Elder Scrolls SKYRIM

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Enchanting can be broken off the hinges in a very specific way, which is an alchemy exploit in the Fortify Restoration category. That said gear and perks should be considered together rather than separately.

Enchanting used to be a royal pain. You'd have to senselessly grind magic skills in prior games, which affected stat allocation based on what was used, to get them to the level where you could use them for enchantments - but then they could be applied to anything and take skills over the top. Or in Morrowind's case, wearing too many constant enchantments would crash the game. So you foul totally break stealth with spells like Chameleon and never be seen, especially when applied to enchantments in Oblivion or crash the game a lot with Levitate and speed enchantments.

So they scaled spells and enchantments back a bit, but as I mentioned, they seem to have missed that Fortify Restoration exploit in Alchemy, so you actually can still rip balance off the hinges if you like.

[Neverslip]

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Yes, armor pieces can only be enchanted with certain enchantments. I don't remember which only corresponds to which but each piece (ie feet, hands, body, head, necklace, ring) is only capable of having some specific enchantments.

Stamina regeneration is one of the nicer ones, imo.

I really don't like how you can only enchant your shield with elemental resists and not the Shield Blocking enchantment I've actually seen on some shields I've just found in treasure chests and what not.

[Mezlo]

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Well thanks to BBQ, I'm no longer a vampire, and I'm not going to throw Skyrim in the trash... I'm playing on PS3, so no mods for me.

Last night in Skyrim:
I haev to add, I'm bummed that there are certain enchantments that can only go with certain types of armor. If an enchantment can be used on a piece of armor, it should be able to be applied to all types of armor... BS! I made some dragon boots and hands, and I wanted to added the + magic regen ability to it, but it couldn't meld... Boo! So... I can't even really where the light dragon armor, since there's no enchantment I can add to it that makes it better than anything else I'm wearing... That's some shit... I get to 100 balcksmith, 80 enchanting, and I can't make a better foot or hand piece that's better than some random shit i pickup? Fail... Currently my feet are +30 carrying capacity, which is nice, and the hands are +30% lockpicking, which is also nice. but it's not 100% for my mage build which is what i wanted... Anyone have any insight? If i made glass hands and feet could that take +magic regen or - % destruction casting enchantments? Or does no hand or feet allowed to take those enchantments, which is what I'm believing... Any other better pieces of ahnds / feet I'm going to stumble across later in the game better than my +lockpicking / + carrying?

[Raydeus]

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Update: Sad to report that unless you aren't using ANY texture mods the HD pack is just not worth it. The Serious Landscape retexture and the Real Water along with HD outfits just blow Bethesda's out of the water with waaaaaay less performance loss.

So yeah

But at least the (GE)CK is already here.



Edit > The texture pack doesn't even upgrade Water. <_<;

[Raydeus]

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Although, if you play on PC there's always the option of getting a mod to make Vampires/Werewolves cool. <_<




/shamelessmoddingplug

[cidbahamut]

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Being a vampire in TES is never as cool as it sounds, werewolf has fewer downsides.

Which is saying a lot, given how squishy werewolves are.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Same way you Pickpocket, you'll get a new prompt
on a sleeping person to feed.

Being a vampire in TES is never as cool as it sounds, werewolf has fewer downsides.

[Mezlo]

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Once you've fully contracted vampirism, first find an opportunity to feed on someone as they sleep to reset the effects to zero and let you pass for human again. After that, you then go to the nearest bar and talk to the barkeep about rumors, they will speak of a fellow in Morthal. This fellow is going to ask for a filled black soul gem to help cure you of vampirism. If you do not have a black soul gem, he will sell you one.

Next step is to soul trap and kill a human NPC to fill the gem. Take it back to the dude and he will perform a ritual at dawn to cure you.

/wrists

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Also, how do you "feed" on a sleeping character? Does that option pop up? What would I need to do? Pick the lock of someones house at night and then sneak to the bedroom?

[Raydeus]

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Oh, the Falmer aren't hard to deal with. They're just repulsive. I remember the first time I went through a dwemer ruin. It was for the Mages College storyline. Seemed innocent enough. Just went through the place breaking mechanical spiders here and there. Nothing to repulsive. Suddenly, as the place got darker and darker, I spot this hunchback figure moving all Gollum-like up ahead. Immediate thought: "I'm not going to like this place...at all."

Sure enough, it's a frightening race of gargling humanoids that make grotesque teepees, weapons, armor, and treasure chests out of centipede body parts.

Yep, and it only gets worse once you read their story and get to know more about them. Then you add pity, remorse, and anger to the dealings with them. >_<

[Hayde]

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Game is on sale for 39.99 on Steam until the 9th if someone hasn't picked it up yet.

[Ketaru]

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Oh, the Falmer aren't hard to deal with. They're just repulsive. I remember the first time I went through a dwemer ruin. It was for the Mages College storyline. Seemed innocent enough. Just went through the place breaking mechanical spiders here and there. Nothing to repulsive. Suddenly, as the place got darker and darker, I spot this hunchback figure moving all Gollum-like up ahead. Immediate thought: "I'm not going to like this place...at all."

Sure enough, it's a frightening race of gargling humanoids that make grotesque teepees, weapons, armor, and treasure chests out of centipede body parts.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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There was a small glitch I encountered on the quest where sometimes the ritual doesn't trigger on the current day, but just advance to the next day and it will trigger the next actual day

[Raydeus]

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Gather around folks. Let me tell you the story of Mezlo, the Singing Vampire of Markarth.

[Neverslip]

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Wow... that's really not that bad. I don't remember why I hated the quest in Oblivion... I just remember it was a bit of a hassle.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Once you've fully contracted vampirism, first find an opportunity to feed on someone as they sleep to reset the effects to zero and let you pass for human again. After that, you then go to the nearest bar and talk to the barkeep about rumors, they will speak of a fellow in Morthal. This fellow is going to ask for a filled black soul gem to help cure you of vampirism. If you do not have a black soul gem, he will sell you one.

Next step is to soul trap and kill a human NPC to fill the gem. Take it back to the dude and he will perform a ritual at dawn to cure you.