Brizzle Kicks
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I'm sure this has been done before but couldn't find anything in the search bar so vote away.
Novice, because I was new to the series.
Thanks for sharing.Try this: Run the Thalmor Embassy without giving Malborn anything to smuggle in first. (On PC, you can just reset the Quest.) Use only what you find inside, and some Quest items that stay in your Inventory. For instance, the Amulet of Talos on the gate guard who's executed when you first come to Solitude.
If you look, it's just visible at the neck of the Party Clothes. I kind of get off on the irony here. An Assassin can go in with Kahvovein's Fang to get past the first guards, and a pure Wizard does just fine. This is one of the ways I test my builds to see how effective they are irregardless of Gear, on adept. (Bound Weapons really help here.)
I've also bumped it up to Master to "Cherry Tap" tough enemies with little to no gear. Alduin, Warlord Gathric, the Dragon Priests, Madanach in a Loincloth, with nothing but your skills, and spells. That's an OP character, one who needs Nothing to be OP. That's how I know I've built it into the Character, and not his outfit/weapons...
Try this: Run the Thalmor Embassy without giving Malborn anything to smuggle in first. (On PC, you can just reset the Quest.) Use only what you find inside, and some Quest items that stay in your Inventory.