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A Dovahkiin without Dragon Souls to spend
is another Worm completed fanfic that asks what happens if the main character gets a different set of powers.
In this case Taylor gets the power of a Skyrim player character. Not a character in the Elder Scrolls universe but the actual character you play as when playing the video game.
Has a completed Fallout 4 based sequel in the form of Sole Survivor without a radioactive wasteland to roam with another sequel, the third entry into this trilogy, the aptly and unimaginatively named A Trilogy Without Save Files to Abuse.
Unmarked spoilers below
A Dovahkiin without Dragon Souls to spend contains the following tropes:
- Bag of Holding: As with all characters with video game powers, this gets used and abused.
- Beneath the Mask: Taylor behaves VERY differently in and out of her Cape persona.
- Boring, but Practical: Invoked word for word by Clockblocker when he comes out of a changing room with his costume on and sees that Vim just used her inventory to change instantly.
- Chekhov's Gun: You know all those items Taylor picks up? She uses ALL of them by the end of the story to varying degrees of success.
- Combo Platter Powers: From the PRT's point of view, Vim is a "grab-bag cape", since she has a large assortment of abilities beyond human norms, from her pocket dimension inventory to her instant crafting to her increased toughness, projecting pseudo-flame from her hands, levelling up skills, etc, etc."You call that a grab bag?" Clockblocker shouted. "She didn't grab a bag! She found a trolley, loaded the power car which she drove onto a truck! Filled the truck with more cars with MORE powers and drove off into the sunset! WHICH HAS MORE POWERS!"
- Critical Encumbrance Failure: The reason why the Vimobile (Segway) exists is that when she has too much in inventory, Vim can't run.
- Critical Existence Failure: It's noted that due to the way her power spreads damage around, Taylor cannot actually have her individual limbs severed without first dying.
- Crouch and Prone: It wouldn't be a Skyrim crossover if this couldn't be done.
- Fake Relationship: How Taylor tries to cover up her real identity with Dennis at one point.
- Gibberish of Love: How the rest of the Wards see Shadow Stalker’s reaction to Vim. Shadow Stalker is horrified with the implications.
- Healing Potion: As a Skyrim character, Taylor has the ability to create healing potions out of mushrooms and wheat.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Taylor is led to believe that Shadow Stalker has a crush on her due to how awkwardly Shadow Stalker behaves. It's actually because Shadow Stalker knows who she is but not vice versa, and is worried that Taylor will call her out for all the bullying in a way that won't be swept under a rug.
- Hyperactive Metabolism
- Item Crafting: It's not just healing potions Taylor can make. As long as she has the ingredients and the correct medium (such as anvils) she can craft anything from Skyrim.
- Just Add Water: How said crafting works.
- Kleptomaniac Hero
- No-Sell: Due to how HP works, it appears that she No-Sells attacks more often than she actually does.
- One Size Fits All: Armor that Taylor wears contort themselves to fit her.
- The Mentor: Armsmaster ends up in this role towards Taylor.
- The Pollyanna: How people view Taylor’s Cape persona.
