The Art Thief [Skyrim Vanilla Speech Build] S2E5

[@Skypothesis]

Welcome to Skypothesis! Thanks so much for watching our latest build "The Art Thief"! Imperials are probably our least-played race, so we wanted to spice things up this time by FULLY leveraging the power of coin. Barter your way to glory with this dashing con-man

[@kbroomall]

Yeah! Love this (and all) of Skypothesis's thoughtful build guides! Always presents a unique play-through experience and challenge! YEAH!

[@felipeayala4629]

I like how other builds have flashy moves that show the skill and power of the characters... But the art thief just imagines himself as a badass hero while doing basic stuff

[@Skypothesis]

Hahaha glad you liked that. His special moves are very different from everyone else's, and that's what makes him fun / unique we think hahaha

[@papagut4319]

want to say as a Ps4 player... i appreciate the vanilla builds so much. So many things we console played cant do, thankfully i can still play the amazing builds you make for us

[@Skypothesis]

We play primarily on Switch, so we know the feeling! We use some visual mods to improve the quality of the videos on our PCs, but the vanilla game on console just has a certain charm to it that we adore. Thanks for the support!!

[@samedcibi3390]

I am not trying to be rude but go buy yourself PC if you love to play games it will give you a whole lot of content by modding.

[@brodiddy877]

I second this

[@SpacePirateLord]

@@Skypothesis Man you must be really happy Switch got Anniversary content then. I certainly am. Actually decided to buy Skyrim on Switch since I can now play Survival Legendary on the go.

[@ryhi5]

Very Unique Merchant themed build, and by far the most hilarious excuse I've seen as to how and why your character ended up in Helgen. "Damn, we don't have the evidence to convict him in a court of law. OH WELL! Just bag him, tag him, and send him to the block anyway!"

[@Skypothesis]

Hahahaha glad you enjoyed that. We had to give him a reason to join the DB, and a feud with the Penitus Oculatus seemed perfect haha.

[@thanus6636]

Forget the list! He goes to the block!

[@joaovitorpaulino7439]

Damn boys, you guys play no games, a killer build after another. First time seeing someone using the wedding dress/suit on a build, most underrated clothing piece ever. The roleplay one this one its next level. Awesome work guys, keep em coming.

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much man, means a lot! We were seriously so shocked when we put the wedding dress on a male character and saw how it looked and HAD to make a build with it

[@paul-eakre7482]

First time hearing the male version of the wedding dress. After all those years you still learn new stuff. I'm guilty of deeming the speech tree as useless but you guys gave me a whole new perspective with an incredible build. You just made my day good sirs

[@Skypothesis]

We didn't know about it either until a few months ago when we started planning this guy! Happy accident I guess haha. And same on the Speech Tree as well. When compared to Fallout it is definitely a disappointment, but when viewed under the lens of gold acquisition, it's quite useful! Thanks for watching :)

[@simonacerton3478]

That is a most unusual build. Not quite my cuppa but high quality with that unique Skypotethis flair. I've also never seen the dwarven companions used as a build element before nor the serpent stone. Nicely done.

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much! Definitely unusual haha. It was quite the challenge making everything fit right, but we're happy with how it turned out, and now we won't have to worry about a speech focused build for a long time hahaha

[@devonchristensen9835]

I love the simplicity of this build it's got just enough teeth to compete but the know how to enjoy every bit of coin the other builds miss out on not my cup of tea but definitely a fun one

[@Skypothesis]

He just baaarely has enough teeth haha, he'd struggle really hard without his Dwarven Spheres. The crossbow does a ton of damage even up to master difficulty so as long as you play patient and avoid open combat he does super well :) Thanks for watching!!

[@TzionCannon]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this build! I’ve always valued speech in a play through (maybe overvalued), but I always felt that getting those speech levels up early helped out tremendously in the later game. I feel like getting speech training and stealing the money back through pickpocket would suit this build perfectly too... which is what I always do. Thanks for another fantastic build, you guys! Hope you guys are staying safe in this weather.

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much for the comment, man!! Yeah almost everyone in the Skyrim community hates speech, (and when comparing it to Fallout we understand why) but it's still super valuable for bartering! We wanted to build a character around it, and we're really glad you enjoyed. Thanks, right back at you! Just finished shoveling some snow lol.

[@loganparks3724]

you guys have the best builds they’re so original and exciting especially for people who’ve played this game to death !! keep up the great work !

[@Skypothesis]

Too kind! Thanks so much

[@GailOlm]

I like that this build focuses on the speech tree, which isn't typically seen. I love how the aesthetic includes the Dwarven spheres.

[@ninjaleaf8537]

Thank you so much! We have been blessed with another Skypothesis build!

[@Skypothesis]

More to come my friend. Thanks for the support

[@some5crub]

So great. I won’t play the majority of these builds, but you guys are proving that Skyrim isn’t a linear game or stealth archers, night blades, and warriors. There’s an infinite number of combinations to make unique characters. Keep it up!

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much for watching! Haha yeah we'd be pretty shocked if someone had the time for ALL of them, but we hope that eventually we'll have a library that will have enough builds that suits EVERYONE's playstyle :)

[@some5crub]

@@Skypothesis I don’t want to spoil anything, but how many builds are you guys out? Or have concepts to?

[@Skypothesis]

@@some5crub We've got concepts stretching into Oblivion hahaha but producing them is a different story. We're making good progress with production for Season Three (coming late March), and have solid builds planned through a fourth season. We are also going to play around with other forms of content, but these builds will always be our focus!

[@some5crub]

@@Skypothesis Awesome. You guys are incredible. 6 episodes a season like season one?

[@Skypothesis]

Yep! 6 a season is the plan! And thanks so much ❤️❤️

[@mmiikkee96]

Love this build easily the most unique I’ve seen and it combines all my favorite things into one build

[@Skypothesis]

Good to hear!! Thieves are SO fun

[@Leto85]

I love this kind of playstyles. Years ago I did something like this myself with a high speech character who relied solely on bought items such as food, potions, poisons, staves and spells. Speech by itself is highly underrated.

[@Leto85]

I ment Scrolls, not spells. Unfortunatrly this playstyle is lost impossible on Legendary difficulty due to the sheer amount of filled soul gems and Scrolls you need.

[@Draven1125]

By far one of my most favourable builds, a golden, speech, amplified thief-assassin. Good build!

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much!!

[@funnyname8276]

This character is less boring and perfect for flashy theft roleplay,smart and full of trickeries 👏

[@pablito8497]

Damn good as always. I never thought about dwarven stuff as being gilded, but now I kinda see it. Trying to get Konahriik could also be a good goal since, well, its a mask made from gold. And if I recall correctly, you can actually see it just a little bit when its still locked in the sactum, so the roleplay is not too much of a stretch either.

[@Skypothesis]

Dang he would LOVE Konahriik that's true! Definitely should have added something about that! Thanks for the support as always

[@joeball2925]

Another amazing build! you guys are reviving peoples passion for Skyrim!

[@Skypothesis]

Thank you so much! That's our goal

[@garengulludjian1747]

Man this channel is amazing. It reminds of Tamriel Vault when it comes to the special powers, which is something any unique build should have. The characters look really good aesthetically, and all of them are really immersive. Keep it up guys, you have managed to be creative in a 10-year-old game 👏🏻

[@Skypothesis]

Tamriel Vault is our biggest inspiration! We were inspired by the care that went into the builds over there and wanted to bring the same energy to KZbin, so we're glad you thought so! Appreciate the support, thank you!!

[@sofaking3475]

This is awesome another fantastic build from you guys. I haven't bothered with the Thieves Guild questline in years so this would be a fun way to get back into it.

[@Skypothesis]

Thieves Guild is one of our favorites. The radiant quests for Delvin and Vex are super fun when playing a roleplay heavy character like this guy!

[@LDN4774]

The beauty of YT sometimes is this, for content creators like you to bring out bangers like this outta nowhere. Thank you for this content bros!

[@rocksnrolls]

Just tweak the roleplay a little... and you've got yourself a fine Santa build. The mostly red outfit, clockwork "toys" in the automatons, stealthily sneaking into places while taking or leaving things, a dislike of combat but willing to fight if needs be, charismatic. Just add some smithing and the creation club deer mount and its perfect

[@ajhildenbrand247]

Love this season every build is amazing

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much, man! Hopefully Season 3 continues the pattern

[@zelenyy8469]

i love the "special moves" for each build you do! keep up the good work guys.

[@Skypothesis]

Hey thanks! They're by far our favorite part about every build

[@AxelCdRm]

Hey ! I would like to add a special move to this character: Dwemer Distraction "Wait" + Thrown voice Command your Dwemer sphere to wait, sneak to a good position and use the shout Thrown voice on it. This will allows you to loot the area and ran away while the sphere distract your ennemies. He learn this move from a certain breton collegue from the thieves guild who also find a dwemer friend to travel with her ;)

[@Skypothesis]

Wow how did we not think of this? Huge missed opportunity on our part lol

[@haydenhd8861]

Amazing yet again!

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks, friend

[@TheLastmystic]

Awesome work once again!!! I love me a swindling thief build 😁

[@Skypothesis]

This man is the swindlest. Swindleyest. Swindle boy. :)

[@imperialspy3284]

Never disappointed! Keep them coming!

[@Skypothesis]

Ah, thank you! Too kind

[@someguyontheinternet604]

1:26 I thought you were going to say that the Art Thief only wanted three things: money, power and both.

[@liamlempertz1568]

nice build ;) love the music every time

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks!! Check out Vindsvept here on KZbin for more music

[@liamlempertz1568]

@@Skypothesis thx

[@joshuacastillo6958]

you guys made me install skyrim again and play with this awesome build!

[@Skypothesis]

Yay!! Hope you have fun!!

[@haydenhd8861]

What is everyone’s favorite season 2 build? Mine actually might be this one or the reaver.

[@StupibGuy]

probibly the volkihar knight or fell alchemist

[@joaovitorpaulino7439]

that's a tough one, mine is probably the oblivion sentinel.

[@felipeayala4629]

Easy, stylite storm. Playing mages on higher leves gets boring fast so relying on potions rather than op enchantments is neat. Plus it's an argonian, It's such an underrated raze

[@ryanking1850]

I'm always a sucker for an interesting thief 👌👀

[@irontiger2622]

Volkihar Knight, the Rebel and the Stylite Storm

[@AxelCdRm]

Another amazing build ! Thanks to you, i recently began a new playtrough with a build inspired by The Stylite Storm, one of my favorite Skyrim build ever. Thanks you for your videos i hope you will make many more fantastics builds !

[@Skypothesis]

Sweet!! Glad The Stylite Storm served as some inspiration for you! That means a lot, thank you so much for the comment :)

[@irontiger2622]

Pretty sure this is the fastest I’ve ever become a fan of someone. Love you guys’ work (I left a few questions on the Volkihar Knight build, if it’s okay to say this here)

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks so much, that means a lot!

[@irontiger2622]

@@Skypothesis I saw. Thanks for the answers. 👍 (By the by, you guys ever think of making a Discord server? I think it would do pretty well)

[@panitaeo]

I’m so happy with these builds and your channel.

[@Skypothesis]

Thank you!!

[@gartonakgartonak340]

Hey Skypothesis I absolutely love Your Videos. Especially the style Part, You talked about in Your podcast. I started this build today and I changed it just a little bit. Instead of archery, I used destruction only until apprentice, so the Art Thief is not overpowered. Please, keep up Your great work and the awesome looking characters combined with clothes, I haven't used once in my playthroughs. Thanks a Lot for keeping the magic of skyrim up. Greetings from Germany

[@thanus6636]

Wow, I have never actually seen someone make a build around the speech skill. Incredible

[@joshuadavis7016]

Once again you did not fail to impress

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks friend

[@thefiredogcult9523]

These videos make me so nostalgic 💞

[@Skypothesis]

Nothing quite like the nostalgia of a Friday night at home exploring Skyrim.

[@binho6600]

Uuuff, i missed your upload, noice build, as always

[@Skypothesis]

Hey, thanks man

[@juandemarko8348]

The attention to detail in the backgrounds have got me lol

[@60sspider-man29]

"Did you know you have art? Imperial constitution says you do."

[@jaxsong519]

I love the uniqueness of the Helgen situation, very smart

[@fdfrancisdaniele]

My second walkthrough with one of your builds. I loved the roleplayability.

[@ryanking1850]

Another unique and immersive build 👏👏👏 Can't wait to see what you come up with next

[@Skypothesis]

Season Final next week! Hope you like it:)

[@jdbarts98]

Another fantastic build you guys!!

[@Skypothesis]

🤗 Appreciate the comment and really glad you liked it!!

[@imalittlecupcake]

I love this build! It'll only get better with some mods I have, but it's impressive how much personality can be squeezed out of vanilla.

[@alvaropires795]

Reminds me of my DnD bard. Subscribed!!

[@Skypothesis]

Yess!! We were hoping to get some bard vibes going. Thanks so much!

[@kukai1696]

I love the crossbow

[@Skypothesis]

Us too

[@Faded_Elmo]

This build reminds me of a scene from Justice league. Flash: "so whats your superpower?" Batman: "Im rich."

[@WayneHaan]

Very interesting build, awesome job! 👍

[@Skypothesis]

Thank you very much! Grateful for the comment and support

[@irontiger2622]

It just now hit me. The one and only spell I think this guy would try his damndest to learn for himself. Transmute Mineral Ore. Take a guess why exactly he’d wanna learn that one.

[@Skypothesis]

HAHA YES!!! Totally should have included that!! Could totally see him slaving over that spell tome trying so hard to learn it

[@irontiger2622]

@@Skypothesis Heh. I’ll have him learn it, but wait an in game week to actually use it. I can already hear his elation from here once he finally figured it out.

[@Cronoo]

This is such a fascinating way of playing the game.

[@Aj-ud3ik]

I love dwemer aesthetics. I even bought all the dwarven themed creation club. Arcane archery + arcane accessories and rare curiosity are a must

[@Leto85]

I like this backstory. It makes sense that he starts in Skyrim with an empty crime log since crime is measured in each hold seperately, so this might very well count for whole countries as well. How it comes he has to relearn all his speech skills I have no answer to. I love the red variant of the fine clothes used in this build. The colour suits the hood well.

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

The traumatic experience of the near death by beheading and the dragon attack trigger something in him, cause him constant panic attack and PTSD Which make it near impossible to do anything, even the thing he have done before....but slowly hes gain confidence and skill due to the lure of Money healing him

[@jazzbox24]

Love this build.

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks friend! He’s tricky but super fun :)

[@kukai1696]

Woohoo awesome build

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks Ku Kai! Glad you liked it:)

[@severianthefool7233]

You guys are so creative. You rock!

[@Acirno]

Only thing I would have changed, He needs a slight potbelly cause you know he is hitting the wine a bit more than he should. Outstanding build and story, an extremely fun twist on the thief game.

[@connorwhiteedits]

I always skip the backstory cuz I always thought people who do back stories talk to much and it's always a Batman type stories where his parents died etc, but I seen it was only 3 minutes and it was interesting and not too long, just amazing.

[@callmemalik5469]

To be honest with you, I never actually cared for roll playing, but your builds are changing that slowly but surely witch is rly good cuz skyrim is an RPG aka roll playing game so thanks and keep up with the amazing builds :)

[@Skypothesis]

Hey that's awesome! Skyrim and Fallout (especially Fallout) were the games that introduced us into roleplaying, and we've been hooked ever since haha

[@callmemalik5469]

@@Skypothesis great, hey how about you start streaming the making of these characters, I feel like your amazing personalities will fit perfectly into streaming

[@fristanjerwintabingo8960]

He looks Like Ezio Auditore. Very cool build! Reminds me of My first Morrowind character, an Imperial who relied heavily on Personality and gold Just to survive hahaha

[@Skypothesis]

Thanks, he totally has that vibe! And that sounds like an absolute blast in Morrowind. Hoping that ES6 has Morrowind's level of roleplayability.

[@aniketdatta2450]

Thank you for this exquisitely unique build. I think I'm going to roleplay as Bruce Wayne for this. Billionaire, philanthropist(only for the gift of charity bonus though), playboy by day, gliding through the plains of Skyrim as the Hooded Nightingale by night. Got to train up on daggers and the bow as well.

[@Xen0gears515]

They need a mod where you can play your instruments and sing while your summons are killing your enemies. Plus the song has some debuff effects on your enemies

[@Skypothesis]

That would be so perfect for this guy! Hoping to see bards better explored in ES6!!

[@austintehguy]

I'm playing modded skyrim, but I swear this is exactly the character I've been trying to make. I've wanted a character who can fill out the museum in Legacy of the Dragonborn without breaking RP, and this one fits perfectly! All the character ideas I have typically are unable to justify either the stealth aspect of the thieves guild, or the evil actions in the brotherhood - but to complete the museum I need a character who is capable of completing all content the game has to offer. Once I've finally filled out that museum, I think the completionist in me will be happy to leave the mod behind so I can focus on roleplay again.

[@streamerkuno332]

This what I'm looking with dwemer steampunk medieval build. this is so good

[@StupibGuy]

this is right up my alley, has no alchemy and always has too much gold. gunna make me buy skyrim on pc now.

[@Skypothesis]

Having ridiculous amounts of gold is always a plus :)

[@God-nz4yu]

This build is great.

[@Skypothesis]

Ay thank you

[@gerakisadrien2863]

I'm gonna to create this dude on my skyrim !

[@frostiesization]

Love your videos currently doing another play through really like this one

[@AdventureAwaitsOutdoors]

A new thief build please! I already finished my warchief playthrough, you guys make my favorite builds 😊

[@Nutriabarbuda]

Hey, im sure these question comes late but anyway: Maybe is cause Im not english and I missed this part but, no armor at all? Just clothes? You just thrust in your bodyguards for the big battles of the game? Im just trying this build, cause I love everything of it and I want to make sure that I did get everything right

[@georgelogreco8810]

Trying this one and the Daedric Warchief and the tree minder

[@joshuadavis7016]

I see yoy may have got your inspiration from Fudgemuppets "The Magician" build, however managed to make a build without mods and unique to vanilla. Bravo.

[@Skypothesis]

Actually haven’t seen that one! And we’ve seen almost all of FMs builds, gonna have to check it out!

[@sethatkinson1534]

This one sounds pretty fun to play as. lol

[@telesticTroublemaker]

I ended up adding alchemy to this character, mixing scaly phololita, mora tapinella, and creep clusters, and roleplaying it as him selling snake oil, because that mixture is really profitable, but has no practical use when consumed.

[@sivaphoenix6453]

Is there any creation club options for the boots I'm just curious about that because I barely get to use creation club stuff in this builds also your builds are awesome

[@skippermysun5991]

Legacy of the dragonborn with that build would be wiiiiild

[@dumpsterjoe556]

I bet dragons you just gotta run.

[@buckrichards3965]

Yall should do a dragon centric build

[@Skypothesis]

That’d be sweet!! Do you have any ideas / suggestions??

[@buckrichards3965]

@@Skypothesis maybe like a modern day dragon priest utilizing shouts and maybe a warrior poet of sorts. Though I don't have any ideas for powers and stuff I never thought about combining things like that until I discovered you yesterday

[@Skypothesis]

@@buckrichards3965 Love it! The Dragon Priests are super cool - would seriously love to do that idea justice. Goin in the planning spreadsheet :)

[@buckrichards3965]

@@Skypothesis I've never actually done anything like it but I'd love to try and help lol

[@Skypothesis]

We are considering making a discord soon for idea sharing etc :)

[@m3ntal_c0re]

This has to be your most creativ build (hope there will be anniversary version of this)

[@EJDubbz]

Reminds me of Gopher's Leonard :)

[@CephTheBest]

How did you manage to have the crossbow and dagger visible when sheathe? I love this build so much and I can’t wait to try it later!

[@jaxsong519]

It’s a mod called “visible favorited gear”

[@fckphoenixflavor7667]

Kind of reminds me of first build that devolved into a wandering librarian lol

[@Skypothesis]

Love it 🥰

[@ThatGuyHearo]

I know what is said about shadow warrior but i took it and said its all about his imperial luck. (TBH i just cant live without the perk XD)

[@НикитаЕпифанцев-к3д]

The power of money!

[@Skypothesis]

It's honestly so fun to just play to get rich!

[@Spacegamer_64]

Very nice build is he wearing a novice mage hood for his hat?

[@Skypothesis]

It's just the unenchanted "mage hood" you can get from Radient Rainment :) Identical visuals-wise to the enchanted version, but he doesn't use magicka so he didn't need it haha

[@joshsarvas1865]

I put a little twist on the build for me that in his childhood he lived next to an alchemy prodigy who he became friends with his friend taught him the basics of alchemy so I use that to make money but use the gold to buy the poisons and invisibility potions

[@Skypothesis]

Cool idea!!

[@ghostwarrior3878]

With anniversary edition having come out will you eventually do some more build videos

[@dumpsterjoe556]

This is probably a super difficult play through. I guess with enough money out could get lots of scrolls to make it easier.

[@lindalobstadefenda]

Today I learned there is a male version of the wedding dress. Then, I never played male in Skyrim.. sighs.. *goes to make a new char*

[@kukai1696]

I didn't know you could wear her wedding dress to its a rare clothing then

[@Skypothesis]

We didn't either!! It looks super cool on male characters :)

[@kingsim9288]

What hood is he wearing? You didn’t say in the video.

[@Skypothesis]

Ah! College Hood :)

[@joshuadavis7016]

You may know this, but on the Tamriel Vault some people will submit special moves on their builds

[@Skypothesis]

That’s where we got the idea initially:)

[@loganparks3724]

what mods do you guys use ik the builds are vanilla but i see the favorite weapons stay on your back mod ?

[@Skypothesis]

Good question!! The only ones we use are for video quality / build presentation: Enhanced Lighting for ENB, Realvision ENB, Realistic Water Two, Verdant, Visible Favorited Gear, 360 walk and run plus, and obsidian weathers. We felt like these help showcase a build best in video format!

[@loganparks3724]

@@Skypothesis thanks !!

[@jeremymalepeai10]

Enjoy the video.

[@troblodite]

Hey ,quick question... do you have some graphics mod? How did you make the hood not clip through the robes?

[@Skypothesis]

We don't have any clothing altering mods! We do use a few to make the video pretty, like an ENB / equipped favorited items, but nothing to effect the hood / robes

[@troblodite]

@@Skypothesis must be special edition high graphics then ... i am playing legendery running on a patato so maybe thats why. 😂thanks anyway.

[@hugofelix7103]

Whas that a Hoid portrait i saw?

[@jacoblik6240]

Hello, I want to do this build myself but I don't get what hood are you using. I would be very grateful to know.

[@jaxsong519]

Novice hood