Skyrim Living a Normal Life Episode 1 | The Deserter

[@JacobyWakeby]

Mods in load order SkyUI Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch Alternate Start - Live Another Life - SSE Death Alternative - Your Money or Your Life Immersive Patrols SE Enhanced Blood Textures Wintersun - Faiths of Skyrim Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival Jobs of Skyrim - 2017 SSE Address Library for SKSE Plugins MCM Helper Guards Armor Replacer SSE New Beginnings - Live Another Life Extension SSE Campfire - Complete Camping System (Supports Skyrim VR) Climates Of Tamriel-SE EFF - Extensible Follower Framework OBIS SE - Organized Bandits In Skyrim Special Edition FileAccess Interface for Skyrim SE Scripts - FISSES Winter Is Coming SSE - Cloaks Hunterborn Unique Border Gates SE Immersive Speechcraft SE Man Those Borders SSE Hold Border Banners Populated Skyrim Reborn SSE Populated Lands Roads Paths for SE Carriage and Ferry Travel Overhaul (Formerly Complete Fast Travel Overhaul) Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes Complete Crafting Overhaul Remastered Smelting Plus Trade and Barter Trade Routes - Regional Economy SE Cutting Room Floor - SSE No snow under the roof Your Market Stall NPC Bartering SE Realistic Needs and Diseases 2.0 Fuz Ro D-oh - Silent Voice Windhelm Segregation - Stay at New Gnisis Cornerclub JK's New Gnisis Cornerclub Gray Quarter - Goods from Morrowind Dunmeri Furniture in Gray Quarter Gray Quarter Overhaul Containers and Leveled Lists Fixes - Complete Loot Overhaul Ashlander Camp New Zainab SSE Fores New Idles in Skyrim SE - FNIS SE FNIS Spells FNIS Creature Pack PapyrusUtil SE - Modders Scripting Utility Functions Perseids Inns and Taverns - Realistic Room Rental Enhanced Dragonkiller Cart SE Katixas Ciderhouse Restaurant - SSE Conversion Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul Alchemist Compendium Bandolier - Bags and Pouches Classic Portable Alchemy Potion Combining Harvest Overhaul Redone Respectable Inventory -- Well-Stocked Alchemists Inventory Functions SE-AE Poisoning Extended SE The Alchemist's Vestments Leaf Rest SSE The Alchemist's Abode - An Alchemist's Shack Overhaul Alchemical Studies - CACO Ingredient Book SSE Khajiit Merchant Tracker mmersive Khajiit Caravan Mules Khajiit Has Wares - A Caravan Camp Overhaul Common Clothes and Armors Dynamic Animation Replacer Here to Help - Tend to the Sick and Wounded Missives Two-Handed Woodcutter's Axe - SSE Leviathan Animations - Two-Handed High Stance Immersive College of Winterhold Crimson Nirnroot Markers Give Me More Gold JK's Temple of Kynareth BUVARP SE RE - Barely Used Vanilla Actors Recycle Project Special Edition Revamped Markarth - Help the Warrens and A Cure for Cairine SE

[@Sebastian_Jones]

Appreciated, consider ressuming your Life as a Vigilent series, which is currently on a cliffhanger.

[@BlottyWellRight]

Thanks for listing...When I eventually come back to Skyrim...I'll probably try this list.

[@conorchiverton3509]

Hi, could you please do life as a treasure hunter or something but collecting all the dragon priest masks would be really interesting seeing you collect each one, but anyway your episodes are fantastic please don't stop always look forward to watching a new one after work.

[@whatwhatyep]

I've just started playing Skyrim this year despite having an xbox since they came out. I just couldn't get into it the first couple of tries. Now I regret selling everything but my 360 collection because I really want a back pack, camping set and a fishing rod.

[@aintasnitchlikewhiteboyric558]

@@Sebastian_Jonesmy dog I understand but it’s almost been a year 😂

[@aaronmacwilliamhughes3229]

I feel like he's going to be like "Yep, totally normal citizen" and just plays through the main quest, all the while maintaining that "this guy's a totally normal, average guy".

[@chandae17]

I really hope so, I have been wanting to see him play through the main quest. 😂

[@jayhom5385]

This always comes to mind whenever I see someone talking about being normal: "I'm a perfectly normal human worm baby." --Invader Zim.

[@BIGJ8478]

By the Gods he says by the Gods a lot.,🤦🏽‍♂️

[@prosto_potomuwto]

Quiet people...

[@steveshyde7564]

Perhaps he'll end up joining the stormcloaks

[@bethanylittle5629]

Life as a courier would be incredibly interesting I think. Delivering letters and traveling the harsh roads for Skyrim. Not sure what direction you could take it but it’d be a fun series to watch I think.

[@thelastgoodmaninjersey]

So Skyrim meets Fallout

[@Maggot00679]

That's actually very doable via the missive boards mod, which is in his mod list. Adds small quests, i.e. courier jobs.

[@liamrorke4280]

If u have the game on ps4 check out honest work I think it's called. Mod gives u generic quests for tavern owners where u can deliver supplies. Add that mod with a decent economy overhaul and food cost overhaul and ur pretty much set to be a courier

[@corpsenymph4644]

A lifelong technically-not-a-fetch-quest

[@HyperGoat22]

you could do this well with the missives mod

[@tatwood93]

You know it's gonna be a good episode when it begins with a roaring fire and Jacoby saying "Ahh my friends"

[@JacobyWakeby]

:)

[@graphic18tb8]

Dude I’ve missed old Skyrim where people would actually roleplay thank you hopefully you bring it back

[@seventyfourty]

I did one where I was a homeless kooma addict, I had a campsite outback of the Redwater skooma den and lived there with my dog, rabbit, and fox and did anything it took to get my fix

[@dislikebutton4981]

​@seventyfourty lmfao dude, that's too funny. Now I wanna make a skooma fiend who moonlights as werewolf. Just mercilessly killing anyone and anything all night, chasing the skooma in the morning.

[@elizabethkeen7851]

@@seventyfourtyI did something similar because my brother teased me for having too much wine on my character. I said he was addicted. Every time I saw wine I stole it. 😂 mostly form the college if I remember correctly

[@user-be3mj2gd5x]

Skyrim is made for this, cuz this is like something you do when playing alone, roaming, side quests, contemplating the landscape, truly the good stuff.

[@novanettle7497]

This is exactly what I do when I play by myself and probably why I like Skyrim so much.

[@NeonAmnesia]

Same, I really enjoy it. Also being a past DM for a dnd campaign, I love using the Take Notes mod and write in stories of my character and other lore while I play the game.

[@Bar-Bri-Doll]

EXACTLY

[@GrungeBro1990]

Should add Helgen Reborn to rebuild his home.

[@oberoneledthar3782]

Helgen Reborn does not work with AE anymore sadly Not even with just the free variant

[@GrungeBro1990]

@@oberoneledthar3782 i have it installed and it works for me

[@oberoneledthar3782]

@@GrungeBro1990 okay, I wanted to install it but in the Comments they said that it did not work anymore. Did you just install it or did you have to do something to make it work?

[@GrungeBro1990]

@@oberoneledthar3782 i just installed it and it gave me the book for the quest to start. did not do the quest yet but i assume if it did not work i would not have gotten the book.

[@JacobyWakeby]

D:

[@denisaenuta6868]

I don't know if many people appreciate the slow paced gathering and harvesting episodes but they are my favourite!! Really excited for this. I know you're putting a lot of work in these so thank you!

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thank you! My favourite too :)

[@bigduginc]

Henneth a good and humble man. Worthy of his own series.

[@Karsuuue]

I'd love to see Bruma integrated in one of the series, would be fitting for a deserted border guard. Otherwise I really like the more humble series, I will surely enjoy this one!

[@WilbertMoore]

The Imperials put a guy missing an eye as their only scout on the border? lol

[@Jen-lm1oi]

One of the best things about Skyrim is that even though its one game, there's so many countless ways to play it. I'm enjoying this play though and it has inspired me to "live a normal life in Skyrim" too :)

[@JacobyWakeby]

All the cool mods add even more!

[@AZ_M0MMA]

I love this so much! ❤ This is my new favorite series, You have this amazing ability to fully immerse the viewer in the world and story! 😊 I think the Imperials would just assume you were lost in the blizzard and died of exposure. According to their report (Imperials love their paperwork lol) 😂 they would probably also assume the animals took your remains.

[@cflomilton]

I like to imagine all the imperial soldiers can hear him talking

[@ealing75]

I like the sound of a normal life series

[@thehackingburger3002]

I definitely do want to see more of this character! Even some of your most "normal" sounding playthroughs have still gone into a combat direction, so it will be interesting to see a guy who has no interest in defeating bandits all the time (except for bandit explorers! ;) ) However... now my mind is racing with a follow-up character after you're done with Henneth. His detachment realized that he hadn't come back, and thought he had perhaps died in the blizzard, so they sent another soldier to look for him. Since he didn't find a body, this man decided Henneth must have deserted and returned to camp... only to find it a desolate, bloody mess. Stormcloaks had attacked while he was gone, and without a scout, no one had seen it coming. His whole division had been wiped out within minutes, all of his friends and found family, and it was all because of that blasted, selfish deserter... Henneth. So, this soldier goes rogue and hunts the deserter, building up his strength and mercilessly killing any Stormcloaks he finds in retribution, but his real goal is the murder of the man who just wants to live a normal life. IN BRIEF: A light Imperial rogue playthrough with a focus on finding and killing one of your own other characters (which you really can't do, hence the chase aspect of the role-play!)

[@marcusappelberg369]

That would be really interesting!

[@AnalPounderMallet]

Calm down nerd

[@Marian-ye4mr]

"except for bandit explorers!" Nice one! :D

[@2ManosGamers]

This is awesome

[@MrGuardian1816]

Every time I see one of these videos I get excited about the game again...until I see the mod list. These will take me a month to find and download plus theyll likely melt my computer when I play then game lol

[@pier-lucfortin8065]

It's like an NPC that wakes up. Very enjoyable, ty sir.

[@konstantinsuvorov2570]

I like the concept - I think it brings a lot of flexibility with it. Maybe Henneth can have a sub goal next to the farm one: Visiting all inns in Skyrim and tasting the beer/food. Sounds pretty down-to-earth to me :D

[@loganmcc]

Been waiting for a series like this! I could see him getting breezehome and starting a small family eventually

[@motocrossrebel12]

Love the idea of this build, take a break work the random jobs of skyrim. Good concept. The farm is awesome! Look forward to more!!

[@kudiefox]

Please continue this, it really is refreshing watching something unique and different, love how relaxing it is and how chill you are, I love how you roleplay as your character keep it up man I could watch for hours. You got a new Sub :}

[@makaylawhittum2573]

Im choosing to believe that all his 'life as' characters know each other and get together every so often to have a drink and catch up.

[@zedkon3302]

Omg pure pure calmness n peace, the music, ambiance, background sounds.. everything abt this game makes my soul to calm down n feel everything to my core, all the stress pressure uneasiness every ounce of negetivity vanishes from within❤ a drop of tear rolls down my eye while feeling the peace within my core

[@philwheatleyconsultant]

What a great series! Ive played this since its first release, but always dashed from one quest to the next, skipping stuff like crafting, wood chopping etc. Playing it the way shown in the videos gives the game a completely new perspective. It kinda feels like youre actually living within Skyrim.

[@brodieandshoot3681]

I'm looking forward to seeing this series ❤

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Sometimes I do the vanilla intro and just chop wood in Riverwood for like 4 weeks while I watch KZbin, then I just buy whatever I want lol.

[@HinodeHinansho]

Did Henneth have family in Helgan? Perhaps a reason for him to travel around Skyrim could be to find if any of his family survived. Also, I think eventually, he could get a dog or something to help him hunt game and keep him company-or maybe he finds his family dog out in the wilds and it gives him hope that maybe-just maybe-some family of his survived and is out there...

[@jayhom5385]

And, name the dog Meatdog.

[@HinodeHinansho]

@@jayhom5385 Ha! At the time of writing I forgot how similar (or exact) that plot lines up with Fallout 4.😅

[@EggMan_13]

Maybe like meeko

[@TheGreystoneManor]

Finally! A play-through focused on the everyday living in Skyrim! Exactly what my soul needed

[@dapidizme]

this is a series i’ve been looking for. Thank you Sir

[@Dark_Walker_]

Thanks for showing that Skyrim can be more than the mercenary hunting for better weapons and armor. You truly can be anyone you want im Skyrim.

[@Furby-luv3r]

26:24 "And they were roomates." "Oh my god, they were roomates!"

[@b0sanac]

I never understood the power of roleplaying in skyrim and how interesting it makes the game. I've only recently started my first roleplaying playthrough and it's awesome.

[@jasondaniels7740]

Watched your life as a necromancer and was immediately hooked. Keep making amazing vids

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thank you!

[@TheRogue_Paladin]

I find it hilarious how you need a house yet there's leafrest is right there 😂

[@angellynette8258]

What a cozy Skyrim video. I’m so glad I came across your channel. I can’t wait to watch more.

[@lenol0315]

always watching all your vids on repeat in-between episodes man , keep it coming

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thank you!

[@randyortonsbulge]

I swear I saw episode two but I thought I’d wait to watch it after my shower and it was gone. Been watching this one over and over in the back ground while working.

[@OmgPandamonium]

Maybe part of the series could be getting married and adopting kids.

[@Rulicia]

Just discovered this, I like it a lot!👍A great way to just hang out in Skyrim. Will definitely follow. I didn't know you could catch fish like that. 😊

[@Reed_Gibby]

You should try out alternate perspective mod. It's an alternate start mod that is much like Live another Life, except you can watch Ulfrics execution and Alduin come down on the tower from the perspective of one of the townsfolk. It also adds a fully built Helgen with shops, quests, and NPC's with dialogue (It's VaXsynth so it isn't great) but I'd say its definitely worth a try. You can start the main quest any time you want or even not do it and just let helgen be its own nice little town and act like the dragon crisis never happened.

[@GoreGutztheImpaler]

Man it's funny I started a normal life playthrough just yesterday and it is fun. I don't got a hunting mod and I am finding it doesn't pay as well as just chopping wood. But hunting is way more fun. I'm going to check this out to see if I need any of your mods as well as any fun rules to add to my arbitrary list for my playthrough.

[@Marieeeeuhhhh]

By far the best Skyrim RP KZbinr yet! Keep up the good work!!

[@Brooklyn_OHWFYV]

I would be interested in seein how this series develops.

[@yashvardhansingh9285]

Life as a Chef would look really cool if you do one someday As for this series its a good concept , i would suggest find your fellow deserters and start over as a free society

[@mustanggaming3018]

We need more skyrim series people do not do enough of them anymore so keep doing what your doing and it is to bad that life as a lord ended hopefully we get something similar in the future

[@KryptosGames6680]

Im so excited for this please continue this!! It made my day honestly like your narration and the way you casually say by the gods just makes me wanna play skyrim again lol

[@nycstreetpoet]

Since I often forget which set of armor has my best enchantments, I just started enchanting “regular” equipment: blacksmith’s apron, miner’s clothes, fine clothes, etc.

[@xxblacktear]

any Skyrim content with a lil roleplay element is always appreciated 🥰 glad I found this video of a common variety Nop- err I mean citizen.

[@CaptainStevey]

This is immensely relaxing to watch. Great job with the audio mixing as well! Its an oddly specific thing to point out, but the atmosphere is just very soft to experience.

[@zenosz01]

I think that fisherman has been hunting and fishing in those parts for yeats

[@coolwipp10]

Phenomenal work as always Id love to see you do a full run as the LDB On a side note, i have found myself incorporating different Jacoby-isms in my daily life lol. Greeting people with "Ahh, my friends!" And calling people Ne'er do wells

[@markalbert4316]

I would definitely like to see future episodes of this series. I want to see where it goes.

[@Thebox_420]

PLEASE MAKE THIS A FULL PLAYTHROUGH

[@DemonDoll44]

Since this vid brought me to you, id say yes to seeing more in this series lol nice new take on Skyrim

[@sparkcommunications2499]

By the gods! Great episode, apart from your Bandit Series (My Fav), your more chilled/peaceful playthrough's and just trying to be a normal Civilian fitting in, are for me, some of the best. Keep up the great work brother

[@itswallzy]

Dude, just found your channel and I might have to binge your videos lmao. Great work fr never stop!

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thank you and welcome!

[@AvguardianGaming]

You missed that the Riverwood Trader had a roll of paper for sale. I look forward to seeing more!

[@orcinusrex]

Very enjoyable and calm. I kept it up while i worked. Good job buddy!

[@jebrew724]

You don’t need money for the plantation in the base game you only need to complete a mission that starts at the plantation

[@pedrotrianirodriguez3825]

I really enjoyed the video, and it gave me an idea for another (I think short) series you should do: life as an Imperial (or stormcloak, suit yourself) Champion. You start as a common soldier and ride your way up the ranks until you reach the rank of Imperial Champion, wear the armor with pride and defeat the vile rebel Ulfric.

[@jacob4189]

This is super nerdy and I love it

[@BubbleFortress]

Love this! Can't wait to binge the series lol

[@tomjohnson4462]

By the gods... it's "Nine Divines!"

[@AntiKira20]

Desertion?! Thats a blammin from the Commissar! Nobody deserts on the Imperiums watch!

[@gamerfourlife64]

Very interesting concept I will totally be looking forward to more of this

[@jayhom5385]

I've barely started watching, but starting in the north with Frostfall at level 1 is rough. I think I "died" 3x once as someone dragged me to some inn and I ran out of food.

[@JacobyWakeby]

Haha, yeah I've been there

[@backstreetcuttie2995]

You should have added the Helgen Reborn mod, i think it would fit in perfectly with this guy's backstory as Helgen was once his home. Surely he would want to have it rebuilt instead of leaving it a smoldering pile or ruins...

[@EJDubbz]

This normal life approach is a good way to do a short playthrough to test mod load orders

[@joeyrich2520]

I really appreciate how into it you get.

[@davidcresci1130]

My first time seeing a video from you and it was amazing, please make this a series!

[@arulprasaths5737]

Its been while..... I loved your peasant playthrough gona watch this one too

[@AlyssaSoftPaw]

im currently playing as a simple farmer. that can kill dragons with one hit. I cant let anything hurt my babies or wife.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

1:28 ‘There’s a lot more men than there are tents.’ Didn’t you know about the Legion’s Skyrim policy of TEAM SNUGGLING?

[@IamH8ted]

I get it. After Helgan and making my way to Whiterun. The knowledge of being dragon born overwhenl3d me I made haste too Markarth. Accidentally getting involved with the Forsworn, and being imprisend. After escaping with everyone else I made my way to rifton to live in the shadows that's where I am now. Lol

[@cgametheory1423]

That was wonderful. Skyrim makes a better survival game than most survival games if only if we could turn off the monsters and bandits. Great to get back to town for conversation too. AI should make that even better and we'll have some highly cultured games with little to no combat. Not enough morality play in most games, also not much in the way of culture, although Skyrim does quite well at that compared to almost any other game. I hope Starfield does as well as Skyrim in culture and isn't too militaristic in conversations. Thanks Jacoby Wakeby for a great video.

[@JohnielSerrano]

This is a cool playstyle, would like to see more of this 😀

[@dannywaider]

Never get tired of your uploads ♥️

[@AeryswrenImaizumi]

Just found your channel! I LOVE your story-telling!

[@BFDreaming]

I think your comrades knew, and let you go. They couldn't officially do it, since they didn't have the authority, but they sympathized. Your home was right there, and apparently in danger, after all. Here's to a peaceful life! (What exactly is a "normal foeman"? Whose foe?) Ahhh, Riverwood trader had a roll of paper!

[@FriendFatale]

which mod adds cooks` ability to sell salt piles in bulk?

[@lawrencecuthbertson8539]

Just found this channel, nice little chilled video for my night shift. Hoping you find some perils on your journey 😊

[@ItsSayrn]

Bro got hit with the protagonist beam

[@Skyrim_junkie]

Thank for finally doing this life

[@matthewtolentino5141]

It’s been a year since I watched your videos which I missed so much! I decided to visit your channel again

[@JacobyWakeby]

Thank you!

[@jessicarosales1141]

I know this is a gonna be a good series 😊

[@yorh4180]

Whoo! New series

[@Vvoornth]

I like this and want to see more of this new take on Skyrim

[@ShinigamiRyan]

Looking forward to this series like with your other ones. I wonder if there's a mod where when you encounter Imperial Guards(after a certain amount of time has passed) they become hostile because they know you're a deserter. Obviously it wouldn't apply in Whiterun since they're neutral.

[@JacobyWakeby]

A mod like that would be pretty cool

[@ChaseGamesGood]

I’ve been wanting to do something like this. I absolutely love RP videos like this.

[@connie_d]

i was gna do this, fairly recently started my first legendary survival build, was just gna chop wood, sell wood, cuz i was scared of everything, but once i collected people to come with me (jenassa, verulus, serana, barbas, meeko, esbern etc, a whole posse) i started playing it normally and people died. this is why you shouldn't get involved with cults or gangs. EDIT: altho tbf i was instrumental in a successful revolution as well, ig whether or not you think that's good depends on your politics

[@dukecesareborgiaofvalencia]

Life as a serial killer

[@Saucevxl]

Immersive armours is a nice mod outdated but still one of the best armour overhauls to date

[@livmilesparanormalromanceb6891]

I loved this, thank you XD

[@dantewm8475]

Really enjoyed this can't wait to see more

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

This was lovely to watch. I’m guessing the new changes in game dressing and the tents etc are from the Anniversary Edition of the game? I’ve got a copy of it myself, I just haven’t had time to get playing it yet. It really does make Skyrim feel more like an immersive survivalist game experience, more akin to RDR2 for example. Awesome stuff!

[@SinnerSoviet]

You probably don't make these anymore but it be really cool to see a roleplay of a retired dragon born .

[@NickSibz]

"Wandering Magician..by the gods.." IDK why that made me laugh so hard. 🤣

[@loptseldr]

NEVER kill the sacred fox! Foxes are sacred to me. In any game i play if i can't save the fox or accidentally kill it i carry the pelt with me for the rest of the game as penance.

[@lewism5941]

Im doing something similar on my playthrough. Doing a paladin build (heavy armour, sword and shield, restoration and alteration magic, sworn to the service of meridia) and it wasnt until level 35 that i actually became dragonborn and only because i had to in order to progress the dawnguard story. Its been a lot of fun and a completely new experience for me!