1001 ways to die... Requiem, Frostfall, and iNeed! Oh my! [6th of Sun's Dawn]

[Skyrimnut]

A few people had been following my "I'm tired" thread and it was fun. But, unfortunately, despite gimping myself like crazy (no crafting, Necromancer's amulet, crappy armor), I was still a goddess by level 43. I had been interested in playing an overhaul mod for quite some time, but I was afraid. See, I'm a bonified wuss, I suck at games, I really do. I only play Skyrim well because I know the game, not because I'm actually any good at it. But, I decided to grow a pair and download some of the big overhaul "survival" mods. I took a lot of time and sorted my load order and for those who contributed to that thread, a hearty thanks. It was hard to decide between SkyRe and Requiem, but I finally opted for Requiem as it changes the game more. I don't really want to rely on my prior knowledge.

EDIT 10/25/2014: This thread is a work in progress. I will make some edits accordingly. I will probably strike references of Lilithia being dragonborn from this thread, as I don't feel that that's the direction her build is going in. While she's not evil, she is also not nearly as self-sacrificing as the Paladin Aelberon, who is a far more suitable candidate for Dragonborn status. Will their paths cross? Who knows? She can still more than likely do the Mage's guild and assume a position of power as archmage. That is better suited to her personality.

EDIT 7/20/2014: I have below my load current load order, if anyone is curious about downloading any of these mods. If memory serves, I installed them based on Mod recommendations from their respective Nexus pages and I was very careful to select mods designed to work together. Here is the step by step process and it worked for me. After every few mods, I'd run LOOT and test the game to make sure nothing exploded. All textures are full, but I have a decent rig, if you don't, please don't be stupid and use the full textures, go do light instead. Download all mods at your own risk.

1. I reinstalled the game and made sure there were no mods still left.
2. Installed the unofficial patches
3. Installed SKSE
4. Installed LOOT
5. Installed SkyUI & iHud
6. Installed basic textures

-HQ Snow
-Better dynamic snow (overide HQ)
-Enhanced distance terrain
-SMIM (there is one that you don't overide with BDS)
-Skyrim HD (overide SMIM)
-Skyrim flora overhaul (Overide SMIM & Skyrim HD)
-Crimson tide

7. Installed the ENB, weather, & lighting clusterfudge.

-Project Reality - default settings
-Supreme Storms - default settings
-Climates of Tamriel weater patch - default settings
-Enhanced Lighting and FX
-Realvision ENB

8. Installed WATER - let it overide SMIM
9. Installed Character enhancement mods (Xenius, face unlocker, hairstyles, elf skin)
10. Installed World enhancing mods (Expanded Cities and Towns, Wet and Cold, Winter is Coming, Cloaks of Skyrim)
11. Installed Frostfall & iNeed
12. Installed Requiem, Requiem Resorces, and Requiem patches
13. Ran LOOT one more time to check order and sorted
14. Played game
15. Installed two more mods, but they are very minor and have not affected the game.

Here is the actual load order as it appears in NMM. LOOT did everything up until Requiem, which I then did myself, as I just wanted it and its patches last.

Skyrim.esm=1
Update.esm=1
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp=1
Dawnguard.esm=1
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp=1
HearthFires.esm=1
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp=1
Dragonborn.esm=1
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm=1
ETaC - RESOURCES.esm=1
HighResTexturePack01.esp=1
HighResTexturePack02.esp=1
HighResTexturePack03.esp=1
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp=1
EnhancedLightsandFX.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp=1
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp=1
WATER DG.esp=1
CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp=1
Better Dynamic Snow.esp=1
Convenient Horses.esp=1
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp=1
UNFU.esp=1
MacKom_LoreStylesHairSet.esp=1
iHUD.esp=1
WATER.esp=1
LovelyHairstylesCE.esp=1
Pale Elves.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound-Dawnguard-Patch.esp=1
ETaC - BDS Patch.esp=1
SkyUI.esp=1
ETaC - Complete.esp=1
ELFX - Exteriors.esp=1
ELFXEnhancer.esp=1
UnlimitedBookshelves.esp=1
AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp=1
Crimson Tide - Blood.esp=1
CoT-WeatherPatch.esp=1
Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp=1
CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp=1
CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-10.esp=1
WetandCold.esp=1
WetandCold - Ashes.esp=1
WetandCold - Holidays.esp=1
WATER DB Waves.esp=1
Cloaks.esp=1
1nivWICCloaks.esp=1
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp=1
SMIM-Merged-All.esp=1
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp=1
SFO - Dragonborn.esp=1
WATER Plants.esp=1
Moonwatch Manor.esp=1
iNeed.esp=1
Chesko_Frostfall.esp=1
Requiem.esp=1
Requiem - Resources.esp=1
Requiem - Dragonborn.esp=1
Requiem - HearthFires.esp=1
Requiem - Frostfall.esp=1

FINISHED EDIT

HAHAHA, I made a booboo right at the start. First, I activated Frostfall and iNeed while I was on the wagon with Ulfric, Ralof, and Lokir. Whooopsies, that killed Lokir for some wierdo reason and made me naked in the middle of a wagon with a bunch of strange men, and we couldn't have that, so I had to reload.

OMG, then I take an hour to make my character. I wanted to roll as a high elf, so I downloaded the usual basics in character enhancement (Xenius, Ultimate NPC face unlocker, some hairstyles mods, and a mod that makes high elves a bit paler). Here's what I came up with.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=286439612

She doesn't look too bad. Especially for a High elf. Less "drag queenie" than the typical high elf does with long hair. Her name is Lilithia. Sorta Lore-friendly. I actually used a Vanilla preset. Bottom row, middle, believe it or not. That preset is pretty nasty.

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111105174750/elderscrolls/images/c/ca/44156_Altmer_normal.jpg

So... Alduin decides to pay a visit and Lilithia jumps to the inn from the tower like she's supposed to. Wow, never lost THAT much health making that jump before. This is gonna be interesting...

Made it to the keep and I configured Requiem, iNeed, and Frostfall. Not gonna lie, I tweaked a lot of stuff. Solved heavy armor issues, raised my carry weight, increased my damage output, made gold weightless, decreased my damage intake, made npc arrows less accurate, nerfed frostfall a bit (I really don't want to make fires every 10min), and tweaked some other things. Remember, I'm a wuss, and I have a ton of new things to get used to (interface, new HUD, etc).

That may not have been the best idea as poor Lilithia was IMMEDIATELY hungry and thirsty. Geez, you'd think General Tullius would feed the prisoners some food and water during the trip. Lilithia and Ralof dispatched the first group of enemies, though it is WAY harder, lots of running and weapons hit HARD. Didn't die though! Yay! Ralof is useless by the way. She's sooooo hungry by the time she's finished with the first two enemies that her magicka and stamina stop regenerating. At least there is food in the next room. Mmmm... Food...

It's all raw. Damn it! Ralof is still useless. He must be hungry too. Lilithia plays "dodge the evil Imperials" for about 5 minutes and zaps them with whatever pitiful magicka she has left, until she manages to nab a piece of bread while they're all running around the table. Not hungry anymore, but still very thirsty. Once she killed the Imperials, the focus shifted to finding something to drink. She found an empty waterskin, but no water. Now she's REALLY thirsty (thank you iNeed notifications). That alto wine on the table is looking sooooo good now. Why not? Bottoms up!

She's not thirsty anymore, but she's now stone drunk. Haha, I get the "I'm feeling good and warm" notification and everything. So, Lilithia is stuck in a dungeon with a useless Nord and now she's drunk, which, I have since learned, kills the magicka regen. A drunk mage with no magicka. Well, I'll cut her some slack, the Empire tried to cut off her head and then a giant black dragon attacked. Under those circumstances, I'd drink too. Time to grab the sword and shield looted from the crazy Imperial in heavy armor, cause stamina is now up the wazoo. The benifit of booze. On to the next room! Mebbe Ralof should have a drink too!

She hasn't finished Helgen yet, she just has spiders and the bear left, but I'm having a great time. Not sure how she'll do those since she's drunk. It's hard, but fun. The needs sort of pop up at you. Hopefully once she gets to Riverwood, she can regulate the needs a bit better, so it is not creeping up at inopportune times. Her skills, ehem, once she sobers up ;) will be Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Enchanting, and perhaps Block cause I always enjoy a good Bash 'n Fry. Thanks for looking.

Death tally - 0

[gnewna]

Waking up is for babies. *thinks longingly of going back to bed*

Oh dear, I've accidentally written three posts on my Wordpress thing, this may get a bit excessive, I've realised I can write things on the WP app on my 'phone mid-game...

[pedantic_roc]

gnewna eredeti hozzászólása:

Oh dear, I've accidentally written three posts on my Wordpress thing, this may get a bit excessive, I've realised I can write things on the WP app on my 'phone mid-game...

I hope I learn how to navigate Wordpress, um... efficiently - that's all I'm sayin' :P

[gnewna]

Heh, I think just go to the main page of the blog, click on continue reading and there should be a comment box on each post if you wanna leave a comment, shouldn't need to sign up or use any third party social media nonsense (no way I'm linking my twitter to wordpress...)

[pedantic_roc]

Lol - it's okay. Now I've bookmarked the actual Home page everything is just dandy. I really ought to leave those special cigarettes alone when I have visitors bang on my door at night - yawn.

[gnewna]

pedantic_roc eredeti hozzászólása:

Lol - it's okay. Now I've bookmarked the actual Home page everything is just dandy. I really ought to leave those special cigarettes alone when I have visitors bang on my door at night - yawn.

Heh!

[Skyrimnut]

Oh yes, if ESO is ever done, this is the team that is going to do it. HAHAHAHAHA

[gnewna]

YES. (Woo, just got first comment! Apparently I do have moderation switched on, but only for the first comment from a given person, so after that things should just go straight up.)

[Skyrimnut]

I confessed, pendantic was strong-armed through intimidation tactics to vote Morthal. As a result, he did indeed put a very Skyrim style curse on both Morthal and Falkreath, leaving only Ivarstead. Lol, at any rate, more soul gems for Lilithia.

As for the CTD, yeah, it's annoying. Lol, I'm running Skyrim on my laptop again on Medium graphics. Been showing my sister and her mom how to play. Not once has it crashed yet. But that game has only two mods. I'm tempted to run LOOT again and see what it says, but I don't want anything worse to happen. It only happens when I'm at Morthal. And they are funny too, sometimes I'll go days without a CTD, then I'll have a bunch during one session. It's odd.

Yay comments! Can't wait. Book marked you as well.

[gnewna]

Skyrimnut eredeti hozzászólása:

I confessed, pendantic was strong-armed through intimidation tactics to vote Morthal. As a result, he did indeed put a very Skyrim style curse on both Morthal and Falkreath, leaving only Ivarstead. Lol, at any rate, more soul gems for Lilithia.

As for the CTD, yeah, it's annoying. Lol, I'm running Skyrim on my laptop again on Medium graphics. Been showing my sister and her mom how to play. Not once has it crashed yet. But that game has only two mods. I'm tempted to run LOOT again and see what it says, but I don't want anything worse to happen. It only happens when I'm at Morthal. And they are funny too, sometimes I'll go days without a CTD, then I'll have a bunch during one session. It's odd.

Yay comments! Can't wait. Book marked you as well.

Can you not export your current LO from NMM and then re-import it (or do it manually) if you don't like what LOOT does?

[Skyrimnut]

gnewna eredeti hozzászólása:

Skyrimnut eredeti hozzászólása:

I confessed, pendantic was strong-armed through intimidation tactics to vote Morthal. As a result, he did indeed put a very Skyrim style curse on both Morthal and Falkreath, leaving only Ivarstead. Lol, at any rate, more soul gems for Lilithia.

As for the CTD, yeah, it's annoying. Lol, I'm running Skyrim on my laptop again on Medium graphics. Been showing my sister and her mom how to play. Not once has it crashed yet. But that game has only two mods. I'm tempted to run LOOT again and see what it says, but I don't want anything worse to happen. It only happens when I'm at Morthal. And they are funny too, sometimes I'll go days without a CTD, then I'll have a bunch during one session. It's odd.

Yay comments! Can't wait. Book marked you as well.

Can you not export your current LO from NMM and then re-import it (or do it manually) if you don't like what LOOT does?

Haha, you are right, yes I can. Will do now and then run LOOT. I've not had enough coffee this morning, lol.

[gnewna]

NB don't blame me if it goes horribly wrong, I have head like sieve as per usual.

[Skyrimnut]

gnewna eredeti hozzászólása:

NB don't blame me if it goes horribly wrong, I have head like sieve as per usual.

So far so good. LOL Won't know until I get to Morthal though. I think personally that its Holidays and requiem and ETAC not playing nicely together. Well, I wanted them, so that's what I get for wanting them. I am willing to deal with it to some extent.

Right now, she's freezing to death in a tent at Haemar's Shame. She got caught in a squall. Poor girl. All she wants is a damn house that isn't underground.

[Skyrimnut]

27th of Evening Star

She woke up very early with a clearer head. Last night's ale helped a lot. Again, the decision was in front of her. Head to Molabal or head to Ivar's Homestead. She had been to Ivar's Homestead. Molabal was new, very much out of her way, and far to the North. 10000 septims for the cold unknown, or 6000 septims on a village she's already been too. 6000 means more septims for soul gems and soul gems are always needed. Very well, Ivar's Homestead it is. She spent time packing her belongings and started her journey to her new home. Goodbye Sousedwood!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291594687

Oh, so it's Ivarstead. Not Ivar's Homestead? Isn't that the same thing? If she can remember, she'll make a note to call it Ivarstead. Depends on how much drink she has later and how many people she meets. She is terrible with names.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291594729

What a squall! So bitter cold and Lilithia can't even see her own hand in front of her face. Time to make camp and wait it out.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291594769

And wait. And wait. Lilithia's tired of waiting, squall or no squall, she knows the path, it isn't much farther until she and Barbas reach the valley and the squall will stop. Best to risk it and have a nice, warm meal and a bottle of mead later. Wolves! She and Barbas dispatch them easily. Bear! Lilithia lets Ysmir the equine battering ram handle the bears. It had been a while since he got to run something over, he was getting restless.

This town is very small. Much smaller than either Soggywood or Folkdead. Lilithia hopes that there is at least a general store that carries soul gems. It isn't too far from Folkdead and Soggywood, though, so if she really needs supplies, she will make due.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291594809

Her stomach was growling and she was very thirsty, but Lilithia wasn't going to relax until she met the mill owner. A repeat of the Folkdead fiasco was not wanted. Fat Arms. Seemed no nonsense. Lilithia liked that. Hodidodod and the Provencial Hater tried to be nice and be her friend, and look how they turned out. Fat Arms doesn't care. She seems to be distracted with a bear issue, but Lilithia is too tired to pay attention. As long as Fat Ams buys her firewood everyday, she is satisfied. She is a bit confused as to why the woman is called Fat Arms, as her arms are perfectly normal, but whatever, these Nords are crazy, and Lilithia has given up trying to figure them out.

Elf! Elf! There is an elf! He's friends with Fat Arms and ugh, entirely too cheerful. Lilithia suspects either skooma or cannibalism. She doesn't quite know how or why, but she has agreed to deliver a package to some priests on the top of the mountain for a Nord named Klemack, Klepper, she doesn't remember. Lilithia knows that this is going to end up being stupid decision number 1. Ah... mead... The things you make Lilithia do... But Lilithia's not going up any mountain until she buys her house. She is directed by the townsfolk to the local inn, Vilimina inn, owned by Wilbur. Again, too many names for one day. Ivarstead, the town's name is Ivarstead. If she can remember that, Lilithia's good. Wilbur sells her the key to the house and runs on about a ghost haunting the burrow. Well, then don't go in it... Ah geez, now Lilithia has to investigate this too. Does she look THAT competent compared to everyone else, or hahaha, more than likely, just drunk enough to be stupid enough to agree to investigate. Stupid decision number 2.

Oh, this house is small... Exactly two rooms. That being said, the distribution is excellent and everything she needs is close at hand, unlike the mine where she had to run through miles and miles of corridors to get to the various rooms. She also has her own private chopping block as well, so she can work in peace. It is really a much quieter place...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291594926

With one exception. Narko, Her neighbor. Narko is a strange Nord (do they come in any other variety?) who lives in a delapitated farmhouse, and wears rags. Lilithia gets cold just looking at him and he rants on and on and on about his sister not saying goodbye. His parents said goodbye, but not his sister. Well, if you were this annoying to her, Lilithia doesn't blame her for leaving. Fed up with his constant chatter and aimless wandering, she runs back to the inn and complains to Wilbur. Seems the sister went missing, more than likely dead and again, Lilithia has to find her remains. Ugh, in the freezing river no less. Fine, if it'll make Narko shut up, Lilithia will risk exposure. Sure enough, dead, dead, dead, as if that outcome wasn't obvious. Time to say goodbye, Narko. Lilithia had a bunch of septims from Narko's sister's satchel (126, to be exact), but he only wanted the necklace. Uh... the money can help you fix your place and clean you up. Only the necklace? YOU SURE??? Ok, fine. Then the money will help Lilithia buy soul gems.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=291594964

Time to go home and move in her things. Setup the water barrel and repack Ysmir with the camping supplies. It is very late before she can no longer ignore hunger, thirst, and exhaustion, but she is moved in. Mmmmm beef stew never tasted so delicious and savors each bite. With a honey nut treat and 3 bottles of Nord mead, Lilithia celebrates the first night in her brand new, above ground home in Ivalhammelshtoodybarstead. She remembered the Name! Yay! Bottles mead three, happy drunk elf, wowwwww... Hand moving slow slow... Ooooooo pretty lights... Two dogs? When did Lilithia two dogs get? Mmmmm beddy by time... Yes... warmy, warm, warm... Bed... Mmmm, snuggly Barbas...

Drink of choice: Well, duh, three bottles of Nord mead.

[pedantic_roc]

Ah, finally, a jolly adventure in the making resumes. Excellent reading as usual, Nut, and I'm already looking forward to the next episode with glee... Laters :D

[EbonHawk]

Woohoo! New laptop, new lease on life..and internet. :-)

Great job, still reading. Love it.