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Anonymous09/12/25, 05:47No.3843209
Going to play Morrowind for the first time, no mods. Want to wear heavy armor and just use a sword and shield, nothing fancy just John Elder Scroll. Breton or Imperial? Any other advice appreciated.
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Anon09/12/25, 06:01No.3843211
>Going to play Morrowind for the first time, no mods. Want to wear heavy armor and just use a sword and shield, nothing fancy just John Elder Scroll. Breton or Imperial? Any other advice appreciated.
I would go Imperial. Join the Legion and the Cult. Long blade is a solid choice and well represented.
Decide in advance who your character is and what you'll do, and by extension, what you won't do. Roleplay. Don't be a faggot and go "I have to max out every skill in the game and join every faction just because I can", that ruins everything.
Make a custom class, and emphasize the stats and skills you actually want to use, so that they start at a higher level, increase quicker, and are less frustrating to use in the early game.
Don't be too autistic about "perfect leveling". Just try to make a sensible character, and prioritize getting good at what you want to do.
Early on, some enemy types (often undead) are immune to normal, low-quality weapons. Get a weapon that's made of silver or better (or an enchanted weapon works).
Watch your fatigue level. It affects your chance of success to do everything. If you go into combat exhausted from sprinting and jumping everywhere, you'll miss a lot.
In melee, you will do one of several types of attacks depending on the direction you're moving at the time. There's an optional toggle in the menu for "use best attack" which will pick the attack type with the highest average damage, but it's not always the highest possible. Also, some weapons are meant to spam attacks quickly, some weapons are meant to charge up powerful attacks by holding the attack key before releasing. That's why damage is listed as a range, from minimum to full.
Carrying a lot of loot slows you down, literally.
Probably a good idea to carry some potions of cure disease, and to restore damaged (red) stats, from nasty enemies.
Great game. Get immersed into it and have fun. Try to not spoil it for yourself, you n'wah.
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Anon09/12/25, 06:06No.3843213
>Want to wear heavy armor and just use a sword and shield
Choose a race and class that gets you good combat skill bonuses, and good bonuses to Strength, Agility, and Endurance.Keep stamina full.
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Anon09/12/25, 06:40No.3843217
Imperial. +10 to Long Blade and to Mercantile are both amazing and both of their daily powers very good.
Heavy armor is well, heavy. Unless you want to move at a snail's pace you have to not encumber yourself more than 50% when venturing outside because you'll want to loot some stuff on top.
Strength is a better investment for movement speed initially because 1 point = 5 encumbrance. Later on it's all about speed.
Endurance is also important because it dictates how fast you regen stamina and your total health.
Whatever you do you'll end up powerful. If your build sucks it's just gonna be a bit more frustrating and slow to take off.
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Anon09/12/25, 06:46No.3843218
Breton with atronach sign and you will tear through little shit wizards
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Anon09/12/25, 07:08No.3843224
You want Imperial. Breton is casterboy, though with more understanding you can make a solid magic knight with one.
Morrowind at least tries to be an RPG, so if you want to be good at combat, invest in combat skills.
Invest in athletics so heavy armor doesn't rape your speed.
Focus on a single weapon.
Invest in a healing skill, either restoration or alchemy.
Rest for an hour to restore fatigue before entering dungeons.
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Anon09/12/25, 13:00No.3843341
>no mods
At least run the game through OpenMW.I'd also get a mod that keeps fatigue static while running & regenerates it while walking, because:
>fatigue affects pretty much everything
>there's a lot of running from A to B in the game
>running is slow anyway, for most builds (compared to most games)
>since you're at 0 fatigue anyway while travelling, it encourages bunnyhopping, which is gay
>having to wait around or chug kwama eggs before doing literally anything is rather annoying
But that's matter of preference, I guess.
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Anon09/12/25, 16:12No.3843446
OpenMW or MWSE?
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Anon09/12/25, 17:35No.3843491
Get as close as you can to 5x endurance each level up. I prefer Breton but it doesn't matter that much. Keep your fatigue high
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Anon09/12/25, 22:43No.3843624
When should I play TR?
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Anon09/13/25, 10:39No.3843831
New OpenMW and Tamriel Rebuilt releases dropped recently, weather's getting chilly... yeah, I think it's time to create a new Morrowind character. I never played Tribunal past the sewers, this time for real.
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Anon09/14/25, 03:03No.3844107
>playing sword and board in tes 3 as a first timer
>ctrl f
>0 hits for sujamma, divine intervention, or almsivi restoration
its like you fuckers dont even play the game.
keep a couple scrolls of almsivi restoration or divine intervention on you alongside some sujamma to get you out of a pinch. when the time comes you'll know what to do with them and be glad you have em on you.
op id recommend taking minor in light armor initially and when you get your stats and gear up transition into heavy armor both long and short sword can stagger effectively so getting hit becomes less of an issue.
if you explore diligently youll come across a lot of expensive and useful loot but because of low stats and high encumbrance from heavy armor you won't be able to carry all of it or transport it without dealing with crazy tedium.
dont give any thought to the fuckers telling you to minmax this game. the initial stat spread from character creation saves you a couple hours of play at most when gear and game knowledge does 90% of the heavy lifting.
maybe consider using an autoclicker to grind unarmed and speechcraft. smack mudcrabs around for a bit for a 5x to speed on level up and spam admire/intimidate on weak npcs after popping a telvanni bug musk.
and if youre really enjoying the game consider heading over to the uesp and reading the calculations for your rolls.
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Anon09/14/25, 09:53No.3844180
Uninstall wizard.Also, you want redguard, nord or orc for that kind of character.
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Anon09/14/25, 15:46No.3844251
Do NOT play without mods... game is shit without them, S tier with them
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Anon09/14/25, 21:22No.3844399
ah yes, vanilla Morrowind, exactly as I remember
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Anon09/15/25, 10:33No.3844618
OP probably already started but I just wanted to add, there's a mod that delays the Dark Brotherhood attacks (from the Tribunal expansion) until you're higher level. I would consider this a more true vanilla experience because in 2002 you wouldn't have been playing Tribunal for the first playthrough.
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Anon09/15/25, 22:56No.3844942
Skyrim for Nords!
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Anon09/16/25, 00:55No.3845007
What faction questlines are better in quality?
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Anon09/18/25, 12:40No.3846171
I just began playing with an imperial assassin with the lover birthsign
>fail at stealth
>succeed at stealth but fail at hitting the enemy
>fail at making potions
I'm surprised he doesn't fail at eating bread. I'm tempted to restart with a warrior so I can just play without constant failures. Continuing this character means paying for training for the next 10 hours.
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Anon09/18/25, 17:44No.3846310
How easy is it to keep your character's power in line with the content you're doing? I don't wanna become some omnipotent god an hour in.
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Anon09/20/25, 14:38No.3847175
>character acquires endgame gear and becomes visibly powerful
>lose immersion and interest in roleplaying them
Anyone else? I like the early game where you're just some guyMaybe I'll swap the glass armor back to netch leather
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Anon09/21/25, 07:51No.3847596
>knight joins the tribunal temple
>hey wait a minute
>check skill requirements
>only match is restoration (minor skill)
Roleplaying ruined by mechanics, now I'm conscious about raising a number that would take forever to level naturally.And this wouldn't be an issue at all if knights just had blunt weapon instead of axe as a major skill. Fuck.
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Anon09/21/25, 11:13No.3847635
What are the comfiest guild halls for temporary homes?I keep some equipment at Balmora FG, and of course rizzed everyone in there. It has services close by, but I'm looking for another place. Possibly temple or House Redoran locations.
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Anon09/21/25, 23:08No.3847915
If your version hasn't patched it out, I'd recommend, unless you feel it bumps with whatever roleplaying concept you have, enchanting a ring with the Soul Trap+Summon combo for permanent bodyguards
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Anon09/22/25, 01:16No.3847991
Skill requirements for ranks is such a great feature, I don't know what this guy's problem is
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Anon09/22/25, 02:09No.3848019
That dummer chick in the balmora mages guild always makes my dick rock hard
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Anon09/22/25, 02:36No.3848037
>Tribunal temple
>No faction to just worship Azura,Boethia Mephala
I wanna join a temple but not worship the fucking tribunal and i hate imperials
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Anon09/22/25, 18:35No.3848540
For me its the steed sign, i CANT stand the slow ass movement and using the boots of speed feels cheaty
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Anon09/22/25, 19:05No.3848554
Are there any co-op designed mods for tes3mp?
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Anon09/22/25, 19:09No.3848557
Man, what is the point of destruction if mysticism is just better? Spell reflect is so gay
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Anon09/22/25, 19:35No.3848574
Morrowind gives me the worst restartitis. I now settled on a slightly customized nightblade, which is basically a mage with sneak and short blade as major skills. Shield and Sanctuary with wakizashis should be cool enough.
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Anon09/22/25, 21:04No.3848623
>Found some random cave
<Went deeper and deeper
>Started encountering Dremoras and Golden Saints.
>At the end there was a tomb full of treasures and Daedric equipment.
I love Morrowind
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Anon09/23/25, 02:43No.3848729
I need a telvanni bride with WIDE hips
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Anon09/23/25, 04:16No.3848747
Is Tamriel Rebuilt better experienced on a fresh playthrough?
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Anon09/23/25, 12:27No.3848878
The level up rate of magic skills is ridiculously slow and grindy. I made a mod to double the xp rate, so they might actually increase naturally every once in a while.
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Anon09/23/25, 16:58No.3848977
I really want to get into the game world but i lose interest 30 minutes in, fuck me
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Anon09/23/25, 17:46No.3848988
I read Vivec's account of the Battle of Red Mountain in the secret library, and now I'm wondering: if we assume nerevarine is truly Nerevar reborn, what would be the most fitting race/character/class?
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Anon09/24/25, 00:26No.3849124
>Breton or Imperial
Dunmer
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Anon09/24/25, 12:33No.3849306
Now that I know how much equip load and endurance affect speed and fatigue, I kinda enjoy the aspect of choosing the lightest gear as I travel and hunt, and the eventual progress from unarmored to light, medium, and then heavy armor, as strength and carrying capacity increases. For the first time I used chitin weapons for their light weight.
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Anon09/24/25, 16:03No.3849405
>level 6
>enter a fort
>kill two enemies
>first room has a corpse with glass cuirass, greaves, and boots
>leave the gear and the fort
Say what you will about level scaling, at least it ensures gradual progression, no endgame gear in the first 10 hours
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Anon09/24/25, 18:15No.3849486
>Dagoth Ur is the awakened lord of the sixth house, come to cast down false gods, drive foreigners out from the land, and restore the ancient glory of morrowind
He's the ashlander's, the native version of the incarnate, the nerevarine
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Anon09/25/25, 12:22No.3849780
>now that you've done epic hero things
>it's time to slow the pacing and travel around talking to NPCs for the next 10 hours until everyone agrees to call yo-
Zzzzz...
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Anon09/26/25, 18:18No.3850436
I remember that took me months, 20 years ago to download this game, than I played for 2 minutes and immediately dropped.
Keek I just download this in just 5 minutes.
Is unarmed built good?
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Anon09/27/25, 09:55No.3850706
I wasn't planning on doing more than quickly checking out Mournhold as I reported the DB attacks, but then I got some nostalgic feelings. The only time I played through Tribunal was about 20 years ago. Now I have a weird desire NOT to play it, in order to preserve that.I never played Bloodmoon. I wonder if there's a mod to make it new character friendly.
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Anon09/27/25, 12:53No.3850743
Damn OpenMW modding has taken off. MWSE is being completely left in the dust just based on nexus uploads
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Anon09/28/25, 12:32No.3851222
>The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - An Oral History from the Game Developers
Just found this video and started watching. Maybe someone else here is interested too
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Anon09/29/25, 03:08No.3851453
What kind of character should I make if I want to reasonably, and without faggy powergaming, see as much content as possible?
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Anon09/30/25, 19:17No.3852106
Giving Morrowind another playthrough. Anyone have any suggestions for non-TR mods? Mostly for new quests/dungeons and maybe leveling balancing.
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Anon10/03/25, 15:22No.3853356
https://youtu.be/DwC6IFi6RuU?t=139
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Anon10/06/25, 01:09No.3854497
The Dunmer are barbaric savages. Literally eat shit, bath in shit, and look like shit.
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Anon10/09/25, 12:54No.3856344
Ah yes. Classic Morrowind.
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Anon10/10/25, 18:11No.3856955
Hilldogs. We are so back.
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Anon10/10/25, 22:00No.3857043
You can only pick one questline for your next playthrough. Which one is it, and why?
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Anon10/15/25, 14:12No.3859124
You gentlemen are romancing that special friend I put into the game right?
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Anon10/15/25, 20:29No.3859318
How do I cap the framerate in this game and oblivion
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Anon10/18/25, 02:15No.3860307
TIL there's a new fork of MGE XE that reduces OOMs pretty substantially
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/57200
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Anon10/19/25, 12:54No.3861241
I just started and already enjoy this game.
My build is
Nord
Monk
And my constellation is the steer
I love to ko everyone, in the game there's some clothes that they gives you bonus for monks?
O you can create enchanted clothes like in the others ES games?