A poison and bug based build?

Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:12 am

I kind of had this idea to make a character who's obsessed with toxics and insects. Figured that it would be fun to play a character like this. I wasn't sure if I could post this in the main forum so I posted it in the spoiler section, to make sure. If the mods think otherwise and want to move it then I can pretty much understand that.

Race:

Wood elf (I doubted between argonians and wood elves. But wood elves seem to fit better with aesthetics that I want to pursue. Wood Elves also have 50% resistance against poisons which seem to work along nicely.)

Weapons:

Crafted spiders from the Dragonborn DLC. I also want to give her Miraak's sword because of the toxic appearance, but I don't know if you have to be Dragonborn in order to do the questline. (I haven't done it yet.) If you do have to be Dragonborn, then I'll give her Nettlebane instead.

Armour:

In vanilla, I would probably give her something tribal like the Savior's Hide or Forsworn armour. However, I got mods for this one that make her a bit more ''buglike''.

Skills:

Alchemy (Duh)

Sneaking

Pickpocketing (To plant poisons)

One handed (If I can use obtain Miraak's sword. Atleast.)

Smithing (Only for the elven perk which is required to craft the armour I want.)

*restoration (I know that there's a restoration spell for poisoned runes regarding the DLC. But other than that, I don't think this character is much of a mage. More of a rogue. So I'm not sure.)

Do you guys have any other ideas, perhaps?

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Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:05 am

You'll have to be Dragonborn to get Miraak's sword (unless you're playing on PC and can console command the sword into your game). You can travel to Solstheim at any time, but you can't start the Dragonborn main quest until you've started The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller in Skyrim's main quest, which triggers the first cultist attack.

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Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:11 am

Hm. Well, in that case. Nettlebane will do. (Or maybe some other weapon. I'll look into it.) Probably fits better anyway given that the character is more stealthy. I am on PC so I can console command it in if I want too, but I don't feel like doing that.

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Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:38 am

Sounds similar to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqf8xgDvYXI

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Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:00 am

I guess. Didn't know about that video until you showed it. Coincidence, I suppose.

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Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:00 pm

Nettlebane is a rather poor choice as a primary weapon, IMO. You can't enchant it, and while it needs ebony ingots to improve it, it doesn't benefit from the Ebony Smithing perk. It also weighs twice as much as an ebony dagger and does less damage.

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Post » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:04 am

It doesn't bother me much. I always favour aesthetics over effectivenes in games like Skyrim. However, I took it into consideration, so I'm looking into other weapons that would fit the theme.

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