This is my first time in this thread.  Morrowind is a great game!  I've had hours upon hours of immersive solo role-playing with this game (and Oblivion as well).

Hmm. Last time i played i didn't pick up my main game - i thought i'd start a new one to see what choosing an entirely different kind of character would feel like and whether the game experience was any different.

So i chose an Argonian and made up my own class (which for some reason it wouldn't let me name, so i was stuck as an 'Adventurer'). He was a spearman with alteration, illusion and mysticism as his main skills. He can wear medium armour though.

I was amazed at how much quicker my movement was - even an Athletics skill of 25 and Speed of 50 made a huge difference to speed compared to my first character. Also, for the first time i've noticed my Fatigue bar going down pretty quickly - even when just travelling. I guess that 30 Endurence makes a big difference!

The character is pretty shit and i didn't chose the right combination of skills to make him useful. If i start a proper second game (after i've gone the course in the current one), i'll chose one of the default classes again. I must admit that i fancy playing a Pilgrim, but i think that might need too much of a paradigm shift for me at the moment.

I have to admit that I've never gone in for making magic items much, though I often love the ones I find (necklace of water breathing? YOU are my new best friend!!!)...

And I have found that overall, I'd much rather just charge and kill a stupid archer than waste time on draining skill... but that also means I've never tried it. Might work. My anti-archer device is a solid shield....

Certainly I always wind up with awesome athletics/acrobatics skills... surprised they didn't just level up on you wandering around so you could see the effect (ok, acrobatics means you have to jump and fall alot like a deranged crack-monkey.... but still, super easy to level)

I finished the main game quest using a Dark Elf Adventurer.  I think that he's level 72 or something.  I never explored the magic item making part of the game since my character was a martial type character.  Although, it seems to be pretty cool.  I made a few trinkets, but never actively searched for items to create items.  I mostly just experimented with it.

You need to have a fair grasp of skill selection to make a good custom class.

Diary 32: Got back for a couple of hours and restarted the game where it had crashed. I did what i did last time but decided that i'd enchant my helm with Soul Trapping this time around. If i wanted to do it before, i had to buy scrolls, so having a magic item that can do it is much better.

I finally got to be a Redoran councillor. However, for some reason the main guy at the Redoran council chambers has also given me the advancement so that i'm the Archmaster of the Redoran faction, yet no-one confirms this and just call me councillor, even the guy who promoted me. I then ask to get promotion again, he does it, yet i'm i'm stuck at councillor. Wierd. Anyway, i now need to attract women to my stronghold! Easier said than done. I've persuaded a lady bard to go there - cost me 200 gold, mind you, but haven't found anyone else who wants the job just yet.

It's been quite a while, but IIRC, you could only reach the proper top seat of House Redoran by killing the present leader in the Vivec Arena after a formal challenge. All along your rise to power, you must have heard quite a few bits about how he is a strong but evil leader, and earlier on you even had to rescue another Redoran's child from his residence after the kid got kidnapped.

Quote from: Premier;276906It's been quite a while, but IIRC, you could only reach the proper top seat of House Redoran by killing the present leader in the Vivec Arena after a formal challenge. All along your rise to power, you must have heard quite a few bits about how he is a strong but evil leader, and earlier on you even had to rescue another Redoran's child from his residence after the kid got kidnapped.

Been there, done that quite a while ago. Maybe i did it out of order or something. It's no biggy anyway, i just wondered if there was any in-game fanfare for becoming the head honcho of a faction.

That's beyond where my last game left off, so don't know.

Diary 33: So, i carried on trying to persuade some 'ladies' to go to my stronghold. I went all over the place asking anyone who looked vaguely feminine. Imagine my surprise! I am pottering around Suran and go into that establishment with the lady dancers. They want in! So i have some 'exotic' dancers onboard. I return to see if i have enough settlers and i do. The next stage of my stronghold is underway.

I decide to kill the time by taking up a mission i got ages ago - delivering some potions to a mine in the middle of no-where. I take the scenic route around Red Mountain and discover the Ghostgate! First time i've been there. The Temple people hate my guts because of the neverine thingy, but i explore and get a ring enchanted with light. I left it there, actually hovering by the lever that controls the gate. I am sooo tempted....

18th level now and just hit 200 health.

Stuff you get in the Red Mountain area isn't *infected, so feel free to grab the ring.

* Far as I know. Besides, corprus is permanent...Interesting, that...

Diary 34: Left Ghostgate and continued my reccy around the ghostwall. Went round the whole mountain and finally found the mine to deliver my potions. Sadly, i couldn't find the guy i was meant to deliver it to, so i left frustrated. As i was close to the Zenab camp, i thought i'd pay them a visit about making me their chosen one. The chief wasn't having it, so i charmed him into giving me a quest. Kill a vampire! eek. Anyway, off i go and finally, i find the tomb. The first room was a toughy, with a greater bonewalker sapping my strength. The actual vampire wasn't that difficult - not much treasure. boo!

Cleared out a couple more tombs, one of which was my toughest fight for quite a while. A Bonelord and daedra double-teamed me. I managed to survive the fight with only 20 of my 200 health remaining! I also managed to soul trap the daedra - the greater soul gem it is inhabiting is worth 39K. Groovy.

Next time, i'll go back to be confirmed as chosen guy, and as i'm in the area, i'll go to the other tribe nearby for their vote.

Ooh, almost forgot, got a journal entry telling me that my stronghold is finally complete! Sadly, i'll have to wait a while before dropping by to see how it looks.

Man... I was uber when I was playing but nobody ever offered me no steenkin' stronghold...

.... me sad (says former leader of the Fighter Guild, Theives Guild and Imperial Legion...)...

... of course, that game is long lost with the death of me Xboxy... poor Xboxy

You have to enter one of the three noble houses in order to get Mansion related quests.

I did, I swear I did... even completing their quest chains...

... or at least I think I did... but my Xboxy died three years ago... there is still some pain when I remember the good times. The funeral was nice. There were flowers, but it rained a lot. Seattle weather, you know?