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Bring Back Item Descriptions!
KefkaGestahl
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Let's face it, the vast majority of quest rewards aren't worth using. People either dismantle them for materials or sell them for some meager coin. However, I used to keep some of them for mementos. In my house, I have a chest of mementos filled with items that were given to me from characters that I liked, or important quest-lines. These items, from the base game, have descriptions that give them meaning. The Ayleid's Wrath, for example. I don't think there's a single person who has ever used this sword, but its description has weight: King Dynar gave you this greatsword as a remembrance of companions who fell to the Planemeld.
So why did the expansions do away with descriptions? At the end of Summerset, I believe Raz gives you a ring that's meant to be a great honor. I used it in crafting, because it had no description to give it personal value. It was just inventory junk at that point. Perhaps I'm literally the only person to care about this sort of thing, but it's nice to be able to look at the items I kept and be reminded of things I did in the game years ago. I'd really like to see the item descriptions make a return.
So why did the expansions do away with descriptions? At the end of Summerset, I believe Raz gives you a ring that's meant to be a great honor. I used it in crafting, because it had no description to give it personal value. It was just inventory junk at that point. Perhaps I'm literally the only person to care about this sort of thing, but it's nice to be able to look at the items I kept and be reminded of things I did in the game years ago. I'd really like to see the item descriptions make a return.
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✭✭✭✭Oh gosh yes, making them part of sets was a slight improvement, but if you "throw away" the actual meaning....
:'(Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
Hisa Ni Caemaire - Altmer Sorceress, member of the Order Draconis and Adept of the House of Dibella.
Broken Branch Toothmaul - goblin (for my goblin characters, I use either orsimer or bosmer templates) Templar, member of the Order Draconis and persistently unskilled pickpocket
Mol gro Durga - Orsimer Socerer/Battlemage who died the first time when the Nibenay Valley chapterhouse of the Order Draconis was destroyed, then went back to Cold Harbor to rescue his second/partner who was still captive. He overestimated his resistance to the hopelessness of Oblivion, about to give up, and looked up to see the golden glow of atherius surrounding a beautiful young woman who extended her hand to him and said "I can help you". He carried Fianna Kingsley out of Cold Harbor on his shoulder. He carried Alvard Stower under one arm. He also irritated the Prophet who had intended the portal for only Mol and Lyris.***Order Draconis - well c'mon there has to be some explanation for all those dragon tattoos.
House of Dibella - If you have ever seen or read "Memoirs of a Geisha" that's just the beginning...
Nibenay Valley Chapterhouse - Where now stands only desolate ground and a dolmen there once was a thriving community supporting one of the major chapterhouses of the Order Draconis1
