Skyrim, but I'm just a Woodcutter Part 2

[@terraglade]

Somewhere out there, a dragon's bones move for the first time in an age. Somewhere out there, a prisoner breaths their first free breath in weeks, dodging the headsman's axe. Somewhere out there, a bloody war wages between brothers and sisters. But here? A humble man works to find his little slice of the world, unbothered by the machinations of the gods.

[@kimsvensson3814]

Skyrim is ruled by one simple rule; "if no one claims it, it's yours."

[@Cadrian_Benton]

thou shalt not steal

[@MrCrazyeyes07]

@@Cadrian_Benton it ain’t stealing if it doesn’t belong to anyone

[@Cadrian_Benton]

ok so if i go to a abandon house and loot it you're telling me i wont go to jail or even PRISON @@MrCrazyeyes07

[@4plus20isHappy]

An ancient but sacred code of honor. Finders keepers, losers weepers.

[@Cadrian_Benton]

you could face theft crime criminal charges under Penal Code 485 @@4plus20isHappy

[@andrewmurphy2093]

Man that moment with Douglas' lapse of judgement is so perfect. Dead of night, no witnesses, just a man arguing with himself about what is right and what is wrong.

[@jayhom5385]

It was a great RP moment of someone living a hard life in a harsh land.

[@BikemanSuperfast]

Stuff like this makes my decisions feel a bit more weighty when I actually play the game myself

[@peterlewis2178]

@@jayhom5385 I had a game inspired by his Life as a Beggar series, where I started with nothing and a bunch of mods to make earning money harder, and my character got slowly more and more desperate, trying to get enough money to buy the deed to Heljarchen Farm (a mod). The person selling the deed jacked up the price by like 3000 septims, and my character got even more desperate. He got rockjoint from a wolf, then got addicted to skooma, and robbed a bank. The desperation is real when you get into the roleplay

[@kylerodd2342]

Yeah. That was really great as part of the whole story. I tend to think most people don’t have perfectly squeaky clean pasts. Douglas’ is no different. An honest man with a few secrets.

[@andrewmurphy2093]

@@kylerodd2342 I think it's impossible to go through life without doing a few bad things, so I can agree with you there lol

[@sunitaupadhyay0081]

Seems like the hooded woman has a crush on good ol' Douglas 😂😂

[@sunitaupadhyay0081]

The wolf attacking Douglas while he pondered whether to take the gold or not was a sign to him from the gods, cautioning him not to do something he might regret.

[@baird5682]

Or it's just a wolf that's common in this parts and gold is a gift from divines.

[@danielhomant2832]

Or it was a reminder that Skyrim is a harsh land, and one is foolish to waste a boon. It isn't a question of it being a sign, but a sign of what?

[@kylerodd2342]

If he just took it without hesitation he would have avoided the wolves 😉😉😉😉😉

[@Grot3sque]

When douglas already stole from the dead with taking over the mill xD

[@peterlewis2178]

"I'll find a way of paying it back" This is how it starts. Next thing you know, you're high on skooma, robbing a bank. At least, that's what happened with my character.

[@AlphaRevvy]

skyrim life as a forswarn,wench,inn owner, or mead maker would be interesting

[@yourfavoritecommenter]

Life of a jewelcrafter would be cool as well

[@РоманРогозин-з4ш]

A mead maker sounds tasty

[@canvasthekingdomofsweden]

thief or imperial soldier too

[@celionovais6273]

Life as a bounty hunter, or as an assassin.

[@JacobyWakeby]

Have a thief series!

[@walnzell9328]

Not taking the food on the dead adventurers was a strange choice. You yourself said it'd go to waste. It'd spoil in their pockets.

[@nyotauhura7412]

Also left the cabbages and the dead miller's food.

[@NickSibz]

It's crazy the impact a humble Wood Cutter sleeping by the river can have on the community. Love it.

[@MystWalkur]

13:20 Skyrim as a Cabbage Vendor 👀

[@VictorLHouette]

Gotta watch out for young monks!!

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

Poverty makes people do things they wouldn't normally do. Being wrongfully accused of a crime and unfairly sentenced to death, then by the grace of Akatosh, you are able to escape.... taking coin from the dead is little compared to the greed of bandits and the atrocities of the Thalmor. Also, it's not like Douglas is waiting at the edges of battlefields to rob the dead like vultures.

[@BHatMusic]

Taking the gold introduces an interesting RP element into the story of our simple woodcutter. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but will he be able to live with it? Please bear with me - hope you enjoy my interpretation... The wizard wasn't interested in taking their things (not even the handy bags of gold), so why were they killed? They were adventurers that ran afoul of a wizard - but why? Was the wizard acting in self-defence (the adventurers were hostile to her and faced the consequences)? Revenge (perhaps - they did her wrong)? Bounty (no - because she took no proof)? Justice (were they law-breakers)? Pure malice (is the wizard high on her own power)? Maybe the adventurers were trying to stop a wayward/hostile wizard and were outmatched? Do the adventures leave a family behind? Should the money go to them? Did they have any children? Are the children now off to the orphanage and could therefore use the gold? They didn't seem like simple bandits which is perhaps why it is more troubling. Should Douglas try to learn more about them from the jarl? Who else would know? Is it any of his business? He has always preferred his solitude. Why should he get involved - he never has before? He's always worked hard for his own money. Now, he finds a broken-down mill with the potential to make him wealthy and suddenly taking someone else's money seems justified (he'll pay it back someday he tells himself - but when and to whom?). The money will help create a Mill that will provide goods and a source of labour/income for others. That's a good thing after all. Maybe it's his destiny? Is this really who he is, or has he been distracted by the lure of riches? These are the questions that will haunt the dreams of our honest hard-working woodcutter.

[@zanderphis3331]

I think it's more likely the adventures realized it was a baned wizard and their sense of pride and duty caused them to confront the wizard. Unfortunately they were no match for the wizard

[@BHatMusic]

@@zanderphis3331 Good point. She was banned for a reason - not likely for being a good person (but that's a whole other story).

[@akiraigarashi2874]

​​@@zanderphis3331Or the wizard could have had a bounty on their head

[@saintbilly9954]

Douglas' reaction wasn't immoral. These adventurers had skooma on them. Could have been any number of reasons for their death from the banned ice wizard. It was as if the god's were smiling upon him with a blessing in disguise. Douglas didn't leave then dishonored. He grabbed what he needed before others took everything and moved on.

[@MystWalkur]

Loving our humble woodcutter! Hopefully he can eventually evade both Sven and Faendal 😅

[@Boppameansgrandfather]

Douglas is a man who sees he sees the universal corruption all around him. He is aware of the guards shaking down everyone and the Jarl’s lazy open corruption. He knows the adventurers delve into dungeons and find ancient gold that belongs to no one. He’s annoyed the ice wizards used their overpowered magic to murder the adventurers but knows his axe is powerless against their magic. He’s determined to keep a pure heart at all costs so he feels justified keeping the money the adventurers found in the dungeons since that money isn’t a result of theft. In fact, he feels he’s done a good deed by keeping that money out of the hands of the guards and the inevitable kickback the Jarl will get. He knows that his mill will provide much a much needed boost to those who are journeying from Riverwood to Falkreath and dreams of a township where no one oppresses anyone else. So he’s ok with what he’s done and plans on using that money to build enough wealth to one day start orphanages and farms and change the very fabric of Skyrim itself. He will also take money off of dead bandits and vampires if attacked. It’s injustice that he won’t engage in. He would never take money off of innocent villagers killed by evil doers. He would make sure and return that money to their families or to local villagers who he knows to be honorable. He hasn’t violated his ethics to begin the long Skyrim slide into joining the thieves guild in Riften. No fears there.

[@mastergamez4297]

It should be alright for a humble and desperate woodcutter to loot some septims just once.

[@kristoff7049]

Being a miner is another good career option

[@slipsonic809]

Im super invested in Douglas's physical and moral struggle. The part where he was so conflicted about taking the money was great! Keep this series going. Ive never thought about skyrim this way before. Ive follwed villagers before to see what they do, but never thought about being one.

[@628baphomet]

I mean zero disrespect when I say this. But as someone who struggles with insomnia, your voice helps me a lot. Not that they are boring. It’s just soothing well met my friend

[@JacobyWakeby]

Glad I could be some small help!

[@ponetium]

Me too! It really relaxes me before sleep!

[@pissapocalypse]

His soothing voice mixed with the relaxing music makes for a very nice sleep video

[@giladgur1703]

For immersion, you should leave / drop the pick axe to the side while woodcutting. Also please equip the woodcutter’s axe before chopping to prevent the robotic equip. Let’s get immersive

[@kaylahall1219]

My man; death is a part of life. You are willing to deal with the dead bodies you can take the coin and anything else you want. The dead have no others in their care as far as you know. I say take what you need. Pioneers, mountain men, etc. would have absolutely used whatever was available and I don’t think that is morally shady at all. I say take tue blessings Talos puts in front of you; Skyrim is the wild Wild West. (Or north in this case)

[@Nightdreamr]

As someone who can't play a game like Skyrim without succumbing to the masculine urge to become an unstoppable killing machine of a demi god it's nice to see a humble way of playing the game like this

[@elliotvasquez1644]

I think all of us have a fantasy of living this kind of life. I personally do but I bet this hits all of us similarly in a way.

[@themixedbrickuniverse8085]

I just found your channel yesterday and I was bummed there was no more woodcutter content but as if by magic it has appeared! 👏

[@AnderZ312]

should check out his life as a miner sieres

[@matthewkelly-barnett4480]

​@@AnderZ312that's a good one, I like life as a lord, the continuation of life as a miner.

[@DRW_GAMES1]

The gold was on dead bodies. Douglas will use the money to help the mill!! ❤

[@SuperSkyhorse]

Really like the woodcutter roleplay. It's a nice background entertainment, while i do something else.

[@virtualsnake1994]

very cosy indeed. love it. nice thing to watch with a pint of hot chocolate milk while you relax.

[@michaelbean8404]

The one main rule of Skyrim is that if you're dead, all your items are up for grabs. It is a great way for you, a simple woodsman, to gain some much needed items. Those items could have really set up your character. However, I can value your choice to hold back, up to the point that you took the coins.

[@ericharris1853]

I would have taken the food as well but that’s me from the dead adventures and the wolf you kill for the pet to sell money is money and food is food they don’t need it anymore

[@alicegarrett5686]

I love these humble RP series! Can't wait for more of Douglas.

[@hunterbooth3545]

I need more of this asap

[@magglespaffygaming]

You should blow the coin on the mill. You’ll make some progress and get back down to a measly sum. Then the challenge/hardship will be real again and it’s money well spent.

[@britishspraypainter]

You will ask the Jarl for more guards but you are a humble woodcutter

[@Kaguyahime1936]

madwoman is one of the random encounters when she refers one of daedra princes

[@lucas.2.3.9.4]

Is it sheogorath?

[@caderiddle5996]

Yes

[@retnuhh5875]

Love that more people are discovering you and your content, you deserve it!!

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@gaburierusan8179]

The hooded woman just wanted someone to spend the night with

[@pavlestojanovic9631]

this is such a cozy series im glad i got you recommended by youtube

[@Jacksonmoonstar1714]

This is so entertaining I love it. I’m glad Douglas took the gold, he’s worked so hard for next to nothing, so he deserves it. Good also that he didn’t take the other stuff, just the gold is okay to take ❤ I’m so invested in this 😂

[@mariecarie1]

I was recommended your first woodcutting video by the algorithm, and I’m hooked on ALL your adventures! I went back and started with Life As a Beggar and am in the middle of the Farmer run. I love your stuff so much! Keep it up!

[@ntolman]

If you're giving the inn wood, it isn't really a free room. I feel it's legitimate to take advantage of it. If you want to stay in your tent that's fine too. The coin isn't all that much money. It's a little more than one full load of wood from each adventurer. It's also won't help that that much with the mill.

[@sethford6738]

I’ve been checking every day for a week for the next installment of this guy’s story 😂 hope all is well and looking forward to episode 3!

[@JacobyWakeby]

1hr :)

[@Mwise0720]

I just found your channel and I don't know what it is. You're literally playing Skyrim wrong. You're being an NPC. And god I cannot get enough of it. I think a lot of it is the way you RP the character. It makes it so easy to get into it. :) Anyways, I rarely comment on a channel but yours is special enough that I feel I have to.

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks this means a lot, great to hear!

[@fuzzfrancis435]

I am absolutely loving this series! Thank you!

[@Ericstone00]

Playing skyrim sometimes it's difficult to become immersed especially in a scene like that I personally would have taken everything off the body just because it's a game realistically speaking the police would be contacted and any and all items on his body would be confiscated

[@PoppaSquat8]

Just came across this channel yesterday & im glad im right in time for the woodcutters series 😂

[@Ash.MR.]

That's crazy that your first wood cutter video got so many views 😅 that's so awesome

[@michaelbuchanan1118]

Selling firewood to merchants dose come with 1 benfit. Experience in speechcraft. A useful skill for any laborer

[@magglespaffygaming]

Oh snap, episode 2 dropped. Color me hyped.

[@KariSuttle]

I love the addition of the moral dilemma of stealing the money. I do think that if anything, the guards would assume the killers took the money. I also think that while the guards might try to track down family and return the body and possessions, if they aren't local you're right everything would probably just go to the city.

[@JohnRNewAccountNumber3]

If those men were worthy, they won't lack for anything in Sovngarde.

[@Brian_R248]

I love this series!!!! God bless

[@uwutechtwash4987]

I don’t know why I love this series but I do. Please give us more

[@Ilikestrawberriessss]

I have been watching you for a few years now and I just want to thank you. Your videos have brought me an immense amount of comfort.

[@JacobyWakeby]

This is awesome to hear, thank you!

[@zanderphis3331]

Im sure that he would have a tuff time accepting what he did but he knows he needs funds for his land. Also headcannon it as hed rather it be put to use for the development of skyrim rather than be put into the pockets of some priest of arkay

[@dragonesseather]

It was so painful to see you leave the gild and food on the copses...

[@rolandswift9750]

I need more of this! thank you for the content!

[@fitokingsalem7414]

Lovely, it isn't a true Jacoby Series if he is not harrased by an old lady, truly a clasic & convinient too! I was just about to get to work and i was searching for something chill to put as background. Like a blessing in disguise.

[@BikemanSuperfast]

It's crazy, I was just playing one of my characters who has gone mad, and that was the intro to the next Jakeby video

[@fitokingsalem7414]

@@BikemanSuperfast The Jacoverse is real.

[@kylerowe666]

I found your channel with part one of this series, I’ve been back and watched others now. Honest work

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks for sticking around!

[@viyudobra9628]

Yo, I'm here cause of the first video of this serie, it was cool kinda asmr idk, but I'm glad that i found ur channel

[@karenkelly2290]

I think it is totally okay to take what you need from dead you did not kill yourself. If you don't someone else will, and Skyrim is a tough place.

[@walterfoster9593]

The adventure might have tried to push some skooma off onto the banned wizard nd she wasn't having it, then things got rowdy.

[@BreadApologist]

*watching first video* “Why on earth am I watching a dude play skyrim and just cut firewood all day?” *watching second video* “Still don’t know why, but screw it im invested at this point”

[@jamiebritton6508]

I found you last week and have been binge watching your videos your style is very refreshing and I'm enjoying it thanks for the content

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks, much appreciated

[@rat_king2801]

ive played skyrim for years and thought these videos were kind of a silly way to play the game but after watching a couple vids im a total convert and now a subscriber. 😊❤

[@JacobyWakeby]

Haha thanks!

[@peaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

yes!! been waiting for the next episode 🎉

[@askedegnbol6027]

i need more of this! its so chill and entertaining for some reason.

[@GFreeze1]

Investing in potions of strength might be a good idea to deal with the over encumbering challenges

[@mastergamez4297]

Love this new series.

[@Plastikdoom]

Long time viewer. Many years now. Glad everyone supports what you do. I personally love your Skyrim life as series. Always good and entertaining, or chill, interesting. So just keep keep the good work man. I’ve watched for years and years. And will watch as long as you make them.

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks for sticking around so long!

[@Plastikdoom]

@@JacobyWakeby thanks, and thanks for doing what you do.

[@christiansales45]

22:13 i relate to douglas an awful lot as i watch this video after a long day of work with a pint in hand 😁 thanks for the escapism and content! New sub

[@theneoshaadow7478]

I admire that you appreciate and find joy within the tiny nuances that build the game in the background, always keep the quality in gaming my friend.

[@danieltukua4527]

This series reminds me of the 2013 to 2015-16 era of KZbin where Skyrim roleplaying were really popular. I used to watch those for hours a day. I love this

[@uptown_rider8078]

These videos are very relaxing to watch, thank you for these amazing uploads

[@sam_wilds]

This is a very relaxing series

[@leynaabbey]

I'd have looted the gold, food and weapons but I'm not nice. Lol

[@giladgur1703]

For immersion, you should use mods that show the animation of the eating and drinking. Also sit before you eat.

[@JacobyWakeby]

Yes! Will check out an animation mod

[@Tmthy_Le_Trtlla]

This is my new therapy at this point

[@whoistonyredgrave1478]

I think water skins are usually in the misc category when buying from merchants

[@not_decaf]

Humble wood cutter is wat im here for

[@georgiamayjay]

Yay !! The axe slinging slasher has returned

[@badluck9749]

Bro looks for waterskins in food category 💀💀💀

[@bejandavid1304]

Love this series

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks!

[@redtreeash3488]

I'm probably not the only one to mention it now but if you need a 2 handed weapon that could work into rp go jaunt down and get the "woodsman's friend"

[@redtreeash3488]

Its next to the body of a dead wood cutter south of your mill and north of pine watch

[@JacobyWakeby]

Yeah found that axe before on another playthrough, cool idea

[@redtreeash3488]

@@JacobyWakeby it's objectively a bad weapon but I thought it would be a good idea for this character for you

[@tsven892]

The KZbin algorithm brought me here and by the grace of the gods I've never played Skyrim but I am absolutely here for Douglas the humble woodcutter! I love the little details that you put into this like how the plant was a little decoration on the tent floor, and I love the historic way that you talk back to the townspeople! It's like you're really there conversing with them! Douglas's life reminds me of my own with that hustle and grind at work every day. And I think you encapsulated what being tired after a long day at work can make a person do. I try to be kind to everyone, but when I'm exhausted, starving, and dehydrated, I can be a bit bitchy! I'm humbled to see the self-discipline that Douglas has by only taking the coin and nothing else because if it were me I would have taken the food too. Seems wasted on a dead person when you live on berries and hunted animal meat yourself. I do hope that Douglas will repay what he stole, but you're right that it is such a big decision. Once you do something like that, you can't ever go back. Anyway, I will keep watching this series! I never thought I'd need something like this to comfort me after a long day at work, but boy did it leave my heart feeling warm! A thousand and one blessings to you for making stuff like this! And I will be watching the other series too, I bet things will look very different when the MC is a bandit with different morals than a humble woodcutter! :)

[@chrisnorton4912]

Those guys had scumba. They were killed because they were killed because they were dealers..

[@russamieltrusty]

You didn’t snipe that free Skooma, you square

[@lehtamohan3595]

24:40 Really relatable introvert energy here 😂

[@richardreinertson1335]

The dead are beyond buying and selling. Possessions are for the living.

[@kaylahall1219]

I subbed for this series

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thank you!

[@ericharris1853]

It’s not robing the dead it’s recycling

[@ericjia6591]

Jacoby, you should run a mod where you become a boss or run your own lumber mill!

[@JacobyWakeby]

That's the plan for the series!

[@ABA-d9s]

0:07 you killed her I know it 😂

[@blackgemstone801]

I've actually been waiting for an NPC RP like this. Woodcutting was the second rp I've done for myself after Hunter. Seeing it with all yhe survival mods is just perfect. Thank you for this coziness

[@GFreeze1]

Hey, appreciate you putting those cabbages back.

[@jaramydwarren2368]

Douglas should have taken the Bow and Arrows I mean the Adventurers where criminals of some sort why else would that lady mage have killed them with that Bow Douglas would of been able to help the city better

[@treylannister3771]

I saw the notification and came RUNNING!! 🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️

[@purple7_luv7]

I love this series. Keep up the good work

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thanks!

[@LowellGraves2]

Hell yeah

[@Zalmoxis0621]

Douglas is an aspiring small business owner who, in a different society, would have the opportunity to take out a loan or something to set up his lumber mill. But could he trust that the jarl would do the right thing for this community? Was he wrong to take that decision into his own hands? I think not. Clearly this financial windfall is fate, and his community will prosper all the more quickly for it.