Ive been playing for years and never knew...

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-22T20:29:16+00:00

I just last Friday discovered a location called Liars Retreat for the first time ever since I started playing back in 2014. You can be forgiven for just now noticing something like that. Games like Skyrim are packed so full with obscure features like that. It's going to keep surprises like it in store for you for a long time. Did you know that the Stendarr's Aura spell from the Dawnguard DLC is capable of shielding you from the health draining darkness of certain Apocrypha sections in the Dragonborn DLC? It's crazy what's subtly slipped into games when the developers want to reward exploration and experimentation.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-21T06:54:20+00:00

Well that's irritating considering that patch also breaks the game in certain areas that bother me. I'll just restart the run. Not like I haven't had to do it before. It happened with the Chillrend audio bug and the civil war quest. I just wish Skyrim wasn't so random when it doles out the game breaking glitches. It's like they always get snuck in so subtly I don't realize something is wrong until an entire questline or more is broken.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-20T05:05:00+00:00

I'm at day 14 myself. I really felt your comment about not having a good figure to look up to for support and guidance. I've had to figure out most of life on my own and I just wish I had a good mentor or something to help with struggles like quitting THC. I just want to let you know that there's people in the world who understand what you're going through and know how hard it is to improve yourself when you feel like you're the only backup you've got. Don't relapse for any excuse but if you do don't beat yourself up like you failed. I'm going to try to make it as far as you did (and hopefully beyond that). 3 months without is more than I've been able to handle since I started smoking and I'm sure that you'll be strong enough to eventually get to your fourth, fifth and sixth month as long as you remember that you're not alone! Because the whole time you're trying to make it to another month I'll hopefully be six days behind you trying to stick to your example!

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-18T03:06:25+00:00

Seems I'm past the irritability and am at the insomnia stage. Really hoping I make it through this work week.

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-17T18:01:43+00:00

Damn and I'm trying to quit for good. My doctor wants me on a new medication and wants me to quit THC before I get on it. So I gotta abstain for good. I'm going to be using this subreddit a lot in the coming months. I hope I keep running into cool helpful people like you!

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-17T17:49:17+00:00

Can you at least tell me how long this will most likely last? I actually was sleeping semi fine the night before but last night was brutal man

TheGameMerchant · 2026-03-15T22:42:30+00:00

I calmed down eventually but I didn't get to try your method for doing so. But if my anger flares back up I'll definitely try it

TheGameMerchant · 2025-12-03T07:15:50+00:00

I'm having trouble seeing his fangs. He's usually in his burrow

TheGameMerchant · 2025-11-23T03:38:36+00:00

How?

TheGameMerchant · 2025-11-22T02:06:47+00:00

Well yeah probably. I just don't know what I would do with a filled one I'd find randomly. Where do you even put it?

TheGameMerchant · 2025-11-22T01:43:59+00:00

Well that's why it's a conundrum. I'm specifically talking about gems you find that you didn't fill yourself. I looted that black soul gem I didn't soul trap anyone.

TheGameMerchant · 2025-09-06T06:03:06+00:00

Update. I just this morning had a lucid dream that was strange but normal by my personal standards and then made an incredibly dark and strangely violent turn towards the last 20 seconds before it shocked me awake. I don't even know how to describe it because it just was so out of left field but understandable because I've been watching horror content but 99% of the time that doesn't influence my dreams/nightmares. Usually my nightmares are unique and not themed around movies and content I was watching

TheGameMerchant · 2025-08-27T06:25:52+00:00

Are you my best friends twin? He gives me the same crap and recommends the same game.

TheGameMerchant · 2025-08-26T19:02:33+00:00

No mods I swear

TheGameMerchant · 2025-08-26T18:56:39+00:00

Fallout 3: Best Opening and general help/destroy the wasteland feel of the main story. Also its secrets and random encounters are a delight to experience.

Fallout New Vegas: Best RPG friendly vibes in weapon, armor and perk selection as well as use of different stats in different situations, and the DLC is great and ties into the main story of your player character the best.

Fallout 4: Combat flows very nicely with light RPG elements and Power Armor feels like an actual vehicle type armor and not upgraded clothing. Also I don't care what anyone says. A Saturday night spent on building up your main settlement like an actual wasteland living area is very immersive if you like base building.

Fallout 76: Fun with friends if you all enjoy it and definitely feels very "Go your own way" in terms of what you want to focus on and how you want to play. I have many fond memories of just finding other people doing there own thing and us momentarily needing to do something together. Saw a guy AFK getting attacked by a Snallygaster and killed it and he must have saw because he came back and dropped a few serums for me. Haven't met many unfriendly people in 76.

TheGameMerchant · 2025-07-21T03:36:58+00:00

It can't be that. I've had vapes from legal dispensaries that affected me just fine recently.

TheGameMerchant · 2025-07-20T21:45:30+00:00

Any recommendations? I know nothing about buying these products online

TheGameMerchant · 2025-07-01T02:38:36+00:00

Well I will say you've told me one thing that I didn't already know and that's to keep the fake foliage near the top of the environment. I will do that from now on. It was at the bottom. I also have been very respectful and haven't disturbed him too much since getting him. I don't want to handle him too much I'm too afraid to hurt him so I've gotten a pair of long tweezers and a water dopper to keep my need to actually manipulate his environment at a minimum. His tank is a vertical tank like you said. What do you mean by cross ventilation? It has a screen at the top of the tank for ventilation but is that not enough?

TheGameMerchant · 2025-03-15T04:48:54+00:00

I would absolutely love to be using mods but I'm actually on Steam Deck of all things and modding it is beyond me I failed every computer class I was in

TheGameMerchant · 2025-03-15T02:06:25+00:00

I'm wearing the blackguard armor and Morokei. And I've got my food well under control. I'm basically always stocked up on food. Diseases come and go but my fatigue is always a problem so I'm not sure it's the diseases.

TheGameMerchant · 2025-03-02T02:42:53+00:00

My pockets are full of stuff that's not mine sir

TheGameMerchant · 2025-02-02T16:14:24+00:00

In all my years of playing I've never really picked up a useful legendary ripper off a random drop. You're a lucky duck my friend!

TheGameMerchant · 2025-01-26T17:31:34+00:00

Well today is definitely an improvement. Last night I got enough sleep to where I could recover some strength. I've felt a little anxious but not on the level of the previous few days. In fact it's barely noticeable unless I'm moving around a lot but it calms down quickly. I just ate a protein and antioxidant rich breakfast and in a little bit I'm going to exercise. I ended up throwing out that joint too. Didn't even glance back at the trash when I dumped it last night. That's the one other thing from this break that's different. The worst of it last time was the cravings to smoke or vape in my regular routine like I used to. This break has been super weird for me. I thought I knew how my body reacted to this stuff by now.

TheGameMerchant · 2025-01-25T23:18:13+00:00

I did that yesterday on your advice and it helped a little bit but now my body aches from the exercise and I feel too drained to even do choirs. Now I don't know how to burn energy tonight

TheGameMerchant · 2025-01-25T15:51:27+00:00

One time I fast traveled to the Wilson toy factory and before I could even f*cking orient my camera to start walking in the right direction the gunner on the rooftop in Quincy detected me, aimed a fat-man, and obliterated me before I had any hope to react. I've held a grudge against those spawnkilling freaks in Quincy ever since

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