invertedpanda Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Has anybody ever played a character that avoided towns (or at least the major ones) as much as possible? I was thinking of doing a ranger build that tries to be as self reliant as possible, avoiding towns unless absolutely necessary. The build would be an archer that does all his own mining, smithing, enchanting, alchemy, etc. The plan is to not even go to Whiterun, and avoid the main quest completely. I'd also avoid fast-travel, and just roam the countryside looking for cool stuff to do. I'm thinking I'd only allow myself to go into towns to sell the fruits of my labor and buy supplies, and typically only the smaller towns. The only difficulty I see is with smithing/alchemy/enchanting - I'd basically have to do all my crafting at whatever bandit-hole I can find and clear out first. That's one thing I miss about Morrowind; you could at least do alchemy anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertedpanda Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 So far, so good. Level 10, and I've stuck to just non-walled towns and small villages/mining villages. Avoiding the main quest has made the game interesting; I don't get my shouts, but I'm having a lot of fun roaming the countryside exacting justice as I see fit. I took Drelas' Cottage (and used the mod that makes it a player home) for Enchanting/Alchemy/Storage, but the hard part is smithing. I'm thinking of finding an Orc Stronghold to befriend for that. I try and limit my town interactions right now to smithing and selling. I'm not doing any quests for towns as of yet. Once the CK comes out I can't wait for people to start adding player homes outside of towns that are fully furnished. It does get tough wandering the wilderness, just because sometimes early on you can find some challenging foes. I encountered a group of frost trolls that I had to kite for 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraithofdoom Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 seems fun and original, good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm sorry to say, but you're going to run out of things to do pretty fast... I'd say level 30, max... So many quests start in the major cities, which means being a recluse you're going to miss out on a lot fo adventures. Its basicly all dungeon diving and Daedric missions (and even then, not all of them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dambuster Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I did something similar making a proper bandit. I added him to the bandit faction and and roamed the countryside hunting and dungeoneering I only ever approached towns if it was for a raid. In which case I ran in stole some stuff I needed and legged it back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertedpanda Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 I may venture into towns later on in my game life, but I want to see how far I can get going this route. I've already found 2 quests I didn't even KNOW about just by roaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zevaleth Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I think it is an interesting idea to try out too. I know that some smithing equipment is in the mines, but I'm not sure if they have smelters. I guess you could sneak into town at night and use one there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luxwing0go Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I do go into towns, but I'm constantly sneaking, invisible, and have Muffle active. I'm like a spidurp on da wall hurr. >:3 I tend to avoid people...but not their pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertedpanda Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 I think it is an interesting idea to try out too. I know that some smithing equipment is in the mines, but I'm not sure if they have smelters. I guess you could sneak into town at night and use one there. Thus far I've found a couple decent places to do my smithing besides in town. Orc strongholds, for one. Another is one of the many bandit forts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusismyairbag Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) this is something different, fresh, keep updating im interested. Edited January 31, 2012 by jesusismyairbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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