So, I read the http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/fresh-off-the-boat-anvil/ blog and it inspired me. What did it inspire me to do, you ask? *waits for you to ask* Nevermind, let's just pretend you asked.

I've decided to implement some rules for my first playthrough.

* No fast travel, ever. If I have to get somewhere, I'll either get there on foot or by horse.
* Eating. My character will eat two to three meals a day from two different food groups, plus a drink with each meal.
* Sleep. My character will sleep 6-8 hours per 24 hour period.
* Minimal waiting. For instance, I'll try to wait by doing other stuff until the appointed time. But if I reach the appointed time and an event doesn't trigger I'll only wait an hour. The hard rule will be 1 hr of waiting per 24 hr period.
* Employment. My character will try to have a day job, probably a hunter. Though woodcutter might be good for earning a quick buck.
* Making friends. I'm going to try to get to know the people of Skyrim, not just the ones that have quests for me but everyone. In fact, I won't leave a town until I've met with everyone. Gonna need a notebook to write some names down. Unnamed NPCs will be an issue, so I guess they won't really count towards the list.
* Living off the Land. For the most part I want my character to hunt, fish, make, or scavenge what he needs to survive and thrive in the land of Skyrim. Exceptions will be allowed for the eating rule and items that allow me to accomplish the Employment rule. So food and arrows are okay to purchase if things haven't gone well in the hunting/scavenging that day.
* Charity, each beggar will get one coin a day if I'm in that town.


Anyone else have similar arbitrary rules/guidelines?

Anyone?

people arnt talkitive today, same thing with my thread

Only problem is right below this thread is the same exact topic.

I'll probably do all of the things on your list. Well, maybe not donate to beggars. Screw them.

Yeah, it seems there was a bit of "great minds think alike" today.

I'm not really interested in turning my badass simulator into the Sims, but kudos to you for the effort, I guess. It just doesn't sound very fun, and it's not like I'm going to be graded on the legitimacy of my portrayal of a dragon-born while playing the game, so why bog myself down with mundanity when there's monsters afoot?

Are you going to do a blog about it, like Nondrick?

That they do.

Actually, I might. I could play it one game day at a time for the blog. I'll have to think about it.

hehe, I also loved Nondrick's blog. I hope yours is as good as it is (and more often updated ).