Or close enough. Morrowind variantism. The concept: Take a Nord, who will wear nothing but Nordic eq and attempt to take on the main quests of Morrowind, Bloodmoon, and Tribunal.
Allowed Armor:
Bear (Light)
Wolf (Light)
Snow Bear (Light)
Snow Wolf (Light)
Nordic Fur (Light)
Nordic Ringmail (Medium)
Nordic Iron (Heavy)
Nordic Trollbone (Heavy)
And any artifacts that fall under these, of course.
Ice and Nordic Mail are also "Nordic" armors, but since they're the best of their respective classes, no challenge is gained by wearing them. And we're after the challenge, right?
Weapons are a different story. The goal is to be wielding Nordic, Nordic Silver, or Ice weapons (yes, the latter two are NICE stuff. But I'm not insane, here), but reality suggests that getting one of those off the bat likely isn't going to happen. So we'll say use whatever until one of the Three True Weapons comes along that I can use, then switch.
The ultimate goal is something along the lines of wearing full Snow Bear/Wolf and carrying an Ice weapon. We'll see.
For added variety, a few other obstacles: As little enchanting as possible. IE, no munchkin uberitems. That having been said, there are a FEW things, like an item of restore all stats, that are so supremely needful that they will happen. Also, no training, just 'cause I dislike doing it. Mods will be limited - Besides the three master files, I'll only use my pack guar transport system and maybe a non-munchkin house mod for somewhere to store my stuff. The ultimate goal is probably some secret caves under Thirsk. Also bugfix mods as needed. Otherwise, nada.
That having been said, the Naked Nord Nationalist himself:
Name: Hrolf the Ganger
Nordic Male Custom Class
Sign: The Thief
Favored Attributes: Strength, Agility
Str: 60
Int: 30
Wil: 40
Agi: 40
Spd: 40
End: 50
Per: 30
Lck: 40
Specialization: Combat
Major Skills:
Blunt 45
Light Armor 30
Block 35
Heavy Armor 35
Security 30
Minor Skills:
Medium Armor 25
Armorer 20
Axe 25
Athletics 20
Unarmored 15
Hrolf the Ganger (Hrolf the Walker - appropriate, I think) was the legendary Viking "founder" of Normandy (Normans - Norsemen. Get it?)
The Thief sign gives 10 points of sanctuary. Considering the serious lack of armor this guy is going to be laboring under, he'll need it (Snow animal is 35 AR, Ice is 50, Nordic Mail is 66, and I'm stuck with 35. Ice melee is hard as it is)
The skills are set up for what he'll need. Lots of light armor, blunt as a main skill because I like blunt and there's some good beating sticks, and assorted support skills like armorer and security that you can't live without.
We'll see how well this works.
Posted by Dwip at June 28, 2003 3:45 AM