» Fri May 27, 2011 1:10 pm
There are some good ones in here to be sure. However I have experienced many of the ones posted already, and while they are all good I think it would be wise to add a little variety to the mix- perhaps you shall all agree. I shall add some that are more difficult to replicate. Not all are so unique but should be shared anyways. i think if more people had the sort of experiences I have had with both Morrowind and Oblivion they would praise both for their brilliance as two awesome RPG's. More to follow later- some Morrowind specific ones especially.
#1. TES IV Oblivion:
The Forester.
The fog lay thick on the High Jerall range, as the Dark Elven Adventurer Celedrin slowly trudged along the winding paths and rickety bridges so characteristic of this portion of Cyrodiil. He was walking- something few adventurers have ever been known to do, but on this particular day no adventure pulled at his heart more then the call of the wild, and the serenity of nature. Many deer bolted as he drew within range, but he gave no pursuit.he just kept walking along.
As always Tamriel can be full of Danger, thus he would run from the onslaught of wolves and other beasts, until his pursuers tired of the chase. They would be an easy kill to be sure, but he cared little for combat on this day. However it happened that once a wolf chased him past an icy Elven Ruin, and there he espied a forester. Foresters are perhaps the most intriguing characters in all of Cyrodiil, the protectors of the forest these members of the Imperial legion are solitary and seldom seen. In the end the wolf proved too much of an annoyance for the adventurer and a well aimed swing of the sword was enough to end it. However intrigued by the life of ordinary citizens in Tamriel the Adventurer decided to return to the Elven Ruin and observe the comings and goings of the Forester who had pursued the wolf dogging The Dunmer. To this end the Forester decided to go hunting when he espied Deer. Watching NPC's perform less common activities in a game is always intriguing and truly adds to the realism. this day was to be no exception.
The Imperial Forester ran, with bow in hand after the deer. Clad in his heavy, and I daresay clumsy Imperial Steel Armor. He stopped to fire, and missing a deer he cursed in frustration, then the process repeated itself. while the lcukless forester continued his little chase time and again as he moved about the countryside. Eventually I took pity on the poor forester and pulled out my own bow. Shooting a couple of deer down i stayed with the forester as he went to gather meat from the deer. It began to snow, I decided to talk to the forester. To my surprise he mumbled about the gathering snowstorm, and told me something of the region. I was quite astonished. While I knew that Oblivions AI was quite intelligent, and allowed the forester to curse his own lack of luck, the awareness of the environment and what was happening in it was just too much to take. I really had to convince myself that this was a feature coded into the game and not some kind of supernatural phenomena.
My next little tale has to do with NPC Allegiance and it's funny consequences in the City of Bruma.
#2. TES IV Oblivion:
The Price of Allegiance.
I once had one of the strangest and most amusing experiences in the city of Bruma when a glitch with Radiant AI turned into a peculiar happenstance. As a member of the Dark Brotherhood the Dark Elf Assassin and sometimes adventurer Celedrin had been sent on many deadly assignments. This time he was stationed in an Inn in the Nordic City of Bruma, scoping out any advantage on his target, who sat apparently drunk at a table near the door of the seedy little tavern. Finding nothing the Assassin decided the time for a strike had come, why not a public execution this time? It is worth mentioning that this particular Dark Elf had gained the trust of many in Cyrodiil, and many were willing to turn a blind eye to his activities, some even willing to fight at his side. Now the elf stealthily approached the table and delivered a mighty jab. But the subject was more powerful then first anticipated, and did not keel over at the first strike. But that mattered little, for what happened next drove such thoughts fro the adventurers mind, many around the tavern rushed to the injured man's aid- but not all, in fact some did quite the opposite and started to attack those who were now assailing the Dark Elf. As the inn turned into a sea of chaos the dark elf tried out the door, but the mod followed him. As NPC's died left and right the guards joined the fray. the crafty dark elf, wanted to see how things would play out however and thus hopped straight onto a nearby roof. Many more NPC's apparently from all over Bruma came to join the fight as the stunned Dark elf watched from above- the guards down below dispatched all of them, but something was happening- the NPC's were attacking the guards directly now, something truly novel, still they kept dying, things would have returned to normal after that, but this was no ordinary glitch, indeed to my astonishment, and glee once the guards had killed all the other NPC's they turned on each other, and kept switching allegiance as another one died- screaming Murder all the while, only to be replaced by a re-spawn later of course, and thus for the next twenty minutes I watched guards fighting amongst themselves. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen in a game.
Next up a thrilling battle from Morrowind.
TES III. Morrowind:
Lord of the Telvan.
I have been working on my new Morrowind character for a while now, carefully leveling him up and trying to complete as many quests as possible. to that end before this tale begins understand that I had already become Master of the Fighters guild and Archmage of the Mages Guild. We are talking about an extremely powerful character (level 65 currently). I had recently sold about 200,0000 gold Worth of Objects in Mournhold at the Armory (all Daedric equipment taken from Golden Saints). thus I was flushed with cash. With no clear indication of where to spend that yet I had been checking all over for spells I had not purchased earlier. I have not cheated at all with this character, and thus after painfully leveling up my enchant skill to 75 (and destroying lots' of perfectly good soulgems with really good souls to recharge my items- enchanting new ones is too slow for levelling enchant) I thought i would try to enchant my Daedric Daikatana that I had killed a guy at the Dren Plantation for (he is one of my favorite murders in the whole game). However saving and trying to enchant it for a couple of tries I decided that I just had had enough with trying to enchant my own objects, thus I went to a Mages Guild enchanter In Wolverine Hall, and using the soul of a Golden Saint I had my sword enchanted to do 60 points of Shock Damage ontop of the 60 points of damage it already did. After successfully having paid for this new uberweapon I promptly saved the game then tested it on all the NPC's nearby, as suspected it was instakill on all of them. i then reloaded.
I had one quest-line I had not yet fulfilled and was pretty far along on, I had yet to kill Archmagister Gothren of House Telvanni to claim his place. Thus I took my new ubersword, some restore magicka potions from the mages guild chest and set out for Tel Aruhn. Upon arrival to the city I wasted no time in using my levitation spells to fly to the top of Gothren's tower. Before going in I used one of my potions, and made sure all my armor and weapons were in perfect condition. Inside Gothren waited with his Dremora Guards. I decided the safest course would be to provoke him to fight me, thus I insulted him until he got angry. Drawing out my new sword I dropped each of his two Dremora gurads with one hit each, then sheathing my sword I prepared for the real battle. Gothren cast his first spell before I could do much, and I found myself paralyzed while summoned a Daedric Dagger to gut me with. A couple of hits later I unfroze and quickly countered with a devastating Lightning Spell (as you can tell I like Shock damage). But when facing one of the most powerful mages in Morrowind one must remember that reflect spells are quite harmful. thus the process repeated itself over, me getting paralyzed, then countering with something powerful. Eventually I had to heal myself, and I had to use up a couple of restore magicka potions. Then I changed tactic- I started off by paralyzing Gothren back, then while he was parlyzed using a disitigrate weapon spell of him, so he would have to resummon his little dagger when he got unstuck. Then I used my shock damage again. And on it went for another twenty minutes- rinse and repeat. An epic struggle of magical energy as two extremely powerful mages went at it. But finally I tired of the conflcit, and smote down my enemy with a quick blow from my sword- keeping a telvanni Tradition, after all Telvanni are extremely fond of enchanted items- this archmagister is no different.
