"I fear the night. Because the werewolves and vampires don't"
Halloween is upon us o'children of the night. And what better way is there to celebrate than a Skyrim Character Building Contest. So welcome one and all to our 2nd ever Skyrim Build Contest. I give you....
The Elder Scrolls: Bloodlines - A Skyrim Character Building Contest.
For this contest we wanted to try our hand at a vampire/werewolf theme while granting contestants as much freedom as possible, and 'Bloodlines', even more so than 'Pirates of Tamriel', will definitely be a treat for the most creative among us. In this contest we'll be taking the bountiful blessings of our Daedric lords and turning them into Skyrim Character Builds. But not all see lycanthropy and vampirism as blessings. To some they are a curse, or worse, a disease to be purged....
There are no limits or restrictions on the skills, mods or equipment you may use. Use whatever you want. BUT your entry must revolve around the theme of vampirism and/or lycanthropy. The Elder Scrolls series is rich with vampire clans and lycanthropic strains for you to work with. If you'd like feel free to take inspiration from vampires and werewolves from outside the TES Universe, or invent your own original werewolf or vampire. You can even go so far as making characters dedicated to eradicating these creatures from the face of Nirn. Be it a creature of the night or a champion of the light your only real limitation is your imagination. You may work in teams of no more than 3 people total. Once the competition closes, a panel of judges (see below) will judge each submitted build based on the criteria below and announce the winners! Here are the prizes…
First Place - Gold
- $60 Dollars in game credits for the system of your choice (Steam, PSN, Xbox)
- Build video by PCOutcast for your build.
- Screenshots done for the submitted build or build of the winner’s choice
- Your build prominently featured on the front page
- Exclusive access to the judging panel of the next contest (only if not participating in said contest)
- Input into the theme of our second Skyrim character build contest
- "Contest Gold" tag for the submitted build
- The priviledge of walking as a lion among sheep and witness men tremble at your approach...
Second Place - Silver
- $30 Dollars in game credits for the system of your choice (Steam, PSN, Xbox)
- Your build prominently featured on the front page
- Screenshots done for either the submitted build or another build of the winners' choice
- "Contest Silver" tag for the submitted build!
Third Place - Bronze
- $15 Dollars in game credits for the system of your choice (Steam, PSN, Xbox)
- Your build prominently featured on the front page
- "Contest Bronze" tag for the submitted build!
- Rules & guidelines -
- You may work on your own or in a team of up to 3. (Note however the prize will be split among the team) You can come up with a team name if you like!
- Only 1 build may be entered per contestant/team.
- Teams may register on this thread and submit a build at any time prior to the cut off date of October 31st 2019 November 7th 2019. After this date Registrations will then close and the panel will judge the entries.
- Because this is a contest we cannot offer contestants any feedback on their builds. This is in the interest of fairness. However, you’re free to get feedback from anyone who isn’t judging the builds.
- Submitted builds must include a "Contest2" tag so we can find them
- Winners will be announced on the 8th of November 16th of November!
- The Panel -
- John (Teccam)
- Elysium
- The Long Chapper
- The Criteria (Please click for expanded view) -
- The Contestants -
- NomadDash - The Lord of Shadows
- PaladinGelebor - The Unleashed
- Chris Diokno - The Lord Impaler
- EJT2018
- Lord Cheesewheel
- Jarlivar
- TheThirdCrusader
- Dewalt - The Nightlord
- JustJam - The Sanguine Protector
- Maezell
- darksabrz
- Blackblood
- Kaiser
- Bane
- Warlocksg
- Jiru44 - The Vigil of Molag Bal
- Erinoth - The Chimera
- Furrion17
- MarintheFox - The Moonlit King
- KendrixTrixie - The Blood and Moonlight
- Shadon - The Fanged Prince
- Johnnyawe14 - The Cursebearer
- Praxedes - The Blood Knight
- Resources -
Below are a few helpful suggestions to get you started should you decide to enter. Here you'll find everything from informative TES wiki pages and lore articles to community input on what makes a good character build. We've even included information on various factions of vampire/werewolf hunters but what we've listed below are nowhere close to all of them. Regardless of what you do it would benefit you immensely to do some additional research.
- Character Building Tips & Tricks
- Lore & Wiki Sources
- Mods
- Roleplay Guides
Good luck and may the best character build win!
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Fixed. Thank you.
Ok I’ll play along once more.
You're signed in. Best of luck.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how stunning that banner art looks?
This looks very exciting. I'm looking forward to see whether anyone can make an interesting female vampire mage build revolving around magic and subtlety who is not evil and is not clad in heavy armour and running around like a tank (I've seen far too many vampire builds like that). Just my little challenge in case anyone is up for it ;). Either way, I am looking forward to see what you all come up with.
"I'm looking forward to see whether anyone can make an interesting female vampire mage build revolving around magic and subtlety who is not evil and is not clad in heavy armour and running around like a tank"
Oops, sorry :D. I had thought about having a go myself, but Skyrim SE is very limited on the Vampire mod front on Steam and I cannot use the Nexus mod manager due to lack of knowledge, and then I don't have the time to test it either. I know, excuses :P. They're all true though. As a result, I'm relying on you guys :).
Hah no worries. That’s just a running gag I do whenever i happen to have done exactly what someone confesses they dislike seeing in builds.
Hop onto the site’s discord sometime. I’m sure we can walk you through it.
I might well take you up on that offer. I didn't know that there was a discord channel here.
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