Tysoyaha said:
ilanisilver said: I liked your original drink names better, not that it’s not great to be Skyrim-y, because it definitely is. It’s just that those drinks already exist in the game and already have their own alchemical attributes. So I liked you creating your own potions and giving them their own names, and bonus, that those drinks are related to your original inspiration. Although, I have to say i think it’s hysterical in-game that alcoholic drinks have any attributes other than “makes you giggle a lot more and maybe do things you shouldn’t.”
Yea, that was my thought process in the first place. Seems like ES has a lot of the same alcoholic drinks that we do so I don't think they were particularly un-skyrimy before. Though I think what Liz is suggesting is to nix Alchemy entirely and use actual drinks and food as offerings which, while the names would be less representative of the source material, the functionality might be a little more. Alchemy is a major skill though they would require reworking the entire build for something that's pretty subjective, so I like the compromise is at now.
I wasn't suggesting removing alchemy. I was suggesting using drinks from the world as the offering. There's a difference and my apologies if that was your impression. My criticism of the build is that you are using Voodoo terminology in the ES world, especially with regard to the Loa and for a race where Voodoo practices wouldn't normally jive. I think there is room to Skyrimize the Loa and then your build would really take off. But it is a matter of what you personally prefer. Some people prefer a more lore-friendly approach where skyrimizing is done, and for others, it doesn't affect so much.
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[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Ilanisilver]ilanisilver[/url] said:[/b] I liked your original drink names better, not that it’s not great to be Skyrim-y, because it definitely is. It’s just that those drinks already exist in the game and already have their own alchemical attributes. So I liked you creating your own potions and giving them their own names, and bonus, that those drinks are related to your original inspiration. Although, I have to say i think it’s hysterical in-game that alcoholic drinks have any attributes other than “makes you giggle a lot more and maybe do things you shouldn’t.”[/blockquote]
Yea, that was my thought process in the first place. Seems like ES has a lot of the same alcoholic drinks that we do so I don't think they were particularly un-skyrimy before. Though I think what Liz is suggesting is to nix Alchemy entirely and use actual drinks and food as offerings which, while the names would be less representative of the source material, the functionality might be a little more. Alchemy is a major skill though they would require reworking the entire build for something that's pretty subjective, so I like the compromise is at now.
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I wasn't suggesting removing alchemy. I was suggesting using drinks from the world as the offering. There's a difference and my apologies if that was your impression. My criticism of the build is that you are using Voodoo terminology in the ES world, especially with regard to the Loa and for a race where Voodoo practices wouldn't normally jive. I think there is room to Skyrimize the Loa and then your build would really take off. But it is a matter of what you personally prefer. Some people prefer a more lore-friendly approach where skyrimizing is done, and for others, it doesn't affect so much.
