Aloysia

Yup still alive and still slowly plodding along. I am learning a lot of this from the ground up and keep finding every time i think i understand something and push onwards i run into something else i don't know and have to start learning. The last month or so i have been on a bit of a sidetrack trying to learn 3d modeling so i can make some custom armor, its a little bit more involved than i thought it would be when i started and i haven't been happy with any of the results so far but I am slowly improving.

Progress is steady, but slow. I have the general overarching story idea well enough figured out that I am happy with it, the struggle now is coming up with the details. I have the first 2 quests pretty much worked out, but they are a pretty short and just a general introduction to the story. Coming up with the quests after that and how to progress the story is what I am currently stuck on as well as what choices the player will have and writing dialog for npcs . Let me know what kinds of quests you enjoy or dont enjoy and if you have any quest ideas feel free share.

Yeah i have nothing to do with that nexus link and it has nothing to do with what I am planning. Also question for you guys in this thread, would you use or consider using a system that used skills as currency? So for example reduce a selected skill by some number to gain some benefit (spells, shouts, items, points in other skills). This is one of the ideas I have been toying with as a unique system and interaction with Mora (part of the whole providing him with knowledge bit). Still haven't quite figured out how I would want to deal with perks(limit you to points above your highest perk, let you trade perks, drop below the level needed for a perk without removing it, dunno needs some more thought). Like i mentioned still trying to decide the scope of what i want to accomplish. I just want to know if this something anyone would actually use or be interested in. One of the other main ideas I am working with is something I do personally every time I play which is collect all the books. So a place you can put them that actually tracks them for you is another one of many ideas, with maybe a growing bonus or something the more you have collected. How many of you guys also try and collect all the books? tldr. answer these questions for me 1. Would you be interested in a system that lets you trade skills for things (spells, shouts, items, points in other skills) 2. How many of you spend time trying to collect all the books in the game

Hmm I hadn't thought of this angle. Couple more ideas on the drawing board now.

Well that sure didnt take long. I was thinking along the lines of, Hermaeus draws his power from knowledge and the longer the world existed the more knowledge was created and so Hermaeus continued to grow in power. The other daedric lords afraid of how strong he was getting locked Hermaeus in Apocrypha a static dimension where no new knowledge was created and his power remains static. This may also be a reason behind the disappearance of the dwemer the most technologically advanced group of people in tamriel and the creators of more knowledge than any other race but thats a matter for another day. The black books are the bindings of Apocrapha each on penned by a daedric lord. You being able to enter this realm provides him with a source of new knowledge something he desperately wants so he can break free (not that he would ever tell you this though). Others have traveled there so he has somewhat of a slow power gain but your ability to come and go is something none of his other visitors seem to have. Or something like that. This is why I am trying to write it all down in an organized document I have a whole lot of things in mind but they probably dont all work together so needs a bit more organizing. Can you elaborate a bit more on that last part? What in particular do you find squicky that tentacles isn't already. This is the kind of thing I am interested in finding out. What kind of content would people want or not want. Yup that was exactly what I had in mind. Trading knowledge for power basically.

Well at least this confirms that my super secret project has people who would be interested. I have been working on pretty much exactly that. The idea revolves around the black books and Apocrypha and some "adjusted" lore for Hermaeus Mora. My working title is DYLT, lets see if anyone can work out what it means. I am currently trying to finish the design document organizing my thoughts into something usable then I plan to post it get comments, see how people like the idea, probably make a bunch of changes and hopefully start building something people will enjoy.