She’s the fair one, but I’m taller.

Call me Xena. Xena l’Egerdemain. That’s my sister Gabrielle. I’m the dark one, she’s the fair one. But I’m taller. Not that that means much, being Bosmer—”wood elves” in the tongues of Man—as a people we’re not exactly known for our verticality. But that doesn’t mean we won’t slit you from gut to gorge if […]

The sisters l’Egerdemain

Meet Xena and Gabrielle l’Egerdemain: Wood Elf Nightblades both. My lovely wife is playing Gabrielle as a straight up Nightblade, single-target DPS with sneaking and critical attacks, and ranged options from her bow (taking advantage of the Bosmer racial abilities there.) Primary weapon bar is her Bow, secondary TBD but probably dual wielding daggers. 5 […]

Giantslayer

BZZZZT!

My first Nightblade: The Grayest Mouser

Since Mouser is my first go at rolling a Nightblade since beta, I’ve decided I should get to know the ESO version of the class better by just playing it real traditional-like: stealth-based assassin/sniper-type, maxing out the critical hit chance and damage as much as possible to create a fierce single-target DPS. (If you look […]

The White Witch

I changed my mind and went for a big change at level 42. It was all about the hat. I found a drop set item (the medium armor helm from the Stygian set) that looked just like the Ancient Nord helm from Skyrim. And I got all excited thinking (mistakenly, as it turns out) that […]

Now THAT’S what I call spelunking

Whole lotta naked goin’ on

And when you can’t beat ’em, join ’em—with a little topless blacksmithing!

Evolution of a tank, part deux: Dye, scum!

Thessaly’s look has really evolved, especially in the past few months since the dye stations were added in Update 3, which increased my ability to customize her dramatically. I’ve taken great pleasure in finding unexpected or striking color palettes to go with interesting combinations of racial motifs in the armor and weapons themselves. Hopefully all […]

Good morning, Windhelm

At some point I really want to do some compare-and-contrast (or “then-and-now”) images of key locations in ESO and Skyrim or Oblivion. Windhelm would definitely be a great choice. Riften even more so—I’m pretty impressed with what they did there to kind of rewind time on that city, to ungrow it in a way and […]

Plato’s Republic of Tamriel

Thessaly illustrates the Allegory of the Cave.