Morrowind - Part 5 - Fortune Favours The Grave

Morrowind continues, as we try to figure out the secret to making money, with theories including taking bribes to sabotage the work of my fellow mages, improving my sandwich-making-skills, and, if all else fails, there's always grave robbing...
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[@mihai4815]

Bribing 10g at a time is more likely to be successful than admire and will still raise your speechcraft. The 10gp bribe is the way to go in Morrowind

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

there is a better way.... corener a random person and spam, just hammer, the intimidation button.

[@Osma777]

I was literally about to type this.

[@theamazingbatboy]

For sure, at low personality greasing the palms of people and giving them 'gifts' is a lot easier to achieve a boost than your not-so-silver tongue (and still cheaper than training).

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

A good way to improve speech without alienating the entire population of Morrowind might be something like a +20-60 personality spell lasting a couple seconds. Since the game pauses during conversations, the buff would last the whole conversation. Plus you're a wizard! Who needs to *actually* be beautiful when you can use magic to just trick everybody into thinking you are?

[@saag024]

I'm so sorry I can just upvote this comment once. But this is (one of the many) way(s)

[@Electric999999]

At that point you may as well just Fortify Speechcraft directly and skip levelling it.

[@Slithy]

@@Electric999999 but then you don't get personality level-ups

[@Taolan8472]

And Illusion, visual tricks to prank the brain with fear and silence, blur and go invisible, pretend your someone else's dad, disguise, mislead, take on their life...

[@drakebrawley5852]

+60 to personality for 10 seconds is actually hilariously easy to cast if your even a halfway decent mage. I tend to make that spell very often at the start of the game (10 seconds because its my own personal rule that menu spells need to last at least 10 seconds)

[@thereforedragons]

Yeeeaaahhh... It's actually kinda tricky to repair an NPC's disposition after you've "flattered" them down to zero. Definitely be careful with that. XD

[@shetlandapache949]

If they are in the same guild as you, its not as bad cause as you advance in the guild, they will tend to forgive your foot in mouth history

[@ManyATrueNerd]

I just want to know what exactly Aria is saying to them that's causing her own friends and colleagues to decide they despise her within 3 exchanges...

[@librarianseth5572]

@@ManyATrueNerdshe’s mentioning she’s vegan and/or promoting a pyramid scheme

[@squishgod9094]

​@@ManyATrueNerd"Oh, Hey Aria, how did it go looking for Ajira's flowers?" Aria: *every slur imaginable followed by unmitigated Sixth House rhetoric*

[@charlesfranks1902]

@@ManyATrueNerd It's probably a compliment, "You smell like an orc."

[@foremastjohn]

Jon, something to consider is that this game originally shipped with a large printed map of the game area. Many of us played with this map spread out in front of us or hung on the wall, and it’s an immense help when planning your quest journeys. If anything, the in-game map is a supplement to the large printed map, not the other way round. I would really recommend finding a high-res image of the original game map and using it for orienteering, navigation and discovery. It’s absolutely an integral part of the original game experience!

[@SuperRedNovaDragon]

Mine didnt come with that. Maybe my parents bought the game used. But my skyrim did. I used the in game map just fine, and a spiral note book to mark down important things like ingredients and stuff

[@TippisBRC]

Yes, the paper (or cloth if you were particularly fancy) map only had the downside that new places didn't light up when you were first told about them. In every other way it was more useful and relevant to travel than the in-game map could ever be. In-game was good for local discovery though, especially trying to remember who lived in which house :D

[@foremastjohn]

@@SuperRedNovaDragonyeah lots of used copies didn’t have the map anymore which was a real shame. Glad you could enjoy the game all the same though! The real benefit of the paper map was showing you the overall layout so you could track the directions you were getting, and the icons on the paper map showed you all sorts of interesting things that made you want to go there and discover what they were all about. But if you played with that sense of discovery even without the paper map cheers and more power to you!

[@foremastjohn]

@@TippisBRCfor sure, both maps complemented each other well and were useful for different aspects of navigation. I think the full experience is making good use of both!

[@TippisBRC]

Definitely. The paper map, with all its detail and half-annotated (in three different languages) points of interest, might feel like a bit of a cheat compared to how little information the game itself gives you, but it's truly the intended way to play. It's a bit like the paragraph books in the even older age, when the game couldn't provide all text itself and instead had to reference a separate book in the box that told the actual story of your encounters.

[@primusofcatarina4910]

I was already waiting for the moment when Jon finds out the mages guild in Morrowind is more like a magic mafia instead of discount Hogwarts.

[@Twisted_Logic]

I love that all the magic-focused factions in Morrowind are shady in their own ways. From the Klingon promotions of the Telvanni to the more figurative backstabbing and "dues" shakedowns of the Mage's Guild. And the Tribunal Temple... well... Anyway, I love that the Mage's Guild isn't just a magic-flavored Fighter's Guild.

[@Kr0nicDragon]

I mean.....both work for me

[@Mobysimo]

So....word of warning about Speechcraft Jon. If you annoy someone enough, they'll start trying to kill you.

[@larrychilders6599]

It's a Bethesda game, wait 3 days and he'd be fine

[@Mobysimo]

@@larrychilders6599 It is also Morrowind, a game thats rather janky Plus, Jon might just get slapped to death first especially if he pisses off a wizard or someone with a big weapon

[@GatlingGun12]

Generally, only using taunt does that. Most NPCs aren't so aggressive that they attack at 0 disposition.

[@billiarn907]

That's only when taunting succeeds, not when admire/intimidate/bribe fail.

[@Mobysimo]

@@billiarn907 Still, Jon might try taunting someone while trying to raise it up from 0 and result in a fight

[@Vollification]

Skyrim quest: "All is lost if you don't complete this task!" Morrowind quest: "Here's some spare change, go and buy a bowl for me you low level peasant."

[@twitchyb9950]

The task: retrieve generic iron mace from Blackreach

[@ThymbraeusPresents]

Fun Fact: The ashes of Lord Brinne are named after a regular poster in the Elder Scrolls forums. There are a few of such items (Lord Brinne, G. Lyngas, and D. Bryant) and each are nice little memorials to posters in the forums who died during the making of Morrowind.

[@AmundJones]

Hey Jon, consider buying large stacks of arrows and selling them back one at a time, raising the price on each by 1 when able. It can train your mercantile and also make you money once you're good at it.

[@jamesyoung3731]

This sounds like the least fun way to play anything

[@Sirfinchyyy]

Plus every trade increases the disposition of the vendor.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

​@@jamesyoung3731 you're not wrong but he could do that off camera.

[@jamesdrummond7684]

@@jamesyoung3731 as has been said by game designers before, players will streamline the joy out of games if given the change

[@David169100]

at that point occasionally buying empty soul gems filling them with whatever runs into you and selling them and buying some training in mercantile seems to be a lot more pleasant than buying and selling hundreds of arrows one at a time

[@stevenhskns]

Between discovering fortify attribute spells, skills, and magical items and sandwich making Jon is on the edge of a dangerous revelation when it comes to alchemy 😂

[@Sirfinchyyy]

7:50 Will John steal the extremely powerful and valuable soul gems? 8:20 Nope, didn't even consider it.

[@gretchman]

I definitely was holding my breath during that and ended up QUITE disappointed. Boy is he in for a treat when he finds out how much they’re worth.

[@theamazingbatboy]

Hint: For a significant personality boost, pay close attention the next time you see Telvaani Bug Musk. You're doing great so far, your build is absolutely viable, despite the Orc discrimination growing pains.

[@prinnywizzard9608]

Did Jon just... *not* steal everything on Galbedir's unattended desk? I respect the self-restraint if nothing else 😂

[@Mobysimo]

He was too focused on annoying everyone in the Guild with his terrible attempts at flattery lol

[@benk50000]

I was surprised too. I really thought he would. I guess he didn't see the value on those gems tho.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

He probably didn't even think about stealing them, so as not to get evicted from the guild.

[@garmtpug]

Yes! I did that as soon as she was away from the desk! It's kind of hard in the beginning of the game to get a decent price for some of the bigger soul gems though. I just stored them in a barrel inside the Balmora Mages Guild for the time being. 🙂

[@gretchman]

Perception check critical fail.

[@peterfoxash]

It's kinda funny that John's accidentally ignored the tutorial quests, which would also give him loads of money.

[@derekskelton4187]

Not at all surprising though

[@Eagle0600]

No, that really does mean 7 per second.

[@Pancake_Nix]

Me: "Oh, wow, that arrow haul and all those potions will boost so much Mercantile!" Jon: [sells them in one go] 🥺

[@theodoremalt1513]

To be fair, it took me YEARS to realize that I was doing that wrong.

[@Dead-EyeJuncan]

Jon already forgot the reason silt striders are creepy is that they cut a hole in their heads and steer them by poking their brain.

[@chrsjxn]

Ah, the mage's guild. Such a useful faction to join, so many ridiculous duties to perform.

[@RNS_Aurelius]

Morrowind fact #5: Not all trainers stay within civilisation. Some of the most skillful are hidden in the darkest corners of the world. Some may even need convincing not to kill you

[@BumroyV2]

"I don't want to level up too quickly." Jon. You can only level up when resting. You control when you level up. You can just not rest if you want to increase your skills some more.

[@thomaswillard6267]

Yeah, but he also doesn't want to throw off what basic level-scaling morrowind does possess

[@Slithy]

resting does more besides level you up, it's also free magicka restoration (and a source of certain items that you can sell). Sometimes you want to be able to rest but not level up, and XP doesn't get stuck at 10, it overflows so you can level up several times in quick succession with terrible stat efficiency.

[@varthaner4617]

For completions sake, it has to be clarified if one delays level up so much so non-misc skill levels for more than required 10, next level will be penalized by empty skill ups. Meaning, if one levels to 15/10 before resting, next level will be already at 5/10 but with no attribute multipliers

[@lilianlepesme6935]

29:16 "Are mushrooms foliage?" Ask Claire, foliage comes from the french feuillage and means leaf, so it's likely mushrooms aren't foliage

[@davidsmith7752]

It sort of makes sense that you would be treated like a servant by the Mages Guild in their early quests, you are a novice member, which means that you are effectively someone who does minor tasks in return for access to training.

[@rulerofallcheese2382]

Can't believe Jon passed on bound weapons. Weightless enchanted daedric quality at any time that doesn't need to be repaired and wastes no mana... Yeah not worth it, lol

[@Twisted_Logic]

I don't think he reaizes they're legit daedric quality

[@extralyfe]

he doesn't realize it's an ability the weapon grants. he seemed to think it would replace the normal use of the weapon.

[@Bugly2217]

Jon didn't even consider stealing Galbedir's incredibly expensive soul gems! Was this good morals or terrible perception?

[@Slithy]

forget soul gems, the limeware shield!

[@JimUK]

You must be the first person who didn't steal everything off Galbedir's desk.

[@crimsonharvest]

I recommend making everyone else's pantries into sandwiches. just break in with your unlock spell and raid the food containers.

[@ShadowMage]

The dunmer must be horrified at Jon's comment about turning their ancestors into sandwiches, especially given that the dunmer practice ancestor worship.

[@EvelynNdenial]

pro-tip jon, you are on the right track by boosting luck or intelligence for potion making but a 60 second long spell is overkill because time stops while you're in the menu. so you can make a spell that lasts 1 second, and you can make the range 1-100 to make it easier to cast at your low skill and magicka and just recast if the number you get is low.

[@EvelynNdenial]

also the mentors ring reminds me about something important. there are some quests that have you fetching powerful artifacts, some are required to continue their quest line some are not and it may be better to just hold on to that magic item for yourself. if you're avoiding spoilers you'll just have to feel things out for yourself which ones are which.

[@skaphanatic5657]

I often create a spell that casts Sound or Chameleon 1pt on self for 1 sec duration and then repeatedly cast it to level up Illusion/Personality. Low magicka cost (often 1pt) and fairly high success chance. Similar spells for the other schools of magic as well. Telekinesis is good for mysticism training, and it lets you activate traps from a distance and not take damage.

[@skaphanatic5657]

My favorite thing about the ceramic bowl quest is that there's one sitting literally right next to Ranis that Ajira could have gotten for free if she just walked upstairs. Ranis likes to be in control. You'll discover that more and more through her quests. If she thinks someone is trying to sidestep her control or authority, she'll have you deal with them harshly. There are a couple of chests in the bunkroom of the fighter's guild that I normally use for early game storage. Might consider stashing some of your goodies to free up the carry weight

[@BoToChris]

For the purpose of calculating success, +10 Luck is the same as +4 to all other attributes.

[@TippisBRC]

Oh dear, right out of the gate… Yes, welcome to Morrowind, which happily lets you sabotage yourself if you just keep doing bad things rather than be careful. Good news: 1000-gold bribes usually work, even with horrible skills. Time to hunt for that cash 🤣 And yes, Galbedir is probably one of the most useful people you'll come across in the entire game. At some point, you'll be swimming in cash and/or random enchanted items. What she lets you do (with a bit of juggling and preparation) is turn that into much better enchantments - most likely far better than you'll be able to make yourself without cheesing it a bit. Any cash you give her for training and enchantment services will then be available to her to buy the items you want to get rid of, so unlike most merchants, this is one of the few places where you can actually get the full value out of really expensive loot items. On a related note of usefulness, I saw it mentioned in a comment on the last episode: get the paper map that came with the game (you can find it as a high-res jpeg with very little searching around, or maybe it's even included in the download package depending on where you got your copy). It is far more useful for finding things than the in-game map, because many spots that won't show up in the in-game (world) map will be marked there with fair clear routes to get there. The in-game map is more useulf if you switch it to “Local” mode, to show you… well… the local area. For instance, the two locations the mages' guild quest sent you on are very obvious if you look at that map as you read along with their directions they give you. 35:40 No, that's per second. Yes, damage over time can get ridiculous. You'll note what a number it did on *your* health with what was probably a pretty mediocre roll. By the end of the game, with sufficient skill and attribute boosting, you'll be able to sling spells that do thousands (plural) points of damage over time even if the max damage of any spell is “only” 100. 42:20 Yes, you still have the problem that you carry around a bunch of junk. It's far better to think of it as Fo4 survival mode: you do outings to collect materials and bring that back to base, with a focus on bringing as much *back* as possible, not carrying it away. Back at base, you can do all that alchemy and whatnot with all the stuff you've collected. Carrying it (and the alchemy equipment) around just drains your fatigue faster.

[@SpicyRikers]

I just have to say, that you have really helped me understand a lot of mechanics and strategies within Bethesda games, you take the time to try and explain what you're doing and how you're doing it and its really interesting as a result!

[@npgabriel]

Morrowind isn't nearly as punishing as Oblivion in terms of suboptimal levelling. Enemies don't scale with your level, you don't need to worry about levelling too fast! The only thing that really matters is that endurance early on is important for later on, but I think that's also the case in Oblivion (bonus HP from endurance applies at level up, it's not retroactive so 5 endurance at level 1 is worth loads more than 5 endurance at level 20)

[@8104587]

The types of enemies encountered (in exterior cells) will scale with level. Rats will always be as weak as they are at the start, but down the road, he'll be seeing nastier mobs.

[@shetlandapache949]

A couple things to keep in mind: 1. Magic skills increase equally with each cast no matter the spells power 2. When you steal something from someone they will know and you will get arrested if you ever try to sell the same item type back 3. If you are playing around with alteration, the jump spell is a really fun way to travel 4. Usually the dialogue boxes are movable and you can stack admire or bribe right over persuasion so you can spam it for a bit to speed things up. 5. Sanctuary on low duration seems like a cowards spell that lets you wiggle more when running away from something

[@adeadfishdied]

For anyone playing who still walks to Ra’Virr to buy a bowl… there’s one on the table next to Ranis that’s free for the taking.

[@derekskelton4187]

How to lose friends and alienate people. Always a delight Jon

[@Here_is_Waldo]

I wish they'd kept the Speechcraft skill for Skyrim. It was fun to make friends with all the guards, and then if they arrested you for a crime, there was a chance they'd let you go.

[@eattheventrue]

Jon, you and Claire should make a MATN out of context T-shirt line because I would pay real life money for “maybe we can turn his ancestors into a really nice sandwich” and “in this house we earn hats” t-shirts

[@somerando1073]

The Khajit merchant you bought the bowl from for the mage quest will buy moon sugar.

[@Jimmyinvictus]

Fun with Energy Drinks: Jon, try brewing Fortify Fatigue potions; hound meat+scuttle (scuttle may be purchased from a gentlemen in the Balmora Temple) brews a 'fortify fatigue' potion. Fatigue affects everything you do, including Bartering and Speechcraft. Apparently the cure for social awkwardness on Vvardenfell is chugging energy drinks. Also, Feather potions: heather+scuttle. Good thing that bloke in the Balmora Temple sells scuttle, eh? Moonsugar is an ingredient used in Fortify Speed potions. You might want to save it.

[@varthaner4617]

Fortify pots and spells last too short for anything not involving pause. The answer is actually that shrine. -100 burden for 48 minutes.

[@Jimmyinvictus]

@varthaner4617 I'll agree to disagree with the duration of potions, particularly if they're made with high-end alchemy gear and a high Alchemy skill. As to the shrine, are you referring to the shrine in Vivec that grants Levitation?

[@boisdearc0]

When i played this game, i would create an Amulet of Weak Levitation. I would use it to just float around above cities snd ruins, sightseeing. With just a few points of levitation, the amulet's power would regenerate rapidly, letting me float indefinitely. Sometimes i just liked to relax and admire the sights, vibing to the background music.

[@flerbus]

till the cliff racers attack

[@WeNeverHadForever]

Conspiracy Theory: All these top end KZbinrs who have suddenly started playing Morrowind in the last year have been doing so because they are under a NDA until Morrowind: Remastered comes out and they're all training to not play like noobs when it drops, since none of them have played it before.

[@WeNeverHadForever]

Also, the remaster is going to drop right before the amazing vvardenfell mod drops for Skyrim -.-

[@XeranDereth]

Jon not reading he has to kill two people if he can't convince the mage to pay her dues and the Telvanni if he won't join will surely not lead to confusion on his part later.

[@Youwanttodream]

Looking forward to watching this series for the next year, and loving it !

[@Docktavion]

When buying and selling. If you do it in individual items you will go up quicker in mercantile

[@SuperRedNovaDragon]

Yup selling in bulk the merchant will shaft you on the price.

[@Jkend199]

So about mercantile: The value of the transaction (the difference between the asking price and the price you pay) determines how quickly mercantile goes up. One of the best ways to get mercantile up is to buy repair hammers, the hammers get automatically replaced when purchased, you can then sell them back to the guy. He has 10, you buy 10, he will still have 10 cuz they get automatically replaced, you then sell him back the 10 you bought and he will have 20. you can do it infinitely. The growth of mercantile depends on the transaction value, or rather the change in transaction value. That is to say, if you buy 100 hammers for a total of 1000 gold when he was asking for 1100 gold the transaction cost difference is 100, that gets you more mercantile than 10 hammer for 100, where the overall transaction value change was 10 gold. To grow mercantile you start out losing money on every transaction, but as long as you can lower the price even a little you get some mercantile. Do it for a while and you get to the break point where you can lower the price you buy it for by an amount equal to the price he will buy it back for. Example: He wants 1100 gold for 100 hammers, you offer 1000 and he accepts. He will then offer you 1000 to buy them back, and you can get him up to 1100. Do you see. you get mercantile on both sides of the transaction, talking his selling price down and then his buying price up. You can get to the point where you break the game. You can talk his selling price down below his buying price. You can literally buy something and talk his price down to 1000, then sell it right back to him and talk his buying price up to 1100. You can buy things out of a guys inventory and then sell those things back to him for more than you bought them for. Even if you don't want to use this skill to break the game you can definitely use mercantile to get personality up. If you are going to do it, bribe the guy until he has 100 disposition before you even start.

[@DariusT32]

Jon, seeing you do this series has inspired me to buy the game and re-live my childhood

[@Dave001968]

Every 15 points in sandwiches reveals 1 ingredient effect (60 shows all 4) - you are currently on 14......so 1 more.....

[@ogrejd]

Even after all these years, basic inventory management is beyond Jon's abilities. :)

[@Rateus_Johanson]

Well, this will cheer me up after Stevenage 0-2 Cambridge, good timing Jon, thanks.

[@nebraskajones7593]

You have to assume teams have fans to survive but dont think I've ever actually seen a Stevenage fan in the wild. An incredible honour o7

[@Rateus_Johanson]

@@nebraskajones7593 You're welcome Sir. ♥️

[@tomurachiccaraki]

These extra long episodes are the best.

[@charlesfranks1902]

"I see the benefit of having people like you." Underrated comment.

[@Jovian999]

Man I love Vvardenfell politics, and going from Ajira to Ranis in the Mages Guild is one of the many moments where sh*t gets real. It's so good to be back here.

[@DontEvenWorryAbout1t]

The dwemer jinxsword being sold by the Fighter's Guild armoror pays for itself 1000 times over!

[@benk50000]

Jon, about your carrying capacity woes. You know Bound Spear as a backup, you could use that instead of carrying a heavy halberd. Same thing with the heavy mace you are carrying and the Bound Mace spell which you could learn at the guild. Minor Gameplay Spoiler Bound weapons are super meta. They are weightless, have infinite durability, and are better than unenchanted Daedric. By far the best thing you can use until you start messing with enchanting or get a powerful artifact. They are good enough to use for the whole game honestly and you may even want too use them beyond finding a powerful artifact due to the weightlessness and infinite durability. Becuse they are weightless they use much less fatigue when attacking than other weapons. Eventually, when you get deep into enchanting you can even make permeant bound items if you desire. Bound Armor is pretty busted too btw.

[@Lowco5]

The prospect of watching this carried me through the work day!

[@henrimoore1215]

Jon you can use f1 to favorite spells and items, took me 3 playthroughts to find it out, huge time save!

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

Some things that aren't necessarily obvious: 1. You CAN swing your weapon underwater. Unlike later TES and Fallout games, you don't have to be on shore to fight slaughter fish. 2. Ajirah will buy moon sugar! If you can repair your relationship with her, worth selling it to her, good money. 3. Intelligence DOES improve sandwich making. The sandwich making/ enchanting loop in this game mostly involves increasing your Intelligence more and more until you become a brain-god that can break reality with ridiculous super-potions and Green Lantern rings.

[@Wyrd-Oh]

So "fun" thing about the Mentor's Ring, it was put in by Bethesda as tribute to a fan who died before the game could come out.

[@crobulous9581]

Went on the page to see if it was there yet...nope,.back to KZbin home page...boom it's there

[@lukeblake91]

You could always go somewhere you dont care for, or may not need to visit again (maybe seyda neen) and just speech everyone till they get mad for practice

[@twitchyb9950]

I love an Ash Yam sandwich. Especially with a bit of Bloat spread on the bread.

[@skaphanatic5657]

Intelligence is the foundational stat for sandwich making, so the Mentor's Ring is actually giving you a small boost. In fact, it is rumored that you can make a sandwich that will fortify your intelligence. Which you can drink to make a second, more powerful, fortify intelligence sandwich. I think my personal limit before I got bored was making super boosted potions that would fortify your intelligence by several million points, last for months of in-game time, and sold for tens of thousands of gold each.

[@DiesOnAToilet]

Jon debating whether or not he's in the Bitter Coast region while a big "Bitter Coast" label sits atop the map he's mulling over is peak MATN.

[@TheLittleBriarRose]

You should create a spell to fortify personality for 1 second since time freezes in conversations

[@bugsybrown1745]

Mushrooms are separate from plants in that they use digestive enzymes to feed vs photosynthesis, to be very brief. So, ‘flora, fauna and funga’! 🍄

[@MrGhosta5]

Jon in Morrowind you're attribute modifiers are determined when you rest to level up. If you get 10 major/minor skills you can still raise other skills before you rest to get higher modifiers.

[@boisdearc0]

Getting a cheap light spell is also useful in exploring caves, shipwrecks, etc.

[@tinyman1144]

I won't say how but between magic and alchemy there is one particular loop that is incredibly broken and turns you super powered (through the power of sammich). I look forward to Jon eventually finding it

[@fruitbat62]

When playing any of the scrolls games, due to his fixation with bread based comestibles, all Jon's characters ought to be named variations of subway, butty or sarnie.

[@boisdearc0]

Consider finding a container to store your non-essential items in. Everything is a little easier when you travel light.

[@XR0075]

Jon, Fatigue ALSO impacts Persuasion and Alchemy attempts (and probably Mercantile too).

[@PhilippBrandAkatosh]

If Jon gets himself invisibility and open lock then I'm sure sooner or later while wandering the city he will find the antique storage

[@otherfanboy]

Look for the Spells Mark and Recall they let you place a fast travel point and travel to it from anywhere

[@fredhurst2528]

This is going to be a really, really long series.

[@randomnutcase8926]

To get magic skills up, cast weak spells over and over again. you don't have to hit anything, you just need to succeed at casting. Inteligence and luck both affect potion strength! also there's three more pieces to the alchemy kit. the alembic, calculator, and retort.

[@VoodooChiliBlues]

Keeping your weight near max is slowing you down. Morrowind isn't like Skyrim where you move at the same speed no matter how encumbered you are. Travel light.

[@SuperRedNovaDragon]

Yeah as someone mentioned already the quickest way to make money is to buy stacks of 100 arrows and selling 1 at a time. Other than that murder is also very lucrative. My last character is "KOS" in multiple small towns.

[@povilzem]

The way to level up speechcraft is to throw money at people. Pay for training or give out bribes.

[@thunderwingthestormbringer8798]

If you want to raise mercantile faster, sell groups of things, like potions or arrows, individually, and always raise the price a little for each sale. Also if you steal stuff, like books from a bookstore, you can sell them to a different merchant, raise the price again, and make money as well as raise mercantile.

[@BrettYoung-b2j]

cant wait too see the first bonewalker encounter

[@peterfoxash]

John, you've got to make money to raise your skills with training. That's the main way you're supposed to increase skills. It'll take too many hours doing it by grinding.

[@iain_nakada]

I've never really used training in this game. Grind for life.

[@jamesdrummond7684]

seeing Jon actively work on improving weaknesses in his character is triggering

[@sonjaR2]

I've found, in a lot of ways, Morrowind (at least over the past year), feels more like BG3 than it does an Elderscrolls game; aside from the (hidden) dice rolls, it has an astounding level of player freedom, and it gives you enough rope to potentially hang yourself. :D I'd also argue that it focuses more on narrative elements than do the subsequent Elderscrolls games. Don't get me wrong.. I do genuinely enjoy Oblivion and Skyrim, but my first love is story-driven games, so Morrowind will always be my favourite. Also, very enjoyable episode, thank you! :)

[@bad_brains_horror3613]

Demon Tanta is an awesome weapon. I bought two from Ra’vir! Loving this playthrough!!

[@antonisauren8998]

Jack of all trades increased chace of brewing a potion by 1%. Placebo effect. :D

[@triangularbox949]

So Jon, fun fact, Skeletons spawn with random arrows. They are very fun

[@rulerofallcheese2382]

29:14 - Topic for next podcats! Also, next podcats please. 34:40 - But not as bad as the skeletons in daggerfall that you literally couldn't beat. 😅

[@psycholeo2396]

With Jack of Trades you can make fortify any attribute spells it can be explotied/used to make absolutely goofy spells if you add soul trap on self with them for 1second look at the floor or wall the effect will be permanent

[@GatlingGun12]

Few tips: Mysticism is fast travel via teleportation, disarming traps via telekinesis, detecting keys, creatures and magic, soultrap and absorbing health. Easily the best school. Speech craft and illusion do similar things, illusion has more uses but is temporary and uses magicka, speech craft is more limited but permanent. Alteration has open, waterwalking, water breathing, and levitate, it's great for exploration. Alchemy lets you print money, even at low levels if you have good equipment. Dungeon diving caves in the bitter coast is generally safer than in other regions, and smugglers often have valuable loot. There are also a few good pieces of guaranteed loot around in the area. Skooma and moon sugar can be sold to khajiit merchants, and are extremely good weight to value. Ajira in particular has a decentish amount of money, and likes you because you did her missions.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

Ajira did like him, untill he tried to flirt with her😂.

[@GatlingGun12]

@@Sirfinchyyy yeah, he's gonna need to bribe her a fair bit to repair that damage.

[@mariosoto2588]

Mark and recall are essential Jon they are mysticism

[@darksendkilla]

ONE OF THESE DAYS ... Jon will reach Caldera. And when that day comes I will be all in for that moment!

[@Pancake_Nix]

Jon, you don't have to drag items to your inventory when looting. Just hold down left-shift while clicking and items will insta-transfer to you.

[@pepperspray7386]

if you ever want to provoke an npc to fight you (mid game) as soon as the subject "6th house" appears in their speech list spam it and they will eventually attack you. i guess they hated the meme before it was cool

[@75oharas]

Mushrooms are fruiting bodies of fungi

[@twitchyb9950]

You may be mad at Ajira for making you do her work for her, but remember that it was Ranis Athris that said you were beneath her and to help Ajira.

[@varthaner4617]

There's a proffesion that even someone as green as Aria can do, and it pays better than making sammitches - Soultrapper. Just go dumpster diving into those ownerless crates strewn across town, some will have petty soulgems. Go into Tombs and stuff skeletons into those gems, and you can make decent money. If you can buy common gems, you can stuff ghosts into them, and one ghost gem is like half of Mentor's Ring.

[@yeehiourd4866]

Imagine studying for years to rank up in the mages guild and some ugly orc who joined 5 minutes ago outranks you because she found The Ring Of Being Very Good At Spells And Such on the floor somewhere, I would be so mad

[@primusofcatarina4910]

You should check out the shops more closely. Especially enchanters and general stores, they can have really useful items like the amulet of stamina in the mages guild. It's rather weak but also dirt cheap and recharges in about a minute. Also, just like in oblivion, taverns sell lots of food for alchemy. 10 points of intelligence or luck are equal to one extra point of alchemy. A better mortar and pestle also wouldn't hurt.