Here's a challenge I did back when I was still playing Morrowind: Something unique to Morrowind is that soul gems will display the name of whatever soul is caught inside. While you cannot trap human souls there are many unique creatures that can be caught. Do you have what it takes to become a Pokemon Master?
@@thebigdork8030 Yes, and Dagoth Ur is the other one. Almalexia is the third one that's part of the third game version released a year later where everything is slightly altered and the endgame is extended, like with Emerald and Platinum.
@@iamnotjcook I was thinking more akin to like Rayquaza or Giratina, but you raise a good point since she is technically post game. So yeah, maybe more Hetran or Moltres from FireRed/LeafGreen.
34:16 The real answer is, in the Morrowind iteration of the lore, Vampires are connected to Vaermina and explicitly NOT Molag Bal: - Molag Bal himself says that he got the cure from Vaermina - Derar Hlervu, a servant of Molag Bal, says that "Molag Bal has dealt before with the dark walkers, though they are not of his making". - In Morrowind, Molag Bal is known as the father of vampires, but the Vampires of Vvardenfell vol.II says that "This account of the origin of vampirism is peculiar to Morrowind, appearing nowhere else in Imperial lore." - In the book "A Game at Dinner", an unknown person writing to Dhaunayne Aundae swears by "Vaernima the Gifter". The lore directly tying Molag Bal to vampires is a latter retcon from Oblivion on.
And ESO later goes "Actually any of em can make vampires most of em just have different properties" wherein the qualities that define it effectively slot Werewolves into being Hircine's version
them being Argonians is probably for this reason, them being Acrobats is because that's the default class. In other words: it's even lazier than you thought, somehow
1:07:30 The werewolves being Argonian Acrobats is because they both start with A. That means they default to being the first selections at the top of the Race and Class lists when you make a new NPC in the Construction Set. They simply didn't bother changing the default result, an Argonian Acrobat, because you'd normally only ever see them in werewolf form anyway. All of the 'generic' werewolves during the main quest are like this, while only the 'wandering' werewolves/lunatics get different looks.
On the subject of Vampirism: In Morrowind and Oblivion you may contract Porphyric Hemophilia, which is not the original vampiric strain created by Molag Bal's rape of Lamae (and neither is Skyrim's "Sanguinare Vampiris"). The original strain is known as Noxiphilic Sanguivoria. One notable difference is that Lamae's bloodline is not vulnerable to sunlight, unlike other iterations of the disease. So the likely reason why Molag Bal can't cure Porphyric Hemophilia is because he didn't directly create it himself.
From what i know all subsequent strains were made in a similar way so all forms of vampirism come from molag bal Vermina is just the only being that can seemingly cure vampirism (don't know why but that seems to be the case)
Yeah didn’t the strain in oblivion come from a vampire making a deal with Clavicus Vile? It stands to reason that other forces can tamper with vampirism if that’s true.
@@mateokirstine9782 that’s right. Porphyria hemophilia is Clavicus Vile’s “strain” of vampirism. There’s ample evidence to suggest basically all daedric princes can create their own forms
34:27 I love this mini tangent actually because it was addressed a couple years ago by ESO in one of their in-character Q&A's. Academically, the most general definition of a vampire is a mortal infused with a specific type of daedric essence which acts as a bridge or vector between their soul and the Prince from whom the essence originates. Under this definition, werewolves are technically just Hircine's vampires. As for Aedric vampires? I mean, Argonians are right there. Anything is an Argonian if it is sufficiently Hist. And failing that, the Dragonborn technically meet this criteria as well.
Eyy, my correction made it in! Arrow slits are 100% real, with the addition that they also work as windows if you're not being attacked. Real ones tend to be cruciform to give a wider arc of fire. There's also sometimes slits in the floor above the gate, and people above can shoot arrows down through them. Or just drop rocks. Cheaper that way. Or poke a very long pike through but I dunno if anyone actually did that. The hot oil thing is mostly a myth on account of oil being expensive in medieval times but water was sometimes done. Anyways!
hot sand was also thrown through these murder holes, since its very effective at getting everywhere (in-between armor), and it would certainly be very irritating.
@@arturnicaciodeandrade9861and has a significantly higher heat capacity than water, allowing for it to more reliably inflict incapacitating burns (plus very fine sand grains will form a short lived, boiling hot dust cloud, which is exactly as horrific to inhale as it sounds)
@@theapexsurvivor9538 you can get sand much hotter yes, much lower actual heat capacity though unless youre getting sand to melt, (it takes ~1/4th the energy to heat sand the same number of degrees as water) it is however, much easier to clean up and reuse after the fact without damaging whatevers down below, so unless youre heating the sand up to 500-600c boiling water will cause worse burns, not least of which because its going to saturate whatever cloth the person is wearing
Yeah I'm gonna need a source for that "hot sand" claim. Sounds ridiculous. So much energy would be required for the whole process. Even water surely didn't happen much. Rocks. They likely just dropped heavy rocks
In regards to the interhouse conflict, this is by design of the teachings of the Good Daedra, specifically Mephala. These types of squabbles, attacks, and hostage situations, along with the Morag Tong, are what keep the dunmer people from actually having an all-out civil war. It's like stability through instability.
Incidentally the same people who get that joke are also very good at throwing it back. What a grand and intoxicating coincidence. Instead of making me docile, Morrowind’s curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally. Who knows? You? Damn 😏
skyrims enchanting is infamously more buggy than oblivion or morrowind as speedrunning the game requires abusing the resto loop which is mainly enabled through skyrims system of enchantments being passive effects.
@@Ninja1Ninja2To be fair morrowind has basically the exact same exploit by doing a loop of fortify intelligence potions, drinking them, and rhe brewing more stronger fortify intelligence potions
@@Ninja1Ninja2 I mean, Morrowind has passive enchants too, such as everyone's favorite boots, and you could just make buffing enchants, the real thing holding it back is that enchants and spellcraft both have 100 Potency limits on their effect sliders, thus why you go to Alchemy instead
13:12 - archer windows are a thing in many European castles. Except ingame they are kinda reversed - it used to be tiny slit on the outer wall while it was about 120 degree wide opening on the inside so they could aim easily/closer to walls while from the attackers side it was still just tiny slit to get projectiles through. Also yes, it's rampart thing not tower one, but then again - it's a game, not class on history lol.
your voice acting at 9:07 gave me whiplash from how good it was. had to replay it a few times! it suddenly gives the idea of a mage who paralyzes their enemies prior to blasting them with harmful spells little by little just to be able to stand face to face with them and watch the little flame of life in their eyes go out...
That bit was so dark! The cruel whisper in the ear, the inevitable doom... then the yelp made me burst out laughing. It was so grim and serious until it wasn't xD
@58:20 Mamaea sounds kind of like Mummia, which is the powdered remains of mummies. We used to use it medicinally. In fact, demand for it used to be so high that people would tar over unidentified or condemned bodies in the desert, wait a while, and then come back to collect the dessicated goods. Kinda fitting for a 6th House dungeon name.
19:37 yeah that makes sense. Summoning is much easier for the summoner when you know the true name or have a piece of the summoned. A sufficiently well rendered image working as such is a novel concept
Mother: "Wow our daughter is so cute!" Father: "What should we name her?" Mother: "How about we name her something we're passionate about?" Father "I know what we should call her!" Father: "Cumanya!" Mother: Mother: Mother: "Genius"
The whole Vaermina thing on the source of the vampirism cure is interesting, it may be that even though Molag Bal created vampirism, that doesn't mean he knows how to cure it, I wonder if maybe Vaermina knew it because she stole the memory from the dreams of a mortal.
I like the little lore tidbits and commenting on the quests and characters you interact with. I see a lot of RPG challenge runs where the player's reaction to everything is basically "ew, lore". Which is fine, lol, understandably they're trying to get through their challenges quickly and create regular content, but its also just nice to see someone who seems to like and enjoy the games they play. Excellent video as always.
6:28 - There is a key to the door to Baladas. It's called "Summoning Room Key" and it's on a piece of paper on a nightstand in one of the bedrooms. I have played this game too many times.
Happy birthdays to everyone! Mine was in March, so a bit ago. Also, I'm old as shit now, so they don't mean much to me anymore. Legitimately forget my age several times a year since I turned 30.
Love the dedication of this run at 1:01:00 you could of easily just left and edited it out so you could get the strength but you instead grinded away by jumping into a wall. I absolutely love it please never stop making videos they're are all incredible
Honestly Molag Bal not being able to cure vampirism makes perfect sense, you wouldn't expect the God of Ice and Freezing to be able to cure hypothermia, even if they sure as fuck would be able to cause it and it would be a part of their sphere of influence, so why would the god of vampires be able to undo it? if anything the odd part is that he is willing to do it, and isn't insulted that you are so eager to refuse his gift and would try to prevent you from escaping his control
One of my favorite early-game boosts in Morrowind (done at level 1 already IIRC) was using stolen soulstones to enchant a large steel shield to open any door (100 pts) on touch, illustrating why the "just happened to find in dungeons or as quest rewards" part is so important. Probably much more important than not using scrolls. Making 16:01 choice not about laziness, but about integrity)
Also, you doing obscure side-quests is the only way I find out about some of them. I've played Morrowind a thousand times, only finishing it a handfull of times, but I've never heard of some of the people or places you mention.
Pretty close approximation to how I play the game normally The random loot in the Balmora boxes makes early Morrowind feel like a roguelite sometimes haha
th-cam.com/video/ns8LuZWiY-4/w-d-xo.html Archer slits were indeed a thing, and they were also put in the inside of fortifications, because most mid-high medieval era castles had multiple layers of defensive fortifications and walls. If one layer was breached, the defenders could retreat to the next layer, so being able to fire down on the fortifications the enemy now controlled was a very useful thing.
I love this channel. It's a perfect venn diagram of things I enjoy. Odd play throughs, Marrowind, relaxing but humorous narration. It's perfect, thank you so much for uploading these and sharing with us.
Some of the guilds in morrowind skip over stat requirements for the final rank usually awarding it as the reward for the quest, such as the imperial legion and mages guild who will only conceede thier position to you via duel to the death, telvanni also does this.
Fun fact! Short blades are "best" type of melee weapon because any melee weapon thats not a spear has the same reach (1 unit). Spears have double that. (2 units). So, thanks to their reach and speed of attack, they can really add up over time. Doesnt feel as good as slamming a warhammer into a scamps head, but hey. The more you know. You can test this by hitting a wall and listening to the hit sounds. Just a small detail thats always made me laugh after I found it out in 2004
I don't think this quite works out. Due to the way Morrowind weapons work, a charged hit from a warhammer might well do more damage than a bunch of hits from a dagger unless it has very high minimum damage. Plus, spam attacks drain your fatigue.
@@lucasgreer1736 Theres a reason best was in quotes. The way I play, I use enchanted daggers to whip out absorb health in a blur. I was mainly pointing out the reach effect with the weapons
@@lucasgreer1736 Blade both Long and Short just so heavily outclass all the other weapon types with their top-end contenders the most possible weapon DPS comes from there but you are correct that spam attacking is usually not a good idea. If you're relying on applying magical effects on strike though higher weapon speed means more applications of absorb health lol.
Just wanted to say man that, you've helped me through life lately. My cousin passed and he was a big Morrowind player (not to mention you look fairly like him lol) and I've been watching your videos alot and I love the way you do them, and the challenges you do. Keep it up bro!
thinking about it, it may be that each daedra has a gift of therianthropy, so for Hircine it would be a werewolf, and for molag bal it would be vampires, and maybe vaermina has her own therianthropes that are also a form of vampire
Not getting the Boots of the Apostle from Gnisis as an enchanted item with levitate on it at the start of the game was the bravest act of integrity i have seen all year ... in regards to morrowind challenge run videos. I salute.
24:14 Merchants pull from levelled lists for their stock. As you level up, they (generally) get better stuff to put in their wares. That said, the lower level stuff never goes away so you don't always see the higher level stuff. This happens when they restock, I believe every 72 hours.
You pronounced Hlaalu like you grew up there and return for the holidays. Seriously it was so natural for a moment I second guessed that it was fantasy gibberish and not a province in New Guinea.
Pro tip: So, if you start with conjuration you start with summon ancesteral ghost. Also if you start with destruction which gives you a fire spell. Then purchase a soul trap spell. If you do all that you can creat a spell/enchantment that can fill comman souls worth $4000 each. You need to make the spell/enchantment like this. Ancestral ghost on self for 2 seconds then soultrap on target for 2 seconds then fire damage for 23 damage on target.
I like how he's so accustomed to doing the Sunder and Keening exception note, he still does it even though they're perfectly within this challenge's rules
34:21 I think Vaermina made the cure to vampirism specifically to curb Molag Bal’s influence over mortals. That sounds like something daedric lords would do to each other.
There is actually a hidden key to Demnavanni's door, I was just in there today for Trebonius' quest and happened across it. It's in the room with the skeletons if I recall? It's called the summoning room key. For some reason uesp doesn't have an entry for it on the page for the location or for Baladas, but it does exist in the uesp if you search for it.
The first movie reference I got, and I don't even know anything about that movie. There's also a book, you see, an elegant entertainment from a more civilized age.
I know why you didn't use the cast when strikes items, but I really do love those ones. One of my favorite enchants to put on a weapon is a simple Absorb Fatigue 9 points enchantment. It's a 1 cost enchantment, so you can put it on any weapon, and it also only burns one charge per swing. It basically ensures that my fatigue is always full and whatever I'm fighting is low on fatigue, and you don't even need expensive soul gems or specific high enchant capacity weapons to make it effective.
Heck yeah, tower sign baby! Double the max distance. Damage rings are smoked too, this is actually a run I frequently do, usually take mercantile. Can't wait to see where this video goes.
Wow you got a sponsorship! Really becoming a TH-cam Big Boy. I would have never guessed you had alopecia, I thought you had just discovered a look that was great for you. Obviously it sucks to have your choice taken away, but it is nice that it worked out.
I absolutely love your morrowind videos, always was my favorite elderscrolls and I could watch your challenge runs of it forever and ever. Thank you lol
As always, this was a really entertaining watch and made an hour go by in a flash. Just wanted to say you got me to give Morrowind a go again after initially bouncing off it years ago. Made an imperial knight, then got annoyed at being so slow in heavy armor, and after that I made an orc barbarian born under the steed so now it actually feels like I can run.
I appreciate that you tend to keep the game volume low compared to the narration. It makes putting on reruns of these when i need to use your channel for what its called much nicer.
And I just finished eating. Guess I have to eat another meal now so I can watch everyone's favourite Morrowind youtuber who has posted a video within the last 30 minutes!
On my 2nd playthrough, I made a custom 'techno-mage' class. I had a Nord (100% Frost resistance and 50% shock resistance) with heavy armor (Dwemer armor for the robot look) and lots of enchanted rings for all my spells. Maxed out enchanting too (obviously). I loved playing it because enchanted items have zero casting speed, and low stamina doesn't affect the casting chance. Just had a ring of fire damage for Nords, and a ring of cold damage for everything else. If the cold damage got reflected, it didn't matter because I was immune anyway. Went with alchemy and some other non magic skills that the Mage's Guild uses for their requirements, just so I could advance through their questline and reduce prices at the enchanter. Had a blast throwing magic spells around like a machine gun.
This is a great challenge series for those who might love ES and morrowind but due to any number of reasons prefer a story adventure mode rather than a play-through. I encourage everyone to play it but I get why this format is enjoyed so much.
Man the Enchanting system is so much fun in this game I wish it stuck around for future games, could have been an easy replacement for custom spells than the abandonment of the mechanic in skyrim for being "too spreadsheety" and "having too much of a focus on what the numbers do" as Bethesda's excuse for then straight up lying about the damage spells do to the point where I'm pretty certain that the wall spells actually deal 20 less damage than they say they do when you see their actual damage number in the editor
Something like this was my most fun run of morrowind. I played an orc mage that couldn't use magic so I had to enchant items to act as spells. Very challenging early game and forces you to do many different quests hunting down the best enchanted items. Telvanni quests give some really juicy ones.
Oh hey, I remember playing on Steam for the first time and being confused about the yellow bar for a moment. :D Also, hah! Love the burn on Zurin. (16:59)
Always appreciate your videos. As a lore loving old man, you are one of my favorite TH-camr's. Thanks for making content for US and not for all. Mad respect.
@Just Background Noise I love your challenges bro! I played morrowind for the first time when I was 6 on original Xbox, before they released the dlcs for solsthiem and tribunal, I bought a physical copy of it when it came out and I was blown away by the added health bar to enemies. Major major major qol improvement!
Oh hell yeah another Morrowind vid! Aint gonna lie that is top tier content. Btw that alopecia makes it so easy for you to rock that futuristic Harkonnen look that is quite badass.
13:20 not only are the "archer slits" or a balistraria, usually used for archery, there are also cases where they will jut a shortsword, dagger, or spear out the hole as the assailants are climbing ladders, since the best place to put a ladder is right above the slits in the wall. this allows for the attackers to be funneled into ladders with swords right behind them. should they choose another place to climb, it is usually either somewhere there are soldiers waiting to fight them, or it is flat out better defended. so yes, the "archer slit" is historically accurate! Edit because i couldnt leave it at just this. Looking back at the castle you were in, its pretty accurate. there are usually lockers or extra bows nearby for easy refills. the bow on the shelf is a longbow, which explains why the slit is taller and has no perpendicular lines. longbowmen would need to stand up to shoot correctly. the stairs nearby go counter clockwise UPWARD because right handed fighters would have the advantage. (the attackers coming down would be trying to slice through the pillar. the attackers going up essentially have a bigger area to swing) this particular design is used when you want to fight UP when defending. for this to work correct, you usually need to be really heavily defended in the front in order to keep people coming in from the top longer.
This is my current playthrough but I don't use any Enchant NPCs but do allow found scrolls. Finding all the neat ways to make cheap enchants and finding the first Soul Trap Scroll was a godsend
I don't know what it is but it's so relaxing to simply listen to the videos while gaming or trying to sleep, watching them is of course also awesome :3
You are the reason I’ve decided to try Morrowind and I really had the best experience of playing the game with knowledge I got from your work, thank you!
You mentioned high rolling damage on those X-Y damage for Z seconds enchantments, so I want to point out that the magnitude is rerolled every frame. At any sort of reasonable frame rate you might as well assume it deals average damage. You can high roll on effects that apply over zero seconds, though. The UI just isn't very nice about distinguishing those from 1s effects... (And you can high roll on effects that only apply once, but you knew that since you were stacking Fortify Strength!)
There is a key to Baladas' door. When you enter Arvs, go right until you are in a room with bed. On an endtable is paper and the key named summoning room key, I think, is on the paper.
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@terror-basil same I didn't want to mention the obvious but JBN already did
Yeah I was like... What? But the brush thingy seems nice
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Here's a challenge I did back when I was still playing Morrowind: Something unique to Morrowind is that soul gems will display the name of whatever soul is caught inside. While you cannot trap human souls there are many unique creatures that can be caught. Do you have what it takes to become a Pokemon Master?
lmao
Oml is Vivec the box art legendary?
@@thebigdork8030 Yes, and Dagoth Ur is the other one. Almalexia is the third one that's part of the third game version released a year later where everything is slightly altered and the endgame is extended, like with Emerald and Platinum.
@@Rodoet001So you're saying Almalexia is Heatran?
@@iamnotjcook I was thinking more akin to like Rayquaza or Giratina, but you raise a good point since she is technically post game. So yeah, maybe more Hetran or Moltres from FireRed/LeafGreen.
Can't wait to get a good night's sleep with this
Guess we're in the same boat lol. Morrowind before bed is quite soothing and nostalgic in all the best kind of ways.
same
Most people: wake me up, a new video just dropped!
Us chosen: finally sleep
In bed, cuppa tea and ready to call it a night to listening to this dude
Biggg relatable @@sharashka510
34:16 The real answer is, in the Morrowind iteration of the lore, Vampires are connected to Vaermina and explicitly NOT Molag Bal:
- Molag Bal himself says that he got the cure from Vaermina
- Derar Hlervu, a servant of Molag Bal, says that "Molag Bal has dealt before with the dark walkers, though they are not of his making".
- In Morrowind, Molag Bal is known as the father of vampires, but the Vampires of Vvardenfell vol.II says that "This account of the origin of vampirism is peculiar to Morrowind, appearing nowhere else in Imperial lore."
- In the book "A Game at Dinner", an unknown person writing to Dhaunayne Aundae swears by "Vaernima the Gifter".
The lore directly tying Molag Bal to vampires is a latter retcon from Oblivion on.
And ESO later goes "Actually any of em can make vampires most of em just have different properties" wherein the qualities that define it effectively slot Werewolves into being Hircine's version
As a guess, the werewolves are probably Argonian acrobats since both just come first in an alphabetical race and class list.
them being Argonians is probably for this reason, them being Acrobats is because that's the default class.
In other words: it's even lazier than you thought, somehow
Never underestimate the lizard ninjas, they still have Daggerfall's climb skill and aren't afraid to use it.
“What’s the Nerevarine doing? I sent him to kill Sotha Sil days ago.”
*cut to Nerevar jumping in the corner*
little did she know now have to face the Nerevarine with thunder thighs bunny hopping anywhere like no tomorrow
1:07:30 The werewolves being Argonian Acrobats is because they both start with A. That means they default to being the first selections at the top of the Race and Class lists when you make a new NPC in the Construction Set. They simply didn't bother changing the default result, an Argonian Acrobat, because you'd normally only ever see them in werewolf form anyway. All of the 'generic' werewolves during the main quest are like this, while only the 'wandering' werewolves/lunatics get different looks.
On the subject of Vampirism: In Morrowind and Oblivion you may contract Porphyric Hemophilia, which is not the original vampiric strain created by Molag Bal's rape of Lamae (and neither is Skyrim's "Sanguinare Vampiris"). The original strain is known as Noxiphilic Sanguivoria. One notable difference is that Lamae's bloodline is not vulnerable to sunlight, unlike other iterations of the disease.
So the likely reason why Molag Bal can't cure Porphyric Hemophilia is because he didn't directly create it himself.
From what i know all subsequent strains were made in a similar way so all forms of vampirism come from molag bal Vermina is just the only being that can seemingly cure vampirism (don't know why but that seems to be the case)
Yeah didn’t the strain in oblivion come from a vampire making a deal with Clavicus Vile? It stands to reason that other forces can tamper with vampirism if that’s true.
@@mateokirstine9782 that’s right. Porphyria hemophilia is Clavicus Vile’s “strain” of vampirism. There’s ample evidence to suggest basically all daedric princes can create their own forms
34:27 I love this mini tangent actually because it was addressed a couple years ago by ESO in one of their in-character Q&A's. Academically, the most general definition of a vampire is a mortal infused with a specific type of daedric essence which acts as a bridge or vector between their soul and the Prince from whom the essence originates. Under this definition, werewolves are technically just Hircine's vampires.
As for Aedric vampires? I mean, Argonians are right there. Anything is an Argonian if it is sufficiently Hist.
And failing that, the Dragonborn technically meet this criteria as well.
>hist
>Aedric
Imperial theological appropriation/propaganda. I erect the spine of resentment.
So the dragonborn being a werewolve or vampire8n Skyrim means they're double vampire?
but vampire and werwolves are contagious; you can't increase the pool of dragonborns by punching someone long enough.
Eyy, my correction made it in! Arrow slits are 100% real, with the addition that they also work as windows if you're not being attacked. Real ones tend to be cruciform to give a wider arc of fire.
There's also sometimes slits in the floor above the gate, and people above can shoot arrows down through them. Or just drop rocks. Cheaper that way. Or poke a very long pike through but I dunno if anyone actually did that. The hot oil thing is mostly a myth on account of oil being expensive in medieval times but water was sometimes done.
Anyways!
hot sand was also thrown through these murder holes, since its very effective at getting everywhere (in-between armor), and it would certainly be very irritating.
@@arturnicaciodeandrade9861 and cause the decent bit of burn.
@@arturnicaciodeandrade9861and has a significantly higher heat capacity than water, allowing for it to more reliably inflict incapacitating burns (plus very fine sand grains will form a short lived, boiling hot dust cloud, which is exactly as horrific to inhale as it sounds)
@@theapexsurvivor9538 you can get sand much hotter yes, much lower actual heat capacity though unless youre getting sand to melt, (it takes ~1/4th the energy to heat sand the same number of degrees as water) it is however, much easier to clean up and reuse after the fact without damaging whatevers down below, so unless youre heating the sand up to 500-600c boiling water will cause worse burns, not least of which because its going to saturate whatever cloth the person is wearing
Yeah I'm gonna need a source for that "hot sand" claim. Sounds ridiculous. So much energy would be required for the whole process. Even water surely didn't happen much.
Rocks. They likely just dropped heavy rocks
In regards to the interhouse conflict, this is by design of the teachings of the Good Daedra, specifically Mephala. These types of squabbles, attacks, and hostage situations, along with the Morag Tong, are what keep the dunmer people from actually having an all-out civil war. It's like stability through instability.
"Half of you are probably asleep" YES. YES I WAS. SOOTHING VOICE GO BRRRR
The Ella Enchanted reference is actually such a throwback
Lmao I know right? It's a damn good joke
Incidentally the same people who get that joke are also very good at throwing it back. What a grand and intoxicating coincidence. Instead of making me docile, Morrowind’s curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally. Who knows? You? Damn 😏
OHHHHH
lmao
I love Morrowind's enchanting system. It's so much more flexible than Skyrim, even if you ignore the various glitches and bugs.
skyrims enchanting is infamously more buggy than oblivion or morrowind as speedrunning the game requires abusing the resto loop which is mainly enabled through skyrims system of enchantments being passive effects.
@@Ninja1Ninja2To be fair morrowind has basically the exact same exploit by doing a loop of fortify intelligence potions, drinking them, and rhe brewing more stronger fortify intelligence potions
@@Ninja1Ninja2 I mean, Morrowind has passive enchants too, such as everyone's favorite boots, and you could just make buffing enchants, the real thing holding it back is that enchants and spellcraft both have 100 Potency limits on their effect sliders, thus why you go to Alchemy instead
@@syrelian Not to mention enchant having item capacity as an additional limiter.
Glitches? Bugs? I don't know what you're talking about, do you mean features?
That "ground wizard" joke was way too funny to not draw attention to
I was NOT expecting a manscaped ad lmao. Our boy getting sponsored, lets go!
13:12 - archer windows are a thing in many European castles. Except ingame they are kinda reversed - it used to be tiny slit on the outer wall while it was about 120 degree wide opening on the inside so they could aim easily/closer to walls while from the attackers side it was still just tiny slit to get projectiles through. Also yes, it's rampart thing not tower one, but then again - it's a game, not class on history lol.
your voice acting at 9:07 gave me whiplash from how good it was. had to replay it a few times! it suddenly gives the idea of a mage who paralyzes their enemies prior to blasting them with harmful spells little by little just to be able to stand face to face with them and watch the little flame of life in their eyes go out...
It's pretty metal
That bit was so dark! The cruel whisper in the ear, the inevitable doom... then the yelp made me burst out laughing. It was so grim and serious until it wasn't xD
@58:20 Mamaea sounds kind of like Mummia, which is the powdered remains of mummies. We used to use it medicinally. In fact, demand for it used to be so high that people would tar over unidentified or condemned bodies in the desert, wait a while, and then come back to collect the dessicated goods.
Kinda fitting for a 6th House dungeon name.
Sheogorath is right, haven't you been to Skyrim? Solitude does indeed invite madness
19:37 yeah that makes sense. Summoning is much easier for the summoner when you know the true name or have a piece of the summoned. A sufficiently well rendered image working as such is a novel concept
Mother: "Wow our daughter is so cute!"
Father: "What should we name her?"
Mother: "How about we name her something we're passionate about?"
Father "I know what we should call her!"
Father: "Cumanya!"
Mother:
Mother:
Mother: "Genius"
If Caius Cossades ever has children, they will all be named skooma
6:28 IIRC, there is a key to that door, it’s in the room to the left of the room where he imprisoned the orc who tried to collect taxes from him
You are correct I had to get that key a few days ago and you are right on the money
yup, it's on the table between the two beds
and you can easily spot the key as it also happens to be put on top of a white paper object above the bed table too
"Put on my skirt."
"Okay."
"How DARE you wear MY skirt!"
This game I swear
therana is unhinged. debatably, she was never attached to the doorframe to begin with.
Took me years as a kid to realize you can make the slave wear it and she attacks them instead.
The whole Vaermina thing on the source of the vampirism cure is interesting, it may be that even though Molag Bal created vampirism, that doesn't mean he knows how to cure it, I wonder if maybe Vaermina knew it because she stole the memory from the dreams of a mortal.
A man scaped ad from the guy with Alopecia is perfection
I like the little lore tidbits and commenting on the quests and characters you interact with. I see a lot of RPG challenge runs where the player's reaction to everything is basically "ew, lore". Which is fine, lol, understandably they're trying to get through their challenges quickly and create regular content, but its also just nice to see someone who seems to like and enjoy the games they play.
Excellent video as always.
6:28 - There is a key to the door to Baladas. It's called "Summoning Room Key" and it's on a piece of paper on a nightstand in one of the bedrooms. I have played this game too many times.
A new Just Background Noise......and it's over an hour long...... is it my birthday?????? 😍😍
Might not be yours, but I'll take it as a late birthday present for me tho. Turned 22 a couple days ago
It's my birthday today lol 🤣
Happy birthdays to everyone! Mine was in March, so a bit ago. Also, I'm old as shit now, so they don't mean much to me anymore. Legitimately forget my age several times a year since I turned 30.
Love the dedication of this run at 1:01:00 you could of easily just left and edited it out so you could get the strength but you instead grinded away by jumping into a wall. I absolutely love it please never stop making videos they're are all incredible
Honestly Molag Bal not being able to cure vampirism makes perfect sense, you wouldn't expect the God of Ice and Freezing to be able to cure hypothermia, even if they sure as fuck would be able to cause it and it would be a part of their sphere of influence, so why would the god of vampires be able to undo it? if anything the odd part is that he is willing to do it, and isn't insulted that you are so eager to refuse his gift and would try to prevent you from escaping his control
One of my favorite early-game boosts in Morrowind (done at level 1 already IIRC) was using stolen soulstones to enchant a large steel shield to open any door (100 pts) on touch, illustrating why the "just happened to find in dungeons or as quest rewards" part is so important. Probably much more important than not using scrolls. Making 16:01 choice not about laziness, but about integrity)
Thank you SO MUCH for doing more than just beating the base game. Speedrunning tech has made that sooooo trivial.
Also, you doing obscure side-quests is the only way I find out about some of them. I've played Morrowind a thousand times, only finishing it a handfull of times, but I've never heard of some of the people or places you mention.
Pretty close approximation to how I play the game normally
The random loot in the Balmora boxes makes early Morrowind feel like a roguelite sometimes haha
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Archer slits were indeed a thing, and they were also put in the inside of fortifications, because most mid-high medieval era castles had multiple layers of defensive fortifications and walls. If one layer was breached, the defenders could retreat to the next layer, so being able to fire down on the fortifications the enemy now controlled was a very useful thing.
I love this channel. It's a perfect venn diagram of things I enjoy. Odd play throughs, Marrowind, relaxing but humorous narration. It's perfect, thank you so much for uploading these and sharing with us.
Some of the guilds in morrowind skip over stat requirements for the final rank usually awarding it as the reward for the quest, such as the imperial legion and mages guild who will only conceede thier position to you via duel to the death, telvanni also does this.
Fun fact! Short blades are "best" type of melee weapon because any melee weapon thats not a spear has the same reach (1 unit). Spears have double that. (2 units). So, thanks to their reach and speed of attack, they can really add up over time. Doesnt feel as good as slamming a warhammer into a scamps head, but hey. The more you know.
You can test this by hitting a wall and listening to the hit sounds.
Just a small detail thats always made me laugh after I found it out in 2004
I don't think this quite works out. Due to the way Morrowind weapons work, a charged hit from a warhammer might well do more damage than a bunch of hits from a dagger unless it has very high minimum damage. Plus, spam attacks drain your fatigue.
@@lucasgreer1736 Theres a reason best was in quotes. The way I play, I use enchanted daggers to whip out absorb health in a blur.
I was mainly pointing out the reach effect with the weapons
@@poorlydisguisedeldritchabo221 yeah the fact that they have the same reach as everything except spears is pretty funny
@@lucasgreer1736 Blade both Long and Short just so heavily outclass all the other weapon types with their top-end contenders the most possible weapon DPS comes from there but you are correct that spam attacking is usually not a good idea. If you're relying on applying magical effects on strike though higher weapon speed means more applications of absorb health lol.
@kylegonewild true!
Probably the best manscaped ad I've seen lol, fantastic video
Just wanted to say man that, you've helped me through life lately. My cousin passed and he was a big Morrowind player (not to mention you look fairly like him lol) and I've been watching your videos alot and I love the way you do them, and the challenges you do. Keep it up bro!
Keep your head high, bro! You should boot up Morrowind in honor and memory of your cousin
@davisjacobs5748 I will, thank you!
Umbra is another easy way to get a soultrap item in Morrowind, which is on use. It's a staple in all my playthroughs.
Oh, so it is. Well, that would've made this run a bit quicker. Weapon enchantments always default to "on strike" in my head for some reason.
thinking about it, it may be that each daedra has a gift of therianthropy, so for Hircine it would be a werewolf, and for molag bal it would be vampires, and maybe vaermina has her own therianthropes that are also a form of vampire
Not getting the Boots of the Apostle from Gnisis as an enchanted item with levitate on it at the start of the game was the bravest act of integrity i have seen all year ... in regards to morrowind challenge run videos. I salute.
I had previously considered a "Wands only" run where the only spells you can cast were from items. This takes it a step further.
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Merchants pull from levelled lists for their stock. As you level up, they (generally) get better stuff to put in their wares. That said, the lower level stuff never goes away so you don't always see the higher level stuff. This happens when they restock, I believe every 72 hours.
You pronounced Hlaalu like you grew up there and return for the holidays. Seriously it was so natural for a moment I second guessed that it was fantasy gibberish and not a province in New Guinea.
Not only are the runs fun to watch/listen to/fall asleep to. But the ads are always amazing actually enjoyable funny ads what cant this guy do
It's a small thing, but the etymology lesson of Bal and the lore stuff is absolutely A+ commentary and fantastic.
Pro tip: So, if you start with conjuration you start with summon ancesteral ghost. Also if you start with destruction which gives you a fire spell. Then purchase a soul trap spell. If you do all that you can creat a spell/enchantment that can fill comman souls worth $4000 each. You need to make the spell/enchantment like this. Ancestral ghost on self for 2 seconds then soultrap on target for 2 seconds then fire damage for 23 damage on target.
I like how he's so accustomed to doing the Sunder and Keening exception note, he still does it even though they're perfectly within this challenge's rules
I just recently discovered this channel and the fact you upload regularly is fantastic.
Keep it up mate these videos are great
34:21 I think Vaermina made the cure to vampirism specifically to curb Molag Bal’s influence over mortals. That sounds like something daedric lords would do to each other.
Your musing on the nature of vampires in lore has me DYING to see things like Namira's vampires, or Sheogorath's vampires...
There is actually a hidden key to Demnavanni's door, I was just in there today for Trebonius' quest and happened across it. It's in the room with the skeletons if I recall? It's called the summoning room key. For some reason uesp doesn't have an entry for it on the page for the location or for Baladas, but it does exist in the uesp if you search for it.
I love the tangents you go on in videos please dont cut them out !!
The first movie reference I got, and I don't even know anything about that movie. There's also a book, you see, an elegant entertainment from a more civilized age.
I thought books were from morrowind
@@iamthehobo they are, 20 years ago was a simpler time
I know why you didn't use the cast when strikes items, but I really do love those ones. One of my favorite enchants to put on a weapon is a simple Absorb Fatigue 9 points enchantment. It's a 1 cost enchantment, so you can put it on any weapon, and it also only burns one charge per swing. It basically ensures that my fatigue is always full and whatever I'm fighting is low on fatigue, and you don't even need expensive soul gems or specific high enchant capacity weapons to make it effective.
Just finished re-listening to most of your morrowind videos while working wanting more to listen to, my wishes have been answered !
I love your content. It scratches a major itch. Your editing and ads are also very great to see
The bat belt that every player assembles eventually in this game is always great. Morrowinds best feature most inexcusable removal in the later games.
Heck yeah, tower sign baby! Double the max distance.
Damage rings are smoked too, this is actually a run I frequently do, usually take mercantile. Can't wait to see where this video goes.
I have been going thru a lot. Your videos are calm, peaceful, and innocent. They help my spirit be at ease and my mind calm. Thank you.
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"Ground wizards"sent me.
Definitely gonna steal that.
Wow you got a sponsorship! Really becoming a TH-cam Big Boy. I would have never guessed you had alopecia, I thought you had just discovered a look that was great for you. Obviously it sucks to have your choice taken away, but it is nice that it worked out.
Yeah I do imagine any deadra can create their own "vampires", lycanthropy may as well be the hircine equivalent to it
I love how we can tell just how positively *delighted* you were after killing the heart.
You've made my shitty trip far better with these two videos, thank you JBN
ah where u goin dude, cross-country or cross-fade?
@kinkinkijkin we can only hope he made it to his final destination, be it the inner workings of his mind or the other side of the US
So what were you on? Please, give us a trip report!
@@centralintelligenceagency9003 nice try fed boy
Oh nah I was driving to California and back from Maryland, it was a hell of a drive lol
I absolutely love your morrowind videos, always was my favorite elderscrolls and I could watch your challenge runs of it forever and ever. Thank you lol
As always, this was a really entertaining watch and made an hour go by in a flash. Just wanted to say you got me to give Morrowind a go again after initially bouncing off it years ago. Made an imperial knight, then got annoyed at being so slow in heavy armor, and after that I made an orc barbarian born under the steed so now it actually feels like I can run.
I appreciate that you tend to keep the game volume low compared to the narration. It makes putting on reruns of these when i need to use your channel for what its called much nicer.
And I just finished eating. Guess I have to eat another meal now so I can watch everyone's favourite Morrowind youtuber who has posted a video within the last 30 minutes!
Dude's channel just exploded into the atmosphere, congratulations jbn I'm glad so many people can enjoy the channel.
On my 2nd playthrough, I made a custom 'techno-mage' class. I had a Nord (100% Frost resistance and 50% shock resistance) with heavy armor (Dwemer armor for the robot look) and lots of enchanted rings for all my spells. Maxed out enchanting too (obviously).
I loved playing it because enchanted items have zero casting speed, and low stamina doesn't affect the casting chance. Just had a ring of fire damage for Nords, and a ring of cold damage for everything else. If the cold damage got reflected, it didn't matter because I was immune anyway. Went with alchemy and some other non magic skills that the Mage's Guild uses for their requirements, just so I could advance through their questline and reduce prices at the enchanter.
Had a blast throwing magic spells around like a machine gun.
Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on TH-cam and i haven't even played Morrowind! Keep up the awesome work man!
This is a great challenge series for those who might love ES and morrowind but due to any number of reasons prefer a story adventure mode rather than a play-through. I encourage everyone to play it but I get why this format is enjoyed so much.
I liked how you floated down to the guard to begin the run. Cool detail, love the video.
“Stole the limewire platter so I can get all the illegal downloads”. Lol ahh memories of my time on the high seas.
Man the Enchanting system is so much fun in this game I wish it stuck around for future games, could have been an easy replacement for custom spells than the abandonment of the mechanic in skyrim for being "too spreadsheety" and "having too much of a focus on what the numbers do" as Bethesda's excuse for then straight up lying about the damage spells do to the point where I'm pretty certain that the wall spells actually deal 20 less damage than they say they do when you see their actual damage number in the editor
Something like this was my most fun run of morrowind. I played an orc mage that couldn't use magic so I had to enchant items to act as spells. Very challenging early game and forces you to do many different quests hunting down the best enchanted items. Telvanni quests give some really juicy ones.
Oh hey, I remember playing on Steam for the first time and being confused about the yellow bar for a moment. :D
Also, hah! Love the burn on Zurin. (16:59)
Always appreciate your videos. As a lore loving old man, you are one of my favorite TH-camr's. Thanks for making content for US and not for all. Mad respect.
@Just Background Noise I love your challenges bro! I played morrowind for the first time when I was 6 on original Xbox, before they released the dlcs for solsthiem and tribunal, I bought a physical copy of it when it came out and I was blown away by the added health bar to enemies. Major major major qol improvement!
I'm loving these man. Always going back to watch them again, or simply have them as just background noise.
Oh hell yeah another Morrowind vid! Aint gonna lie that is top tier content. Btw that alopecia makes it so easy for you to rock that futuristic Harkonnen look that is quite badass.
10/10 I love content creators that make their sponsored message interesting/fun instead of just purely reading off a script.
13:20 not only are the "archer slits" or a balistraria, usually used for archery, there are also cases where they will jut a shortsword, dagger, or spear out the hole as the assailants are climbing ladders, since the best place to put a ladder is right above the slits in the wall. this allows for the attackers to be funneled into ladders with swords right behind them. should they choose another place to climb, it is usually either somewhere there are soldiers waiting to fight them, or it is flat out better defended. so yes, the "archer slit" is historically accurate!
Edit because i couldnt leave it at just this.
Looking back at the castle you were in, its pretty accurate. there are usually lockers or extra bows nearby for easy refills. the bow on the shelf is a longbow, which explains why the slit is taller and has no perpendicular lines. longbowmen would need to stand up to shoot correctly. the stairs nearby go counter clockwise UPWARD because right handed fighters would have the advantage. (the attackers coming down would be trying to slice through the pillar. the attackers going up essentially have a bigger area to swing) this particular design is used when you want to fight UP when defending. for this to work correct, you usually need to be really heavily defended in the front in order to keep people coming in from the top longer.
This is my current playthrough but I don't use any Enchant NPCs but do allow found scrolls.
Finding all the neat ways to make cheap enchants and finding the first Soul Trap Scroll was a godsend
I don't know what it is but it's so relaxing to simply listen to the videos while gaming or trying to sleep, watching them is of course also awesome :3
Found this channel while at work and have never been more interested to replay morrowind now.
Your content is superb as always. You ought to watch out for that spurious clone though, lest you be replaced like Jagar Tharn did Uriel the VII:th.
Just got back from my graduation, and I was greeted with this gift. Always happy to see your videos!
Of all the things I expected to see when I clicked this, an insert for manscaped was not one of them. Thanks, narratively spurious clone!
You are the reason I’ve decided to try Morrowind and I really had the best experience of playing the game with knowledge I got from your work, thank you!
The first manscaped ad I saw that didn't disgust me by talking about ball sweat. Well done
You mentioned high rolling damage on those X-Y damage for Z seconds enchantments, so I want to point out that the magnitude is rerolled every frame. At any sort of reasonable frame rate you might as well assume it deals average damage. You can high roll on effects that apply over zero seconds, though. The UI just isn't very nice about distinguishing those from 1s effects... (And you can high roll on effects that only apply once, but you knew that since you were stacking Fortify Strength!)
man i just can't, your narration, voice and that you're making TES content! I fucking love your content so much.
I really liked the sponsor spot, was actually interesting to hear they had products for you.
There is a key to Baladas' door. When you enter Arvs, go right until you are in a room with bed. On an endtable is paper and the key named summoning room key, I think, is on the paper.
I once did a play through with only scrolls, and enchanted staves. Probably the most fun I’ve had in a play through in awhile
ty for making morrowind/oblivion videos - MY CHILDHOOD.