Those poor Stendarrites. They lost themselves a good leader.

I was poking around on my laptop with an older copy of dosbox, and I noticed I had Daggerfall still installed. And my save game still works!

It's going on my desktop immediately. My level 5 character will live again. Hasn't died once.

Oceryl is my name, I'm an adventurer of scarce age. At least not old enough to do this kind of stuff. I've always been a coward and now, this! I'm clearly not meant for being in dungeons, I should have stayed in the library at home. Bah. But little did I know that the sparring I did with my father when I was younger would come to such good use and that I was this good at using blades. However, I'm not an adventurer of the adventuring kind, I'm more of an adventurer that enjoys hearing about others adventures. Still, I need myself an occupation. And adventurer sounds fine.

I know, I'm rambeling now, but this Privateer's Hold is driving me mad. I tell you, those rats will one day pay for this. The sound they make is unbearable, I'll be scarred for life I tell you. Still, I'm just Oceryl. And that emperor bloke, well, I'm still not sure what I have to do with him.

Really? How'd you pull that off? What kind of character are you playing? What level is he?

How do you manage to find your way back? I can only ever loot as much as I can carry, going back and forth is nigh impossible. Barely remember my way around!

My Argonian once again raided a graveyard and went to the nearest shop in order to sell the loot and buy some more books. When she talk to the shop keeper, he told me her that he need help removing Scorpions in his house. She accepted thinking its fast cash. Whoop-de-do. About after five minutes of asking around where the shop keeper's home at, she got in the house. Inside, there was nothing in there! She search around and nothing. Right when she got to the exit, a bunch of Scorpions appear! A couple minutes of fighting those things, she got back to shop keeper, where he paid a good deal of money toward her. Tired, she decided to go to the nearest inn and rest.

My argonian main died, level 3 from either a) the plague, B) ancient vampires, or c) hoards of ancient liches that he can't get out of situationally.

Started a new one, Wulfrik the Bloody a nord warrior custom class. The man is quite dangerous, he'll do anything as long as it involves bloodying his axes and hammers. He has been known to use archery, but only if his target is fleeing like a coward. The one thing he respects is strength, and people with strength. He has made several pacts with daedra to enhance himself, but at the cost of not being very likeable and is harmed by holy places. In addition, he has a loathing of elvish weapons and refuses to use them in a fight, and his pacts caused him to be burned when he touches silver. Cheesy? Meh, I'm quite fond fighting like warriors of Khorne in warhammer, so it carries on

Also, I somehow ended up with 2 ebony daggers...odd

I finally learned how to master the master the sword combat in Daggerfall. It is very or fairly easy if you know to do it properly. (Isn't everything, though? if you know how to do it). I also played a bit of Arena, and mastered the combat in that game.

Maybe not? I mean mastering the combat?

But I have learned how to use the mouse to swing the sword. Very nice, I think

I have also killed 2 or 3 rats and 1 or 2 giant bats, In Daggerfall that is. In Arena, I killed 2 or 3 rats and 2-3 goblins.

I still haven't figured out to cast spells in Arena or Daggerfall...

That'll be my lesson for the next few days...

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I'm (still) very impressed with the FMV introduction to Daggerfall; it is one of the best introductions I've ever seen in a videogame.

Especially, the last line:

"Rest well this night, for tomorrow you set sail for the Kingdom of Daggerfall"

is one of the best, if not the best closing line in an introduction movie, I've ever seen.

After having played both Arena and Daggerfall for a bit, (with the controls not hindering me too much) I have to say that I'm impressed with these games. And i finally understand what some of you mean when you praise these games so much.

Awesome. So great to see a lot of people enjoying the game. In fact I started up a new game last week too after the news, hadn't played it for a while ^_^

Race: Breton

Level: 8

Primary: Destruction (61) Alteration (30) Long Blade (36)

Major: Resoration (50) Illusion (45) Thaumaturgy (20)

Minor: Archery (17) Mysticism (40) Critical Strike (17) Dodging (15) Mercantile (15) Medical (22)

Advantages: 3x Increased Magery, General Spell Absorbtion, Immunity to Paralysis
Disadvantages: Forbidden Weaponry (All except Short and Longblade and Missle Weapons), Forbidden Material (Leather), Critical Weakness (Poison and Disease)
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I took Spell Absorbtion at first because I was tired of being killed by Daedra Lords. I then made myself a target area frost spell that was pretty powerful, taking all my spell points. I would then cast that spell when my enemy is close enough, and I would then regain all my spell-points. Occasionaly, I would get hit cause I let them get to close, so that's why I would have to rest.

Spell-casting rules.

My latest character Ra'Jinn a Khajiit has went on a killing spree and spent 2 years (I save before this) in prison after he got out he got a letter from the DB.


What are the benefits and drawback from joining the Dark Brotherhood, also no one wants to talk to me now (Because Im a murder right?) How can I gain there trust back.

Hit escape and in the options choose view mode. Or for a lot more helpful info, check out the 'help for newbies' thread Nothing can be done about the graphics and sound, but it would seem because you didn't learn the controls by hitting Esc and looking at the key commands, you really haven't given it enough time. I would certainly give the game enough time to get out of the first dungeon, because you forget used to th graphics and sound once you start 'getting' the game and killing things!

But if you're not going to try again, I don;t see why you thought there would be any benefit posting your post......

If you join the brotherhood first you won't have the issues. Anyways, to get their trust back do non-member quests for them. Eventually they'll relent and let you back in their ranks. However, being expelled from the thieves guild and the Dark Brotherhood are permanent, and you cannot get back in (unless you don't mind using some cheats)

And we need to know, because?

This has 'i'm not going to play this game any more', but in a way where you sound like you are going to play some more!

Because it makes them different

Cleared 3 dungeons today, aim was to exterminate wereboars/wolves. I sold a lot of loot, now I have around 7K gold. Went to the city of Daggerfall and did some quests for the King and the guy beside him (not the queen). I thought he would reward me more than just 200 gold pieces <_<

Not sure what to do now. Want to take a break from completing fighter's guild and knight's quests.

Read the books the game have to offer! Its expensive, but it is worth it!

That or ya can get quest from the Innkeeper/Shop Owners.

Or visit another region!

Might just do that (both).

Psh! You lowly peasants can't even access the Mages Guild Library! Har Har Har!

Me <-- Mage Guild Member. Also, that doesn't stop me from buying book from the Store!

Just spent some time raising my Destruction skill to 90. W00T W00T

Why me,a dark elf from Morrowind, born of lowly parentage, got to know a King so well that I have ended up in a shipwreck and then in a cave to fight my way out of, I will never know! Some would say 'luck', but at the moment, I would laugh at that suggestion!

Luckily, I am a Spellsword, so it could be much worse!

I have got out of this nasty first dungeon with only two points that a worthy of mention.... An Elven sword came my way from th archer behind the desk and the skeleton I killed on the throne platform with my bow and 6 arrows (all I had) that had disappeared by the time I fought my way to him!!! I levelled up while in that Privateers Hold, so I must have been doing something right!

Went to Daggerfall to sell all my loot, and am currently waiting at an Inn for my Elven Sword to be repaired. Despite an adventure to get here, I still feel like I am just starting!

(PS: Love Mass Effect, but have to say that compared with Daggerfall, to call it an RPG is a total joke! !!! I mean, just read the stories in this thread...!!)

Orc blood dripped from the steel warhammer of Wulfrik; the last of the vermin in the Privateer's Hold had been slain. Wulfrik was in a fowl temper of what happened last night after the boat he was sailing on capsized. He hefted his hammer on his back, scaled the wall, and made way for the exit, passing bodies of grotesquely slain bodies of rats, bats, and bandits. The cold dark night brought him some relief, as it somewhat reminded him of the snow covered wastes of Skyrim. Looking at the horizon he wandered off, to where and in what direction he didn't know. He arrived at an orchard early in the morning. There, he was given directions to Daggerfall and set off.

At he arrived at the great snow covered city of Daggerfall, but without a clue as to what he was supposed to do now. Apparently, he was supposed to be contacted by a person named Lady Brisienna, yet every time he searched for any information about her, the citizens of Daggerfall either gave him cold stares, or worthless information.

Seeing that he was now all on his own, he decided to look for work, ones that involved killing and lots of it. But first, it had been five days since he had any real rest, and decided to rent a room at the nearest tavern. After sleeping in the tavern, he looked around town for a job. When he went to the tailor, the owner of the store asked him to find an expensive book for a rather good pay. Had the tailor not told him that the book he was looking for was in a dungeon known to be quite dangerous, Wulfrik would have flatly refused and headbutt him for such a pathetic request. With a job in hand, he asked many of the citizens about the the Ruins of Gaerhart Manor. He was met with some hushed tones, and news of a recent argonian acolyte of Arkay who had been slain by either a lich, the plague, or ancient vampires. Wulfrik laughed at the worry of the citizens, bought a horse and a wagon, and left

There at the ruins, Wulfrik found most of the tails to be nothing but utter rubbish. The most dangerous thing there was a few spiders and bandits. He found the book after hardly any searching, and decided since he had more than a week to spare, he would see if the manor was indeed as dangerous as everyone had described it to be. After a day, he had bloodied the wall of the manor, and found no such ancients, liches, or any disease, let alone the supposed argonian Akary acolyte.

He returned to Daggerfall, sold all the loot he found, even if he was completely ripped off, he didn't care, and completed his task. He ended the day with massive drinking at one of the taverns, and passed out on the roof of a four floor building he didn't remember climbing.

today adriana went to the ruins to look for the deadroth guarded scroll armed with her dwarven long sword. afther days of fruitless searching of the ruins up and down she finally came across the deadroth and the scroll. afther begining to fight him she realized that dwarven material didn't work on deadra. running throught the ruins she came across a spellsword and what luck she did have because he was holding a mithril weapon a mithril broadsword. claiming the mighty weapon with one hand she marched back to meet the deadroth and slew him like she slew many creatrues before.

afther his dead she took the scroll and brought it back to the merchant who told her that the shipwreck was caused by the grandmother of the queen of daggerfall. afther recieveing this information she desided to countiue along with the mission the empeoror sent her on. she went to castle daggerfall and met with the queen of daggerfall. the queen wanted adriana to find her grandmother and see if she was still alive. knowing that the grandmother was the one responsible for the shipwreck adriana egarly accepted the quest with a vengence as strong as that of the late king of daggerfall in her heart.

afther traveling 15 days to the wrothgarian mountains to shedungent adriana went inside demanding answers. once inside she first found a locked door in front of her it was magically locked so no use in trying to bash it down. she desided to try to find a way around afhter several days in the ruins she gave up and crawled her way to the entrance. once there she gave one last look at the door and desided she would try to break in with an open spell just to see if it would work thankfully she bought this spell back at the mages guild back in daggerfall before she left. well it worked and she was allowed entrance to the throne room heading up to meet the old woman adriana found her to be mad spitting nonsense. realizeing the old woman must have been tricked into summoning the storm adriana left her alone only with a dire question linguring at the back of her mind who was the one who munipulated that old woman.

afther a 15 day journy back a month from whense she left adriana walked into the throne room of daggerfall to give word to the queen her grandmother was still alive. afther going outside adriana didn't know where she would go. that when a courier arrived bearing a letter from the queen of wayrest requesting an audience. haveing nothing but lose ends in daggerfall adriana took off to wayrest.

After great trials and tribulations, at the beck and call of numerous wizards within the Guild of Mages, and months of ardous study of the Aether winds, Olryn has been made Archmage of all High Rock and Hammerfell.