Register    Calendar    Members    ST Team    Forum Search    FAQ    Portal    Overview Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Beyond Cyrodiil » Skyrim for Oblivion » The Mead Hall » Idea: Hostile Barbarian Settlements » Hello You Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Recommend to a Friend | Add Thread to Favorites Idea: Hostile Barbarian Settlements Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Siegfried Archduke Registration Date: 07.03.2006 Posts: 2,598 Location: With Your Mom... Idea: Hostile Barbarian Settlements        I was sitting and thinking while working on the redwoods, I had just put down on a bandit camp, and it made me think back to those rogue ashlander camps from Morrowind, or even the inhabitable ruined strongholds (once you killed off the baddies at least). It then occured to me, why not do something kidn of like that with Skyrim. We could have hostile barbarian settlements scattered around the game world, these wouldn't be very complex, just a Chieftain's long house, a couple of huts (maybe retexes of the ones Psych is making for the crannogs?), all surrounded by a palisade wall. These wouldn't be very common, just a few in the rugged outer-reaches of each hold, but they would add an interesting challenge for the player. 07.04.2007 18:45 Psychotic Jarl of Skyrim Registration Date: 30.07.2006 Posts: 3,420 Location: Sheogorath's Realm Yeah, I like the idea! Something like small totally self-sufficient clans that don't want anything to do with anyone... like crazy rednecks that shoot at people who trespass on their property. 07.04.2007 19:00 Alasdair Jarl of Skyrim Registration Date: 29.08.2006 Posts: 1,169 Location: Somerset, England It's a good idea, although the Rift itself is a bit too built-up and cosmopolitan for barbarian villages. The area above the Rift between Vernim wood, Pagran village and Dragon wood would be perfect though! 07.04.2007 19:04 Ebonyknight Seigneur Registration Date: 04.02.2006 Posts: 766 Location: Canada, Ontario Maybe have one high in some Mountain in an Old Ruined Castle and it could involve a neat quest of stopping him before he starts pillaging. Also what about Reavers I always liked them maybe they could have their harbour somewhere in online the North Shore. __________________ Some say I'm here, Others say I'm there, but really... I am every where Beware I am Shadow I am the darkness in the corner waiting for you to take your mind off things for a moment then I strike without hesitation and leave no trail 07.04.2007 19:27 Siegfried Archduke Registration Date: 07.03.2006 Posts: 2,598 Location: With Your Mom... Good ideas Ebonyknight, I really like the idea of a secret Reaver port somewhere. Also maybe we should have the barbarian settlements send out scouting and raiding parties that actually have organized movement paths around the game world, not just random wanderers, but guys that actually move out of the settlement and steal/pillage, then come back with their trophies. On top of that, maybe we can occasionally have reaver ships spawn and their crews off of the coasts. 07.04.2007 20:03 Ebonyknight Seigneur Registration Date: 04.02.2006 Posts: 766 Location: Canada, Ontario Yea it could be an unchartted reaver town will say taverns, fences, ship wrights, weapons, and of course the Master Reaver. __________________ Some say I'm here, Others say I'm there, but really... I am every where Beware I am Shadow I am the darkness in the corner waiting for you to take your mind off things for a moment then I strike without hesitation and leave no trail 07.04.2007 20:46 Psychotic Jarl of Skyrim Registration Date: 30.07.2006 Posts: 3,420 Location: Sheogorath's Realm There are a couple of islands directly east of Solitude, they would be perfect for a secret Reaver port/settlement. 07.04.2007 20:52 Siegfried Archduke Registration Date: 07.03.2006 Posts: 2,598 Location: With Your Mom... This will be a hostile town right? 07.04.2007 21:03 Ebonyknight Seigneur Registration Date: 04.02.2006 Posts: 766 Location: Canada, Ontario Yes, say the reavers attack you on sight but the shop keepers when talked to tell you to blow it else where __________________ Some say I'm here, Others say I'm there, but really... I am every where Beware I am Shadow I am the darkness in the corner waiting for you to take your mind off things for a moment then I strike without hesitation and leave no trail 07.04.2007 21:05 Skot the Sanguine Knight Registration Date: 11.10.2006 Posts: 93 Location: New York, USA Would be cool if you could join a group though. Always irritated me how I could not join a group of bandits in Oblivion. Maybe it was because I wasn't a Redguard, khajiit, Dark Elf or Wood Elf. One thing though was that lore supported the ashlander aggressiveness in that they historically raided House peoples for supplies and whatnot. Perhaps its just me, but I think if Skyrim is pushing into other territories (Morrowind and Solstheim), their troops most likely have crushed any such openly hostile settlements in their own lands. __________________ That which does not kill me only delays the inevitable. 08.04.2007 16:47 -Sulan- Chieftain of Skyrim Registration Date: 06.03.2006 Posts: 443 Location: Sweden Cool idea!!! I likes it! It?d be very cool as you suggested Siegried that they actually go out on raids occasionally, cuz I suppose thats what they?d be mostly be living from right? I can see some miscellaneous quest looking something like: You get to some remote village where sturdy Nords live their hard daily life. Life has been even harder lately due to some barbarion raids recently, they?ve been stealing cattle, burning and taken their women... So a few brave young men have volunteered to go to the bottom with it and the chieftain asks if you want to join.. And then you go along with these young brave nords to put an end to these raids, and maybe rescue someone who was captured in one of the raids. There could also be some twist, like one of the villagers has been helping the raiders by opening the gates and letting them in or something in exchange for money. And when you get back to the village you don?t just get to put the barbarian chieftains head on a pike for all to see. You also get to point fingers on the traitor and see the villagers stone him to death or something Oh well, it?d be cool without the twist as well... 08.04.2007 16:51 Tree Structure | Board Structure Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Beyond Cyrodiil » Skyrim for Oblivion » The Mead Hall » Idea: Hostile Barbarian Settlements This is an archived forum section of Silgrad Tower Forum.