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A Roleplayer's Copybook: The Lazy Bard Challenge

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  • December 18, 2018

    Justiciar Thorien said:

    Well, I'm not saying Redguards can't be archers, it's just that in their culture, swords have a special place, so that likely would be a primary weapon for any Redguard, even if they use a bow too.

    I slightly edited her journal entry.  I will keep both, but my focus will be on 1-H instead of archery at the start (thus, I am making 1-H a major skill and archery is minor).  Besides, every encounter thus far has required her to use her scimitar since she had no bow.  She might make archery a Major skill in the future (after training).  We shall see...

  • Member
    December 19, 2018

    I wont be able to update for a while since my contoller is on its last leg. I cant walk straight, X button is almost unresponsive, L2 and Select are completly out for the count.

    Regarding warriors and weapons. I havent played a lot of Warriors but i usually derive the Weapon from the warriors Life and Backstory. A Mercenary obsessed with and searching for Dwemer Tech wouldnt run arround with a sword since cutting wont really work against robots so he uses a Warhammer or Mace. Someone who is often faced with fleshy targets like bandits or Wolves would opt for a Sword or Axe. Axe for mainly cutting and sword for slicing and stabbing. Carrying arround a blunt secondary weapon can save a Sword wielders life if faced with hard Scales/Armor.

  • December 19, 2018

    Well, an archer would have to have a melee weapon anyway. There are situations))) And a smart melee warrior would have a long-range weapon too.

    @Vezrabuto, such scary things you are speaking here. X, L2... Lol. I honestly have very little idea as to how all of that looks, since I play on PC. But I do know how annoying it is when the battery in your mouse dies :D

    What can I say, MageMasterRace is a thing))) Going against a Dwemer automaton with a mace certainly requires quite some courage.

    A Mercenary obsessed with and searching for Dwemer Tech wouldnt run arround with a sword since cutting wont really work against robots so he uses a Warhammer or Mace. Someone who is often faced with fleshy targets like bandits or Wolves would opt for a Sword or Axe. Axe for mainly cutting and sword for slicing and stabbing. Carrying arround a blunt secondary weapon can save a Sword wielders life if faced with hard Scales/Armor.

    This seems rather meta. I mean, when you learn how to fight, you have no way to know what kind of targets you will encounter most often unless you are specifically learning to fight particular enemies typical for your environment or faction. For instance, if you seek to become a member of a faction like Dawnguard or Silver Hand, you will specifically learn to use weapons that are known to be effective against vampires and werewolves. Or, you could learn to fight some beasts that live in your region. Or, if you are a soldier, your fighting technique will be more effective against other soldiers than monsters and such.

     

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    December 19, 2018

    I feel like a soldier can use any number of weapons or tactics if they want to focus their skills to fight in a certain way. As far as weaponry goes, a lot of armored knights were recorded to primarily use heavy maces against armored opponents, but have a side sword if facing down lightly or non-armored infantry. Heavily armored knights usually forewent shields unless they were big kite shields for blocking crossbow bolts and lances. In the case of a dwemer automaton-slaying Warrior, though, I could see them using a shield as added protection against Dwarven bolts while using a mace to try and bash in their joints and vulnerable moving pieces.

    I guess my thought is that a Warrior using different weapons is similar to Mages using different magical schools, right down to the fact that a lot of the fundamentals carry over.

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    December 19, 2018

    well to describe it for pc, i cant use wait in game, no sprinting, i have to hit the "interact" button to select things or talk to peple multiple times and my character wont walk straight doing sharp turns to left and right sometimes even turning around on a whim. kinda breaks the immersion when you want to have a nice stroll through town and the character has 10 seizures on his way to the store :D 

     

    I didnt try to be meta Thorien, i kinda meant it the way you described it ^^ someone who knows they often face undead would bring something blunt to break skeletons for example ^^ That was one of the problems i faced when Ostium raided the Warlock fort i didnt know how to make a dagger usefull against a skeleton :D good thing he is a Vampire :D

  • December 20, 2018

    Mercurias said:

    I feel like a soldier can use any number of weapons or tactics if they want to focus their skills to fight in a certain way. As far as weaponry goes, a lot of armored knights were recorded to primarily use heavy maces against armored opponents, but have a side sword if facing down lightly or non-armored infantry. Heavily armored knights usually forewent shields unless they were big kite shields for blocking crossbow bolts and lances. In the case of a dwemer automaton-slaying Warrior, though, I could see them using a shield as added protection against Dwarven bolts while using a mace to try and bash in their joints and vulnerable moving pieces.

    I guess my thought is that a Warrior using different weapons is similar to Mages using different magical schools, right down to the fact that a lot of the fundamentals carry over.

    This is right. What I was trying to say is that a warrior trains to use certain kinds of weapons, usually one or two, and later learns more tactics that would allow him to implement those weapons more effectively in various situations. A knight may know how to fight with a sword and with a mace, but I doubt there would be many knights who use a sword, a mace, a greatsword, an axe, a scimitar (because it's different from a normal sword), a dagger, a crossbow and a spear, and carry all that with him at the same time, lol. An experienced warrior wouldn't be trained to fight with every weapon that exists, he would know how to kill every enemy with the weapons he is good with.

    Same can be said about magic. It's more logical and efficient to learn more tactics and ways to implement a certain school than study a different one.

    Vezrabuto said:

    well to describe it for pc, i cant use wait in game, no sprinting, i have to hit the "interact" button to select things or talk to peple multiple times and my character wont walk straight doing sharp turns to left and right sometimes even turning around on a whim. kinda breaks the immersion when you want to have a nice stroll through town and the character has 10 seizures on his way to the store :D 

    You can say that he is drunk or high on skoomaXD

    Vezrabuto said:

    I didnt try to be meta Thorien, i kinda meant it the way you described it ^^ someone who knows they often face undead would bring something blunt to break skeletons for example ^^ That was one of the problems i faced when Ostium raided the Warlock fort i didnt know how to make a dagger usefull against a skeleton :D good thing he is a Vampire :D

    A person who often faces undead (a professional undead-hunter?) would probably have several weapons, say, a sword, and a mace, or maybe a crossbow and a mace, which very likely would be silver and/or enchanted with fire or a special anti-undead enchant. A guy like Ostium... well, he should have fast legs, so he can run)) How exactly being a vampire helps against skeletons?

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    December 20, 2018

    Drunken Vampire strolling through town :D 

    Well his strength increased after drinking a lot of blood over the last few days/Weeks so crushing bones etc is easier for him. ^^ he was a Noble boy so he had no real physical strength :D so going up against skeletons with a dagger would be problematic without some good strength :D

  • December 20, 2018

    It's tricky with Skeletons. If the only way to kill a skeleton was destroying the bones, then it would be very hard to kill them with magic. Really, if we set game mechanics aside, the only reason a skeleton can stand and move at all is the energy that keeps it alive undead. Have you ever seen a RL skeleton? Bones without any joints and muscles would just fall apart.

  • December 20, 2018

    19 Last Seed, 4E 201

    I awoke early this morning with a feeling of dread.  I can sense the growing evil inside the Nordic ruins, so my path is clear.  I only hope that I can rise up to the challenge and defeat Hevnoraak.  May my Father and Mother watch over me.

     

    Sariah entered the ruins again and spoke briefly with the ghost.  Hevnoraak commanded great power while he was alive, so his return could threaten all of Tamriel.  With that understanding feeding her determination, she continued through the doors of the ancient tomb.  The going was slow, and she encountered several undead Nordsmen called Draugr.  Using both her bow and scimitar, she dispatched them.

    Passing over the occasional trap and through several doors, she encountered giant rats (Skeever) and a few additional Draugr.  During one fight, she unleashed multiple arrows into a Draugr who stubbornly refused to go down.  She closed and began dancing around him with her scimitar, allowing it to bite deeply into his leathery skin.  His response was swift, his hands glowing a ghastly purple before conjuring a large ice monster from Oblivion.  Sariah’s strikes brought the Draugr down to his knees, and she brought the scimitar back to deliver the killing blow.  Unfortunately, the ice monster’s cold aura was slowing Sariah down and depleting her health.  She succumbed to the creature as her sword ended the Draugr’s life.

    Sariah’s tale has ended…

     

    (I expected this to happen, given the difficulty of a Dragon Priest lair.  I have another character on the burner--one designed to survive Master difficulty for more than a few days!  I will post the details of Valen Antias soon!)

  • December 20, 2018

    Aw, too bad. How did she know about Hevnoraak though? Who he was and such.