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fennesz
Dec 29, 2008



Humanoid Female posted:

It didn't do this for me when I adjusted my dude's stache the other day. Everything stayed exactly the same except the way he looked.

Yeah I've used showracemenu two or three times to change beards and haven't had any stat resets. I think this only happens when race is changed.

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Lakedaimon
Jan 11, 2007
Scumbag

Numbers posted:

I finished the main quest on my Paladin and completed almost everything that wasn't an "evil" quest (ie dark brotherhood) so I decided to make a Neutral Evil type Dark Elf archer assassin.



Stealing in this game is incredibly fun and so is being an rear end in a top hat.

did you have to use a mod to make that dark elf? I tried making one but they all look like wizened hags.

What a Judas
Sep 12, 2008

God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title





Alara, level 19 Imperial warrior-turned Arch-mage. Blessed by Sanguine and future member of both the Empire and the rebellion.

Numbers
Jul 13, 2000


Lakedaimon posted:

did you have to use a mod to make that dark elf? I tried making one but they all look like wizened hags.

Yeah, I had a few things installed at the time I took that. To be honest i'm not sure what I had installed anymore. She looks a bit different now



All I have installed for appearance now are

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2812

(low make-up version)

and

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=498

If you like the other style better I can maybe dig up what I used then.

Lakedaimon
Jan 11, 2007
Scumbag

Numbers posted:

Yeah, I had a few things installed at the time I took that. To be honest i'm not sure what I had installed anymore. She looks a bit different now



All I have installed for appearance now are

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2812

(low make-up version)

and

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=498

If you like the other style better I can maybe dig up what I used then.

Thanks for the response I just wanted to make sure it was not a case of operator error or something. I thought there was a chance the textures were different on consoles or even that lowering detail might make a character look less like a lot lizard. I think ill poke around on nexus and find something that looks less terrible than the defaults.

Nice piece of fish
Jan 29, 2008

A total basshole


Post my character eh?

Allright. Meet Caladan Weirborn, no doubt fleeing frome some court intrigue in Daggerfall. Arch-mage? Check. Power-mad? Check. Raises the corpses of necromancers "ironically"? Check.

Yes, I'm having a lot of fun playing this character. I just wish (oh how do i wish) there was more stuff to do in this game of the arcane variety, for now I'm just running around pretending to do research while I collect books.



Ignore Farkas, he's just happy I gave him some cool armor.



It's important to look authoritative.



And arcane. Gotta look arcane.





I just wish there was any point to having followers. They just get in the way of fireballs. With Conjuration I can at least make more.

I have to say the look of the Arch-poncho is starting to somewhat grow on me. It reminds me of some of the ashlander stuff from Morrowind, especially since I first saw it on a dunmer. Not a bad thing in my opinion.

What a Judas
Sep 12, 2008

God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title

Now level 22, Alara is on a quest for power...regardless of the price.

Here she is presiding over a very special dinner.

Blue Footed Booby
Oct 4, 2006

got those happy feet


Me stabbin a bitch:


Me failin at stabbin a bitch:


Stab bitches, snort moonsugar.

7c Nickel
Apr 27, 2008

DARK SEXY, I LIKE IT
AND CAN'T WAIT.


This is my Orc Monk, Roku gro-Warmog.


Here he is coldcocking an ancient undead lord.


HADOUKEN!


I'm playing him pretty much as a unarmed battlemage with no shirt. It's kind of hard to get good shots of him in action, since most of the time he's either glowing blue from a +armor spell, has set himself on fire, or both.

I've been playing around with unarmed scaling based on stamina and I think it's working out pretty well. I changed the default unarmed damage from 4 to 5 and add +1 for every 10 stamina past the initial 100. So far it feels like a pretty good progression. I'll probably see about making a mod with those numbers when the CS comes out.

Coelacanthian
Dec 23, 2008


No pic at the moment, but I just made a two-handed axe swinger orc and named him Rakanishu. Putting a torch in one hand and a scimitar in the other brings back fond memories...

Amish Ninja
Jul 2, 2006

It's called survival of the fittest. If you can't slam with the best, jam with the rest.


7c Nickel posted:

This is my Orc Monk, Roku gro-Warmog.

That is sweet. I made a character like this a few days ago but couldn't deal with awkwardly switching between fists and magic in the quick menu all the time. How do you deal with it?

loveless
Nov 28, 2011



Amish Ninja posted:

That is sweet. I made a character like this a few days ago but couldn't deal with awkwardly switching between fists and magic in the quick menu all the time. How do you deal with it?

This was precisely the reason why I gave up on trying to play a Monk type build at the moment. Assuming you're on PC, you can hotkey magic spells to a number within the favourites menu and double tapping it equips the spell in both hands, which is handy for a Healing spell for example which you can quickly dual-cast in a pinch. Problem is you can't do it the other way round and unequip spells.

I've thought about hotkeying a two-handed weapon to another slot and double tapping the key for it which in theory should equip and then unequip it, leaving your hands empty. Might be worth trying.

ulmont
Sep 15, 2010



loveless posted:

I've thought about hotkeying a two-handed weapon to another slot and double tapping the key for it which in theory should equip and then unequip it, leaving your hands empty. Might be worth trying.

If you switch from spells to a two-handed weapon, then un-equip the two-handed weapon, you revert to the previous spell configuration (or 1h+spells, or whatever).

Amish Ninja
Jul 2, 2006

It's called survival of the fittest. If you can't slam with the best, jam with the rest.


ulmont posted:

If you switch from spells to a two-handed weapon, then un-equip the two-handed weapon, you revert to the previous spell configuration (or 1h+spells, or whatever).

What if you hotkey a 1h and a shield, then when you want to switch from magic to unarmed you equip and unequip one or both of them?

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007



Amish Ninja posted:

What if you hotkey a 1h and a shield, then when you want to switch from magic to unarmed you equip and unequip one or both of them?
I've always had no trouble with it re-equipping the same stuff I had previously, I used this quite a bit with my dual-wield character, where I learned that if I changed to my bow or something and then just equipped the previous primary weapon, it'd automatically equip the secondary as well. I believe this worked with shields as well.

WanderingKid
Feb 27, 2005

lives here...

Amish Ninja posted:

What if you hotkey a 1h and a shield, then when you want to switch from magic to unarmed you equip and unequip one or both of them?

The way I do it is to hotkey spells to the number keys, with bow on 1 and my main melee weapon on 2. Then I favourite my secondary melee weapon but don't hotkey it.

When I want to dual wield I hit q and left click the second weapon. Its clumsy and slow as hell. On my dual wielding sneak thief it basically meant that I never used Illusion spells for anything as it was such a hassle to switch back to dual weapons on the fly. If theres a better way to do it I'm all ears.

PureRok
Mar 27, 2010

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Ethmir and his wife, Mjoll, shortly after killing the rebel Ulfric.

Inevitablelongshot
Mar 26, 2010


My attempt at getting a likeness of the Kingslayer.

Police Automaton
Mar 17, 2009


Anybody ever tried giving a shot at Vigo the Carpathian? I think the face options in this game might do it.

Inevitablelongshot
Mar 26, 2010


Police Automaton posted:

Anybody ever tried giving a shot at Vigo the Carpathian? I think the face options in this game might do it.

I just had a mess around for 20 mins and can't even get anywhere close. Hopefully there will be mods out that allow the sliders to move a bit more as old Vigo has some pretty exaggerated features. My guy looks a bit more like a rugged Louis Letrush rather than the Sorrow of Carpathia, Scourge of Moldovia.

Inevitablelongshot fucked around with this message at Dec 21, 2011 around 18:30

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Booze?

PureRok posted:

Ethmir and his wife, Mjoll, shortly after killing the rebel Ulfric.


Man, looks like rebel-slaying is serious business. Such dour faces. Also, I find it funny how your character seems to have an old woman growing out of his shoulder.

Inevitablelongshot posted:

My attempt at getting a likeness of the Kingslayer.


drat, that is one massive chin. But it's a good look.


Anyways, every self-respecting super assassin needs an evil demon horse, so I got meself one.
Pictured in the background is a giant observing a hapless deer he launched into orbit a couple seconds before I took this picture.


Also, finally got around to getting a proper throne shot because all the cool kids have one.


I kinda wish those circlets counted as light armor so they'd work towards the "custom fit" bonus. After I got myself an extra special Dark Brotherhood hood I don't even need my Circlet of Extreme Archery anymore, so now I just carry one around for show.

I could also use way more powerful swords than those legendary-improved Blades swords, but it doesn't really matter because with full one-handed skill and relevant damage-increasing perks plus ample damage-increasing apparel, even on Master difficulty one or two dual-wield power attacks will tear basically anything to miniscule bits anyway.

NihilCredo
Jun 6, 2011

iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt



PureRok posted:

Ethmir and his wife, Mjoll
If you married Mjoll, did you kill the massively friendzoned wimp that is always, always hanging by her skirts like a lost puppy whenever she's in Riften? I don't even care for Mjoll, but looking at that pair I can't help but think that's what I'd do if I did.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Booze?

NihilCredo posted:

If you married Mjoll, did you kill the massively friendzoned wimp that is always, always hanging by her skirts like a lost puppy whenever she's in Riften? I don't even care for Mjoll, but looking at that pair I can't help but think that's what I'd do if I did.
God that guy irritated me. I finally cast Fury on him from hiding so he went berserk, and because Skyrim loves irony, Mjoll herself skewered him with her sword. After that I took Mjoll with me just to deck her out in some serious gear and hauled her off to join the Blades.
The guy's corpse I ditched into the canal.

jerichojx
Oct 21, 2010


Heh, talk about irony.

My Orc assassin married Mjoll as the guild master of the thieves guild.

After the wedding, I got Mjoll to move into my Riften house, got her as a follower, hit him once and Mjoll did a finishing move on him.

Karthe
Jun 6, 2007

the Mac you say?



I just picked up the game a couple of days ago. Things are going good and (for the most part) I'm enjoying it.

I'm rolling as a Dark Souls pyromancer (fire + axe). Ten hours in and my character is still wearing a set of apprentice robes I found within the first hour of gameplay because of their appearance and their buffs to Magicka restoration. Is there higher-defense armor out there that carries the same aesthetic as the apprentice robes, or am I stuck wearing these rags for the rest of the game?

For reference, here's the look I want to preserve. I'm kinda going for a "man spent last decade or so alone in the mountains, practicing his fire magic" vibe:


Edit: Holy hell that was terribly written

Karthe fucked around with this message at Dec 15, 2011 around 16:34

Huszsersvn
Nov 11, 2009

Nice world you've got here. Shame if anything were to happen to it.

He looks like a druid, Karthe. That's crazy awesome.

Imaginary Friend
Jan 27, 2010

Your Best Friend


Say hi to Nine, a swift conjuration-warrior hacking and slashing his way through his enemies with an elven shield and a magic, sparkly blue sword

Oh.. and he's also a werewolf now.

Schubalts
Nov 25, 2007

A beast to kill a beast...


Nordick posted:

I kinda wish those circlets counted as light armor so they'd work towards the "custom fit" bonus. After I got myself an extra special Dark Brotherhood hood I don't even need my Circlet of Extreme Archery anymore, so now I just carry one around for show.

Go complete Shalindor's Maze for a light armor circlet.

Mauzeraut
Aug 15, 2005

Ka-BEWWWWM!

This is Xelris, my sword and board wannabe nord... high elf. He's a giant rear end in a top hat, and also looks metal as gently caress for a high elf. I wasn't going for a Witcher look but god drat if he didn't come close. Now if you'll pardon me for a bit, I'm going to roleplay this poo poo into the ground.


"You should know, good sir, that I am not a man with whom to gently caress."


"Yes I'm serious. How much for this?"


"Now THAT was a night to remember."

While we're at it, Xelris would like to enter into the contest for "best weapon names" combo. Despite his badassitude, he's never afraid to show someone Mercy, up close, or kill them with his flawless Kindness.



Backstory:

Xelris isn't the brightest dynamo core in the dwemer chest when it comes to the magical arts. He failed out of an Altmer mage college, although not due to lack of initiative, intelligence or time, but because it was found out that during his initiate status he was loving every man, woman and livestock in a day's horse ride, a short-tempered Sadomasochist to boot. The man is obsessed. This eventually forced him into a "research" trip to Skyrim by one of his many scorned lovers (the headmaster... Ouch) wherein he was, according to Xelris, "forced to defend himself via improvised means."

"Improvised" meaning the student in question was found with a dwemer forkspoon lodged so far up his rear end he could probably taste it before he died. Thus began Xelris's foray into Skyrim's justice system.

Xelris has a peculiar way of things ideologically. He dislikes thieving, not because it's wrong, but because he finds it just as easy to bury his axe in someone's face and take their poo poo without the sneakiness, should it warrant his attention. He considers mages "weak and faggy", enforced by the fact that he's probably the burliest high elf you'll ever see, and partly due to his past experience will avoid the magical arts. He did have aptitude for restoration and raising the dead (mainly because being the incredibly randy rear end in a top hat he is, Xelris could find less "conventional" uses for zombies as well), but these were not the most popular courses at the Thalmor Community College for Magical Underachievers, and thus would have to be something he took up later. He carries a certain respect for thieves, but dislikes their methods and fighting styles... What's the fun of killing something if you can't get a close-up view of their expression when you face-gently caress them with your over-sized dinner knife, after all?

Xelris won't go out of his way to murder civilians, more out of laziness than anything. There's plenty of stupid assholes that want to get in his way, and it doesn't really serve him to kill all the people who may be involved in getting him better poo poo, so for the most part this keeps him civil. Unless you piss him off... Xelris absolutely loves it when someone abuses their authority or gives him an excuse, and gives little to no fucks about bounty.

~Play rules~
Xelris will follow a modified shadowknight build. I found my last two characters (a bow rogue and a pure mage) broke the game due to me liking enchanting or alchemy a little too much, so I'm restricting Xelris pretty hard for a better experience. This has made it an absolute blast and my favorite character thus far. It's also goddamn hilarious every single time when his axe murder animation cleaves someone right in the loving face.

Crafting
-Alchemy
Can use potions and poisons, but only those found "in the wild", or bought from vendors. Can only craft potions found on paper recipes. Cannot use perks or "boost" potions that buff enchanting or alchemy.
-Enchanting
Can enchant, but only basic enchants. Cannot use perks. Must level naturally (no power leveling). Cannot enchant any piece of gear with +smithing any higher than what he's found in the wild.
-Smithing
No limits, other than the before mentioned boost potions / enchants.

Magic
-Restoration
No limits, but must level naturally.
-Conjuration
May only use after reaching expert+ in restoration. No Antronachs or daedra/dremora (reanimation only).
-Alteration
May only level for use with perks, after conjuration is at least adept. No paralysis. No armor spells. No Antronach perk.
-No other schools used beyond what is absolutely necessary for questing, other than minor poo poo like clairvoyance or using destruction to set off a magic trap.

Thieving and Rogue stuff
-Cannot steal beyond what is absolutely necessary for quests, with one special exception... Xelris has a "thing" for skulls and lutes, and will compulsively steal them to furnish his house with.
-Cannot stealth for combat usage, only evasion (no backstabs or archer crits)
-Archery
May only use without limits on "hunting" animals (mainly deer, elk, other noncombats) or to initiate combat. May not use perks in archery. May not use archery in combat EXCEPT for dragons in flight or enemies that cannot otherwise be attacked.
-Speechcraft,
Must level naturally.

Combat
-Melee
No limits.
-Armor
No limits, but given Xelris's conceited nature it's highly likely he'll regard anything but the heaviest metal armor as "weak and faggy."

Cheating
-Lock picking
Auto-perked anything related to making lock picking easier (locksmith, master locks, unbreakable in particular), mainly because Skyrim has no option to try and bash open locks as Xelris would be want to do, and I hate the minigame.
-Carryweight
Large initial bonus to carry weight to make inventory management easier. Didn't like playing with the limits on other characters. Plus Xelris is a beast and should be able to carry a shitload of gear anyway.

Plot
-Xelris hates Thalmor for the same reason he hates wizards. He will most likely support the empire, if only to get access to more of their swag, and hates the racist nords despite his want to be a nord. Xelris is a very conflicted person and reserves the right to turn on anyone at any time.
-Xelris is loyal in marriage, but would insist on the Orc method and would be loyally mated to countless concubines, bitches, and willing/unwilling sex slaves. First mod that allows this will be installed.
-Xelris is an Evil rear end in a top hat and his main motivation in life is to be God Emperor Magnate of Evil Assholes in Skyrim. The only reason he's saving the world is so that he can destroy it in his own way, and gently caress Alduin for trying to take what is rightfully his and anyone else who would challenge him.
-Like the Predator, Xelris will go out of his way to get skulls. Any time he beheads an opponent in combat, a skull will be added via inventory console command, as soon as I can figure out what the gently caress it is
-Xelris will grudgingly take thief companions, but vastly prefers the melee variety. Caster's are an option if sacrifices are required (they are).

One last pic of the last character I had. Alomai, explaining politely to Ulfric that she didn't appreciate his handling of the rebellion.


In case it wasn't obvious... I love this loving game.

Edit: Holy poo poo, Xelris slew the loving html tables! That prick.

Mauzeraut fucked around with this message at Dec 15, 2011 around 23:07

You Look Adopted
Mar 31, 2010


I noticed all my characters are Nords. Next time around I think I'll roll with an Orc or a Skooma dealer Khajiit. (Crappy iPhone pics inc!)

Imperial civil war hero and leader of the Companions.



The face of married life after moving into my new home in Windhelm with Sylgja.



Mandatory sneakthief char.



My wanna-be Gandalf wizard.

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Booze?

Mauzeraut posted:

*Xelris selling a corpse and all that other poo poo*
drat, now I know why the Altmer are so loving lame; They are out of awesome because you took it all and put it into that character.

Anyways, I played with my second character a bit more. I'm still a bit undecided which skills to focus on, apart from conjuration, illusion and alchemy. Been leveling both one- and two-handed as well as light and heavy armor skills, but haven't invested any perks in any of them.
Probably going to end up just making him a total hodgepodge of a bit of everything. Because he is the mighty Ka'Blargo the Addled and he can do what he drat well pleases.

"Maybe Khajiit will put this axe into your skull next? No?"


"What was that, Nazeem? You don't think you'll be coming to the Coud District often anymore? Well, tough poo poo."

Capn Beeb
Jun 29, 2003

Can it be fired with a massive erection?



loveless posted:

Punching dragons in the face and choke-slamming wenches is infinitely more fun than being a sneakthief. I've also redesigned my Khajiit into a snow leopard so he can walk around half naked in a blizzard.



Holy poo poo that is one cool looking khajiit.

I'm coming to an end with my one-eyed slash and bash female Nord. It's been fun. Some chumps thought it wise to kill all my friends and poo poo, not gonna let that slide. Let me know if I'm posting too many pictures at once

















I am in awe of my rad gauntlets and sword.


So was he!




Shucks mister, I don't know anything about that.
























Next up:



This one doesn't appreciate your use of "your kind". However, this one knows a real racist when he sees it.



Do I smell the blood of scared men, groping in the dark?


Oooh I believe I do!

Sylphosaurus
Sep 6, 2007


What armor are you characters wearing, Capn Beeb?

Capn Beeb
Jun 29, 2003

Can it be fired with a massive erection?



A mix of:

Deadly Serious Shrouded Armor

Razor scales steel plate replacer

Realistic darkened Thieves Guild armor

And an an eyepatch

Mauzeraut
Aug 15, 2005

Ka-BEWWWWM!

Capn Beeb posted:






She's using the wrong weapon. Go get a Blades sword, enchant and custom name it Hanzo or whatever. She will be complete.

If this character isn't named some variation of California Mountain Snake I'm going to be upset, just saying.

Rare Collectable
Apr 12, 2011


Are all these eyepatches mods or is there one in game?

Capn Beeb
Jun 29, 2003

Can it be fired with a massive erection?



Rare Collectable posted:

Are all these eyepatches mods or is there one in game?

Mine is from a mod:

http://skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1874

Mauzeraut posted:



She's using the wrong weapon. Go get a Blades sword, enchant and custom name it Hanzo or whatever. She will be complete.

If this character isn't named some variation of California Mountain Snake I'm going to be upset, just saying.

Haha well poo poo

QUEEN CAUCUS
Oct 26, 2004

The rodent of your dreams



My orc lady, Captain Crushface.

LP97S
Apr 25, 2008


QUEEN CAUCUS posted:



My orc lady, Captain Crushface.

Captain Crushface or Orc-Girl Hitler?

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xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Tonight's starting lineup is
brought to you by Satan.


LP97S posted:

Orc-Girl Hitler?

That's all I see when I look at that picture.

Ulfric will be overjoyed to see her join the Stormcloaks.

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