Opinions on my latest build, please

Having taken to heart all of the wonderful suggestions and advice I received from my recent OPed thread, this weekend I created a new character that seems to be going well thus far:

Urug Hai
Orc - two-handed, heavy armor, warrior type

Rules:
1) No collecting crap just so you can sell it. If I want a piece of armor or a weapon from somebody (or something) that I've killed, I can take it, but I must leave behind what I am currently wearing.
2) When looting or gathering stuff (urns, chests, victims, etc...), can only take those items that you would expect to take: i.e. coins, gems, jewelry. Same rule applies to weapons and armor found in chests, etc... You take one, you have to leave what you currently have.
3) No more than 10 healing potions and/or stamina potions at a time. What, are you dragging a cart behind you? I always end up with dozens and it's just not realistic.
4) Don't worry so much about money. I don't really need property. If I have the cash and it's available, cool, but I don't need a palace.
5) No fast travel - he doesn't know what that is anyhow and he can't see spending coin to take a cart - that's for the hoi-poloy.

So far Urug has run through Bleak Falls - he took to heart that the Jarl needed to know. He's killed his first dragon, but thinks the shout, while cool, is pretty stupid and he doesn't really want to go all the way up to see some monks.

He's currently headed up to Solitude to join the legion. He needs a job and chopping wood or picking crops isn't for him.

I'm just going to play it by ear.

Currently he's wearing steel and carrying a steel great sword (both from bandits he defeated). He has been doing some hunting with the imperial bow and the iron & steel arrows he found on some imperials that were killed by some stormcloaks and some stormcloaks that were killed Thalmor so he's been collecting hides and pelts and turning them in to leather and has made a few helmets to sell after Adrianne showed him how in Whiterun so his smithing is at about 30.

He's heard that Markarth has a lot of Dwarven ruins, so he thought that he might go there and see if he could find something there. He found a Dwarven sword that he thought was pretty neat, but he didn't keep it since he likes his two handed weapons.

He doesn't really talk to anybody and does what he's told so he doesn't have any sidequests right now.

He heard about the Companions so he'll check them out, but, right now - off to war!

It's hard to imagine playing completely without fast travel, but I understand the concept. It's the encounters while traveling between locations that make the adventure. Still, horse-drawn carriages are real devices, and they got to eat too! Too bad there's no Silt Striders. How much must they eat..?! Anyway, sounds like it should be fun. Does he have a home base? One of the Strongholds, perhaps.

Kohlar the Unkilled said:

It's hard to imagine playing completely without fast travel, but I understand the concept. It's the encounters while traveling between locations that make the adventure. Still, horse-drawn carriages are real devices, and they got to eat too! Too bad there's no Silt Striders. How much must they eat..?! Anyway, sounds like it should be fun. Does he have a home base? One of the Strongholds, perhaps.

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Not so far. He hasn't gotten to any strongholds yet. He's a bit dim and wandered in to Skyrim by accident and got captured, but took a liking to Hadvar and his Uncle and wanted to help. He just sleeps where he drops (usually outside). I suppose he'll be very grateful when he joins the companions and at least has a bed to sleep in regular. Since he doesn't collect anything (he sells all the gems, jewelry and small stuff he collects immediately), he doesn't really need storage.

So far so good! I'll probably get bored though, greedy thing that I am.

Ure D biggest hardcore role-player ive ever seen.

Why not have an Orc who has no concept of value, besides what he finds useful. If he can't eat it, wear it, or kill with it? Useless.

Iron warhammer or a bunch of shiny stones, he takes the god damn hammer to sell.

Lmfao@ "He doesn't really wanna go all the way up just to visit some monks"

My Orc betrayed his kin, brawling every Orc Chief to claim Orc Supremacy over the rest, then burnt their strongholds so his kin would eventually cease, except himself.

Power hungry so he took those 1'000 steps and claimed the shouts from the greybeards.

Also hotheaded and can't stand the butchness of female Orcs, so he just ignores them completely or has a brawl if they try to steal his Soup at inn visits.

Reading all of the role-playing concepts really inspires me to re-roll with a new concept, something immersive.

I think it might be time to take a look at some immersive mods and give it a shot.


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Shouts are a warriors best friend. They truly make an Orc dangerous. I won't tell you what happens when you have the blessing of Talos, and a neckless of Talos.

Remember 2H weapons are slow, but shouts are priceless

The companions are totally awesome



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/uncontrollable pedandtry on/
hoi polloi, not hoi-poloy
/uncontrollable pedandtry off/


sorry about that