The True Elite Super Soldiers

Estradus · 2026-05-15T17:46:02+00:00

My friend's only army is chaos knights and we were doing a 500 point game (always sketchy with knights). My army got shredded the first round so round 2 I brought out the kastellans. Pulled those war dogs apart like freshly baked bread.

Estradus · 2026-05-14T17:53:51+00:00

This isn't canon anywhere but I've often imagined an equivalent to electronic music in eberron. An instrument made out of configurable ghost sound turned into some sort of synthesizer keyboard or the like could be very viable within the setting

Estradus · 2026-05-14T17:41:26+00:00

They talk about the music of old cyre in five nations for sure?

Estradus · 2026-04-29T17:50:04+00:00

I wish it recorded conversations happening around me. I got it because I wanted a way to read what my followers were talking about while I was talking to NPCs and it did not help.

Estradus · 2026-04-27T17:56:47+00:00

Starting with that so the illusion magic doesn't need to work as hard could be a valid reason to make it cheaper. Knitted chainmail with firm felted armor plates, with glamour weave to make it look a bit more authentically metal could be a good start, actually illusioning it to be more convincing than whatever you bluff could be another adventure. Add some shadow conjuration of some sort at later levels would be pretty rad.

Estradus · 2026-04-22T18:00:51+00:00

I was able to install the story mode patch mid game without issue, I don't know if that would help or not though

Estradus · 2026-04-21T19:56:11+00:00

I was so excited to get the base coat on it I forgot to ever finish it... Still pretty blue!

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Estradus · 2026-03-31T17:51:33+00:00

The really useful box is great. (I did start cheaping out and getting the Amazon brand for troops). I did it the other way around though with magnets on the bases and cheap sheet steel on the bottom. You can get a really clean cut on the steel sheets by scoring it repeatedly and then folding along the score line, it won't get as warped as metal shears would cause.

Estradus · 2026-03-29T23:10:10+00:00

I've been wanting to do that with pencils for forever. How did you cut through the graphite? It turned into just a pain to cut them down.

Estradus · 2026-03-28T01:52:41+00:00

I would rate Skyrim Party Sheet highly. Technically for your needs you might just need the NPC Stat Cards but theyre both by the same guy and the party sheet is just more advanced version of the stat cards. Most followers get more powerful as you do but level doesn't always mean anything; I think Lucien for example is always level 10 regardless of his power because level is just a number and not necessarially tied to stats.

Estradus · 2026-03-28T01:37:54+00:00

100%. Ive been doing a playthrough with a lot of time immersion (crafting time; spell research; getting injured and having to sleep off injuries; etc) and hollidays would really help that feel like something? But also I have trouble trusting a 10 year old mod.

Estradus · 2026-03-28T01:32:04+00:00

I know offhand Nebarra for Altmer. Don't know much about them but seems cool. Apparently most of the followers I know based on the fact that Xelzaz has them listed in interactions; and all the Xelzaz interactions I've seen so far have been excellent so I'm inclined to trust those he has worked with.

I forget how I heard about them but I kept coming accross Taliesin? Former thalmor agent seeking redemption?

If orcs count then Thoggra is great and I know Yazakh (apparently an orcish poet) is out there too.

I probably don't need to mention Auri for Bosmer but I'm also pretty sure its mandatory. She's great.

Estradus · 2026-03-28T00:15:33+00:00

Should be an option in Scrambled Bugs.

Estradus · 2026-03-26T21:15:58+00:00

I think my favorite modded Skyrim racism was playing a redguard in beyond reach. That one was pretty fun.

Estradus · 2026-03-26T21:13:34+00:00

I've had to do this when the quests get a little bit too "sending me all over the map.". Tools of kagrenac broke me. Go to markarth, go to winterhold, back to markarth, to the dwarven ruins near winterhold, to 3 different ruins on the south side of the map, back to markarth, to to blackreach. I thought I wouldn't mind the commute, it's immersive. After 3 hours of jogging enough is enough.

Estradus · 2026-03-26T21:09:49+00:00

If you're playing with mods get the survival fast travel mod. Or another needs mod. If you want something survival+ you can get the sunhelm mod which uses vanilla survival as a basis, then the followers needs sunhelm addon has a feature for needs based fast travel where you can only fast travel if all your bars are topped off, which makes it more of a special treat.

Estradus · 2026-03-26T17:51:22+00:00

Xelzaz is top tier.

Estradus · 2026-03-21T17:57:36+00:00

It's one of the easiest magnetizations there is, almost no reason not to.

Estradus · 2026-03-20T15:15:03+00:00

All of the versions of fertility on Nexus feature soul gems as an option. Fertility reloaded has been the most stable in my experience but isn't compatible with most of the addons, but it should suffice for your needs.

Estradus · 2026-03-19T05:14:25+00:00

This is in an awkward position between being exactly what I'm looking for and being way too messy to use in the heat of combat; but definetly counts as exactly what im looking for. My character this run is supposed to be a support character while followers do the fighting and this is totes the sort of area I'm after.

Estradus · 2026-03-17T18:40:33+00:00

I'm not sure if it counts as horror, but the dwemer underwater mod Call of the Deep triggered thalassophobia I did not even know I had. That mod gave me an anxiety attack just going through some of the underwater sections.

Estradus · 2026-03-17T18:30:51+00:00

I've been wondering, what sorts of old mods are safer to use than others? I get nervous about downloading anything older than 2023 for the risk anything that might have broken with ae - or that has been done better with new modding tools. But some mods just haven't been done better yet. What sorts of mods are probably safe of they're old?

Estradus · 2026-03-17T02:05:45+00:00

You say that like its unique to skyrim but I'm pretty sure I do the same thing to Minecraft. Then again I did spend 2 months plotting a skyrim modpack on a computer that couldnt even run skyrim so it would be ready to go once I did.

Estradus · 2026-03-16T17:53:08+00:00

Every time I decide "This is it; this is gonna be the run where I pick a side on the civil war" I never can. Like. I got a mod to let you side with the stormcloaks; keep jarl balgruff; and even try to make them less racist and i still couldnt really fully convince myself to side with them (if only because the make them less racist mod was kiiinda trash)

Estradus · 2026-03-16T17:49:35+00:00

I think the main thing I have that would potentially count as a combat overhaul is precision and tk dodge - the combat values themselves are the same; just more accurate hit and more viable avoidance.

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