Skyrim, my progress so far (and my NEW character)

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Ramona by Whor4cle
Since you were quite interested in my Skyrim experience, I'll share here some of my progress so far.
Here's how my main character looks like actually.
My friend Seed89 adviced to go for the Daedric Armor since it's the most powerful Heavy Armor in the game. For that reason, he suggested to follow a questline that would have eventually led me to a place where I could farm material for that Armor. Luckily, my character already received the item to start the quest (an invitation to a Museum), so I could start it instantly.
Now, I'm still going through the quest, and only recovered one of the three pieces I need to create the Mehrune's Razor, but yes, my character already has got three pieces of Daedric Armor. Why?
Cause I already had three Dremora's Hearts. Though, I was convinced I needed "Daedric Hearts" (you know, I thought to make a Daedric Armor you would need a Daedric Heart... my bad) so I pretty much ignored them until I leveled my Blacksmithing to 90 and discovered the "recipe".
I had them cause I happened to make the quest to obtain the Black Star (I was pretty much hating the Soul Gems being destroyed after use, so I googled for some way to preserve them, and found this much better way instead).
So I could make my three first pieces of Daedric Armor. I went for the Sword (pretty obvious choice), the Armor (the piece with the most armor rating) and, after being undecided between the Helm and the Shield I've chosen the Shield (cause I make massive use of the Block ability, though I'm not sure if the Shield power enhances the skill too or not).
At that point, I somewhat felt like I had done too much... you know, having almost completed the strongest armor in the game (or what's supposed to be so) made me think it was time to slow down, since I'm really enjoying the character but I'm afraid I could get too soon to the point where I have nothing else to do (and the thought of seeing her with that armor FOREVER is already starting to bug me XD).

So, I decided to create a New Character.

Now, as I said in my previous posts, I'm particularly critical with the Skyrim leveling system. It's made in such a way that if you level up a skill you don't need, it's basically a waste. Especially since there are skills you just can't avoid using (Speech and Lockpicking for example).
So I planned A LOT before creating my character. After playing with some builds I came out with a concept, and made this:

Illusionhyst by Whor4cle

I still haven't found a name for this "Class" (neither I know if it's an actual class that's commonly used by many people and not an "invention" of mine... if so, sorry :) ), so it would be cool if you helped me to give it a name :D

RACE: Orc

SKILLS: Conjuration, One-Handed, Illusion, Alchemy
plus:
not perked: Light Armor, Speech
planned for later: Blacksmithing, Enchanting

BUFFS: Lover's Stone (when fighting/exploring) / Thief or Mage Stone (when leveling professions)

What this character is about? Let's see things in detail:
RACE: I've chosen a female Orc mostly for cosmetic / roleplay reasons, though her racial skill seems pretty strong (I never used it, though). I love thinking about her as an outcast, going around with her face covered by a hood to avoid being harassed by the racist Nord people XD
SKILLS: Conjuration is not used to its fullest, but just because of Bound Sword. The reason why I've chosen to use Bound Swords is simple: free Soul Trap! Plus, aesthetically they're just LOVELY (come on, they're PURPLE translucent swords *___*)!

Gamora4 by Whor4cle
Gamora5 by Whor4cle

Of course I did the Black Star quest almost instantly, cause I wanted to start gathering Souls from the beginning, since I wanted my character to be a skilled Enchanter.
My main goal (other than having an enjoyable and fun to play character) was trying to maximize all three professions to their fullest.
The first one I leveled (surprisingly easily, just throwing together all the ingredients randomly and discovering new potions) was Alchemy.
This skill was pretty much vital for two reasons: buff my character and giving her a consistent source of healing (since this time I wanted to avoid the Restoration tree totally)
Now, why Blacksmithing and Enchanting?
Mostly because of my second main skill of choice (together with Conjuration): Illusion.
When I made this character I hadn't a clear idea in mind, but I wanted her to be somewhat a mixture between a rogue, a shaman and a witch doctor. A swordmaster specialised in close combat that could be able to use spells to support and enhance her fighting skills (basically, I wanted to use a magic based character, without her being "just a mage").
Bound Swords were just perfect to define the synergy I wanted between magic and her ability in close combat, but I needed some crowd control and support, mostly because a) I wanted her to Dual Wield (so no shield) b) I wanted her to wear Light Armor.
I've chosen Illusion cause Fear and Frenzy were perfectly fitting the "Witch Doctorish" flavor I wanted my character to have.
So I started going around like this:

Gamora6 by Whor4cle

forcing enemies to attack each other with Frenzy, and then switching to dual wield to rapidly kill them with my beautiful "purple dance" :heart: using Fear defensively.
Since I've put my points mostly in Health and Stamina, I'll use Blacksmithing and Enchanting to craft myself a Light Armor and enchant it to reduce Illusion cost (as of yet, I haven't raised these skills at all, and this is pure theory, I hope it'll work).

What to say, I'm loving this character and finding the close bond between swordmanship and magic just pretty much original (at least from what I've seen in my gamer "career" :D ), plus she leveled extremely fast (but maybe it's just that I got better at the game, I don't know actually).

LOL, I spent like AGES to write all this stuff... let me know if this is somewhat interesting for you by a little, or if you'd just prefer me to post pics and journal entries about feet XD
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ErshKertcherm's avatar
Happy to hear that you like the game :) still patiently waiting for the feet pics of your slaughtered female enemies :D