FINALLY completed my set of ERB's Pellucidar series with Frazetta covers with Savage Pellucidar and Back to the Stone Age. Last Pic is my now completed set.
Anyone have experience with this mod? Many comments contemporaneous with the mod release lament the inability to open the werebear perk tree. Does this still persist or has it been corrected?
Part of my recent haul at the used bookstore, two copies of Andrew Offutt's pastiche of REH's Cormac Mac Art. Both are first Ace Books printings from 1980. According to Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/series/58987-cormac-mac-art
Offutt penned 7 pastiches in this series. Mists is book 2 and Moonbow book 7. Tulsa Doom appears to be the main antagonist for book 7 and Cormac supposedly distantly related to both Kull and Conan before him. IG the blood feud spans generations over centuries, if not millennium.
I haven't read these or any Cormac before so I cannot accurately state whether Cormac lives up to the front cover hype of "Mightier than Conan." Conan definitely overwhelms Cormac in pop culture appeal, exposure, and recognition.
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Amazingly, REH appears the first or at least the most prolific writer creating a shared universe for his characters. Decades before DC and Marvel received accolades for a common setting or universe. I continue to be amazed both at how talented a writer REH was despite his young age and his tremendous contributions to fiction during his much too brief career.
I spied these haunting my used book store the other week. Familiar with Lin Carter's Conan pastiches and Thongor books, I immediately snatched them up. All first editions, book 1 originally published 1974 with each subsequent book repectively published a year after the last.
Other than the Wikipedia entries, I know nothing about them. The series apparently consists of 6 books total, so I'm missing the final two books. The spectacular Michael Whelan painted the covers for books 2 and 3.
Anyone read these or familiar with them?
Any mod(s) that allows Markarth and the entirety of the Reach to be conquered for the King in Rags similar to how Lawbringer allows certain forts in the Reach to be claimed for his faction? Bonus points if the mod allows other Forsworn encampments also to be claimed for Madanach and populated with his faction.
* Conquest of Skyrim looks too intensive and I don't want to be bothered by the tedium of administering conquered territories.
* Skyrim Realistic Conquering https://creations.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/details/1a15a6bc-9101-4401-a470-bce029203df0/Skyrim\_Realistic\_Conquering\_\_\_All\_In\_One looks promising but IDK if Madanach's (or any Forsworn) faction is selectable or if actual cities may be claimed. Looking at Bethnet and Nexus, I only see Imperial and Stormcloaks as selectable factions.
I'm really looking for Lawbringer expanded but I can't find anything that looks like that.
Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for help from any and all mod and llore maesters regardimg werebears among the Forsworn. Starting a new playthrough after a couple year hiatus and looking to do a Forsworn warrior-shaman build. Planning on the Forsworn start from LAL and principally dealing with Hircine, Namira, Kyne by doing their associated quests as suggested by the lore for the Crow-Eye clan and their transactional attitudes toward Deadra protecting their settlements from the Grey Host. IG, Malaga Bol is on the table also according to the same lore 😳.
I'm also planning on using the Triumvirate mod for Shaman spells (paarticularly the totem themed ones), Unrelenting Force, Storm Call, Animal Allegiance shouts and Beast Form from Lycanthropy. The Forsworn Conspiracy quest is a priority, as well as claiming locations for Madanach's clan via Lawbringer. No room in my LO on XBOX for Conquest of Skyrim so otherwise I plan to focus on being a protector of the Reach and undead hunter taking a cue from the Wayrest Guardian lore.
Skyrim lore gives examples of werewolf warriors protecting Forsworn clans and lands, the Ghost-Song clan is particularly noted for this. I havent seen ANY lore mention of werebears associated with Forsworn although the Bear-Heart clan venerated Hircine's bear aspect and used totems related to bear fangs and claws and the Grim-Fang clan received reknown for training Druadach mountain bears. Does a connection to werebears exists there? Admittedly, I'm biased towards werebear guardians from AD&D and Beorn in LOTR.
Mods I'm using so far:
* Growl
* Triumvirate
* Vokrii and Vokrii Expanded SkySA
* Edmond's Cursed Alternate Death (Vamp and Lycanthrope Transform low health)
* Edmond's Beast Within (Companions transform low health)
* Diverse Werewolves lite
* Forsworn Conspiracy Quest Expansion
* Yappers of Tamriel bundle for Forsworn Lines Expansion
* Forsworn Staff retexture
* Barbarian Loincloths
* Winter is Coming (Cloaks and Hoods)
* Dedicated Follower of Fashion bundle for Forsworn Fashions
* FDE Eola
* Eola's Potential Refined
*Any other essential pertinent Forsworn Mods (bearing in mind I have about 30mb remaining)?*
*ALSO, can anyone suggest an awesome title or moniker for my shaman?* Outside the clan titles of Bear-Heart or Grimfang, the only other one I like is Storm-Bear which bothers me because of the Stormcloak armor from the stupid CC quest (I always personally hated that quest).
Thanks in advance both for reading all this and any assistance you provide.👍
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Organic Factions is the culprit. I confused the two mods.
Anyone Using Environs AIO and Frustrated by the High Level Spawns, particularly bandit types spamming high level destruction spells or staves?
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Great mod but I'm finding extra high level enemies with insane health spamming fireballs, ice spike, thunderbolt spells or staves. For context, I replace bandit mages with regular Bandits using Skyrim is for the Nords Bandit Edition to make my game lean towards S&S. Apparently Environs overwrites this with all the magical Bandits.
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I use Valravn with the Realistic Damage Add on and play on Adept which multiplies outgoing and incoming damage @2.75 so brutal one shot power attacks are the norm, including against me. I still end up hacking the Environs NPCs like vanilla Skyrim combat which annoys me and unless they stay staggered, they unleash point blank destruction on me and it's a race to see who dies first. VERY UNIMMERSIVE for me considering the rest of my game combat plays brutally like the 1982 Conan film.
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Specific examples are the bandit highwayman added to the last room of the Silent Moons Camp spamming high level frost or shock magic the Mistwatch captain (?) at Valtheim Towers using infinite CC Arcane Archer shock arrows, and the Plains Reaver who roams around Whiterun wielding a 1H and Staff of Thunderbolts who I encountered outside Whiterun then entered the Silent Moons dungeon with me and proceeded to clear it all, including the added highwayman at the end, in about 10 seconds.🤦 It was pretty epic hearing the boom of that thunderbolt staff going off as I stood by entrance. I found him standing over the body and commenting (headtracking enabled in Skeevers).
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Admittedly, I'm very low level but I'm probably going to remove Environs and restart before I get too far. Which is a shame because the mod is otherwise really cool and I've not experienced any problems with the added spawns and locations.
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Long rant, but I wanted to provide context to my question. Let me know what experiences you have with Environs.
The last of my haul last weekend from my local used bookstore. I spied "Sons of the Bear-God" displayed on the paperback shelf and immediately loved the fantastic Jeff Jones cover, remembering the Bear God arc in Marvel's CtB circa issue 110. I found two copies of "Flame Winds" next to it, and chose the nice copy. I added both books to my humble trove of plunder for the day.
Upon checking this subreddit later in the day, I found u/woulditkillyoutolift remarkably posted about "Flame Winds" earlier in the day. What are the odds! 🤣 I thought I discovered a relatively unknown S&S paperback.
I scored the pastiche Conan the Rebel (1980) by Poul Anderson as part of my haul at the used bookstore last weekend. The book features pullout cover art by Tim Kirk, which initially drew me to read the book years ago. Most of the Conan pastiches published by Bantam in the late 70s/early 80s feature these foldout covers.
Not my favorite among the pastiche novels but I like it enough to purchase it for $3.00. The book is square with right binding, cover wear at the edges and some light foxing to the page edges but otherwise good condition.
I picked up Swords Against Darkness IV, a S&S anthology edited by Andre Offutt (1979), from my local used bookstore as part of my haul last weekend.
This volume contains stories by Charles Saunders, Tanith Lee, and Poul Anderson among other. No artist is credited for the fantastic cover, but I found Luis Bermejo listed as the artist through my internet query.
Another part of my weekend haul picked up from my local used book store, a 1994 copy of Tales of the White Wolf containing a collection of Elric stories by different writers, including Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaimen, and Karl Edward Wagner. The cover bears fantastic art by Brom.
I scored Michael Moorcock's Sword Trilogy (Tenth printing 1984) and Chronicles of Corum (Fifth printing 1985) yesterday from my favorite used book store.
Sword Trilogy contains The King of Swords, The Queen of Swords, and The Knight of Swords and bears great cover art by Ken Barr.
The Chronicles of Corum contains The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram, and The Sword and The Stallion with a fantastic cover. I couldn't find any credit for the artist listed in either the book or online.
I haven't read Corum and look forward to reading the complete saga.
I completed my Mavel Comics Savage Sword of Conan 1-100 run with the elusive (to me at least) Issue #5 and the Boris Vallejo Tree of Death Cover. I picked up Issue #144 with a bevy of Joe Jusko beauties on the Cover for good measure.
These two covers depict both the gigantic mirth and melancholy of Conan on drastically different days.
My recent *Conan Saga* haul from my LCS featuring fabulous cover art by Neal Adam's, Boris Vallejo, Earl Norem, Ernie Chan, and Bob Larkin. Several issues also show line art on the back cover with the rest displaying ads for the *Hyborean War* game.
I only pick up *Conan Saga* when my LCS blows them out for $1.00 each since they reprint SSOC which I also extensively collect. Astute readers will notice many of the covers already appeared as cover art for SSOC.
I found a cache of recently traded SSOC and Conan Saga at my LCS. I scored two SSOC issues I needed, Savage Sword of Conan #208 (1993) with Red Sonja cover art by George Pratt and #226 (1994) with Cover Art by longtime SSOC cover artist Earl Norem.
Scored a vintage Marvel Comics Kull the Conqueror #2 today at my LCS.
After what feels like an eternity, I finally found the elusive What if...? Issue #13 featuring Conan. The proprietor of my LCS shoved a longbox of pristine Bronze Age Marvel Comics from the 70s and 80s in front of me when I walked in. He said he just bought them and they contained the one of, if not the nicest collection of Bronze Age Marvel I've personally seen. Lots of early Daredevil, sub 100 and 100-200, Werewolf by Night, Tomb of Dracula, Frankenstein, Man-Thing and What if...? lay within.
With bated breath, I searched the What ifs and lo and behold, there lie pristine copy of issue #13. The owner glanced over my shoulder and told me, "10 bucks!" I barely contained my exhilaration and snatched up the Giant Size Conan #1 and #2 for good measure since they are nicer than my copies.
My Conan haul from FCBD: Titan Comics FCBD 2026 Tides of the Tyrant King, Conan the Barbarian #25: fully painted issue by Alex Horley (Titan), and CtB #199 (Marvel).
I missed on the Xuthal issue by Ablaze 😡
I celebrated Independent Booksellers Day by purchasing these vintage ERB paperbacks with cover art by Frank Frazetta (At The Earth's Core, Tarzan At The Earth's Core) and Boris Vallejo (I Am A Barbarian). My local store discounted all purchases by 10% all day Saturday.👍