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I have about ten different non CM companions- male and female. I have probably 7 animal companion mods. These folks and animals I use to populate my houses. I have two castles, three or four houses (modded), a furniture mod, tons of items mods (e.g. Imperial Furniture and Lamps of Oblivion). I have one island mod (Halcyon Island). Different worldspaces- Auriel's Retreat and Nascosto Isles. Four or five shops for different clothing/armors (Apachii's and Tona's are my favorites probably). My characters have tons of different clothes, wigs, armors, weapons and jewelry. Many used in my videos. I have a small overhaul- Meogron's Knights. Beautification mods- Clintmich's series for the IC. Different creatures- e.g. Rebel's sexualized monsters. I have COBL for the food and different drinks. Really just whatever suits my fancy. I like new worldspaces, different quests and lots of "stuff," lol I like items, so I have Oblivion Collectible Cards. Has a good quest, companion and items. I get bored with vanilla stuff pretty quickly, so right now I'm running about 197 mods. Some are body replacers- HGEC, Inyala Facial Textures. Some are retextures for like all the wood in the game. Also have like Midas Magic and a mod to make enchantments more visible, like fire on a weapon that does fire damage. These in addition to the ones listed above. I shoot music videos with Umpa's Animation Mod, so you can see examples of what all I have in the videos on my profile page. I always shout out credits to the modders I've used items or clothes from in the video. My tracking list probably has over 100 mods on it, that I'd love to try at some time or another. There's lots to choose from. Just depends on what and how you like to play.

I'm a level 40. I haven't completed the main quest yet, beyond dealing with Martin. Just never interested me. I haven't even entered Shivering Isles yet, just collected flora outside the gate. I got way too involved in completing the guild quests and modded quests, adding items to the world through mods etc. I still am. I've completed all the guild quests, with the exception of the Mages. I think I have one stage left for them. I've only closed 5 Oblivion gates. I don't like them, so I don't do them unless the mood strikes me. Finding and using mods is just way more fun for me. I'd say you do you. The harder monsters don't phase me. I've already turned up the difficulty slider and probably need to do it again. So just do what you want to do, whatever makes you smile and have fun. IMHO, there is no right or wrong way to play or when to start what, unless you have a specific strategy in mind. I just like to play, so that's what I do :tongue:

The Decorator's Assistant is very popular I think. I wasn't very good at getting it to work. I do use one of the book placement mods though, and that works well. This is just the way the game is. Usually it takes a lot of patience and time for me to decorate a house the exact way I want it. Then one of my companions might come into the room and totally throw everything I've just placed all over the place, lol I HATE that :verymad: I punched my in game companion "husband" once for throwing open and scattering the contents of a showcase in one of my houses. By about the 3rd time of picking everything up, I was pissed, lol Here is the link to the book placement mod: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6262 Decorator Assistant: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6021 The good thing about those two mods is that they allow you to "lock" the item in place once you get them situated the way you want. If not, you may come back and find items back where they started, especially if you try to place items found in a room in a different spot in the same room. Good luck, placing items the way you want is always a challenge!

Thank you AltreU, that echoes my sentiments exactly. If a photo op arises or is stumbled upon, I take it. Although I do have a few mods with absolutely gorgeous world spaces, namely Auriel's Retreat, Nascosto Isles and Halcyon Island. I tend to take more companion screenshots clothed in different armor/clothing mods than anything. There are many places in Tamriel to take good screenies, though. You just have to keep your eyes open to the possibilities :smile: I take nature photography in real life, so it's hard to pass a beautiful sunset or autumn colored tree swaying in the wind without stopping to do a FRAPS snap. :happy: