Introduction to the Daedric Princes Part 4

This introduction has taken a little while, but this is the last part of the four part series. I won't waste any more time, on to the last four Daedric Princes!

Peryite, Lord of Pestilence

Prince of Pestilence and Disease

Traditionally None (though has a male voice)

Quest - “The Only Cure” 

Artifact - Spellbreaker

     Armor – 38

     Weight – 12

     Value – 225

Sanguine

Prince of Hedonism and Debauchery

Traditionally Male (though he can shapeshift)

Quest - “A Night to Remember”

Artifact - Sanguine Rose

     Damage – 0

     Weight – 10

     Value – 2087

Sheogorath

Prince of Madness

Traditionally Male

Quest - The Mind of Madness”

Artifact - Wabbajack

     Damage – 0

     Weight – 10

     Value – 1565

Vaermina, The Dreamweaver

Prince of Dreams and Nightmares

Traditionally Female

Quest - “Waking Nightmares” 

Artifact - Skull of Corruption

     Damage – 0

     Weight – 10

     Value – 1680

I hope you have all enjoyed this brief look into the Daedric Princes. If you guys want a somewhat in-depth look at each of them, comment below! And last, as always, a Skyrim Confession:

Mod Monday - Follower Commentary Overhaul

I like chatty followers. I enjoy their comments on the environment or the quest at hand. Because my internet is slow and my computer isn't very beefy, I can't enjoy the benefits of Interesting NPCs. If you want to save computer space and have more immersive followers, check out Follower Commentary Overhaul by terzaerian. 

The magic of Follower Commentary Overhaul give every follower of each voice-type access to more lines of dialogue. Now this doesn't mean that you can talk to them, they just talk at you while you run around. If you are in a cave your follower might comment on it. The same goes with dwarven ruins, cities, holds, and so much more.

The lines do get repetitive after awhile, but it's still more enjoyable than stale old lines or even none at all. All this means is that it's time to run with a follower of a different voice-type. 

Some of the most repetitive lines as of late are: "Have you seen that Shrine of Azura...", "I once shot a bear at 300 yards. In a blizzard.", and my personal favorite "Fine. But you're wrong anyway!" I tend to yell back "Shut up hubby! I'm right! I'm always right!" I still like the blizzard one, simply because my follower is supposed to be a Dark Brotherhood Assassin. The Azura one however, gets old quick, "I am shoving the Star of Azura in your FACE! I have done the quest already!" *smack* "Sorry. It's okay, I still love you."

Even though some lines may be repetitive, I still recommend checking out this mod. It is a different way of adding some depth to your followers.

Screenshot Saturday 9/26

Ah... Another Screenshot Saturday...

Dayspring Canyon*

In The Rift 

Ravenholm Double**

View of Whiterun

Winterhold Beacon

Expansions/Mods:

*Location in Dawnguard Expansion
**Location in Mod

Introduction to the Daedric Princes Part 3

Welcome back! I'll skip the pleasantries and jump back right in to the mess of things! Daedric Princes: Part 3 of 4!

Meridia, Lady of Infinite Energies

Prince of Life

Traditionally Female

Quest - “The Break of Dawn”

Artifact - Dawnbreaker

     Armor – 12

     Weight – 10

     Value – 740 

Molag Bal, Harvester of Souls

Prince of Domination and Corruption

Traditionally Male

Quest - “The House of Horrors”

Artifact - Mace of Molag Bal

      Damage – 17

      Weight – 18

      Value - 1257

Namira, Mistress of Decay

Prince of Darkness and Shadow

Traditionally Female

Quest - “The Taste of Death” 

Artifact - Ring of Namira

     Armor – 0

     Weight – 0.3

     Value – 870

Nocturnal, The Night Mistress

Prince of Night and Luck

Traditionally Female

Quest - “Blindsighted”

Artifact - Skeleton Key (not technically a Daedric Artifact,         according to the achievement)

     Weight – 0.5

     Value – 0 

Lastly, yet another Skyrim Confession:

Introduction to the Daedric Princes Part 2

Welcome back to the Introduction to the Daedric Princes! This Part 2 of the 4 part series! Let's dive back in!

Hircine, Father of Manbeasts

Huntsman of the Princes

Traditionally Male

Quest - “Ill Met by Moonlight”

Artifact - Savior’s Hide and/or Ring of Hircine

     Savior’s Hide

          Armor – 26

          Weight – 6

          Value – 2679

     Ring of Hircine

          Armor – 0

          Weight – 0.3

          Value - 400

Malacath, Keeper of  the Sworn Oath

Patron of  the Ostracized

Traditionally Male

Quest - “The Cursed Tribe"

Artifact - Volendrung

     Damage – 25

     Weight – 26

     Value – 1843

Mehrunes Dagon

Prince of Destruction and Mortal Ambition

Traditionally Genderless

Quest - “Pieces of the Past”

Artifact - Mehrunes’ Razor

     Damage – 11

     Weight – 3

     Value - 860

Mephala, The Webspinner

Prince of Obfuscation and Secrecy

Traditionally Female (Occasionally Male)

Quest - “The Whispering Door”

Artifact - Ebony Blade

     Damage – 13

     Weight – 10

     Value – 2000 

Well, that's all for now! But I'll leave you with another Skyrim Confession:

Mod Monday - Character Creation Overhaul

So, as I've said before, I really got into role playing with my Skyrim characters. Yeah vanilla Skyrim is wonderful for this but it needed a little extra umph and the Character Creation Overhaul by Syclonix gave it just what I needed.

Main image on the Nexus page.

One of my friends introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons and I liked the feel of it but I still craved my good old-fashioned Skyrim. The Overhaul helps add some of the Dungeons and Dragons feel to Skyrim by adjusting different stats for all races and both genders. It also allows you to choose one of the Standing Stones to have as a birthstone so you don't have to run all over the map to find your favorite.

Initial dialogue box that opens after creating your character at Helgen.

It also reuses the class system from Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion so those of you who transferred in will feel right at home. If you don't like any of the preexisting classes you can also make your own! Have a preexisting character you want to have a birthstone and class? No problem! When you boot up your previous save, a dialogue box will open and ask if you want to add them!

The Character Creation Overhaul is essential to creating dynamic characters in Skyrim who will have to try harder to succeed with different skills. I love it and recommend that any Skyrim role players out there check it out!


*Images from Character Creation Overhaul Nexus page.

Screenshot Saturday 9/19

Dragonsreach Stairs

Moesring Pass

Night Sanctuary

Riverwood Way

Whiterun Stables

*These are all my personal screenshots.

Introduction to the Daedric Princes Part 1

In Skyrim, I tend to follow the Daedric Princes. I know that others probably revolt against them at every turn, but personally, they are in control of so much I would be worried about them crushing my bones. Anyway, no matter which way you swing, the Daedric Princes are important in Skyrim, and across all of Tamriel. This is Part 1 of 4 on a brief overview of the Princes as they appear in Skyrim. I have also include the rewards from their quests.

Azura, Lady of Twilight

Prince of Dusk and Dawn
Traditionally Female
Quest - “The Black Star” 
Artifact - Azura’s Star 
     Weight - 0
     Value - 1000 

Boethiah

Prince of Deceit and Conspiracy

Traditionally Genderless (Female in Skyrim)

Quest - “Boethiah’s Calling”

Artifact - Ebony Mail

     Armor – 45

     Weight – 28

     Value – 5000

Clavicus Vile

Prince of Trickery and Bargains

Traditionally Male

Quest - “A Daedra’s Best Friend” 

Artifact - Masque of Clavicus Vile

     Armor – 23

     Weight – 7

     Value – 1277

Hermaeus Mora, Keeper of Knowledge

Prince of Fate, Knowledge, and Memory

Traditionally Genderless

Quest - “Discerning the Transmundane”

Artifact - Oghma Infinium

     Weight – 1

     Value - 2500

“Lost Knowledge” - (Dragonborn Expansion)

Artifact - Black Books (Weight and Value of a Single Book Shown)

     Weight - 1

     Value - 5000

To finish off part one, a Skyrim Confession that I definitely agree with:

Skyrim Calendar

Awhile back when I was even more obsessed with Skyrim than I was now, I made a calendar. A Skyrim calendar, in case you were wondering. I thought that it was ridiculous that Bethesda hadn't come out with a calendar that had Tamriel's month and day names. So I made one in Adobe Illustrator. This is an old project so it is by no means perfect but I decided to "release" it anyway (and maybe come out with a 2016 one in December).

Each page is average letter size so you can print it on your printer (and since the internet is intelligent, I'll let you work out the rest of the process). I pulled the images from the internet a long time ago and cannot cite their sources accurately so I won't post them. If I do come out with a 2016 calendar, the images will be my personal screenshots so we won't have this issue. (Note: There are a fair amount of errors in this calendar: it's supposed to be Hearthfire not Heartfire, June and July are both Sun's Height... I am not going to fix them, but I'll make sure that 2016 is correct.)

All of the calendar is on Flickr, but here I'll showcase the remaining months of this year:

September - Hearthfire

October - Frostfall

November - Sun's Dusk

December - Evening Star

Entire Skyrim Calendar Link

Iron Helmets

The iron helmet has been around the block, to say the least. Anyone who plays Skyrim or who has heard of it knows what the iron helmet looks like even if they know nothing else about it. Many people have different opinions about it (like it sucks) but it is infamous none the less.

At the very beginning of the game, the iron helmet has a base armor of 15, a weight of 5, and a base value of 60. These stats (except for weight) will increase with time, but the iron helmet will never be as good as any other heavy armor helmet in-game. No matter how high of a level you attain, the iron helmet will still suck in terms of other armor.

There are many different memes using a Skyrim character in an iron helmet. Even ones that reference the iron helmet itself:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/143833781825995092/

Well, it definitely doesn't fit my style...

http://www.quickmeme.com/Scumbag-low-lvl-Dovahkiin/page/3/

However, there are no words for this picture:

http://www.quickmeme.com/skyrim/page/14/

But the iron helmet is highly regarded in the gaming community (mainly by those who haven't played Skyrim and realize how terrible it is). Here are a few examples:

An iron helmet via Instructables.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Skyrim-Iron-Helmet-From-Paper-to-Pr/

Another Instructables iron helmet tutorial.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Skyrim-Iron-Helmet-1/

Does an iron helmet not fit your everyday style? Get festive instead!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/485966616010780508/

Don't want a helmet stuck in your closet or a rotting pumpkin on your porch?

BACON!!! The solution is always BACON!!!

http://mydisguises.com/2011/12/13/skyrim-helmet-made-out-of-bacon/

I hoped you learned a little bit more about how the iron helmet has affected us all and have bacon iron helmet dreams tonight!

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http://americanbaconrace.com/ox_portfolio/gallery/funny-bacon-2/