you aren't forced to do the mainline quest at all past getting away from the alduin attack at helgan. and if you use alternate start you aren't even forced to do that.

to roleplay a drunk useless monk in solitude go to solitude and play a drunk useless monk/

There's a blog out there called "Living In Oblivion" where someone did something like this. Designed the ugliest character he could and did his best to live the life of a normal person and to avoid getting anything like a quest at all costs. It's quite an entertaining read.

The hardest part is probably picking a goal for your character that isn't entirely boring. I mean you could chop wood all day and trade it for beer, but that doesn't sound much fun. The blogger I mentioned set his goal as becoming an alchemist and walking from town to town in pursuit of that goal.

you aren't forced to do the mainline quest at all past getting away from the alduin attack at helgan. and if you use alternate start you aren't even forced to do that.

 

to roleplay a drunk useless monk in solitude go to solitude and play a drunk useless monk/

By saving humanity I mean any quest, doing anything without any kind of profit. I may had to change him

*expelled out of the city, too*, as such public pronouncements in this city is death, imo

There's a blog out there called "Living In Oblivion" where someone did something like this. Designed the ugliest character he could and did his best to live the life of a normal person and to avoid getting anything like a quest at all costs. It's quite an entertaining read.

 

The hardest part is probably picking a goal for your character that isn't entirely boring. I mean you could chop wood all day and trade it for beer, but that doesn't sound much fun. The blogger I mentioned set his goal as becoming an alchemist and walking from town to town in pursuit of that goal.

That must be interesting to read

And indeed, the goal is the hardest part.

He may think of Dawnguard as of the next place where he could do a mike/produce holy water, though Windhelm is much better and safer place

I played a merchant once, who developed quite an intricate trade route between the various cities of Skyrim. I think the only skills I ever leveled were Smithing, Alchemy, and Speechcraft. My "goal" was to become rich enough to own fully upgraded houses in every hold, in spite of the knowledge that getting said houses would invariably require fighting. I eventually had to hire a bodyguard-slash-pack mule to protect me as I wandered around the ever more dangerous roads.

All it takes is some self control - the merchant in question never leveled up any armor, weapon, or magic skills, despite being under constant attacks on the road. I just stuck with clothing. Installing a needs mod helps, because then you get reminders that yes, you should really get some sleep and a bite once in a while.

 

 

*expelled out the city, too*, as such public pronouncements in this city is death, imo

You could get lucky and glom onto a Khajiit caravan as it leaves town. Not a complete death sentence, because they'll help guard you from attacking bandits and beasts. Picking flowers, chopping wood, or mining for ore can make you enough money to survive on, if not much else.

My sister once played a monk in Oblivion... not a non-fighter, though, this guy was a real warrior type. His quirk was that he would try to avoid violence whenever possible, and whenever he did kill someone, he had to leave a bunch of flowers on the corpse. Not ingredients, though that would have been easier - the super-rare vase of flowers that you'd only find in some people's houses. This made for a difficult game, because she had to find a bunch of flowers for every corpse... and if she ran out, she had to scour every city for flowers until she found them then return to the corpse.

Her self-control and willpower was a hell of a lot better than mine, though... doing that long-term is an exercise in frustration.

I played a merchant once, who developed quite an intricate trade route between the various cities of Skyrim. I think the only skills I ever leveled were Smithing, Alchemy, and Speechcraft. My "goal" was to become rich enough to own fully upgraded houses in every hold, in spite of the knowledge that getting said houses would invariably require fighting. I eventually had to hire a bodyguard-slash-pack mule to protect me as I wandered around the ever more dangerous roads.

 

All it takes is some self control - the merchant in question never leveled up any armor, weapon, or magic skills, despite being under constant attacks on the road. I just stuck with clothing. Installing a needs mod helps, because then you get reminders that yes, you should really get some sleep and a bite once in a while.

 

 

 

*expelled out the city, too*, as such public pronouncements in this city is death, imo

You could get lucky and glom onto a Khajiit caravan as it leaves town. Not a complete death sentence, because they'll help guard you from attacking bandits and beasts. Picking flowers, chopping wood, or mining for ore can make you enough money to survive on, if not much else.

 

 

My sister once played a monk in Oblivion... not a non-fighter, though, this guy was a real warrior type. His quirk was that he would try to avoid violence whenever possible, and whenever he did kill someone, he had to leave a bunch of flowers on the corpse. Not ingredients, though that would have been easier - the super-rare vase of flowers that you'd only find in some people's houses. This made for a difficult game, because she had to find a bunch of flowers for every corpse... and if she ran out, she had to scour every city for flowers until she found them then return to the corpse.

Her self-control and willpower was a hell of a lot better than mine, though... doing that long-term is an exercise in frustration.

Good idea. Mine 'hero' could ask charity for his abbey/monastery/whatever or even do some merchandize.

And your blog partially made me think about roleplaying

That "living in oblivion" blog, if you're interested. It's actually a lot of fun, if sparsely updated.

http://www.screencuisine.net/livinginoblivion/what-is-this-be-brief/

I see he's doing a Skyrim version now.

You could get lucky and glom onto a Khajiit caravan as it leaves town. Not a complete death sentence, because they'll help guard you from attacking bandits and beasts. Picking flowers, chopping wood, or mining for ore can make you enough money to survive on, if not much else.

 

Never underestimate the RP value of running away in a blind panic. It can get you out of most trouble without needing to break character. When that fails, hiding in a cave or a mine will generally work. Just don't go too far in!

 

 

And your blog partially made me think about roleplaying

This is me, blushing.

 

 

That "living in oblivion" blog, if you're interested. It's actually a lot of fun, if sparsely updated.

I just read through it. Pretty good! Lots of laughs. But "sparsely updated" is an understatement. The adventure is unfinished, and 2011 was the last update!

As long as we're sharing playthrough blogs, how about An Illusionist in Skyrim and In a Hostile Country (Morrowind, 52 entries) and The Cyrodiil Look (Oblivion, 27 entries) and On Inconvenient Lizards (Skyrim, 19 entries).