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So with a certain mod I have started to play that gives buffs for finding all the standing stones, I have found myself for the first time actually caring about running around to find them all. As a veteran player, I know where they all are from memory, so it's not that difficult for me to go from place to place so I can get this buff in my game. But for others that haven't played as much, ie. some of my friends that also got the mod, they have to deal with the frustration of googling the locations.

I'm a guy of immersion, I like to play what makes sense in the story. My current guy is fascinated with magic and the standing stones is something he wanted to look into. Thus I "role-played" that my character spoke to a mage about the location of the standing stones. Though they aren't marked on the map, he was "told" the general location of them so that my character could stumble on them and my character wouldn't be influence by outside knowledge. I try my best to do this all the time, but it does still feel a little scummy because I am in the end after the power of the Standing Stones. But my character loves magic and his reasoning can be a bit different than mine.

Anyhow, with me slightly breaking the 3rd wall to gather this information and my friends having to go into Google to do the same thing, breaking immersion. I thought, why not do something about this. Thus, I thought of the simple idea, why not just make it a mod.

 

 

Mod Idea

In the style of another mod that makes finding particular gems a lot more simple, I thought, "Why not make a mod that simply puts the Standing Stone Markers on your map." You can't fast travel to them, but you will have a bit more immersion if you get the information from a mage, the college, somewhere where it makes sense. This could easily be done I feel.

But you could also go a step further and actually have an NPC that studies the standing stones. Maybe they believe that studying them all, "Could reveal a hidden power never before seen." The NPC would mark them on your map, you can go out and find them, and locating them all will be given a reward with the NPC saying, "Well whether you found a greater power locating them all or not, I thank you for taking the time to get me some research material. Here, some gold for your trouble." This is for those that use the mod I was speaking of and for those that don't use it, just a small reward and a reason to go out and do it.

Let me know what you guys think. Do you love the idea of having a mod that pushes you out to find the Standing Stones? It could be very beneficial to players that want to find them all but don't wanna break immersion or role-play. Do you think it's a stupid idea and people should just play the game? Whatever the case, I"d love opinions and if anybody takes it upon them-self to make such a cool mod idea, especially if they complete it, please let me know because I would download this in a heart beat. Top version or bottom version, they both would be great additions to my load order. <3

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sauleviticus,

 

I think this is a great idea. Perhaps a possible reward for finding all of the stones could be a special shout, or halving the cool-down time of shouting. Or something else Dragonborn-specific.

 

I use CCO, though, so the standing stones are not in my games, but their locations still are. What about a modification to CCO where, if all the standing stone locations are found, you can unlock changing your birthsign to using the standing stones?

 

Anyway, I like your idea a lot.

 

Cheers,

Audiodef

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sauleviticus,

 

I think this is a great idea. Perhaps a possible reward for finding all of the stones could be a special shout, or halving the cool-down time of shouting. Or something else Dragonborn-specific.

 

I use CCO, though, so the standing stones are not in my games, but their locations still are. What about a modification to CCO where, if all the standing stone locations are found, you can unlock changing your birthsign to using the standing stones?

 

Anyway, I like your idea a lot.

 

Cheers,

Audiodef

Thank you for the feedback. Yeah I thought about other rewards other than gold but honestly I think a Dragon Shout would be a little weird unless it had something to do with it, that might add a little too much complexity, I don't know.

 

But you did give me another idea for a reward and I'm not sure if this is what you meant but it does seem like a cool idea. What if when you visit them, you can pick up a sample that is placed near each standing stone? Like a small bit of rock from it. Then when you collect all of them, placed next to the standing stones, you gain access to an item that allows you to change your sign without having to visit them? That would be a cool idea I think and a unique way to add a feature for those that don't use the mod I use, that upgrades the standing stones when you visit them all.

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