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  1. 1. Sex and preference of the protagonist?

    • Heterosexual male
      2
    • Heterosexual female
      2
    • Bisexual male
      0
    • Bisexual female
      6
    • Lesbian female
      2
    • Futanari interested in men
      0
    • Futanari interested in women
      1
    • Futanari interested in men and women
      1
  2. 2. Species of protagonist?

    • Nord
      7
    • Redguard
      0
    • Breton
      1
    • Imperial
      3
    • High Elf
      0
    • Dark Elf
      0
    • Wood Elf
      1
    • Khajiit
      0
    • Argonian
      1
    • Orc
      1
  3. 3. Origin of Protagonist?

    • Skyrim - Haafingar
      0
    • Skyrim - Eastmarch
      0
    • Skyrim - Falkreath
      4
    • Skyrim - The Reach
      1
    • Outside of Skyrim
      8
    • Random (if you choose this option, also vote for random on the next question)
      1
  4. 4. Background of Protagonist?

    • Nobody/Peasant/Wanderer
      3
    • Warrior or Mercenary
      1
    • Thief or Treasure Hunter
      7
    • Imperial soldier
      2
    • Stormcloak soldier
      0
    • Aspiring wizard or scholar
      1
  5. 5. How harsh a place is Skyrim?

    • Not too bad. Comparable to vanilla difficulty with survival elements on fairly forgiving settings
      4
    • Pretty rough. SFW survival elements - hunger, thirst, gate tolls, etc. - are set to a higher difficulty level
      2
    • A struggle. In addition to SFW survival elements, external NSFW elements are at a higher level (Sexlab Survival stuff, for example)
      4
    • Downright awful. Survival elements, SFW and NSFW, are at a higher level, including internalized elements such as the disparity and inequality settings in SLS
      4
  6. 6. What should my focus area be with this mod setup between now and the start of the blog?

    • Expand and beautify the world
      2
    • Add more diverse equipment and ensure it's distributed in the world
      0
    • Add more diverse enemies and ensure they're distributed in the world
      2
    • Add more quest content (specify any particular requests in the comments section)
      3
    • Put in a little bit of everything with no special focus
      7
  7. 7. Bad ends - how should I configure Simple Slavery

    • Don't use Simple Slavery -- if the protagonist dies, just load the last saved game
      5
    • Only include quest type content as outcomes - no free-form/procedurally generated outcomes like SD+ slavery
      3
    • Same as #2 but also include outcomes that can lead to the protagonist's death (e.g., Meat Farm)
      0
    • Enable all SS++ options and leave it up to fate
      6
  8. 8. Should the protagonist get involved with Legacy of the Dragonborn?

    • Yes, start the quest as early as possible for access to the museum displays and other convenience features
      3
    • Yes, but wait on starting it until it makes sense organically (i.e., protagonist is in Solitude and has read the "adventurers wanted" flyer before)
      6
    • No, don't get involved with that quest on this playthrough
      5
  9. 9. If I can find a platform that allows it under the terms of use (a harder proposition than you might think), should I stream gameplay or post videos?

    • Yes, do a regularly scheduled livestream
      1
    • Yes, post extended gameplay video
      1
    • Yes, post short, topical video clips and embed them in the blog
      7
    • No, focus on the written aspect of the blog enhanced with still images
      5

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Hi folks, hope you are all having a good December so far! Some of you may recall my fairly lengthy blog where I documented my experience beta testing Shout Like a Virgin. For a number of reasons, I've wrapped up that playthrough and don't plan on revisiting the blog - my configuration has changed substantially since and it's not feasible to resume that campaign. However, starting in January, I would like to start up a new blog. If you're interested in reading another gameplay blog, please take a moment to fill out this poll so I can get some ideas for how to get rolling with that. The poll will be open for two weeks, which should give me enough time to prepare before I start blogging.

 

A couple of parameters:

  • This blog will be running with a large load order - approximately 1100 mods and 1200 plugins
  • You can get a preview of the mod configuration here, though this is not the final list
  • The main focus of this blog will be on documenting the game experience, but it'll also double as a debugging run, and if I run into problems I'll include sections on how I fixed them
  • I've omitted a few options on the poll because I'm not confident I can write them well or I don't believe they'll be a good platform for evaluating the mod list for bugs
  • I may follow up with a runoff poll if there isn't a clear leader in some of the questions, such as character creation parameters
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2 minutes ago, VirginMarie said:

Where's the option for bratty bisexual female? :P 

 

I voted video clips (3rd one), but this is only useful if the video is linked, hosted externally on a site that can handle streaming, otherwise its not useable

 

Yes, that's the idea. I was dissatisfied with the Lab's own video streaming so I'll only post video if I can find a provider where my stuff complies with their terms of use without me having to rip a lot of content out of my world. 

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I see that the 'what mods should I add' part of the poll is currently trending towards the grab bag option. Just to give some perspective, this is my "waiting list" of mods that I'm currently evaluating for inclusion - obviously only a very small fraction of this list will make it into the test build I'll be using in January, but let me know if you see something in there you're particularly interested in seeing "in action" - or if there are other mods that you would recommend that aren't on the list yet.

 

Complex Mods/Mods with Dependency Trees

  1. Sexlab Hormones -- probably MME also and its relatives for full function
  2. Warp new sse port https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/46992/
  3. Animated Armory dependencies (i.e., Goblin patch) - also finish DIY LL integration. Keyword injection only items probably don't need the actual patch, just copy edits into the deconflict plugin. For major mod installs, confirm that the patch hookup is mirrored on the other mod's page and skip
    1. Animated Armoury - CC Dead Man's Dread Patch
    2. Animated Armoury - Legacy of Dragonborn Displays
    3. Animated Armoury - Smelter Recipes
    4. Inigo The Shredder
    5. ***Still need to review the self-hosted patches
  1. Get the various Ivarstead mods playing nice with each other
  2. Modular Blue Palace Terrace and Solitude Patches (+Another Solitude / Solitude Parallax)
  3. Palaces and Castles Enhanced? Note that Immersive Fort Dawnguard has a patch for this; installed but marked as optional
  4. Whiterun City of Walls
  5. Riften mod collection (see saved Reddit post)
  6. Resplendent armor - as a guard option
    1. Needs Better Civil War Guards
  7. Dark Brotherhood Reborn and dependencies
  8. Dark Brotherhood Resurrection
  9. People of Skyrim 2 -- maybe, seems to have a lot of conflicts
  10. PCE and its dependency stack
  11. New Legion, etc., Rigmor of Cyrodiil beautification mods
  12. Inns and Taverns SE
    1. Hooks in with/abuts several other mods and may need CK attention to resolve conflicts
  13. Snazzy Furniture patches / mod stack
  14. Riften Southwoods
  15. Similarly, Old Falkreath
  16. The various Dwarven Cyborg mods on LL
  17. Return of Deviously Cursed Loot
    1. This mod has some problematic sections - need to discern current pace of development to determine if its best to wait until a more mature version launches

 

 

 

New Content - Monsters/Creatures/Animals

  1. Arena encounter zone overhaul
  2. TDG's Goblins Around Skyrim
  3. Creepy Zombies
  4. Wenches series
  5. Other OpusGlass mods
  6. Scary Ghosts SE and its mod stack
  7. Estrus Spider/Estrus Dwemer (Spider appears to have hooks to SL Parasites - get that at same time)
  8. Demonic Beasts
  9. HDT Werewolves SEhttps://www.loverslab.com/files/file/6937-hdt-werewolves-se/
  10. Ancient Nord Stalhrim (also review the author's other mods)
  11. Lore friendly armored falmer
  12. Flying Crows
  13. Simply Nordic Draugr Weapons
  14. Jebbalon's Gallows Rock Hanging Werewolf Hand Fix (review the author's other mods too)
  15. Faction Warfare?
  16. Extended Stormcloak Armor Variety
  17. The New Dragon Cult (also review author's other mods)

 

 

New Content - Quests/Places

  1. ZDD / HFP
  2. Wizkid's Pinewatch/Imperial Forts overhaul
  3. Honor hall overhaul (probably not since its main feature doesn't work -- but check out the author's other mods)
  4. JK Skyrim --> get the basic mod installed as a starting point?
  5. LOTD add-ons (e.g., ESO Sky Shards display)
  6. Savos Aren's Regrets (may require compatibility fixing vs. CRF)
  7. Dwemerfication series (note, needs terrain fixes) also windhelm industrialized
  8. Maelstrom (quest mod)
  9. Frozen in Time
  10. Lost caves and ruins
  11. Faction pit fighters revamped
  12. Phoe quest mod
  13. Lost Cavern of Prophecy and its sequels?
  1. Second Great War
  2. Engorged Robber's Gorge (and other Lawbringer locations)
  3. Forgotten Dungeons
  4. Review Falskaar mod stack
  5. Joopvandie's border towns and their associated ASLAL scenarios
  6. Beyond Skyrim: Bruma and its stack -- note that Immersive Dawnguard Dayspring Pass has a Bruma patch on its local page
  7. Clearance Mod-Added Dungeons and its stack
  1. Bathing Beauties or Beefcake
    1. This mod and even more so "Great Forest of Whiterun Hold" probably need deconfliction with all sorts of things --- low priority
    1. At a minimum, need to wait until after City of Walls is up and running
  1. Alternative Courtyard and its Statues add-on (need to verify compatibility though)
  2. Penitus oculatus
  3. Fugitive of the Natural Order
  4. Immersive Daedra Worship/Molag Baal Kidnapping quests
  5. The individual mods from the Kingdom of the Pale AIO (the AIO itself may be problematic because of the scope of edits, especially around Dawnstar)
  6. Review Heart of Skyrim for feasibility/compatibility
  7. Graduate Bard's College V2 -- needs conversion from Steam Workshop version
  8. Library of paarthunax
  9. Sacrificial Spriggan Redux (LL) -- assess the author's other mods too
  10. Immersive hold borders and its associated patches
  11. Whiterun Watchtower Doesn't Start Broken
  12. Daedric Shrines of Skyrim
  13. Giant Campfires Cast Shadows
  14. The Tale of Tsatampra Xiros
  15. s6o6t LORE - Dark Anchors Ruins and Dolmens (his Oblivion Gates mod also)
  16. Riverwood Bridge Reborn?

 

  1. Snowberry cottage
  2. ClefJ's Half Moon Mill
  3. Review the mods in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f2u128lk6Q

 

 

New Content - Equipment

  1. Investigate Vanilla Weapons with Reflections
  2. Fjotli's Silver Locket by Ave
  3. Court Wizards Sell Staves
  4. Frankly Imperial Armor and Weapons (note - make standalone the sleeves/pants versions)
  5. Female pants
  6. Common clothing vanilla matches
  7. Estoc (need to add Rapier keywords)
  8. Creation Club Integration - Armor
  9. Artesian Cloaks (including mod stack of items not already installed)
    1. Also need to go back and get the rest of the DX mods in the stack
  10. Redguard Noble Retex --> Ebony style for Ebony Warrior
  11. Romanov Couture
  12. RyanReos Elf Paladin
  13. Knights of Skyrim
  14. MTM UNPB clothing and armor
  15. Medieval overhaul (needs some tweaking -- Tullius outfit -> Falk for example)
  16. Open faced guard helmets (convert to standalone?)
  17. Skyrim Spear Mechanic
  18. Garrus's Axes
  19. Bowgasm
  20. Equipment Flexibility Project Complete
  21. Elianora Battlemage armor
  22. Argonian Tail Armor
  23. Khajiti Apex Armory
  24. Elsweyr Imports
  25. Daedric glass
  26. Dwarven Ebony
  27. Daring Gigaduex (+RCAC)
  28. Perfect Legionnaire
  29. Armor of Intrigue (Penitus outfit option?)
  30. QuarantineCouture outfits
  31. More Elven Armor looks promising, especially for certain specific NPCs; Dingy Armor for the 3dNPC ex-Thalmor in Falkreath, Benison for the one at the College of Winterhold. Highborn for the ROB and Mrissi big bads
  32. Extended Circlet Pack
  33. Skyrim Peasant Fashion
  34. Simply Realistic Guards and Stormcloaks (make standalone, as always)
  35. Guard Ranks
  36. Animated Armoury interfaces (* indicates self-hosted patches on the AA page)
    1. *Immersive Weapons
    2. *Rapier and Dagger
    3. *Expanded Skyrim Weaponry
    4. *Heavy Armory
    5. *Spear Skill and Perk Tree
    6. Animated Armoury - Various Patches
    7. Animated Armoury Glenmoril Patch
    8. Animated Armoury Outlaws and Revolutionaries Patch
    9. Animated Armoury Vigilant Patch
    10. Blade of Intrigue Animated Armory Patch
    11. Diamond Smithing Complete - Animated Armoury Compatibility
    12. Lintra Spear Patches
    13. LoTD - SUT - Animated Armoury Patch
    14. Weapon balancing script for Heavy armory and Animated Armory for use in xEdit
    15. IWI Battle Staves need "quarterstaff" keywords added
  37. Zerofrost ultimate armor
  38. Latex Witch (LL)
  39. Breton Apparel -- use in conjunction with "cultural" clothing leveled lists (may need to move this to DIY section depending on how fast I get here); also relevant to Haafstad and Beyond Reach
  40. Look at "skimped" series, especially used in conjunction with RCAC
  41. ElSopa HD Shields Standalone - Vanilla leveled lists and optional CCOR patch - made with ALLA

 

New Content - Characters

  1. Heights of Skyrim?
  2. Nether's Frea
  3. Elisif the Fair - Blackmoon Edit
  4. Conditional expressions
  5. LoonaShadow follower - set up as late activation mod for after ROC
  6. LK Cicero 2.0 (LL)
  7. Fat Daddies & associated mods
  8. Bandit Hermits
  9. (After installing Bruma) Diverse Guards Skyrim BS Bruma Version
  10. Randomly distributed SOS Body Hair
  11. Elderly and Adults
  12. Petra - Personal Attache
  13. High Poly Vanilla Hair
  14. Pregnant NPCs
  15. Benjamin Doon
  16. Rupert
  17. Lielle
  18. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/43120?tab=description good SMP hair mod
  19. Faerie Follower (LL)
  20. Skyrim At War (maybe - potentially a high load mod)
  21. Skyrims Drunk
  22. Skyrims Dead / The Honored Dead / Gallows of Skyrim

 

 

Visual Enhancements

  1. Immersive Interactions
  2. Water for ENB
  3. Citizens of Tamriel visual overhaul?
  4. Eating animation and sounds
  5. Conditional Expressions
  6. Multilayer Parallax Soulgems
  7. My road signs are beautiful?
  8. Iconiac Statues (will require some asset load order management)
  9. Tamrielic Grass
  10. Unique Skulls SE

 

Functional Enhancements

  1. Headhunter: Bounties Redone
  2. Impress the Companions - Tougher Giant Edition
  3. Chill out Aela
  4. Nordic Cooking
  5. More racism in Windhelm
  6. Remove enemies from compass
  7. Reduce compass range
  8. No overpenetration SE (LL)
  9. Review this list https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/nh8bax/my_social_immersion_mod_list/
  10. Extended Encounters and Wintersun - Vigilants Hunt True Daedra Worshippers
  11. First Person Combat Animation Overhaul
  12. Adoption Without Murder
  13. Bounty gold sse
  14. Tail Standing Idle (LL)
  15. Baka ABC
  16. Simply climb / that falling mod
  17. Skyrim Sleeping Bags SE
  18. Notice Board (and its interconnects)
  19. All dogs go to Sovngarde
  20. Dark knight greatsword animation
  21. Orakin2020/eskyrim animations
  1. Civil War Overhaul - Redux
  2. Civil War Recurring SEIGES
  3. Skyrim Civil War Battles
  4. Civil War Checkpoints
  5. Civil War Aftermath
  6. Mage's Travel Service
  7. S.L.U.T.S. -- may need debugging
  8.  
  9. Body Builders/Morphology/Corruption (candidates to replace weight tracking function)
  10. Train & Study (and its mod stack)
  11. Better Dynamic Snow in New Lands (once all dependencies are loaded)
  12. ASLAL mod stack
  13. Project AHO Spell Crafting (has a mod stack)
  14. Destructible Display Cases
  15.  
  1. Potion Toxicity
  2. Sleep to Level Up
  3. NPC Bartering
  4. Spell Research (has an extensive mod stack via its patch page)
  5. Complete replica fixes for LOTD
  6. CACO Mod Stack
  7. Encounter Zone Unlocked
  8. Grateful Beggars
  9. Dynamic Idles Bathing Patch (note - depends on Bis)
  10. Cobb encumbrance
  11. Serial Strip SE
  12. Encumbrance at Home
  13. Missives (and its mod stack -- Witcher board version worth looking at too)
  14. Review Elder Souls Sword Animations
  15. Revisit Horrible Harassment and its extensions -- Inspectors/Drunk/Approach
  16. Splashes of Skyrim
  17. Harvesting Humans
  18. Battle Fatigue and Injuries
  19. Review this list https://screenrant.com/best-skyrim-horror-themed-mods/
  20. Devious Guards
  21. Varietea
  22. Horse Sta

 

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thanks everyone for contributing to this poll. In summary, our new character will be...

 

  • A bisexual Nord woman
  • A thief or a treasure-hunter, depending on who you ask
  • Born outside of Skyrim
  • Has not yet heard about Auryen Morellus' museum project

She lives in a world...

  • Where surviving the elements is moderately difficult. Environmental factors, especially in cold regions, are challenging.
  • Where society makes it hard to be a woman and a foreigner; the natives are suspicious and the law is stacked against her.
  • Where the Empire's faltering grip has seen a return of slaving within Skyrim and weakness or vulnerability can lead to a loss of freedom.
  • That differs from canonical Skyrim in many ways, some of which may be unexpected.

The blog will...

  • Mainly consist of text and screenshots
  • May include short video clips if I can find an appropriate hosting platform (this may end up meaning certain aspects of the story cannot have video clips taken because of content restrictions, e.g., 'no mixing sex and violence' type rules).

 

Right now I'm finalizing the mod list and doing some final integration testing. I expect to kick off the blog on New Year's weekend, so keep an eye on the blogs section :)

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  • 3 weeks later...

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good new year and are enjoying the story.

 

I've posted a poll for feedback on the direction of the adventure so far. Please take a moment to let me know how I can improve this blog as we move forward with it. While I can't guarantee that every 'ask' on the poll will make it into Kirstia's story (for example, adding more transgender representation would require configuration changes that I can't do without starting a new game), but I'll definitely take all suggestions into account when planning the next adventure.

 

 

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