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Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#51: Jan 16th 2014 at 4:17:55 AM

One of them's worth 60,000 drakes, so yeah . . .

Tarsen Since: Dec, 2009
#52: Jan 16th 2014 at 4:26:07 AM

i had to install a mod to lower the price of enchantments because i swear to god, they were way too expensive to be practical no matter how much i abused alchemy nuking. mercantile nuking seems like it would make it more plausible though.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#53: Jan 16th 2014 at 4:34:24 AM

How does one raise mercantile, anyway? I swear, trading does not seem to do it.

Tarsen Since: Dec, 2009
#54: Jan 16th 2014 at 4:39:03 AM

by bartering.

at the bottom of the window theres a plus and minus sign next to the amount you're buying or selling for. when buying, a lower price, and when selling, a higher price = increase in mercantile based on how much you saved/earned.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#55: Jan 16th 2014 at 5:54:38 AM

Never even saw that. I'll have to give it a try.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#56: Jan 17th 2014 at 4:42:07 PM

Started one last character. Named him Robin Hood. He's been admiring everyone and building up his speechcraft skill. Also lifting everything he possibly can, and he hasn't been giving up much cash, so . . .

Not much of an actual Robin Hood. evil grin

RedM Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
#57: Jan 17th 2014 at 5:59:22 PM

Man, back in the day, I was the shiz at this game. I was Jinto Fellwind, a Dunmer Spellsword who clawed his way to the top of the Mages' Guild. I found a Daedric Katana, and then sold all the expensive light armor I wasn't going to use so that I could enchant my blade with a lightning spell. That thing killed every non-boss character in like, 4 hits, max.

But before I got that, I basically just abused the Amulet of Shadows and its Chameleon protection to go into caves full of higher-level outlaws, chase them around while invisible, kill them, and steal their loot.

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Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#58: Jan 18th 2014 at 7:20:40 AM

I'm a Hoodlum, level 2, and I didn't . . . I have that amulet. evil grin I can steal with it! Yay, because I've been stealing everything not bolted down, and bartering as much as possible. And I've been Admiring everyone I meet, so that helps.

And I'm only in Balmora. So, I could use the amulet, swap to Tower Key, and get in my one a day 50 point lockpicking.

Bede from UK. Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
#59: Jan 18th 2014 at 1:15:36 PM

Ah, Morrowind. I've been meaning to crank this up again for a while now. I stopped playing my last character years ago, when I reached around level 80 or so. I was the master of everything, but the skills I had were not skills that any faction beyond House Redoran valued. I had spear for crying out loud. Spear! Who uses a spear? Spear and medium armour.

I spent my time looting tombs and shrines looking for relics to sell to that museum in Mournhold. I found a book, Treasures of Tamriel it's called or something like that, and I tracked down most of the items in there, sold them and used the money to train every skill to 100.

And no matter how long I played it, there was always new stuff to find. New caves with sidequests involving naked people, a crashed boat of pillows heading for that woman in Balmora. Fargoth saying something weird.

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Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#60: Jan 19th 2014 at 6:11:08 AM

The only problem that I have with the game, at least early on, is how insanely easy it gets to go places you shouldn't be. Take the shops, for instance . . .

Most two story shops have either a guard or a second civilian watching over them. Great! Except they don't block the stairs, and they don't routinely patrol them. And there's no locked door, either. So it's a cakewalk to march up the stairs, take a turn to leave sight, and steal most of the stuff in the shopkeep's personal quarters. Without using magic or a high sneak skill. Then you just walk right back out. As long as you don't offer the shopkeep their stuff back, you just made out with a bunch of stuff.

And when there's diamonds hidden in there, without a guard to stop you . . .

edited 19th Jan '14 6:11:28 AM by Journeyman

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#61: Jan 20th 2014 at 6:42:28 PM

Muahahaha! Tonight got . . . bloody. First I was slinking through some Dwemer ruins, looking for a puzzle box. Then I left and sold off some wears before hitting Hla Olad for a couple quests. I went to the tradepost and asked about some artifacts, but the guy I was told to ask wouldn't budge. So I pickpocketed him. He noticed and started attacking me. My crime was reported. Fine by me, I killed him. That was reported by the store owner. I didn't care. I saved a new file called Hoodwinked, so I wouldn't besmirch the old file, and killed him too. THAT was a tricky fight, because he was a spell slinger.

I won, and explored, looking for those artifacts. I found them in a chest, and picked the lock. I grabbed those artifacts then paid the 1,025 fine so I wouldn't have anything to worry about. Then I hightailed up the trail and ran into a rogue Nord I was told to take out of action.

Part of the fine was my curaisse, so I swiped the Nord's fur armor as a stand-in. Then I used an Amulet of Divine Intervention, got to Fort Moonmoth, and hiked to Balmora, after a long hike into the wilderness trying to get to Balmora on foot. I gave up the artifacts and sold some stuff to buy a new Bonemold Curaisse. After getting an extortion mission from the Thieves guild, I hiked back to fort moonmoth, and now have the mission to . . . incite a bloodbath that will wash away the Cammona Tong members in Balmora.

This is going to be fucking FUN!

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#62: Jan 20th 2014 at 10:57:12 PM

[up]Heh, I remember that quest. You know, I understand that, as "the guy who gets shit done", you gain a lot of trust with whatever guild you happen to be part of. You'd still think, though, that when they send you to clear out a tavern filled with dangerous murderers, they'd at least provide you with a little backup.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#63: Jan 21st 2014 at 5:37:10 AM

He made it perfectly clear he wasn't sending me anywhere. He was informing me of a situation and telling me a bedtime story. That I happened to choose to do it was of my own volition.

Plausible Deniability that no one believes.

In the meantime, I need to go to Ebonheart and see about lifting a hit on my head. tongue

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#64: Jan 21st 2014 at 8:37:49 AM

[up]Oh, right, I forgot about that. I thought it was a thieves guild quest for a second there. Did you also take care of the guy with the mohawk on the top floor? He's supposed to die for a different quest, involving some murder in Balmora. If you can find the questgiver in the victim's house, you can claim the reward just like that.

I kind of resent the Dark Brotherhood hits that force you to go to Ebonheart. Tribunal is a pretty cool expansion, but it's completely disconnected from the main quest. I'd appreciate it if they'd just let me finish the plot I'm dealing with in peace while the Tribunal waits for their turn.

supergod Walking the Earth from the big city Since: Jun, 2012
Walking the Earth
#65: Jan 21st 2014 at 9:59:28 AM

[up]Agreed. Though on the plus side, going to Mournhold early made me more aware of legendary items.

For we shall slay evil with logic...
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#66: Jan 21st 2014 at 10:51:01 AM

The Mohawk guy was one of the five Cammona Tong you're supposed to kill, and the Questgiver's actually in the Hialu manor, not the victim's house.

So you kill two birds with one stone, and that quest reward almost completely paid off my bounty from that kill. tongue

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#67: Jan 21st 2014 at 3:14:07 PM

[up]Bounty? Weren't you the guy that tried to buff his speechcraft to respectable levels? You could have just picked a guy and taunt him until he attacks you. You get your fight, but since they were the ones that attacked you first, you won't get a bounty on your head.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#68: Jan 21st 2014 at 3:58:50 PM

The real me didn't even know that could happen. So I tried to pick his pockets until he noticed. tongue Lesson learned now.

edited 21st Jan '14 4:00:50 PM by Journeyman

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#69: Jan 27th 2014 at 2:50:33 PM

I've run through all of Sugarlips Hibassi's missions and earned the rank of Operative. Now I'm in Ald Ruhn about to rob the Mage's guild for the Jeweler.

supergod Walking the Earth from the big city Since: Jun, 2012
Walking the Earth
#70: Jan 28th 2014 at 5:53:13 AM

If I remember correctly, you'll be attacked by one of the mages and will be forced to kill him.

edited 28th Jan '14 6:01:29 AM by supergod

For we shall slay evil with logic...
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#71: Jan 28th 2014 at 7:19:43 AM

Already faced and beat that. The hunt for the sword has sputtered because I think it's inside one of the two containers I can't crack yet.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#72: Jan 28th 2014 at 7:22:24 AM

Yeah, it's in a locked chest.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#73: Jan 28th 2014 at 7:26:31 AM

Level 75 lock? I think it's the only one I haven't opened. At least, only big one.

Tarsen Since: Dec, 2009
#74: Jan 28th 2014 at 7:43:01 AM

i keep forgetting how much of a massive pain my amazingly awesome telvanni stronghold is to get.

as if i could possibly get high level souls without a miraculous amount of luck.

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
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#75: Jan 28th 2014 at 7:47:45 AM

And hey, that's a stat! You can level it up. tongue I've been taunting and free-killing people here and there. The worst was when I took out the guys on top of the Council Club. I took one out in battle, then the other guy and Hul came at me because I accidentally hit them or something.


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