Well my line of thinking was that I thought the Aetherial Crown would work well with Apollo, and that I would use the Steed Stone as one of the stones, upon further thought I guess that really doesn't make any role play sense, lol. In which case I might just do Gilded Elven armor like you said, definitely fits the aethethic better. Now the question is what stones do I use? I guess for now I'll just say the Lord and Lady!


The good news is there are 3 bows that really fit the theme for the build, Bow of the Stag, Auriel's, and Zephyr will all be great for this build.

Definitely gonna stick with Sword and Board for Athena, just need to come up with something that makes her feel *different* from regular sword and board. Is there anything in the game I can use to represent a certain "brilliance" in military strategy of some kind? Seeing as how she represented the strategy of war and Ares represented the Violence...Well anyways, that's my next goal to come up with for her.

And thank you so much for the Stendarr's Aura suggest! I completely forgot about that, guess I'll be doing Dawnguard first after I get Dragons in the Air, my Champion, and the Bow of the Stag!

I gotta go get some stuff done but I can't wait to get home so I can really get started on testing this build out you guys are great!

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Definitely gonna stick with Sword and Board for Athena, just need to come up with something that makes her feel *different* from regular sword and board. Is there anything in the game I can use to represent a certain "brilliance" in military strategy of some kind? Seeing as how she represented the strategy of war and Ares represented the Violence...Well anyways, that's my next goal to come up with for her.

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Ares might be the one to put in Ebony Armor or, at higher levels, Daedric Armor. Depending on his skillset and how dark you want to go with him, the Ebony Mail might be a good fit also with it's poison smoke effect and with making the wearer appear shadowy.

Okay, to Zonnonn and GailOlm, Shinjin, and Blacklight:

For Athena: I'm all for going into Alchemy and using Poisons, that's a great idea. In that case should I forgoe Smithing or Enchanting? Or do all 3? That could be tiresome to have all 3 crafting skills. If I'm going Dragonbane+Ysgramor's shield I probably don't need enchanting. But Athena should have amazing encanted armour and finding Imperial Armor with the right Enchants could prove difficult? That and Dragonbane and Ysgramor's shield are both obtained kinda late in their questlines. I don't mind that though.

So we're looking 1h, Block, Alchemy, Enchanting/Smithing, Restoration? Should probably look into some Powers that would be good for her too.

Race: Imperial

Stone: ?????????? and ??????????? (Damn it, the Aetherial Crown fits Greek Mythology builds WAY to well, nearly every build could end up using it)

Powers/Shouts ?????????

Stat Distribution 150-200 Magicka, rest in Health/Stamina

Race:

For Ares: I like the Wearwolf idea, I've never done a Werewolf Build so I'm open to that, I was thinking it could be good for Hades actually, but we could do both. For Ares, at least in my class, I learned that, while he was very violent, he was also very devious. So I was thinking to differentiate from Athena a few things:

1) Illusion Magic, especially Frenzy magic (Fear too), inciting other people to get violent seems right up his alley. I don't know a lot about the higher level illusion spells but hopefully there's something there too.

2) Dual Wield, seems like a more violent parallel to Sword and Board for Athena.

3) Ebony Armor (Including Ebony Mail) > Daedric Armor for me. I know Ares is more dark/"evil", but I feel like, as a god, he would still have a more refined look to him. Daedric is too rough and Jagged for Ares IMO, Ebony is perfect

1h+Illusion+Smithing+Encanting+What else might fit here? Restoration for healing purposes? Speech? Archery for an Explosive Crossbow at range? Vampire with Necromage? I like him as an Orc though so maybe not being Dunmer would hurt...

Race: Orc or Imperial (Parallel to Athena)

Stone: ????????????

Powers/Shouts: ??????

For Zeus: I like going 2 Handed, you can Enchant Wuuthrad so we can enchant Wuuthrad with some Lightning as well. I like assuming the mantle of Ysgramor a somewhat as well. Robes on Zeus for sure so Alteration is needed. I also want to get my shout cooldown as low as possible, Zeus should be able to spam shouts or close to it (Storm Call and Unrelenting Force especially). And I had another idea of also having a "Champion" for Zeus as well, not only that, I was thinking levelling Smithing and Enchanting so I can make "Gifts" to give to my Champions, it would fit the Roleplay IMO. It doesn't have to be perked very far, just to Steel or Dwarven, and it can be awesome give badass "Gifts" to your follower so they put in work. I like being very Magic Heavy with this idea so I don't think I'll need a Bow or anything like that, Just lightning spells, Shout Spam, storm atronachs, Wuuthrad, and a badass follower! Also the Aetherial Crown fits really well here as well, Atronach+Apprentice? (Can you still invest points in magicka and achieve ultimate atronach status?

2h+Alteration+Destruction+Conjuration+Smithing+Enchanting+Restoration. If we want we could Legendary Enchanting/Smithing after we've created all of our gifts that way we can keep this build's level curve decent and maybe go into Speech or Quick Reflexes.

Race: Nord fits the Look, does it fit the Gameplay? What other options could there be? Yeah Probably Nord.

Stone: Atronach+Apprentice or Lord+Lady or maybe even a Ritual Stone.

Shouts: Storm Call, Become Ethereal, Bend Will, ????????

Stat Spread: ?????????????

After writing it out I'm really liking the sound of that build. All the awesomeness of an Electromancer, with Shout Spam, Gift Giving, and a Giant Godly Axe to make you really feel like a god! Now the question is what 

For Hades: I like the sound of what the Necromancer is, maybe add in a little werewolf action to represent Cerberus. I need to put more thought into him.


And then For Apollo finally:

Archery, Restoration, Destruction (Fire), Light Armour, Speech, Enchanting?, Illusion?

Enchanted Guilded Elven Armour, Aetherial Crown, Amulet of Talos.

Lady or Lord stone or Serpent Stone (Feels right with Hunting Vibe).

Bow of the Stag/Auriel’s Bow/Zephyr, Fire Spells, Stendarr's Aura, Courage spells possibly.

Shouts: Battle Fury, Become Ethereal, Bend Will, Fire Breath, Kyne’s Peace, Animal Allegiance

Have a follower (Champion)

Hunt Dragons, Hunt Animals, Bard College, Main Questline, Dragonborn, Daedric Quests, Dawnguard (Hunt Vampires), Civil War.

CIVIL WAR SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR EVERY BUILD AS WE'RE GONNA GO ILIAD UP IN HERE, GODS LOVE TO MEDDLE.

So it feels like we got some solid foundations as far as builds gameplay wise, could always use your input here, I'm fond of all of them on paper so far, Zeus especially seems great and unique, but so does Apollo, and even Athena/Ares as well. 

Now to figure out what Quests we should target, and I also wanna figure out what you'd do in the early game with each build as you're getting them started (Both from a RP and a Gameplay standpoint).

Gah this has me pretty pumped, I don't even know which one I wanna start out with (Torn between Zeus and Apollo), Zeus I like the build more gameplay wise I'm not sure where I'd go questwise/RP wise, especially to start, compared to Apollo who I have a pretty good idea about what Quests he'd do and where he'd go. Look forward to hearing your thoughts guys!

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For Ares: I like the Wearwolf idea, I've never done a Werewolf Build so I'm open to that, I was thinking it could be good for Hades actually, but we could do both. For Ares, at least in my class, I learned that, while he was very violent, he was also very devious. So I was thinking to differentiate from Athena a few things:

1) Illusion Magic, especially Frenzy magic (Fear too), inciting other people to get violent seems right up his alley. I don't know a lot about the higher level illusion spells but hopefully there's something there too.

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I don't know much about Greek mythology and I'm not a builder here on the Vault (I just read the builds), but I love playing Skyrim!

My Skyrim character is a Master of Illusion with a fully perked Illusion tree. Higher level Illusion spells such as Mayhem and Pacify can be quite powerful. I've used both of them successfully on Draugr Deathlords when playing on Master level and on lower level Dwarven automatons when playing on Expert (I haven't tried it on them since I bumped up to Master). Mayhem did not work on Forsworn Briarhearts at Adept level, rather I got the message that "Forsworn Briarheart is too powerful for Mayhem," though it does work on the Hagravens that may be with the Briarhearts and in that way can be effective. 

Some disadvantages of the Master Illusion spells is that they take both hands to cast, require a considerable amount of magicka, and can take awhile to cast. To offset the high magicka cost, I wear Master Robes of Illusion along with some other enchanted pieces to reduce the cost of Illusion spells. To allow for the long casting time, while in sneak mode I cast Muffle and Invisibility then cast Mayhem or Pacify then quickly cast Invisibility again. Invisibility is pretty OP (almost game breaking with a maxed sneak level and the Muffled Movement perk, even when playing on Master level).

It's worth noting that the Necromage perk (level 70) in the Restoration school of magic will increase the effectiveness of spells against the undead, including Illusion spells. I can't comment on it's effectiveness because I haven't done this yet (my Restoration is only 45) but plan to do so when I reach that level.

What kind of Stat spread would you guys give the Zeus build?

What kind of Stat spread would you guys give the Zeus build?