Let's Play The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall! Round Eighteen

[lacktheknack]

I would suggest joining a Thieves Guild (or Assassins guild if it exists). Because Most everything else is a simple "go to point B and kill whats there".

That's not my experience.

And I'm not joining the Thieves or Assassins guilds until a later date (you'll understand).

 

[Jelly ^.^]

Excuse the gloom.

This was going to be my next review target after Fable, hehe.

Oh wells, awesome LucasArts Adventure games it is then. CHAAAAAAAAARGE!

 

[ajofflight]

If only I was born a few years earlier, then I would have picked this up in a heartbeat.

 

[smearyllama]

I was born 5 days after this game was released in '96.
I'm so proud.

OT: Good Let's Play. I like the non-video style. I will continue to follow this.

 

[hem dazon 90]

I was born 5 days after this game was released in '96.
I'm so proud.

OT: Good Let's Play. I like the non-video style. I will continue to follow this.

If you like non video lps check out the ones over at the Something Awful LP archive

 

[lacktheknack]

Sorry for the gap there - homework is evil.

Round 3: The Haunting of Daggerfall (With Me Spazzing Out)

So, here we are in the Capital of Daggerfall.

Pretty.

Hold on, I just wanna check the map of this place...

And then heading to the East...

OK, I want to get some clothing. There's a general store over here.

I hope they have good stuff -

Oh. How very... sensual.

I now present for your viewing pleasure... MYSELF!

Eh, the Egyptian girl look doesn't fit me. Oh well.

Nothing in the store caught my fancy immediately, and it's all so very darned expensive. I'll have to remember to sell any stolen stuff I have in this guy's shop. He buys well.

Anyways, I'm looking for weapons, armor, and clothes. There's a peasant over there, I bet that if I ask politely, he'll give me directions to the nearest -

I think he'd prefer a less eloquent approach.

I HAVE INFORMATION! I HOLD DOMINANCE OVER THE PUNY PEASANTS! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

There's another on over there.

Wow, people around here like the blunt approach. I'd probably better shove off before someone gets really offended and calls the guards on me.

Anyways, it's getting dark. I'm not sure I want to be out here when the jolly old King comes out screaming for his persecutor's head, I'm not in the mood to fight an army of demons. Time to find an Inn.

This one will do.

FOOD!

I realize about here that this is the best time to go out and burglarize things - the dead of night.

Maybe the Emperor was exaggerating, and the whole "King Screaming for Vengeance" thing was just metaphorical. I'm gonna go steal junk.

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So... the next morning...

I've spent every last penny I had, but now I have a stylish cloak, a second dagger (not dual-wieldable, sadly), as well as usable shoes.

Oh, and a horse.

Anyone got a name for her? She's gonna come in handy when running from guards, because I can't run for dump. I'm gonna need to be stealthy, and ride like the freaking wind if I get caught.

I'm not gonna steal things around this city, though. Not with evil king of terror trying to eat my freaking soul.

Also, because I am, in fact, a Spellthief, I should probably join the Mage's Guild for the spellmaker.

YAY!

OFF TO THE SPELLMAKER

I can make ALL of these RIGHT OFF THE BAT.


The spellmaker in this game is glorious. I'll use an Open spell to explain how the magic system in this game works.

Each stat is governed by duration, chance of success, and magnitude. That's simple enough, although a bit more complex than, say, Oblivion's spellmaker.

I can raise the spell's chance of working, but this significantly raises the cost of the spell. VERY much so. So much so that it's not really worth it.

I can also raise the power of a spell by assigning a bonus per number of levels I am. This is even more expensive.

Here, we see the true power of the game's spell system. The game doesn't let any one character have a ton of spell points, but as you can see here, a level 20 character will have a fail-proof unlocking spell for a relatively low casting price. I adore this idea, and can't wait to become a high-level caster so I can pull off impossible things.

This is my target spell - a decent invisibility spell that lasts just long enough to sneak in a backstab something to death, but lasts a bit longer at higher levels.

Unfortunately, making spells is expensive. I have no money.

Looks like it's time to do quests and steal things.

Coming Up: I start raising money so that I can run around and steal things. No matter what Chal said, I already regret taking the "Lowered Magery in Light" trait, invisibility would be nice for pickpocketing without drawing guards' attention.

Oh well, at least my horse (whatever you people name it) is nice and fast.

 

[Joe Deadman]

Call the horse Binky (edit: oh wait you said female scratch that then).

Also don't forget to get levitate at some point, that's always a fun spell.

 

[lacktheknack]

Call the horse Binky (edit: oh wait you said female scratch that then).

Also don't forget to get levitate at some point, that's always a fun spell.

It's necessary if you suck at running/jumping/climbing (which I do). I'll get it, don't worry.

 

[imnot]

Name: Jeeves Mc Jugooloo
Class: thief
Personality: dickhead.

Should be fun.

 

[lacktheknack]

Name: Jeeves Mc Jugooloo
Class: thief
Personality: dickhead.

Should be fun.

You're kind of out of it. My character has already leaped into existence, escaped the first dungeon and wandered around the first city.

And I'm making the next update as we speak.

 

[lacktheknack]

Bleh... it's been a while, but I had to reload over two hours of gameplay because I fell down in a dungeon and couldn't get back out. Sorry. Stupid randomly generating dungeons. Lesson to you people: Either learn to jump and climb right away, or learn levitation right away.

Anywho:

Round 4: Failed Thief Runs Errands, Advances Plot

So: Money. What a pleasant idea and memory. Pickpocketing is all well and good, but I think I'll try it when I'm in less critical areas. For now... WORK.

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Here we are.

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Not much, but it's a start.

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I'm willing to work for a living... until I get my mitts on a decent lock breaking spell, than all your goods shall be MINE! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Wait... did I say that out loud?

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I'd better go before he comments.

I'd run off with the wand he gave me, but it doesn't have any power. It's certainly worth less than forty gold.

Anyways, a little bit of asking around reveals Miss Gwynausa's location... the Fighter's Guild.

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Seriously? You were literally a four minute walk away from his shop, and you couldn't be assed to walk over and save your forty gold?

I look forward to breaking into your house at night.

Anyways, I need MOAR MONEY!

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Innkeeper. Got it.

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Here we go, the "Flying Dragon".

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So far, everything has been fairly clustered together. I hope it stays this way.

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I'm unsure as to whether he wants to give me a job or murder me in my sleep. I don't want to rest here.

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Okay, I can work with that. Maybe there won't be the world's most horrifying ghost stalking me over in Galloford.

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Nothing useful in this package, either. Oh well. Off to Galloford.

After a four day trek, I arrive in -

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Ooh! Intrigue!

But, task first.

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That's a ton better than 40.

Anyways, off to the Feather and Huntsman Hostel... after a bit of thievery.

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The experience was emasculating. There were no locks I could break, no walls I could scale, no windows I could crack. I wandered from house to house, growing more and more frantic as I watched the moon cross the sky. My insecurities (now proven) came to a boil, I ran over to the clothing store and smashed the door in.

To my utter surprise and shock, it worked.

Unfortunately, every light in the hamlet came on, and three guards rushed at me. "HALT! HALT!" they shrieked, battering at my wounded soul like a particularly vicious harpy. I fled to the edge of the housing, with the guards rapidly closing in, and scanned back and forth very quickly.

There she was! "HEY! ! GET OVER HERE!"

She flew over like lightning in the wind. I jumped on her, and we fled. Across the snowy landscape we flew, cutting trails where they were never meant to be, crushing mushrooms underfoot, listening to the "HALT!"s fading into nothingness.

I burrowed my shamed face into 's hair. "Good girl," I said with incredible heaviness.

That's it, I thought, as sped across the plains.
1. I need a lock breaking spell.
2. Drat, I forgot to take photos.
3. Unless someone bothers to suggest a good name, this horse is going to be very hard to refer to.

Anyways, now that my shame is behind me, off to meet Lady Brisienna.

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Lady Brisienna, I presume.

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Gee lady, thanks for the warning. Goodness, it appears I got off easily.

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Great, I'm now in an espionage crime drama. Let me guess, we both fall in love, she must abandon me in a particularly dramatic scene, then realizes her folly, leaves her abusive husband and comes sprinting back to my arms so we can save the world together. In STYLE.

Oh, I hope not. I'm just here to nick people's stuff... eventually.

COMING UP: Either my grinding attempts for money, or me nicking people's stuff.

AND HORSE NAMES. Unless you WANT her to be named "", that is.

 

[Irridium]

Don't know if mentioned yet, just found this great LP and started reading in thread one.
But for all of you willing to play without meddling with DOSBOX there are pre-configured packs of ElderScrolls Arena and Daggerfall that include DOSBOX

http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Daggerfall_:_DaggerfallSetup_EN

http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Arena_:_ArenaSetup_EN

Because of you I've been spending a possibly unhealthy amount of time playing Daggerfall.

Not sure if I should thank you or smack you. Maybe both.

OT: I say name the horse Sebastian. Because that came to my head first.

 

[lacktheknack]

Don't know if mentioned yet, just found this great LP and started reading in thread one.
But for all of you willing to play without meddling with DOSBOX there are pre-configured packs of ElderScrolls Arena and Daggerfall that include DOSBOX

http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Daggerfall_:_DaggerfallSetup_EN

http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Arena_:_ArenaSetup_EN

Because of you I've been spending a possibly unhealthy amount of time playing Daggerfall.

Not sure if I should thank you or smack you. Maybe both.

OT: I say name the horse Sebastian. Because that came to my head first.

THANK YOU.

No more creepy misleading fanfic-style bits involving [insert name here].

Also, the point of the LP WAS to entice people to play it, so... mission successful, even if I took some help to make it happen.

 

[Irridium]

THANK YOU.

No more creepy misleading fanfic-style bits involving [insert name here].

Also, the point of the LP WAS to entice people to play it, so... mission successful, even if I took some help to make it happen.

Well, [inser name here] is one sultry name...

And yes. Mission very successful. At least concerning me it is.

 

[lacktheknack]

THANK YOU.

No more creepy misleading fanfic-style bits involving [insert name here].

Also, the point of the LP WAS to entice people to play it, so... mission successful, even if I took some help to make it happen.

Well, [inser name here] is one sultry name...

And yes. Mission very successful. At least concerning me it is.

Although one thing... would "Sebastian" fit a female horse? Makes me think of "She's The Man", quite frankly...

 

[Irridium]

THANK YOU.

No more creepy misleading fanfic-style bits involving [insert name here].

Also, the point of the LP WAS to entice people to play it, so... mission successful, even if I took some help to make it happen.

Well, [inser name here] is one sultry name...

And yes. Mission very successful. At least concerning me it is.

Although one thing... would "Sebastian" fit a female horse? Makes me think of "She's The Man", quite frankly...

Dammit man, I'm a doctor not a miracle worker!

Alright then, how about "Sebastiana"?

 

[lacktheknack]

THANK YOU.

No more creepy misleading fanfic-style bits involving [insert name here].

Also, the point of the LP WAS to entice people to play it, so... mission successful, even if I took some help to make it happen.

Well, [inser name here] is one sultry name...

And yes. Mission very successful. At least concerning me it is.

Although one thing... would "Sebastian" fit a female horse? Makes me think of "She's The Man", quite frankly...

Dammit man, I'm a doctor not a miracle worker!

Alright then, how about "Sebastiana"?

It's so awesome that I'm going to use it.

 

[darth.pixie]

Seriously? You were literally a four minute walk away from his shop, and you couldn't be assed to walk over and save your forty gold?

I look forward to breaking into your house at night.

This made me laugh uncontrollably. Possibly because I do it too. I take a lot of revenge on NPCs just for their silly phrases. Many were killed or robbed blindly because of this. I also notice that the guards are not nearly as bad as in Oblivion...maybe they just got used to people randomly stealing stuff and want to punish all.

I second (third?) Sebastiana.

Hopefully, Rob will nick something ...eventually.

(My captcha is cattle enlargement...creepy)

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Mh looks that i still dont get noticed when this continues...damn you webpage. But i liked the new bits very much. I decided to start with Arena and experience the great adventures of Cohen the Barbarian.

Spoiler

Mostly because i failed 10 times to get out of Daggerfalls first dungeons... I cant friggin see the rats attacking me and then i get instakilled by an imp.



btw: Beware my mighty magic warhammer, it raises my magic defense by a great amount - to zero.
I also send the character design to the makers of the new thor movie. I look like a superhero!

 

[lacktheknack]

Hopefully, Rob will nick something ...eventually.

I did try (with the weird fanfic-style... thing). Once I have enough money for an Open spell, I can begin stealing stuff properly. MONEY AND FORTUNE WILL BE MIIIIIIINE!