spell, and trading blasts of magic with the imps in Fort Empire got him plenty of practice with destruction and restoration biggrin.gif

He is rather annoyed at himself though. After getting the shield he headed into the Imperial City to sell it, and was intending to stop by the Mystic Emporium to inquire about furnishings for Frostcrag Spire, but he was tired from his recent travels and completely forgot about it! rollinglaugh.gif
Renee
Frostcrag Spire. Man, I always forget about that place. Kahreem has all sorts of DLC in his game for instance that he's ... oh [censored]... Thieves Den! Forgot about this place too!

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Joan of Arkay
, a character I've been with on and off (mostly off) since May of 2013, is about to leave Bravil, and head to Leyawiin. Down there, she will be my first to explore Deepscorn Hollow. She just ascended to Level 7 too, and I put +2 into Intelligence, +2 into Agility, and +4 into Endurance. as she gets nearer to the teens in leveling, I get more and more nervous. Then again, she's only Level 7 after five years of gaming so... her game is pretty slow-paced.

tegeus-Cromis
QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 10 2017, 12:21 AM) *

Frostcrag Spire. Man, I always forget about that place. Kahreem has all sorts of DLC in his game for instance that he's ... oh [censored]... Thieves Den! Forgot about this place too!


Funny about Frostcrag, I've generally ignored it too, apart from a quick look round the door to scavenge ingredients (it's too inaccessible, basically). But I've been playing with a mage character I'm pushing to the OP limit, just for a laugh, and it's proving rather useful with the right extra mods. For a start, all those Mages Guild portals are a bit useless given that you have to hike back to Frostcrag to reuse them - but if you have the Mark & Recall spell from LAME (or Supreme Magicka, I forget, I have both), you can set a recall to get you back. So Cyrodiil is now your oyster - and you're right next to the +15 Alchemy altar and can leave your apparatus in the nearby chest. Still haven't made any use of those conjured atronachs, though.

The thing is there are mods that do this better, like Hoarfrost Castle, in which...



Some of these DLCs don't seem to have been that well thought out, frankly. Not impressed by Thieves Den either - once you've cleared the cave, why then assume that your thief character suddenly wants to set up a business operation (which is basically what we have, even if it's technically piracy - well, it's a fine line, even in real life)? I much prefer the idea of a thief just making use of a disused home, as Kahreem does with the Marie Elena, makes sense. But, of course, that didn't offer any DLC sales opps...

Mehrune's Razor ain't bad though, and we all love the Horse Armour, don't we? wink.gif
mirocu
Lothran is now in Leyawiin, currently acquainting himself with the new graphics card. Minor issues have been reported but I don't think it's anything that will grind our game to a halt. One issue resolved, the other remains but in a lesser form. More details in the Computer Issues thread.


Weather has ranged from sun to rain. Normal weather for Leyawiin county in other words smile.gif
Renee
Lothran knows about your new graphics card? biggrin.gif Don't hurt me!

t-C: I've only had one character so far mess around with Frostcrag Spire. This was a gal who'd gotten kicked out of the Mages Guild, so it kinda made sense for her. As with all DLC and mods though, it has to be the right character...

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And that character is Lady Saga / Xbox version, who I ported over to pc earlier this year. I did some gaming with her last night. She's headed to Cheydinhal, and then to Wind Range Camp, where she's going to find some bandit outlaw guy who's wanted by the Imperial law. That's what she's been up to lately--bounty hunting. SHe's good at it too, since she's well-accustomed to looking for some of these losers out in the middle of nowhere.
mirocu
QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 13 2017, 01:41 PM) *

Lothran knows about your new graphics card? biggrin.gif

Of course! What kind of Dunmer do you take him for? smile.gif


After some time in Leyawiin county, Lothran now finds himself in Bravil. It's merely a brief stop as he's soon off to the Imperial City. Merhaps the nearest area with its vamp cave will be explored again first though. Always fun to hunt those thingies smile.gif
mirocu
Lothran is now on his way to Cheydinhal after having left Leyawiin and Bravil. I think this is a bit of a break in his routine; usually he goes to the Imperial City and spends some time there first before going to Cheydinhal. But this time he thought eh, what the heck. Let's go there now while we're on the road. All I could do was tag along wink.gif

Right now he's resting in Roland's cabin whose owner must have been there just a short time prior. The fireplace was roaring and that flawless diamond was right there on the table. I wonder why we didn't see him on the way in?

Renee
QUOTE(mirocu @ Oct 25 2017, 01:00 PM) *

Lothran is now on his way to Cheydinhal after having left Leyawiin and Bravil. I think this is a bit of a break in his routine; usually he goes to the Imperial City and spends some time there first before going to Cheydinhal. But this time he thought eh, what the heck. Let's go there now while we're on the road. All I could do was tag along wink.gif

WHAT? He was supposed to go to the Imperial City but decided on Cheydinhal instead????? ohmy.gif blink.gif My goodness the shock of the unprecedented event, sir. How are you handling this sort of unpredictable moment?

Kidding. "All I could do was tag along" is exactly how I'd describe my experience with Lady Saga most of the time. Now you know what it's constantly like being with her. She'll leave Leyawiin to hunt down some wanted criminal in the middle of nowhere, but almost without fail, she'll see some cave or some odd landscape feature and next thing you know I'm spending hours on some sort of sidetrack with her. laugh.gif If there's anything that's predictable about her, it's the fact that she's so unpredictable.

mirocu
QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 25 2017, 07:30 PM) *

QUOTE(mirocu @ Oct 25 2017, 01:00 PM) *

Lothran is now on his way to Cheydinhal after having left Leyawiin and Bravil. I think this is a bit of a break in his routine; usually he goes to the Imperial City and spends some time there first before going to Cheydinhal. But this time he thought eh, what the heck. Let's go there now while we're on the road. All I could do was tag along wink.gif

WHAT? He was supposed to go to the Imperial City but decided on Cheydinhal instead????? ohmy.gif blink.gif My goodness the shock of the unprecedented event, sir. How are you handling this sort of unpredictable moment?

No worries, I have booked an early appointment this Friday with my usual therapist tongue.gif

QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 25 2017, 07:30 PM) *

Kidding. "All I could do was tag along" is exactly how I'd describe my experience with Lady Saga most of the time. Now you know what it's constantly like being with her. She'll leave Leyawiin to hunt down some wanted criminal in the middle of nowhere, but almost without fail, she'll see some cave or some odd landscape feature and next thing you know I'm spending hours on some sort of sidetrack with her. laugh.gif If there's anything that's predictable about her, it's the fact that she's so unpredictable.

Sounds like you're adventuring with a certain Wood Elf named Buffy laugh.gif
Acadian
Nice to see a touch of spontaneity from dear Lothie. Buffy is just as predictable as a. . . oh, wait. . . is that a butterfly?! wink.gif
mirocu
Lothran is now in the Imperial City. He left Cheydinhal by midday, took the route via Morcant's cottage (Subrosa's mod) and Harm's Folly. He reached the big City by evening.

Sold stuff to Thoronir and is now sitting in Luthor's establishment. Next session will be spent exploring the City's nightlife smile.gif
Lopov
When Lothran heads for Bruma, I'm going to put snow tires on my car. biggrin.gif
mirocu
QUOTE(Lopov @ Oct 27 2017, 08:27 PM) *

When Lothran heads for Bruma, I'm going to put snow tires on my car. biggrin.gif

You can wait then just a bit.. wink.gif


Lothran is enjoying his time in the Imperial City. Wandering around, placing bets in the Arena and soaking in the atmosphere is something quite special that one doesn't experience if one keeps running around all over the place. This is one reason we both love the winter hibernation in Bruma and the Jeralls; the feeling of isolation is unbeatable! smile.gif
Acadian
Is it in the autumn that Lothie checks and adjusts his spells at the University?
mirocu
QUOTE(Acadian @ Nov 5 2017, 01:16 PM) *

Is it in the autumn that Lothie checks and adjusts his spells at the University?

Yes, although no such adjustments have been deemed necessary this time. Earlier this season he did however adjust his weakness to Frost spell that is used together with Buffy's gift Snowflake. The adjustment was increasing the Paralyze part from 1 sec to 3 secs smile.gif
mirocu
Strolling around the Big City and visiting the Marie Elena (it's a Galleon, I think) is Lothran's life now. Buying ingredients, talking to people; you know the score.


Pretty soon he'll head out to Aleswell, try his luck there laugh.gif
Renee
QUOTE(mirocu @ Nov 18 2017, 03:08 AM) *

Strolling around the Big City and visiting the Marie Elena (it's a Galleon, I think) is Lothran's life now.


Uh oh. Well, my Redguard's not home right now. That's pretty darn close though.
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