Dragonborn1921 said:
Heh, I get that. Mine went from a reluctant Werewolf to a series of three builds (All related) that were going to match the three themes, to a Werewolf that just liked killing people and then finally to a Werewolf being manipulated by some gods. Went through a lot of changes, but that sounds rather interesting. Especially combining Spellscribe with Two-Handed Weapons :D
I am sort of interested in your new connection with Zenithar though. So is the idea sort of that Zenithar creates inanimate beauty or something along the lines of him crafting it, Dibella giving it beauty and then Mara filling it with love? Could work for just about anything from items to people if you were looking at it that way I suppose. Then if you were reeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly stretching things, then you've got Arkay representing the decay of beauty, or the preservation past death?
But those are just random thoughts.
Yep, then you know my pain :D And the fun of playtesting. Spellscribe will take some playing with due to so far having avoided Destruction. I'm going to play with it some using Resto spells like Sun Fire, but the main problem is that I got a bit carried away with Alteration at the expense of Destruction because Apocalypse makes that school particularly fun. We can see by that what a jumbled mess it is right now... For a character I intended to rely on Enchanting for damage with just a few perks here and there, it's blossomed into something in need of copiccing.
The Zenithar thing harkens back to the KotN dlc and the Mace of the Crusader quest and Saint Kaladas. Here's the full speech:
"Of the original divines, Zenithar is thought to be the most in touch with the mortal realm. Some legends say that Zenithar has close ties to Kynareth, an idea that is supported by the manner in which the two gods' realms interact. Craftsmen devoted to Zenithar are able to create and profit from the materials provided by Kynareth's natural world. The two work in harmony -- the natural world providing for the craftsmen. One cannot revere Zenithar without acknowledging the power of Kynareth."
Right or wrong, I like Zenithar as being Tsun the Whale so the idea of the old Nords hunting the whale and using all of the beast, creating scrimshaw items from the ivory, seems as fitting as the traditional anvil and smithing themes associated with Zenithar.
I think you're spot on with Arkay, too. He is the Lord of Seasons and governs both aspects of time and the natural world in a subtle but deep way. So there's the Dibellan aspect of creation and imagination/art in any crafting, then a Kynaran aspect in that the materials are of her domain, then there's the Zenitharian factor in the methodology, and an Arkayn process in terms of a definite start, middle, and end. Mara can fit anywhere within that, as indeed all the gods can.
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Dragonborn1721]Dragonborn1921[/url] said:[/b]
Heh, I get that. Mine went from a reluctant Werewolf to a series of three builds (All related) that were going to match the three themes, to a Werewolf that just liked killing people and then finally to a Werewolf being manipulated by some gods. Went through a lot of changes, but that sounds rather interesting. Especially combining Spellscribe with Two-Handed Weapons :D
I am sort of interested in your new connection with Zenithar though. So is the idea sort of that Zenithar creates inanimate beauty or something along the lines of him crafting it, Dibella giving it beauty and then Mara filling it with love? Could work for just about anything from items to people if you were looking at it that way I suppose. Then if you were reeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly stretching things, then you've got Arkay representing the decay of beauty, or the preservation past death?
But those are just random thoughts.
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Yep, then you know my pain :D And the fun of playtesting. Spellscribe will take some playing with due to so far having avoided Destruction. I'm going to play with it some using Resto spells like Sun Fire, but the main problem is that I got a bit carried away with Alteration at the expense of Destruction because Apocalypse makes that school particularly fun. We can see by that what a jumbled mess it is right now... For a character I intended to rely on Enchanting for damage with just a few perks here and there, it's blossomed into something in need of copiccing.
The Zenithar thing harkens back to the KotN dlc and the Mace of the Crusader quest and Saint Kaladas. Here's the full speech:
"Of the original divines, Zenithar is thought to be the most in touch with the mortal realm. Some legends say that Zenithar has close ties to Kynareth, an idea that is supported by the manner in which the two gods' realms interact. Craftsmen devoted to Zenithar are able to create and profit from the materials provided by Kynareth's natural world. The two work in harmony -- the natural world providing for the craftsmen. One cannot revere Zenithar without acknowledging the power of Kynareth."
Right or wrong, I like Zenithar as being Tsun the Whale so the idea of the old Nords hunting the whale and using all of the beast, creating scrimshaw items from the ivory, seems as fitting as the traditional anvil and smithing themes associated with Zenithar.
I think you're spot on with Arkay, too. He is the Lord of Seasons and governs both aspects of time and the natural world in a subtle but deep way. So there's the Dibellan aspect of creation and imagination/art in any crafting, then a Kynaran aspect in that the materials are of her domain, then there's the Zenitharian factor in the methodology, and an Arkayn process in terms of a definite start, middle, and end. Mara can fit anywhere within that, as indeed all the gods can.
