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Character Build: The Factotum

Tags: #Character Build Bound Weapons  #Character Build No Crafting  #Race:Orsimer  #Rank:Mythic  #Character Build Everything  #Henson 
  • Member
    April 22, 2014
    Oh. My. Stars. By the Nine, this is perfect for me! Thank you for making this build, I have a feeling that this is going to become my favourite Skyrim character. +1
  • Tim
    Member
    April 22, 2014

    What you call little detail, most would call brevity. That is, getting a lot done without using too many words. Keeping it short and simple is something that not enough builders use. I can understand not enjoying this play style, but the way the build is written is actually pretty impressive given the huge variety of options.

  • Member
    June 4, 2014

    This is a marvelous build and interestingly enough I'm doing something similar at the moment.

    I'm trying to create an Orc character who focuses on all the three different playstyles in order to create a synchronised everythinger. But unlike you I do try to focus more on specific perk trees rather than most of them in order to get what I hope to be a fairly balanced character.

    This is what I've planned so far, though it might change. At the moment I'm mostly focusing on warrior perks.
    http://skyrimcalculator.com/#373910

    Any advice you could give me?

  • Member
    February 9, 2015

    ''restartitis''
    I thought i was the only one

  • September 8, 2015

    No love for the Bards College? 

  • Member
    September 8, 2015

    Seconded.

  • Member
    September 9, 2015

    This builds presentation was presented nicely. I enjoyed reading it but I wouldn't really call this a jack of all trades. It is a generalization of an intermediate level of all skills at best. I also find this hard to believe that this was in Master level difficulty. However I do believe a build like this can succeed up to a certain level. Crafting of any kind is essential for survival. You don't necessarily have to grind those skills to get good results to make a rather long and difficult fight or obstacle easier without being overpowered. ( People are obsessed with not becoming OP to a fault ) Patience and dedication is truly rewarded,  Though this build has alot of options, it has a couple of weaknesses, limiting its true nature of becoming a jack of trades. It also lacks more explanation. preferably, how to engage each enemy based on the chosen perk spread as the spotlight discussion mentioned. After reading this, I can see why this build was in the dark. Each to their own I suppose . . .  

    Still nonetheless, good presentation and details on several parts.

  • September 9, 2015

    Just thought I'd leave this here...Definition of Jack-of-all-Trades, because this build fits it perfectly

    1: a person who can do many different types of work but who is not necessarily very competent at any of them.

    And I have to say Master Difficulty really isn't that difficult. I've run Legendary Difficulty with 0 AR using just a Steel Sword, Flames and no crafting (Only the main quest), this build could easily survive on Master Difficulty. 

    To each their own I agree. Just thought I'd say a few pieces on it.

  • September 9, 2015

    I've always struggled with this build Henson.

    It's like you started with all the right ingredients for something absolutely epic (no crafting/jack of all trades/lover stone/orc) and then somewhere along the line decided you had to use every skill (minus crafting) to create the right package...

    ...and its here that the character got lost and it became more of a number game than a character build. I think that's what spoiled it for me. Taking both heavy and light armor/one handed and two handed, inserting skills that are never going to complement each other....by doing this I think you sucked all the joy out of your original concept.

    You mention that jack of all characters are sometimes 'crafting nightmares' but the end product here looks like an even bigger nightmare to tackle and balance.

    I'd personally love to see this build completely reworked, taking all those great features you started with and galvanized into something that feels truly streamlined and organic to play.

    I want to see an image of what this guy looks like in his ultimate form. I really want to see the epic perk spread he creates...

  • September 9, 2015

    Wow... this could possibly be the build that lets me fight The Ebony Warrior.

    *adds to list of builds to consider for the future*