Dragonborn1921 said:
What was the experiment, Liss? I didn't go through the whole host of comments but was it just dumping Alchemy or was there a replacement there as well? Either way, build's looking really good, I will say that I haven't checked in nearly enough so I can't quite remember what is new and what isn't but it all looks good regardless :D
Golden Fool said:
I second DB's curiosity, I must knows what you have doneses.
There is a glitch I noticed in a patched game where summons on a staff fail with the atronach stone instead of conjured summons failing with the atronach stone in an unpatched game. So instead of a summon, you get the magicka. I wanted to do a controlled experiment with only the patches installed. So I did and the staff glitch worked running True Atronach. Why did I want this?
I really wanted to avoid crafting in any form with this build
For me, and this could just be Straag talking, but Urag has secrets and with this glitch, I've given him some dark, yet redemptive roleplay and backstory (Thanks Teineeva and Karver for lore helps) which really makes him who he is.
It is also a cool and terrifying way to replenish magicka, since he doesn't have any magicka regen due to the True Atronach glitch. Especially early in the game when soul gems for recharging staves are not so plentiful. Either the patches or cutting room floor gives you a staff of storm atronach early in the game, some guy is trying to kill trolls and dies on your way back from saarthal. Urag can also just make the staff at the atronach forge. The one for the flame atronach is very easy to make.
In addition, Alteration becomes less important, really for the spell absorb perk, bringing his spell absorb up to 80%, which also effects those staff summons. See in a patched game, the conjured summons are not effected, just staff summons, which is weird, but potentially very cool for this build.
I am playtesting him (the final time) now. He's currently at level 9. Wanted to streamline his quests too, avoid bounties and that sort of thing. Avoiding being dragonborn with Skyrim Unbound. Keep him strictly a college, book, and artifact finding Orc.
Debating now whether or not to even bother perking magic resistance. I may go a different route. I think magic resist and spell absorb is overkill, I want to keep things dangerous. All points so far have been put to health, and I'll keep doing that for his redemptive Equilibrium arc.
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Dragonborn1721]Dragonborn1921[/url] said:[/b]
What was the experiment, Liss? I didn't go through the whole host of comments but was it just dumping Alchemy or was there a replacement there as well? Either way, build's looking really good, I will say that I haven't checked in nearly enough so I can't quite remember what is new and what isn't but it all looks good regardless :D
[/blockquote] [blockquote][b][url=/profile/GoldenFool]Golden Fool[/url] said:[/b]
I second DB's curiosity, I must knows what you have doneses.
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There is a glitch I noticed in a patched game where summons on a staff fail with the atronach stone instead of conjured summons failing with the atronach stone in an unpatched game. So instead of a summon, you get the magicka. I wanted to do a controlled experiment with only the patches installed. So I did and the staff glitch worked running True Atronach. Why did I want this?
I really wanted to avoid crafting in any form with this build
For me, and this could just be Straag talking, but Urag has secrets and with this glitch, I've given him some dark, yet redemptive roleplay and backstory (Thanks Teineeva and Karver for lore helps) which really makes him who he is.
It is also a cool and terrifying way to replenish magicka, since he doesn't have any magicka regen due to the True Atronach glitch. Especially early in the game when soul gems for recharging staves are not so plentiful. Either the patches or cutting room floor gives you a staff of storm atronach early in the game, some guy is trying to kill trolls and dies on your way back from saarthal. Urag can also just make the staff at the atronach forge. The one for the flame atronach is very easy to make.
In addition, Alteration becomes less important, really for the spell absorb perk, bringing his spell absorb up to 80%, which also effects those staff summons. See in a patched game, the conjured summons are not effected, just staff summons, which is weird, but potentially very cool for this build.
I am playtesting him (the final time) now. He's currently at level 9. Wanted to streamline his quests too, avoid bounties and that sort of thing. Avoiding being dragonborn with Skyrim Unbound. Keep him strictly a college, book, and artifact finding Orc.
Debating now whether or not to even bother perking magic resistance. I may go a different route. I think magic resist and spell absorb is overkill, I want to keep things dangerous. All points so far have been put to health, and I'll keep doing that for his redemptive Equilibrium arc.
