Path to Power: A Mage Story - TES V: Skyrim - Lorerim - 1

[@TheWandererPlays]

FAQ: PC Specs?? -RTX 4090, i9-13900k, 64GB RAM CAN I PLAY THIS ON CONSOLE?? -Lol no. How to play this? -Check 2nd line of video description. Why did you start episode one with a character you've already played for a few hours? -Mages in Requiem style mod lists take a while to develop. The first 2 hours were rather boring to watch. I spawned in at Windhelm, took a carriage to Whiterun to get the Absorb Knowledge book, then went to the College of Winterhold and literally spammed the spell around all the books I could. Then I spent a good hour in menus learning all the free spell books I had found laying around, sleeping, eating, repeating. And then I went and got Inigo and Frost, which are pretty quick quests, so that I'd have a horse (because getting around without one sucks) and a companion (becauses mages suck bad without one early.

[@tomaszpawlik5091]

Haven't played in a while, but i remember that in "vanilla requiem" just spamming burst destro spells makes early game foes a breezee due to the way flame dot stacks. Like high elves can escape helgen and instantly rush to the mine and the Talos shrine bandit camp and own them no problemo

[@xren2758]

Love how you say "lol no" to people on console tryna have fun😂 acting like people with consoles know what specs are needed to run a heavily modded Skyrim. And lorerim is so ass, janky, tries to make skyrim something it isnt. Want a good game play nordic souls

[@neckrohs]

⁠@@xren2758most modpacks try to make skyrim “something it isn’t” - a modern arpg.

[@xren2758]

@ making Skyrim a rip off shitty dark souls game is not making it a modern arog. Maybe you enjoy the unrealistic and horribly animated combat mods but skyrim and the CE was never meant to have impressive, engaging combat mechanics

[@neckrohs]

@@xren2758 you’re creating a problem out of nothing. you’re in the comments of a gameplay video about heavily modded skyrim. you didn’t have to watch it. also, if you dislike modded skyrim so much, simply play vanilla. no one’s making you watch these videos or play heavily modded skyrim. good day.

[@libertyauto]

Excellent way to get this version going without us audience having to relive the catchup to get here. Thanks for the videos.

[@sergioandres23sc]

I’m playing as a dunmer conjuration mage in 3.0 and around level 13 I feel like a Pokémon trainer. It’s a very fun play style. Great video!

[@enshrowd]

man i am so so so happy you're full sending with the roleplay and story writing for your characters super excited to keep up with this playthrough!

[@Mugthraka]

As a caster in Lorerim invest in Alteration, get the Tree rings spell, use it with Ocato's recital, so that you'll get an extra 100-130 hp at the start of every fight. Use mystic wind to gain mana back when you sprint and Circle of the Moon+Spell Twine:Heal , so that you get Magic AND get a passive heal for 50% of the level of your ALT lvl( if you're lvl 50 Alt, thel you'd get 25hp per tick of the Circle of Moon spell)

[@kyledouglas6858]

@@Mugthraka spell twine is not available in lorerim 3.0. Or at least that i have found in the 30 hours I've played of it.

[@ellis5058]

@@kyledouglas6858spell twine is now a master level alteration spell

[@afonsoalmeida4975]

@@kyledouglas6858 I heard that it's a master spell or something like that now

[@kyledouglas6858]

@@afonsoalmeida4975 ah that explains it then. I'm not quite there yet.

[@pgbollwerk]

Yeah, I suspect Spell Twine was too easy to abuse, or too powerful at lower levels.

[@EdenC996]

I'm only ten minutes in, but it's so interesting to see how similar our characters for Lorerim 3.0 are. Really excited to keep up with this playthrough. I really hope you enjoy it as much as I have ✨

[@TheWandererPlays]

I'm pretty stoked I can play as a Dunmer. My first ever character in Morrowind was Dunmer Battlemage, so this feels kind of full circle-ish to me. I don't know if I'll go battlemage route or full on wizard though, we'll see. It seems like the various wizard trees have stuff to deal with just about everything - damage, meat shields through summons, and weapons/armor through summoned daedra.

[@EdenC996]

@TheWandererPlays Snap for your Morrowind character. Last mod version, someone on the Lorerim server had created an Arcane Trickster build- all about being a battlemage, summoning illusions, bound weapons & manipulating your opponents. I'm pretty excited about trying that one out.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

18:58 Idk if Requiem and/ or Biggie specifically has changed Inigo's skill values and the perks he has but he was supposed to be capable of using both armor types by his creator. From how I understand sneaking works in Lorerim if you want Inigo to be capable of stealth(as he is quite capable in that regard he won't set off traps and shouldn't get spotted all the time)light is the way to go otherwise heavy is fine.

[@snoopdoggintern]

Every time you say inigo it sounds like you're saying amigo 😂

[@TheWandererPlays]

Inigo the amigo lol.

[@mantra15]

😂

[@ragureee]

46:53 The sailor can do some advanced magic, shows you what kind of rookie you are, real mages don't go on adventures, they just sail their boat

[@carloestaras3121]

@@ragureee bro was floating

[@pushkatu]

Inigo is like the best companion ever. I’m glad you decided to get him. I hope this LP lasts a loong time! I’m still on 2.2 cuz I’m quite invested in my current character (level 21), so having you play 3.0 is awesome!!

[@turbodog182]

I def voted mage build and I am a tad giddy to hear at the beginning of this that you are struggling a bit with a mage build. Love to see you pushed a bit outside your comfort zone a little and actually having a difficult time with the game again. Kinda boring watching a super easy mode walk-through (I still watch though). I want to watch you experience a challenging time with this lol

[@elite6642]

49:50 thats a fur hat.. its apart of vanilla skyrim. They did so good with Lorerim tho, it blows my mind. Im someone who paid attention to every small detail in skyrim over the years of playing so the amount of things changed or enhanced is insane. Its entertaining watching someone whos not as familiar with the game or how to navigate its combat. Tho i do find myself wanting to shout advice at the screen lmao

[@chemicalbacon5210]

Considering how you're not duel casting or using both hands independently most of the time, it makes sense for you to equip a shield to catch arrows and the occasional melee blow. Playing Lorerim myself recently, and I'm having huge success with heavy armour that is highly enchanted and occasionally pulling out a shield to stop myself getting used as a pincushion.

[@TheWandererPlays]

Can you use a shield and not constantly drain stamina if you don't have the associated perks? That might be a good idea for me, thanks.

[@chemicalbacon5210]

@TheWandererPlays I mostly got around this with alchemy. I also enchanted my shield but I don't remember what with. I'm 90% sure you can add stamina enchantments to shields anyway. Light armour is also good when improved and enchanted if stamina becomes a burden. Light shields also exist and the only real differance is how much projectile damage you don't receive. Even in the worst situations I was blocking ~40% of incoming total damage at range. I've found bound weapons/armours to be good but if you add it up, they're much worse than actual armour and the armour values in Lorerim are deceptive. 150 armour sounds like a lot. But it really isn't.

[@Mr552975]

@@chemicalbacon5210 so you're playing a heavy armor mage basically? are you finding you have enough magicka to fight? because I found I really don't have enough unless I sacrifice levels in health

[@ellis5058]

@@Mr552975most mage styles can go without any points in health at all since there are a lot of ways to buff yourself across the different schools

[@chemicalbacon5210]

@Mr552975 until I got high level fortify enchantments and potions, it was pretty rough

[@clarkneedsaweapon]

Very excited for this mage playthrough

[@yourbluewaffle]

Seeing you play has reignited my desire to play Skyrim. I can't exactly play Lorerim because my PC has like 10 year old specs lol but I've come around to building my own mod list for a Vanilla+ experience with very minor graphics stuff.

[@mantra15]

37:08 Yes, a mages worst enemy, a crossbow bolt to the face. 😂

[@Turburki]

Just hit level 13 after a day of playing it slowly. Conjured is very interesting play in 3.0! Will support your playthrough

[@lostjuice-492]

the updated textures and models on the horses look nice

[@TheWandererPlays]

Yeah thank goodness, the horse looked so out of place in 2.0.

[@hezzygcskullripper]

Both lorim and nolvus are amazing mod packs for 202x

[@clarkneedsaweapon]

35:51 Bound Armor sounds metal as hell 🤘🔥

[@Type1Dragon]

Absolutely love the back story, can’t wait to see how Indiri’s adventure unfolds! Inigo is my all time favorite follower, used him in my own play through here on YT, and can’t wait to have him tag along again in LoreRim. Are you planning to focus on one school more than others? Or perhaps do a hybrid mage warrior? I seen spells that are apprentice level that allows you to embed your non-enchanted weapon with fire, frost, shock, or pure magic damage for a time.

[@johneverson3754]

Missed the last one gonna stay up on this one lol

[@UnknownMoses]

Press N to toggle friendly fire

[@diablovalentine5]

Please keybind some of your spells, makes combat very pause breaky when we are in the menus so much

[@libertyauto]

Did this version add active shadows that previous version did not have? For example I see the shadows of flying birds that I did not notice before.

[@TheWandererPlays]

I think something was changed with shadows. One thing I don't like is that trees with leaves tend to be have very flickery shadows, so for example while walking through Riverwood in the beginning you can see those shadows flicker, probably in response to the wind blowing them. If the shadows were higher res it would work, but that'd kill performance even more I'm sure.

[@RKGrizz]

While I prefer Gate to Sovngarde I am looking forward to your new lets play. Lorerim seems rather impressive.

[@wyattwelton8599]

why? i have a pretty good rig and ran lorerim 2.o at a crisp 60-75 fps at all times. but now I did ALOT at the holds even on performance. so I think I wanna switch lists now, what is good about GtS?

[@RKGrizz]

@wyattwelton8599 GtS is more like Skyrim+ in my opinion, while Lorerim has some Witcher 3 and FromSoft vibes. Nothing wrong with that, just I prefer a more fleshed out vanilla feel.

[@papamuller]

Requiem is garbage

[@Silath01]

@@RKGrizz yeah I’m kinda feeling that I’m doing a playthrough of Lorerim at the moment, and it’s a little much for me. Im thinking of going back to wildlander but I also want the quest expansions

[@SamahLama]

I feel like you’d miss less without targeting on

[@UnknownMoses]

35:00 if you want to wear heavy armor you need at least the first perk or just wearing heavy armor completely drains your stamina

[@DFAnton]

I wish Lorerim didn't just crash for me constantly. Looks fun.

[@043Tarzan]

If you don’t have the most up to date rig, the performance option seems to be a decent option. I have a 1080ti and performance mod is runnable. It obviously doesn’t look nearly as good, but the gameplay is dope

[@wyattwelton8599]

i have a 4070 and even noral around/in whiterun eats at my fps quite a bit. idk what biggie decided to double nut I'm starting to think I wont play lorrim now :/

[@043Tarzan]

@ I promise you that your fps is better than mine 😅 I’m still in the early game so it’s not unbearable yet. Sometimes I do need to slow down in areas and let things load in but it kinda helps me appreciate the scenery. FPS isn’t the end all for me, I really enjoy the gameplay tweaks. Requiem with moo is awesome. But TBH I really do need to update my rig 🙏🏽 to play this properly. I know I’m missing out on the full experience

[@juzocg]

@@wyattwelton8599whiterun is one of the toughest if not THE toughest area to run in the game. it’s one of the largest holds npc wise n has so much to offer with all the overhauls biggie added. i have a 4080super with a ryzen 9 n i still dip below 60 in whiterun. it’s inevitable unfortunately with this amount of mods even on the performance options unless you have the most optimally setup in the world.

[@ruin1159]

if you hold down B it will open your follower menu and allow you to teleport your follower to you at anytime

[@UnknownMoses]

Leaving your tent up gives you a fast travel point. What are your birth sign and perks?

[@TheWandererPlays]

Birth sign mage, only trait I took was Bulwark (200 extra armor and 20 magic resist but .25 stamina degen while running or 1 stamina degen while sprinting).

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@UnknownMoses]

I think there is a light version of Ebony armor in Lorerim?

[@043Tarzan]

Is there any advantage to going bound armor over the flesh spells? Is it a visual preference or are there any gameplay differences? I’m trying a “mage” build, more like spell blade, and I’ve been using stone flesh and bound weapons with some destruction. I didn’t quite realize bound armor was a thing.

[@TheWandererPlays]

You can use both

[@superspencebros832]

The Red Mountain eruption occurred around 200 years before the events of Skyrim, so how old is your character since refugees aren't still coming to Skyrim?

[@DarkDestiny-u9c]

Do u do a perma death run with this char?

[@TheWandererPlays]

Nah, I'm no expert at Lorerim, or skyrim in genearl. Give me about 1000 more hours of play time and I'll feel comfortable doing that lol.

[@noobnoobski6605]

Can you set up hotkeys for your spells? It looks a lot more fluid without constanyly opening up favorites menu

[@juzocg]

he must not like the wheeler mod. he didn’t use it last playthrough either but i was completely unaware you could add hot keys for specific spells haha

[@JackCooper243]

Would you guys say Lorerim is better than Novlus? Have a lot of issue with Novlus when it comes to some of the armors and quests added.

[@TheWandererPlays]

I tried the free version of Novlus and didn't like it at all. But that was like a year ago.

[@juzocg]

lorerim sticks to skyrims roots. basically feels like your playing skyrim if it was made this year. combat is difficult but fluid and impactful, every dungeon you clear has meaning to your characters evolution and role playing is easy to get into if your into that type of stuff. nolvus leans very heavily into the fantasy, elden ring style combat with very flashy moves, armors, and massive high health enemies. not crazy difficult but you can make it hard if you want. the visuals in both are incredible, like i said lorerim leans towards the lore friendly visuals while nolvus is more toned fantasy medieval colors. if you want a remastered skyrim experience that’s difficult with tons of new content to explore, lorerim is the way to go. if you want to feel like an overpowered fantasy badass that does crazy kick flips and beats the shit out of all your foes with the risk of blowing up your computer in the process, nolvus is the best option for you. lorerim and nolvus are gifted to us by genius minds and hard working modders that work day in and day out to give us the absolute best possible modded experiences. they are both amazing in there own way. support them both if you can :)

[@Internetwandererreborn]

46:53 Where is bro going?

[@Direwolf9818]

I really wish I could run this on my DINKY low-end 1650. On my way to kinda do it, with lower amount of visuals.

[@yingyang7686]

I had to install a bosmer preset to start my journey I’m in Dawnstar and I was lucky to get there due to the low temperatures and some giants following me My mission is to travel into river wood and help my brother Faendal And some way how make friendship whit Anoriath since he likes to hunt..I’m working as a miner right now to make some coins Is a good pay job I’m hearing dragon voices in the sky but I don’t see any of them that scary but well Good time to be alive I’ll subscribe to you I loved your intro telling us your character story

[@yanghongdayanghongda3464]

press what to lock on enemy？ I cannot lock on enemy when I use bow.

[@TheWandererPlays]

mouse 4. If you don't have a fancy mouse with the additional side buttons you'll need to change settings somehow. I actually want to change mine because it's awkward to use my mouse hand thumb.

[@groovemedium]

I watched a bit of the Christmas stream and was confused. This is better.

[@mahwardy6918]

Save save save all the time. F5 guys! I’m also have a mage on the Nolvus collection mods pack and there mages are more stronger and tbh i cannot play with any followers because they die all the time because of the damage from my spells. I rather count on summons to help me in battles. Also outside buildings I use 3rd person and with the target lock option is way easier to cast a spell projectile without missing.

[@blupuncakes8458]

Can anyone identify the map mod used in this?

[@CP027-cn1gv]

Are you playing on requiem or requiem lite? Love the content btw! Cant wait for my own playthru in a few weeks!

[@TheWandererPlays]

Default ultra version of Lorerim. I believe that is requiem with a lot of extra mods and tweaks.

[@CP027-cn1gv]

@@TheWandererPlays Sweet! I think Ill be doing Altmer full mage playthru at first. Cannot wait, looks like a blast

[@b.j.blaskowitz8057]

How to downgrade skyrim to older version. Nothing is installing on latest versionpls help

[@UnknownMoses]

Note that you will need to make sure all of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition creation kit content is downloaded from inside skyrim.

[@VenomSnakeBigBoss]

i believe the bound armor spell goes off heavy armor tree for stats so you know

[@TheWandererPlays]

Nice, so I can use this for now and then late game I can switch to a battlemage setup

[@rodanechristie2458]

@@VenomSnakeBigBoss it was updated to work of alteration now, their was one for each originally

[@TheBovineBaron]

God I wish I had your pc specs lol. Can’t wait to upgrade in 2025 though been saving up😊.

[@kildaremc]

I am trying to play like a paladin/battlemage. But getting one shoted by any spell caster lol

[@hobojoe2793]

Not sure if you will see this but it might not be a bad idea to use bound weapon spells so you can do some melee damage and close distance while only using magic just an idea 🙃

[@russhcrowe]

🤘

[@jadeobsession9088]

wow, good thing this is not a permadeath thing, lol

[@TheWandererPlays]

😂

[@tomaszpawlik5091]

Tried playing just vanilla Skyrim? Would be a good watch seeing your playstyle, like the old fo4 survival.

[@phen6075]

Vanilla Skyrim is Just fast travel for a few hours to get alchemy, smithing, Enchanting Up and then be a god

[@tomaszpawlik5091]

@phen6075 kinda? Not really, even then requiem doesn't really fix the crafting meta... It is arguably worse since doing crafting Trinity things won't scale enemies up, so thete is literally no oppurtinity cost to doing it early game

[@phen6075]

@@tomaszpawlik5091 lorerim does fix that. No clue about only requiem

[@scottgust9709]

all these huge updates and they never change the outdated horrible voices from the originals. whats the point in gfx overhauls when the voices still suck?

[@TheWandererPlays]

I quite like all the original VA in Skyrim