Holy Cow, how did anyone even see that!!!!









Oh, SPEW !!!

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Oooh, looks like you have Mr_Siika's Seaview Castle! And is that his Donkey too?

(someone has completed the main questline, I love the look of the Dragon armor!)


Wow, you must be using a texture mod, my Rockmik most def does not look like this, lol.


Is that Vilja helping you shop? Oh, it is = just read your caption, lol.


LOVE the red roofs on the Imperial City buildings!


OMG, I am absolutly in love with your vids! I'm hooked, and want to see every one of them! You should post your own vid series and update it every couple days like SubRosa does with her screenshots!!!

I LOVE these vids !!!!

OMG, when you told Vilja not to repeat herself I thought I would choke to death laughing!!!! These vids are priceless !!!!

I wonder if Vilja was an ancestor of Mjoll?

Oh, it was Emma's Packmule Donkey! I knew she made one for morrowind, didn't know she did for Oblivion.

Arrowspeed indeed hails from Castle Seaview. Groucho, however, is from Pack Donkeys by Emma, the creator of Companion Vilja. It provides four buyable donkeys at the Chorrol stables . . . Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo. (I once half jokingly asked Emma to consider creating a fifth mule, Karl. She said she had thought of the same thing herself. Suffice to say it never came to pass.) Both my avatar and myself find pack animals invaluable. Removing all that looted armor from Rockmilk after its periodic cleansing would be a major pain without one. Or more. My avatar must content himself with a single pack animal due to the limitations of my now aged computer. (He might buy at most one more were that a viable option.)

I agree that Dragon Armor is about as good as it gets in Cyrodiil, looks wise. As an added bonus, it officially counts as Legion armor for patrol purposes. He'd otherwise have to make do with crappy standard-issue armor, as he did very early on.

Aye. After receiving the late Emperor's pardon and exiting the sewers my avatar almost immediately joined the Imperial Legion and was issued a set of Legion plate. He was then tasked to patrol the Gold to Anvil. There he heard the Prophet and began visiting wayshrines, eventually assuming the mantle of Divine Crusade. As Crusader he helped thwart the Crisis. He soon afterward assumed the role of Champion of Cyrodiil. In that guise he put out many a fire early on, eventually settling into his current role as relentless patroller of Cyrodiil's roadways, tax collector for the Council, deliveryman for several mercantile concerns, and entrepreneur, along with a host of official duties some of which he tries to ignore.

Cave textures are from Qarl's Texture Pack III, the only textures I use from that pack. I otherwise tend to combine bits and pieces from a variety of hi-res packs. Wilderness textures contain much Darooz and AmpolX.


Glad you enjoy the vids! After all this time I still watch episodes 3 & 4 and think to myself, "Dang, I didn't do half bad." Ep.2 is OK but not their equal. I now consider Ep.1 something of a disappointment. Those earlier episodes exist on YouTube. You are welcome to search them out.

Alas, there are no others. I planned a sporadic continuing series of videos, centered on the gang's road patrols. I also foresaw several 'dream' videos containing footage derived not from actual game-play but rather special recording sessions. I began scripting the first dream video, which would have told the story of my avatar while incarcerated in the Imperial Prison via flashback.

Due to a series of setbacks it never happened. Nor do I plan to resume production.

I already watched them all, even the ones you had named "don't watch this one,"

Aw, I'd love to see any you do on any game, I just absolutely enjoyed them thoroughly! Your character's responses to Vilja had me in stitches, and I just loved listening to all his comments as he patrolled! That is the most fascinating gameplay vid I've ever seen, AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for sharing them!

@Decrepit - Great shots of your decrepit avatar in various adventures.

The close-up in the Temple of One is very good indeed.

I like Vilja reading books for him by the fireplace, something special about that shot.

Is that Frostcrag Spire visible to the left of the Imperial City, high in the Jeralls?

I wondered if anyone would ask about that spire. Nay, it's not Frostcrag. It is from the mod FortAkatoshRedux? which, amongst other things, creates a string of Legion watch towers along the border, one for each surrounding province. You see, I believe, the Skyrim Tower. (My play-through is rather Legion centric.) There is another such tower in my sole linked first play-through image atop a ridge screen right, above Arrowspeed.

For those not familiar with Vilja, she actually does read book excerpts aloud when asked, voiced by Emma of course. I admit being rather smitten with Emma's voice and enjoy listening along with my avatar.

Me too! The action is great, but I'm ecstatic to see Decrepit is like me: He walks through the game, does not run impatiently like some other gamers I've seen. There's something so mature about this sort of gameplay. When my 20 year-old nephew games for instance, he just runs runs runs... Makes me dizzy.

Love the pics too. I've seen the book-reading one before; that's one of my faves!

Whoa, so that's what Vilja sounds like? Cool. Wow. I've heard her voice spoken by some Better Cities NPCs. Whoa, you also shoot arrows in 3rd person! ... That's what I do too.

How are you able to have Vilja (an NPC) mount a horse too?

Is that you singing? Lol, you're brave Decrepit, I'd be so shy!

It is great to see the old Decrepit avatar once again! Now we just need Lady Mara's Skarsgard...

Vion's adventures continue in the capital of Cyrodiil:

Imperial in the Imperial City

A coin for No-Coins

New leather armor, bought at Stonewall Shields

Walk through Elven Gardens

Sparring

About the Emperor's ghost

Filthy pit dog

If he was buying at Stonewall Shields and intending to become an Arena combatant, why didn't he buy a shield instead of new armour? That and a helmet can be the difference in a bout.

So maybe there's an enchantment on that amulet instead?

At that point he didn't join the Arena yet and didn't know that he will, that's why he bought new armor because he wanted to leave the Imperial City wearing some better gear. He has a matching helmet too.

Both of his rings are enchanted, I don't recall all enchantments because one of them has four different ones, but one rings makes him more resistant to magic while the second one boosts his health and endurance among others. His amulet is unenchanted, it's an ordinary Terentius family amulet.

Definitely!


*pokes Lady Mara with a stick through time and space*




What..?

This looks like a great day in Vion's life; but at the end of the day...looks like he would have done well to purchase a protective cup! He is looking a little vulnerabe in that Arena raiment








Did Saga make vids as good as Decrepit's? (must include voice acting of one's Avatar!!! That absolutely made Decrepit's vids, and set a new bar - I may never watch gameplay vids again unless they include that voicing!!! )

Vion looks so at home strolling through the IC. Wow, I’ve almost forgotten what the ‘pit armor’ looks like on a fellow – it suits Vion pretty well. Uh oh. . . wake up, Owyn. Heh, Vion looks adorable in his Arena raiment.

Neat to see Vion in the old Pit Armor as well.

In the first shot his face reminds me of that fellow in New Sheoth who is/was not happy with life. Not so much in subsequent shots.

My avatar runs only when absolutely necessary. Even ahorse he travels at a walking pace the vast majority of the time. In fact I reduced Arrowspeed's running speed in TES4edit to better reflect what I feel is practical for a heavily armored warrior atop an armored mount.

Yeah. As mentioned in other forums, during normal Oblivion game-play I remain in third-person a good 98-99% of the time. That I switched to first-person for his prolonged look at the Imperial City during video episode three is a concession to my non existent viewing audience. I had began to realize that even in a third-person-centric environment certain scenes come off as more immersive 'on film' in first-person. Had I continued to produce I'd almost surely have incorporated more fist-person views. Once the camera stopped rolling I'd almost as certainly have reverted to my normal perspective ratio.

Vilja is pretty sophisticated. She knows to mount and dismount when my avatar does.

As to what passes as singing in my videos, I'm with you in that I could not be forced to sing in public. I let myself do so in the videos because:

1) During normal game-play my avatar often hums ditties to while away the hours on patrol duty. I often vocalize aloud at those times. As these videos document my normal play-style I felt it was only proper to include this element.

2) I admit to reality. I'm a bad singer. He's a bad singer. Neither of us has any illusions to the contrary. We both make light of our lack of vocal prowess. I attempt to convey this to the audience, treating his off-pitch warblings as something of a running joke. As such, they cause no embarrassment.

Those humming and "warbling" moments were one of my favorite parts of the vids; that was so realistic and believable that the man would hum or sing to himself to while away the hours - that was one of those things that made these vids so immersive and fun to watch! These were pure entertainment for me!

I love the interaction between Hamfat and Vilja while they´re on patrol. I think I´ve sen another batch of vids from Decrepit but The Road To Bruma is my fave


And just to keep with the thread´s theme; here´s Lothran in Chorrol

The Oak and Crosier!

I think that´s the inn that reminds me the most of LotR

Yes, the Prancing Pony! Minus all the customers, of course.

Aaaand here's another pic from my co-worker Bacon!

This character ought to be recognizable to her fans . . .

Jup! That's our Julian of Anvil with her Wolf of Kvatch!

Whoa, another Lothie pic. Sometimes I forget what he looks like, his pic intervals can be so long (kidding). I wonder what he was ordering from the Oak and Crossier menu?

h.e.r.: what medium is that? Looks like colored pencils?


Oh my gosh, yea, this is true. Did she ever finish that Cyrodiil pub crawl? That was fun times.







No, the singing is AWESOME. That's my favorite part of the video. In general, I enjoy the fact that you stay "in character" as you're gaming.

Renee, Bacon uses pen and ink, and watercolors. He did this (and Alise's portrait too) in comic book style because I was curious to see how another artist would interpret them. I have to say I'm really pleased with the both of them.

Agreed 100% !!!!!

He´s a little camera shy...


-Yeah, can I have a watered down ale with basically no flavour left?
-Sorry sir, we don´t have that.
-Oh, then why did you give it to me last time I was here..?


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Awesome drawing!

Another Sarah Selfie

Cooking for Mog

Conversation with a stranger

Sarah Smile

Sarah is adorable. Love the cooking pic. I was going to suggest a pose mod, then I realized Oblivion doesn't have cooking animations. Skyrim is the one that has them.

BWAAHAA!!!




Sarah has an absolutely gorgeous and natural looking face! I was torn between the last two as my favorite in this set; but "Conversation with a Stranger" wins it. I love the expression on her face, she absolutely looks real and human in that shot! What a great character you have made in Sarah! It shows on her face!







GAAAAAAH! I didn't see this screen, how did I miss it? This is awesome, she is working!!! I love this shot too!

I agree!

I don´t know her that well but I do like how she turned out

Thnaks all! I mean, thanks all!

The cooking shot is photoshopped. I believe I did use Actors Ball (whatever that pose mod is called) to get her hands in the right place, then I copy/pasted a pot in front of her, and then I crudely drew in a stirring stick for her. Only thing I forgot was the fire.

There is an animation mod I was looking at which is supposed to allow menial tasks, but it's one of those resource mods, and I don't know how to make these into a plug-in yet.

Sarah looks great indeed, especially in the Conversation shot, I'm a fan of shots, taken from below. I noticed that you drew something on that Cooking pic. And although we don't see the fire in the last pic, it's obviously that Sarah's face is lit by it.

The warm fireplace

"Good. It´s still here"

Lothran´s sidearm for the winter

How did Lothran get a fire in his fireplace? Did a little birdie build it for him? I had to build one for Maxical; because for some reason it didn't come with the house upgrade,


Great shots !!!


(and "Urk, I see Lothran may be finding himself in a fight with a corrupt lawman sometime soon, lol. )

Yay, Lothie's home for the winter! With a Mooch Pumpkin on his cabinet and a Buffy Snowflake dagger at his side, he's all set!

Wow, look at all those amulets and items. Lothran is full of surprises.

Guess he needs to start keeping watch for a slick-talking Redguard soon. I don't think this Redgaurd's going to be breaking into Lothran's home, but better lock that door anyway.

Downloaded a mod for the fireplace

Not sure what you mean here. Lothran did all the Bruma quests ages ago


You betcha!


And his chests are full of trinkets

He is still carrying both of Arnora's necklaces; And he said, "good, it is still here" when he looked in his inventory. I thought he must be talking about Arnora's things.

Actually he meant the Amulet of Kings. Guess he was a bit unclear

How does he still have both necklaces, I thought you had to hand in one of them to someone?

Depends on how you do the quest, according to the wiki. If you kill her you do get both. It´s only required that you show Jorundr the real one, you don´t have to give it to him.

I only did this quest once, and can't remember much about it; only that both Arnora and her husband were alive when I went after the treasure - but I sneaked around the killing somehow, and I don't remember how.

But when I went to get the treasure, the corrupt guard attacked me and I had to kill him. So after killing a guard I was afraid to go into Bruma for a while, and hid out in Cloud Ruler Temple a few days. But when I did go into Bruma next, as soon as I entered Arnora and her husband got into a fight just outside of Olav's Tap and Tack; and the guards rushed in and killed Arnora!

I thought that was kind of cool, because it had to be triggered event in the chance that the player kills neither! When Bethesda made Oblivion, they put in all these extra things "Just in case" that I loved so much about that game, little surprises based on how you played.