You've finally arrived... A Morrowind [Let's Play][NSf56k]

piL

Welcome to my Morrowind Let's Play!

A few notes

Spoiler:

- I've never done a Let's Play before, so hopefully this doesn't get too rocky. Feel free to offer me suggestions, let me know where things a falling apart, and things I'm doing wrong.
- This is going to be a screenshot Let's Play. I'll save the movie making for other people; I don't have the stamina for that.
- Posts probably will not be as frequent as people like. I got things I have to do. If I plan on doing a post on Thursday night, but a friend calls and says, "Hey, you want to go drinking?" The friend will win 99% of the time (1% reserved for illness etc). Still, I shouldn't ever slack to less than one post a week unless something really awesome or horrible happens to me. I'll let you know if I decide to close this shindig down.
- This will be a semi-player directed game. I'll basically list a set of tasks or priorities, and you guys get to make some of the big-picture shots. Voting will be kind of loose for a while. If you have a cool idea that's "in-character", I might go for it. If I think it's dumb, I don't care how many votes you get.
- I might try to steer things down towards the main quest at some point. Given how long that would take though, I expect this to be a LP that fizzles out and dies. I'd rather it not be, but if a year-and-a-half goes by and I haven't finished the game, I'll probably call it quits.
-I have the expansions installed! I'm not sure how I want to address those. I've never actually been to either of them
-I hope you guys have fun with this, feel free to discuss whatever. There's already an Elderscrolls thread here though, so keep that in mind.
-Mods I will be using: Better Heads, Better Bodies, Morrowind Patch, a bunch of Less Generic NPCs, some texture replacers, Passive Healthy Wildlife, Better Clothes. Anyone else knows of something I really should install, let me know, but I think that should be plenty. Normally I'd have a house mod installed, but I don't think I'll need it.

Without Further Ado... A Prologue

Spoiler:

So, for your first choice, we'll be choosing the character you guys want to see me play. I plan on playing this game in-character, so this choice might affect a lot of things. For the TLDR version, your choices are "Barbarian", "Dashing Rogue", and "Conniving Magician". No hybrids at the start, though I see no good reason why different characters couldn't train in other skills later.




Ormgeirr
Nord Barbarian
Sign: The Warrior

Spoiler:

Proud warrior of the Ornbrandr tribe in Skyrim, Ormgeirr is the son of a warrior and a leather worker. He's spent most of his life hunting, fighting, and studying his father's trade deep in those northern cold winters, and on the edge of imperial society.

The Hrothfuss and the Ornbrandr had long been rivals, and when a skilled and famed Hrothfuss warrior died suddenly of a strange sickness, they blamed the Ornbrandr and refused to supply their half of a festival. Tensions finally snapped when the Hrothfuss struck at an Ornbrandr hunting party, and the two entered a war between tribes. Ormgeirr was arrested in an Imperial action for inciting rebellion, intercepted as he and a host marched towards the Hrothfuss meadhall. The two imperial knights he struck down before the battlemages finally overcame him landed him in an imperial prison for the last six years.

Leyhardt
Imperial Ne'er-do-Well (custom class, stealth focused with a few tossed around skills; Rogue wasn't working for what I wanted, and neither was theif)
Sign: The Tower

Spoiler:

Leyhardt's always lived by his wit, since before he could remember. Having grown up in a Cyrodil orphanage necessitated it. As he grew older, he became a traveler, taking whatever job he could get and enjoying the freedom of the road. Though Kynareth and Nocturnal hold special place for Leyhardt, he's been known to whisper a prayer to almost any god of almost any pantheon; "You never know who's listening!"

Leyhardt lacks malice, and the most of his ills are more the result of carelessness or misappropriation than any sort of intent. All the same, his sticky-fingered and carousing ways have landed him into more trouble than his gilded tongue could get him out of. He finally slipped up too far when he damaged the honor of a Baroness's daughter. The Baroness threw the book at him, and his wrap sheet had caught up. The list of punishments that kept him behind bars was long and shallow, and his stay indefinate.

Hejka
Argonian Mage
Sign: The Apprentice

Spoiler:

Hejka comes from a long line of skilled magicians. His family had left the black marshes to live in the High Rock province generations ago, and hadn't turned back since. He was raised in his parents care, and always served as a brash headstrong mageling, challenging his own limits--along with the limits of his rivals and instructors. Particularly gifted, the snake-tongued wizard often tried the patience of his fellows.

The tension that followed Hejka finally exploded when one of his rivals challenged him in the streets of Camlorn, and Hejka was more than happy to oblige. Words turned into action, and their challenges came to blows, until both participants had hurled the fury of all their magic in the middle of the square. The rival was slain, bystanders were injured, and at least three houses were consumed in ensuing destruction. His parents disowned him, and the guard took him in and put him in shackles. He hasn't had a taste of magic in years: a painful punishment for a mage.

I'll be tallying the votes whenever I feel like it, and then we'll get this party started!


Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Not Even Last Night's Storm Could Wake You

Part 1: What's your name?
Part 2: You're damn right...

Chapter 2: First thing, Pilgrim

Part 1: That old sugar tooth.
Part 2: Stop the Moon
Part 3: A way to reach the high places.

Rock the vote!
Also, an addendum to the rules, mainly for clarification.

Every 'option' will be color coded, with the same color for similar options. So for example:

I have two hours to kill, I can go to the mall, or see a movie. After that, I have a meeting with my boss. Should I dress casual, or wear a suit? Should I really push for the raise, or hope he recognizes my worth on his own; after all, I don't wish to be too pushy.

In this instance, you can make a green vote, an orange vote, and a red vote. You don't have to vote all colors, but any vote you make needs to be color coded. Example:

You should go to the mall, and push for the raise. You deserve it.

tyrannus

BARBARIAN. GOD HELP ME BARBARIAN

TekDragon

You do know a video Let's Play means a little bit more work initially, but hundreds of times less work over the course of the Let's Play, right?

Fuck having to upload 500 pictures and caption all of them.

piL

Well, I think doing a video lets play in character would be a lot more work, since not only would I have to write the dialogue, but I'd have to get my acting voice on. Which isn't very good anyway. And there's no way I would speak Argonian.

Edit: And I think would be kind of a detriment for this game anyway, since I'd either have to edit the pauses as I read shit out, or skip through it. There's games where I think video lets plays are awesome, but I don't think it would mesh with what I want to do here.

The_Scarab

Go as the Argonian and play it as though he doesn't know he's an argonian.

anoffday

Good luck. I couldn't do it. Oblivion spoiled me, and then I tried to play this. I had no idea where the heck to go for anything.

piL

Scarab: What do you mean exactly? Just being very proper and confused about the racism?

anoffday: Thanks, I think I'll need it! I end up with a six-hour Morrowind itch every few months or so, so a long slow game might do something about scratching it.

tyrannus

i think he means like if a human thought he was a fish

TVs_Frank

As much as I love the barbarian, I vote the mage. I never played a mage in Morrowind.

Also, if I were you, I'd probably only do the character's guild of choice and the main story to avoid burning out.

And I vote that you have to stay as a vampire/werewolf if you contract one.

Tharghor

Mage argonian!

anoffday

piL wrote: »

Scarab: What do you mean exactly? Just being very proper and confused about the racism?

anoffday: Thanks, I think I'll need it! I end up with a six-hour Morrowind itch every few months or so, so a long slow game might do something about scratching it.

No problem. Looking forward to following this one.

Darth_Mogs

I'm split between the Barbarian and the Mage. They would both probably be good, because of what they are. I'm gonna have to go with Mage, though. If you do play him by Scarab's suggestion, I think it'd be awesome.

And I actually agree with the decision to do a Screenshot LP for this game. Because I don't know about anybody else, but I could not play the goddamn game without it crashing on me everytime I was enjoying it. At least with a screenshot LP, you can make sense of bits if that happens, and use them to redo the important stuff.

Uselesswarrior

I asked www.random.org, and it rolled a 2. Which means I vote for Leyhardt.

Shadowfire

Uselesswarrior wrote: »

I asked www.random.org, and it rolled a 2. Which means I vote for Leyhardt.

I'm with Leyhardt, but less for the "random.org" and more for the "oops, I stole your candlestick!" shenanigans.


Also, is this where we link the <7 minute speed run?

Shoegaze99

Looks to be a fun thread.

Couscous

Go for whichever character will meticulously steal everything that isn't nailed down.

Khavall

Barbarian. Barbarian!


hit stuff with club

donhonk

BARBARIAN!

Kazhiim

kill everyone in every town

EXCEPT FARGOTH

I want a screenshot of seyda neen with a pile of corpses to open the whole thing

Thetheroo

Be a Dashing Rogue and steal everything that isn't bolted down. It's the only way to play Morrowind.

Morrowind was much more fun to play as a thief than Oblivion, because there were more cool places to rob. Especially the House treasuries.

piL

Unless I've miscounted, the tally is

Ormgeirr 3
Leyhardt 2
Hejka 3

Which is pretty close. I'll probably leave the voting open until after classes tomorrow. This makes me think though, in the future, there will be colored options for easier tally.

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Dartboy

You need to be either the thief or the confused mage.

kedinik

Let's get some brash headstrong mageling action up in this bitch.

TL DR

mage

Food

Thief is always a good way to go in these games. I vote for the thief.

Muddy Water

Dashing Rogue.

Silpheed

Let's go with our dashing rogue, shall we? We have things to steal and ladies to impress with our wit and charm.

Valkun

This very well could be the most epic Let's Play ever. I'd say the Mage would be most interesting but actual spellcasting is so underpowered that I fear for your sanity if you go that route. Unless you dip into the game breaking Alchemy and Enchanting skills.

MegaMek

Mage. Mages get to do all the best stuff.

Silpheed

If we go with the Rogue I'd vote for him to invest into some alchemy skills.

Fiatil

I'll go ahead and say thief, because there's oodles and oodles of fun to be had there. Plus glass armor is sweet. Oh, and Chitin.

Thetheroo

Morrowind is one of my favorite games ever, that I played for God knows how many hours, and the only quest line I saw through to the finish was thieves guild. Not the main quest, none of the houses, and I barely even touched the expansion, yet I still managed to sink tons of hours into it.

Hell, I barely ever even touched Alchemy, and I don't think I ever once made a custom spell.

RoyceSraphim

I wasted too many course hours doodling class balances in the back of my notebook. I played the hell out of that character and got the most out of it.

every time I play, I make my own class in ECS so I don't have to start over when I want new mods.

Vic

Mage!

Zombie Monkey

Pil did i play left 4 dead with you last night? If so this is rather apt as i was just going to start said thread, if you can wait 2 or so days ill have my copy delivered and update as you do (in this thread, no need for my own)

Zombie Monkey

My vote goes to mage, suprisingly ive played morrowind through perhaps 5 times, thats a full main quest play through and ive never done anything other than imperial

This time barbarian

My vote for yours is mage

Olivaw

Do the Argonian Mage but give him the Atronach sign instead of Apprentice

Apprentice is bad times

piL

Alright, my count hasn't been very careful, but right now we're looking at

Ormgeirr 3
Leyhardt 6
Hejka 9

I still need to go to class. Also Zombie, we did play Left 4 Dead last night! Feel free to update in this thread. Waiting two days sounds like a very good idea since I have organic and two paintings to do, and not a lot of time to do it in--but I don't want to take too long. My first update will be kind of short though anyway, so there'll be plenty of time for you to catch up.

And I'm strongly considering that Olivaw; I'm honestly a little terrified of that -100% magic resistance. Breton, mage-sign is my mage of choice, because I like to play it safe.

Zombie Monkey

Im tempted to go mage, i always forgo magic in rpg games, i like the sneaky approach, the only magic i use is the spell where you can set a mark and return, useful for quests where it takes a long time to get back to the quest giver, and open lock spells.

Also just ordered the morrowind ost, because its just that good

Omnicron9999

Good luck on this man, I look forward to reading it.

I'm gonna have to vote for Rogue too.