WiseSky wrote: »

Another Golden thread, I have so many things I implement its crazy!
No I am playing a Sorc who lost all his magic abilities and must relearn to use stamina skills !

hee hee - I started this thread such a long time ago and had a long break from the game, but I'm back in again now.

And I'm just discovering the wonders of the Outfit System and all the new motif sets I don't know about! As a result I'm loving the game more than ever for it's character RP stuff! \o/

My various characters have changed a little - but my Sorc is also now having to re-adjust to life - after a horrible magical accident she's now wearing mechanical arms made for her in the Clockwork City (the Apostle set ) and she's coming to terms with being a badass old lady with a massive greatsword and the power of elements. I love her to bits!!

My new khajiit only steals from Aldmeri, which I think we can all agree is totally fair, yes?

^ bit off topic for 'RP Addon in your head) but it was nice someone liked the idea after literally years!

(sorry mods for the necro, I hope it's ok here )

For me it's keeping in 1st person view... Really drags you into yourself in game.

Grandesdar wrote: »

Great thread, I'm saving all the replies to read them one by one.

I only had one RP restricted character and I didn't even think I would use these restrictions all the time. You guys are crazy (in a good way) and now I'll do the same.

My character is a warden, but I'd like to imagine him as a druid (Iron Druid Chronicles heavily inspired me). Using nature magic and nature related mementos, he never picks a fight with animals. And if he's forced to, that being some mean spirit has possessed them, etc. he performs a ritual after killing their physical body just so that their spirit can be free. Some of these spirits have been so grateful, they might decide to stay with me for a while, fighting by my side, giving me the ability use shalks for a limited number of times before I release them for good. I tried to incorporate use of soul gems but it was too complicated so I stopped.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention the bear! I roll a dice to see if he wants to join me in my next adventure or do something else he would like, so I don't summon him in the middle of something he might be doing(that'd be very rude, duh). He has a name, no family(saved him from a forest fire when he was a cub), also saved me a ton by licking my wounds. (That last part was inspired by Far Cry's bear companion)
I make sure to catch fish, or even hunt together every so often to feed him. Before we do this, I ask for permission from Gaia.

My druid is also vegan, so he only eats and drinks things that are completely plant based. It was one of the hardest things to pull off, tbh!

I'm planning to write quests for my next adventure in which I'll pick flowers all over the Tamriel to make a solid flower garden in my home. I'm still not sure how to do it, or even how to get all the flowers without spending crowns. But we'll see.

I love the Idea of rolling a dice to see if your bear is gonna join you on the fight!

Quite fun idea to only eat vegan stuff too, thanks for sharing

I have always done this. The exact rules depend on my character and how they evolve over time but I always have a story in mind when I make someone and only do things/accept quests they would actually do. I also walk pretty much everywhere unless I'm in a hurry, like in real life.

The walking is actually important to me because I tend to miss things otherwise and it's very relaxing to just mosey through the world while the crazies around me just run everywhere. Always in such a rush.

My favorite character was a Khajit scavenger. She'd run around and pick up random items off beaches and open locked chests that washed up but she wouldn't get wet. Ever. She hated rain and so if it started to rain she'd quickly find shelter and wait... and grumble... If she ended up somewhere she'd have to swim or if the water would go over her boots she'd backtrack and find a way around the water. It was entertaining, to say the least.

MikkeOfGreenRiver wrote: »

My general RP rule is simply to do what the character would do.

I like this, and I do it. Have a character on my PC EU account that is (glacially slowly) leveling completely in Cold Harbor. She is a Templar with tattoos covering as much of her as I could find; this is what keeps her (relatively) sane there. She also has the guar pet - got an egg from Honor (who is female in my headcannon).

Many of my characters "start out" or "end up" in Rawl'ka - more specifically at Sleek Creek House which is shared by many of "my" and my spouses characters (many of whom are in the Order of the Dragon - long story).

I choose or avoid skills and questlines according to what the character would do; or in the case of

A lot of my character's pets reflect where they explored. As an example, a recent Necromancer (result of Telvanni experimentation - which she eventually escaped) was exploring Summerset. She kept noticing this one Wolfhound that no one was taking care of. So she invited him to come along with her, and now "Alinor Dog" is her dog.

Deleted for being off-topic and de-railing the nice thread.

One of the only self-imposed rules I have in my head is no fast-travel. To me it diminishes the true size and scope of Tamriel, which in itself is already severely condensed in order to fit into a videogame. Having to go by cart and ship makes me feel more a part of the world, and being required to go by horse to inland destinations may take more time, but it certainly forces you to see more of what the world has to offer.

Another rule of mine is that I don't upgrade the speed of my horse above 10%. This is done purely so that my horse can actually walk when I turn on walk mode. If you have a horse upgraded above 15% your walking animation turns into what used to be your running animation, which I've never liked.

The last rule that I impose upon myself is not done in my head but rather with the use of an addon called 'Pinkiller', which allows you to disable any quest pins on the compass and world map. This is something I also did through mods with Skyrim as I did not want to just follow around a compass pin and ignore everything else. I actually want to be forced to look for things and think about where to go, etc. The downside of this is that unlike Skyrim's 'Even Better Quest Objectives' mod, there is no ESO addon that expands quest journal text to actually make clear where you need to go. Sometimes a quest will say something akin to "Find the klinyers", but you have no idea what 'klinyers' are, where they can be found, etc, as not even the NPCs mentioned it during dialogue. The next thing you know those 'klinyers' are actually native to a small region on the other side of the zone, somewhere you never would have guessed or found unless you turn off the addon to look. I have a small rule where if in real-life the NPC would have specified where to find something, it makes sense to turn on the map pins temporarily to see where the location is. E.g., if an NPC wants me to pick some flowers, I'm sure they would have specified where those flowers would be found (or at least I would have asked for specification if I were my character).

I find that all of my self-imposed rules are really just my attempt at making my ESO experience more similar to my Skyrim experience, and yet it is somehow never quite enough... There's always something that dissapoints me about ESO and how they handle the game experience which you can either choose to turn off in Skyrim or get around with simple mods, either of which are available with ESO.

EDIT:
I actually have another rule I impose upon myself which I forgot to mention. If quest options clash with what my character would choose, I simply do not complete the quest, and will often simply abandon it if I have no intention of returning to the quest location. This isn't a hard and fast "rule" per se, as I do the Dark Brotherhood questline with my main RP character despite the fact that he would never actually join such an organisation, but some things push it too far for me. The Auridon questline is one such example, as neither me nor my character would ever work against the Veiled Heritance in any way (we would probably join it if we could). Since there is no option for the player to join the Heritance, even if it means failing and being defeated in the end, I simply do not do that questline. Repeat this for sub-zones in Auridon like the College of Aldmeri Propriety, which I still have not completed the quest of.

In a certain sense it's a shame since I think that AD's main questline is by far the best of the three alliances, but I simply cannot lower myself enough to do Auridon's storyline (or even Grahtwood's/Greenshade's) when it means actively destroying the one faction I identify most with.

For me, it's mainly to stay in the fantasy and also enjoy the artistic details and story.

Which is a primary reason why I tend to keep the voice chat off--nothing pulls me out of the immersion like some dudes cussing about things completely unrelated to the gameplay at hand.

I also try to avoid PvP for the most part, because I'd rather not focus on such formulaic optimized character builds just to get the most DPS, etc. I enjoy developing characters in a way that fits with who I want them to be in the world.

I do really enjoy the group dungeon queue, but I will often walk back through the dungeon after the boss is defeated, to not only pick up more loot, but to just to get a better look at everything. Most groups will sprint through the entire dungeon at lightning speed, barely even stopping to fight. I'm usually bringing up the rear.

WiseSky wrote: »

I would definably turn off the Chat if it was available on PC sounds horrible.

Yes, on console, voice chat is terrible for an RP feel. It can sometimes be a must if you are with a group and stuck on a boss where you need to strategize. I'm getting a wireless keyboard to alleviate some of that.

My worst self-imposed handicap is to only becoming a vampire or werefolf through natural means

And the single time I encountered a bloodfiend, I accidentally removed the curse...