Hey Nonny Nonny
A few notes on the character I created for this, Nondrick P. Cairk’tir.
Right off the bat, I tried to discourage adventure from finding him. I mean, just look at him. Can you imagine a statue being made of this guy? He sure as hell doesn’t look like the Champion of Cyrodiil, so maybe the game will leave him alone.
Since I’m playing without reloading, though, I need him to be, if not heroic, at least durable. Nords are pretty sturdy, are good fighters, and are good with armor (which I hope to one day afford). They come with +10 Strength and Endurance, and -10 Intelligence, Willpower, and Personality. Sounds a lot like me, except for the strength and endurance parts.
They also have a Frost Damage spell, a nice constant resistance to frost, and a Shield spell. For his Birthsign I chose The Ritual, which gives him a tasty once-a-day major Restore Health spell called Mara’s Gift, for those moments when he’s in a real life-or-death jam.
As for the custom NPC class, it’s nothing complicated. I chose a Combat specialization, and for my two chosen attributes I picked Willpower (to offset the Nord penalty) and Endurance (ie: hit points). For my Major Skills, I went with Athletics, Blade, Block, Destruction, Marksman, Restoration, and Speechcraft. It’s a decent blend of skills I’ll use a lot and ones I can practice if I really want to level.
That’s the starting pot — we’ll see it if pays off.
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February 19, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I like the design of your character! Original to say the least 😉
July 8, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Bin Laden?
April 29, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Dude; forget statues being made of this guy – I’ve seen that profile *on*coins* IRL! 😦
But this is a fascinating idea, and I hope you make a go of it for quite a while (I’ve seen how many ‘days’ you’ve lasted so far, so I hope your LUCK holds out 😉 )
Thanks for the fun, and hope you’re having fun doing it!
October 26, 2008 at 5:43 pm
“They come with +10 Strength and Endurance, and -10 Intelligence, Willpower, and Personality. Sounds a lot like me, except for the strength and endurance parts.”
This is because you are a nerd, not a nord! 😉
(I know this is old but I’m reading the blog from the beginning. If Chris happens to read it some time, damn it, add navigation buttons!)
February 17, 2009 at 8:10 pm
[…] of Bethesda’s freeform RPG, and his chosen avatar for this endeavour is also a subversion, an ugly and misshapen being borne of twisting the character creator to it’s logical extremes, once again his choice of […]
November 27, 2010 at 6:18 am
I probably would have chosen an imperial, and then picked a real class, but one of the trivial ones, like Pilgrim or Bard. And then some random birthsign to mix things up.
August 25, 2011 at 3:08 am
[…] of luck… can look forward to stepping out in Skyrim looking like the hero you are, instead of Nondrick’s rejected prom date. […]
August 30, 2011 at 8:34 am
[…] out of luck… can look forward to stepping out in Skyrim looking like the hero you are, instead of Nondrick’s rejected prom date. […]
April 3, 2012 at 8:32 am
I like the premise of Nondrick’s non-adventures. It’s quite unique, and takes excellent writing to keep your audience hooked on such a ‘boring’ story. You’ve really brought out Nondrick’s personality in your blog, and it shows in the way your readers write about him. Great leaps in video game fiction have been made.
November 19, 2012 at 2:45 pm
And before I know it that’s 5 hours already spent today reading Oblivion LPs lol, time for another one!
March 2, 2022 at 9:45 pm
[…] no tienen suerte… pueden esperar salir a Skyrim luciendo como el héroe que son, en lugar de de nodrick fecha de graduación rechazada. […]