I think we've spent enough time here. Up the staircase.
are we going to mostly stick to the main questline or are you going to let us actually play oblivion?

with this many mods trying to stick solely to the main quests will get us killed by rapidly strengthening enemies. need to do side-quests galore and over lvl.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)02:38 No. 207151 ID: e4e9c3
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You climb up the staircase, using the torch to light your way. You arrive at a bridge, leading across a gap to a rusted iron gate.

What do?

Actually, I was hoping to COMPLETELY avoid the main quest, because it sucks. Unless we get overwhelming votes for proceeding with the Main quest, then I'd really like to just have you guys do whatever you like, or maybe do a few of the better mod-added quests. Its your call.

put away torch, sneak across bridge
... This could end up being one of the longest quests ever.


I like where this is going.

So, with that partners mod, how many companions are we able to have at one time?

>>207155
i believe oblivion starts screwing up if you have more than 4.
dont quote me on that

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)02:50 No. 207159 ID: e4e9c3
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You put out the torch again, creeping across the bridge with your dagger out, before pushing open the gate. The tunnel here curves sharply, and it is very dark...

>>207152
Hah, it could be. It does help that I don't have to draw every image; with VisionQuest it was almost all copy-paste with slight tweaks, but still took a while. Incidentally, VisionQuest Chapter 4 is ready to roll, and I'll probably start it in two days time, after I've moved. Since ObliQuest is so easy to update, it should be possible for me to do both at once.

>>207155
[spoiler] Weeeellll... There's about 5 or 6 mods on that add single NPC companions, CM Partners adds about 55, and I think I still have Midas companions on, so...

Enough to have your own personal army. FOR THE GLORY OF BILL! [/spoiler[

>>207157
in vanilla oblivion sure, but this is a version that has been modded to hell and back taking bets it's around 50 or so max

okay, turn torch back on and let's go.

Let loose a fireball, use the light to see if there is anything ahead. If not light up the torch and proceed.

Bill is going to be so proud of us one day.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)02:57 No. 207165 ID: e4e9c3
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You light your torch, moving forward, and enter another room, with yet another rat snuffling around.

This is starting to get a bit repetitive...Wait...Is that... Sunlight?

You spot, at the end of a long round tunnel, a bright shining circle of white light.

YES, WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE, THANK BILL.

I think only about 10 AI can be active at the same time...

Burn rat, hug self.

>>207166
Hug rat, burn self

Rat self, burn hug.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)03:05 No. 207170 ID: e4e9c3
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You fireball the rat, then drop the torch and gleefully hug yourself, celebrating your soon-to-be freedom!

The light is just ahead, and all there is sitting between you and it is a short tunnel and a second room.

>>207166
Hmm... We'll just have to see, then. If it does, I'll see if there's any mods which let more companions join you (I'm pretty sure CM partners has something to this effect built in already.)

Also, we are about to exit the tutorial dungeon. If you have any questions, you'd best ask now. :P

examine room for treasures then get your torch back and go.

Is there any chance of meeting Bill?

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)03:21 No. 207174 ID: e4e9c3
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You grab your torch, lighting it once more, and charge forward, rushing through the tunnel and room towards the exit. The gate before you is badly rusted and worn, and a single charge would break it open.

>>207173
I actually already had a plan to meet up with Bill's girlfriends sex slaves concubines avatars, and the only issue with meeting Bill himself is I'd have to make the mod. Which won't take long for something like that. So yes, we shall probably meet Bill at some point, or even Bob, Ben, Burick, and Brunhilda.

FALCON KICK! out of here!

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)03:33 No. 207179 ID: e4e9c3
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You break the door open with one kick, and charge forward into the light...

Last chance to change anything, or ask any questions about mods.

What's up with the fox and the dagger?
Did I just equip a cursed weapon? D:

Ahah, mebbe? :P I suggest you study it closely at some point.

And it doesn't seem like any other questions are coming, so....

Damnit, Oblivion is crashing every time I leave the dungeon. Trying to figure out which mod is doing it now.

>>207179
I got a question, how fast is our mana recovery rate compared to vanilla, have there been any changes to vampirism and have werewolfs been added?

>>207188
Well, Mana recovery has been fixed, so it now increases with Willpower. Vampires now have awesome powers (I have three different mods to choose from, but some of the cooler effects are transformation into bats/mist/wolves, super strong attacks, and the ability to slow time) and there are werewolves across pretty much the entire north mountains. And they are FUCKING TERRIFYING. You will DIE if you find one, no matter what you do. Just warning in advance.

>>207191
I was thinking more of contracting lycantrophy and terrorise the countryside. But it's nice to see that there are awesome vamps around. Which kind of vamp does that Dark Brotherhood guy turn you into now?

>>207192
Ah, I think you can become a werewolf, too. Not sure about that, though. The werewolves you find are generally the ones added by Legends of the North, which don't make you contract lycantrophy. And I can only have one vampire mod running at a time, otherwise they conflict, so no matter how you become a vampire, the features are the same. Note that I also have it that you need MORE blood to get better abilities, rather than the vanilla less-blood-more-power. Also, just fixed the game, update coming now.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)06:47 No. 207194 ID: e4e9c3
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You step out into the bright moonlight, the stars shining down upon you, as you breathe in great lungfuls of fresh air.

Made it. Free from that place, finally...

After a few moments, you relax, and start wondering what to do next. You could listen to that guard's advice, and take the amulet to that guy... But it doesn't sound like it would further the cause of the Mighty God of Flame. Plus, you'd have to wait for the amulet to come out the other end...

>>207194
Lets get back to doing what we know best how to do. Break into someones house, kill them and steal everything they have.

Garnith!!R1LwAuMQIu 2010/07/13(Tue)08:47 No. 207203 ID: e4e9c3
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You decide that now may be the time to make a quick profit. Looking around, however, you can't see any houses... The pier and nearby ruins appear to be the only things here.

[Tutorial Mode Officially disengaged. I will now try to kill you off. :D Also, sleepytimes. Back soon, same site, same time!]

>>207203
Damn. Ok, put out the torch and then extremly stealthily sneak forward and check out what's there.

I say we head to the closest ruin and loot the place silly. Hey wait, there's an island with some ruins straight ahead.

Maybe we should sell our current loot and junk first, so we can carry more of the good stuff instead of leaving it behind?

>>207209
We could also just stash it outside, in some corner somewhere.

Just for everyone's info, though, the exp mod ensures that companion's kills do not give us EXP. Summon's kills do not give us EXP. The only way to gain exp is to do it ourselves. Somewhat disappointing as I was hoping for a private army, but we can do that once we hit the level limit (is there one?)

[Damned mods. Spent the last couple of days trying to make Oblivion XP work. Should be good now, but moving means the house has no internet. Working through mobile phone at the moment, and its so slow that I can't even post images. >.<]

You decide to investigate the ruins, dunking your torch in the water nearby, then swiming forward. You dart forward, the water molding around your body easily, as you twist and spin in the deep blue liquid...

Till a sudden throbbing fills your head, and you struggle blindly against the pain inflicted by an unseen enemy. Your mind burns and screams, as your body thrashes wildly in the water.

After a few minutes, the fit passes, and you once more become aware of your surroundings. Were it not for your ability to breathe underwater, you're almost certain you would have drowned.

A few memories tentively creep into your brain, and you realise with a start that you are beginning to properly remember your past...

Conjuration Memories

Do you choose...

The Path of Nature
The Path of Daedra
The Path of Undead

Destruction Memories

Do you choose...

The Path of Frozen Fire
The Path of Burning Lightning
The Path of Striking Ice
The Path of Circles

Illusion Memories

Do you choose...

The Path of Illuminated Madness
The Path of Cunning Cats
The Path of Failing Courage
The Path of Peaceful Orders

Level Up!

You realize that all your life you have been coasting along as if you were in a dream. Suddenly, facing the trials of the last few days, you have come alive.

You are now level two. Please choose which skills and attributes to increase. The numbers in bold represent the points required to raise that skill by one rank, while the other numbers represent your current rank in that skill.(See below) As well, Attributes are raised by one rank per attribute point, but you may only put a maximum of 5 points in any one attribute per level-up. (So you could go Str: +5, Int: +5, Luck: +3, or similar.)

Attributes Points remaining: 13

[Attribute]:[Current Rank]

Strength: 45
Intelligence: 40
Willpower: 35
Agility: 50
Speed: 50
Endurance: 30
Personality: 30
Luck: 50

Skills Points remaining: 36

[Skill]:[Current Rank] [Points required to raise rank by 1]

Combat skills

Armorer: 5 4
Athletics: 15 4
Blade: 10 4
Block: 25 3
Blunt: 5 4
Hand-to-hand: 30 3
Heavy Armor: 5 4

Magic Skills

Alchemy: 15 3
Alteration: 10 3
Conjuration: 30 2
Destruction: 30 2
Illusion: 35 2
Mysticism: 15 3
Restoration: 10 3

Stealth Skills

Acrobatics: 5 4
Light Armor: 25 3
Marksman: 5 4
Merchantile: 5 4
Security: 15 4
Sneak: 25 3
Speechcraft: 5 4

Also, if you're feeling creative, feel free to write up a backstory for Lannon. The only facts about his past that we currently know are he stole (or had stolen from him) some silverware, he worships the Mighty God of Flame, Bill, and he was affected at birth by a magical incident, which caused the odd colour of his scales. Should no backstory be forthcoming, I'll just use my own.

[Threads getting long, so once you've sorted out what you want to do, I'll start a new thread. I really never expected this to last more than one thread, but the surprise is a pleasent one. :) ]

>>207778
[Actually, companion and summon kills DO give you exp, although it tends to be a bit less than the exp you'd gain if you did it yourself. Also, the companion-exp script is a bit dodgy, and if you kill, say, a group of twenty bandits using 3 or 4 companions, about 2 or 3 of the kills will not give exp. Haven't really done extensive testing, but thats what I recall from playing with it before.]

>>208766
path of undead if that leads to reanimating given corpses.

Path of burning lightning because FIRE AND LIGHTNING, most Bill-like of the lot.

Peaceful orders because when not going bill kill mode, need some oomph in social situations.

Paths of the Undead, Burning Lightning, and Cunning Cats. We shall stalk the night, striking from the shadows while out undead horde makes a distraction.

I would say Daedra, Burning Lightning and Cunning Cats as well. Put attribute points in Int, WIll and Speed (we gotta be able to run from werewolves).

Put skill points in conjuration and illusion and whatever else other people want.

Daedra are cool. Although less so in Oblivion, if there's no mod fixing that.

Burning Fire would be ideal, but barring that, Burning Lightening

Illuminated Madness sounds likely to be rather delicious.

>Backstory
The accident at our birth infused us with Bill's holy Fire, and as such, we are extra awesome. We came to the Imperial city in search of stuff to steal.

>>208868
And dudes to murder. If we're not in the Black Hand I'm gonna be sad.

Undead
Burning Lightning
KITTIES!
+5 Int
+5 Will
+3 Speed
+10 Destruction
+5 Conjuration
+2 Sneak
... or +18 destruction. the sooner we get to 100 the sooner we can best Bill.

[I don't know how you didn't expect to make this one thread. It's goddamn oblivion.]

[Hey Bob, you do know that you are going to have to add a god tier pyromancer named Bill to Golem Quest, right?]

Oh yeah, points should go into Intelligence, Agility, and Willpower.

Skill points in Destruction.

>>208870
Actually, as much as I love zombies, the undead are pretty gay in oblivion. Unless you have mods that make them interesting then I switch to Daedra.

Yeah, I guess undead aren't really that great... so let's go with Daedra I suppose.

Also, Black Hand? Screw that. We are the Burning Hand of Bill! We'll make our OWN Guild!

daedra and burning lightning for great justice

Bob!t/UKid4z5s 2010/07/16(Fri)19:32 No. 209169 ID: a76809
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>>208870
>Implying Bill needs to be made, rather than having always existed, as any proper god of fire made flesh should.

>>208870
Eh, I forgot that the difficulty mods don't really come into affect until you leave the tutorial dungeon.

>>208874
Eh, undead are pretty vanilla, actually. Marts Monster Mod does some stuff with them, giving them more varied appearances, and causing undead you've killed to rise back up again after a time, but other than that, not much. Still, it is terrifying when you turn around and realize the hoard you just spent two hours and all your potions trying to destroy just got back up. Your summons just disappear, though, so they arn't really that awesome.

Also, ran a test of the Memories spells. The first word determines your touch spell, and the second determines your ranged spell. (Freezing fire gives ice touch spell and ranged fire spell.)

You also already have the spells Flare and Minor Heal. Before anyone asks, the ranged fire spell from the Freezing Fire does 25 damage, compared to the 10 damage of Flare.

We settled on all skill points to Destruction?
Same with Int and Wis points? We're tied on Agi and Spe for the last 3 points.

Daedra looks set.

Finally, keep in mind that these are only your starting spells. You don't have to follow one path to the end, you can deversify if you wish.

>>209225
what about the circles? we can always just buy a fire spell from the mages guild and we dont want a faggot ice spell.
+18 destruction, why not. int and will are good, agility i guess would help more than speed.
fuck yeah daedra

>>209239
Circles gives a 20ft AOE, 2 second duration ice touch spell, and a similar fire touch spell.