#vanilla skyrim

[chrysanthiee]

Skyrim Modded/Vanilla Tandem Playthrough

Part Zero (Idea, Preface, Rules, Characters)

Idea

I had an idea. So, Skyrim, right. I have this dusty musty crusty copy of TES5 Skyrim SE on my equally dusty musty crusty switch. I also have Skyrim AE on an upper end PC, which is modded to no end. Just to really soak in the extent to which mods change the game, I'm going to play them in tandem. I feel like I take for granted just how good modded Skyrim is, and have forgotten how genuinely broken regular Skyrim is.

Preface

For my mods, I'm using the Gate to Sovngarde (GtS) collection, plus a few additional ones I'll make note of as they appear. Check the list out here.

As you may have noticed, modded Skyrim has the AE upgrade, while unmodded Skyrim is still on SE. I'm not going to get the AE upgrade for my switch—for one, I'll pass on spending $20 on a copy of Skyrim that I'm playing again for the first time in years. Secondly, I don't even like the AE content all that much (the spells one is nice I'll admit, but the rest is hit and miss). Thirdly, I'm not even sure if my switch could handle that.

That said; some packs became free for all users on the launch of AE. Survival mode is the important one. Now, my modded playthrouth will be using a modified version of creation club Survival—but my switch simply cannot handle it. On one hand, it wasn't any fun because vanilla Skyrim is so empty, and on the other, the game was freezing up non-stop. So, that's not happening sadly. The other free AE content, I'll probably use as it becomes relevant... I guess.

Rules

No console commands UNLESS it's to fix an issue.

No extreme exploiting in unmodded (maybe...)

Must play a dragonborn player character.

Play both copies in Adept.

Characters

In my modded playthrouth, I will be playing as Genevieve, a half Nord, half Imperial (Nord race in character creation) woman. She's a Robinhood-esque character, who used to lead a life of wealth and privilege (but little agency) in the upper echelons of Cyrodiil, until she fled to Skyrim with little else but the clothes on her back in a desperate attempt to take her future into her own hands. (It's going to be taken away again the moment she hits Helgen mwahahaha)

Before I get into what character I'm playing in unmodded Skyrim, I'm going to gripe a bit (yes, already, I can't help it). I think vanilla Skyrim is best enjoyed as a evil or morally questionable character. The main thing coming to mind is the dark brotherhood and the daedric quests. Like, yeah, there's some alternate routes. But they SUCK. "Oh, you wiped an entire guild of assassins? You killed their leader? Hmm... 3000 gold?" Pretty sure there are some quests where you have to do objectively evil things with no way around them as well. More than sure I'll find them during the playthroughs. So with that being said...

Skrunky is a chaotic evil Khajiit who does whatever he wants. He's based off of my cat, but completely unhinged, without consequence, and with infinite power at his fingertips. (This is deeply unserious but after picking the cobwebs off vanilla Skyrim, I have a hard time taking it seriously so just bear with me)

All that setup said and done, you should follow me to stay updated on this rollercoaster ;)

[bosmerbitch]

✒ 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍

[quinttyz]

Spiros: The Wandering Ghost

New TESV oc I made on the switch 🤲. Idk if I’ll ever get access to my current playthrough in my laptop bc it broke down 🫠 so this will do hehe

Anyways this is Spiros!! A dark elf who often gets teased for almost looking like a snow elf hahaauhw. She has history with Teldryn Sero! Basically he saved her from an arranged marriage (literally killed her groom while on a mercenary mission) without even knowing it. Spiros wanted to follow him but knew she wasn’t skilled at ALL to hold a fight on her own. She decided to hire him as a mercenary.

But… no money….

She set out for Skyrim, leaving Solstheim behind (seeing that it was hard to earn any gold there). Well the events at Helgen happened,,lmao,,

So now she is stuck at Skyrim with Faendal, her new bestie in tow (who was under the impression that he was just going to escort her to Whiterun..why tf is he risking his life in bleakfalls barrow?!? )

They are 2 impoverished elves trying to make it 🤝 Spiros on going back to Solstheim and hiring Teldryn while Faendal saving money for him and Camilla 🥹🤲

[inconvenientlysmallbear]

if the game has long ass load screens i better not see a door that leads to an outside location look like any other closed door ill tap it so fast

[xec]

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM (2011) dev. Bethesda Game Studios

[shapelytimber]

Look at this absolute nerd

[PRINT] - [COMMISSIONS]

Hermaeus Mora knows about lightbulbs (this drawing is lore friendly and immersive)

Process below ! vvv

The dragon was too big to fit in the frame fofklfof so you get Herma mora (less cute but more eyeballs !)

PS : Omfg the colors took so long aaaaaaaaaaa

[arsuf]

MINECRAFT (58/?) 🌌

[nvoc]

[the-sunlit-earth]

Long have I loved the Blanket Scarf mod on the Nexus, and while I was editing it for my use, I said "Why not give Redoran Guards their own cozy cloaks?"

Maybe it'll help keep the ash from getting in their armor, since the poor guys can't just abandon their watch whenever an ash storm pops up :')

Can’t decide if I liked it better muted, or with my pattern popping more

The Captain's armor has the sash, so he gets a separate mesh to minimize clipping. I'm leaning more toward the Red&Black for him, though I do kinda like the Gold too.. (is the red-eyed bug too much?)

Feedback is welcome if you feel like it. Does the muted pattern look better? Should I not have the Redoran crest? I'm thinking of adding a scarab brooch, so I'd be willing to forego the bug on the cloak itself :)

[lesbianfakir]

If anyone is wondering what I’ve been doing I’ve been in full blorbo mode over fucking Skyrim of all things which is humiliating. I may have 4000+ hours but I will be the first to say it’s a terrible game

[bosmerbitch]

✒ 𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝕮𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖓

[stonecoldaries]

pov: you need to find a moth priest to help stop your evil father but the dragonborn instead drug you across solsteim and then chopped wood for like 4 hours straight

[selseasong]

Falkreath Graveyard

[vivanightcity]

Folks who play games that are modded, what do you consider the meaning of 'vanilla'. I always considered it only official content (base and DLC) but heard someone use it to refer to base game only recently.

If you aren't familiar with its use, either don't answer, or pick which one makes sense to you having just learnt of it.

(And please consider reblogging, especially if you post game content, to get a bigger sample size across multiple gaming communities)

[modeus-the-misanthrope]

Challenge for Mod Authors: Level Impossible

When writing down directions for how to fix issues in your mod, hand those instructions to 1 friend that doesn't have any experience in programming. If they say your instructions don't help solve their issue. Rewrite the instructions until it does.

[latinoid]

okay