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Round X; are we ready yet? and what will it be?
Topic Started: Mar 4 2018, 08:35 AM (1,798 Views)
Areial
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Nightblade might work... Arcane Warrior?

I'd go Altmer or Breton, for the + magicka..

Only Davin is a Nord.. and is 1h, block, Heavy, Restoration, Alteration, Destruction ( but "fire" only) , with smithing,..... speech and sneak as needed.. but not perked ( Grimoire has an open lock spell, Alteration )
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Arcane Warrior sounds cool...

I was editing my post when you posted, so check the edit on my last post. :)
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neildarkstar
Mar 10 2018, 12:21 AM


BTW Areial, your idea of a "Death With Consequences" reload at level 10, is that going to be a thing or not?
No one has sounded really opposed to the idea.. and I think it's a good one, it can be used or not. So I am putting it IN the rules for Richard, unless I get some violent negative remarks..
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Personally, I think it's a GREAT idea...
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I may or may not use it myself, but... I think it should be an option for those that want to use it.. at the very least we can call it a trial run.
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I'd be happy to use it just for the sake of giving it a try. I really dislike redoing the start of the game so often because of DiD that I get physically ill thinking I may have to go through Helgen again, or redo the whole of the Riverwood rigamarole prior to visiting Whiterun.
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Lexi (my mage tester, Master) might have used the Death with Consequences tonight. Went into the Riften Ratway, took out the two near the entry. In sneak it was all clear, so she looted the bodies...or rather looted one and then was killed by "The Lowlife" that magically spawned in from his room down in the lower area and backstabbed the crap out of poor Lexi. I thought that was rather shabby of Beth to do that to her :( On reload, The Lowlife stayed in his room like a good boy and all was hunky dory. In a comp I would not have been happy, and I'll sure keep my eyes peeled in the future!
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Areial
Mar 9 2018, 08:03 PM
OK so here is my Mod list
Looks good to me!

neildarkstar
Mar 10 2018, 12:21 AM
I don't know what to call my character I'm envisioning for the comp (class-wise). I'm thinking I'm going to have to have one-hand, so I may as well use block as well. To accompany them, I've this idea of Destruction, Alteration, Restoration, and Conjuration to complete the mage aspect. Of course Speech and Lockpick... So... No armor, not likely Battlemage. A spellsword? Nightblade? Pissed off mage with a dagger and an attitude? Sheesh!

I'm on the fence with race as well. Altmer or Breton... Extra magicka (always useful) or magic resistance and a familiar... Bosmer for disease resistance?

BTW Areial, your idea of a "Death With Consequences" reload at level 10, is that going to be a thing or not?
I'd go with spellsword, because once you get them high up, they're powerful. Unfortunately, on low levels, they're weaker then a regular mage.

Go Breton. Best choice and their racial power will help you in the long run as with Altmer, their racial power is only useful when you're low level.

I hope that the "Death with consequences" reload is a thing. I liked the idea.

Areial
Mar 10 2018, 12:48 AM
No one has sounded really opposed to the idea.. and I think it's a good one, it can be used or not. So I am putting it IN the rules for Richard, unless I get some violent negative remarks..
It's decided, we'll have it. Screw the haters :P

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Kane mod list:

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Relevant mod values:

ClimatesOfTamriel +1
  • Darker nights

Skyrim Immersive Creatures Special Edition +2
  • Many new creatures/monsters and in greater numbers

OBIS +2
  • Much bandits, including patrols

Realistic Needs and Diseases +2
  • Food, drink, sleep requirements and deadly diseases

Ordinator -1
  • New spells for me, but not NPC's

SkyTEST +1
  • Smarter and more numerous animals

Run For Your Lives -1

When Vampires Attack -1

Better Followers -1
  • More options for followers

Lock Related Loot -1
  • Better loot in high level chests


Totals:

+8 Difficulty
-5 Benefits
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Result +3 Difficulty



Notes:
I did not value texture or town mods. I rated Campfire as 0, since it will be required with Realistic Needs and Diseases.
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These are the mods that affect the difficulty
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-12
+15
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I spent the night playing my own test char, and really it was a blast! I went with a female Altmer, and truthfully I was amazed! She only got into real trouble once, and that was because I got all fubared trying to use combat FO4 style.

So, she successfully fought a flame Lurker (think Flame Atronach on steroids) at about level 4 after finding Anise dead (the lurker kiiled her, I think)., she finished Bleak Falls, killed Mirmulnir, cleared White Watch and returned Amren's sword, went and got the Lord Stone after stealing a horse from the smuggles (who she played with for about an hour).

Y'all will be glad to hear she actually has boots to wear (unike poor Harley) but she's been resisting wearing them. Every time I turn around I discover she sold the damned boots again... so I got her a nice pair of steel boots with thigh-high leather leggings. I think she likes them. At least she hasn't tried to sell them yet.

Here's the good and bad of it. She's great, perfectly viable even in the modded world I've got her in. The bad is that it's going to break my heart to have to start a new character for the competition.

Which brings me to another question... When will be starting this comp?
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Mar 7 2018, 04:35 PM
So with only one other suggestion that no one picked up...Dawnguard it is

OK, so other than time.. and tweaking the rules some, does that look good to everyone? If I've mangled something let me know..

Speaking of time... 80 hrs??

and When to Start? If we Start Midnight on the 17th March ( your local time ) and end the 15th of April Midnight, this gives a little over a week to do a practice run and a full month + a day to actually to the run.. with all weekends included... Or we can go the next week.

All general rules to DiD apply - unless round rules state different
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* Alternate Start- But not one that starts you as a Vampire, Member of Volkihar or Member of Dawnguard ( we have not discussed home ownership start, but as that's usually a NO, II will keep that as a no unless we all agree that it's fine.
*Using a Multiplier on your chosen difficulty
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*Points
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Books........25 pts each 50 bonus for full sets
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Quest items ( some faction only items have been removed, let me know if I did not catch everything!)
50 points each ( I know some are harder to get than other, but those are tied to quests anyway, that you get points for!

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*Death with Consequences
-You may save at an INN of your choice right after reaching lvl 10.. you may Fast Travel to that Inn, save ( I recommend two saves ) and then fast Travel back to where you were.. or as close as you can get
- You may not us that time to sell, buy, store or craft items.
- 5,000 point penalty for use..per use!
- Not required.. you may start over with whatever Alternate start you used the first time.. I would suggest a save as soon as you "appear" at that chosen place!

* Mods
- you may use mods, any mod that gives you an "advantage" must be balanced by one that gives a disadvantage
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This is what I got... though the 16th might be better as that is Friday.. gives the whole weekend, for some reason I missed that...
Edited by Areial, Mar 10 2018, 01:15 PM.
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16th sounds good to me... That'll give me enough time to figure out what Dawnguard is all about, without dying of frustration while waiting around... :) Did I ever tell you I've never finished Dawnguard? Sad but true. Oh, I wanted to verify that it's up to us whether we side with the vampires or the Dawnguard... is that right?
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yes... pick you side!
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Sweet. Just need to dream up a character.
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I've never finished DG either Neil. Maybe this time I'll make some progress. I think if I can grit my teeth and ignore Serana long enough I just might! :tounge:
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Um - unless you really think you need her, you can disable her except for transitions and certain scenes during the DLC. You need her inside Forebear's Holdout; in Ancestor Glade; in Valerica's garden and study; in the Soul Cairn to talk to Valerica; in Darkfall Cave to talk to Gelebor; and of course when you get to the final scene. I disable her the rest of the time....

Silence is golden. I also got a mod to disable her necromancy - plain ol' spells instead. MUCH better....
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I give her Sanguine Rose, when I can't not have her. I prefer tank followers or Marcurio...

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Sere, that might be fine during regular play, but I wouldn't be comfortable doing that during a compeition. Besides I really should complete the whole thing once as intended just to see it. Then I'll do whatever I deem necessary to circumvent the @#$%^ annoying parts. ;)
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Eh - sorry! I totally spaced that this is the comp thread! Duh....
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