Hey MTichenor! Probably the third or fourth time I've revisited this tutorial, and I haven't even bothered to say thanks yet... So a long overdue THANK YOU! :thumbsup:
I'd also point out that there's no incentive to go exploring late in the game. You can craft and enchant your own gear to be much better than anything even a boss will drop.
My guess would be an issue with the Temptress Race. Make sure you have its vampire compatibility update. If so and you still have problems, you may want to post this question under that mod's comments section.
Is there some way (via console, mod, etc) to freeze the character in the character creation menu? The bobbing up and down and side-to-side was kind of novel at first, but it gets to be a real PITA when you're trying to compare different settings.