Skyrim

[mini1380cc]

Jasandjules said:

Nom de ploom said:

i plan to start this today - any noob tips?

Kiss goodbye to the next few days and the weekend.

Or in my case, kiss goodbye to the foreseeable future.

[cianha]

Getting out of Thalmor Embassy has taken me most of the week, I was about to restart the game. I was L10, so trying to sneak my way about as I wasn't strong enough to bring down a guard without attracting another or two.
After 2 days of sneaking about and sprinting between doors, and dying (a lot), I realised I only need to bring down one guard, steal his gear, and then I'd be a lot less squishy… </facepalm> Made it out eventually.

I've had a couple of comments regarding not looking well, which I'm assuming is early stages of Vampirism? Face has started to change, but I have yet to see messages regarding light aversion or anything like that.
As I've just made it to Morthal, do I need to complete the Thieves' Guild questline to get a blessing from the altar in the Ratways, or can I fight my way down there and click something?

Edited by cianha on Friday 27th June 14:48

[FourWheelDrift]

You could have picked up a disease, potion of cure disease or blessing from any altar will cure it. If it's vamprism you can cure it the same way if you get it early, if not you can get a quest to cure it if you ask people (I think, never needed it). The guy who can help you if it is vamprism just happens to be in Morthal.

Thieves Guild starts by wandering over to the Riften market and listening to a sales pitch. You can go down anyway but then you have no actions when down there yet.

[DMN]

Bring up your invoentory and go to magic/shouts and select "active powers". If you've caught vamparism it'll be listed there. You have two days in game to cure it. Any cure disease potion should shift it, or you can visit a shrine (Talos shrine in Whiterun for exmple) and they will cure it (activate the shrine).

I found being a Vampire pretty poor, so always carry a cure around. Being a Werewolf is much better, complete the Companions quest in Whirerun to become one.

[FourWheelDrift]

DMN said:

I found being a Vampire pretty poor, so always carry a cure around. Being a Werewolf is much better, complete the Companions quest in Whirerun to become one.

It is in the vanilla game but if you have it on a PC there are considerable improvements.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/9717/?

Ever thought it odd that no non-player Vampire ever feeds? - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49038/?

[rsv gone!]

For anybody that hasn't got this, it is £2.49 in the Steam Summer Sale, which ends today.

Be quick.

[GoTea]

"Become a member of the thieves guild"

I'm stuck on this now. I've cleared my list of other main quest items and this is the only one left at the moment. However, it will not show me where I need to go on the map to achieve this.

Any pointers?

[Beati Dogu]

Go to Riften and hang out there.

[Zod]

DMN said:

Bring up your invoentory and go to magic/shouts and select "active powers". If you've caught vamparism it'll be listed there. You have two days in game to cure it. Any cure disease potion should shift it, or you can visit a shrine (Talos shrine in Whiterun for exmple) and they will cure it (activate the shrine).

I found being a Vampire pretty poor, so always carry a cure around. Being a Werewolf is much better, complete the Companions quest in Whirerun to become one.

Before very long, being a werewolf becomes completely useless as you get killed far too easily and have no ability to use stealth.

[FourWheelDrift]

Zod said:

Before very long, being a werewolf becomes completely useless as you get killed far too easily and have no ability to use stealth.

Can come in handy depending on your level and quests if you have a difficult assassination contract on someone who's always out in the open in a big city and your stealth skills are not good enough or you can always been seen by someone which fails the contract. Morph into a Werewolf kill the target (you won't get a bounty because you are a werewolf) and run as fast as you can for the exit and keep running out into the wilds to a safe place to hide until the pursuing guards call off the chase.

[DMN]

I have found that, however below level 10 or so it came in very handy for taking on things I couldn't manage.

[Nom de ploom]

as an elf I'm getting battered alot on side missions tbh and leveliing up on health and stamina.

this plays alot like kingdoms of amalur which so far has a better fight mechanism than skyrim imho - I keep missing my opponents with the two handed weapons and the single handed weapons look like i'm touching them up rather than fighting them.

I'm level 13 and have just got to the greybeards - have I been wasting my time?

can someone tell me where I can sell my jewwells and headbands and stuff? all the vendors I've visited don't have deep pockets...thanks.

[Cotty]

Nom de ploom said:

can someone tell me where I can sell my jewwells and headbands and stuff? all the vendors I've visited don't have deep pockets...thanks.

The trafer at Riverwood usually has the most gold out of the traders. If you level up speech there is a perk you can choose that will allow you to invest in merchants. They will then have more money to buy things each time you visit. Also there is a perk so you can sell anything to any merchant

[DMN]

You can also marry the woman at the Riverwood trader, and therefore take some of the money the shop earns. So long as you've found their missing golden claw, you can get 100 gold coins per day. Just pop by everynow and again and collect your earnings.

[vonuber]

I have been trying to find some decent custom armours, the problem is most of them seem to have been designed by 14 year old boys - she would freeze to death given how little they cover..

[Cotty]

DMN said:

You can also marry the woman at the Riverwood trader, and therefore take some of the money the shop earns. So long as you've found their missing golden claw, you can get 100 gold coins per day. Just pop by everynow and again and collect your earnings.

I married her once and moved her to my house in Whiterun. Pissed me off that she said "thank you so much for finding the claw" every time you return home.

People you marry will produce 100 gold a day so if you go off on a little adventure when you get back you have a pile of gold and you can buy and sell to her.

[FourWheelDrift]

vonuber said:

I have been trying to find some decent custom armours, the problem is most of them seem to have been designed by 14 year old boys - she would freeze to death given how little they cover..

Immersive Armours? - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19733/?

Not only new armour sets but they are also distributed around the NPCs.

There's a full list of the armour ion the mod zip, either console help "xxxxxxx" 0 to get the IDs or use TESVEdit.

Here they are in full, using spoiler tag to keep the post length short.
ARMOR RATING Wt Crafting
Akaviri Samurai 42 H Ebony
Alduin Scale 52 H Arcane+Daedric+Dragon+*
Apotheus 35 L Advanced+Arcane+*
Armored Fur Hood/Mantle 16 H Steel
Bandana U *
Barbarian 24 L
Barbarian Hero 33 L Advanced
Boiled Chitin Heavy 40 H Dwarven
Boiled Chitin Light 32 L Elven
Bosmer 30 L Elven
Bosmer Engraved 37 L Glass
Bosmer Reinforced 36 H Dwarven
Brigand Dwemer Breastplate 33 H Dwarven
Brigand Plate Harness 28 H
Buckler of Ysgramor 18 L Advanced+*
Crimson Archer 33 L Advanced
Daedric Buckler 24 L Daedric
Daedric Lord 50 H Arcane+Daedric
Dragon Knight Heavy 49 H Dragon+Ebony
Dragon Knight Light 42 L Dragon+Glass
Dragonbone Ebonsteel 48 H Dragon+Ebony
Dragonhide Buckler 22 L Dragon
Dragonhide Heavy Robe 45 H Dragon
Dragonhide Light Robe 40 L Dragon
Dragonhide Unarmored Robe U Dragon
Dragonscale Ebonsteel 43 L Dragon+Ebony
Dwarven Buckler 16 L Dwarven
Dwarven Mage Heavy Robe 34 H Dwarven
Dwarven Mage Light Robe 29 L Dwarven
Dwarven Mage Unarmored Robe U Dwarven
Ebony Buckler 21 L Ebony
Ebony Mage Heavy Robe 43 H Ebony
Ebony Mage Light Robe 35 L Advanced
Ebony Mage Unarmored Robe U Advanced
Einherjar Brigandine 34 L Advanced
Einherjar Plate 42 H Advanced
Falkreath 38 H Advanced
Fur Collar U
Fur Hood/Mantle U
Gildergreen Heavy Aegis 36 H Daedric*
Gildergreen Light Aegis 30 H Glass*
Glacial Crystal Heavy 46 H Ebony
Glacial Crystal Light 40 L Glass
Glass Buckler 19 L Glass
Heavy Jorrvaskr Shield 28 H Advanced+*
Heavy Painted Body Shield 22 H *
Heavy Painted Kite Shield 23 H *
Heavy Painted Round Shield 21 H *
Heavy Skyforge Shield 30 H Advanced+*
Heavy Spiked Body Shield 30 H Advanced(or Orcish)+*
Heavy Spiked Kite Shield 31 H Advanced(or Orcish)+*
Heavy Spiked Round Shield 29 H Advanced(or Orcish)+*
Heavy Splinted Body Shield 26 H Dwarven(or Advanced)+*
Heavy Splinted Kite Shield 27 H Dwarven(or Advanced)+*
Heavy Splinted Round Shield 25 H Dwarven(or Advanced)+*
Heavy Target Shield 24 H Steel+*
Hedge Knight 41 H Advanced
Heroic Imperial 39 H Advanced+*
Heroic Stormcloak 39 H Advanced+*
Hide Buckler 10 L
Highwayman Mail 27 L
Hunter 32 L Advanced
Imperial Buckler 13 L Steel
Imperial Knight 44 H Ebony+*
Iron Buckler 12 L
Light Jorrvaskr Shield 23 L Advanced+*
Light Painted Body Shield 17 L *
Light Painted Kite Shield 18 L *
Light Painted Round Shield 16 L *
Light Skyforge Shield 21 L Advanced+*
Light Spiked Body Shield 25 L Advanced+*
Light Spiked Kite Shield 26 L Advanced+*
Light Spiked Round Shield 24 L Advanced+*
Light Splinted Body Shield 21 L Elven+*
Light Splinted Kite Shield 22 L Elven+*
Light Splinted Round Shield 20 L Elven+*
Light Target Shield 19 L Steel+*
Mantle of the Silver Hand 21 H Advanced
Mantle of the Silver Hand 15 L Advanced
Mercenary 31 L Elven
Nord Mail Hauberk 31 H Steel
Nord Mail Shirt 28 L Steel
Nordic Dwemer Shield 28 H Advanced+Dwarven+*
Nordic Ebony Light Shield 26 L Advanced+Ebony+*
Nordic Ebony Shield 34 H Advanced+Ebony+*
Nordic Moonstone Shield 23 L Advanced+Elven+*
Nordic Orichalcum Light Shield 23 L Advanced+Orcish+*
Nordic Orichalcum Shield 32 H Advanced+Orcish+*
Orcish Buckler 18 L Orcish
Orcish Masked Helm 20 H Orcish
Padded Fur Hood/Mantle 12 L Steel
Painted Hide Shield 16 L *
Painted Iron Shield 21 H *
Painted Spiked Targe 24 H Steel+*
Paladin Armor 43 H Ebony
Primitive Nord Heavy 39 H Advanced
Primitive Nord Light 30 L Advanced
Ranger 27 L Steel
Redguard Knight Heavy Mail 34 H Dwarven
Redguard Knight Light Mail 29 L Elven
Ringmail 28 L Steel
Ritual Armor of Boethiah 41 L Dragon+*
Seadog 34 L Advanced
Shaman Light Robe 32 L Advanced
Shaman Unarmored Robe U Advanced
Shield of Sithis 27 L Glass+*
Shield of Ysgramor 30 H Advanced+*
Sithis Buckler 19 L Glass+*
Snow Bear 36 L Advanced
Spellbinder 42 H Advanced+Arcane
Steel Buckler 15 L Steel
Stormlord 44 H Ebony+*
Tribunal Heavy Robe/Mantle 44 H Arcane+Ebony
Tribunal Light Robe/Mantle 38 L Arcane+Glass
Tribunal Unarmored Robe U Arcane
Tribunal Mask U Arcane
Trollsbane Heavy Armor 45 H Arcane+Ebony
Trollsbane Light Armor 37 L Arcane+Glass
Vagabond 38 L Glass
Vanguard Plate 40 H Advanced
Vvardenfell Glass 39 L Glass
Warchief Heavy Bulwark 44 H Ebony
Warchief Light Bulwark 36 L Advanced+Orcish
Wild Hunt Heavy 46 H Dragon
Wild Hunt Light 40 L Dragon
Winterhold Battlemage Buckler 19 L Ebony
Winterhold Battlemage Shield 27 L Ebony
Witchplate 41 H Advanced
Wolf Shield 26 H Advanced+*

[vonuber]

Yeah I looked at that, problem is I seem to be using the CBBE body mod, which means it's either high-def vanilla or such delightful things such as this:

[FourWheelDrift]

When I am looking for something I click on the authors name and go to their profile and look at all their uploads as if they make one good thing they could have others. Have you seen these ones? - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/3676578/?tb=... some of the armours he has uploaded seem ok.

Something lightweight but fits in? - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/4708/?

If they aren't armoured enough then search for "armored rings" and "armored circlets" (remembering most people can't spell armour properly ) to make up any shortfall to allow you to use something lighter but maintain a higher armour rating.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 30th June 18:52

[Cotty]

vonuber said:

Yeah I looked at that, problem is I seem to be using the CBBE body mod, which means it's either high-def vanilla or such delightful things such as this:

Whats the point of using the CBBE body if you want an armour to completely cover the body. Why not use the standard body then there will be tons of armour mods.