What I've heard, lorewise, is that early-stage vampirism is _so_ easy to cure that turning into a full-blown Vampire could _only_ mean you did so deliberately, and thus are very blatantly up to no good. Hence the less-than-zero vampire sympathy.
that's the explanation given in Vampires of Vvardenfell Volume 1 I think of course, it's a highly ignorant one, there are children who are born to vampires, or the possibility of being forcibly turned (think a Molag Bal cult kidnapping people, infecting them, and then denying them the cure until they turn)
Yeah you have like 3 days to get it "cured" so if ypu choice not to then people bound to get abit pissed 😂😂😂. I'm wondering if wearing a full helm will stop them from noticing in this game ?
dunmer are pretty big on ancestry as well, become a vampire and you cant die anymore therefore you cant be part of religious stuff or become another soul in the ghostfence, its a massive disgrace to their culture to have vampirism
@@Ryu1ify Oh my god, you just reminded me of how annoying vampirism was without DLC. Then again it's my fault for not only playing through (and trophy collecting) the broken PS3 port but also the non-"Legendary" edition lmao.
Vampirism in Morrowind is pretty fun. But i wish there was an illusion spell you unlock after finishing one of the clan's questlines where it masks your vampirism for a limited time so you can actually talk to people without them vilifying you. (basically the Mortal Mask ability from the Better Vampires mod in Skyrim)
I'm pretty sure House Telvanni was meant as a vampire-friendly faction, but there's some sort of greeting topic bug that breaks the questline. A simple fix would've made vampirism significantly more playable.
@@franzosisch5965 or find out you're a vampire and be like meh who cares? I'm also immortal n didn't have to be touched by some dirty diseased dude hiding in a tomb
For me, the vampirism in Morrowind is the best representation of vampirism in TES, because in Morrowind you FEEL that you're a cursed monster, you FEEL that being a vampire is suffering and pain, you're not an undead superhero, you're a bloodthirsty abomination.
@Vopyr becoming a stealth vampire with 100 acrobatics is what gave me the idea to perfect Icarian Flight so I could bounce around Vardenfel like a coked up magical kangaroo.
I'm sure someone else has already mentioned it in the comments, but while Arena didn't have Vampirism, Daggerfall did, and it's exactly what you'd expect out of that game: kind of cool, kind of weird, kind of jank as hell. See, the whole 'vampire clan' thing was Daggerfall's primary vampire draw. There were, like, nine bloodlines in Daggerfall, with each little region of the map being dedicated to one of those clans. The clans essentially functioned as another form of "guild", and they had their whole little batch of quests you could undertake. Vampires in DG came with the usual slate of stat boosts, skill boosts, some spells and immunities, and each clan also had a unique bonus, similar to MW. Unfortunately, Daggerfall's clan bonuses were mostly just extra spells (one clan even gave you a Free Action spell, even though vampires can't get paralyzed in the first place!). And on top of that, they had the requisite vulnerability to sunlight/holy areas, so you'd take 12 damage every 20 real-life seconds if you were standing outside during the day, in a temple, or in a Fighters Guild in Hammerfell. I believe the fast-travel system accounted for this, at least? But it's still inconvenient, to say the least. Even more troublesome is the fact that, when you become a vampire, you quite literally "die" and get revived. Were you a high-ranking master of the Fighters Guild? Were you in the middle of a quest for the Dark Brotherhood? Too bad! Vampirism resets your reputation and revokes all your guild memberships (because they thought you died, remember?), and if that means you were kicked out of a one-time-only guild... well, uh, too bad again! Basically, vampirism sounds cool and is kinda interesting, but much like in the rest of the series, it's more of a novelty than anything. Daggerfall's Lycanthropy is even less fleshed-out -- no clans, no unique were-quests -- but ironically it was arguably more practical. Being a were-creature didn't reset your reputation, the stat/skill boosts applied to human form as well, and if you did Hircine's quest, the ring basically nullified all the disadvantages (no need to kill innocents, no involuntary transformations).
You're right, Daggerfall's fast travel system will make vampires take twice the normal travel time, prevent initiating fast-travel during the day and will make vampires arrive at nightfall when traveling cautiously (instead of in the morning). It's a bad idea for low-level vampires to travel recklessly as well, since you could arrive at your destination at high noon. I feel it's still kind of cool from a role-playing perspective - just get it early on and don't get cured... Lycanthropy is properly busted though. Everything you do as a werewolf/-boar is treated as a separate entity (crimes you commit as a werecreature are not reflected on your character) and Illiac Bay citizens apparently do not grasp the concept of object permanence, so even if you transform into or back from a werecreature right before their eyes they don't realize it's you. And, as you mentioned, with Hircine's Ring your get all of the advantages with none of the disadvantages. If you think Daggerfall is too hard then just become a werewolf or wereboar.
I did a playthrough as a vampire in Daggerfall, and it added a lot of fun elements to the game different from the norm. It's very powerful and adds unique challenges to get around (for example, I made a strong health shield spell to get around during the day PURELY so that I could visit the bank, since banks have daylight business hours). The clans vary heavily in how outrageous they are. I was a Haarvenu clan vampire from Anticlere, which means my clan spells were Ice Storm and Wildfire. Since they're AoE damaging spells and you cast clan spells for half their normal magicka cost, I could cast them on the ground in front of me and my spell absorption would replenish my magicka more than the cost of the spell. It made for an absolutely ludicrous battlemage build. Infinite, powerful destruction spells. The big benefit to vampires over lycanthropes, in my opinion, is that vampires can sate their bloodlust by killing any living creature (including animals and non-undead dungeon enemies), whereas lycanthropes HAVE to kill innocents (like guards or civilians). The penalty for not doing it is also less of a problem for vampires. Ignoring the morality, it's just a bit more annoying to deal with. Additionally, lycanthropes can't loot or anything while they're transformed, which is annoying while dungeon crawling.
I love that the werewolf treatment has stayed pretty consistent throughout the series. Always seems like it's going to be a huge goddamn chore, but you can pretty much also always just get Hircine's Ring instead and then negate all of the drawbacks!
Sooo, I used to think Vampires in Daggerfall were unfinished. They had all the aforementioned stuff, except for quests. It was basically, you're a Vampire now. Then I read this, "and they had their whole little batch of quests you could undertake." Have I missed something all these years? Where are these quests hidden?
With sufficient restore health going at one time, you can actually wield Keening and Sunder without dying, as I found during my first run where I made some p o t e n t brews. You can out-heal the damage from these Dwemer artifacts because Kagrenac was canonically a *little bitch.*
The emperor to his Royal vazir zigzag after drinking skooma and snorting moondust , you know what will be funny ?! I've seen so in my dreams I tell you! Lets send a VAMPIRE to save theses damn digger elves!(Dark elves) Zigzag tripping on some shivering isles mushrooms: Yes !!! Lets do that ill send an order right away ! While staring into his sixth elder scroll that evening Btw my lord of party check this out (showing him an elder scroll that tells the story of tes 6) Emperor: by the nine !
I’ve been trying to beat Morrowind as a werewolf, but I’m having trouble getting to level 3 because I’ve been clawing things to death instead of actually doing things. It’s fun running around at mach speeds though.
Hands down my favorite channel. After years of watching every possible version of “Can I beat Skyrim…” and “Can I beat Oblivion…” it’s about time someone showed Morrowind some love! Extremely entertaining content
Kogoruhn's Propylons are all destroyed in adjacent strongholds,and the structure usually reserved for the Propylons in Kogoruhn has been cleared out to be turned into a House Dagoth shrine.
Always fascinated when a RuneScape TH-camr blows up with a one off video about another game, and then completely pivots their channel successfully. Congrats on finding your niche, these videos are all great!
I assumed the subtitles were auto generated, until after 40minutes the 'beat the worm' comment came with a subtitled troll face and I had to pause and sit here to just.. contemplate all the effort that's gone into this vid. I'm a new viewer to this channel and now a fan.
People will probably get flak from morrowind purists, but I have always just pinned the map in the inventory menu to be perma on screen. Makes walking across the map significantly more bearable, especially since you dont have to open the inventory every 30 seconds to make sure you arent deviating. This feature, by the way, is in the BASE GAME. I never see anybody use it, but it really makes traveling by foot easier mentally
@buildinasentry1046 Right???? I was about 50 hours into my first playthrough and wondered, "why does this part of the tab have a little divot?" It wasnt for ANOTHER 50 that I actually put it together in my head, once I firgured out that resizing the inventory menus is also a thing. I know I'm not the ONLY person to discover this stuff, certainly not. But it felt damn good to discover them without help🤣
1:17 Daggerfall have, and its fucking powerfull, in daggerfall when you infected by vampire, you will not die but after quite while the game over screen pops up and you will respawn in a random crypt. The vampires also have some factions on it depending on where did you get vamprism which make the thing more interesting. The advantages are based on your faction, so you will get different buff with different faction, they will also give you a quest and you will mostly travel at night because during the day you cant rest. Also you cant fast travel during the day so you have to make sure you always on night. Also since you die during the process all your reputation in different region will start from zero. So yeah pretty cool
Everyone goes on about how much better Morrowind is, but Daggerfall is a completely different beast. Think going from Oblivion to Morrowind, and then further.
@@HappyBeezerStudiosDaggerfall Unity even has Mods You could combine Morrowwind, Oblivion and Skyrim, with all DLCs and even the most popular mods, and still end up with less to do than in Daggerfall. Also doing that would probably also give you a comparable amount of bugs
I sub’d for multiple reasons. First, you’re playing Morrowind and I grew up playing the game and LOVED it. Second, the cat bit to ask everyone to sub. I get annoyed when people constantly ask for people to like and subscribe. The way you went about it was funny and great! And third, you mentioned Welsh when you were talking about double-W’s! I was going to comment that but heard you say it so couldn’t help but chuckle. Great video! I am VERY much looking forward to any and all new Morrowind vids from you (among everything else. But Morrowind has a special place in my heart).
Kitty subscribe intermission was a welcomed one. The cutting room floor fix for too dark moments (buffing contrast for night segments) worked quite well. Won't be perfect, but is perfectly serviceable.
That's the point where separate brightness, contrast and gamma sliders come in handy. With some work you can keep the black black, the white white, the mids colorful and not washed out, and yet make the dark areas much more visible.
@@bigdaddy9807Maybe. But i remember seeing a video where the ending 'twist' was that he is the current record holder, and he didn't even hint at it til the very tail end where it was relevant.
damn, I love those videos, as a non-english-speaker the subtitles helps a LOT. Background noise make good videos and they DO can be used for background noise
14:00 To be honest, Morrowind's fast traveling being all in universe is something that I love. Even though it's a game that I can't really get into because subsequent entries in the series improving on other aspects established by earlier entries.
If you mod it and learn to love the turn based dice roll deal, it definitely holds up with a full overhaul mod list and the new engine of OpenMW. You get fancy shaders and fov and everything. Mine basically looks like Oblivion/Skyrim, but with Morrowinds mechanics. Feels like a modern AAA with a more indie art style
I've just got home after a long day, and usually, when i go to bed i watch these videos because they calm me a lot. Seeing that a new one was JUST uploaded when i came home made me smile. Please keep making these!!
I have exactly one experience playing a vampire in Morrowind. Little kid me not knowing what it was because it had a fancy name, resting outside, and exploding from accumulated sun damage. Good times :3
And that exact experience led me to decide to make a daywalker who could restore health constant effect and conquer Morrowind with my unlimited powers lol
Bro, the Rama music that suddenly appeared at 33:59 had me shook for a second. Didn't think anyone remembered that adventure game's unbelievably good soundtrack. Good video as always.
Vampirism exists in Daggerfall, and it's pretty busted, not as much as Lycanthropy though. Also the way it's treated is quite unique - you get a creepy dream in animated cutscene form until you literally die when you first transform. You lose all reputation and get expelled from every guild (because... duh, you're dead bozo), and wake up in a random crypt where you got buried with your possessions. Welcome to the world of unliving.
13:00 After you said that I had to check how many words there are in my language, that contain two "w" and officially it's 27 but most of them aren't even words (it's stuff like "www" as in world wide web) and most of the rest is just different forms of the word "struwwelig". Realistically, it's only 3 words in my entire language, that contain two "w", being the aforementioned "struwwelig", "Warnowwerft" and "Struwwelpeter" but practically it's only two words, as "Struwwelpeter" is basically just the name Peter with another different version of "struwwelig" glued before it. BUT (it's a big but) there's potential for more. In German you can literally just glue words together, to create new words with extended meaning. I'll give you an example. We'll just start with the word "Schiff" (=ship), we can make "Schiffswerft" out of that (=shipyard), so far so normal but there's someone in the shipyard, who sells beans, making him the "Schiffswerftbohnenverkäufer" (=shipyard bean vendor) and these shipyard bean vendors of course need to be regulated, regarding hygiene, so they make a "Schiffswerftbohnenverkäuferhygienegesetz" (=shipyard bean vendor hygiene law). This abomination of a word I just created is 100% gramatically correct (TH-cam's spell check didn't even mark it red), 100% logical and will make sense to anyone, who speaks decent German. My point is, that if you made an effort, you could potentially create lots of words in German, that contain a "ww", potentially even multiple "ww" in the same word. Is "ww" common? No. But are there theoretically lots of words, that utilize "ww"? Yes. Also, here's a little bonus for the people, who actually read my mental diarrhea: The longest German compound word I could find: Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung Before you count: It has 67 letters and I'm not translating it but it's just a law regarding the transfer of the responsibility to grant an agricultural vehicle vehicular business access to agricultural plots. It still makes 100% sense though and it's completely grammatically correct and TH-cam still does not mark it red. If you really really tried though, you could make words even longer than that, this is just the longest German word, that still has practical application. Have fun with this utterly useless knowledge
Just shows how difficult it is to play a vampire. Even with a good idea of what you're doing, and even focusing on the main quest, you're still harvesting NPCs for non-respawning loot. Also, Kogoruhn has the building for propylons, it just doesn't have any of the teleporter structures. The Temple of Fey is its hallowed-out propylon chamber.
"They don't like vampires" Considering the moment your vampire showed up in Balmora he murdered like, 4/5 merchants and a guard, I THINK they have a reason. (Also loved the disrespectful shiv to Dagoth Ur's liver as you ran past him at the end)
I loved vampirism in daggerfall you could use spell shields to walk around in the day. You could also pick up the traits for natural light weakness and then get health regen in the dark. Was a fun build. Couldn't fast travel in the day though which was annoying
appreciate the lightening of the video. A lot of youtubers seem to have no idea that dark colors tend to compress to just black and a few blobs of near black that barely contrast so every time its dark even if you brighten your screen its about as easy to make sense of as an impressionist painting
Beware, if you try out OpenMW/I Heart Vanilla you lose access to a lot of quality of life mods made with Morrowind Code Patch and MWSE. I am particularly missing Shift-Click to take a full stack.
@@spoi525Trust me though, the original engine crashes way more. It used to be a thing where you had to save every single thing you did to avoid losing progress every time it crashed. OpenMW is buttery smooth and a rock solid and brand new engine. Go for the OpenMW mod list of your choice and you will have a much better time.
Ok here's a criticism for Morrowind's vampirism, I'd say that being the wolf in sheep's clothing is the most compelling part of the whole vampire trope
But I like that they make you work for it instead. Like the ultimate vampire would learn charm and master their personality and therefore would have no problem talking to people with 100 disposition. But it assumes normal people are not automatically as suave as Dracula, and I think that’s more realistic. Like the normal person is the norm and they don’t handle the transition well nor are they hundreds of years into the transformation and fully able to capitalize on the benefits.
So glad I just found your channel yesterday! You're editing and narration style is great. And Morrowind was my first PC game as a kid. These VIDS have been so much fun to watch.
Video idea suggestion: sneaky nerevar You can only level up sneak, short blade, marksman with only throwable weapons, security, and unarmored (maybe also athletics and acrobatics to speed things up a bit), every attack must be critical sneak attack, if possible, and no scrolls to open locks are allowed. The goal is to beat the game
"and they say Morrowind doesn't have fast travel" Who says that? Morrowind has striders, boats, mage teleportation, propylon chambers, intervention teleportation, and Mark/Recall. And you can always jump 20 miles with scrolls they give you right at the start of the game. Morrowind has the absolute best fast travel, since there are a ton of options and they're all immersive in the game.
I have quit playing the game before because no matter what character I wanted to play, I felt like I had to spend all my time running between fast travel spots. Is there a mod that just lets you pick which one to arrive at?
I hard agree, I like when games make you work for Fast Travel, one of my favorite things about the first Dark Souls as opposed to later entries is how late in the game portalling between bonfires is unlocked, before that it's all shortcuts and tricks, which once you're familiar with you can navigate the world quite quickly.
Vampirism in daggerfall turns you into a monster that can destroy anyone. You become immune to everything that’s annoying or dangerous and the weaknesses aren’t too disruptive. The worst thing about it is that quests are more difficult to complete due to fast travel always advancing to 8pm when you arrive whether that’s 6 hours after arrival or 23 hours. It’s slightly more annoying to interact with merchants and you will get a letter every week (iirc) to start a quest to cure your vampirism and occasionally you will encounter mercenaries that will be significantly higher level than you
29:27 I think Kogoruhn doesn't have a propylon chamber because the Dunmer tore it down as part of trying to erase House Dagoth for its supposed betrayal after the battle of Red Mountain. Then they rewired the propylon network to skip over where Kogoruhn's used to be and left the place to fall to ruin. At least that's what makes sense to me.
The Atmosphere, the music, the voice acting, the enviroment! EVERYTHING is simply BETTER than everything thats come after! Morrowind is an easy GOC conteder if not the GOC. (Game of the century)
Always nice to see the subscription requests in videos be something that is nice or part of a good joke or something like that instead of a loud clicking noise and obnoxious DING DING noise. It's ALWAYS so much louder than everything else and gives me anxiety cus it's often quietly mixed videos that have the worst disparity with it.
@@JustBackgroundNoise After spending 24 hours with the mod it seems like the only unique city is Necrom, so maybe there are just a few points of interest to show off?
It's true that vampires can be frightening, but have you ever thought about the incredible friendship they can provide under the cover of darkness? Instead of hating them, why not open your mind to the possibility of building a strong and loyal bond with these captivating beings?
0:37 That's how stage 4 vampirism is in ESO, which I love. You have to use a spell called Mesmerize (which takes a while to unlock) on some quest givers, and any random citizen or shop owner before they'll do business with you.
That is great flavor. It's not there to negate the drawback, it's there because that's something we know vampires can do! Reminds me of Ian McKellen's vampire in the music video for Pet Shop Boys' "Heart".
Gotta say i love all of your morrowind videos. Ive been on a morrowind kick myself, and a lot of these vids have made me consider completely different playstyles from what i would normally do
i have literally never played morrowwind but i always find myself watching these videos, i’m not even a bethesda fan but i’m just addicting to the old charm of this game and ur editing/comedy style
Thank you so much for your videos! I watch all of them twice. The reason behind that is that I'm always falling asleep when I watch it in bed after work, lol. It's super interesting, relaxing and overall comforting!
Just taking a moment to say i really like those kind of videos. Not epileptic editing, chill and funny by moments. I find those very relaxing and entertaining to watch !
So, this is becoming my favorite TH-cam channel. I love the comprehensive understanding of the lore you have, the playstyle and longform voice overs are fantastic. Can't wait to get to the RuneScape stuff too, keep it up!
I only learned about vampirism from the wiki, since not many talk about it. The boosted stats are cool, really gives you the supernatural creature experience.
Been loving your Morrowind videos so much and watching them over and over lol. Such creative challenges. I wonder can you beat Morrowind as your Runescape character? Maybe that's a new crossover for the ages :D Keep it up!
One of those abominations that you mentioned lurk in Dunmer strongholds is very different than the rest, lol. I just found your Morrowind videos, and I greatly enjoy them. You've earned a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
You, good sir, have jjst gained a new follower. Not many people can gain my interest(or keep it) on morrowwind videos, but you did. Look forward to more stuff. Time to go watch more videos from you👍
just discovered your channel and i absolutely love your videos man. your soft voice is great for sleeping lmao. not over the top screaming and shit, just "simple" morrowind gameplay. subbed
What I've heard, lorewise, is that early-stage vampirism is _so_ easy to cure that turning into a full-blown Vampire could _only_ mean you did so deliberately, and thus are very blatantly up to no good. Hence the less-than-zero vampire sympathy.
that's the explanation given in Vampires of Vvardenfell Volume 1 I think
of course, it's a highly ignorant one, there are children who are born to vampires, or the possibility of being forcibly turned (think a Molag Bal cult kidnapping people, infecting them, and then denying them the cure until they turn)
Yeah you have like 3 days to get it "cured" so if ypu choice not to then people bound to get abit pissed 😂😂😂. I'm wondering if wearing a full helm will stop them from noticing in this game ?
3 days isn’t shit though. If you’re out in the middle of nowhere it might take you 3 days just to get back
dunmer are pretty big on ancestry as well, become a vampire and you cant die anymore therefore you cant be part of religious stuff or become another soul in the ghostfence, its a massive disgrace to their culture to have vampirism
It doesn't. There are dialogue lines that suggest it would, but it does not work.
41:30 buddy if "beating the worm" gives hand-to-hand experience I didn't need to waste 7 years earning my black belt.
Bruh.
10/10 comment
This man is spitting str8 fax
Which martial art?
@@nicholasfarrell5981 hand to hand
Everyday NPC in Morrowind; "Die foul beast!"
Actual vampire hunter in Skyrim;
"You should consider getting that checked out"
Most cowardly Morrowind commoner, most brave Skyrim "vampire hunter."
The vampire hunter from oblivion killed two men without hesitation
Skyrim suffered from....alot of neglect...you walk around in broad daylight and everyone is like "ooooh so weird looking"
@nicholassmirz6041 Without Dawnguard on, you would at least be attacked sometimes if you made it to max stage hunger
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Oh my god, you just reminded me of how annoying vampirism was without DLC. Then again it's my fault for not only playing through (and trophy collecting) the broken PS3 port but also the non-"Legendary" edition lmao.
Vampirism in Morrowind is pretty fun. But i wish there was an illusion spell you unlock after finishing one of the clan's questlines where it masks your vampirism for a limited time so you can actually talk to people without them vilifying you. (basically the Mortal Mask ability from the Better Vampires mod in Skyrim)
There's a mod that adds a Vampire Glamour spell that does exactly that. Once per day for 60 seconds, people don't recognize that you're a vampire.
Tamriel Rebuilt has an artifact that does that called Namira's Shroud.
I'm pretty sure House Telvanni was meant as a vampire-friendly faction, but there's some sort of greeting topic bug that breaks the questline. A simple fix would've made vampirism significantly more playable.
@@lorecow88 Telvanni are the type of people to be like "I wonder what being a vampire is like?" and actually try it.
@@franzosisch5965 or find out you're a vampire and be like meh who cares? I'm also immortal n didn't have to be touched by some dirty diseased dude hiding in a tomb
For me, the vampirism in Morrowind is the best representation of vampirism in TES, because in Morrowind you FEEL that you're a cursed monster, you FEEL that being a vampire is suffering and pain, you're not an undead superhero, you're a bloodthirsty abomination.
Oblivion is pretty similar
Tbf, the acrobatics boost makes you feel like a superhero.
@@PaleGhost69, Well, Morrowind isn't such a hard game in general, and if you know what to do, you can turn any character into a terminator.
@Vopyr becoming a stealth vampire with 100 acrobatics is what gave me the idea to perfect Icarian Flight so I could bounce around Vardenfel like a coked up magical kangaroo.
"so yeah, the world was saved by a vampire on a murderous rampage who just happened to kill Dagoth Ur too."
Mages guild letting you join but not offering their services sure is something lol
You are on the council, but we do not grant you the rank of master
"letting you join" aka "our vampire test subject"
Insurance company "Sure we'll take your money." but declining their services.
8 months late but i say its more like "we grant you the rank of master, but your not allowed on the planet courasaunt, _ever_
@somebody-anonymous
That was a big brain move to deliberately tank your personality AND THEN drink from the bitter cup
Bro made so many big brain moves he kn8ws his stuff
I'm sure someone else has already mentioned it in the comments, but while Arena didn't have Vampirism, Daggerfall did, and it's exactly what you'd expect out of that game: kind of cool, kind of weird, kind of jank as hell.
See, the whole 'vampire clan' thing was Daggerfall's primary vampire draw. There were, like, nine bloodlines in Daggerfall, with each little region of the map being dedicated to one of those clans. The clans essentially functioned as another form of "guild", and they had their whole little batch of quests you could undertake.
Vampires in DG came with the usual slate of stat boosts, skill boosts, some spells and immunities, and each clan also had a unique bonus, similar to MW. Unfortunately, Daggerfall's clan bonuses were mostly just extra spells (one clan even gave you a Free Action spell, even though vampires can't get paralyzed in the first place!).
And on top of that, they had the requisite vulnerability to sunlight/holy areas, so you'd take 12 damage every 20 real-life seconds if you were standing outside during the day, in a temple, or in a Fighters Guild in Hammerfell. I believe the fast-travel system accounted for this, at least? But it's still inconvenient, to say the least.
Even more troublesome is the fact that, when you become a vampire, you quite literally "die" and get revived. Were you a high-ranking master of the Fighters Guild? Were you in the middle of a quest for the Dark Brotherhood? Too bad! Vampirism resets your reputation and revokes all your guild memberships (because they thought you died, remember?), and if that means you were kicked out of a one-time-only guild... well, uh, too bad again!
Basically, vampirism sounds cool and is kinda interesting, but much like in the rest of the series, it's more of a novelty than anything.
Daggerfall's Lycanthropy is even less fleshed-out -- no clans, no unique were-quests -- but ironically it was arguably more practical. Being a were-creature didn't reset your reputation, the stat/skill boosts applied to human form as well, and if you did Hircine's quest, the ring basically nullified all the disadvantages (no need to kill innocents, no involuntary transformations).
You're right, Daggerfall's fast travel system will make vampires take twice the normal travel time, prevent initiating fast-travel during the day and will make vampires arrive at nightfall when traveling cautiously (instead of in the morning). It's a bad idea for low-level vampires to travel recklessly as well, since you could arrive at your destination at high noon.
I feel it's still kind of cool from a role-playing perspective - just get it early on and don't get cured...
Lycanthropy is properly busted though. Everything you do as a werewolf/-boar is treated as a separate entity (crimes you commit as a werecreature are not reflected on your character) and Illiac Bay citizens apparently do not grasp the concept of object permanence, so even if you transform into or back from a werecreature right before their eyes they don't realize it's you. And, as you mentioned, with Hircine's Ring your get all of the advantages with none of the disadvantages.
If you think Daggerfall is too hard then just become a werewolf or wereboar.
I did a playthrough as a vampire in Daggerfall, and it added a lot of fun elements to the game different from the norm. It's very powerful and adds unique challenges to get around (for example, I made a strong health shield spell to get around during the day PURELY so that I could visit the bank, since banks have daylight business hours).
The clans vary heavily in how outrageous they are. I was a Haarvenu clan vampire from Anticlere, which means my clan spells were Ice Storm and Wildfire. Since they're AoE damaging spells and you cast clan spells for half their normal magicka cost, I could cast them on the ground in front of me and my spell absorption would replenish my magicka more than the cost of the spell. It made for an absolutely ludicrous battlemage build. Infinite, powerful destruction spells.
The big benefit to vampires over lycanthropes, in my opinion, is that vampires can sate their bloodlust by killing any living creature (including animals and non-undead dungeon enemies), whereas lycanthropes HAVE to kill innocents (like guards or civilians). The penalty for not doing it is also less of a problem for vampires. Ignoring the morality, it's just a bit more annoying to deal with. Additionally, lycanthropes can't loot or anything while they're transformed, which is annoying while dungeon crawling.
I love that the werewolf treatment has stayed pretty consistent throughout the series. Always seems like it's going to be a huge goddamn chore, but you can pretty much also always just get Hircine's Ring instead and then negate all of the drawbacks!
Sooo, I used to think Vampires in Daggerfall were unfinished. They had all the aforementioned stuff, except for quests. It was basically, you're a Vampire now. Then I read this, "and they had their whole little batch of quests you could undertake." Have I missed something all these years? Where are these quests hidden?
A werewolf or boar with the ring is basically playing on easy mode.
With sufficient restore health going at one time, you can actually wield Keening and Sunder without dying, as I found during my first run where I made some p o t e n t brews. You can out-heal the damage from these Dwemer artifacts because Kagrenac was canonically a *little bitch.*
A snow elf wrote this
They also deal in Fire and Shock damage, so you can just... Resist them, Magic Res, Fire Res, Shock Res, not being a puny Altmer
Isn't it a speedrun strat to rapidly equip/unequip the weapon to not take as much damage? Although that'd make things too easy I guess.
@@krizalllid and also to fly I thought
The emperor was drunk assigning this guy to the Morrowind spy cell
Nobody talks about Uriel VIIs secret drinking problem.
@@myopiniongoodyouropinionbadis that why the “one from my dreams” looks like a nightmare
The emperor to his Royal vazir zigzag after drinking skooma and snorting moondust , you know what will be funny ?! I've seen so in my dreams I tell you! Lets send a VAMPIRE to save theses damn digger elves!(Dark elves)
Zigzag tripping on some shivering isles mushrooms:
Yes !!! Lets do that ill send an order right away ! While staring into his sixth elder scroll that evening
Btw my lord of party check this out (showing him an elder scroll that tells the story of tes 6)
Emperor: by the nine !
Equipping that Clovian Hat was IMPERATIVE
I’ve been trying to beat Morrowind as a werewolf, but I’m having trouble getting to level 3 because I’ve been clawing things to death instead of actually doing things. It’s fun running around at mach speeds though.
Did you pick Athletics/Acrobatics in your Major/Minors? Just run and jump a bunch
Hands down my favorite channel. After years of watching every possible version of “Can I beat Skyrim…” and “Can I beat Oblivion…” it’s about time someone showed Morrowind some love! Extremely entertaining content
Kogoruhn's Propylons are all destroyed in adjacent strongholds,and the structure usually reserved for the Propylons in Kogoruhn has been cleared out to be turned into a House Dagoth shrine.
Kogoruhn is so cool
I only found your content recently, but watching your videos is making me want to try Morrowind
Do it.
100% do it! Just be sure to read the manual first, a lot of mechanics are not explained very well in-game.
0:24 "FOULD BEAST!! AWAY WITH YOUU!!!!
0:26 "understanding nod"
Always fascinated when a RuneScape TH-camr blows up with a one off video about another game, and then completely pivots their channel successfully. Congrats on finding your niche, these videos are all great!
Literally carrying morrowind playthroughs, you freaking ROCK dude.
I assumed the subtitles were auto generated, until after 40minutes the 'beat the worm' comment came with a subtitled troll face and I had to pause and sit here to just.. contemplate all the effort that's gone into this vid. I'm a new viewer to this channel and now a fan.
*loud typing* "Oh noooo... I'm cursed..."
that one got me good
Me whenever I use the terminal on Linux
@@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad You need a Torvaldian amulet to resist that effect. It looks like ASCII art because only chumps have actual graphics.
I was just about to go to sleep but...fuck it I guess.
Why not do both?
its great background noise
Same bruh
Me rn
For real
People will probably get flak from morrowind purists, but I have always just pinned the map in the inventory menu to be perma on screen. Makes walking across the map significantly more bearable, especially since you dont have to open the inventory every 30 seconds to make sure you arent deviating. This feature, by the way, is in the BASE GAME. I never see anybody use it, but it really makes traveling by foot easier mentally
Holy shit you just blew my mind
@buildinasentry1046 Right???? I was about 50 hours into my first playthrough and wondered, "why does this part of the tab have a little divot?" It wasnt for ANOTHER 50 that I actually put it together in my head, once I firgured out that resizing the inventory menus is also a thing. I know I'm not the ONLY person to discover this stuff, certainly not. But it felt damn good to discover them without help🤣
I'm ashamed of young me for spending a decade not discovering this.
I've been playing morrowind for 15 years and you just taught me something.
the UIs in Oblivion and Skyrim were such a let down compared to Morrowind
You know, despite the name of the channel your vidoes are actually quiet nice to actively watch
Agreed. It's good background noise but also good to actively watch.
1:17 Daggerfall have, and its fucking powerfull, in daggerfall when you infected by vampire, you will not die but after quite while the game over screen pops up and you will respawn in a random crypt. The vampires also have some factions on it depending on where did you get vamprism which make the thing more interesting. The advantages are based on your faction, so you will get different buff with different faction, they will also give you a quest and you will mostly travel at night because during the day you cant rest. Also you cant fast travel during the day so you have to make sure you always on night. Also since you die during the process all your reputation in different region will start from zero. So yeah pretty cool
Everyone goes on about how much better Morrowind is, but Daggerfall is a completely different beast. Think going from Oblivion to Morrowind, and then further.
@@HappyBeezerStudiosDaggerfall Unity even has Mods
You could combine Morrowwind, Oblivion and Skyrim, with all DLCs and even the most popular mods, and still end up with less to do than in Daggerfall.
Also doing that would probably also give you a comparable amount of bugs
The wordplay and random tangents are my favorite part of your already joke-packed videos, it's such a pleasure to watch, truly.
I sub’d for multiple reasons.
First, you’re playing Morrowind and I grew up playing the game and LOVED it.
Second, the cat bit to ask everyone to sub. I get annoyed when people constantly ask for people to like and subscribe. The way you went about it was funny and great!
And third, you mentioned Welsh when you were talking about double-W’s! I was going to comment that but heard you say it so couldn’t help but chuckle.
Great video! I am VERY much looking forward to any and all new Morrowind vids from you (among everything else. But Morrowind has a special place in my heart).
Kitty subscribe intermission was a welcomed one.
The cutting room floor fix for too dark moments (buffing contrast for night segments) worked quite well. Won't be perfect, but is perfectly serviceable.
That's the point where separate brightness, contrast and gamma sliders come in handy. With some work you can keep the black black, the white white, the mids colorful and not washed out, and yet make the dark areas much more visible.
Extremely comfy and well-made videos, they're amazing
"consulting the godhead" reminds me of "fungal shift" from noita 🤔
Much like a new summoning salt video, a new JBN playthrough is a great way to get distrated.
Hot take but I think summoning salt is extremely overrated. He just comes off a tad self righteous and narcissistic for my taste
@@bigdaddy9807Maybe. But i remember seeing a video where the ending 'twist' was that he is the current record holder, and he didn't even hint at it til the very tail end where it was relevant.
I dunno why but a 40-50 I can sit thru no problem :3
@@SquidmanMalachar to each their own. Like I said just not a fan personally
@@bigdaddy9807 it's funny because I feel exactly the opposite about him haha
*Looks at the stat bonuses for Vampirism*
"Oh, so like five minutes of alchemy?"
damn, I love those videos, as a non-english-speaker the subtitles helps a LOT. Background noise make good videos and they DO can be used for background noise
please never stop with the morrowind content Its such a comfort content ❤️
14:00 To be honest, Morrowind's fast traveling being all in universe is something that I love. Even though it's a game that I can't really get into because subsequent entries in the series improving on other aspects established by earlier entries.
If you mod it and learn to love the turn based dice roll deal, it definitely holds up with a full overhaul mod list and the new engine of OpenMW. You get fancy shaders and fov and everything. Mine basically looks like Oblivion/Skyrim, but with Morrowinds mechanics. Feels like a modern AAA with a more indie art style
I've just got home after a long day, and usually, when i go to bed i watch these videos because they calm me a lot. Seeing that a new one was JUST uploaded when i came home made me smile. Please keep making these!!
I have exactly one experience playing a vampire in Morrowind. Little kid me not knowing what it was because it had a fancy name, resting outside, and exploding from accumulated sun damage.
Good times :3
And that exact experience led me to decide to make a daywalker who could restore health constant effect and conquer Morrowind with my unlimited powers lol
Bro, the Rama music that suddenly appeared at 33:59 had me shook for a second. Didn't think anyone remembered that adventure game's unbelievably good soundtrack. Good video as always.
Ah, that's what it was! Rama! I knew I knew it from somewhere!
Do you know specifically which song it is?
@@mr.d.rektorstudios It's the Octospider Theme. You can find the full soundtrack on TH-cam.
Game Dungeon memories flooded
Vampirism exists in Daggerfall, and it's pretty busted, not as much as Lycanthropy though. Also the way it's treated is quite unique - you get a creepy dream in animated cutscene form until you literally die when you first transform. You lose all reputation and get expelled from every guild (because... duh, you're dead bozo), and wake up in a random crypt where you got buried with your possessions. Welcome to the world of unliving.
3:37 *AH YES! the giants from skyrim have sent us a blessing!*
13:00 After you said that I had to check how many words there are in my language, that contain two "w" and officially it's 27 but most of them aren't even words (it's stuff like "www" as in world wide web) and most of the rest is just different forms of the word "struwwelig". Realistically, it's only 3 words in my entire language, that contain two "w", being the aforementioned "struwwelig", "Warnowwerft" and "Struwwelpeter" but practically it's only two words, as "Struwwelpeter" is basically just the name Peter with another different version of "struwwelig" glued before it.
BUT (it's a big but) there's potential for more. In German you can literally just glue words together, to create new words with extended meaning. I'll give you an example. We'll just start with the word "Schiff" (=ship), we can make "Schiffswerft" out of that (=shipyard), so far so normal but there's someone in the shipyard, who sells beans, making him the "Schiffswerftbohnenverkäufer" (=shipyard bean vendor) and these shipyard bean vendors of course need to be regulated, regarding hygiene, so they make a "Schiffswerftbohnenverkäuferhygienegesetz" (=shipyard bean vendor hygiene law). This abomination of a word I just created is 100% gramatically correct (TH-cam's spell check didn't even mark it red), 100% logical and will make sense to anyone, who speaks decent German. My point is, that if you made an effort, you could potentially create lots of words in German, that contain a "ww", potentially even multiple "ww" in the same word. Is "ww" common? No. But are there theoretically lots of words, that utilize "ww"? Yes.
Also, here's a little bonus for the people, who actually read my mental diarrhea: The longest German compound word I could find: Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung
Before you count: It has 67 letters and I'm not translating it but it's just a law regarding the transfer of the responsibility to grant an agricultural vehicle vehicular business access to agricultural plots. It still makes 100% sense though and it's completely grammatically correct and TH-cam still does not mark it red.
If you really really tried though, you could make words even longer than that, this is just the longest German word, that still has practical application. Have fun with this utterly useless knowledge
The tweaked contrast is perfect, JBN. Thank you.
Just shows how difficult it is to play a vampire. Even with a good idea of what you're doing, and even focusing on the main quest, you're still harvesting NPCs for non-respawning loot.
Also, Kogoruhn has the building for propylons, it just doesn't have any of the teleporter structures. The Temple of Fey is its hallowed-out propylon chamber.
As always, a quality video from one of my favorite creators. I’m liking your style my guy.
"They don't like vampires" Considering the moment your vampire showed up in Balmora he murdered like, 4/5 merchants and a guard, I THINK they have a reason. (Also loved the disrespectful shiv to Dagoth Ur's liver as you ran past him at the end)
Your voice work is crisp. Really tight, clear delivery of some very strange words. Thanks for that, it makes your videos very calming.
I loved vampirism in daggerfall you could use spell shields to walk around in the day. You could also pick up the traits for natural light weakness and then get health regen in the dark. Was a fun build. Couldn't fast travel in the day though which was annoying
appreciate the lightening of the video. A lot of youtubers seem to have no idea that dark colors tend to compress to just black and a few blobs of near black that barely contrast so every time its dark even if you brighten your screen its about as easy to make sense of as an impressionist painting
Wowza I was gonna ask what mods you were using but you included that in the description, radical, thanks for answering my question prior to asking it
Beware, if you try out OpenMW/I Heart Vanilla you lose access to a lot of quality of life mods made with Morrowind Code Patch and MWSE. I am particularly missing Shift-Click to take a full stack.
@@karlk5801thanks for the heads up!
@@spoi525Trust me though, the original engine crashes way more. It used to be a thing where you had to save every single thing you did to avoid losing progress every time it crashed. OpenMW is buttery smooth and a rock solid and brand new engine. Go for the OpenMW mod list of your choice and you will have a much better time.
So happy for you to find your niche! I was a subscriber since rs3/osrs content and really glad you made it into this, love Morrowind
Ok here's a criticism for Morrowind's vampirism, I'd say that being the wolf in sheep's clothing is the most compelling part of the whole vampire trope
But I like that they make you work for it instead. Like the ultimate vampire would learn charm and master their personality and therefore would have no problem talking to people with 100 disposition. But it assumes normal people are not automatically as suave as Dracula, and I think that’s more realistic. Like the normal person is the norm and they don’t handle the transition well nor are they hundreds of years into the transformation and fully able to capitalize on the benefits.
@@ghost-user559 No that obviously makes sense with speechcraft & relatives. I was mostly referring to everyone immediately knowing you're a vampire
So glad I just found your channel yesterday! You're editing and narration style is great. And Morrowind was my first PC game as a kid. These VIDS have been so much fun to watch.
Video idea suggestion: sneaky nerevar
You can only level up sneak, short blade, marksman with only throwable weapons, security, and unarmored (maybe also athletics and acrobatics to speed things up a bit), every attack must be critical sneak attack, if possible, and no scrolls to open locks are allowed. The goal is to beat the game
43:49 I think in this context, "Dagoth Ur" might refer to the place, not the person, so it's not really third-person.
That was the absolute best "I'm Batman" I've ever heard. Hat's off to you my good man.
"and they say Morrowind doesn't have fast travel"
Who says that? Morrowind has striders, boats, mage teleportation, propylon chambers, intervention teleportation, and Mark/Recall. And you can always jump 20 miles with scrolls they give you right at the start of the game.
Morrowind has the absolute best fast travel, since there are a ton of options and they're all immersive in the game.
I have quit playing the game before because no matter what character I wanted to play, I felt like I had to spend all my time running between fast travel spots. Is there a mod that just lets you pick which one to arrive at?
I hard agree, I like when games make you work for Fast Travel, one of my favorite things about the first Dark Souls as opposed to later entries is how late in the game portalling between bonfires is unlocked, before that it's all shortcuts and tricks, which once you're familiar with you can navigate the world quite quickly.
Vampirism in daggerfall turns you into a monster that can destroy anyone. You become immune to everything that’s annoying or dangerous and the weaknesses aren’t too disruptive. The worst thing about it is that quests are more difficult to complete due to fast travel always advancing to 8pm when you arrive whether that’s 6 hours after arrival or 23 hours. It’s slightly more annoying to interact with merchants and you will get a letter every week (iirc) to start a quest to cure your vampirism and occasionally you will encounter mercenaries that will be significantly higher level than you
29:27 I think Kogoruhn doesn't have a propylon chamber because the Dunmer tore it down as part of trying to erase House Dagoth for its supposed betrayal after the battle of Red Mountain. Then they rewired the propylon network to skip over where Kogoruhn's used to be and left the place to fall to ruin. At least that's what makes sense to me.
Man, I fell in love with your content, so happy, good commentary, good editing, fast pace
Seeing you jump and slide down the hill towards the beginning makes me think about how sick a good skateboard mod would be
Why walk when you can grind?
Tbh I love your videos sm. I keep rewatching them or having them as literal background noise. Dont stop posting, love uu
The Atmosphere, the music, the voice acting, the enviroment! EVERYTHING is simply BETTER than everything thats come after! Morrowind is an easy GOC conteder if not the GOC.
(Game of the century)
3:40, gotta love you calmly collecting the scrolls from Tarhiel before the man has finished his death scream.
I keep hearing "Pokemon Index". Dunno what anyone is going to do with that information, but it's still an algorithm boost.
Ashlanders running around, shouting "Dremora, I choose you!"
Dear lord man. I absolutely love how much content for one of my favourite games you've poured out but heck! All done so quickly don't burn out! ❤
The cat subscribing convinced me.
Always nice to see the subscription requests in videos be something that is nice or part of a good joke or something like that instead of a loud clicking noise and obnoxious DING DING noise. It's ALWAYS so much louder than everything else and gives me anxiety cus it's often quietly mixed videos that have the worst disparity with it.
Don't know what to say, but those videos are so good man. I'm almost sure I could heard you talk about any game.
I found this channel by the wonder of The Algorithm(TM). I like the dry humor.
Comments are good for the TH-cam algorithm
very pleasant voice for commentary
JBN content we love to see it. Quality as per! On another note, have you thought of doing a run with the tamriel rebuilt mod? Think that would slap.
Thank you so much. I've considered doing some stuff with Tamriel Rebuilt, but it's just such a large mod, I'm not sure where I'd start.
@@JustBackgroundNoise After spending 24 hours with the mod it seems like the only unique city is Necrom, so maybe there are just a few points of interest to show off?
I’ve rewatched this like 4 times and still love it, you’ve renewed my love for the elders scrolls games
Morrowind has aged better, visually, than Oblivion imo.
Alright, I like this. You have been chosen. Subscribed and adding your Elder Scrolls stuff to my anxiety sleep Playlist. Thank you.
It's true that vampires can be frightening, but have you ever thought about the incredible friendship they can provide under the cover of darkness? Instead of hating them, why not open your mind to the possibility of building a strong and loyal bond with these captivating beings?
Damn this game is big and full of thoughtful content
Then comes the auto-generation technology, loot tables, fast travel and quest compass
I'd rather you turn the contrast up, even if it is a little bit washed out, if you're doing a nighttime only run like this.
Editing is crisp, oldhead knowledge about the game, voice script is entertaining, video is concise. well done, super entertaining
Ah yes, Morrowind vampirism which made the game completely unplayable.
0:37 That's how stage 4 vampirism is in ESO, which I love. You have to use a spell called Mesmerize (which takes a while to unlock) on some quest givers, and any random citizen or shop owner before they'll do business with you.
That is great flavor. It's not there to negate the drawback, it's there because that's something we know vampires can do! Reminds me of Ian McKellen's vampire in the music video for Pet Shop Boys' "Heart".
Gotta say i love all of your morrowind videos. Ive been on a morrowind kick myself, and a lot of these vids have made me consider completely different playstyles from what i would normally do
i have literally never played morrowwind but i always find myself watching these videos, i’m not even a bethesda fan but i’m just addicting to the old charm of this game and ur editing/comedy style
Thank you so much for your videos! I watch all of them twice. The reason behind that is that I'm always falling asleep when I watch it in bed after work, lol. It's super interesting, relaxing and overall comforting!
Just taking a moment to say i really like those kind of videos.
Not epileptic editing, chill and funny by moments.
I find those very relaxing and entertaining to watch !
So, this is becoming my favorite TH-cam channel. I love the comprehensive understanding of the lore you have, the playstyle and longform voice overs are fantastic. Can't wait to get to the RuneScape stuff too, keep it up!
I think the current brightness is great! Love these videos, btw
Absolutely love ur vids. I fall asleep to them, turn em back on the next day, halfway through and fall asleep again. Chefs kiss
I only learned about vampirism from the wiki, since not many talk about it. The boosted stats are cool, really gives you the supernatural creature experience.
Been loving your Morrowind videos so much and watching them over and over lol. Such creative challenges. I wonder can you beat Morrowind as your Runescape character? Maybe that's a new crossover for the ages :D Keep it up!
First a Tulok & Mango Elden Ring challenge run, then another Just Background Noise Morrowind challenge run video! Such a blessed day!
I absolutely love your vids, got me to download Morrowind, and I can't wait to try it! Thanks for the amazing content!
You're very quickly becoming one of my favourite video creators. I get excited every time I see a new video of yours.
Please keep up the content.
Not just double letters, but German has triple letters! Schifffahrt is the word for boat ride
I am happy the channel has grown since starting Morrowind content cheers mate
"I'm here to kick ass and check out a book, and I forgot my library card" would have been a good way to make that line actually land.
One of those abominations that you mentioned lurk in Dunmer strongholds is very different than the rest, lol. I just found your Morrowind videos, and I greatly enjoy them. You've earned a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
You, good sir, have jjst gained a new follower. Not many people can gain my interest(or keep it) on morrowwind videos, but you did. Look forward to more stuff. Time to go watch more videos from you👍
Thank you for becoming one of my favourite channels out there!
just discovered your channel and i absolutely love your videos man. your soft voice is great for sleeping lmao. not over the top screaming and shit, just "simple" morrowind gameplay. subbed
I loved the mini dissertation on fast travel workarounds! :)
I really like the added challenges that arent just main quest in these!
Just found this channel but all these playthroughs are great! Interesting seeing you work around all the restrictions.