Is it possible to create an Ayleid?

Post » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:11 am

Title says it all really.

Would it be possible to create an Ayleid?? I know I could create one technically but could it be justified to create one?? and If so how would you build him??

Also on PS3 so no mods
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Jeff Turner
 
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:56 pm

I love Ayleids. One day they shall rise and take back what was taken from them. Imperial swine!!!!
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Dalton Greynolds
 
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:08 pm

Ayleids are extinct. But aside from that you'd need to figure the stats. I suspect they would be very very close to Altmers.
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:59 pm

Appearance-wise, according to the lore, an Ayleid would look somewhere between a Dunmer and an Altmer. Given that you can't mod, you'd have to work from one of them, and roleplay that your character was an Ayleid.
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:12 pm

Key points are that they are very attuned to magic, even more so than altmers. Also they used to enslave men, so there's likely be a great mutual dislike between Aylieds and Imperials. Also some Daedra worship I think. Generally they are not considered to be pleasant.

Here's some more info on them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_of_The_Elder_Scrolls#Ayleid
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Isabella X
 
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:04 pm

I know they're extinct but there is something quite exciting about being the last of your race.
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Hope Greenhaw
 
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:18 pm

In http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:2920,_Second_Seed_%28v5%29, they're described as "not as dark as a Dunmer, but not as pale as the Altmer."
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Zosia Cetnar
 
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:06 pm

Yeah been reading up on the Ayleids on the usep wiki site. So I would make a Altmer but make him darker than normal, but then again a Dunmer has the power to summon a ancestral ghost, which could be useful to a Ayleid I suppose??
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Post » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:12 pm

I have done some fleshing out of the Arimer, or Star Elves (what others call the Ayleids) for my fan fic. http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=4431&view=findpost&p=120043 my main character receives a history lesson on them. I changed a few things from the lore, notably that the Arimer had pale white skin. Along with that they naturally had an affinity for the color white. So they tended to wear white clothing and armor, and naturally even treated the stones of their cities to make them white as well. Somewhat keeping with the lore, the Arimer were not only excellent magicians, but very oriented toward the stars, learning to use meteoric glass to make welkynd and varla stones, which gather the power of magicka from the stars. They likewise made Star Wells also, which married the power of the stars with that of Nirn, creating fountains of energy.

The early Arimer lived close to nature, being very similar to Bosmer in outlook, and like the forest elves, they followed Spirit Guides (better known as the Earthbones - the Aedric spirits that sacrificed themselves to create Mundus). But as their civilization advanced, they turned away from their spirit guides and began worshiping Daedra. At the same time they discovered necromancy, and using the power stolen from millions of souls, they built their great wonders. To fuel the altars of the daedric princes and necromancers, they enslaved all the other races in Cyrodiil. To keep their slaves in line, they filled their armies with daedra and undead. Their lust for power plunged Cyrodiil into darkness and horror. In the end, even Nirn itself wanted the Arimer dead. This began with Alessia, who touched off a crusade that lasted for centuries, until finally the last of the Arimer fell at the Battle of Glenumbria Moors.

Or did they? Rumors persist that Abagaianye - the last king of the Arimer - survived the battle and slipped away with his people to someplace safe, beyond the reach of the now broken Cyrodiilic Empire. Some whisper that even now their descendants live on in some hidden valley deep in the Valus Mountains, once more living in harmony with nature, guided by the spirits that created Nirn.

In purely game terms, I would make an elven race with white skin. Give them a 100 point bonus to magicka and a 25% resistance to magic. Stats ought to be skewed toward intelligence, willpower, and personality. Skills that receive bonuses would be the magical ones, especially mysticism, conjuration, and alchemy.
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WYatt REed
 
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Post » Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:32 am

I would think not, ayleids have already interbred with other races if anything.
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Kyra
 
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Post » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:25 am

Ayleids are Wind Elves so they are close to High Elves and Dark Elves =/ without mods u cant do a 100% Ayleid for shure, but u shoud try!
Ayleid is look like this: http://www2.fileplanet.com/images/160000/168873ss_sm2.jpg
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