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[Stworca]

Yeah, no kidding. Every picture I get twitches seeing the low bars.

I promise that it will only get.. worse.. 

[Stworca]

Chapter 1 : "First Steps"
Part 2

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I wonder why these tombs are still unexplored by petty adventurers, or greedy criminal scumbags. Is it because they're located in the middle of a swamp? That couldn't be it..


Deadly trap perhaps? I wonder..


Maybe... ASSASSINS HIDING AROUND THE CORNER!?


..Nope. Am i being paranoid, or are the gods mocking me? It has to be the latter one. Each time i uncover evil schemes of the deities, they simply change them, to make me look stupid! "No assassins are after you, relax", "There are no talking cliff hangers trying to harvest your organs" "Undead are not roam--- Well, there is that.


I already know how to deal with you, although i appear to be all out of attack-boars..
Wait! It's a long shot, but this may just work..


..ha! Long shot! Get it, because i'm using a b-- Awww! How come there is nobody around when i come up with awesome jokes like that..


..Is it the official i was looking for? Nobody said that he is a brainless monstrosity. Then again, the dunmer woman DID mention that he is a tax collector... mmm.. no, that's not him.


The skeleton would have to have a bottle of child tears in his possession, as well as the souls of mothers that lost their only children... Oh yes, and a list of collected taxes, with a smile drawn next to every payment.


Hmm.. what might that be..


A shrine.. here? Yes, that makes sense. It's a perfect place for religious ceremonies. Let's see.. Oh, it requires an offering, before blessings are bestowed.


I'll pass. I'm too poor to be religious.

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Finally i'm rewarded for being the incarnation of greatness.


I was about to turn around and leave, but with this scroll in my possession i feel like taking this place for myself. Doors? I command you to open!


..Oh well, i guess i could always use the handle..
A-ha! Let me show you what i've learned today!


Magic is like skooma...


..It makes all the problems go away. Although unlike drugs and alcohol, it solves them permanently.


Now to get my prize! Oh.. awww--- It's just a stupid urn. It will have gray flour again, like the ones i've broken on the way here.


Trapped..? Perhaps it is something valuable after all.


Sigh, Flour again...
Flour should be kept in sacks, not locked underground in large urns!
I will take this one though. Nobody would believe my flour story if i will not bring a proof.


What else do we---
..Bend me over, and call me an orc..


I have to shove it in people's throats! It will feel better than sex!


..Then again, if we only count my previous lovers, everything does feel better..

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Back in Seyda Neen! Perfect! Although, i can not help but feel like i forgot about something...


..Oh, balls! The Tax Collector.
Think! THINK! Damn! It's the damn bounty huntress! Balls, balls, b--- what is it, in the high grass..?


..Am i drunk?! Normally NOTHING goes my way! The body, the gold.. and what is this..? A list of..


A list people to blackmail! JACKPOT! Let's see.. Our winner today, is :


Gilnith : Who, in Azur--
I have an offer to make you.
Gilnith : ..Go on..


You will do me a few favors, i will not put the blame for the murder on you..


Yes, and all you need to do is pass all the info-- what? You DID kill him? Damn i'm an amazing detective. At any rate, what do you say to my offer?
Gilnith : I will not be blackmailed, not by scum, like you.
..You will no-- You are UNARMED! I have a sword. Thus : I am right, you are wro--
Gilnith : Die, criminal!
Come then, i shall send you to your unwashed anc-- oooff


You do NOT knock me down! NOT before killing me! *potion of restore fatigue (win against unarmed NPC's)*


Let me see.. Ah, the imperial signet ring. This means a few good and bad things..
Good : I will not face any consequences for killing this barbarian.
Good : I Can sell the ring for quite a bit of gold.
Good : I have alibi to use against the bounty hunters.
Good : I can now loot this shack freely.
Bad : I can not blackmail anyone else for this murder...
wait a minute..
Good : I CAN blackmail the tax collector's WIFE!


What else do we have here. A book? So dark elves CAN read.. Uhh, this will make things more difficult.
I have to pass an hour or two though, let's see what dancing in fire has to offer.. (If you want to read the book, you can find it here)


"..Dwemer Artifacts are often mistaken for trash.."
..Thus, while selling completely useless, broken items, i can pretent that they're ancient artifacts!


Book are useful.. who would have thought!

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Let me see.. Thavere Vedrano appears to be the person i am looking for. According to these files she lives in the.. Lighthouse? Neat.


Greetings, fair lady, and my condolenc--


Endorsing slavery, are we? That is fine with me. Can we get down to business?
Thavere : What is it? Why are you bothering me?
It's about your husband, Gilnith, a bag of gold, and our future cooperation.
Thavere : You seem to know too much. You're not leaving this room ali--
Watch me


What is wrong with people in this town, murdering each other for some GOLD?! It kills all my plots...
At least all these criminals were dunmer. Killing Dunmer is legal.. i think?
Ah, a potion of healing.


Now i feel much better..
Wait, i AM in Morrowind, the land of dark elves. I doubt the guards will buy my story.. I best resist the urge to brag about killing her until i'm far away from this city.


What am i saying.. I just killed two citizens in cold blood, there is only one way to solve this problem. Report to the authorities.


Socucius : Damn it all, it's him again..
Worry not, i'm not here to take any more tests. I have.. a crime to report.
Socucius : It is a good thing that you came here, what is it, citizen?
Thavere had her husband killed by Gilnith, when i discovered this fact, they tried to kill me as well.


Socucius : Just one more thing.. Did you find any gold by the body?
Let me think.. *flashback*


No, i'm afraid i did not. (lies are fun)


Now that i have solved a criminal mystery, gained the trust of local authorities, got rid of bounty hunters and filled my sack with gold.. There is only one more thing to do.
Arrille : Ah, it is you again.
Greetings, i have some ancient, magical flour to sell.

[Basque]

Stworca that longshot pun was terrible and I feel bad for laughing at it so much. Again overall I think you're doing a good job with the writing here.

Having read other people's comments after the last update though I'm realizing now how much of a daredevil you are. ow that you explained the bars I'm watching them and it's hilarious how low our health was for the majority of the screenshots. XD

If I may be so bold you edited in your comments last time we could ask you about mechanics; now that were no longer so broke what exactly does a blessing do?

Thanks for the timely updating, Stworca! ^^

[shadenight123]

blessings if they are similar to oblivions, depending on the shrine they grant you things like "fortify health" /intelligence/luck/Kangaroo's

[Supercharazad]

I think Velothi's cures you of various ailments.

[3]

Yeah. When you donate for a blessing, you can either tell the shrine to heal you of disease/blight (basically nastier diseases)/poison, or give you a specific buff based on the patron saint. Veloth has an additional blessing that restores all your attributes if they've been lowered.

There are also special shrines that need specific items as offerings; some of these are actually useful (the one that lets you fly for half an hour comes to mind).

[Stworca]

Entertaining as always; keep up the good work.

Are you updating as you play or are you just catching up with witticisms from screenshots taken before? 'Cuz I'd still like to see you bust into Fargoth's house. 

I'm catching up on screenshots from before. A few days ago i've taken 350ish, finishing the entire Seyda Neen area.
I'm writing a new update just now. There will be two more at least, before we catch up. I will also add a new poll, for you - unwashed barbarians - to decide where will we go next.

And.. don't worry, Fargoth.. It's not going to be a good day for him.

[Basque]

I'm catching up on screenshots from before. A few days ago i've taken 350ish, finishing the entire Seyda Neen area.

A few days ago i've taken 350ish, finishing the entire Seyda Neen area.

A few days ago i've taken 350ish

Please tell me you accidentally added an extra digit there, Stworca. No wonder this LP is going so well if you're putting that much work into it. Also even with my limited experience with the game it certainly seems like Fargoth is going to make for an entertaining update.

Also I'll be looking forward to the poll Stworca. With such an open-world game I'm curious to see what kind of options are available to us. Plus it's always fun to see audience participation in an LP. Of course reading the comments of some of the other people here I'm sure they'll send you across the entire continent.

[Frumple]

We's gonna' be huntin' sum werewolves next destination

It's actually kinda' hilarious fighting those guys massively underleveled. I kept having to levitate to the ceiling and pepper them with fireball spells, because all of them one-shot me. Still murdered dozens, because levitate is the kiss of death for 90% of the critters in morrowind, heh.

Then again, given whatever mods have been stuffed into this run...

[Stworca]

Chapter 1 : "First Steps"
Part 3

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There is still plenty of time before twilight. I shall explore the area to find more unexplored and undisturbed ruins, just around the corner i bet. It could be dangerous, but anything is better than wasting time in this zoo.


Just looking at these abominations makes me pray to whatever gods are listening for mercy. Is it some kind of a fish..? Disgusting, deformed monstrosity! It's staring into my soul!
Ilisia : How dare you insult me like that? I shall report it to the guard--
What a--- oh, there is no need to be offended, i'm actually talking about your child.


Let's see : I have already explored the areas to the north and west, time to explore the mounta-- What the.. There is a cave right behind these rocks?


How retarded are people in here? There are loot-filled tombs just behind their garden's fences, and yet they prefer eating dirt. Perhaps i shouldn't moan though, it means more loot for me-- What is this?! Footprints. So someone DID explore this cave!
How DARE They!?


A perfect opportunity to improve my sneakiness. Although perhaps i should give them a chance to explain their actions. Waltzing in and killing everyone is just wrong, so perhaps.. Just perhaps.. i could be mistaken. I was wrong before..


..Wait, what am i saying? I never made any mistakes. Hey, you there!
Smuggler : What the--
Time to die!


Damn it all, i just can not hit anything with a bow.. Back to good old melee it is then! STAB!


It's good to be fighting living creatures, and not decaying corpses.. One can not stab skeletons, that's a buzz kill. Whoa.. quite a cave they have here. I wonder if they have dug it out themselves?


Nonsense, only dwarfs dug tunnels. But over the years Dwarfs dug too greedily and too deep, and they couldn't get out.


Another gate? Is it some sort of locks and carpentry warehouse? I would feel stupid in that case. Carpentry warehouses have no loot to take..


Half-naked, starving, shackled Argonians and Khajiit? Oh.. now all the secrecy makes sense!


..It's a sweat shop! (as in : a working environment considered to be unacceptably difficult or dangerous.)

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I will let you go. Why? Because in the long run i will benefit more from freeing you.


Picking-His-Nose (Actual Argonian name) : What do you mean..?
You see, if i left you here, you would die from starvation. Letting you die - or killing you, as it too is an option i considered - would grant me no benefits other than a temporary mood improvement. I couldn't possibly smuggle you out of here, because there are Imperial Scum everywhere in Seyda Neen, and besides, i have nowhere to hold you afterwards, and i have no purpose for you just yet..
So by freeing you, i can buy you - or others of your kin, friends and family - later, when i will need a slave. And because i'm decreasing the rate at which you slaves die, i contribute to LOWERING the price i'll have to pay for you later.
Picking-His-Nose : That's..
Brilliant, i know. Now go, i have to clear this place.


Let's give marksmanship one more try... This bucket over there should be a good target.


Hmm, i've missed the bucket, and instead hit... What.. Sweet Dancing Azura! It was a smuggler! I TOTALLY meant to hit the smuggler!


I shall get closer, and reflect my greatness while towering above the vanquished foe. Ha! A dunmer too! And.. no way! It's one of the scumbags that knocked me out!
Sigh.. it's not the same without audience..


You! Over there! Come here and look at me mocking the dead!


Wha--stop that! Don't attack me, foolish woman!
Argh! You asked for it!


It appears to be the last one of them. With their souls embarking on the journey to the depths of hell, only one thing remains to be done : Looting!
Moon Sugar? So they smuggled drugs as well!


Personally i would just enjoy the sugar myself instead of trading it. There is more gold to be gained from pillaging.
..and what is this? Brandy!?


It's worth quite a lot. I will keep it for a rainy day..
And since it's pouring rain outside as we speak : chee--
What the.. They have SKOOMA? Perhaps i should've taken control over this place, instead of wiping them all out..


..Oh well, nothing can be done about it now, and it appears that i have explored the entire complex already. Now, all i need to do is somehow mark the entrance, so that i know i have already visited it.
Something.. subtle. Something that only i will be able to understand.. Yes, this will work!


PERFECT!

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It is still early, and i still have room for more loot! Let's see.. Ah, a fishing boat.


The first thing to remember when finding equipment and goods just lying around in the wilderness, is that it belongs to the most heavily armer person. In this case - since i see nobody around - that would be me.


I wouldn't mind a fresh fish to eat. I'm actually pretty hungry. Let's s-- MORE moon sugar? This must be a smuggler boat! Damn it all, i should have taken the slaves with me, and smuggled them using this boat..


Experience is the mother of teachers, and bribes the mother of diplomacy. I will know better in the future! Enough of this rambling, adventure awaits! There has to be something more around here. A hidden stash perhaps? An ancient tomb? A sunken ship? A.. sunken ship!?


Where exactly am i.. Ah, i see the CWC Seyda Neen.


With the coast line running here, the light house.. here.. and the smugglers den.. Behold, my first map!


I will keep it, for later. The shipwreck will have to wait until i get some potions that allow water breathing. It appears that i have made a full circle around the town, and I'd rather not explore any further until i clear things up with Fargoth..
Back to Seyda Neen...
I still do not understand the Dunmers and their giant bug fetish.


I wonder where can it transport me to anyway..


Gnisis and Suran? But these are.. damn far! Too bad i'm not as mentally damaged as you folks, and prefer WOMEN over giant bugs. I will go on foot, thank you very much.
Ah, landmarks! This looks promising.


Hla Oad and Pelagiad both lead to Balmora. Gnaar Mok is quite far to the north.. Vivec and Ebonheart to the east. I will have to decide where to go after my business here is concluded. And by decide i mean analyze the situation and pick it carefully.
..and by that i mean toss a coin and go for it. Like that.
Boy 1 : A coin!
Boy 2 : Knock it off! It's mine!
Now, now. Kids, what do you think you're doing..?!


Boy 1 : What do you mean, sir?
Look. You have to clench the fists, and aim for the face. Yes, like that! Good job! The first one to die loses!

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My feet are killing me. I must find a place to rest. Somewhere public, where i can spend a long time without worrying. Fargoth's house is perfect!


Locked? But.. why? Why not leave the house open? It's not like a simple lock will stop me.
Guard : Citizen?
Oh, hello there.


Guard : What exactly are you doing?
I'm a painter, looking for a perfect landscape. Now that i see you, however, i..
Guard : What?
No, please, don't talk. Just stand over.. here.. and turn around this way.. Perfect. Yes, i can see it already. You will be a tribute to the glory of the Empire!


Guard : What must i do?
Wait here a few minutes, i will just get the tools, and we will get to work! Don't move, please.
Guard : Very well, make it quick.
Imperial Scum..


Quickly now.. Something to barricade the doors with, so that the retard will not disturb my rest.


This broom will be perfect!


A quick shut-eye will do. Just until evening. Mmm.. Fargoth sure has clean and comfy sheets.


*A few comfy hours of rest, and one window-escape later..*


Jumping Kid : Out of the way! I have an important message to deliver!
Watch it kid, or you will join my fight club.


Play? Very well.. come here. We will play kick-the-baby.
Jumping Kid : How do you play that?
Stand on the edge of this bridge, and i'll show you...

A poll has been added. I have however narrowed the options down to 4 most entertaining areas that i would consider visiting right now.
Two roads lead to Balmora. Hla Oad route is longer and more swampy. Pelagiad route is shorter, safer and will allow quicker advancement to next step (a new vote!)
I have excluded Vivec as a city that has nothing to offer us at this moment.
I have excluded Ebonheart, because we haven't yet been.. you know.. so there is no need to visit that city just yet.
I have excluded Suran for now, because it has "DIE, PLAYER" mods installed.

Balmora option opens up all kinds of guilds, main quest, places to store loot and is a city from which you can travel to countless other locations.
Far North option allows us to join the Imperial Guard (HA!), visit a Daedric shrine or two, and perhaps visit Soltsheim, although at this point i would only engage in some minor investment quests (building etc.)
Far East option will lead us to a complete change of scenery. We will eventually chose this option. Rather sooner than later.

"Let Me Decide" lets me decide.

If i will hear stunning arguments behind going to Vivec (Or any other place) now, i will add it to the poll. But i'd rather leave it for later, once it will be more.. Spectacular. We will visit every city, village and port eventually. Worry not.

Now vote, minions!
(and, as always, all feedback and all non-mechanical opinions and advises are welcome)

[Basque]

Fine update as always Stworca. I laughed at the different conversations; I think it's very creative how you manage to make the "good" options fit with the definitely not good personality you've developed for the character. I also thought the guard thing was hilarious. XD How does that function in game-if you talk to a guard will they just not turn around afterward?

I'm sure I would be better at voting if I had played the game before, but I really appreciate you giving the short descriptions because I thought they were informative enough to make a decision. Although you wanted to go to the Far East sooner than later, I'd like to vote for either of the Balmora routes since it opens up so many more options. I can only vote for one option though, not both; would you prefer to get there quick so you can move on (maybe the Far East next time?) or will taking the scenic route make for a more "Fun" update?

[3]

Balmora via Pelagiad because I can't remember there being anything especially interesting on the other route.

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Presuming we'll end up in Pelagiad again at some point going there now might give you an opportunity to set up a minor callback or something.

[Stworca]

There will be two more updates in Seyda Neen, so you folks have plenty of time to vote. (Yes, there is still much to do)

[jetex1911]

I was wondering: Do you think sometime you could get up a list of mods that you are currently using the LP for?

[Mr.Person]

There's a list of loaded ESPs and ESMs in your morrowind.ini file. Come on, post post post post!

I voted going far north because I happen to like the Ashlands and the coast over there, but if you go to Balmora that's cool too. Don't go to Telvanni land yet though, you have no good source of levitation!