BCool
New Member
Evening fellow Skyrim fans. I've been following BIGWooly's posts for some time and have decided to adopt the hardcore playstyle. I'm a Firefighter, not an author, but figured I'd try writing a journal.
Here's the restrictions:
Thorynnir is a Nord Mage.
Level set to Master
No fast travel
Only save after sleeping (manual only)
Must eat 3 balanced meals a day.
90lbs weight limit
HUD set to 2 clicks above 0%. I've found this gives me no benefit of waymarkers or crosshairs but will allow me to see names of people and item descriptions.
No Maps except for where I've been.
No potion use in combat.
May 'Camp' outside by eating dinner. Waiting 8 Hrs. Then eating breakfast. I'm playing on Xbox so I have no camping mod but figured this would work.
Must carry camping supplies in backpack: Pot, Laddle, Bowl, Tankard etc.
No Alchemy
May only have 5 potions in my possession in order to sneak and may carry a max of 10. I figured any more than this would make sneaking impossible due to the clanking of the glass and most backpacks couldn't carry many glass vials without breaking them.
I will only use Lightning spells from destruction tree. (Tweeked the story to fit even though you start with a fire spell)
Can only use 1 apparel to reduce desctruction spell cost. No stacking.
Only a dagger for backup.
No horses or companions.
Backdrop:
He will be an honorable character who is discovering previously unknown powers (magic) that were awakened by the presence of the dragon at Helgen. He's a peasant who's parents died before he could remember. He has no combat skills whatsoever.
Comments are welcome. Like I said, I'm no author so I'll see how the responses are...
Day 1 post coming shortly.
Here's the restrictions:
Thorynnir is a Nord Mage.
Level set to Master
No fast travel
Only save after sleeping (manual only)
Must eat 3 balanced meals a day.
90lbs weight limit
HUD set to 2 clicks above 0%. I've found this gives me no benefit of waymarkers or crosshairs but will allow me to see names of people and item descriptions.
No Maps except for where I've been.
No potion use in combat.
May 'Camp' outside by eating dinner. Waiting 8 Hrs. Then eating breakfast. I'm playing on Xbox so I have no camping mod but figured this would work.
Must carry camping supplies in backpack: Pot, Laddle, Bowl, Tankard etc.
No Alchemy
May only have 5 potions in my possession in order to sneak and may carry a max of 10. I figured any more than this would make sneaking impossible due to the clanking of the glass and most backpacks couldn't carry many glass vials without breaking them.
I will only use Lightning spells from destruction tree. (Tweeked the story to fit even though you start with a fire spell)
Can only use 1 apparel to reduce desctruction spell cost. No stacking.
Only a dagger for backup.
No horses or companions.
Backdrop:
He will be an honorable character who is discovering previously unknown powers (magic) that were awakened by the presence of the dragon at Helgen. He's a peasant who's parents died before he could remember. He has no combat skills whatsoever.
Comments are welcome. Like I said, I'm no author so I'll see how the responses are...
Day 1 post coming shortly.