You can perk the 8 skills however you want... as it has 2h and 1h you don't need to use both...definetly not perk both.

Their is no penalty for doing any other quest's... but no point's either.

It should be a fun round.

2 handed is not there in the list...unless it's an acceptable alternative to 1 handed?

skills are 1) restoration, 2) 1 handed, 3) illusion, 4) block, 5) light armour, 6) heavy armour, 7) destruction, 8) smithing

Edit: as an aside....is Gabriel to be considered a Zombie now?

OK, thanks. This is a great place to put the orc paladin who has been bothering me lately. Um, 2-Handed is not actually in the skill set, though, right? But I see LA and HA, I pick HA for looking awesome.

Thank you for running another contest for everyone!

edit: Ninja'd by ANinja!!

This is correct ANinja regarding the skillz. I think Aerial was remembering one of the earlier random picks that didn't become the final skills for this round! So....much.....happening......

Personally I am super duper okay with however you all want to do it!! Sometimes stuff happens. Especially the tomfoolery that goes on with kill cams and such.

FWIW I couldn't view Sah's video either.

Yeah, the restart under level 10 is fine with me as well.

Regarding the blocked video from Sah, I don't know who SME is, but I would guess it has something to with background music in the soundtrack. The creeps have blocked a lot of music videos...

BTW, they don't have anything to do with Skyrim itself that I know of.

The rule of 100 hours TOTAL MAX for the round I thought was pretty clear. WHATEVER YOU DO has to be managed within that 100 hour allocation....simple.


ANinja...Areial will say for sure.....but if youre getting a level 10 grace restart it does not make sense to drop to zombie since that implies the associated difficulty drop too.


So I would suggest if invoking the "under level ten 'right to restart' "you stay at the diffuculty level you died at......but you still lose your already expended play hours.....yes! Areial?


Areial hon.....I know we keep rule making fluid for each round.....but this is shaping up into something we could call "The Rules" period.

Looking good


BTW.....I view Sah's video just fine here in UK


So yep its the music track and agent/artist agreements on copyright in certain countries.

No long ago I had the reverse situation and she made me a vid with different music so I could see it !

Also if a background track is available on itunes...."crapple" block it to my ipad.....cos they want me to buy the track instead of hearing in a video

Ack... Sorry... no 2h.... I should have used the armor's as an example instead.

So more or less

So died Legendary lvl 9 15 hr's played

Restart on Legendary 85 hr's left to play

Died...... 25 hr's played

Restart Master ( Zombie) 60 hr's left to play

Areial.....yes hon....thats how I see it too.....any dissenters?

Wait Areial, how did you come up with 60 hours left to play after dying at 25 hours played? Did I miss something?

EDIT: Never mind, I see.

25 played at restart plus the first 15 hours is 40 hours leaving just 60 to use....


Or


100-15 leaves 85 hours


85-25 leaves 60 hours

LoL... I had to use a calculator to make sure of my math... yeah... I'm pretty bad.

I feel like I should apologise for the further rule wiggling I brought about, seems to have brought about a bit of clarification though

Gabriel will make a fresh start on Adept difficulty from the Headsman's Block at some point this evening

I think either I got just got jinxed, or I'm a red-headed step-child.

Right after my last post, I started my game, immediately encountered the two cultists (expected) and killed them. then Brand had a bunch of stuff to sell, so headed for the Imperial camp nearby. On top of the low hill between Ivarstead and the camp (just before the junction) Brand was attacked by 4 wolves. 10 seconds later a bear joined in, followed 20 seconds later by a frost spider. The dragon was just the final straw, and Brand was killed at level 14 by the dragon and frost spider poison at 11.30 hours into the game.

I'll be restarting the zombie at Master shortly...

To be honest though, I never really thought I stood the chance of a snowflake in hell of making it through at Legendary... I DID kinda think I'd get to Dimhollow though...

So Brand RIP

Long live:

Neildarkstar

Brand (zombie)

Breton

Male

Master

Sheeee...OOt AccidentalNinja...Don't worry about it, it's not you...heck, read some of the old Competition thread's or the Trash-talk threads... we're like a family in that we argue... a lot.. but we don't take it to heart...or not for long anyway.

Questions and such are good... and as in everything else...the game/this competition need's to grow or it will stagnate and die out.

Neil... I will so note the Zombie restart....

Edit:

AccientalNinja... leave me your stat's and I'll get them posted on the board... will have to be when I get home tonight... as I leave for work in a couple minutes.

Ugh, too many crashes. My laptop is on its knees. Dammit! Looks like Shug the orc paladin will have to live her life in ESO. Good luck, everyone!

Areial I think it might all be there scattered about, but consolidating in one place:

Gabriel

Breton

Male

Died level 9 to bandit chief at treva's watch

4 hours 30 minutes playtime

the same character will be resurrected from a progenitor save in the helgen tower with ulfric and ralof for the sake of not sitting through the cart trip.....time would rack up the same anyhow

I believe it's 0 points as I had not even encountered any vampires or dawnguard recruitment patrol/guard comments

Ok... I'll get that up when I get home tonight.


Points wouldn't be transferred from one character to the next anyway. But the character with the most points would be the one to count.

Today i had some time to relax and play, so let's get the party started.

First, here's a pic of my character: https://s32.postimg.org/tw3z1pq45/Screen_Shot218.jpg. I also edited my entry post.

Backstory

I had a peaceful life at Largashbur, but i fell in love with http://s32.postimg.org/rum44pjf9/Screen_Shot217.png. She is a skilled huntress and i was by her side whenever it was possible to watch her back (and carry back home whatever she killed). We grew up together ever since her mother brought her from Mor Khazgur. The problem is that in our Stronghold, only the Chief can have wives.

One night i found that Yamarz is suffering from some kind of sickness or curse (Atub did everything in her powers to keep that secret), so i decided to challenge Yamarz, but something strange happened then. I remember i was heading to the Longhouse to state my intentions, then i herd http://s32.postimg.org/rum44pjf9/Screen_Shot217.png calling my name. She just returned with a fresh deer. I had a big wound on my left leg. I looked around and saw three brethren with the weapons drawn surrounding me. They said i suddenly attacked everyone in sight. Two of my brethren were caught off guard and were wounded.

I don't know what happened. If this will happen again, i don;t wanna be anywhere near her. Luckily she was out for hunting, but i couldn't stand the though that i hurt her.

I left the Stronghold heading to Whiterun. In my journey i came across a group of Stormcloaks. From what i understand, their cause is not so different from our. My race fought many times in the past to preserve the traditions and the way of life passed down from generation to generation.

We traveled together for a few days until, (you're not gonna believe this) we were ambushed by the imperial soldiers. They took us to Helgen for execution, but i was saved by a....DRAGON!!!!.

Day 1

I escaped from Helgen together with Ralof. He even offered me shelter at Riverwood, a village close by, but i think it's better to part ways for now.

Every orc knows how to temper a piece of iron, so i'll start looking for ore veins.

I cleared every ore vein i came across, now it's time find a smelter and a forge. Riverwood only had the forge. It's time to sleep for some hours, in the morning i have a long journey to Whiterun.

The ore i had brought me some money, but i need more, so it's time to see what this hold have to offer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9T4DEIdAeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNG6JmqIsqI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJoqsjAxJ0w

Stats:

Ske3Lz

Lvl: 1

Points: 0

Penalties: 0

Time spent: ~ 3 hours

Major skills: One-handed, Block, Heavy armor, Restoration

Minor skills: Smithing, Destruction, Lockpicking, Speechcraft

The rule changes all make perfect sense to me. Good luck with your re-roll!

The rules are good for this competition, but i only imagine how would a NekkidNord challenge go with the same rules

OK, I put on my big girl panties and figured out the problem. Playing along with you guys is:

Grits

http://i.imgur.com/JYiY5nc.png

Breton

Female

Expert

Igraine is a Vigil of Stendarr recruit from Wayrest on her way to sign in with Keeper Carcette.

Added:

My dear Augustine,

Please forgive my long delay in writing. I am fine, though untold others are not. When you hear that the village of Helgen was destroyed by a dragon, do not scoff for it is true. I saw it with my own eyes.

I am staying at the Bannered Mare in Whiterun for a few days to recover and restore my supplies. There was a mixup at the border and I lost everything, including my purse. Fortunately there are folks in town who need things done for them. Hopefully they will pay me in gold.

As soon as I replace my spell book and purchase a mount I will make my way to the Pale and the Hall of the Vigilant. I am eager to begin my service. The court wizard had only a few spells for sale, and I have much to learn.

Oh, a word about the Imperial officer’s helm enclosed with this letter. Could you keep it for me as a souvenir? It once adorned the head of the captain who sentenced me to death as thoughtlessly as you or I might swat a fly. (I did mention there was a mixup.) It was my pleasure to clear my record when next I met her. Don’t worry, I scrubbed off the blood.

Take care, my friend. Walk always in the Light.

Igraine

Loved it! ALL my characters keep that helmet for some reason LOL

Glad you figured out your problem!

Itaei is Level 5. 4 hours 38 minutes so far. Thank GOODNESS he got that fear spell. We didn't use it on our test run but something was telling me to and of course we ran into more two handed Orcs that wanted to snap him like a twig. It's amazing, during the test run, he did really well and breezed through it. This time the spawns are awful for him. He's getting some decent treasure to sell though. Only one thing he can use so far and that's a minor ring of magicka that gives him 20 more points and he bought an Amulet of Akatosh for faster magic regen because ... yeah ... those Orcs.

Gabriel mark 2 is now level 4 and just shy of 3 hours in.

So far he has followed much the same path, having travelled to whiterun after visiting riverwood and clearing out embershard mine. After speaking to the jarl and being told to go play with zombies Gabriel headed north to the lord stone on a horse "borrowed" from some local bandits, cleared the outside of fort dunstad (at which point the horse vanished) and pottered around dawnstar a bit selling off loot and rooting out a nearby moonstone ore vein.

I'll pick him up some more tomorrow, don't want to make mistakes being tired

edit: Grits, I loved that letter to Augustine, possibly a new practice for relaying stories from characters beyond the competition too?

FreeWitch, good to see things are working out despite unfriendly spawns One of my favourite mods is one that fixes weapon reach to prevent 2 handers from having stupid long range (fixes 1 handed range too, so still have to get closer but easier to back out of range)

Grits... loved the intro... I'll get Igrains specs up when I get home.


Also anything else I missed.