I disagree about Nords having only 2 ways of role-playing, "true Nord" or imperialized. Stormcloacks aren't "true Nords", but they aren't imperialized either, same with the companions. Then, obviously, you can be a Skaal. You can also play some Shalidor type Nord, or some dragon cult member, or a Volkihar vampire. Do not underestimate Nordic variety!
I like to RP a Loki type Nord build. Dagger[s] wielding spellsword with destruction, conjuration, and illusion. A Clever Man , if you will (or Lady if otherwise). One of the most fun playthroughs I remember. Fun being so unorthodox compared to the stereotypical Axe-wielding bearded brigand type.
Potential content idea: A series where you go over lots of the reasons to use a specific playable race from a lore/role playing perspective. Kinda like this video, along with some of the relevant history leading up to Skyrim regarding a certain race. Perhaps some examples of interesting characters without the all out intricacies of a build video, for people who are looking for a new way to play without adhering to a strict build. Idk, just a thought :]
Will miss Drew here but, the advantage of having you both on the same physical space to talk is undeniable. Glad to see another discussion! This format looks very promising.
I have been watching fudgemuppet for so long watching almost every Skyrim and fallout build video. I’ll be 16 this year and I can’t believe how long it’s actually been. Keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for this channel.
Bro, I almost always play as a dark elf. The dunmer are just so cool, plus you can honestly run as anything with them. Mage, warrior, thief, assassin, spell sword, etc etc etc. Just the best
I'm playing a dunmer necromancer right now and I love the new spells added by Anniversary. Necromancy is my obsession in fantasy games, which made me wish I could play a Sload in Elder Scrolls.
9:07 Ah.. Revus Sarvani.. Silt Strider Pilot and Author of Light Armor Forging Book.. LOVE this NPC!!!... Yes, reading that book WILL increase your light armor... it's in FIVE locations... 1. On a table in Embershard Mine. 2. On the workbench at Silent Moons Camp. 3. Lod's House in Falkreath, found atop a barrel in the basement. 4. On a table in Cracked Tusk Keep, by the forge. 5. Reachwind Burial Mound.
FudgeMuppet literally convinced me to buy Skyrim yet again, this time on the Switch, since it's currently on sale, and my Xbox just hit me with the HDMI failure. And I cannot find a copy for the 360 anywhere locally. Gotta scratch that Tamrielic Itch one way or another. And a person can only get so much entertainment spending alone time with volumes of The Lusty Argonian Maid. That said, thank you guys for all of your hard work. Please keep it up, and don't go hitting any big red rocks with blue knives.
I was already playing a dunmer in my current playthrough, actually! An ex-House Redoran Dunmer who was expelled from the house for political reasons, found allies and a small homestead in the port of Ravenrock. Except since his arrival everyone on the island has been having strange dreams, with no explanation. So he set sail to Windhelm to a skyrim embroiled in its own conflict where I begin my journey. First I'll make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Azura to see if the lady of twilight can offer insight into what is happening, and continue from there. Eventually I want to do Project AHO, and then finish it off with New North whenever that releases.
Hey! that’s a cool backstory and role-playing path you have planned out. I’m waiting for New North to do a dark elf playthrough myself. I’ll probably take some inspiration from this.
@@sleepshouter5017 Hey happy to help! I think the most interesting part is if you know the backstory of the different houses. Playing a Dunmer is such an interesting thought process to get into and the differences are even greater once you get into all of the different Houses.
Just wanted to throw a few Dunmer Mod recommendations since people are liking my post: Skyrim Unbound Reborn Armors of Velothi by PulcharmSolis (update coming soonish) Beyond Skyrim Morrowind Bonemold Pack Fort Windpoint by 4thUnknown The Mudcrab Merchant Morrowind Creatures - By 4thUnknown (distributes Guar to some Dunmer Farms. Very aesthetic and neat) Xelzaz - Neat Tevanni Argonian follower with a cool backstory. Pretty well done character with frequent updates. If you are playing a Redoran, I think having a Telvanni Follower is super cool because you can test your roleplaying and debate on whether you agree with him on some things. It is also just kind of cool to have someone with a unique background Cliffracer Song Windhelm Segregation - Stay at New Gnisis Corner Club JK's New Gnisis Corner Club and many of his other interiors adds a lot of much needed love to Dunmer locations. House Dres Underhanded Slavery (hidden for now, Mihail is updating it) Pilgrim (Wintersun is okay too if you prefer it) for Daedra worship. I just like the vanilla+ balancing of SimonMagnus' stuff. Mandragorasprout's Daedra statue mods so you can worship the Daedra in style!!! Honorary Mention to Moon and Star, though I'm not using it on this playthrough. I have also not played through Morag Tong Resurgence so cannot recommend with my stamp of approval, but if you are interested in a Tong playthrough, perhaps it'd be worth checking out? Up to you! That's all!!
@@kylerleimbach9151 I believe it's because Drew left to start his own channel. No drama or anything, he just wanted to do his own stuff. It's announced at the last podcast episode "End of a Kalpa."
All this dunmer talk has got me excited for askelaad's journey through solstheim. Not actually sure if you concluded that series with the eye of a god episode, but seeing the lets play culminate in the Dragonborn DLC(as well as some resolution in the reach) would be a great ending in my opinion.
my favourite dunmer build will always be the dwemer researcher. it's a combat archer build, focusing on archery, smithing, heavy armour and enchanting it also has a lot of variety option, for weapons you can use zephyr or a dwarven crossbow, for amrour you can go full enchanted dwarven armour, hunting for rare dwarven artefacts like the visage of mzund or the aetherial items. of course researching the dwemer of skyrim specifically one might find the history of the falmer equally fascinating, so now you can also have fun exploring the forgotten vale and blackreach, while researching the dwemer on solstheim and especially while helping septimus signus out once he sends you down to blackreach also gives you an organic way to get wrapped up in hermaeus moras machinations.
I love using Dark Elves in Skyrim. Other than any Role-Play aspect, I love their looks & all of their intrinsic traits. They are also the best for creating a Vampire, with their flame resistance. My builds tend to be "Dark" or "Evil" themed due to the nature of their skin / eye colors. My most recent save game, she is called "Dark Princess", and well over level 100 by now. I've only played Dark Elves in Skyrim for years because of these facts.
Nervarine is one of my top favorite protagonist. Morrowind was my first elder scrolls game as a kid and I loved the story. I always have played a dark elf named Nervarine or Nere in all the elder scrolls games after morrowind.
Most of my characters have been dark elves and after playing through the game with most races, I always find myself going back to dark elves. I even bought the irl collection of the in game books and read through the dark elf lore found in the game. I'm glad others love the Dunmer as much as I do :D
I think one problem with the dark elves is that Morrowind built up the lore so much from what already existed, whereas Skyrim and to a lesser extent Oblivion just simplified the lore of the regions they covered. For example, in Oblivion, Cyrodiil was meant to be tropical, the different counties and Colovia and the Niben are meant to be more diverse. There was very limited exploration of the Nedes etc etc. In Skyrim the Nord Pantheon was basically done away with and replaced with the Imperial pantheon and the war was all about Talos, and lots of the culture and their magic was streamlined or ignored, going against previous lore. The Dark Elves are really fascinating, but I wish Bethesda had spend the same attention on the other provinces the games have explored since
Female Dunmer vampire lord possing as a dawn guard Difficulty:Legendary Major skills 1h,block,heavy,Destruction Support skills Enchanting,smithing,Alchemy Edit* Enai modlist and AE drain spells
Another thing is that when alot of the guards or other NPCs speak to you in a, seemingly, demeaning way, the fact that your a Dunmer kinda gives that more RP properties since, like you guys have stated, there alot of anit Mer sentiment in Skyrim, especially considering the Nords got obliterated by the Dunmer during battle at Red Mountain.
My favourite race is Breton, I know, unpopular opinion but in Oblivion they were basically the best race with resistance to magic and I could basically walk on lava with three spells. If your talking about lore wise I think snow elves are the best race but in terms of gameplay Bretons are the best.
Really wanna hear you guys talk about redguards. Super interesting from a gameplay, lore, and religion perspective. Would love to see a sword singer esk build. Using modded alteration or something to alter himself to be stronger and faster like the sword singers
first elder scrolls game i played was morrowind and played a dark elf, oblivion i played as a dark elf and my current skyrim play i play as a dark elf. so i would recommend playing dark elf
I'll say, my favorite build you guys ever did was the Imperator, and making that build into a Dunmer was a great call because i really immersed myself in every aspect of lore during my playthrough of that
My dark elf was an illusion mage, I got vampirism and decided to roll with it and I would go invisible into a cave and caused the enemies to fight each other and backstab the last one.
I've did a High Elf Illusion Master Vampire Lord combined with Restoration Necromage. It was so epic and "broken" using the Alchemy, Restoration, Enchanting Feature Loop. I had a Full Set Daedric Armor with many Millions of Defense, 700k Carry Weight, 100k+ Regeneration Rate of Health & Magic. I could literally run off the edge of the Top of Throat of the World and be unharmed:) Also could do that lvl of Illusion affecting some high rank Draugr even.
Bought a switch lite and a brand spanky new copy of skyrim but didn't even KNOW about the anniversary stuff and I've spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours I this game so I bought the digital upgrade and started a new character...a dark elf...a few weeks before I stumbled into this video but now I am REALLY glad I did lol.
I wouldn't mind seeing a video about that Dark Elf Vampire build that goes towards Molag Bal covered in more detail. Your build videos are always a solid groundwork and starting point for making my own character's backstories and motivations.
Not going to lie. Dunmer are not my favorite race and I have no desire to play one, but…….. they are so cool to be around and learn about. Just because they are not my favorite doesn’t mean they can’t be the best!
Just finished a great modded Dunmer Build with a sick backstory. He was born to parents involved in a secret campaign to run the Nords out of Windhelm, but when discovered they were exiled from the capital and as punishment they had to leave their son to be raised in the Grey Quarter as a Ward of Galmaar Stonefist. As the years passed he grew more and more resentment towards to Nords and vowed to one day pick up where his parents left off. When he discovered his dragon born abilities he decided to join the legion to drive off Ulfric and get vengeance for his parents. When he lands the final blow, killing the Jarl of Windhelm, he boards a ship back to Morrowind in hopes of finding his family and sharing with them his courageous tale, however when he arrives at raven rock, Everyone seems to be under the control of some sort of spell… and it is up to him to defeat the cause of it. I call this player, The Usurper. Boom! Enjoy. 😎
@Damian Thomas Knight Wayne haha dude, sounds like my current build that I’m playing. I love the hybrid concept especially with Vampirism or Lycanthropy. Love how you made Damian super Gothic. Fitting for his name
You guys are amazing💜. I would watch my big brother play Morrowind on the original Xbox back in ‘02. I’m studying medicine now and I cannot thank you guys enough for helping me relax, learn and have fun on my down time 🙏🏼
i saw this video a while ago & it made me start a new play though. a telvanni mage named Almis Evondus, he’s very power mind & craves the knowledge that others don’t have. he’s a vampire lord but contains it only when needed, he really only did it to be immortal so he can learn forever a very serious & stubborn character fun to play with the xelzaz telvanni follower mod.
My first playthroughs of Morrowind to Skyrim I always played a khajiit and went for stealth/ archer. But after playing the games enough times I've decided that I love swinging big pointy weapons like I'm Guts way more, making Redgaurd by far my favorite race to play, with dark elves being a close second when I want to use magic/ one handed. Though I like playing Bretons almost as much as dark elves. I know Redgaurds aren't usually two handed oriented but I love using adrenaline rush with high stamina and spamming power attacks and stun blocks.
The Morag Tong was my favorite in Skyrim. Finding their lair on accident and becoming a ninja Assassin, getting contracts in their unground hangout was a core memory. Mephala is the best prince lorewise too
I loved playing eso because of being a dark elf dragon knight. I loved being able to run in heavy armor, sword and board, and doing flame damage. Breathing fire and fire wip, dragon armor. The dragon night was my favorite class in eso and the dunmer where always my favorite. The only thing I didn’t like was its hard to into the story with everybody else running around and killing everything. So I’ve been trying to build a Dunmer Dragon Knight build on Skyrim. I’ve got some ideas already. Using fire breath shout, heavy armor, sword and board, destruction, alteration, and restoration. I would love to see y’all do a build like that. Use flame cloak or even ancestors wrath along with an armor buff from the alteration tree then go into battle with sword and shield then fire breath everyone just sounds really cool on Skyrim.
I rarely play Skyrim anymore (still do a few hours per month) but my friends and I made our own table-top RPG and we love setting our campaigns in the Elder Scrolls world, specifically setting them a few decades following the events of Skyrim. Elder Scrolls will NEVER stop being a part of my life, from playing RPGs, the games themselves, or even just listening to the music in the background at work or home. Great chat guys! I missed Drew though...
I have not played an Elder Scrolls game since Morrowind GOTY on Xbox. Elves, especially dark, are my favorite fantasy race. I really do need to get around to playing Skyrim sometime soon, and I'm glad you guys make videos like this, because it gives me a lot of strong reasons to choose dunmer as my race. Thanks.
There are 2 items in the game that I'm surprised I've never seen you guys use for a build (unless I missed it). One it is the Riekling Spears. I've found that leaving them equipped on the back, even when not using archery, looks really cool for wild, tribal type characters. They look like hand-fashioned hunting tools, so they look really good with that aesthetic. The other item is the execution hood that you can take from the captives in the abandoned shack in Morthal at the beginning of the Dark Brotherhood questline. It could be a cool item for a character that needs to keep their face hidden from others, maybe because of a horrible disfigurement or something.
Every time I play a elder scrolls game I feel the need to get a awesome dunmer tatto something in the old stil of morrowind, what you find in books or buldings. But no good place on my body >.> I love all youre videos, but dunmer videos got a special place in my heart! Keep up the good work!!!
My favourite role playing build was “The Last Sotha” which was a battle mage type build involving Sotha Sil’s lost brother who I made up. He was given away at a young age by his father and was taken in by an imperial merchant who took him to the imperial city where he was adopted by one of the imperial guards who had lost his wife and never managed to have children. He was naturally good at magic (fire destruction being his favourite) and was trained from a young age to use a blade. He eventually joined the Legion quickly earning the favour of his fellow soldiers with his adept skills with the flame and his fast flowing sword style. When his brothers spirit past, Sotha Sil visited him in a dream, bestowing an unknown but strong power to him and instructing him to make his way from Cyrodil to Skyrim to “unlock his true potential” where he was caught in an ambush with some stormcloak soldiers, with the Skyrim based (mostly “true nord” racist legionaries) who didn’t believe his imperial past and credentials. He was then taken straight to Helgen when he learned of the true power his brother opened within him, the power of the Dragonborn.
Once I saw this video in my feed I new I have to pick dark elf for my next playthrough. I recently started a Morrowind save file and decided I would do a binge of the last three elder scrolls main tittles. When I was little, I played morrowind pourly and with no sense of what I was doing, but I loved it and always played as a dark elf because I thought they looked cool. When I started playing Oblivion, my first and most other characters I made were also dark elves. When I got Skyrim I played first as a dark elf, but got fascinated by the nords and started to get invested in their lore and the lore of other races. But playing Morrowind again has made me rediscover my love for the Dunmer and I have decided I will play as a dark elf once I get to Skyrim. Also keep up the good work guys. Hands down the best elder scrolls content there is on TH-cam.
So the first ever Skyrim char I made was a Dunmer. I loved the idea of the dark entity in the cold. What I ended up making was a conjuring/destruction/illusion mage/warlock with alot of stealth. Made sure his speech and alchemy were high and spent the last bits on enchanting. Made for one hell of a playstyle. Stealth in, use the aoe fear and berserk. Get conjured pets out and blast them with fireballs.
My most recent Skyrim character is a dunmer wizard called Mordin the Unnamed. He was shunned by his petty noble family after being caught practicing necromancy which is why he showed up in Skyrim with nothing. He rocks heavy armor and a shield while casting with his right hand. This means he can't duelcast but he is sturdy as a mountain and runs from nothing. He plays like a literal tank, a heavily armored artillery piece. Simply boost armor, pop a cloak, summon something mean, and start hucking spells while your melee companion smashes face and you disrupt attacks with shield bash. It is wicked fun.
Always liked the dark elf vampire lord run through I did a while back myself. May have to revisit it since I originally did it as a refugee, but didn't have the alternate start option that could land me in an area that made more sense.
I just love Bretons, they just always fit my play style where I want to be a tank battle mage. Plus lore wise they're short usually and people don't think much of them till they actually come after you. But this video has warranted a dark elf playthrough for me, I'll start in Solstheim to begin with and go from there 💯💯
I mean, when it comes to RPing long lived characters I set up a playthrough with an Imperial Vampire - hand to hand and speech focused with a touch of necromancy fleeing from Cyrodiil after the Thalmore integrated and took his home town - His name is "Janus Hasildor".
I always end up playing as a vampire so most of my characters end up as dark elves for the fire resistance. Speaking of builds I actually did a ash lands queen build a while ago, using only ash spells and the magical spiders on solstheim to fight. It was a super fun and surprisingly powerful build in late game, idk if it was inspired by one of your old build videos but if not try it out! Sidenote: as I've only seen you guys from the neck up for ages I didn't really notice but you boys are lookin pretty jacked good on ya 😂
I recently finished a Dunmer playthrough. Verdoryan Indoril was his name, I managed to weave his personal story into the Skyrim civil war. He basically arrived as a refuge from Morrowind and went on to knit all the small Dunmer societies throughout Skyrim together so that if the Red Mountain stops erupting, they will have a chance to reclaim their homeland before anyone else can. He used the threat of joining either side in the civil war to get both sides to back off, giving him the chance to expand economically. Now I'm kind of thinking of writing this story down but I stopped writing fan fiction years ago.
What a lot of people don't realize is that elemental, and magic resists stack. So, with 80% resistance to magic, and 80% resistance to elemental damage your taking 4% of the original damage. Additionally, with hawk beak, snow berries, and any resist fire ingredient you can get a potion which provides max elemental resistances for a minute or way longer if you are using mods which allow you to increase that.
What's funny is my first playthrough was that after all this time they find a median in surprisingly a Nord who brings the balance despite his early beliefs as a child
One of my three favourite roleplay playthroughs of Skyrim is the Ruddy Man. Start of as a Dark Elf blacksmith/Enchanter then going to Raven Rock, making some bonemold armour and enchanting it with Fortify Health for the red visual effects. After that it's pure power fantasy evil playthrough. (Other two favourites are Incompetent Mage and L.A Maid)
I should add that the Ruddy Man makes a lot of sense as the Dragon born as the Dreughs Kings served a similar role to the Dragons in the previous Kalp. So I only did random quests and joined the College but not progress the plot as a normal Dark Elf, focusing on grinding Blacksmithing and enchanting while RP W normal civilian.
As a high elf supremacist I respect and acknowledge your beliefs and wholeheartedly reject them. Nothing beats towering over every other race and that bonus to magical always helps me with my battle mage builds.
I disagree about Nords having only 2 ways of role-playing, "true Nord" or imperialized. Stormcloacks aren't "true Nords", but they aren't imperialized either, same with the companions. Then, obviously, you can be a Skaal.
You can also play some Shalidor type Nord, or some dragon cult member, or a Volkihar vampire.
Do not underestimate Nordic variety!
My current Nord is a Necromancer who despises the traditions of his people and he worships Molag Bal and Mannimarco lol
O i 00ll..
I like to RP a Loki type Nord build. Dagger[s] wielding spellsword with destruction, conjuration, and illusion. A Clever Man , if you will (or Lady if otherwise). One of the most fun playthroughs I remember. Fun being so unorthodox compared to the stereotypical Axe-wielding bearded brigand type.
Wow you may have just sparked my manipulated mind
Stormcloaks are literally just imperialised nords without the empire lmao
Potential content idea:
A series where you go over lots of the reasons to use a specific playable race from a lore/role playing perspective. Kinda like this video, along with some of the relevant history leading up to Skyrim regarding a certain race. Perhaps some examples of interesting characters without the all out intricacies of a build video, for people who are looking for a new way to play without adhering to a strict build. Idk, just a thought :]
no reason to play as nord or orc worst races ever
I concur argonian and khajit master race.
@@user-wr6dj4ib9o Orcs are cool af
@@Sam-ot8lm you misspelled ugly bro, dw I gotchu
@@Sam-ot8lm orcs is the dumbest race on nirn
Will miss Drew here but, the advantage of having you both on the same physical space to talk is undeniable. Glad to see another discussion! This format looks very promising.
Can I ask what happened with Drew??
@@brianwingate7827 watch the beginning of the “End of a Kalpa” podcast
@@themethodofawesome thanks, already subbed to @Drewmora as fast as I saw can’t wait to see what he does next!
@@themethodofawesome Thanks for the "sign post", I too was confused
Me: Time to play Skyrim again, lets be a new race this time.
Also Me: Dark Elf again.
Are you my clone????
I have been watching fudgemuppet for so long watching almost every Skyrim and fallout build video. I’ll be 16 this year and I can’t believe how long it’s actually been. Keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for this channel.
Skyrim is nearly as old as you good to see young gamers adventuring into tamriel good on ya
@@readytogame83 Lmao I was doing ghost town gunfight and becoming the hero of kvatch when I was like 7
Youth, man. Must be nice 😌
i have charactors almost as old as you are.
@@BarkerVancity that’s a dicey joke there friend. Careful you don’t get chopped up lol.
Bro, I almost always play as a dark elf. The dunmer are just so cool, plus you can honestly run as anything with them. Mage, warrior, thief, assassin, spell sword, etc etc etc. Just the best
I don't think they're the best types for a warrior build
But i have never used a warrior build in my entire life so it doesn't matter lol
I'm playing a dunmer necromancer right now and I love the new spells added by Anniversary. Necromancy is my obsession in fantasy games, which made me wish I could play a Sload in Elder Scrolls.
Brother.
i'd maybe reccomend the apocalypse magic mod, pretty sure it has some necromancy spells!
Or a lich should be an avaliable transformation like vampire and werewolf
9:07 Ah.. Revus Sarvani.. Silt Strider Pilot and Author of Light Armor Forging Book.. LOVE this NPC!!!... Yes, reading that book WILL increase your light armor... it's in FIVE locations... 1. On a table in Embershard Mine. 2. On the workbench at Silent Moons Camp. 3. Lod's House in Falkreath, found atop a barrel in the basement. 4. On a table in Cracked Tusk Keep, by the forge. 5. Reachwind Burial Mound.
FudgeMuppet literally convinced me to buy Skyrim yet again, this time on the Switch, since it's currently on sale, and my Xbox just hit me with the HDMI failure. And I cannot find a copy for the 360 anywhere locally.
Gotta scratch that Tamrielic Itch one way or another. And a person can only get so much entertainment spending alone time with volumes of The Lusty Argonian Maid.
That said, thank you guys for all of your hard work. Please keep it up, and don't go hitting any big red rocks with blue knives.
I was already playing a dunmer in my current playthrough, actually! An ex-House Redoran Dunmer who was expelled from the house for political reasons, found allies and a small homestead in the port of Ravenrock. Except since his arrival everyone on the island has been having strange dreams, with no explanation. So he set sail to Windhelm to a skyrim embroiled in its own conflict where I begin my journey. First I'll make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Azura to see if the lady of twilight can offer insight into what is happening, and continue from there. Eventually I want to do Project AHO, and then finish it off with New North whenever that releases.
Hey! that’s a cool backstory and role-playing path you have planned out. I’m waiting for New North to do a dark elf playthrough myself. I’ll probably take some inspiration from this.
@@sleepshouter5017 Hey happy to help! I think the most interesting part is if you know the backstory of the different houses. Playing a Dunmer is such an interesting thought process to get into and the differences are even greater once you get into all of the different Houses.
Just wanted to throw a few Dunmer Mod recommendations since people are liking my post:
Skyrim Unbound Reborn
Armors of Velothi by PulcharmSolis (update coming soonish)
Beyond Skyrim Morrowind Bonemold Pack
Fort Windpoint by 4thUnknown
The Mudcrab Merchant
Morrowind Creatures - By 4thUnknown (distributes Guar to some Dunmer Farms. Very aesthetic and neat)
Xelzaz - Neat Tevanni Argonian follower with a cool backstory. Pretty well done character with frequent updates. If you are playing a Redoran, I think having a Telvanni Follower is super cool because you can test your roleplaying and debate on whether you agree with him on some things. It is also just kind of cool to have someone with a unique background
Cliffracer Song
Windhelm Segregation - Stay at New Gnisis Corner Club
JK's New Gnisis Corner Club and many of his other interiors adds a lot of much needed love to Dunmer locations.
House Dres Underhanded Slavery (hidden for now, Mihail is updating it)
Pilgrim (Wintersun is okay too if you prefer it) for Daedra worship. I just like the vanilla+ balancing of SimonMagnus' stuff.
Mandragorasprout's Daedra statue mods so you can worship the Daedra in style!!!
Honorary Mention to Moon and Star, though I'm not using it on this playthrough.
I have also not played through Morag Tong Resurgence so cannot recommend with my stamp of approval, but if you are interested in a Tong playthrough, perhaps it'd be worth checking out? Up to you! That's all!!
That's sounds cool I also fp a Dunmer who is a descendant of Mirri Elendis ffom Eso
I was pretty sad to see the pod end, but seeing all this Channel activity makes me really happy. I love you guys.
Wait why did the podcast end?
@@kylerleimbach9151
I believe it's because Drew left to start his own channel. No drama or anything, he just wanted to do his own stuff. It's announced at the last podcast episode "End of a Kalpa."
@@TeamOneDay what happened to the 4th guy that was around about a year or so ago? He just disappeared
@@MrKushinator420
Camelworks? He's a guest technically, not apart of fudgemuppet.
@@TeamOneDay oh okay, i sub to him but didnt recognize the voice
All this dunmer talk has got me excited for askelaad's journey through solstheim. Not actually sure if you concluded that series with the eye of a god episode, but seeing the lets play culminate in the Dragonborn DLC(as well as some resolution in the reach) would be a great ending in my opinion.
Its amazing the dedication/passion these guys have towards this series. Respect
my favourite dunmer build will always be the dwemer researcher.
it's a combat archer build, focusing on archery, smithing, heavy armour and enchanting it also has a lot of variety option, for weapons you can use zephyr or a dwarven crossbow, for amrour you can go full enchanted dwarven armour, hunting for rare dwarven artefacts like the visage of mzund or the aetherial items.
of course researching the dwemer of skyrim specifically one might find the history of the falmer equally fascinating, so now you can also have fun exploring the forgotten vale and blackreach, while researching the dwemer on solstheim and especially while helping septimus signus out once he sends you down to blackreach also gives you an organic way to get wrapped up in hermaeus moras machinations.
Of course its a archer lmao
Love seeing you guys together, reminds me of old gaming TV channels.
Oooo I like this new format. The set up is clean asf👌 lookin good boys !
I love using Dark Elves in Skyrim. Other than any Role-Play aspect, I love their looks & all of their intrinsic traits. They are also the best for creating a Vampire, with their flame resistance. My builds tend to be "Dark" or "Evil" themed due to the nature of their skin / eye colors. My most recent save game, she is called "Dark Princess", and well over level 100 by now.
I've only played Dark Elves in Skyrim for years because of these facts.
Nervarine is one of my top favorite protagonist. Morrowind was my first elder scrolls game as a kid and I loved the story. I always have played a dark elf named Nervarine or Nere in all the elder scrolls games after morrowind.
Love this new video format
*someone who always plays as a Dunmer in the elder scroll games, reads the title* thats all I needed to hear
I was just about to play a Dark Elf character this weekend, and I forgot I had this video saved
Always been a Dunmer, and Ghosts of the Tribunal justifies playing as them now
I recently started a game after picking up Skyrim for the first time in awhile playing as a dunner vampiric necromancer who worships Azura
Most of my characters have been dark elves and after playing through the game with most races, I always find myself going back to dark elves. I even bought the irl collection of the in game books and read through the dark elf lore found in the game. I'm glad others love the Dunmer as much as I do :D
I got those books too, I was surprised how good quality they were
@@Dorgpoop me too. Its so neat having all of the lore in the palm of my hands without ever needing to open the game
Have you read the Legends of Drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore?
All I ever pick even since Oblivion. My characters exactly the same in both and always The Dark Brotherhood's top assassin!
I think one problem with the dark elves is that Morrowind built up the lore so much from what already existed, whereas Skyrim and to a lesser extent Oblivion just simplified the lore of the regions they covered.
For example, in Oblivion, Cyrodiil was meant to be tropical, the different counties and Colovia and the Niben are meant to be more diverse. There was very limited exploration of the Nedes etc etc. In Skyrim the Nord Pantheon was basically done away with and replaced with the Imperial pantheon and the war was all about Talos, and lots of the culture and their magic was streamlined or ignored, going against previous lore.
The Dark Elves are really fascinating, but I wish Bethesda had spend the same attention on the other provinces the games have explored since
Starts up Skyrim: Awww shit, here we go again.
I was today years old when I realised that of the hundreds of builds I’ve played in Skyrim… I don’t think I’ve ever been a Nord … 👀
Female Dunmer vampire lord possing as a dawn guard
Difficulty:Legendary
Major skills
1h,block,heavy,Destruction
Support skills
Enchanting,smithing,Alchemy
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Enai modlist and AE drain spells
micheal is looking swole haha, loving these discussions, keep up the great work boys!
I have noticed that Scott wears a hair style like Leon S. Kennedy from the resident evil game series. Good going.
Another thing is that when alot of the guards or other NPCs speak to you in a, seemingly, demeaning way, the fact that your a Dunmer kinda gives that more RP properties since, like you guys have stated, there alot of anit Mer sentiment in Skyrim, especially considering the Nords got obliterated by the Dunmer during battle at Red Mountain.
My favourite race is Breton, I know, unpopular opinion but in Oblivion they were basically the best race with resistance to magic and I could basically walk on lava with three spells. If your talking about lore wise I think snow elves are the best race but in terms of gameplay Bretons are the best.
Really wanna hear you guys talk about redguards. Super interesting from a gameplay, lore, and religion perspective. Would love to see a sword singer esk build. Using modded alteration or something to alter himself to be stronger and faster like the sword singers
first elder scrolls game i played was morrowind and played a dark elf, oblivion i played as a dark elf and my current skyrim play i play as a dark elf. so i would recommend playing dark elf
Dark Elves have been my favorite race ever since Morrowind, 20 years ago. I'm especially attracted to the Ashlander Dunmer.
I’m probably gonna play a Dark Elf when I make my new Arcanist class in Elder Scrolls Online!
I'll say, my favorite build you guys ever did was the Imperator, and making that build into a Dunmer was a great call because i really immersed myself in every aspect of lore during my playthrough of that
Dark elf is my next play through. Doing a wood Elf playthrough. His name is Aranor
My dark elf was an illusion mage, I got vampirism and decided to roll with it and I would go invisible into a cave and caused the enemies to fight each other and backstab the last one.
I've did a High Elf Illusion Master Vampire Lord combined with Restoration Necromage. It was so epic and "broken" using the Alchemy, Restoration, Enchanting Feature Loop.
I had a Full Set Daedric Armor with many Millions of Defense, 700k Carry Weight, 100k+ Regeneration Rate of Health & Magic. I could literally run off the edge of the Top of Throat of the World and be unharmed:)
Also could do that lvl of Illusion affecting some high rank Draugr even.
The thumbnail’s got that :
You should play dark elf, now !
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Bought a switch lite and a brand spanky new copy of skyrim but didn't even KNOW about the anniversary stuff and I've spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours I this game so I bought the digital upgrade and started a new character...a dark elf...a few weeks before I stumbled into this video but now I am REALLY glad I did lol.
literally an entire video of you guys explaining why my favorite race is the best haha
My very first run of Skyrim was a dark elf destruction mage.
The boys look buff im ngl lol. But yes Dunmer unfairly got the better writing thus are my favourite!
I wouldn't mind seeing a video about that Dark Elf Vampire build that goes towards Molag Bal covered in more detail. Your build videos are always a solid groundwork and starting point for making my own character's backstories and motivations.
Not going to lie. Dunmer are not my favorite race and I have no desire to play one, but…….. they are so cool to be around and learn about. Just because they are not my favorite doesn’t mean they can’t be the best!
Just finished a great modded Dunmer Build with a sick backstory. He was born to parents involved in a secret campaign to run the Nords out of Windhelm, but when discovered they were exiled from the capital and as punishment they had to leave their son to be raised in the Grey Quarter as a Ward of Galmaar Stonefist. As the years passed he grew more and more resentment towards to Nords and vowed to one day pick up where his parents left off. When he discovered his dragon born abilities he decided to join the legion to drive off Ulfric and get vengeance for his parents. When he lands the final blow, killing the Jarl of Windhelm, he boards a ship back to Morrowind in hopes of finding his family and sharing with them his courageous tale, however when he arrives at raven rock, Everyone seems to be under the control of some sort of spell… and it is up to him to defeat the cause of it.
I call this player, The Usurper.
Boom! Enjoy. 😎
Well done lad
@Damian Thomas Knight Wayne haha dude, sounds like my current build that I’m playing. I love the hybrid concept especially with Vampirism or Lycanthropy. Love how you made Damian super Gothic. Fitting for his name
Brilliant, I made something similar
Raven Rock is in Solstheim, not Morrowind, though 🤔
@@ao1778 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN lol
Wow that's wild, I literally started a dark elf playthrough yesterday as a Telvanni wizard YESTERDAY.
Alright im convinced my very first dark elf play through shall begin
jokes on you my first time beating skyrim was on a dark elf spell blade
I'm more of an oldschool kind of guy, so Bretons are my main choice for rp
I feel like bretons bring a lot of role-play opportunities too. They're really diverse in trade/build as well.
my second playthrough of skyrim was Breton and it was a blast
Yeah and dragonskin is a crazy good racial as well. It's up there with berserker rage imo.
You guys are amazing💜. I would watch my big brother play Morrowind on the original Xbox back in ‘02. I’m studying medicine now and I cannot thank you guys enough for helping me relax, learn and have fun on my down time 🙏🏼
Yes! My favourite race in TES is Dunmer, the lore from Merethic Era to 4th Era of them is so cool!
i saw this video a while ago & it made me start a new play though. a telvanni mage named Almis Evondus, he’s very power mind & craves the knowledge that others don’t have. he’s a vampire lord but contains it only when needed, he really only did it to be immortal so he can learn forever a very serious & stubborn character fun to play with the xelzaz telvanni follower mod.
Between this, and all of y’all’s Dunmer builds, dark elves have become one of my favorite races to play in Skyrim.
My first playthroughs of Morrowind to Skyrim I always played a khajiit and went for stealth/ archer. But after playing the games enough times I've decided that I love swinging big pointy weapons like I'm Guts way more, making Redgaurd by far my favorite race to play, with dark elves being a close second when I want to use magic/ one handed. Though I like playing Bretons almost as much as dark elves. I know Redgaurds aren't usually two handed oriented but I love using adrenaline rush with high stamina and spamming power attacks and stun blocks.
Oddly enough, i only play as a Nord or a Dunmer in every Elder Scrolls game.
My very first playthrough of Skyrim was a dark elf
My favorite races to play are dark elves and Wood elves.
The Morag Tong was my favorite in Skyrim. Finding their lair on accident and becoming a ninja Assassin, getting contracts in their unground hangout was a core memory. Mephala is the best prince lorewise too
I loved playing eso because of being a dark elf dragon knight. I loved being able to run in heavy armor, sword and board, and doing flame damage. Breathing fire and fire wip, dragon armor. The dragon night was my favorite class in eso and the dunmer where always my favorite. The only thing I didn’t like was its hard to into the story with everybody else running around and killing everything.
So I’ve been trying to build a Dunmer Dragon Knight build on Skyrim. I’ve got some ideas already. Using fire breath shout, heavy armor, sword and board, destruction, alteration, and restoration. I would love to see y’all do a build like that. Use flame cloak or even ancestors wrath along with an armor buff from the alteration tree then go into battle with sword and shield then fire breath everyone just sounds really cool on Skyrim.
I rarely play Skyrim anymore (still do a few hours per month) but my friends and I made our own table-top RPG and we love setting our campaigns in the Elder Scrolls world, specifically setting them a few decades following the events of Skyrim. Elder Scrolls will NEVER stop being a part of my life, from playing RPGs, the games themselves, or even just listening to the music in the background at work or home. Great chat guys! I missed Drew though...
You could make a nightingale Dunmer build, maybe Karliahs mother Dralsi Indoril who is also Barenziahs daughter.
the presentation is on point
I have not played an Elder Scrolls game since Morrowind GOTY on Xbox. Elves, especially dark, are my favorite fantasy race. I really do need to get around to playing Skyrim sometime soon, and I'm glad you guys make videos like this, because it gives me a lot of strong reasons to choose dunmer as my race. Thanks.
I need to hear an Australian say, “Oh no, I forgot my Oreos in my portfolio (ahr nar, I forgot my arrears in my partfarliar)”
Scott is as passionate of the Dunner as I am of the Khajiit lol, looking forward to that episode if it ever comes about!
i absolutely love this video
I just started a new play through as a dark elf lmao
I've been around since before the vlogs. I'm going to miss drew and I remember when he joined. Loving the content and looking forward for more.
I love the format for this video!!
There are 2 items in the game that I'm surprised I've never seen you guys use for a build (unless I missed it). One it is the Riekling Spears. I've found that leaving them equipped on the back, even when not using archery, looks really cool for wild, tribal type characters. They look like hand-fashioned hunting tools, so they look really good with that aesthetic. The other item is the execution hood that you can take from the captives in the abandoned shack in Morthal at the beginning of the Dark Brotherhood questline. It could be a cool item for a character that needs to keep their face hidden from others, maybe because of a horrible disfigurement or something.
Every time I play a elder scrolls game I feel the need to get a awesome dunmer tatto something in the old stil of morrowind, what you find in books or buldings. But no good place on my body >.>
I love all youre videos, but dunmer videos got a special place in my heart! Keep up the good work!!!
My favourite role playing build was “The Last Sotha” which was a battle mage type build involving Sotha Sil’s lost brother who I made up. He was given away at a young age by his father and was taken in by an imperial merchant who took him to the imperial city where he was adopted by one of the imperial guards who had lost his wife and never managed to have children. He was naturally good at magic (fire destruction being his favourite) and was trained from a young age to use a blade. He eventually joined the Legion quickly earning the favour of his fellow soldiers with his adept skills with the flame and his fast flowing sword style. When his brothers spirit past, Sotha Sil visited him in a dream, bestowing an unknown but strong power to him and instructing him to make his way from Cyrodil to Skyrim to “unlock his true potential” where he was caught in an ambush with some stormcloak soldiers, with the Skyrim based (mostly “true nord” racist legionaries) who didn’t believe his imperial past and credentials. He was then taken straight to Helgen when he learned of the true power his brother opened within him, the power of the Dragonborn.
Once I saw this video in my feed I new I have to pick dark elf for my next playthrough. I recently started a Morrowind save file and decided I would do a binge of the last three elder scrolls main tittles.
When I was little, I played morrowind pourly and with no sense of what I was doing, but I loved it and always played as a dark elf because I thought they looked cool. When I started playing Oblivion, my first and most other characters I made were also dark elves. When I got Skyrim I played first as a dark elf, but got fascinated by the nords and started to get invested in their lore and the lore of other races. But playing Morrowind again has made me rediscover my love for the Dunmer and I have decided I will play as a dark elf once I get to Skyrim.
Also keep up the good work guys. Hands down the best elder scrolls content there is on TH-cam.
Dunmer is the only race I go with
Me: Oh no, it's raining. Now what should I do today?
FudgeMuppet: Sit down, boy
So the first ever Skyrim char I made was a Dunmer. I loved the idea of the dark entity in the cold. What I ended up making was a conjuring/destruction/illusion mage/warlock with alot of stealth. Made sure his speech and alchemy were high and spent the last bits on enchanting. Made for one hell of a playstyle.
Stealth in, use the aoe fear and berserk. Get conjured pets out and blast them with fireballs.
My most recent Skyrim character is a dunmer wizard called Mordin the Unnamed. He was shunned by his petty noble family after being caught practicing necromancy which is why he showed up in Skyrim with nothing. He rocks heavy armor and a shield while casting with his right hand. This means he can't duelcast but he is sturdy as a mountain and runs from nothing. He plays like a literal tank, a heavily armored artillery piece. Simply boost armor, pop a cloak, summon something mean, and start hucking spells while your melee companion smashes face and you disrupt attacks with shield bash. It is wicked fun.
Always liked the dark elf vampire lord run through I did a while back myself. May have to revisit it since I originally did it as a refugee, but didn't have the alternate start option that could land me in an area that made more sense.
Really love these 'informal chat' style videos, guys. Keep up the good work
I just love Bretons, they just always fit my play style where I want to be a tank battle mage. Plus lore wise they're short usually and people don't think much of them till they actually come after you. But this video has warranted a dark elf playthrough for me, I'll start in Solstheim to begin with and go from there 💯💯
Actually bretons are supposed to be tall but now they're average
i miss drew but I LOVE THIS SET
Jesus i have been only watching the podcasts since like january. Good form guys. Lets go buffmuppet
I mean, when it comes to RPing long lived characters I set up a playthrough with an Imperial Vampire - hand to hand and speech focused with a touch of necromancy fleeing from Cyrodiil after the Thalmore integrated and took his home town - His name is "Janus Hasildor".
Love this!
I always end up playing as a vampire so most of my characters end up as dark elves for the fire resistance. Speaking of builds I actually did a ash lands queen build a while ago, using only ash spells and the magical spiders on solstheim to fight. It was a super fun and surprisingly powerful build in late game, idk if it was inspired by one of your old build videos but if not try it out!
Sidenote: as I've only seen you guys from the neck up for ages I didn't really notice but you boys are lookin pretty jacked good on ya 😂
Do a “House Dwemer” Dark Elf build
I recently finished a Dunmer playthrough. Verdoryan Indoril was his name, I managed to weave his personal story into the Skyrim civil war. He basically arrived as a refuge from Morrowind and went on to knit all the small Dunmer societies throughout Skyrim together so that if the Red Mountain stops erupting, they will have a chance to reclaim their homeland before anyone else can. He used the threat of joining either side in the civil war to get both sides to back off, giving him the chance to expand economically.
Now I'm kind of thinking of writing this story down but I stopped writing fan fiction years ago.
Breton! High rock is right there to the west and I feel like there's only ever been a forsworn focus.... boring 😅 AE did have the spell knight mod tho
What a lot of people don't realize is that elemental, and magic resists stack. So, with 80% resistance to magic, and 80% resistance to elemental damage your taking 4% of the original damage. Additionally, with hawk beak, snow berries, and any resist fire ingredient you can get a potion which provides max elemental resistances for a minute or way longer if you are using mods which allow you to increase that.
What's funny is my first playthrough was that after all this time they find a median in surprisingly a Nord who brings the balance despite his early beliefs as a child
One of my three favourite roleplay playthroughs of Skyrim is the Ruddy Man.
Start of as a Dark Elf blacksmith/Enchanter then going to Raven Rock, making some bonemold armour and enchanting it with Fortify Health for the red visual effects.
After that it's pure power fantasy evil playthrough.
(Other two favourites are Incompetent Mage and L.A Maid)
I should add that the Ruddy Man makes a lot of sense as the Dragon born as the Dreughs Kings served a similar role to the Dragons in the previous Kalp.
So I only did random quests and joined the College but not progress the plot as a normal Dark Elf, focusing on grinding Blacksmithing and enchanting while RP W normal civilian.
As a high elf supremacist I respect and acknowledge your beliefs and wholeheartedly reject them. Nothing beats towering over every other race and that bonus to magical always helps me with my battle mage builds.
Potential Dunmeri Build Idea:
The Dagoth Ur Cultist
Enough said.
Such a grand and intoxicating innocence!
Watching two huge dudes talk about the most nerdy content on the planet is so comforting for some reason
Every time Scott talks about the Dunmer an angel gets its wings.
breton witchhunter/spellblade is all ill play
Drew left so Scott converted Michael into Dunmer funbase :D