dearmad Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Ok, I don't about you all, but I'm loving this game. I played Morrowind... but it never enthralled me like this for some reason. I can't explain why. The pacing, and just... well, things that happen this time around are so fun. Mods: Darker dungeons and nights (cain't see a thing sometimes!); Attack&Hide Hard (withsome effort you can hide from ENPCS after a sneak attack- but it is hard); BIGGER Dremora (like uh... they is scary now); Compass (no more icons on it- things are harder to find); Brighter torches ('cause things get DARK now... scary...); Encumbrance Mod (allows you to carry a LOT more stuff but you start to move SLOWER and S L O W E R and can't fight very well when you're holding a lot of JUNK- it scales as you gain weight); Deadlier traps; Rare Items.; dynamic hud absent (so she's not always sure iof she's seen or not when sneaking). -Shew- there ya go. Also I turned OFF the music- so when I get attacked, there's no warning. And the overall atmosphere of the game has just jumped through the roof! I'oeuy is a little dark elf Courtesan who finds herself getting in all sorts of trouble. I roleplay a bit, so she has some quirks, like: She's quick to bolt from a fight and scream as she runs. She is VERY vain; she doesn't wear a helmet because her face is so lovely- she imagines looking *good* is better than looking fearsome in a battle; sometimes instead of reasonable armor, she wears these tight black pants and green doublet... because... -sigh- well, she's headstrong that way. The only embellishments to these stories are that I fill out what was going on in my head as I played. No game details are changed. So, some little moments that thrilled (at least me): #1: "Not in my pretty ASS you B**ch!"----Little I'oeuy is skulking around the outside of a fort on a quest for someone in town. Looking for a body, of all things... As she walked the two miles through the forest to the fort, she got SOAKED- it rained hard, like in SHEETS. Then it finally let up enough for her to see. And she was an unhappy Courtesan. So maybe that explains why she did what she did afterward, but... She was gathering some plant ingredients before entering the dungeon (one of which later saved her life in a poison she made: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...pic=346823&hl=). The rain was picking up again and an arrow fell from the sky next to her making a little tinkling sound. Without breaking her sneaky stance, she glanced over at it. "Hm. It's raining Iron arrows now?" SHe picked it up and put it away. See, I'ouey may be a lovely little elf, handy with blade, deadly with bow, quick, acrobatic, beautiful to look at and a FAST runner... but she's not the brightest firefly in the night sky. She picked up another mushroom and ANOTHER arrow fell from the sky near her. "Another one?" This time she looks up but all she can see are the swaying trees and dark clouds and rain... [remember no music to cue her in here... just tinkling arrows...] She was about to turn around when: "OUCH!" An arrow got her in her pretty ass. "Not my pretty ass!" She thought. She turned around and in a rage launched off three glass arrows (all she had at this point) into the forehead of her enemy who was standing up on a ledge. It took some acrobatic feats, but I'ouey hopped up to the ledge, stripped the B**ch naked and dragged her to the edge of the ledge where she let her hang in a crucified position. "Not my pretty ASS, you b**ch!" #2: Jedi Knight combat!----Inside the second Oblivion gate she's been in, I'ouey (remember she's not that bright) is having a hell of a time figuring out how the heck she can close it. She's sneaking around the very top of a VERY TALL tower with a winding spiral platform that leads all the way up when a Dremora thingy, as she calls them, bursts out of the shadows at her screaming. Freaks the s**t out of little I'ouey who bolts out of the room into the tower portion of the building. The demon thingy is hot on her trails and I'ouey leaps into the abyss. Her acrobatics skills allows her to juuuust catch the edge of ledge on the way down but "AGH!" she takes nasty hit to her ankle (25% health drop). She turns around just in time to see the dremora thingy in midair his sword raised and about to land on her. "AAAAIIIIIEEEE" screams I'ouey as she takes it hard to the chest. -clang- Knocks her back. More panic on her part. Her hair's a mess at this point. She leaps again into the abyss, catches another ledge. TUrns instantly around assuming the Dremora is leaping like a Jedi Knight too. Jumps UP and high with her own sword ready. -CLANG- The Dremora and she meet in midair, both taking a whack at each other. Then gravity takes over and they both begin to fall quick. I'ouey catches another ledge. "Ouch!" sprains her ankle. Needs health! If not for her Acro skills, she's be dead by now. She drinks a health potion then turns back to jump down again. The hope here, she thinks to herself, is that that damned Dremora will miss a ledge and fall to his death! This goes on all the way down to the ground with maybe 3 more Jedi leaps like this and I'ouey screaming the whole while- she screams like this a lot in combat (mostly because I play in a dark room and let myself get terrified while I play- and I'm screaming too). The Dremora gets the best of little I'ouey all the way down. Clearly demonstrating better mid-air combat skills, damnit. But... looking like a mess, her make-up out of place, pieces of her hot-tight black leather pants torn, a few nails broken, and her ankles hurting like hell ("How am I going to swish my HIPS right when I walk now!?"), I'ouey is pissed enough at the bottom floor to stop panicking long enough to waste the Dremora. I'ouey was SO angry with him at that point that had the thought flickered through her mind: "Damn, for ONCE I wish I was a MAN! I'd take my pr**k out and piss on you, you damned villain!" Grrrr... picture an angry little I'ouey! She had to pay a lot of $$ back in town to fix herself up again back to Courtesan lovely status. And thos hot black pants are hard to FIND! ---- More stories later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russki Bear Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Errr...I am a big manly dude with a sword. Not much imagination required there, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dearmad Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 Errr...I am a big manly dude with a sword. Not much imagination required there, huh? wa-huh? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russki Bear Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Well, I just go in and kill everything and walk out again. And regard all enemies with cold eyes and always allow them the first move. Well, proper enemies anyway. And that's about it. Whereas your character seems to have a lot of thought put in by comparison.....as different as it is to mine...... But, I am going to take up the idea of turning the music off, I did that for Rome: Total War and it improved the atmosphere in a momentous way - all you could hear was the furious sounds of death or the calm sounds of peace. That game is awesome. Not knowing when you are being attacked by music - why didn't I think of that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Nice post Dearmad. "Me Orc. the gods love Orc, because Orc kill everything that move. Orc keep heavens filled with new souls, the gods do job, Orc does job. It magical." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latholas Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Im the kind of guy an enemy never sees before he dies :D i wear light armor and lethal arrows, and i like aiming for the head, its just a nice warning view for other creatures standing around the victim...if there are many creatures i finish the rest off with my sword before their escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiB Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Mines the kind of character who charges in, unarmed and unarmored. And then casts "Absorb Health" until they fall over. It's amazing how well this works. Unless they cast silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oresta Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Ok, I don't about you all, but I'm loving this game. I played Morrowind... but it never enthralled me like this for some reason. I can't explain why. The pacing, and just... well, things that happen this time around are so fun. Mods: Darker dungeons and nights (cain't see a thing sometimes!); Attack&Hide Hard (withsome effort you can hide from ENPCS after a sneak attack- but it is hard); BIGGER Dremora (like uh... they is scary now); Compass (no more icons on it- things are harder to find); Brighter torches ('cause things get DARK now... scary...); Encumbrance Mod (allows you to carry a LOT more stuff but you start to move SLOWER and S L O W E R and can't fight very well when you're holding a lot of JUNK- it scales as you gain weight); Deadlier traps; Rare Items.; dynamic hud absent (so she's not always sure iof she's seen or not when sneaking). -Shew- there ya go. Also I turned OFF the music- so when I get attacked, there's no warning. And the overall atmosphere of the game has just jumped through the roof! I'oeuy is a little dark elf Courtesan who finds herself getting in all sorts of trouble. I roleplay a bit, so she has some quirks, like: She's quick to bolt from a fight and scream as she runs. She is VERY vain; she doesn't wear a helmet because her face is so lovely- she imagines looking *good* is better than looking fearsome in a battle; sometimes instead of reasonable armor, she wears these tight black pants and green doublet... because... -sigh- well, she's headstrong that way. The only embellishments to these stories are that I fill out what was going on in my head as I played. No game details are changed. So, some little moments that thrilled (at least me): #1: "Not in my pretty ASS you B**ch!"----Little I'oeuy is skulking around the outside of a fort on a quest for someone in town. Looking for a body, of all things... As she walked the two miles through the forest to the fort, she got SOAKED- it rained hard, like in SHEETS. Then it finally let up enough for her to see. And she was an unhappy Courtesan. So maybe that explains why she did what she did afterward, but... She was gathering some plant ingredients before entering the dungeon (one of which later saved her life in a poison she made: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...pic=346823&hl=). The rain was picking up again and an arrow fell from the sky next to her making a little tinkling sound. Without breaking her sneaky stance, she glanced over at it. "Hm. It's raining Iron arrows now?" SHe picked it up and put it away. See, I'ouey may be a lovely little elf, handy with blade, deadly with bow, quick, acrobatic, beautiful to look at and a FAST runner... but she's not the brightest firefly in the night sky. She picked up another mushroom and ANOTHER arrow fell from the sky near her. "Another one?" This time she looks up but all she can see are the swaying trees and dark clouds and rain... [remember no music to cue her in here... just tinkling arrows...] She was about to turn around when: "OUCH!" An arrow got her in her pretty ass. "Not my pretty ass!" She thought. She turned around and in a rage launched off three glass arrows (all she had at this point) into the forehead of her enemy who was standing up on a ledge. It took some acrobatic feats, but I'ouey hopped up to the ledge, stripped the B**ch naked and dragged her to the edge of the ledge where she let her hang in a crucified position. "Not my pretty ASS, you b**ch!" #2: Jedi Knight combat!----Inside the second Oblivion gate she's been in, I'ouey (remember she's not that bright) is having a hell of a time figuring out how the heck she can close it. She's sneaking around the very top of a VERY TALL tower with a winding spiral platform that leads all the way up when a Dremora thingy, as she calls them, bursts out of the shadows at her screaming. Freaks the s**t out of little I'ouey who bolts out of the room into the tower portion of the building. The demon thingy is hot on her trails and I'ouey leaps into the abyss. Her acrobatics skills allows her to juuuust catch the edge of ledge on the way down but "AGH!" she takes nasty hit to her ankle (25% health drop). She turns around just in time to see the dremora thingy in midair his sword raised and about to land on her. "AAAAIIIIIEEEE" screams I'ouey as she takes it hard to the chest. -clang- Knocks her back. More panic on her part. Her hair's a mess at this point. She leaps again into the abyss, catches another ledge. TUrns instantly around assuming the Dremora is leaping like a Jedi Knight too. Jumps UP and high with her own sword ready. -CLANG- The Dremora and she meet in midair, both taking a whack at each other. Then gravity takes over and they both begin to fall quick. I'ouey catches another ledge. "Ouch!" sprains her ankle. Needs health! If not for her Acro skills, she's be dead by now. She drinks a health potion then turns back to jump down again. The hope here, she thinks to herself, is that that damned Dremora will miss a ledge and fall to his death! This goes on all the way down to the ground with maybe 3 more Jedi leaps like this and I'ouey screaming the whole while- she screams like this a lot in combat (mostly because I play in a dark room and let myself get terrified while I play- and I'm screaming too). The Dremora gets the best of little I'ouey all the way down. Clearly demonstrating better mid-air combat skills, damnit. But... looking like a mess, her make-up out of place, pieces of her hot-tight black leather pants torn, a few nails broken, and her ankles hurting like hell ("How am I going to swish my HIPS right when I walk now!?"), I'ouey is pissed enough at the bottom floor to stop panicking long enough to waste the Dremora. I'ouey was SO angry with him at that point that had the thought flickered through her mind: "Damn, for ONCE I wish I was a MAN! I'd take my pr**k out and piss on you, you damned villain!" Grrrr... picture an angry little I'ouey! She had to pay a lot of $$ back in town to fix herself up again back to Courtesan lovely status. And thos hot black pants are hard to FIND! ---- More stories later.... that was a fun read :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demara Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 dearmad , your story rocks! i also roleplay like that alot in my game, its great havin an overactive imagination,especially with the level of character customization oblivion offers my character profile ---> Demara imperial spellsword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dearmad Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 Here's another I'oeuy story. Darker nights mod is used, so seeing at midnight is very tough. Also a mod I made that removes ALL the targetting things so when sneaking she can't always tell for sure if she's been spotted or not... makes things tense and shooting arrows a real skill. Also an AI improvement that makes enemies strafe (move to your side) a lot more, us epower attacks a lot more, and other special moves- makes them frightening! 3: "Skinny dipping at midnight." I'ouey was travelling from Leyawiin to the Imperial City. She wasn't all the way to Bravil yet- since she slow travels everywhere. It was during a thunderstorm. About midnight, she and her horse came up over a rise. A little inlet of water was there with a dock... in a flash of lightning she could *juuust* make out the water (better water mod so reflections of sky helped). Then in another flash of lightning a tiny glint of light caught her eye. She reined in her horse. Scanned the distance. There it was again... this time she recognized what it was- an Elven Bow! Someone was waiting for an easy mark up ahead... I'oeuy dismounts and readies her bow. Poisons it. Then poisens her sword with a paralys poison she had made. She sneaks off to the right up a hill using rocks and trees as cover (this really works people!). She makes it to the water about 100 feet away from her target. By the shape of the bow, she realizes the archer has her back to I'ouey. Luck is putting everything into place... "now just don't muck it up with stupidity, girl," says I'ouey to herself. She's been working a lot on her Intelligence as is getting smarter... She pauses and waits for lightning to strike and reveal the area and her enemy occasionally. Then moves in the darkness between the flashes of light. The thunder is deafening overhead. She knocks an arrow to her bow and slowly approaches... I'ouey is a good archer, but without the targeting thing it is hard to aim. [i've gotten pretyt good an dhit things at 100 to 150 feet before... so....) Carefully... quietly, waiting for the wind to stop gusting long enough... she draws the arrow back.... aims... lets it fly.... swoosh- thunk! Right into the archer's back! Sneak attack! The archer turns and spots I'oeuy in a flash of lightning. They draw blades (the archer a dagger and I'ouey a magical two-hander with frost enchantments she picked up. Charge! I'ouey gets the first hit and the archer falls over paralyzed! Three more quick swipes and "this fight is over," thinks I'ouey. (Remember the hud thing is OFF so I'm never sure how healthy someone is except by the amount of blood and stuff everywhere- I turned decals way up and they last for 5 miinutes now). I'ouey smirks and sheaths her swords. She nudges at the body... yep, dead. ABout to turn away she hears a moan, then the body gets up and leaps at her, "Is THAT the best you can do!? I've fought mudcrabs more impressive than that!" I'ouey's world blurs and she's knocked back (I doubled the maximum amount in my game). She barely manages to get her sword out when she takes another blow to the shoulder. She barealy manages to get her blade up to block a deadly head shot (at half health from the first blow!). Time for an I'ouey PANIC ATTACK! S C R E A M! It's too dark to react to the damned enemy- she keeps strafe moving to the side and attacking I'ouey from the back and sides, she can't block her! I'ouey dives into the water and swims for it! She hears a splash behind her (I LOVE the surround sound in this game- I've actually tracked objects I can't see in the dark by listening for them and chasing them- things that roll down hills for example). "Just like an ELF! All FLASH and no GRIT!" shouts the fiend behind her. I'ouey is depseratley casting heal spells and when she gets to a little island she drinks some potions to restore magicka and health further. She summons a ghost and he floats off away into the darkness after the enemy. I'ouey runs between two rocks and hides. The ghost is dispatched quickly by the enemy... and then it's all very quiet.... except for I'ouey's ragged breathing and heartbeat. All healed up, she decides to try to find the enemy again, but it is so dark... and using a light would reveal here one advanatage at this point: stealth. But it didn't matter anyway. Suddenly I'oeuy hears footsteps in the grass coming toward her from the right. She turns just in time to get her sword up and -CLANG!- the fiend is on her again! "Why don't you die!?" "Same to you, female dog!" I'oeuy powerblows her- staggers her. Just enough time to repoison her blade and back off to wait for the moment... The deadly enemy leaps and strafes I'oeuy getting a quick blow in. But makes a fatal mistake. She tries another quick attack before waiting: just as I'oeuy blocks. She's stunned! I'ouey stabs her and gets her somewhere! Then RUNS off into the night as lightning flashes over head- she spots the water again in the briief light and dives back in! She hears splashing behind her and cursing... then the splashing stops... I'ouey turns back around and the poisened body of her foe is floating in the water...---- Nothing beats the amazing lighting effects of pitch black nights pierced by flashes of lightning showing the strobe moments of your foe poised to kill you with a knife! And the scary sounds of theiir pursuit *behind* you... was a very fun fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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