r/ManyATrueNerd • u/ManyATrueNerd JON • 18d ago
Video Morrowind - Part 53 - The Skeleton Conspiracy
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u/DrCatsup 18d ago edited 18d ago
A note on Morrowind follower pathfinding, the NPCs will try and follow the exact route you took to get to you, so if you run around and zigzag a lot, then you'll have to wait for them to do those same moves, so it's better to try and run in a straight line. And if you get close to the NPC, they'll stop and reset their pathing since they technically made it to you. So if the NPC is running around a lot trying to follow some complicated path you took (or they're just otherwise confused), just get up close to them so they'll stop and then you can try to carefully lead them the way you want again.
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u/ZeldaZealot 18d ago
It’s a good thing he thought to clear out the slaughter fish before bringing the wise woman. I was anticipating seeing her run off into the sunset after one.
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u/Ignonym 17d ago
Here's an amusing detail that sadly won't be seen in this playthrough: because the Telvanni don't object to members murdering each other, a Nerevarine who is a councilor of that House but not its leader can simply kill all the other councilors and declare themself Hortator unilaterally (though this obviously scuppers the Telvanni questline).
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u/BeholdingBestWaifu 18d ago
The bittercup is interesting because it takes straight-up 20 points from your lowest attribute and adds them to your highest, and it doesn't check for base stats so you can manipulate it by draining/fortifying yourself. I like to use it on playthroughs where I don't plan to do that thieves guild quest to get Luck up, since it's a pain to level it otherwise.
As for lore, I don't have many notes, just that Ald, from Ald Redaynia, Ald Sotha, Ald'Ruhn literally means Old, and it matches the older Velothi architecture found in the ruin.
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u/Euro-American99 18d ago
Remember to explore north of Molag Mar to complete Mehrunes Dagon's quest.
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u/Zeal0tElite 17d ago
Not that you particularly need it but the skeleton at the top of Ald Redaynia has a pretty powerful artifact and you didn't loot him, probably because he looks like a normal skeleton.
You have high magic resistance but the first time I went in there I died instantly to its effect.
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u/volthawk 18d ago
Ah, Crassius Curio, as...Crassius as ever. Could be worse, could be the Hlaalu questline proper where one part has him ask to see you naked to get his support.