Ever wished you could roleplay in the awesome Elder Scrolls universe out of forum? I sure did, so I started a paper-and-pencil roleplay campaign set on Tamriel!
And this is a shameless advert for a blog I started about it all - how it all started, how I've chosen to fill in blanks left in the lore, how I've chosen to portray things from earlier games, my own NPCs and my player's characters, the story and plots overall and the personal experiences of each player, how I've woven a web of intrigue spanning Tamriel and racial boundries and centuries and what inspires me. I won't go into anymore detail in this post because that would negate the blog itself.

So if roleplay is something that interests you or if you're a loremonger like me, make sure to pop in for a read and maybe even some feedback!

http://feartamriel.blogspot.se/

Snippets of what will come;

• Khajiit
• A penitent reachwoman and the fear against her legacy
• A thief-poet NPC styled after the Gray Fox
• My addition to the downfall of the Dark Brotherhood
• Game of Daedric Thrones
• Saxhleel family constellations and relations - a theory
• How to overcome the limitations of time in TES universe
• More khajiiti

I'm curious, are you using your own game system or have you just adapted another system to fit the world of The Elder Scrolls?

There have been several attempts on these forums to adapt various systems for TES, but for one reason or another they never seem to get to a "playable" state.

As mentioned in my second post, I've adapted the system used in Dark Heresy (WH 40K RPG) because that's the system I'm most familiar with. The biggest changes has been exchanging attributes with skills and giving pure points to each skill instead of currency that can in turn buy upgrades. For each 25 they gain in a skill, they get to create a perk with my guidance that is most easily compared to Traits in WoD. The trickiest adaptation so far has been the magic system, because psykers in 40K don't resemble mages in TES even a little.

But I think it's good to be flexible, sometimes you just have to override the dices.

That sounds interesting. I'm not very familiar with the WH40k RPG, but a table top game set in Tamriel is something that interest me greatly, so I'll certainly be keeping an eye on your blog.

I've heard that the Warhammer Fantasy RPG system is fairly similar to Dark Heresy (like I said though, I don't know much about them). I wonder if that would be an easier system to adapt to TES since they're both more traditional fantasy settings than 40k.

I've only tried the http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=93 and it's very different from Dark Heresy in a multitude of ways. The major difference being that it revolves around the amount of dices and successes and not a D100 system. From what I heard, the old system is different though and might be more similar to DH and easier to transfer, gotta have to look into that.

Third post posted, the next one will be the first description of the story itself.

I wish you the best of luck, my friend!
I've always wished me and my friends had a P&P ES game to play. =)

Thank you! I'm hoping that my posts and will inspire and aid others in doing the same as I have done!

Wow, I certainly get no treats for my activity...

I just wanna bring about an update about this project because despite the lack of text on the blog, it hasn't been dropped. When I first started this back in fall I had started writing my bachelor paper and thought I would get some spare time both for actual roleplaying and tending to the blog although I misjudged the situation. My chosen subject proved a lot more trickier than expected and spring that followed was comprised of almost only placements for about fifteen weeks. My motivation has been tested and oscillated due to troubles finding suitable dates for sessions with my player, mainly because half of us graduated this summer and people are moving and starting to work and all that. All in all, it has been hard to keep things going but I assure that it is not forgotten.

This week I have been home with stomach flu so I've had some spare time to write down new stuff, work on brand new character sheets and the thought hit me that I can finish another blog post, or a few... who knows? I just wanted to do a shout-out to the forum(s) that at least one new post can be expected sometime tonight or tomorrow and that I should be able to update the blog even more up to the end of August. What happens past that date is a worry for another time.

Lastly, I wanna finish this post with an open question to all of you who reads this; is there anything you want me to cover in a post? Has some question come up when reading through the first three posts or are you really excited for me to read how I plan (if at all) to involve a famous faction or even character into the story? Any feedback or questions are greedily embraced!