Telvanni plantbuilding question

[Simus]

I would think if they can survive in molag amur, they can probably survive anywhere. By the way that tower looks awsome! :)

[Pob]

Wow, great looking tower. Almost makes me want to play a Telvanni. Love the snow on the top as well, absoultly ace (Telvanni tower on Solesthim anyone?).

 

Lookis like the beginnings of a great mod

[HornedReaperMJL]

Okay i just skimmed through those posts but i've completed the Telvanni house with my mage to build your stronghold you gather the usual stuff BUT the person who you talk to that builds your stronghold tells you at one point to check out how the Mushroom is growing. So from what i tell its actually a mushroom and by the way this thing was growing in a ashland as in lava region areas.

 

The only thing i dont get about building the strongold is why you need 5000 gold to give her WHAT DOES SHE SPEND IT ON? PLANT FOOD? :blink:

 

Hope this helps.

[Shakkara]

Thanks all for the positive feedback :)

 

I searched the dialog files for mushrooms and found the following interesting things:

 

"Speak with me again when the first stage of your tower is complete. It will only take a few days for it to finish growing."

 

"I am pleased to hear that the mushroom is growing so well. Thank you for keeping me informed. Your stronghold should finish its first stage of growth in a few days."

 

"You have the construction contract, but I also need two strong souls to form the foundations of your stronghold."

 

"Yes, I will use these souls to begin construction of your stronghold."

 

"You have brought me the soulgems. The power in these souls will strengthen your stronghold's foundations and help the tower grow."

 

"In Telvanni villages, the settlement is dominated by the wizard's residence called a 'Telvanni tower', a fantastic organic form grown and sculpted from stems, caps, and root-like holdfasts of the giant native mushrooms. The tower is often surrounded by a village of smaller mushroom pods hollowed out for craftsmen and commoners."

 

 

So, they are indeed organic structures, and as others have said, they need souls to make them grow...

[HornedReaperMJL]

Actually i think the 2 souls are for guards but i havent confirmed that since i havent visited my fully finished tower but it could be possible that they do indeed use soul gems to help with the growth. I only wish they would have built the damn strongholds a LITTLE closer to town its like 2 towns over in length with no fast travel to get there.

[Switch]

a fantastic organic form grown and sculpted from stems, caps, and root-like holdfasts of the giant NATIVE mushrooms.

since the mushrooms have to be native, then... maybe having them growing on a snowy ice island isnt so realistic

 

maybe tho they cud have been grown b4 it started snowing and it was still green or... something? :P

[thanateros]

you could also have it so the site has been magically altered to be fertile enough to grow them. like have the site be a patch of green among the ice fields then have a dialouge pertaining to how they get them to grow or something like that.

 

i would play around with it to see if there was any combo that looks convincing. but still like how it looks though, very well done.

[Ysgawyn]

There are some journal entry papers found in Tell Vos Dungeon, written by Beram. It looks, that poor fellow was exploring the dungeon while telvanni wizards was growing their mushroom tower in the center of the imperial ruins. Beram laments over the heat on the 4th sheet. Maybe growing those mushrooms generates heat, and in this case the snow around the new mushroom could be melting and turning into icerink :D -- just to flavour your mod ;)