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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)

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https://www.patreon.com/ulillillia --- Published October 30, 2016

Having just gotten level 25 and really wanting to raise speed a lot, I'm constantly on the hunt for monsters to raise the "short blade", and "unarmored" skills (hand-to-hand being an option as well, best on the weaker monsters). I only got the shield because I want to agility and the "block" skill raises agility. Needing a 3x on strength, I'm using "long blade" to destroy the really big enemies that are very difficult to get because they're often too high up. Because missing doesn't count toward skill development (but counts toward weapon condition going down), and hitting counts, I need to defeat monsters using as many hits as possible. However, hits don't count toward skill mastery at all if the condition of the weapon is below 60 so I do repairs on these if the condition is below about 75, sometimes as high as 90 if I have a large number of monsters in short notice to deal with.

The exact route I use varies a bit but this is generally the area I go around, to hunt for monsters. I'm especially attracted to the cliff racers because they have high HP and are otherwise fairly weak. I tend to avoid the large, hovering monsters because they're very difficult to get but I get them whenever I can. Because those large monsters have a lot of HP and do a lot of damage, I use the long blade in nearly top condition to destroy them with, if I can hit them that is.

Along the way, I tend to check flowers, mushrooms, and other such things as they, at the start of the game, were my primary source of gold as the monsters hardly gave anything and they were very few and far between. However, they're very slow to respawn but I may miss a few here and there, I've forgotten a whole section, or they just respawned. I don't know what the conditions are for the plants to respawn though. Regardless, by repeatedly getting a good bit of distance then returning, it appears that the monsters respawn so by going around in circles, I can get a near-endless supply of monsters which are now currently my primary method of getting gold.

One thing I enjoy doing is standing next to a mud crab and waiting for it to start going into attack mode, instantly showing its front. Mud crabs are my favorite monsters overall. I like the sounds they make, their looks, and how hilariously slow they move. Speaking of sounds, I've identified the sounds of most of the monsters I've encountered so far (rarely seen ones I don't know). From hearing it, I have a good sense on what it is (I prioritize cliff racers over other things followed by kwama foragers) and roughly how far away it is. The only time I don't bother getting monsters when sighted is if they're out of reach or I'd risk being trapped (I've had that almost happen twice - thank goodness for that highly leveled acrobatics skill for saving me on both occasions).

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