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WiP Character Build: Orc Mystic

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  • Member
    September 28, 2017

    Greetings, adventurers. First let's start with a juicy confession :D for as long as I played Skyrim I never made a character that used two-handed weapons, the thing looked so "clanky" to me in combat but still I thought it was about time to try it and well, it 's not that bad after getting used to it. So with that out of the way this build will be about an Orc who is a bit different from the rest of his kin. He will be one that will strive to escape the life and fate his kin has chosen for themselves and he will be a Malacath hater :D . Also I 'm a big fan of the Mysticism - Alteration magic and they are my favorite out of the schools of magic in general so I will try to touch a bit upon the topic of Mysticism.

    This will be a modded build. The Mods used will be listed in a mod section of the build and two of the core mods for the build will be Ordinator and Apocalypse Magic.

    A roleplay profile will probably come out for the character of this build.

     

     

    Race: Orsimer

    Alignment: He is kinda weird on this one, he is one of "those people" :P  and I can't decide yet if I want him to be Chaotic Good or Chaotic Neutral, we will see as I progress through the build. Following Zonnonn's topics regarding alignments in the roleplay section I thought to mention my character's alignment as well in the build.

    Magicka / Health / Stamina: 2 / 2 / 1 , I never keep a set pattern on how I allocate my stat points so what I give here is a rough estimation on what I put into them, it might change to 1 / 3 / 1 depending on how I progress during the playthrough.

    Stone: Atronach

    Major Skills: Alteration, Archery, Two-Handed. - ?Mysticism? - :D

    Secondary Skills: Conjuration, Alchemy (playtesting if I could remove alchemy to make this non-crafting, we 'll see with the results of future experiments).

    Shouts: Any. I 'm using mostly CC (crowd control) type of shouts and in this one going for shouts that fit in with the Mysticism theme, I will list them at a later update of the build. 

    Weapons: Bound Bow, Bound Battleaxe

    Armor: College Robes or Archamge Robes. Modded Armor will be listed in the mod section.

    Companions: I prefer not to use but I might use one or two in this playthrough not sure as of yet though.

    Factions: College of Winterhold is the one and only main faction. Secondary factions could be considered the Dawnguard, Telvanni and High Hrothgar.

     

    Some things might change as I progress through the build/playthrough.

    Any feedback is appreciated.

    Thanks for your time! 

    Happy Adventures!

     

  • Member
    September 28, 2017

    This is something like an early preview of the build. Tomorrow I will post the concept and the roleplay sections which I was planning to post right now but I 'm too tired to do so. >_<  There are many, many things to do with this one but it will be fun for sure.

  • September 28, 2017

    We have some shared skills between your build and my Urag. Don't worry, they are also super different. Very excited to see where you take this skillset. :D

  • Member
    September 28, 2017

    I won't lie here I am so tempted to make him Urag's apprentice since we have his daughter (Shinjin's build and one of my favorite) we have the actual person with your Urag build and we just miss an apprentice. :P I could imagine some fun conversations with Urag and him bickering at each other one saying how great is the use of atronachs and the other saying his axe is much greater than a bunch of crazy atronachs. :D

  • Member
    September 28, 2017

    And I'll make Urag's wife to complete the familly :P

    I agree with Lis, I'm excited to see where this goes :D

  • Member
    September 28, 2017

    Hahaha yes Golden that would be one heck of a family! :P

     

  • September 28, 2017

    Golden Fool said:

    And I'll make Urag's wife to complete the familly :P

    I agree with Lis, I'm excited to see where this goes :D

    Soon Urag will be the Kevin Bacon of SKyrim. 

  • Member
    September 29, 2017

    Looking good, Duvain! Atronach-stoned and two-handed robe-wearer. Can't really go wrong with that setup in terms of fun, and I like the mention of Zon's RP discussions in the Alignment section. I remember I wanted to do something similar but more holy, like a robed priest(ess) of Akatosh using two-handed and potions using primarily Dragon's Tongue which fortifies that skill to give him/her a boost. It didn't really get out of concept stage but I think if you could find that sort of ingredient-based thematics it'd be cool. Also, a passing thought on crafting - Orc Smiths would, in the old days, incorporate an ancestor's body part (guess which) into their work in a fetishistic sort of magic, like, the tusk of a warrior incorporated into a blade would give some of that warrior's strength to the wielder etc... Maybe a potential hook to think about. Or not. Just rambling :D I know you don't use smithing here, but wonder if that fetishistic magic would translate elsewhere.

  • Member
    September 29, 2017

    @Paws - Thanks Paws, your ramblings can lead to many interesting things! :D Finding such things like the use of certain ingredients / potions which fit with the theme are small details that can add as a whole a lot to a build. I 'm intrigued by what you said regarding body parts and all that, I will look a bit into it and if you have any source you can suggest go ahead!

    Also if you remember Legion's discussion Here and what you mentioned there about the "song" well this guy here is a character that will go against this song and hate Malacath, his code and everything he represents which I find an interesting touch for his roleplay / backstory.

     

  • Member
    September 29, 2017

    Duvain said:

    @Paws - Thanks Paws, your ramblings can lead to many interesting things! :D Finding such things like the use of certain ingredients / potions which fit with the theme are small details that can add as a whole a lot to a build. I 'm intrigued by what you said regarding body parts and all that, I will look a bit into it and if you have any source you can suggest go ahead!

    Also if you remember Legion's discussion Here and what you mentioned there about the "song" well this guy here is a character that will go against this song and hate Malacath, his code and everything he represents which I find an interesting touch for his roleplay / backstory.

     

    Yeah, so the source is Strange Rituals of the Orsimer and the passage I am thinking of is:

    I finally found an old Orc female who was willing to share some of their death rituals with me. Specifically, she was willing to discuss the practice of "beshkar-nor", the death-forge. Apparently, what happens to the bodies of Orcs of great stature-leaders, heroes, and revered elders-is that they undergo a process known as the death-forge. The old Orc described the process in confusing terms. I'm not sure if the blood is drained from the body and saved for later use or if the entire body is burned and reduced to ash, and then the ash is saved. Either way, the saved remains wind up mixed into molten metal, allowing the revered Orc to become one with a powerful tool or weapon, usually a sword, hammer, or shield.

    It's a bit more fleshed out in the Orsinium DLC for ESO in which, iirc, you meet a Forgewife who is putting the tusk of someone into a sword and explains why.

    Also, cool about the Malacath rejection! You've got an interesting flower-picking, robe-wearing, mountain-fart hating badass cooking up here :D