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"The fifth sees and opening
His sword is thrust so true
He underestimates the warrior
He takes him for a fool

Magnus saw the blade incoming
And blocked it with his shield
Now the fifths sword and insides
Lay strewn across the field"

The Northern Front is a large, multi-path quest mod where the player buys information from a mercenary contractor and decides them self what they will do with their newly acquired knowledge. There are no quest markers, no obvious hints and no linear "go here, kill this, get this" quests. The player will have to use their wits and skill to make a profit in this shady mercenary business. Everything you would expect to be able to do, you will. Will you gather information, and follow up leads through word of mouth and paper trails? Will you use stealth, infiltration and espionage to work alongside the shadows in achieving your goal? Will you use your charm and sharp tongue to strut your way to a profit? Or will you cleave first and ask questions second, simply cutting down all those who get in your way...

This mod will offer all of these paths. All quests have multiple endings and rewards. Decisions you make in some quests will have direct effects on others. You get to truly play as your character would, and not just as the common quest would restrict. This is the main focus of this mod - quests that are original, fun to play and force you to think and decide on the best way to proceed

Features

New camp and inn in the North of Cyrodill
New, diverse NPCs, each with their own personalities and distinct behavior
Many new quests, each with multiple endings and paths to completion
New, powerful artifacts, for you to obtain however you see fit
A diverse and interesting story twisting itself around the main quests
Many new self written and lore integrated books related to the mod including:

The Legend of Marchosias, On Marchosias, Manual of Cavalry, The Adventurers Bestiary, The Warriors Bestiary, The Graverobbers Bestiary, Tamrielic Cryptids, Follow Me and Him - Penumbra


Screenshots

Scenes
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Combat
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Dialogue
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Books
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Progress

Quests and Scripting - 80%
Exteriors - 95%
Interiors - 80%

decent quality mic: paid 6k to go to intensive acting school, and one year of high school theatre arts acting.

however, I will not voice act for you until I have definate evidence this mod will not be dropped, no matter the circumstance.

Seen as I've now finished college for the summer I have more than enough time and I have finished quests to show anybody who needs proof work is getting done

alright...maybe...
And...besides it's been awhile since I have acted, so I need to brush up a little.

This sounds very nice, and the screenshots are cool.

Can't have enough guild-like quest mods.

Well if you're interested just PM me or keep watch of the thread if you want further progress to be made first

Updated the original post. Forgot to mention I was looking for writers. Mostly dialogue, but anybody who's creative enough and wants to be an active part of the mod would be welcome to, quest designing/building and scripting are my strong points, writing not so much

Sounds very promising, but you should wipe that vaseline off your monitor.

For some reason enabling anti-aliasing disables screenshots so I had to use blur :facepalm:

Updated mod progress status and bump for potential voice actors

tip go see the Tesalliance Voice Actors Guild
http://www.invision.tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/forum/74-voice-actors-project/

that's not vaseline... :blink:

more progress updates. i know most people expect first time modders to abandon WIPs rather swiftly but i'm still going strong

very nice :goodjob:

another push for voice actors. i know i'd be lucky to get it VA'd before it's beta release, but one can dream

ended up bigger than i expected and took a completely different route

also i've written quite a few books for this mod, i'm thinking of releasing thjem in a seperate mod before i release NF (pushed back again due to CS issues)
would anybody be interested in this?

updated with a ton of screenshots

I hope this does not interfere with any UL's located in the northern parts of Cyrodiil. Because it sounds really great!

one quest will definetly conflict with any ULs surrounding chorrol, and any near dragonclaw rock, but if enough requests are made i'll make a patch for it to be compatible with UL

Or Vorians of UL will make a patch...

depends on the popularity of the mod i guess

i've retextured one of the city signs to make a sign for the main camp, but i don't have the means or knowledge to add it to the model and create the object. can anyone please help me with this? it'd be a big help

Bump for help with what I said above

Another shameless bump, I really need help with this, is just applying an already made texture to an existing model but I really havn't got a clue how

I used the tutorial found http://www.invision.tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/1237-guest-workshop-retexturing-oblivion-part-02-by-darkrider/ when I learned. Hope it helps. Great to hear that this is almost done, it's sounding great! I can't wait to play it

Thanks, that tutorial did help
All is good now

Good to hear, keep up to good work.