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[Flying Dice]

For anyone else who is trying out SPERG: It's not immediately evident, but as Pickpocketing basically doubles as an Unarmed skill, you can level it by punching people.

[miauw62]

I remember meeting an Interesting NPCs NPC in that little village at the bottom of the Throat of the World. He was traveling to Riften for a reason I don't remember, but he was such a jolly person that it just made my day. I think he was on a pilgrimage of sorts,and returning home.

[Bauglir]

For anyone else who is trying out SPERG: It's not immediately evident, but as Pickpocketing basically doubles as an Unarmed skill, you can level it by punching people.

"You are already naked."?

[Flying Dice]

For anyone else who is trying out SPERG: It's not immediately evident, but as Pickpocketing basically doubles as an Unarmed skill, you can level it by punching people.

"You are already naked."?

Sadly that's only with 2H weapons.

(Yes, there is a perk that allows you to sunder shields and armor with power attacks.)

[forsaken1111]

I am setting up to do a 'no magic' run through the game as an orc blacksmith. No spells, minimal shouting beyond what is required for quests, not even gonna use enchanted weapons/armor or the magic stones that give you a sign. I will only accept orc followers as well.

Just an orc and his axe slaying all the things.

Wish me luck, this may be difficult.

[Bauglir]

It's a fun way to do it, although I allowed myself to use found magical weapons (but refused to upgrade beyond the starting suit of armor I got with Live Another Life's Orc stronghold origin). Requiem made it a pain in the ass to get started, though. Protip - do not combine that idea with Requiem and Bellyache's dragon species mod. After a few hours I believe I concluded that it was literally impossible to get out of that starting zone without getting curbstomped by dragonbreath.

[forsaken1111]

Planning to use OBIS and SPERG and possibly a crafting overhaul mod. Anyone know of a good one?

[Flying Dice]

The thing is, SPERG completely overhauls the perk trees, which most more specific overhauls also change pretty heavily. SPERG also takes care of a certain amount of what other crafting mods do, like melting down items for ingots. CCOR, thankfully, is probably the most compatible and the best available.

Other things I'd recommend are UDE, which is compatible with OBIS. Brodual did a good cover of it. Also, Tougher Traps. Be warned that some of them will almost always OHKO unless you're cheating.

[Flying Dice]

I finally got around to trying the Civil War overhaul, and started a new save in honor of it with a few rules for myself.

1. No archery.
2. No sneaking.
3. No magic, including no enchanting.
4. No further than one steps below maximum difficulty + Duel Combat Realism + Combat Evolved + Deadly Dragons, the last on the highest default difficulty setting, and a 33% chance of a dragon interrupt in civil war battles.
5. Spawn in the sword and armor from a certain pair of mods at the start, never use anything else.

Spoiler: Yes. That is exactly what it looks like. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Mods are fun. (click to show/hide)

I thought about trying to figure out which mod did something to Ulfric's clothes or body, but then I decided that a Stormcloak playthrough would be even better with him as a literal disembodied talking head.

[miauw62]

Ulfric Stormspook

[Eotyrannus]

The execution at Helgen was successful in this timeline. Unfortunately, Ulfric didn't give a damn anyway.

[Krevsin]

Any recommended mods that entirely revamp the magic system? A mod that makes magic not entirely terrible would be nice.

[Flying Dice]

SPERG, PM, ACE, and all the other major overhauls deal with it, often in rather different ways. There's also a lot of magic-specific overhauls. If you're looking for a spell package, there's only one real option: Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim. It's hands-down the best spell package mod for the game in terms of balance, lore-friendliness, quantity, and quality. Among other things it adds a ton of utility spells and makes playthroughs centering on non-Destruction magic possible. The Master-level spells it adds require quests to unlock. Here is a highlight:

-Octato's Recital: GET THIS. What it does is cast a ritual. For the duration, you can cast up to three buffs, things like Oakflesh, the cloak spells, &c. After the Recital ends, it goes into effect until the next time you cast it with a new set of buffs. But what does it do? Every time you enter combat, those 1-3 buffs you entered into the Recital are automatically cast without cost. That's right, you'll actually use the buff spells, especially if the overhaul you picked gives them a reasonable duration.

I could tell you more, but it's easier to just read through the readme. Fantastic mod, fully compatible with pretty much every overhaul, and it adds a shitload of spells which give you new options rather than pretty effects.

[Bauglir]

You guys are making it really hard not to start playing Skyrim again. I can only pray my willpower holds.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Just remember: it's a poor game, with great mods.