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[Kishmond]

You mentioned blocking, how do you do that?

[Uber dwarf2.0]

1) The first step is to install DOSBox. Launch its setup program and install with default options.

Shortened due to complaints

Thank you , but now I have an other issue    anyways do you know how I can bind the interact key seeing as I play the game like an FPS not a point and click game I checked the controls and I got nothing

[Judas Maccabeus]

What's the smallest province in the game, and is it plot-relevant?

Province?  High Rock is smaller than Hammerfell, so...    The smallest kingdom is Cybiades.  And not only is it not plot-relevant, it's not anything-relevant.  There's a grand total of zero towns, homes, and temples on it, and one dungeon we can't actually go to as things stand.  The smallest kingdom that's in any way useful would be Betony or Pothago.  Size isn't a concern, though, so in all actuality most of them are fair game.

You mentioned blocking, how do you do that?

Parrying, you mean?  It seems to just happen, maybe as a function of weapon skill and/or when you swing.  Or I might just be imagining it.  Better to raise Agility and the Dodging skill, anyway.

[Mad Larks]

Bloody hell, uberdwarf. Don't quote the entire damn thing. Or, if you must, atleast put it in spoilers.

[Free Beer]

What's the smallest province in the game, and is it plot-relevant?

Province?  High Rock is smaller than Hammerfell, so...    The smallest kingdom is Cybiades.  And not only is it not plot-relevant, it's not anything-relevant.  There's a grand total of zero towns, homes, and temples on it, and one dungeon we can't actually go to as things stand.  The smallest kingdom that's in any way useful would be Betony or Pothago.  Size isn't a concern, though, so in all actuality most of them are fair game.

Ok. Amending the previous suggestion: Resolve the plot hook, then leave the kingdom of Daggerfall and head to nearby Shalgora. Preferably the city of Kirkbrugh - they seem to have at least one of every shop there, and it looks like it will make a good base of operations for at least a short time.

[Killas[SiN]]

Just a question:

Is there a Dark Brotherhood in this game?
If so, you betcha ass you better join them up.

If not, then build up a foundation and find your base of operations.
I suggest what Free Beer said, except with more theivery.
That way, you can skip a lot of the lame dungeons.

[Uber dwarf2.0]

can some one tell me how to "loot" bodys/open doors when the mouse is binded to freelook?

[Kishmond]

1) The first step is to install DOSBox. Launch its setup program and install with default options.

Shortened due to complaints

Thank you , but now I have an other issue    anyways do you know how I can bind the interact key seeing as I play the game like an FPS not a point and click game I checked the controls and I got nothing

It's under Controls as 'Activate Object' or something like that.

[zchris13]

*KRESCH*What's your status, over.

[Judas Maccabeus]

Harried, harried.  I'll have a chance to play today, though, so at least there should be a new post later today...

[Judas Maccabeus]

That way, you can skip a lot of the lame dungeons.

Hmph, I happen to like the dungeons, myself.  Then again, I don't get lost very easily. 

Preferably the city of Kirkbrugh - they seem to have at least one of every shop there, and it looks like it will make a good base of operations for at least a short time.

Ahh, not a bad choice.  I don't know of any dungeons in Shalgora yet, but that's what quests are for. 

Starting playing now, so there'll be an update once I'm done with that, and I've actually typed everything out...

[Judas Maccabeus]

Daggerfall dungeons are like mating octopi octopodes octo-whatevers.

An old quote, but an accurate one; there's a screenshot in here that gives you a hint of that.

Spoiler: Longwell and Kirkbrugh (click to show/hide)

Longwell is over on the other side of Daggerfall, so it's a bit of a hike.



And there she is.  Of course, she greets us with a wall of text:



And doesn't have anything more to say.



Ah, well, Kirkbrugh it is.  When we arrive, it's the 29th of Morning Star; we've been at this for nearly a month.



If we're to be using this as a base of operations, learning where all the stores are is a good idea.  First picture there is purely for the innuendo about "finding the Emperor's gems".



The first order of business is getting the dagger repaired.  It takes some wear and tear from use; I should have bashed the door open by hand the last time, but I was being lazy.



Since it's late, may as well get a room and spend the night.  The next morning, I head over to the gate and kill a few people, because that's a set sign for a... certain group.



I don't get a picture of that, but here's one of me hightailing it out of there.  So long as the guards don't catch up to you and ask you to surrender, there's no penalty to reputation for committing a crime, even if you're spotted; note that Oon-la's still a "common citizen", the default level.



The first quest that the local Mage's Guild has for us is this one again.  No complaints.  The magic item Oon-la recieves apparently casts something on touch at an enemy; we'll find out what later.



The next quest involves our first proper dungeon crawl.  I won't show all the details, because it's a long one, but I will show the highlights.

Spoiler: Tower Yeoming (click to show/hide)

Upon reaching the place, we get a mysterious letter.  It seems the Dark Brotherhood got my signal.  But I figure we have time, so back to the dungeon.



It is, incidentally, possible to pickpocket animals in the dungeon.  I don't do it too much, though, since it strikes me as gamey.  I do start idly pickpocketing things here and there from now on, though, because that's a signal to a different group...



I'm not sure whether it makes less sense for a bat to have gold, or a ball of wax.  This place is stuffed to the brim with rats and bats, incidentally; nothing dangerous.



There's some nice things lying around other than what can be pickpocketed, at least.  That'll fetch a nice amount of cash back home.



Here's some water.  Argonians can swim more easily than others, making this less of a problem than usual.  Still, not wasting time is a very good idea if you don't want to drown.  There's a dreugh in here that I killed; no picture because I was too busy trying to kill it quicky enough not to drown.  Also note that there was a secret door I could have used to get to the same place without swimming.  Nothing of use there, though.



After a lot of wandering and some more swimming, we finally find it.  There's often a monster of a similar type guarding an ingredient like this, but fortunately I didn't run across any daedra this time around.  Those can be a bit tough.



Ta-da!  Not only do we get the reward, but a promotion in the guild as well!  The next one won't come for another month, however.

Spoiler: More Kirkbrugh, and the Mordard House of Correction (click to show/hide)

Between the dungeon and the previous quest, Oon-la makes quite a bit of cash.  Also pictured:  I wonder if I'd have to pay royalties to Vester if I bought that (it's not possible to wear a red shirt under it, though).  I do buy Oon-la a fur cloak to help with the cold, which you'll see in a picture soon enough.



The banks in separate kingdoms aren't connected, so we can't access the money in our Daggerfall account just yet.  With this amount, though, we don't really need to.



I did try to go to the town for the Dark Brotherhood initiation... only too find it had taken just a bit too long.  That locks us out of it, unfortunately.  There's nothing we can get out of them, though, that we couldn't get elsewhere.



Oops.  While pickpocketing people around town back in Kirkbrugh, I get caught!  Perhaps Oon-la can speak her way out of this, though...

Your honour, the evidenccce againssst me isss forged!  If the gauntlet doesssn't fit...



...That actually worked?  Oon-la is released immediately...



Though a bit worse for wear (down to 1 hit point!), and there's still a reputation hit.

Policcce brutality!  It'sss becaussse of my racce, I know it.



More questing for the Mages' Guild.



Including a new enemy, the spider.  Their bite can paralyse, just like a Giant Cave Spider.  Unlike Giant Cave Spiders, though, these are relative wimps, and don't use webs either.



Another new enemy:  Crashes.  Yep, this is Daggerfall, alright.



After jumping down a hole, the mummy isn't very far in at all.



Not much of a challenge, either, fortunately he doesn't get a hit in on me (which is good, they can cause disease with a successful hit).  The wrappings are on him.



There's also a magic ring on a bard as we make our way back to the entrance; testing on a rat shows that it causes shock damage on touch.



Another new obstacle:  Pits.  These often lead to somewhere useful (I used one with slowfall to get to the mummy, though I forgot to get a screenshot of it) but since we found the quest item already we can just jump it.  Oon-la doesn't quite make it to the other side, but gets far enough to climb up.



The next quest offered doesn't seem like an interesting one at the moment (I love the dialogue in this game, even as much as I've seen it already); let's see what else there is.



Such as training.  It costs 200 per level, so doing this early on is a good idea; they can only train up to 50%, and only once every twelve hours.  Doing this in miscellaneous skills (ones we didn't pick at character creation) is a good idea, since that prevents levelling from doing it (and thus making it more expensive).  Also, the dagger needs to be repaired again.



Some little tidbits of information heard at the inn that night, before going to bed for intensive spell training.



The mages' guild also offers identification services.  For example, the shirt gained earlier in the update turns out to cause silence on touch, which is very, very, very, very, very useful against spellcasting enemies.



More training spells (spot the actually useful, non-training spell!) and actual training...



And Oon-la is now level 3!  Attribute gains go to intelligence, for more spell points.  I actually should probably be putting some into endurance early on, now that I think about it...



While travelling to another town to do a bit more pickpocketing (Ten successful pickpockets takes some time to do when you forget to do it in a dungeon)...



Apparently we get a letter in the festival commotion.  Another main-quest plot hook, actually.

Alright, there's three choices to be made here.  There's actually two main quests that we can do now, though one of them is not quite necessary.  I'm not sure about a time limit on this one, as I tend to go for it right away, but I don't think there is one.

[zchris13]

Pickpocket some more bats.

[Free Beer]

It looks like we missed out on the Dark Brotherhood. They are just the Fighter's Guild with topless dancers, anyway.

I think a good first goal would be to summon Hermaeus Mora. That will cost ~150,000 gold pieces and will require a rank of Warlock (five more ranks than what we've got currently) in the Mages' Guild. The day to look out for is early in First Seed (next month). It would be tough, but is it possible?

[Aqizzar]

I love how right after you successfully bluff your way out of a prison sentence you go to the "Mordard House of Corrections", apparently prison full of angry mummies and dog-sized spiders.  Good thing you bluffed your way out.

I think the Morgiah quest does have a time limit of like a month or a season or something to at least show up and talk to her, which I think also applies to most quests with no time limit (save the really limitless ones), but I don't know.  I say go for it, and with any luck you'll wind up with an Argonian vampire.