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A Traveler's Backpack

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  • Member
    September 12, 2013

    Oh Skyrim... Dear Skyrim... Am I a pack mule?

    Since the beginning we have carried things like a pack mule: 20 Daggers, 50 Potions, 900 Arrows, A collection of armors, etc... And that's a huge immersion break.
    So I present you a guide of how to use your character inventory without breaking immersion

    A Traveler's Backpack

     Armor Rules:

    • Carry only one set of armor and one shield (Heavy or Light) at a time.
    • Always carry two sets of clothes.
    • If you don't use armor, you can carry up to four sets of clothes ( Mage Robes included).

     Weapon Rules:

    • Always carry one dagger, or none if you have the Bound Dagger spell.
    • Never carry more than 50 arrows.
    • If you dual wield daggers you can carry up to three daggers.
    • You can carry up to two One Handed weapons or one Two Handed weapon or two Staves (excluding the dagger).
    • If you are an Archer/Arbalist you can carry one extra One Handed weapon, but no shield.
    • If you are a Mage and carry two staves, you can carry one extra dagger.
    • If you a Mage and carry one staff, you can carry one extra One Handed weapon, but no shield.

     Potion Rules:

    • Always carry one Cure Disease potion.
    • You can carry up to ten potions of restore effects.
    • You can carry up to four defensive or misc. or "poison" potions.

     Food Rules:

    • Always carry three pieces of bread, 2 apples and 1 cheese wedge
    • Always carry three "drinks" (Milk, Mead, Wine, etc).
    • You can carry more three foods of your choice.

     Misc. Rules:

    • Always carry one Torch, or none if you have the Candlelight/Magelight spell.
    • Only five soulgems of each type.
    • Only five ingots.
    • Only three leather pieces.
    • Only one fur of any animal.
    • Up to 40 Lockpicks and you can't do lockpicking without a shiv.

    Do you have more rules? Post them here, please!

  • September 12, 2013

    Same.  I try to keep my encumbrance below 30% at all times.  So, if I can only carry 300, then I can't have more than 100 (with a soft margin of error).

  • Member
    September 12, 2013
    I always craft bad healing potions and pretend it is a vial of water. And I hate the idea of only 10 potions cause i dont use restoration often and i suck... So I will break that 1 rule
  • Member
    September 12, 2013
    Than we are doomed, delete the groups while you can!!! :P
  • Member
    September 12, 2013

    That's a very good post Jo! Some things I use in addition to those: the other food I carry has to be the kind that stays fresh for long, like Salmon Steaks. I usually eat cheese and bread on breakfast as well. For my Alchemists I always wear gloves that cover all the hand with fingers, not something like Shrouded Hand Wraps. I also always carry an iron dagger with me to gather the ingredients. I also wear armor that has some pockets or bags on the side that can serve as a bag for ingredients. The good thing about iron dagger is that in Sky Haven Temple it is weird if you don't have an iron dagger but your character somehow pulls out one and cuts his hand. For thieves I also always carry a shiv and pick the locks only if I have one.

  • September 12, 2013
    Well you USE a iron dagger when on a leather rack, sharpen an iron sword on the grindstone, use a shovel in the smelter, a hammer in the forge and the workbench, so in my case I would keep those things in my house(Breezehome is the easiest but any would do) and go back and forth to get the tools when using and stopping it's use(magical appearing shovels in the middle of Alfand, the Dwemer ruin, is a bit unreal in my opinion)
  • Member
    September 13, 2013
    There should be a limit to gold carried as well. There is no way in hell you can carry 20,000 gold!
  • Member
    September 13, 2013

    I see your point, but it never says 20,000 pounds of gold anywhere. That said, ive never had that much on a RP character anyway. Probably because my only source of income is furs, or i don't loot armor etc. 

  • Member
    September 13, 2013

    It's hard to equate Skyrim prices to RL. Both prices and weights are illogical in the world of Skyrim - We all know that 20 bees do not weigh a 2 lbs (.9 kg), in real life, yet they do in Skyrim. I'm not even sure the weight in Skyrim is meant to be pounds - so, 20 bees do not equal the weight of an iron dagger, in real life....

      We do know that an ingot of gold is valued at 50 septims (which may be an alloy instead of pure gold, but let's not further complicate matters). Since a gold ingot weighs 1 unit, it may be safe to say that 1 septim = 1/50 of a unit (which we are assuming is a pound). Or in other words 50 gold septims = 1 pound (.45 kg).

    I personally do not worry about money weight in the world of Skryim. There are many ways to handle large sums of money. For example, I can imagine that there are coins of various denominations, or perhaps some of my money is composed of gems; or a septim has a minor magical enchantment that greatly reduces its weight (a feather spell varient), etc. Also, it is illogical to assume that when you purchase Proudspire manor, that we didn't actually count out 25000 gold pieces...nor was I carrying an actual 25k in 'single' coins.

     

  • Member
    September 13, 2013

    Can I suggest carrying also a well hidden jewelry box? Rings and necklaces?