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Bottom line: We appreciate the input, but the idea of Dres councilors is not up for debate anymore. It's been decided and that's how we're going to go through with it. I'm sorry we couldn't convince you guys. If it sinks, that's on us and you can tell us you told us so, however I don't think it wil...

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I like the idea of corpse-dres: mummies of important ancestors kept in the council halls of each clan, called upon to act as councilors in matters of law/tradition, war and commerce. I don't think, however, that these should be seen as the heads of the clans and in extension the heads of the house a...

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The link doesn't work for me - it opens discord but doesn't connect me to any channel.

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You are right, the Psijics are said to have had similar abilities: Another aspect of this legend that scholars like myself find interesting is the mention of "the Calling." In this legend and in others, there is a suggestion that the Dwemer race as a whole had some sort of silent and magic...

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[spoiler]I just registered today, obviously my opinion is not worth too much, but I really felt the need to chime in here. Something I have noticed when reading this thread is that it seems like some of this is perhaps being "over-thought", if you will. We already have satisfactory explan...

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If it comes to voting, my vote is for either 2 or 3. No vampire council please. Definitely seconded. I'm not really a fan of the idea that house Dres as a whole are in a debt, either. The two-facedness/secret conspiracy card has been played to death in TR already (both the planned Indoril and Hlaal...

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Good duscussion going, lots of good input. I think sasquatch raises some really good points, especially about detailing the more mundane aspects of Dres life. And those two sketches you posted, sasquatch, is that your own materal? Looks really good, well thought-out details bringing the whole togeth...

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That looks very cool, but it's making me wonder about the idea of hexagonal cantons. It's a nice idea symbolically but, won't Dres settlements feel very repetitive if they are all forced to fit inside of hexagons? I think it would be more interesting if you had modular pieces which allowed you to c...

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I must say, I envision Dres radically differently from the directions currently being discussed. When it comes to the arhcitecture, I imagine a more towering, menacing, otherwordly, spiky, insectoid style. Organic shapes rather than straight lines. Think Gaudi... [spoiler] [img]http://untappedcities...

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Reposting my short summary of my vision of house Dres and their lands from earlier topics, for easier overview: [spoiler] My two cents on the Dres, also posted in the architecture thread: -House Dres is based around a coalition of smaller, largely autonomous Clans. -The territory of House Dres consi...

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My proposition suggested hinting at zero-summing. Not at someone actually attaining CHIM, which would indeed be taking proposterous liberties with the TES universe and its lore. Still, the ultimate goal of the path that the Chimer/Dunmer have been on is the transcendence of the entirety of the Chime...

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Might I point out that 4-112 still does not use the latest approved interior?
I don't know whether this one was dropped or for some other reason.

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Why? The Velothi people are stated in lore (apocryphaly, but by an original developer) to be one of the few groups that carry with them the methods of reaching the Tower. The only logical conclusion of the Tribunal faith is for the Dunmer to reach CHIM, and one of two reasons keeping Vivec from reac...

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This is just an idea I've had for some time, I thought I'd throw it out here to see what people think of it: The Indoril are supposed to be the house most dedicated to the teachings of the Dunmer Temple. The dunmer faith has at its core a set of deeply mystic and cryptic writings set up as a guide a...

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Ambitious effort! Here are some spontaneous counter-thoughs: [spoiler]Change "Aldmeri explorers mapped the coasts of Vvardenfel" to "Aldmeri explorers mapped the coast of Morrowind". Objection to Dwemer being called free-thinking, especially in relation to Chimer/Dunmer. The ulti...

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In my opinion, this is one of those things that doesn't really need an explanation. As long as it doesn't make obvious un-sense, not everything needs to make perfect sense. Explain everything down to the last and tiniest detail and you take away the immersion and fun of filling in the blanks for fut...

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I don't see much reason for a name change at all. I think the 'Old' lends a rather characterful air of venerability to Old Ebonheart. The argument was made earlier that when New York was founded, York didn't turn into Old York, which is a valid argument. But such conventions needn't necessarily appl...

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[...]I actually felt that bit was [url=http://www.imperial-library.info/content/silence]not without precedence[/url]. The extensive litterature of TES strikes again! I hadn't read that one. While of absolutely cringeworthy quality, it is indeed a book from the game. However, what you point at as be...

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This all seems like a very good idea and a much needed adjustment.

I'm travelling, currently, and don't really have the time to follow discussions here, but I actually have some alternative corkbulb-trees done. Based on the MK-concept art, they are larger, rootier and more bulbous.

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For quick reference, the recipes that I consider more or less finished: [spoiler]Scrib-Yearning-for-the-Moons Cut a yearling stalk of marshmerrow, about two-and-a-half foot of height, and place a cut lengthwise along the side to scrape out the pulp into a bowl. Make a paste from the pulp of marshmer...

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[...] ...there is no evidence of refrigeration in Morrowind, meaning that other methods of preservation would likely be needed. Different methods of fermentation and souring might be interesting to look into. [...] ...no list of ingredients, just a running text, and references to measurements are r...

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I just remembered this thread and the four small texts I wrote on the subject.

How much more material would be needed for this to be compiled into an ingame book? I'd be willing to set about completing it, if there is interest.

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Really nice piece of writing. The lesson learnt from this text reflects something well within the scope of Dunmer values, and the concise style in general is becoming. However, I agree that this... The wife began to rail at him in the way wives do--why were you late for dinner? Why do we no longer g...

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Oh, and this is the flyer: [...]How can a woman love her husband, if she doesnt honor the one, who makes her able to?" I don't know if you are still proposing to use this flyer, but I reacted at this line. Apart from it being a rather sexist line, I don't really recall anything in the game tha...

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I really like this is general, and the waist-wrap in particular.
It feels properly alien, perhaps for the same reasons Ateiggaer disliked it for: it doesn't come from our own traditional concepts of body ideals.

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But really, I find the River Strider far less weird than the Silt Strider, and in most - if not all - cases where the former is used, it could be replaced with the latter. Silt Striders are perfectly capable of moving through shallow waters, such as rivers and along the coastline. That is one of the...

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Gnomey wrote:Snip.

Really good post, Gnomey.

I think the project as a whole could benefit from having some of that stuff included in one of the general planning documents, as a reminder to writers, questers and all the other little human cogs that make up the body of this whole mess we call TR.

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This is a really good selection of well-executed, well-balanced and well-designed interiors that integrate really well with the style of the original game while still providing something new and interesting. Good pick! Most of these I hadn't seen before, very inspirational! (And I am more than a lit...

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My spontaneous reaction to the original post ,the way I read it, is that I think you're consistently taking for granted that the PC:s involvement with a faction serves the foremost function of furthering the story of the PC. I think this is a grave mistake of focus, something that will create a pret...

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Lurking, waiting to see how and in which directions conceptualization goes, and what directions design/redesign will take.

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I agree with Sasquatch. While the basics look nice, it needs to be simplified, which is often the hardest thing to do - and do right - in a creative process. I would also make the flanking groups of figures smaller to put more emphasis on the central figures (nevermind realism: I can't really see th...

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I stand with Worsas on this. What Theminimanx wrote about how quests in the original game are written is true, but I don't think this is a set-in-stone formula that needs to be followed. Of course, it would stick out like a sore thumb if quests were designed in an entirely different way, but I think...

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Spider from picture lools like spider from daggerfall to me I don't think this justifies its inclusion in TR in any way. Daggerfall is a very different thing than TES3, as different from it as Oblivion or Skyrim, leaning way more towards generic 90s fantasy. If you look at the creatures from vanill...

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I'd vote against spiders, as well. Considering that rats and even normal skeletons were only added to the game in a later stage of development in order to provide the more close-minded crowd with some familiarity (let's see if I can dig up the source on that again), I think that basically any real-l...

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I prefer this. However, it might be asked why the potion only works on the problem mushroom. Because game mechanics, I guess. It'd be impractical to make it work on any mushroom. Just like in any quest where you're supposed to poison a specific NPC or similar. I think that the idea that the mushroo...

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Counter-suggestions on the 'Liquid inspiration'-quest: A mid-ranking Legion officer/clergyman stationed in OE has been offered the hand of a well-to-do woman/man (whom he has never met in person) back in Cyrodiil. She/he needs to commission suitor portrait to send to this person. The officer/clergym...

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A suggestion for an alternative brains-instead-of-brawn solution for 'Suffocating spores' would be to use an (al)chemical agent to kill off the mushroom in question. This could involve talking to a local alchemist and procuring the necessary ingredients. This would, of course, backfire. I must say t...

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I would argue in favour of replacing all meats with the vanilla variants. Apart from the inconsistency, there is no evidence in TES3 that I can recall of anything that would provide such a grill-pattern. To me, it looks like a bit awkwardly slapped on for its familiarity, not because it fits in.

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Rats wrote:Personally, I like [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.tumblr.com/search/skyrender]Lutemoth's skyrender nest[/url], which seems to be semi-alive and semi-mobile.

If we could pull these off, they'd be fantastic. Lots of character, I like the Metroid-vibe.

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A little something for inspiration, although this is on a somewhat grander scale than what I'm after: [url=http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/a/af/The_Palatine_Cross_Section_1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150320094037]Necromunda[/url] as seen in the rules for the game Confrontation....

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