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Post by Sniffles on Mar 12, 2024 10:50:21 GMT
Strolling and reflection. Harkon... his demise was inevitable. Letting the scenic expanses of Skyrim to tell them why that was so.
Serana did her best to be stoic but the tales of her and the dragonborn are still being written. On the distant horizon, the throat of the world and the duty to reveal to the graybeards what they learned from Alduin's wall.
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 13, 2024 0:03:55 GMT
Destination, up. Again. A: "Sigh."
S: "Present for you, girl of dragon. A new steed." Right. An elf, a vampire, a misfit human dov and their loyal cow. Truly a legendary epic in the making. Pardon me, and not wanting to sound ungrateful Serana dear, but I think your battle rabbit would be more useful, and certainly much faster.
(I'm amazed at the LOD. High Hrothgar is clearly visible.)
I intensely dislike this part of the main quest. If DB has learned anything it's knowledge is power. And here she finds herself encountering the oldest, wisest being in all of Tamriel and he would very much like to have a long chat. And what does she do? Plonky brains: Kill the dragon, kill the dragon. Tell me the shout and hurry up about it. Paarth thinking .oO(Oh great, average Monday Night ball game fan for brains to save the world. Why do I even bother?)
What is even sadder is in all the games I've encountered, Paarthurnax is by far the best voiced. One could take most of the lore of the entire Elder Scrolls series and pack it in a menu of Q and A. A mod.
Alduin, are you a clompete idiot?? One shout, a brief skirmish and you're going to be spending weeks pulling arrows out. Arrows made of the bones of your cult worshipers no less. And wash, rinse and repeat while I use the shout to convince your loyal followers they are in the wrong camp.
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 13, 2024 0:59:16 GMT
The Newcomers Prove ThemselvesRudi and Nami lead the newcomers onto the Whiterun Plain to see what they can do. Their journey leads them to Fort Greymoor, another bandit nest. How do Ele, Itzuki, and Perrine perform?
Ele explains things to the bandits with his dual-wield axe technique, while Perrine looks for a target (doesn't she look fierce?). Look out, Itzuki! Yumi's distracted and doesn't know where her arrow's pointed. But she always was a little goofy. It's nice to see Itzuki looking after his old friend, though. Finally, Nami tries out the crossbow Rudi gave her. She's not greatly impressed, and Rudi makes a mental note to check her arrow supply.
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 13, 2024 1:28:11 GMT
Sniffles: It looks really, really Alpine. I keep waiting for Heidi or Maria von Trapp to appear.
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Post by Renee G on Mar 13, 2024 15:11:35 GMT
OH I see.... yeah if they ragdoll too fast ALL the time that can get annoying.
Sniffles: Congrats on taking down Harkon! 🧛 And those shots of Parthamaux (however the dragon's name is spelled) bring back surprisingly vivid memories of that Boss Battle.
Daddy: Love the dual-wielding axes pic! Whatever mod(s) you're using for faces, it's wonderful how many facial expressions get portrayed.
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Renee G
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Post by Renee G on Mar 13, 2024 15:13:35 GMT
Double post!
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 13, 2024 20:02:29 GMT
Ultimate ragdoll is a giant scoring a solid hit with it's club. Saw one hit a kitty yesterday around Gjukar's monument. Near went into orbit and vanished upon entering the Whiterun cell.
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 14, 2024 1:05:26 GMT
Had an experience playing Rigmor a couple years ago: We had to meet up with the Big Stormcloak Doofus, but he couldn't be found. Then I noticed his quest marker moving rapidly from one side to the other. Apparently, he'd run afoul of a giant who wanted to test out his new sand wedge. After waiting a while, BSD reappeared, having received a bird's eye view of the province.
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 14, 2024 1:10:34 GMT
@renee G
I think it's either Expressive Facegen Morphs or Expressive Facial Animation (Male or Female). Just search for "expressive" at Nexus, and all relevant mods should appear.
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 14, 2024 1:59:08 GMT
Had an experience playing Rigmor a couple years ago: We had to meet up with the Big Stormcloak Doofus, but he couldn't be found. Then I noticed his quest marker moving rapidly from one side to the other. Apparently, he'd run afoul of a giant who wanted to test out his new sand wedge. After waiting a while, BSD reappeared, having received a bird's eye view of the province. Rigmor, stop and reload earlier saves. You must follow the quest hints and directions precisely and the actors do not compensate for their environments. Finding the Big Stormcloak Doofus a prime example. He wasn't there twice. I finally loaded a save from when i left Riften, my other followers parked at home, then slow walked to the camp and he appeared. Clearing out an entire cell of enemies before a quest encounter is strongly advised.
BTW, the great final battle with Rigmor. Stand PC on promontory with extra lethal bow, shoot everyone (friendlies are all set essential), move to second promontory and repeat. Battle done <1 minute. Like.... that's it? The battle to save all of Skyrim?
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Renee G
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Post by Renee G on Mar 14, 2024 14:19:40 GMT
Thanks Daddy (regarding faces). Big Stormcloak Doofus, is that Ulfric?
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 14, 2024 22:58:00 GMT
The Dragonborn toys with a little creative insanity.
Hey guy, let's digress for just a moment. We're missing a few mammoths in the room it seems. Alduin, big bad world eater. Raises dead dragon buddies. Will pay Sovengard a visit and eat the souls of the dead. So we're talking about what; several million folks and by all accounts 20,000, maybe 50,000 Nord berserkers, many mighty heros, who are going to kick it back and put up with poo poo head and allow themselves to become snacks? Care to clue me here? The same dragon who got his butt kicked a few minutes ago by a hormone fueled vampiress, a Bosmer pacifist, a confused misbegotten misunderstood dov blooded Nord gal and their faithful undead cow?
Okay, cool, I got it. They need a supershout. Whoopee doo. You teach shouts. The old fogeys down the hill a ways teach shouts. And I'm not seeing anything in the shouts rule book that says I can't teach shouts, especially under the tutelage of you, the master of shouts.
So instead of some impending confront and epic battle, we just teach a select group of several thousand folks that shout then got a pesky dragon in the cabbage patch? Call your neighbors, give a few shouts and then pile on the overgrown lizard. You know, the neighborhood watch and shouts program.
Meanwhile, over in Sovengard, suppose I teach those folks the shout too? How's that sound for a plan B? Just trying to be practical here. Am I missing something?
Pardon me for calling a conference, but a few more mammoths, and another dragon in the room, for a little more insight. Now it's well known the Elder Scribbles are indestructible. And we have a time warp right behind me in which some dude used an Elder Scroll to give Alduin a serious temporal enema. No brainer that the Elder Scribble they used is around somewhere. And being ultra practical, if anybody could find that scroll it's us, the brain trust gathered here. So we have a plan C. A last resort, or a hefty weapon that can be used to intimidate dragons. You know, play nice and practice a good neighbor policy or we're going to send the lot of you ahead in time. What's so bad about that you say? Check out the state of the world we have at present. Welcome to your future, a smoldering trash pile devoid of life, men and mer having killed each other off an eon or two ago. You dragons can spend an eternity in a blighted disaster area chomping on each other. Or you can wise up like Durn and Paarth here. Comments? Suggestions?
As an aside, a tasty thought. Just deserts plus. Alduin summons you drags back from the dead, one by one we send you ahead in time along with Alduin, and you dragons can express your sentiments to him for all eternity, as in thanks for the sour persimmons cuz.
And by the way... Durn, do you think an Elder Scroll would work in the soul Cairn? Just a possibility we could give those Ideal Masters a serious ration of temporal poop. Would you still be stuck in that place? Or even, without them there running the show, maybe some renovation? I'm thinking at least a nice flower garden................
A: "Well that was an interesting little gathering, to put it mildly. What's your thoughts Serana?" S: "Only thing in my mind is how badly I'm breaking the rule of never sleeping with anyone crazier than yourself. And how much I'd just love to have a bowl of noodles right now, with a little soy sauce." A: "Seems like it's a dead heat in the crazy department."
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 15, 2024 0:35:44 GMT
@renee: Nope, it's a character from the Rigmor mod -- some big Stormcload commander, whose name I'd forgotton and didn't feel like looking up!
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Post by moksha8088 on Mar 17, 2024 7:55:43 GMT
Casdin Cat reenacting fight between Dragonborn and Miraak
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 18, 2024 0:47:57 GMT
I'm doing a replay of the entirety of Serana with the SDA add on. This add on is incredibly expansive and well done, even having context sensitive comments in the Solstheim DLC. In depth, competitive with the Vilja mod. Be all that as it may, I'll be doing some screenshots but the effort I've been putting into them, up to 20 minutes or more framing, lighting and so forth per, has little returns. I may consider some specific requests. PS Fully compatible with vanilla Skyrim
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