MAJOR UPDATE!: If you're new to this thread, I've revived it after a year's absence for reasons explained on the third post on the fourth page. Take a look if you'd like. :)

Hello there!

I'm new to this site. My name is Etch, and I'm relatively new to Skyrim, although I started modding it almost immediately after purchasing it for PC. I'd seen my sister play it on Xbox 360 before, and had tried my hand at it occassionally, but I couldn't stand the graphics. When I saw screenshots of what I could turn Skyrim into, though, I did some more research and decided to try it out on PC. I've had the game for about a week or two now, and have been playing it almost non-stop since. However, thanks to me constantly adding on new mods, I haven't actually started a save that lasted more than a day or two in real life. I think I've finally found a place with my mods that I'm happy with, and so I've decided to try roleplaying in the game.

If anyone wants my modlist, I'd be happy to throw it at them so they can get a better idea of what sort of gameplay I'm getting.

That said, I have roleplayed before, for years in fact, just not in Skyrim. I have been forum roleplaying since I was seven, and so I have no problem with creating characters and the such...usually.

However, I'm not used to working with other people's lore. I've always created my own universes to write in. The closest I've gotten to working with someone else's lore was when I first started RP with MMO RP in an MMO called Age of Wushu, which is essentially a chinese martial arts game. Really, though, the game's lore wasn't very limiting, and you didn't have to know much about it to fit into it, because there wasn't much of it.

Skyrim is obviously completely different. I think I could spend my entire life trying to learn the lore and still not know everything there is to know. So...Down to the point. My character is a Khajiit named Kiahni. I chose the Khajiit even though I knew it would be challenging since their lore is not seen as often in regular gameplay, mainly because I was immediately attracted to that race. If someone truly believes I should change her race, though, I think I can manage it. I have a google docs here where I answered a bunch of questions for her (I think I found the questions on this site somewhere, actually..?) although I'm not quite finished, it's mostly done. I can always change pretty much everything here, though, since it's a complete WIP and I'd like to have an open mind.

Basically, I'm looking for advice on how I can better fit her into the lore. After I feel happy with that, perhaps some tips on creating visually appealing screenshots for her character profile would be helpful. 

I've toyed around a bit with the idea of amnesia, in order to bypass the whole lore problem, but I don't want to completely ignore the problem, either. Still, that idea is on the table, as well, if people think that's better.

 

P.S. I've opened the google doc to commenting, so if you already know how to do that in google docs, feel free, but then let me know that you've commented on the forum. Otherwise, just message me here. :)

 

EDIT: I finished V2 of the google doc. It should be viewable from the same link. I've added a completely new section and made some changes to her backstory. I kind of feel like she's created her own set of non-god and non-cultural centered beliefs, which makes sense from an objective standpoint since she was isolated so much in her early life so she wouldn't have many cultural beliefs, and her only social companion, her father, was non-religious and quite a unique man as far as his beliefs go himself, so it makes sense...But it also makes me wonder if I'm breaking lore by having all these beliefs. It's particularly noticable in the new violence section involving her rituals for the dead and pillaging...

Welcome, Etch! It's so nice to see people that are really into modding here :D. It'd be nice of you to post your modlist for us to check it out! Mod away my friend

0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
6 6 ApachiiHair.esm
7 7 ApachiiHairFemales.esm
8 8 Unique Flowers & Plants.esm
9 9 SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esm
10 a Nock2Tip.esm
11 b Campfire.esm
12 c ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
13 d daymoyl.esm
14 e ETaC - RESOURCES.esm
15 f hdtHighHeel.esm
16 10 OSA.esm
17 11 HighResTexturePack01.esp
18 12 HighResTexturePack02.esp
19 13 HighResTexturePack03.esp
20 14 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
21 15 ELFX - Exteriors.esp
22 16 mjhKhajiitSpeak.esp
23 17 RealisticRoomRental.esp
24 18 Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
25 19 DSerArcheryGameplayOverhaul.esp
26 1a ArrowRecoverySystemOverhaul.esp
27 1b immersive roads.esp
28 1c Purity.esp
29 1d ETaC - Complete.esp
30 1e RealShelter.esp
31 1f ELFX - Weathers.esp
32 20 Hidden Hideouts of Skyrim - Merged - No Map Markers.esp
33 21 RRR_ELFX-Patch.esp
34 22 Skyrim Unbound.esp
35 23 Point The Way.esp
36 24 mjhKhajiitSpeakDLC - Dragonborn.esp
37 25 RealisticWaterTwo.esp
38 26 TheChoiceIsYours.esp
39 27 Inconsequential NPCs.esp
Further Dark Dungeons for ENB.esp
40 28 Dr_Bandolier.esp
41 29 RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
42 2a SMIM-Merged-All.esp
43 2b RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
44 2c Cloaks.esp
45 2d fallentreebridges.esp
46 2e buildablehouse.esp
47 2f CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp
48 30 Character Creation Overhaul.esp
49 31 CCO - Diverse Races And Genders.esp
50 32 CCO - Dynamic Skill Progression.esp
51 33 CCO - Oblivion Carry Weights.esp
52 34 SkyUI.esp
53 35 Hunterborn.esp
54 36 Frostfall.esp
55 37 Nock2Tip.esp
56 38 CCO - Permanent Birthsigns.esp
57 39 CoT-WeatherPatch.esp
58 3a CoT-WeatherPatch_NL2.esp
59 3b CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-40.esp
60 3c ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
61 3d ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
62 3e CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp
63 3f ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp
64 40 ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-1.esp
65 41 CMWoodenBows.esp
66 42 Customizable Camera.esp
67 43 SkyRealism - Mass and Materials.esp
68 44 DeadlyMutilation.esp
69 45 Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
70 46 Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin.esp
71 47 wizDynamicThings.esp
72 48 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
73 49 dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp
74 4a SRG Enhanced Trees Activator.esp
75 4b Facelight.esp
76 4c 12FemaleBrows.esp
77 4d HDT Female Hairstyles.esp
78 4e FNISSexyMove.esp
79 4f Footprints.esp
80 50 FNIS.esp
81 51 FreckleMania2.esp
82 52 GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_SFO.esp
83 53 iHUD.esp
84 54 Immersive Speechcraft.esp
85 55 KJ Tattoos 2K.esp
86 56 KS Hairdos - HDT.esp
87 57 KS Hairdo's.esp
88 58 lanterns.esp
89 59 LootandDegradation.esp
90 5a AnonymousPeople.esp
EpisodeParallax.esp
91 5b Purewaters.esp
92 5c RaceMenu.esp
93 5d RaceMenuPlugin.esp
94 5e Realistic-Voice.esp
95 5f RealisticHumanoidMovementSpeed.esp
96 60 SimplyKnock.esp
97 61 SFO - Dragonborn.esp
98 62 AzarHairPonyTail 03 - Havok.esp
99 63 SleepTight.esp
100 64 Supreme Fog - CoT.esp
101 65 TakeNotes.esp
102 66 TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
103 67 The Ordinary Women.esp
104 68 TKDodge.esp
105 69 TrueStorms.esp
106 6a TrueStorms-ClimatesOfTamriel.esp
107 6b SOSRaceMenu.esp
108 6c WondersofWeather.esp
109 6d Hunterborn_Campfire_Patch.esp
110 6e Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
111 6f StartingLoadouts.esp
112 70 mjhKhajiitSpeakDLC - Dawnguard.esp
113 71 mjhKhajiitSpeakDLC - Hearthfire.esp
114 72 mjhKhajiitSpeakMod - Inconsequential NPCs.esp
115 73 mjhKhajiitSpeakMod - The Choice Is Yours.esp
116 74 Animallica.esp
117 75 Hunterborn_LanternsAndCandles-Patch.esp
118 76 Hunterborn_WearableLantern-Patch.esp
119 77 Dead_Is_Dead.esp
120 78 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
RDO - Requiem Patch.esp
121 79 XPMSE.esp
Hunterborn_Requiem-Patch.esp
122 7a SkyRealism - Capacity and Carry Weight.esp
123 7b SkyRealism - Mass and Materials - Cloaks.esp
SkyRealism - Mass and Materials - Dawnguard.esp
SkyRealism - Mass and Materials - Dr_Bandolier.esp
SkyRealism - Mass and Materials - Hearthfires.esp
SkyRealism - Mass and Materials - MorrowindArmor.esp
124 7c 1nivWICCloaks.esp
SkyRealism - Mass and Materials - 1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
125 7d Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
126 7e SkyRealism - Encumbrance.esp
127 7f SkyRealism - Time and Travel.esp
Alternate Start -- New Beginnings.esp
128 80 daymoyl_DawnguardAddon.esp
Salmon Shack - LAL.esp
129 81 FishingInSkyrim.esp
130 82 mjhImprovedRaces.esp
131 83 yps-ImmersivePiercing.esp
132 84 iNeed.esp
133 85 iNeed - Dangerous Diseases.esp
134 86 mjhKhajiitSpeakMod - iNeed.esp
mjhKhajiitSpeakMod - Alternate Start.esp
135 87 ELFXEnhancer.esp
136 88 Bashed Patch, 0.esp
137 89 RSPatch.esp

 

There ya'll go. :)

 

Edit: I didn't realize how many mods I have. O.o

@Chris

Thanks, I do appreciate the help. :)

 

@Paws

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to look at this. ^.^ Thank you for the tips on the screenshots, although I don't really understand what you said about the lore. Could you maybe dumb it down for me. >.< I'm still very unfamiliar with the lore.

For example, define all of these: Anequina, Pellitine, Aldmeri Dominion, Thalmor (Isn't that one of the elf races..?), and Void Night.