Part 9: A Series of Unfortunate Events


Joining the Fighters Guild was the most popular option. Heading over to the Moonmoth Legion Fort to see what they had to offer as well as see what Larrius Varro was up to were also some suggestions that we can easily do at the same time. I'm sure the package can still wait a moment, right? We're still in Balmora, after all.





Many buildings in Balmora have two entrances to them and the Guild of Fighters is no exception. We want to take the stairs up to get straight to the person who recruits new members.









And of course we will be given quests. Guilds seem to be having somewhere around 30 quests and at least some of them have to be done if we wish to advance through the ranks. The message I was given for trying to gain a rank was "your attributes and skills are high enough, but you haven't done enough jobs".

We can't turn down a job if we ask for one. We don't have to do it of course, but we now have our first guild mission. Of course it's about rats. Should we do this job?



Let's explore our new little base.



Ah, here is the chest.



It's... Rather lacking, but we are free to take what we want. There were some health-restoring potions and these hammers that we will be making the most use out of. The chest does restock occasionally.



Our equipment has to be repaired and that is what the hammers are for. Our equipment has health and if it goes to 0, it is broken and cannot be used. Luckily we do not lose it, we just have to repair it before we can equip it again. It's a good idea to keep your equipment properly repaired, as damage does affect them.





Now that everything is fixed, I head downstairs into a room. Our room, in fact.



There are two locked chests here, but such weak locks are no match for Yook.



There isn't much in them, but I empty them mostly so I can put my own items in the chests.



There's also a training room of sorts all the way at the end of the hallway. That door to the back has a level 90 lock and it's also trapped. Sounds like what is in there is very valuable.

I went outside for a walk next to sell some things I had takenfound.







Oh, what is that up there?



Ah yes, of course. Get used to this sight.



Cliff Racers are very common enemies. They like to swarm and chase you forever until you kill them. Many mod these creatures away, but it apparently is not a true Morrowind experience unless you get to deal with the Cliff Racers.

Having beaten our first Cliff Racer, we felt like a man.



"Hey baby, are you sandpaper because I want you to rub my wood if you know what I mean."



Oh.








Now, let's go to Moonmoth Legion Fort. It's not very far from Balmora, so the walk doesn't take long.







I eagerly asked about joining the Legion. We can't, at least not here. We would have to go to a different fort in some place called Gnisis. Later then, maybe...



Asking about rumors, there's some Nerevarine thing the Dunmer have been waiting for, the incarnation of some Lord Nerevar person. There apparently have been many people claiming to be the Nerevarine only for the Temple to go out and hunt them. Maybe the Tribunal Temple is something where Yook can fit after all...







The door to this rather large building was right behind us. That person standing in front of us looks important, perhaps he is Larrius Varro?



He's not.



There is a book detailing the Legion's job behind him, though.



There are some people selling items here, but the door was more interesting to me. Yook senses were tingling.



Ah yes, some armor pieces. Slightly better than our steel armor.



I wonder if we will ever wear a full set of just one armor type.





Leaving the tower as there's really nothing else there, I felt like we could head down.



Oh. I found him.



He doesn't technically give us a job, but tells us that there is some Nord near Hla Oad robbing travelers. Should we take on the bandit?



The room where Larrius Varro is also leads to a prison. Seems like a place we should check.





No one here. All the cells are empty, but they're still locked. Back upstairs, then.





Many shopkeepers. The left door leads us to another room like the one where we found our new armor, but it didn't have good items. But the door to the right had something else.



If this isn't related to the Imperial cult in some way, I do not know what is.





If we want to join, we need to pay 50 gold. It seems like these people would give us similar services as the Temple, healing and blessings. Let's see if there's more he can tell us.





Oh. There was. The rules are still similar to the rest of the guilds, don't hurt other members or steal from them. Should we join the Imperial cult?

I went back to Balmora after that.


I don't know what this Argonian was up to, however.




I was rather close to a level by now, so I felt like I could go to Seyda Neen for a quick training session as there are more enemies around there. We had gained some armor skills, so we were on our way to a level with some endurance boosts and I wanted to take advantage of that. But as I was resting in the wild after some training...



I was suddenly woken up and found a strange dark figure stabbing at me.



Even injured and tired Yook can't be assassinated that easily.



And I am liking the value of this armor we found. It's rather good light armor, but we don't use that. We'll be selling this.



I talked to a guard and they immediately pointed out that I have been attacked by the Dark Brotherhood, like the armor might have pointed out. We should speak to Apelles Matius about it.

If I ask the same guard who gave me the name, it seems like he forgot all about it. Strange. But I continued to train.



Then I got stuck on a pole in a rather unfortunate way. Poor Yook. I can't actually move or get out, so this is the end of the story of Yook, forced to spend the rest of his life impaled on a thick, wooden pole. This is why it's a good idea to have some teleportation spells or scrolls...

I had actually saved very recently so I could just reload.



Level 3 and we're heading back to Balmora.


Should we deal with the rats for Fighters Guild?

Should we help Larrius Varro and take care of some bandit wherever Hla Oad is?

Shall we finally deliver the package now that we are here in Balmora again?

Feel free to suggest new guilds and factions to join at any point.

All of these guests are left open as I never actually refuse them. We might be able to do them later if someone remembers and suggests that we do it. A new update is on the way though it is going to be a rather large one.

Part 6: Visiting the Smugglers



We decided to return the ring and got some Restore Health Potions for our trouble. They are sure to be useful while we go deal with the smugglers.



We weren't told where the den of the smugglers was, but Arrille said it was somewhere around the Silt Strider port.



If we follow the road and look left once we are on top of the hill, we can see this little cave and a door. It's on the other side of the Silt Strider port, so it is very close.



And it actually is the right place.





Stepping inside, we instantly get noticed by two people. They are hostile, so you should be prepared for a fight right away.



The person behind the female Dunmer has an enchanted spear, which does seem to be able to reach me from behind her. They did do a lot of damage to Yook together, but one hit from Yook is very powerful.



They go down fast.



The woman happens to have a key, which we will take with us. The two of them also have some money and other items we can sell.



As soon as I proceed through the little door to go further into the cave, another person notices me and tries to attack me.



Next.



Instead of going down the path into the area where our last opponent came from, I turned around and headed up the stairs. There was another gate, which was locked. We actually have the key for this as it is the Slave Key we picked up earlier... But we do have lockpicks and opening locked doors levels that skill up.





Oh.



Meet our first slaves. They can be found in many areas, wearing bracers that weaken them enough to make them good slaves. They can be freed if the correct key to them is found, the bracers cannot be lockpicked. We have the key still, so we could free them. But the question is, will we free the slaves?




After that, we can continue onwards. There are more people attacking us, but in the usual Yook way, they aren't much of a threat.



I had to rush ahead to deal with the one that had throwing stars, as she was getting a bit annoying. While her corpse's head is being eaten by the wall, I took a look at her inventory. She had a lockpick and a probe, something we haven't needed yet. Certain locks are trapped and those have to be disarmed with a probe before it's safe to pick the lock.



Heading back to the area with the water, there is another slave key, an identical one to the key we already found.



The crates have some various random loot, so it is worth to check them. Not all of them have something useful, but if it can be sold for enough money, it's probably worth it. Yook is strong enough to carry a lot of stuff with him without being encumbered.



I decided to take a little swim to see where the water would lead me.



Hello.



I surface in a small, dark cave. The darker shape in the back is rather interesting...



Oh, a chest. A hidden cave only accessible by diving with a corpse nearby? I'm certain there is something good inside it.



Oh. 3 gold and a pitcher.





Returning to the main cave and continuing going through the crates, we come across some Moon Sugar. It is an illegal substance used to make Skooma, a drug. It has some value to it, but your usual merchants will refuse to barter with you if you have any in your inventory.



There's a lot of Moon Sugar in this cave. I feel like I know what these people were smuggling.



Ah, here we go. Skooma is illegal and the normal merchants won't buy it. It is very valuable, however.



We come across another gate.



I believe we have made it clear that a level 10 lock won't stop Yook.



There is more water on the other side.



It's a rather long tunnel filled with water, but it's not deep enough to actually dive.



Finally at the end, it's deep enough to swim and continue further into the cave.



It's another darker section. This time we don't have a chest, but we do have these handy stone stairs heading up.



Hello rat.



Bye rat.



There are no other enemies here, it seems. There is some light at the end of the tunnel.



The mushrooms give out that strange, green glow. There was a torch among them, which I took. It does actually work and it would give you more light. The game isn't dark enough for one to be required, but if you think parts of this update were too dark to see properly, I could make use of them while taking screenshots.



Here is the torch in action. We can't hold our axe at the same time, but changing weapons happens in an instant.



Heading up the strange rock formation, we come across a rather familiar sight.



We're back where we started. The door on the left takes us back to the entrance and the door up the stairs is the slave door. We made one big loop, got all the treasure and killed all the smugglers.

We have done everything we wanted here.




Here's what the merchants say if you try to barter them with Moon Sugar. You can just drop it down and pick it up, they don't mind that. You might see that Arrille is wearing different clothes now, and that is because I sold him something he considered better than his old clothes. The NPCs will equip the best items they have in their inventory. It can be a bit annoying if you sell them something you want back, as they won't sell items they are wearing.



Back at home, we are doing rather well. Almost 1500 gold already.


Shall we finally head to Balmora?

Should we free the slaves?

Part 4: On the Trail of the Murderer


Last time we found the body of the missing tax collector and had to decide if we will give back the money we found. We decided to hand it over.





We get praised for our honesty. Socucius Ergalla also thinks it is rather strange for a man to just get murdered and then all this money being left on his corpse. He would also like us to find the murderer, promising us 500 gold if we kill this person.

"Hey baby, I'd like to paddle my canoe between those mounds if you know what I mean."



Oh. Well, let's ask her more about the murder.



The tax collector wasn't very liked in this village and apparently he was someone who liked to show off his wealth. There was a single person who spent time with him however, someone who lives in the lighthouse. I believe we shall be visiting them.







This is the first time she hears of Processus being murdered, seeing how we discovered his body. In her eyes, he was a gentle man and they had grown close. He did have an argument with someone called Foryn Gilnith, who accused Processus of taking too much money and then keeping the rest himself. Thavere thinks this is a ridiculous claim.

If we ask her about the ring she mentioned, she would like us to return it if we find it, as it was a gift she gave to Processus and it was very dear to him.



I also decided to climb the lighthouse.




Some books actually raise our skills when we read them, like this did to unarmored. Read the entire story here.





Now, back outside, finding Foryn Gilnith isn't very difficult. He has a shack in the area with the other wooden shacks.







He admits to the murder and doesn't even try to hide it. He says he was justified, as the man was corrupt and overcharged everyone. Foryn obviously did not do it to get money himself, as he left the gold behind. If you read the tax report, Foryn does seem to have a rather large sum he would have to pay.

The Census and Excise Office as well as Thavere say that the tax collector was a good man. The townspeople think that he was corrupt and rotten. Should we punish the murderer with death as we were told to or will we let him go?


Our update was a rather short one, so I felt like we could at least gain a level. It involved getting hit by mudcrabs, jumping, running and hiding in a corner.



When we have increased our Major and Minor skills enough, we shall get a message telling us to rest. That means we will level up the next time we sleep, though you could still train your skills at this point if you want to.



We don't own a bed or have a house for ourselves, so I thought we could use the bedroll that was in the Census and Excise Office closet.





Level 2. This is where we get to choose which attributes we wish to boost and you should see that I have placed 3 tokens on the attributes that get x5. I leveled up the skills in a way that gave us the maximum amount of attribute points, which mostly included some random skills that could be raised easily. We definitely need more intelligence, but right now we don't have all that many easy ways of giving it a good multiplier.



To recap, we must make another choice: shall we kill the murderer despite him claiming that he did the right thing or let him go and miss out on the reward we would be given for bringing him to justice?

Part 2: Ladies Man


Last time there were some final choices to be made, such as our class name and birthsign. We had some suggestions for the name, so we mixed them up a bit. Whether or not we're Bad or Good shall be decided as we play along, but for now...





We chose the Lady as our sign. It beat the Atronach by one, so the Lady it is.





Our status screen. Some of our Misc skills have more points than our Minor skills due to our racial bonuses. We start out with a lot of fatigue and we will get a lot of health once we level up. With the Lady, our Endurance score is 85 at start. That's quite a lot.





Onwards to the rest of our choices. We chose to give Fargoth his ring back, giving his disposition quite the boost. Similarly, he is friends with a person called Arrille, a man who runs Seyda Neen's only shop. He will like us now as well, for free.



I bumped into this man on the way. He knows the person in charge of the Silt Strider over here and told us to mention his name. I asked him about rumors and heard that a tax collector is missing. Perhaps we could find the missing man?



As I returned to get our enchanted axe from the stump, I noticed something in the distance. It might be hard to see as it blends in quite well and looks like a rock, but it's moving.



I readied my axe only to find out that it wasn't attacking.



This is a mudcrab. It's quite harmless and a weak enemy, but usually they do attack you.





Oh.



It didn't even get to attack us properly and went down fast.



We can loot our dead enemies and crabs are delicious. It is always a good idea to dispose of the corpses so the game has less to track.





I returned to the village and found the largest building, which of course was the Tradehouse we had been told about. The door right in front of us actually is a warehouse and not the proper entrance. It's also locked, so we are going to have to head up the stairs to our left.









Here's Arrille. His disposition wouldn't be this high if we hadn't helped Fargoth. High disposition with shopkeepers is worth it, as that means we will get better prices. Any strange items you might be seeing are there because of mods: some of them add items where you can easily change the settings in-game by equipping them.







Let's sell some of the things we found like the platter and silverware cup from the stump. Even though the value of the platter was 650, we are getting less than that here. I actually bargained the price up a little. Higher personality and better Mercantile would give us better prices, but this is better than nothing.



Arrille also sells some books, but we don't have to buy them to read them.



This book would teach you a bit more about Dunmer beliefs. Read the whole book here.





This scroll has a small map of the game area and a lot of text about the land. If you want a little sneak peek of what to expect, here it is. Read the scroll here.



Heading upstairs.







Hrisskar indeed is having some money trouble. He wants us to find Fargoth's hiding place so we can take some money. Will we help Hrisskar to find Fargoth's hiding place and if we do, will we give what we find to him?



There are many people upstairs, but the woman behind the counter is the most interesting one right now.



She offers us some help for when we finally decide to go to Balmora, in case we are doing it on foot.



Our package is still safe and sound.



Taking a little look at the building, the ones next to this little road are all built in the Imperial style.



The shacks to the left and behind the Tradehouse however, are built in a Dunmer style. As far as I know, all these house Dunmer. Perhaps they were here first and perhaps they are poorer than the rest?



We have heard the Silt Strider mentioned many times already, so I ventured to the outskirts of the village to find the port.



They are large bugs with long legs and a hard shell that is carved to allow passengers to sit comfortably on them. They are moved by poking their sensitive nerves through the carved shell. We saw this one when we exited the ship.



We mention Vodunius Nuccius to this person like he told us to. She has something to say about him.

I went back to the village to ask the man himself, but as I got there...





A person in the back started to run towards me.



Yes, clearly following me. Is that a sword of some kind in his hand?



He attacked me, causing the guards next to me of course rush to my aid.



I don't think he thought this out very well. The guards killed him before I could do much. His sword did hurt, though.



It was an enchanted blade, so I believe I will be taking it. Actually...



Let's take it all and equip his clothes. I think they look a bit better than what we started out with.



I finally make it back to Vodunius Nuccius to ask him if he's happy in Morrowind. He says he's not, and offers to give us a cursed ring in exchange for some money so he can leave. Should we buy his cursed ring for 100 drakes?

Afterwards, we shall explore this town to see if any maidens need saving, wink wink.

"Ma'am, I have seen plenty of birds in my life, but I must say I have never seen a pair of hooters as amazing as yours!"



Oh. Failed admiration attempts will also lower an NPC's disposition towards us.



We have many things to vote on again. Shall we try to find the lost tax collector?

Will we help Hrisskar with his plan and find Fargoth's secret stash of money?

Shall we buy Vodunius Nuccius' cursed ring for 100 drakes?

And will we try to take on the smugglers to see what kind of things they might have?

Part 0: Almost There

Face A4 got two votes, E7 got one. We will go with A4.

No hairstyle got more than one vote, though two people voted for longer hair and one person wanted to be bald. I tossed a coin between Goldilocks and Mullet, arriving at Mullet. We shall have a blonde mullet.

Combat specialization was picked. Stealth and Magic both got two votes, though more people said no magic, so we shall have Stealth as our runner-up.

Strength and Endurance are our Favorite Attributes.



We have our hero. Now to continue from where we left off.



This is our build. Combat specialization, strength and endurance as our attributes. Major Skills were decided as so: two combat specialization skills (Axe and Heavy Armor), one skill that fits our favorite attribute strength (Armorer), one magic skill (Restoration) and one stealth skill (Security). Thanks to Restoration, we will start out with a healing spell, Hearth Heal.

Minor Skills: two stealth specialization skills (Sneak and Speechcraft), and... Well, our second favorite attribute was Endurance, but there are only three endurance governing skills and we already have one of them. The rest weren't exactly useful for us (Medium Armor and Spear), so instead I looked at out other suggestions Agility and Willpower. Willpower is like mental endurance, so I took Mysticism. Continuing, one magic skill (Alchemy) and one combat skill (Athletics). We are rather balanced, though we are definitely strong physically. And as all true men, we can brew our own drinks.

Our class is still lacking a name. Please give us a class name, and if you would like, a description for our class. I would appreciate it if it's short. The game doesn't recognize copy pasting, so I am going to have to type it myself.






Yet another decision for us to make. Our birthsign will affect us in many ways and help us as we start out. The choice, as usual, is yours. Please pick us a birthsign.


Birthsigns



The Warrior
The Mage
The Thief
The Serpent
The Lady
The Steed
The Lord
The Apprentice
The Atronach
The Ritual
The Lover
The Shadow
The Tower
Once we get that done, we will get our papers that will allow us to leave this area.





Our class name of course is not permanent in this case.



Now, the door we will have to go through is over there, but I felt like we could end this update with something a bit more fun.



Over to the right, there is this platter. Please note the value.



Comparing it to the second most valuable item on the shelf, it becomes quite apparent that it is worth a lot of money. Worth taking, maybe.



There are so many eyes watching us, but maybe we can just...



Oh. Well, all hope is not lost! If we act before the guard reaches us, we can go to our inventory and drop the item on the floor.







We do not get a bounty in this area. The guard will just tell us not to do it again. But watch what happens when we pick the platter up from the floor.



Can you see it? It's understandable if you don't. Nothing happens. We are allowed to take the platter now and no one will bother us. We now have something worth 650 gold in our inventory. We can sell it later.



There are many books in this game. The room we're in has these history books for optional reading. Enjoy the Brief History of the Empire part 1, part 2, Part 3 and part 4.

We are allowed to read things even if others are watching, but actually taking the books would be stealing.



Only one thing to do now. We'll see what is on the other side of this door next time, where we will finish the tutorial and learn more about our mission.

Part 0: Making a Hero

First an introduction to attributes. They will all affect different skills, but we will talk about skills later when it matters.


Strength affects how much damage our weapons do, as well as how much we can carry and our starting health and fatigue.

Intelligence determines our base amount of Magicka.

Willpower affects our ability to cast spells, our ability to resist paralyzing and silencing spells, and gives us more fatigue. That's a good thing. The meter is called fatigue, so you want a bigger one to be less fatigued and... Yes, it's a bit confusing.

Agility helps us hit enemies and dodge attacks or it would if we didn't have a mod for better combat. It also gives us more fatigue and helps us to resist staggering when enemies hit us.

Speed affects how fast we move, which is a good thing.

Endurance is what will be used to calculate our health boosts as we level up, which makes it good for survival. We also get more fatigue with more endurance.

Personality will make people like us more, which helps with any means of persuading.

Luck is a strange attribute that affects just about everything. It doesn't affect the loot we find, but it will affect how lucky we will be anything that has a chance to fail or succeed.




Altmer

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 30, Intelligence: 50, Willpower: 40, Agility: 40, Speed: 30, Endurance: 40, Personality: 40, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 30, Intelligence: 50, Willpower: 40, Agility: 40, Speed: 40, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Destruction: +10, Enchant: +10, Alchemy: +10, Alteration +5, Conjuration: +5, Illusion: +5


Specials

Fortify Maximum Magicka 1.5x INT
Resist Common Disease: 75%
Weakness to Shock and Frost: 25%
Weakness to Fire: 50%
Weakness to Magicka: 50%


Altmer, or the High Elves, favor spellcasting. They will get a bigger mana pool and bonuses to many magic skills. All of the special abilities are passive, so they do not have to be activated in any way. They do resist common diseases, but they are weak against every kind of magic, making enemy spellcasters very dangerous. Males have a bit more endurance than females, but females have a bit more speed.




Argonian

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 50, Speed: 50, Endurance: 30, Personality: 30, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 50, Willpower: 40, Agility: 40, Speed: 40, Endurance: 30, Personality: 30, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Athletics: +15, Alchemy: +5, Illusion +5, Medium Armor: +5, Mysticism: +5, Spear +5, Unarmored +5


Specials

Resist Poison: 100%
Resist Common Disease: 75
Spell: Water Breathing for 120sec on Self, Cost: 5pts


Argonians are lizard people. They're pretty rounded, though the males have attributes better suited for sneaky and agile characters while the females have more spellcasting power. They don't have any negative effects if one looks at their specials... However, because of them being a beast race, they cannot wear helmets that are closed as they have a snout. Their feet are also different and they cannot wear shoes or any kind, which is quite sad thanks to a certain nice item.




Bosmer

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 30, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 50, Speed: 50, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 30, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 50, Speed: 50, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Marksman: +15, Sneak: +10, Light Armor: +10, Alchemy +5, Acrobatics: +5


Specials
Breton

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 50, Willpower: 50, Agility: 30, Speed: 30, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 30, Intelligence: 50, Willpower: 50, Agility: 30, Speed: 40, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Conjuration: +10, Mysticism: +10, Restoration: +10, Alchemy +5, Alteration: +5, Illusion +5


Specials
Dunmer

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 40, Speed: 50, Endurance: 40, Personality: 30, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 40, Speed: 50, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Long Blade: +5, Destruction: +10, Light Armor: +5, Athletics +5, Mysticism: +5, Marksman +5, Short Blade +10


Specials
Imperial

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 30, Speed: 40, Endurance: 40, Personality: 50, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 40, Agility: 30, Speed: 30, Endurance: 40, Personality: 50, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Speechcraft: +5, Mercantile: +10, Long Blade: +10, Blunt Weapon +5, Light Armor: +5, Hand-to-Hand: +5


Specials
Khajiit

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 50, Speed: 40, Endurance: 30, Personality: 40, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 30, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 30, Agility: 50, Speed: 40, Endurance: 40, Personality: 40, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Acrobatics: +15, Athletics: +5, Hand-to-Hand: +5, Light Armor: +5, Security: +5, Short Blade: +5, Sneak: +5


Specials
Nord

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 50, Intelligence: 30, Willpower: 40, Agility: 30, Speed: 40, Endurance: 50, Personality: 30, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 50, Intelligence: 30, Willpower: 50, Agility: 30, Speed: 40, Endurance: 40, Personality: 30, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Axe: +10, Blunt Weapon: +10, Medium Armor: +10, Heavy Armor: +5, Long Blade: +5, Spear: +5


Specials
Orc

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 45, Intelligence: 30, Willpower: 50, Agility: 35, Speed: 30, Endurance: 50, Personality: 30, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 45, Intelligence: 40, Willpower: 45, Agility: 35, Speed: 30, Endurance: 50, Personality: 25, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Armorer: +10, Block: +10, Heavy Armor: +10, Medium Armor: +10, Axe: +5


Specials
Redguard

Base Attributes

Male
Strength: 50, Intelligence: 30, Willpower: 30, Agility: 40, Speed: 40, Endurance: 50, Personality: 30, Luck: 40

Female
Strength: 40, Intelligence: 30, Willpower: 30, Agility: 40, Speed: 40, Endurance: 50, Personality: 40, Luck: 40


Skill Bonuses

Long Blade: +15, Athletics: +5, Axe: +5, Blunt Weapon: +5, Heavy Armor: +5, Medium Armor: +5, Short Blade: +5


SpecialsName, Race and Gender.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is, as one could assume, the third installment in the Elder Scrolls game series developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft. The original game was released in early May in 2002, making it a rather old game. Just like in the later installments, it is an open world fantasy action roleplaying game where we will create our own character, choosing from multiple fantasy races and skills. We shall be exploring the volcanic island of Vvardenfell in the province of Morrowind, an area that is quite small compared to many other Elder Scrolls games. However, the entire island has been crafted by hand, meaning there are no randomly generated landscapes and exploring is quite worth it. Loved by many for the unique world and disliked by many for the outdated game mechanics, we are here to make our own judgment. Unfortunately there are no ragdoll physics.

I have not played the game personally, but I am with someone who has. While I will be experiencing many things for the first time and our memory is not perfect, I believe there will be many things I can show to you as you help us go through the game. Obviously, we will be playing the PC version. I would also like to ask you to not post spoilers, especially without spoiler tags. You can definitely suggest and talk about things I might have missed, but when it comes to actual plot points that have yet to happen, please wait until we actually get there.

We will be using both of the expansions, Tribunal and Bloodmoon, which add a lot more content and areas mostly meant to be explored after finishing the main quest. We also will not go in this unmodded. We will be using a mod called Morrowind Enhanced which will fix the rather atrocious combat system of the vanilla game. We will also be using certain mods that make the game look a bit better with plenty of new models, textures and a lot more grass and trees. Better Bodies will be changing all the humanoid NPC models to look a lot better than they did in the original game to avoid nightmares. There are also some other small mods that do not really change the game in any other way except add a bit more life to the world, such as Morrowind Comes AliveTable of Contents

Part 0
Welcome to Morrowind
Making a Hero
Roar of Thunder
Almost there

Part 1: Finishing the Tutorial
Part 2: Ladies Man
Part 3: Yook Thunderbeard, Nord Detective
Part 4: On the Trail of the Murderer
Part 5: Bloody Justice
Part 6: Visiting the Smugglers
Part 7: Off to Balmora
Part 8: Balmora Trail
Part 9: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Part 10: Reporting to Caius Cosades
Part 11: New Boss
Part 12: Poached Eggs
Part 13: To Arkngthand
Part 14: Hunting Telvanni Agents
Part 15: Naked Nord Nonsense
Part 16: Reaping the Rewards
Part 17: Ace Alchemist
Part 18: Grave Robbing
Part 19: The Great Houses
Part 20: Spooky Scary Specters
Part 21: Loose Ends