This is my first journal and as a matter of fact my first RP playthrough for Skyrim (or any game for that matter). Please be patient with me as I get the hang of this. My first post will be quite lengthy to let you know all of my restrictions and mods I have installed to help enforce those restrictions. Following everyone else I have adopted a modified version of BIGwooly's hardcore restrictions.
Restrictions:
Athenia was born on a small farm nestled in a remote part of the Eastmarch Hold. She spent her days farming, hunting and smithing with her father. They were a self sufficient family and she learned many things from him, but never truely advanced in any of them. One night a group of Imperial soldiers wandered onto thier land and started picking the crops for their own use. Athenia's father tried to stop them and they murdered him in cold blood. His last words to Athenia were to run. As Athenia ran to the trees she looked back to see that her mother had been dragged out of the house and the soldiers were having their way with her. Athenia had managed to hide in the woods and watched as her mother was slain as well and their house burned to the ground. One of the men was concerned with Athenia's escape, but the commander in charge said to never mind the child for she wouldn't last a day or 2 in the wilderness on her own. Athenia lived for many days in the woods before returning to her home and giving her parents a proper burial. She has vowed to make the Empire pay for their crimes. A khajiit stopped to view the destroyed farm and collect what he could when she attcked him. She was no match for him and after he quickly wrestled her to the ground he offered to help her travel anywhere she wanted. He was on his way to Solitude and Athenia saw this as a perfect solution to her immediate problem of getting to the heart of the Empire.
(I tend to be rather wordy at times, so I will break up my first day into a few posts for easier reading. Any comments, suggest, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's to tell me this is crap, lol.)
Restrictions:
- Difficulty set to 'master'
- HUD set to 0%
- No unrealistic perks
- May not fast travel except by carriage
- May only carry 30 arrows
- May not harvest unreasonable items from bodies
- Must wait 1 hour for each animal skinned
- Must always carry clothing
- May not swim while wearing or carrying armor
- Must have a hand free to quaff potions
- Must wait 3 seconds between taking potions in combat
- Must have both hands free to pickpocket
- Must have both hands free to pick locks
- May only carry 10 lockpicks
- Must have hands free to search bodies or pick things up
- May not remain crouched for extended periods of time
- Must sleep for at least 6 hours every day (allowed to make rare exceptions)
- A mercenary's fee is for a (1) 24 hour period
- May not use game exploits - wood chopping for gold is acceptable.
- Must wait one hour after chopping wood.
- No auto saving
- If killed, must load from last save
- May only save after sleeping or waiting.
- Must wait 1 hour after any crafting
- Must wait 2 hours after reading any spell or skill books
- Must pay for at least one level of training in order to add perks (of the correct traiing type).
- Must wait 2 hours after each level of training.
- See the below mod list for further restrictions. Some of the mods are very detailed in what they do and you will need to look them up on nexusmods.com in order to know what they do. It would take up too much room to post them here.
- 1st Person Armor Fix
- A Quality World Map
- Alternate Start - Live Another Life
- Ambient Seagulls
- Ancient Nord Armor 1st Person Fix
- Animated Weapon Enchants
- ApachiiSkyHair
- Ars Metallica - Smithing Enhancement
- Auto Unequip Ammo
- Bandolier - Bags and Pouches
- Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack
- Better Beast Races
- Better Bedrolls
- Better Circlets
- Better Fast Travel - Carriages and Ships - for more carriage availablility
- Better Females by Bella
- Better Shadowmarks
- Better Turn Animation
- Better Weapon Swing Sounds
- Blacksmithforge Water Fix
- Books Books Books - because I like books
- Books PLUS - because I REALLY like books
- Bowlegged Jump Animation Fix
- Calientes Female Body Mod Big Bottom Edition
- Calientes Vanilla Outfits for CBBE
- Camping Lite
- Categorized Favorites Menu
- Categorized Favorites Menu Oni Edition
- Cerwiden - SMART Healer Companion
- Chimneys of Skyrim
- Closer Quiver and Longer Arrows
- Convenient Horses
- Coverkhajiits
Crafting Takes Time- Deja Vu - I Already Read It
- Dragon Glyphs HD - smooth version
- Dynamic Fires
- Economics of Skyrim
- Extended Vanilla Weapons
- Finer Dust
- Fixed Mannequins - Mesh
- FSS - Better Bards
- Gildergreen Regrown
- HD Cinematic Fire Effects
- HiRes Legible Road Signs
- Immersive Armors
- Immersive Skyrim Thunder
- Improved Combat Sounds
- Improved Torches Textures
- Infidels Ranger Armor
- Killable Camp Commanders
- Killable Children - only because everyone dies, not to kill them
- Lanterns for Caravans
- Lanterns of Skyrim - All In One
- Leather Backpack
- Light Up The Night - People Have Torches
- Marriage Expanded
- More Realistic Hair
- New Thinner Torch
- Radiance
- Real Effect Candle
- Realistic Lighting with Customization - nights and dungeons really dark
- Realistic Ragdolls and Force
- Realistic Room Rental
- Run For Your Lives
- Running With Your Bow Replacer
- Shadow Striping Fix Indoor and Outdoor
- Sit Anywhere
- Skyrealism - Capacity and Carry Weight
- Skyrealism - Encombrance
- Skyrealism - Feast and Famine
- Skyrealism - Mass and Materials
- Skyrealism - Portable Crafting Kits
- Skyrealism - Skills and Statistics
- Skyrealism - Stealth and Sneak Detection Durations
- Skyrealism - Time Scale and Travel Speed
- Skyrim Bigger Trees
- Thats Ice
- Torches for realistic Lighting
- Texture Pack Combiner - most of the texture mods installed
- WATER - Water And Terrain Enahncement Redux
- Warmer Magic Lights
- Wearable Lanterns
Athenia was born on a small farm nestled in a remote part of the Eastmarch Hold. She spent her days farming, hunting and smithing with her father. They were a self sufficient family and she learned many things from him, but never truely advanced in any of them. One night a group of Imperial soldiers wandered onto thier land and started picking the crops for their own use. Athenia's father tried to stop them and they murdered him in cold blood. His last words to Athenia were to run. As Athenia ran to the trees she looked back to see that her mother had been dragged out of the house and the soldiers were having their way with her. Athenia had managed to hide in the woods and watched as her mother was slain as well and their house burned to the ground. One of the men was concerned with Athenia's escape, but the commander in charge said to never mind the child for she wouldn't last a day or 2 in the wilderness on her own. Athenia lived for many days in the woods before returning to her home and giving her parents a proper burial. She has vowed to make the Empire pay for their crimes. A khajiit stopped to view the destroyed farm and collect what he could when she attcked him. She was no match for him and after he quickly wrestled her to the ground he offered to help her travel anywhere she wanted. He was on his way to Solitude and Athenia saw this as a perfect solution to her immediate problem of getting to the heart of the Empire.
(I tend to be rather wordy at times, so I will break up my first day into a few posts for easier reading. Any comments, suggest, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's to tell me this is crap, lol.)