Patriot
Active Member
I was inspired by reading a couple journals a fellow did for his characters in Skyrim. Figured I would give it a go and see where it ended up. Rather than journaling I've decided to take a little more of a militaristic route and have it be a mission log. I'm not much on remembering dates, so I plan to just number the entries. I've come up with a list of restrictions/rules that I will be using to make the game a bit more difficult/realistic (but not too much).
Character - Bragor
Race - Wood Elf (Bosmer)
Sneak/Archer/Illusionist
- I reserve the right to change these rules at any time.
Character - Bragor
Race - Wood Elf (Bosmer)
Sneak/Archer/Illusionist
- Bow limited to Long Bow
- Arrows limited to 45 in inventory at any one time
- Knife allowed (any type that isn’t too large)
- No swords, axes, maces, or hammers
- Light armor only - limited to mobile types (leathers and furs)
- Magic limited to Illusion and Alteration schools
- Smithing - only steel perk allowed
- Smithing takes time (varies based upon item)
- Enchanting allowed - but no absurd enchantments (i.e. zero cost magic casting)
- Disenchantment requires 4 hours
- Enchantment requires 2 hours (reverse engineering takes longer)
- Alchemy unrestricted
- No HUD (no crosshair, no health, no updates)
- Spell tome reading requires a bed and sleep for 12 hours afterward
- No restriction on reading leveling books (don’t know how to pick them up without reading them)
- No power leveling
- Sleep is prefered (in a bed) but exceptions can be made
- Timescale is slowed to a more realistic level (5 vs default of 20)
- No need to eat food (far too tedious for me)
- No unrealistic perks (i.e. zooming with bow slows time)
- No shouts (not starting main quest so dragons will not spawn)
- No wearing armor from killed enemies (custom fitted - my armor must be bought or created - sell and buyback is allowed to represent the cost of custom fitting)
- Carry weight limited to 110 (could do percentage but I don’t like doing the math - Mods I tested were glitchy at best and I don’t like spending 20 minutes unloading and reloading to figure out why I am over encumbered)
- I reserve the right to change these rules at any time.