March of the Dead was tough for Mikke, and she was plowing through most fights by then. She was traveling with Torvar who took a knee as soon as the fun started. Good luck to Khan and Bran! I love Severin Manor.
I’d love to see Aravi with a greatsword! Mixing magic with two-handed is one of my favorite ways to play.
QUOTE(SubRosa @ Oct 20 2013, 04:32 PM)

Is Abbie's robe armored? In this latest shot it looks like it has mail links over the torso. Her new cloak/hat looks very warm.
Yes, that’s kind of a long mail vest with a tunic under it. I downloaded it for Lil to try, but Abiene grabbed it instead. It’s perfect for her. Abiene is surprisingly fun to play with followers. Surprising because she has no offense at all other than summoning. A sabre cat can pretty much bite her in half, so she needed something that at least looks a little protective. The sabre cats really go after her, too. Most things are distracted by the guys. Of course Abiene had an elegant solution to that problem. Now she can summon her own sabre cat thanks to your Nature Summoning mod! I love those fur cloaks. Jerric has a grey one now. Soon Darnand should have one, too.
QUOTE(ghastley @ Oct 21 2013, 11:03 AM)

And it's much more likely that a melee follower will get up close to an enemy and get hit. A mage follower is going to be out of the line of fire most of the time.
Exactly this. Jerric gets right in the way of the fire-throwers. Of course Jerric as a player character has some spell absorption, so getting hit with friendly fire is a bonus for him. NPC Jerric does not have that advantage. (I gave him the Atronach perk, but it backfired on me since some other mods use spell effects to do non-magical things.) Anyway I often get to watch NPC Jerric chase down an atronach while uttering threats. I imagine NPC Darnand palming his face while this occurs. Abiene is always ready with a Calm spell in case things get out of hand, but so far the guys have not let grudges extend past killing each other’s summonings.
ghastley, is Pala a Nord?
Abiene visited the College of Winterhold and learned a new spell to open Adept locks. She can’t cast it yet and also couldn’t afford the Expert version, so a return trip will eventually be on the schedule.
Abiene really takes her time looking around and talking to people, so it’s been fun to see what her followers (Jerric and Darnand) do to pass the time waiting for her. Darnand decided to
catch up on some reading while Abiene was listening to Mirabelle.
After they finished up at the College Abiene wanted to find the doom stone that would let her reliably open more difficult locks. She has come across one or two chests that she couldn’t open. This bothers her a lot. If she’s going to risk life and limb (not to mention getting cold and really dirty) going into some awful tomb or cave, she is for darn sure going to see everything that’s in there. First character of mine who has taken the blessing of the Tower Stone.
They made it to Dawnstar as the sun set and delivered their note. Of course Abiene had to look through the shops. Somewhat disappointing, but she agreed to help another Skyrim citizen. Also while they were there Jerric appeared to consider a
career change. Darnand made potions the whole time. He still does not have a fur cloak, so I imagine they were Resist Frost potions.