Can You Beat Morrowind as a Monk?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2023
- No miscellaneous skills. No training. No min-maxing.
Just fists.
Answer: Yes, but also kinda no because of the whole Sunder-and-Keening thing.
What mods am I using? Nothing gamechanging. I'm using the OpenMW engine with their curated "I Heart Vanilla" modlist. It's mostly bugfixes and graphical enhancements.
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I love your series, and this is no different so far.
But you wrote "Charismatic Flare", and I don't care if it's deliberate engagement bait; I have to point It out.
The spell is sparkly like a signal flare. A simple cantrip to ingratiate myself to my target.
This isn't me trying to pretend I didn't bone-apple-tea the spell.
Flare is one of the most powerful offensive spells a Black Mage (aka Destruction specialist) can learn in the Final Fantasy series. So Charismatic Flare is a suitably powerful boost to one's personality. Of course, it only last an instant, but so does a gigantic explosion, so it's appropriate.
@@JustBackgroundNoiseI actually can't tell if this is sarcasm or not
I don’t get it lmao
@@redfoxdog1I'm totally, absolutely serious. 100%.
Can you beat Morrowind without hearing an NPC say Nwah?
No
Even when playing a Dunmer, theyre just gonna rant about other Nwah.
Don't be a s'wit.
Just turn the sound off :D
_THINK IT'LL RAIN?_
Ah, yes. The monks of Dibella. They are skilled at using just their hands, and you will certainly end up lying on your back.
Hehe
To keep these runs fresh, you should focus some on other questlines. Like imperial cult restoration magic only, or minimal combat thieves guild
I second this notion ✊
For sure on this! If JBN doesnt have a discord community yet I highly recommend it as getting suggestions for video ideas much easier and for feedback as well.
I run a game/discord server for VRising so I’d gladly volunteer time to detail out another discord server 🫣
Wow. What a horrible idea.@@MsMerilious
Dagoth Ur : "I'm a god ; how can you kill a god ?"
Chipmonk : *Raises fists*
"I didn't hear no bell!!!"
need two tattoos on your knuckles: "MOON" on your right hand and "STAR" on your left
Made me chuckle, but be careful some Morrowind playing hipster might actually do that.
@@DingleBerry-jb4gj of course i know him, he's me
*taking notes*
@@Haru-spicy😂😂😂
"chipmonk, because hand to hand is _nuts_"
underrated pun. 10/10
CHIP away at their health with your fists
3:40 Thank you. Empty fatigue bar killed my whole clan in the past and i have uncontrollable rage every time i see one.
Only Full Fatigue Bar can bring me peace.
These are great. You should tie in the DLCs into a playthrough. Nothing says Monk like punching a bear in the face in Solstheim.
This made me laugh
You know, to this day, I don't know what Tribunal is. I don't want to know yet, but I'd love to see a run of it.
@@sanguinepubTribunal was fun to me, but I kept getting lost in the big dungeons. Be prepared with a map!
Rest in peace Mitten Squad. Keep up the good work man!
I love the punch sound effects when the fella is in the lava. It's so video-gamey in an absolutely lovely way.
24:54 Actually, after being named Nerevarine and talking with Falura about bridegroom, if you talk to Kaushad about his bride, he will say that he knew you tried to trick him. Despite this, he’s not angry; he calls you clever and is content with the wife given. As a reward, he then gives you a unique shirt.
I honestly love that little detail.
"I want a big telvanni gal, one whom will help me rule my tribe"
"How about a tall yellow lady, and you give me a pass?"
Nerevarine questlines in a nutshell. I thought they'd be much harder, but after exploring the world looking for junk to sell or horde to appease my instincts to hold all of Tamriels forks in a single room their quests weren't that hard. Even finding the secret chamber where the ring is kept wasn't that hard because I'd accidentally gotten immersed during my quest for forks.
@@EddieSpaghetti69 Escorting her across the water was still miserable. The fact I'd done the infinite gloves and fame glitch spared me that.
@@DIEGhostfish You can use fast travel with them; lets you avoid the water non-sense even if it takes an extra minute. There's a few encounters along the way which fills in for the "waiting for tall yellow lady" time.
I also usually roll with athletics and high speed, after a while you get used to every follower NPC saying "Wait for me!" while zipping around like a subatomic particle.
@EddieSpaghetti69 Wait, she DOES teleport with your recall? Or if you amrk and wait she shows up? Or you boat and then escort her over even more land?
“Because I always get lost in Vivec- pretty sure that’s a direct quote from Molag Bal-“
I love these deep cuts, lol
Is that a reference to anything specific? I didn't get it by reading the lore page.
@@karlk5801 Molag Bal and Vivec had sex.
Vivec is a hermaphrodite
@@karlk5801 Molag Bal fucked Vivec, it's a passage in the 36 Lessons of Vivec if I'm remembering the title right.
The knocked-Out Bonelord was really funny... since the knock-out animation is basically the same as the death animation, the Bonelord just kind of compresses to a pancake, with the difference that there is no particle effect and the robes don't disappear. It looks really strange, but I guess the real question is why undead even have stamina.
What else would you beat out of them?
The magic binding them to Mundus had to take a breather.
I just love the fact you can knock out GHOSTS lmfao
Same with machines, you can beat a dwarven sphere until it gets downed. I could understand one of those Iron Fist turtle-handed monks being able to punch through things, but the fact that we can beat them until they get *tired* impresses me. Or ghosts, you can't usually hit them with H2H but can drain fatigue on them until they drop.
The funniest enemy-afflicted-by-effect animation is the knockdown animation for skeletons in Oblivion. They just explode. Bones in every direction. Then slowly form back together.
Ghosts not being resistant to fists has been a thing since Arena. And it's hilarious.
Ghost: ahem you're not supposed to be here, I cast curse! 🤓
Nerevar: I CAST FIST!!!
I mean it makes perfect sense when you really think about it. What is a ghost if not a soul without a body? Well doesn't your body CONTAIN a soul? Your punching the Ghost with your Soul!
@@patrickbuckley7259 I have a better one. You're the chosen one in every Elder Scrolls game. Supposedly, save and load are just you seeing different possible realities as the chosen. Therefore... you ARE enchanted. Your very BEING is enchanted, so your fists are already enchanted weaponry.
I think that's a thing in D&D too? It makes sense. If the ghost can hit your meaty self, your meaty hands can hit the ghost.
@@Nekufan1000000This is false
14:11 I imagine you're not really "fatiguing" them, so much as just smacking them apart until the magic animating them has to stop and rearange all the bones you knocked loose.
I loved that little "he" after pushing the bone lord into the lava xD
You are releasing these way faster than I would expect it. Great effort and even better videos.
Liked for petting the scrib with heal other. Good scrib. :)
The Morrowind hit sound is so good. Never gets old.
The beating continues until morale improves 🫲
Even in the old school D&D fists of a monk were considered a magical weapon and could thus harm any creature.
Your comment about the usage of the word "portal" is actually similar to why I ended up needing to look up how to get into Azuras shrine during the main quest - I assumed the prophecy was referring to something much more fancy than the vaguely lighter rocks in the area, and there would be some kind of magical sign that I was in the right spot
Your Morrowind videos are all excellent. As a fellow Skyrim-baby (got that a couple months after it came out), you got me to try out the game, and I've been loving it.
all i know it every morrowind playthrough starts with me picking flowers and a couple hours later I am GOD.
14:50 if the ghosts can touch you, you can obviously touch them back. Thats why i always swing on the shower curtain.
This was my dads favorite way to play back in the day. Always swore on the monkfist. Vanilla game even
So here's something interesting I learned about Morrowind. If you are level 20 and have 50 Reputation, you can skip being named Nevarine and Hortator. That isn't super useful for you because it would take more time to do than doing it the normal way.
Literally just read about this yesterday! But I feel like it’s kinda tedious. But it’s cool that Morrowind has such moments, like this or killing Vivec
@@queru1ous I think it's there as sort of a reward for players who who everything else first. Oddly enough not all questlines give rep. The Fighter's Guild doesn't give any.
Games like this and Half-Life really are the gift that keeps on giving with all the small details, tricks, quirks, etc. I never about that one either despite the absurd amount of time I've spent either playing TES or reading the UESP over the years. Thanks for sharing, sera.
"At that level of ability, you're a legend already"/
playing a thief with unarmored+hand-to-hand+sneak as my combat skills, was the hardest start of the game, but by far my favourite end game build. 100% recommend
8:28 is the first time in years I've seen the critical damage prompt lol
I remember trying monk years and years ago, and I loved playing the character. They leveled up immensely fast, and I could travel at hilarious speeds just hippidy-hopping through the archipelago, and I think it was the first ever run where I hit 100 skill thanks to how fast unarmed went up. There was something liberating about that one.
I love these OpenMW vanilla challenges, keep it up!
Just know that every time your fatigue ever drops below 30% I’m secretly judging you and saying Ordinator voicelines to myself.
PS LMAOOOOO I STARTED WRITING THIS BEFORE 3:45 wp
We're watching your fatigue. SCUM.
"Feeding two birds with one scone, you know how it is." Okay that earned a Sub.
Monks are rather famous for their cheese and wine. I see no wine.
The moment you were in the incarnate's cave I suddenly started wondering whether the ghosts are just regular NPCs or some special coding magic.
Thank you for immediately answering that question for me! 22:49
I actually have played this through with fists as the main weapon. and yes, it is fun permastunning them
Very nice video. Always good to see Morrowind content, and nice seeing a few different people trying out the monk/hulk/unarmed playthrough.
I wish I had the patience to do this because the idea of a guy becoming the strongest dude in Morrowind just by punching crap is awesome and hilarious.
I'm greatly enjoying these runs of yours. Not too many people play Morrowind and make it so fun ta watch.
You've inspired me to pick up Morrowind again! Decided to randomly roll for my starting Race, Attributes, Skills and Sign, then roll for which three Attributes to increase each level up. I've been enjoying it a lot, breaks me out of some of my optimizer habits.
Your morrowind videos are my favorite on youtube!! I really appreciate the effort on the closed captions too
Your pacing and commentary is legit some of the best among your peers. I am extremely impressed. Keep it up champion!
love your videos man, really relaxing to watch
Love quality morrowind videos, subbed and waiting for more
i had so much fun watching this, even if it was a tedious play through you made it entertaining :3 also the fact that you didnt do the earsplitting soundbyte makes me so so happy that you didnt do it thank yyou for you're work :3c
Loving these morrowind videos, never enough morrowind content out there
Subbed! Funny comments and one of my most nostalgic games combined, what else can I wish for Christmas!
Just found your channel and I love your humor! Can't wait to see what you do next :)
this content is great no idea why i got hooked but i love the challenges
I love your Morrowind vids, great stuff
Gotta say, just happened across your vids and channel recently, always enjoy seeing someone challenge themselves in different ways. As *something of a Morrowind player myself* I've come up with some challenge ideas as well. Some of em are fairly simple, just adding some restrictions to force you to play a certain way while reducing options to increase challenge that way. Others are much more brutal, one of which I like to refer to as Azura's Champion which has a LOT of rules and essentially forces you into a hardcore run that can only use quest rewards; or of course anything in between, if you should have any interest in learning more. Either way, great vid and look forward to what you do next.
I beat Morrowind a couple months ago (alongside dlc) and been watching your videos makes me wanna play again.
man you would NOT catch me trying something like this without damage fatigue spells, a mod that changes unarmed, or werewolf form. It takes some real dedication to do these kinds of masochism runs.
got yourself a new sub, good content. Can't wait work my way through it :D
This is exactly what I needed today thanks big dawg
Hand to Hand is OP. once I managed to get H2H to around 65-70 I was beating up Dremoras and Daedra etc. Even with a mod that adds extra Bandits etc, I could hold off a gang of 6 by just focusing on one bandit and punching them until they would pass out, then start punching a second bandit, when the first bandit got back up, I'd punch them again a couple of time and knock them out again, and go back to punching the 2nd bandit, until I had a circle of unconscious bandits around me, which I could then start focusing on punching them for health damage while they were unconscious. It was fun juggling bandits. Subscribed BTW, your narration can be hilarious at times.
Just found ur vids last week or so happy to see more morrowind
This is my favorite episode of the series, i keep coming back to watch it c:
Good video, I've actually done this build many times actually. I have even files on OG Xbox with custom class listed as monk. I love the freedom that this game allows.
Dude 13k subs. Im so happy for you dude. Great videos as always. Goes to show it isnt RS3 OR OSRS that I like watching. Its the personalities behind the gameplay.
Love this series of videos. Morrowind is such an underrated game
I love Morrowind content in 2023 lol Brings back my teenage years. Love your videos man! Keep'em coming!
there has been a void of morrowind content for months, I'm so glad you are here to fill it. keep it up!
I love the branch out to the older elder scrolls games. Youve earned a sub, sir!
Thank you so much you made me buy this awesome game your videos are an inspiration 😊
I remember my first hand to hand run was pure chaos and silly shenanigans
I've never played any of the Morrowind games, but it's very entertaining to watch you quickly and easily break the mechanics of this game over your knee doing something funny and wild.
you remind me of micky D, good shit man def subscribing
These are blowing up brother 👏
I really appreciate you saying all the names and explaining what you're doing. Thanks!
Merry Christmas Backgrond Noises!
I’m glad this came out cause martial arts unarmed builds are my favorite. I can use this as a guideline.
That feel when you find your new favourite channel to watch literally every video on.
this is really soothing, also I immensely appreciate your way and dedication to pronouncing everything in this :)
There's just something cool about the idea of a guy walking up to Dagoth Ur and just beating him to death
You're making awesome content, dude.
casting healing on the scrib to pet it,,, you've opened my eyes to a whole new world
Cosades nuts 🎉
gottem
I greatly miss the RS3 content but I'm glad your current stuff is doing absolute gangbusters, you deserve it king
I did a Khajit monk run back in '04 and it was one of my favorite builds. Knocking people down and then punching them to death was always a riot
As a kid playing Morrowind on Xbox I was terrified of the Ghosts but seeing someone literally punch one to non existents was something I never knew about as a kid as soon as I had seen one I would just run and I didn't know how to save so if I died I would be back to the beginning great video love the commentary dude.
Kaushad just has his priorities straight
just when i was about to take a nap. Perfect. Not htat your videos are sleepers think of it like a bedtime story
Your vids on Morrowind are dope
Great stuff mate, goddamn I love this game, first one I played where I understood why people play games... in fact I loved it so much I used to do a play through every year until I actively tried to stop and still probably think about the game once or twice a week. Found out this year, after seeing a doctor for the first time since i was a kid, im autistic to point that social workers are apologising to me that the state didnt step in sooner.
Goddamn this is a good game, I might play it tonight
Lmfao. Did you end up playing it?
@@HowBoutDemBoyzz oh yeah man, made a high elf Mage, played for a night, then fell into the depressing thought "what am I doing with the limited time I've been given on this planet?" So made a 2 hand orc instead
@@CLOCKWORKWARMACHINE good, you used your time wisely :)
@@HowBoutDemBoyzz you know it demboyzz
Thank you for not editing in the ear-splitting screech
cool run, I enjoyed it
He's called "Chipmonk" because his enemies are gonna have a lot of chipped bones and are gonna need a good monk to heal them from all the broken teeth
theres so many ways to approach this game. we will never have another game made like this ever again. best tes
The fuckin "I'm always getting in lost in Vivec" joke was too tier holy fucking shit dude
Man... this brings the nostalgia of my first custom class morrowind character. Only difference was I traded out block, light armor, marksman, and blunt for alchemy, alteration, enchanting, and mysticism. Slow as all hell to kill things, but I was ridiculously hard to kill.
Instant sub for being able to pronounce Caius Cosades correctly. Cool vid!
I just found your channel in my recommendations yesterday, even your RS3 videos are great. It's your channel, do what you want, but I'd love to see some Fallout 1/2 videos
The fact you stop and pet the scribs makes me incredibly happy
"Get back on the ground, old man!" is now a thing I say when I use knock-down skills in ESO
Love this. I never did a hand to hand in morrowind because the tedious part about draining fatigue, oblivion on the other “hand” is OP
I did a replay back in 2020 and made my char a monk. It was a super fun playthrough and the first time I actually managed to finish the game properly.
Best Morrowind video series I've ever seen, amazing job my fellow!
The idea of playing the game as a preset class, and only using that classes skills, is actually a fun way to make the game more enjoyable for an experienced player. I have so many hours and know how to break this game in a million different ways. Forcing myself to use weird skills would actually be so fun.
Your Morrowind videos are what made me finally buy the game for myself. I'm a newer Elder Scrolls fan, my first entry was Skyrim's special edition is 2016, and going back to such an old game didn't seem worth it. I'm so glad I changed my mind.