Thanks.

When I save or load games my game version says 1.8.XXXX but I don't know if I'm really taking advantage of Dawnguard (for the vampire quests I think), Hearthfire and Dragonborn. It's my first time playing with all of the DLC. I have Nexus mod manager and I have those plugins checked whenever I start the game, so I 'm not sure. I am a bit new to Elder Scrolls even tough I have finished the main quest.

One thing I liked is your suggestion on the "Gameplay:" section of your build, where you suggest going to Malkarth (for thre Fornsworn quest) after Helgen and then Whiterun and Mages guild. This helps a lot, and if I may add, in the Fornsworn Conspiracy quest, thyere are 2 outcomes - either you follow Madanauch and he gives you the armor set (good for this build), or you kill him and Thonar (another guy) gives you a ring, which is not that useful. So don't kill Madanauch, just play along with him. Better read the quests upfront to check for the possible outcomes.

Do you have anymore suggestions for quests or gameplay?

hmm what level are you atm? Dawnguard quest is triggered as soon as you reach level 10. Guards will say something like "have you heard about the dawnguard? Vampire hunters ore something ..." then your map will be updated and dawnguard quest is active. I don't have the nexus mod manager but I think you can change the load order. If you have any other mods try putting the DLCs ABOVE every other mod. This guarantees that the dlcs will be first loaded and mods that need the DLCs can function properly.

Yeah of course I meant to side with Madanach to get the armor, thought it would be a spoiler perhaps ;) Quests are listed above. As far as other quests go, you could do in Windhelm the quest: Blood on the ice.I played the quest, completed it but never obtained the reward. 

As I wrote in the story, the blood archer lived secretly in a shack to study magic, enchant,...I mentioned the Anise's cabin north of the guardian stones. If you haven't checked it, you should do so. Look in the cabin, there's something hidden.

Have fun and I'm really glad you give this build a try :D

Thanks David. Looks like a solid one. I love the concept. 

I'm not one to play much during the week days, but I go full blast on the weekend. I will have to check if my DLCs are triggered but so far I can't wait to start developing my character (I chose a Breton brunette and named her Arkana). Is it an alright choice? How about you? You're still with your Nord character?

Cool presentation, but all I think of is The Cryptstalker by Cryptstalker for some reason haha. http://theskyrimblog.ning.com/group/character-building/forum/topics/character-build-the-cryptstalker This is different enough and a cool way to approach this playstyle. Really well done for a first build!

Yeah I think breton is a good choice for any magic-based character. And the warrior stone will level your fighting skills faster as bretons are weaker in the beginning. And Bretons also have their racial ability to absorb incoming magicka. Good choice for the name :P

My Arkana is level 60 atm :) I use a tool called Skyrim Save Manager, that simply stores your savegames in different folders so you can create many characters without mixing the savegames. So I have Arkana, my main character, Shani (a Nord Huntress build from Sage) and I am currently working on 2 characters: a female Holy Paladin called Jaine D'Arc (inspired by the french heroine:)) and a male warrior. I don't know yet what type he will become,Revan, but I plan for the badass look of Ebony Armor + Nightingale Hood 

Excellent tip on the savegames... just what I need coming from a level 30 Morag Tong mix hybrid with Nightingale swordsman build (which btw is the coolest armor I've seen why don't more people talk about it?). All the save games are mixed up.

Jaine D'Arc *chuckle* nice one. I guess I will take some of your names as well as I lack some inspiration, both in character and weapon names. Good job btw.

yes, the savegame manager simply puts your current character in a different folder so you can savely create a new one, and you can switch back and forth by simply choosing in the savegame manager the character you want to continue.Haha I have no problem if you take my names :P but it's definitely more fun to come up with your own names, it feels more personal :) I usually get inspiration from pictures, drawings,... over on deviantart.com there are lots of talented people that draw images of anything, inspiration will come alone :) yeah and thank you very much :D

Thanks for the kind words, it's appreciated :) I haven't read the Crypstalker build before I came up with the Blood Archer but some similarities can appear, but were not intended :)

Your build is more versatile and has great RP. Just pointing out that two great builds should deserve lots of likes! My brain hurts thinking about how this is your first build!

Thank you man. I really appreciate it. You have many legendary builds and you are well-known here on this site so it's really cool that you say this :D