Fun Challenges

[wepfhwepfhp]

Hey! I have a new character, and don't want to immediately get bored with it, so I came to you. I want you to give me some ideas and challenges as to what should I do or accomplish in the game. Anything outside of Vanilla will not be considered, so no "Install this mod and do that, etc."

Any ideas?

[cfs111]

Probably my favorite, play the entire thieves guild quests without killing anyone. Only kill the one person you have too. Animals are ok, undead, npcs and the like are off limits. Extremely challenging.

[wepfhwepfhp]

Originally posted by cfs111:

Probably my favorite, play the entire thieves guild quests without killing anyone. Only kill the one person you have too. Animals are ok, undead, npcs and the like are off limits. Extremely challenging.

So only kill Mercer Frey, and Falmer on the way? Well, that won't be much of a problem, as I play on Legendary and many of the people in places such as Goldenglow are very tough, so I just sneak around

[cfs111]

Not Falmer, Mercer only. It gets easy, but is tuff while working on the sneak skill.

[wepfhwepfhp]

Originally posted by cfs111:

Not Falmer, Mercer only. It gets easy, but is tuff while working on the sneak skill.

Hmm... just noticed the word undead. Do you seriously want me to go through this entire dungeon with Karliah, without killing a single Draugr?
Dude, you're crazy

[cfs111]

LOL, you asked for a vanilla challenge.

[mpd1958]

Try giong through the game without looting any bodies (even animals) or chests, earn all your money buy working for it, i.e. chopping wood, mining ore, selling items you make, getting payed for quests, that sort of thing. Purchase or create the items/materials you need.

[TaterShovel]

Play the game without any clothing or armor equipped.

[gnewna]

Originally posted by 我不会说中国话:

Originally posted by cfs111:

LOL, you asked for a vanilla challenge.

Yes, I did. Have a problem with that? Then don't comment

Or do you mean Vanilla challenge like Cinnamon challenge? If so, let me get this clear: I want challanges based on the vanila game, nothing related to mods

Um, no, pretty sure cfs111 meant a challenge doable in the vanilla game, such as the one he (I think? sorry if I got that wrong, cfs!) suggested.

Possible alternative - play dead is dead, on a build who only uses (or at least only perks) one crafting tree, and puts no perks into armour (levelling the skill/wearing it is allowed). This is where the vanilla "difficulty" sliders actually start to become difficulty sliders, with the dead-is-dead part, because one wrong move and you have to start over, not like in normal play when Legendary difficulty often just becomes "reload over and over again because for some reason the Great Hero Of Legend is many times weaker than a bandit of the same level, in worse armour"

[wepfhwepfhp]

Originally posted by gnewna:

"reload over and over again because for some reason the Great Hero Of Legend is many times weaker than a bandit of the same level, in worse armour"

Hero of Legend? I feel like it's a reference to Legend of Zelda

[wepfhwepfhp]

Originally posted by gnewna:

play dead is dead

Originally posted by mpd1958:

Try giong through the game without looting any bodies (even animals) or chests, earn all your money buy working for it

Originally posted by cfs111:

play the entire thieves guild quests without killing anyone

Add to it Legendary difficulty and I've got a Let's Play

Originally posted by Azraelle:

Play the game without any clothing or armor equipped.

That's not a fun challenge. It's an insane challenge.

[gnewna]

Actually, the Nekkid Nord can be a good laugh, inspired by the guys you found at certain locations in Morrowind, especially one guy who had all his stuff taken by a "witch" (a mage who he possibly attempted to sexually assault, but let's ignore that for now) who he wanted you to help track down to get his stuff back. No magic, or enchanted gear, obviously, flipping witches make that stuff. Goal is to find the witch who took your stuff, and get your beloved axe back. No armour to be equipped until you have YOUR armour back, but you can use other axes (no swords, swords are for sissy Imperials, I should think) until you find YOUR axe. Obviously, the witch isn't actually in the game so, sadly, you will never find YOUR gear. Stupid witches, going around vanishing into thin air. It's probably not a long term playstyle, but it's fun for a while. (I even know people who did a Nekkid Nord DiD challenge...)

[Incunabulum]

Here's the hardest challenge of them all.

Ready?

Here it is.


Play the game normally *except* . . . don't loot every greasy, flea-ridden piece of ♥♥♥♥ armor, grime encrusted refuse, and rusty chunk of metal masquerading as a 'weapon', fill your inventory to bursting, and slowly trawl the merchants of Skyrim to trade these scraps for the measly few coins they have. And then go back to get the last 10 Septims worth of crap left behind.

Given the number of complaints of 'the merchants don't have enough gold' - that seems to be the one thing the majority *can't* not do.


And gnewma? You need to get to work modding that into Skyrim.

[gnewna]

Oh man, Alt Start *does* have the whole 'framework - make your own plugins' thing, doesn't it??

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by gnewna:

Oh man, Alt Start *does* have the whole 'framework - make your own plugins' thing, doesn't it??

Actually, yes it does. Though it might be a better fit here: Death Alternative - Your Money or Your Life

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/45894/?

As a 'post death' scenario

[Hubcat]

Here's an idea, the "Help Me" challenge: No armor, clothes and jewlrey alright, Illusion spells, all the Conjuration spells except bound weapons, all the restoration spells except damaging ones, Alteration flesh spells allowed, can't put levels into health, and race imperial. Try to use your voice of the emporer and various spells to get others to help you in combat, because all you can use are your fists, or a sheild if you really want to just be constantly bashing with it. Also, if you have a follower, they can't have higher than iron level gear, and it can't be improved or enchanted, and enchanted items that increase your health can't be used.