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[Remuthra]

NO NO NO

BAD REMUTHRA

You don't disable the steam overlay if you want pictures!
YOU USE THE OVERLAY

Just hit F12 (by default) to take a picture, then go into the overlay, hit the "view screenshots" or whatever it's called in the bottom left, and the screenshot manager will pop up. Then you can upload them to the steam cloud, select the picture and hit "view online" and it will pull up a larger picture of it. Then you just right-click, go to "Copy URL link address" or whatever the exact wording is, and paste it directly to the forum, so you don't have to use some middleman like image shack and waste time.
It's a lot more efficient.

That said, +1 to all punching magic.

Since the most recent Steam update, having the Steam Overlay, depending upon your system, will cause a CTD if you use the keyboard. Happens to me all the time. Also, the Steam Overlay apparently was wreaking havoc with the picture quality.

The Steam Overlay is a bad, bad thing, children. It ate your grandmother, and became Archmage of Winterhold.

[BFEL]

NO NO NO

BAD REMUTHRA

You don't disable the steam overlay if you want pictures!
YOU USE THE OVERLAY

Just hit F12 (by default) to take a picture, then go into the overlay, hit the "view screenshots" or whatever it's called in the bottom left, and the screenshot manager will pop up. Then you can upload them to the steam cloud, select the picture and hit "view online" and it will pull up a larger picture of it. Then you just right-click, go to "Copy URL link address" or whatever the exact wording is, and paste it directly to the forum, so you don't have to use some middleman like image shack and waste time.
It's a lot more efficient.

That said, +1 to all punching magic.

I tried all that and it only posted a link to my picture folder....or do I have to put the [URL] thing in front and back? I might try to go back and figure that out for the first two updates, but I think I'll just stick with what I know for the future ones.

[mastahcheese]

You should just have to put in the image tags for it to work.

[BFEL]

You should just have to put in the image tags for it to work.

Well that...just made it into that stupid tiny image of an X
So yeah, no dice. If I can't see the image, I'm pretty sure no one else can.

Nice update!

But if we go south, does that mean we can't freeze to death?  That's no fun.

Oh we can still freeze to death. South means less cold/exposure, but more RAIN, and thus more getting wet.
Which leads to far more exposure then just cold alone. I mean yeah its not as unforgiving as The Pale, but I already survived there, and now I wanna do some leveling and whatnot
Being able to survive cold doesn't help when ordinary bandits can wreck your shit.

[EuchreJack]

Nice update!

But if we go south, does that mean we can't freeze to death?  That's no fun.

Oh we can still freeze to death. South means less cold/exposure, but more RAIN, and thus more getting wet.
Which leads to far more exposure then just cold alone. I mean yeah its not as unforgiving as The Pale, but I already survived there, and now I wanna do some leveling and whatnot
Being able to survive cold doesn't help when ordinary bandits can wreck your shit.

Beware bandits, for we have Mastered...surviving cold!
But yeah, I know what you mean.  With these mods, I'm reminded of the rpg videogame UnRealWorld.

[BFEL]

Nice update!

But if we go south, does that mean we can't freeze to death?  That's no fun.

Oh we can still freeze to death. South means less cold/exposure, but more RAIN, and thus more getting wet.
Which leads to far more exposure then just cold alone. I mean yeah its not as unforgiving as The Pale, but I already survived there, and now I wanna do some leveling and whatnot
Being able to survive cold doesn't help when ordinary bandits can wreck your shit.

Beware bandits, for we have Mastered...surviving cold!
But yeah, I know what you mean.  With these mods, I'm reminded of the rpg videogame UnRealWorld.

Speaking of mods, I just added "Dragon Soul Relinquishment" to my list.
I know adding mods in the middle of a game is generally not a good thing, but it adds SOOOO much potential for unarmed damage
Here's hoping it doesn't break anything/everything.

Also BACK TO THE GAME!:

So I fled from the city of Windhelm and the thugs hired to kill the troublesome Altmer messing with the shipping power structure.
I decided to go southwards in the direction of warmer climes, and was treated to a rather panoramic view. Skyrim can be beautiful when it isn't trying to stab you or freeze your bloody tits off


After pausing for a moment I noticed what looked like an inn off to the east.
And so I came upon the village of Kynesgrove.



I decide its a good idea to stock up on some vegetables, and the locals don't seem to mind that I'm robbing them of their hard-labored crops that are probably their sole sustenance for the months to come, BUT YOU ACCIDENTLY TAKE ONE FISH


AND SUDDENLY YOU GET CARTED BACK TO WINDHELM BY A PARTICULARLY HANDSY NORD TO PAY ONE BLASTED GOLD PIECE.
I hate Nords.
So after THAT gets settled I return outside to find they didn't bring my horse with them. UGH.
At least its a short walk back to Kynesgrove, where I'm reunited with my trusty steed.


So Trusty

This entire experience wears on me, so I decide to go inside the inn and pay for a night, even though I'll probably only be staying a few hours.
There I meet a fellow proper Mer seeking his doppleganger and generally being far too happy for this blighted land.


Good Evening

Continuing my journeys at the break of dawn after a nice rest, I pass a wandering Giant and find a witches shack.
I remove the current occupant and steal all her stuff.
Which is when I hear it. That sound that I heard once before and am REALLY starting to hate.

Rawr

The sound of a dragon. I find myself ONCE AGAIN fleeing southwards, as I STILL don't have anything resembling adequate equipment for fighting these horrors. I only stop to admire the (ultimately pointless) efforts of a few scoundrels to defend themselves from the monster. And to grab a blessing from a magic stone.

MMMM Magic

So that settled I jump back on the horse and continue my mad dash to anywhere not being razed by lizards.


Anywhere Not Being Razed By Lizards, formerly known as Darkwater Crossing

And I come upon a nice little mining town with its own share of crops to swindle (but NOT the fish) and probably a pickaxe or two in the mine proper.
Indeed I do, and even manage to swipe a whole lot of stuff that you wouldn't expect in a mine, including a greatsword and helmet.

((After I came out of the mine, I was attacked by an invisible bear. I have no fucking idea what that was about, but I toggled god mode for the duration because, well, "Dragons I can handle, but this talk of invisibul bears? Worlds gone mad I say" Thought you guys would want to know that I technically "cheated" at this point. I'm just considering it completely non-canon myself.))

After coming out of the mine, I rush to my steed and flee once more as I hear the dragon in the distance, presumably stalking me.

I bet he's a Peeping Tom too! 

I start a trek up the nearby mountain, heading to the southeast. I find a group of bandits that had been ambushed by a mountain lion. They were easy to finish off, so I took their armor, seeing as I don't have to worry about the cold as much here. On the other side of the mountain, I come to a keep. As I stop in front however a Orc comes and starts attacking my horse! So naturally I protect my steed.


THAT HORSE IS MY ONLY FRIEEEEEEEND!

Some might say stabbing him in the jaw might be too much, but those people don't love their horses like I do.
Anyway a dark elf discusses the merits of murdering Nords with me, and I have to agree, it has a nice ring to it.


He further warns me not to go upstairs, due to a barbarian in his Nord killing employ.
Eager to meet such a fellow and perhaps learn a few trade secrets, I am quite surprised to learn that the "barbarian" is a dremora.
And....not quite what one would expect from their kind




Turns out this "Dravos" was a servant of Mehrunes Dagon, but was turned by Sanguine into a reveling, wine and women loving bastard. Which is all well and good, but he could still be killing the Nords AFTER he beds them. I hear out what he has to say, finding the tale quite fascinating, especially over a mead or two. Afterward he tells me not to let Batheru know about his charade, and suggests that I use the invisibility potion on the table to sneak by. However, I'm not the kind of bitch to use potions when a good beating will suffice, so I go down to confront the poor Dunmer fool.
He didn't believe a word of what I said, but at least he had some funny jokes about the lesser races.

Speaking of which, on my way to Riften (the nearest local settlement) I found a charming little shack that turned out to be a skooma den.

The Artist Formerly Known only as Doorman. Still known only as Doorman, but I wanted to shove this reference in your face

What vile little creatures to need such an escape. Nonetheless, I persuaded the dealer to give me a sample free of charge, and bought a bottle as well.
Perhaps some filthy Khajiit will sell his tail for the stuff. Now wouldn't that be a sight to see?

Heading out from the wretched hive of scum and villainy, I stumble across the hamlet of Shor's Stone. I didn't stay long enough to learn how it got the name, but I did find out their mine has come down with a case of arachnids.

I told them I would clear it out for their measly pauper coin, but first I must make haste to Riften, as I have come down with a case of Bone Break Fever. Coupled with my exhaustion, it makes it nigh impossible to carry all the gear I have, I must rely on my steed to make it to the city.

There won't be ore in there when I'm through with it

So I mount my brave stallion and head for Riften (though not before nicking some ebony ore the locals left lying around)

And that's our stopping point, because Skyrim felt like crashing when I reached the Riften Stables.
NEXT TIME: Riften and the Gloves of Finally Getting Back to Punching Things

[EuchreJack]

Nice update.  Yay punching stuff!

[BFEL]

So overall, how do you guys like the updates so far? Funny? Informative? Not enough?
Am I going too fast? Right now it feels like EuchreJack is the only one following this
But then that's probably because I am really getting into this and have to resist the urge to double post updates just to play more Skyrim

[Xantalos]

It's pretty funny and informative and such, yeah. I'm just not a good comment leaver.

[BFEL]

URGE....TO ADD.....MORE MODS.....RISING.....
Specifically, Immersive Weapons, and Organized Bandits of Skyrim
Someone stop me....please?

[Devastator]

well, I could update more, but would it encourage you to add more mods if I mock the script relentlessly?

[Bauglir]

Remember, adding mods is usually fine - exceptions usually rely on stuff to trigger that might not now, such as something to do with the Unbound quest or something, and will often say so. It's uninstalling mods that you need to worry about - orphaned scripts and stuff can wreck a save real easy.

[BFEL]

well, I could update more, but would it encourage you to add more mods if I mock the script relentlessly?

Er by update do you mean bump? Or are you talking about updating your own Skyrim LP? And what do you mean by mock the script?

Remember, adding mods is usually fine - exceptions usually rely on stuff to trigger that might not now, such as something to do with the Unbound quest or something, and will often say so. It's uninstalling mods that you need to worry about - orphaned scripts and stuff can wreck a save real easy.

Hmm....good to know, I knew about the uninstalling thing, which is why I don't do that with the Thu'um amulets thing, because that shit is broken as hell.
I originally got that because vanilla has fuck all in the way of lowering shout recharge, but doing the math with the other stuff I have I realized that: 1.Achieve That has 15% spread across three achievables 2. Frostfall adds a backpack that you can put amulets on, letting you basically use two Talos amulets at the same time, bringing it to 40% constant effect reduction. (55% with the Achieve That ones) 3. Dragon Soul Relinquishment allows you to get up to 50% reduction just from throwing souls away, bringing total possible reduction up to 105% without even TOUCHING the broken Thu'um Amulets.

So yeah, DSR is kinda the big offender here, but that at least requires more effort then Thu'um Amulets, which really just require a regular Talos amulet and lots of gold to get limitless RAWR potential.
And that's not even counting the fact that DSR adds so many other possible avenues for hilarity, like 100 possible unarmed damage (BY DEFAULT! IT CAN BE UNLIMITED) without even using heavy armor or enchantments. (both of which I will be using to make Thyrulda so blatantly overpowered she punches Alduin to death. Preferably with one hit ) oh and Achieve That lets you get 10 extra punch power after I think 5(?) brawl wins, so that will be a thing too.

I think there was a mod that literally let you imbue your fists with destruction magic, anyone know what that was? If we're gonna do this, might as well go ALL! THE! WAY! ^-^O.o^-^

EDITION: BANDIT THING AND WEAPON THING ADDED. HOPE NO BREAK GAME. ME GO FIND MAGIC PUNCHIES AND ADD ALSO. HOPE NO BREAK GAME.

[Mr. Strange]

We are watching. Just waiting that you get some punching power.

[BFEL]

Speaking of punching power, I'm having a rather serious issue, given the roleplay of this.

Brawls are totally broken in my games right now. You saw what happened to that Valla chick right? Well some mod I'm using is screwing the brawl quest and making it so you can NEVER win a brawl. All their health depletes, they get back up, and then they ignore me.
I looked around and some other person had this issue, but they fixed it by removing a mod I don't have, so could someone investigate this for the sake of Thyrulda being able to live up to her face-punching cred? I would do it myself but I would rather not COMPLETELY break this save, as that would kinda ruin the LP

Anyway, update time!


Wooo!....Yay!...Yahoo!

After a short journey that was nearly interrupted by mountain lions, I arrive at the Riften Stables, where I leave my steed ((Anyone have horse name ideas?))
in the hands of the staff and proceed into the city proper


You are the dumbest extortionist ever

Where the guards immediately show the inherit corruption of the lesser races.
Not only that, but cowardice too, the moment I called them on what their "tax" really was they gave up.
That would never happen in the Aldmeri Dominion I assure you! Of course shakedowns would never happen their either, as proper mer are above such petty influences.


Speaking of petty influences...

After entering the city I am IMMEDIATELY interrupted by a man who seems to derive his entire existence from being a annoyance to travelers.
I ignore the ape, wishing nothing more then to simply punch the fools wagging tongue down his throat.
I go to the tavern to purchase a room and am set upon ONCE AGAIN by these filthy annoying dung slingers!


The Thieves Guild has a extortion racket going. Either join them or they ANNOY YOU TO DEATH WITH THEIR RECRUITING ATTEMPTS.

I stood shocked, aghast and appalled by this inane breach of etiquette. HOW MUCH INBREEDING HAVE YOU IGNORANT MONKEY NORDS GONE THROUGH TO JUST INTERRUPT YOUR BETTERS WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT??

Well, in any case that shut him up, as well as most of the tavern. So, peace achieved, I finally sauntered over to the innkeeper (a dirty lizard, ew) and bought up their supply of soups and stews, as well as rented a room.


Even in Skyrim, one can order Chinese

I then proceeded to my room for the night, which to my horror was nothing more then a filthy cot with straw and furs draped over it. Ugh, these disgusting creatures have no clue how to provide true services.
But as I was simply exhausted I fell to sleep, even in such atrocious conditions.
After I awoke, I once more discovered how terrible the conditions were in this shantytown as I partook of the fish soup, seeing as it cures diseases. Those insolent lizards had no bowls or spoons!! Thus I was in the unfortunate position of drinking the soup out of a flagon that I avoid investigating too closely for fear of retching.


I'm betting it was just because she yelled. There are noise ordnances you know!

So after my harrowing stay in "The Bee and Barb" and witnessing a crazed priest proclaiming all the worlds ills to be the fault of ale, I decide that I need to sell my excess gear and get the hell out of this wretched place. I find the only(!) elven merchant in the city, and I am being QUITE generous with that description, as he is a mere Dunmer and worse, he was raised by lizards!
Divines know what they consider a proper environment to raise a child.


Only if by goods you mean slaves, otherwise I'm fine.

After discovering his lack of any decent "goods from Morrowind" I then shop around a bit. They may not be mer, but at least they have decent things to sell me, specifically, a new backpack and a spell tome containing a basic healing spell.


All the gear you need to not freeze to death in one place!

Finding a deficit of funds, I then follow rumors of a "Ratway" that exists under the city populated by even more wretched creatures then those above. I would almost consider it a public service to kill such beasts, but they also must have SOMETHING saleable, so my course is set


Lookit all that In Character justification for grabbing a single magic item!

As predicted, the den is even more filthy then the streets above, and the inhabitants are ugly horrid men that are immediately hostile to anyone but themselves, not that a proper mer needs a reason to end their plague anyway.
As I continue through, looting any decent weaponry I can find from their broken bodies I find a particularly interesting pair of gauntlets on one "Gian the Fist"


Gian the Fist, making the last appearance of that sword count

As promised, The Gloves of Finally Getting Back to Punching Things

I immediately try them on upon realizing they are enchanted and discover that my knuckles feel harder and the muscles of my arms feel stronger.
I think I can full on punch people to death properly now.
I decide to test that theory on a particular lowlife Khajiit that I find down here, and when I do I find a most peculiar shield on him, I don't recognize the crest. I wonder what it could mean?


Our first confirmation that OBIS is working correctly

And that's our stopping point because TIRED.

EDIT: I lied, MOAR UPDOOT!



After getting out of that horrible place I sell off the loot, keeping the enchanted gauntlets though, and make my way out of the OTHER horrible place, which is to say, Riften.
Outside the city gates however, are a bunch of cats selling their no doubt stolen wares. I browse their inventory, but find nothing worthy of a upstanding Altmer woman such as myself.


KITTIES!

Once more unburdened by the stench of Nords and Khajiit, I set off for Shor's Stone again, seeking to clear out their spider problem (and their "too much ore for dirty monkeys" problem) but on the way there, I accidently gain the ire of a large group of bandits. I make a mad dash for the hamlet and its guards, then pull out the bow I keep handy and prepare for the assault.
My arrow finds purchase in one of their skulls and then the guards clash with the scum, however the monkey that promised me payment for the mine was also fighting them, so I put the bow away and crushed some heads.


SNAAAAAP

After that unpleasantness is over, I gather the bandits' gear and sell it all off to the man who promised my payment, as he seems to be a blacksmith.
I also buy some quality steel armor and boots from him, replacing the iron that had covered me before.
I don't put it on until I'm in the cave however, as those baboons certainly don't deserve the sight of an uncovered mer.


Into the redbelly of the beasts

In the mine proper, after putting my new armor on I find the spiders in question and swiftly beat the lot to death.
They fall quite quickly and I take their venom before going to strip all the ore out of this mine.
Which is when I discover that the ore in question is EBONY. Quite fortunate, this will be very useful later.


IMA PUNCH YO THORAX BIATCH!

Coming out of the mine victorious, I see to the blacksmith to obtain my reward. A paltry sum, but the ore I acquired will certainly make up for their insolence.
His Orsimer companion informs me that I will now be allowed into the Orcish Strongholds, which is precisely where I will head if I ever feel the pressing need to vomit up the last week of meals.