Welcome to Season Two, Episode Two of Skypothesis: Vanilla Skyrim Character Builds! We are dedicated to builds with super cool aesthetics, immersive backstories, and engaging and balanced gameplay. Each of our builds are carefully crafted to ensure maximum Skyrim magic. This week we are pleased to present the Rebel. This proud Nord has a very tragic backstory, and his grief has pushed him to the absolute limits. If you have a hard time roleplaying as a Stormcloak, this build is for you!
The Elder Scrolls VI is still probably a few years away! Until then we are going to be providing you with exciting and beautiful Skyrim content – mainly covering the Vanilla game and how to make awesome characters, but also delving into mods like Beyond Skyrim and Skyrim Together. Stay tuned!
Chapters
00:00 – 00:53 – Intro
00:54 – 1:21 – Character Snapshot
1:22 – 4:32 – Backstory
4:33 – 7:43 – The Roleplay
7:44 – 9:55 – Weapons // Armor
9:56 – 10:26 – Shouts
10:27 – 11:31 – Drug Tonics (Potions)
11:32 – 13:09 – Stats // Perk Spread
13:10 – 14:36 – SPECIAL MOVES
14:37 – 15:40 – Outro
MUSIC – As always, please check out the incredibly talented Vindsvept.
Song: Vindsvept – The Fall
ART – We find our inspiration character art all across the internet, and are grateful for the talented artists who share them.
korabox – knight
randy vargas – dalinar
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Great as always.
I dont have much time to start a new playthrough or make a backstory, but I had an aesthetic and combo idea rattling in my brain for a while, so I wanted to leave it here in case maybe you guys want to do something with it.
Gear:
Dawnguard Heavy Armor, Ahzidal's Boots and Gauntlets, Spellbreaker, a dragon priest mask (Konahriik or Otar for the looks, Nahkriin for the stats). Ahizdal's Ring of Arcana
Skills:
H. Armor, Block, Restoration, Alteration, Smithing, Destruction
Combos:
Mana Sponge (immunity to magic as long as you are blocking): Atronach Stone + Atronach perk + Ward Absorb perk + Spellbreaker + Ahzidal's Gauntlets
(The stone, restoration perk and gauntlets might be enough for 100% absorb though, I havent tested it. In that case the alteration school can be completely ignored)
Slow Burn (DoT for the win): Flame Cloak + Ignite + Stendar's Aura (if fighting undead)
Pain Train: Shield Charge + Whirlwind Cloak + healing spell with Respite perk when you run out of stamina
Also, such an amazing backstory. The way you combined different factions into one ultimate goal is amazing!
Keep up the good work guys!
I wonder what a imperial version of this build would look like
Wonderful video as always!
My guy your gonna blow up just watch
Time to create a new save bois
As always another great build, thank you guys!
AS ALWAYS GREAT BUILD! YALL MAKE ME WANT TO RESTART THE GAME EVERYTIME! 🤣
THERE USED TO BE A WEREWOLF GLITCH WITH UNLIMITED TRANSFORMATIONS INVOLVING THE ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT QUEST. CAN YOU SEE IF IT STILL WORKS FOR US?
Just got the Volkihar knight done and was thinking of playing the Artifacter, but I just can't pass this one up. And I rarely see the torturer's hood in a build in spite being one of the first items to come across in the game.
Thanks for something to drink my morning coffee too
Incredible how you took the basic sword and board playstyle to the next level. The backstory and the gameplay go hand to hand seamlessly
This build is so cool I can't wait to try it out.
Well he looks like Black Prior from For Honor, but cool
Wonderful presentation and creativity, as always. The backstory and werewolf assassinations stood out for me.
The only downside, if you can call it one, is that you killed Grelod with a traditional melee weapon, rather than with a hilarious unarmed neck-breaking beatdown. Missed opportunity, if you ask me.
Otherwise, excellent stuff. Always look forward to what you come up with every Friday, and it never disappoints.
A very good backstory mate, if I wasn't an Empire loyalist, I would play this character lol have you ever thought on doing a Telvanni Mage character? Looking up on the possibilities, it would seem that the character could be a decent pyromancer with ash spells and rune spells. Alongside the Telvanni robes and boots, you can top it off with some dark colored gloves and the red Dunmeri hood if you can find one. That or a gold ruby circlet, whatever is your choice ^^
Your a god at builds and creating rp
Really creative! Loved the backstory. My favorite thing is that he uses three different swords, depending on the combat! You guys were not lying when you said season 2 has some amazing builds!
Best builds and another one joins the ranks but is it safe to say that an imperial build is in the making
Another Skypothesis build! But this one is probably my least favourite so far. It's still an amazing build by, but it just isn't up to par with the rest. It's purely personal opinion though, of course.
The Wolf Armour is one of my least favourite sets, and the torturer's hood is one of my least favourite head pieces. Ghostblade is an alright blade, but I don't care for it with this set. And the Targe is well the Targe. It's a cool shield, but I've never personally cared for it. And the roleplaying is crazy to me, as it feels like it's all over the place, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
At the same time though, this is an amazing build, but due to personal opinions on gear, it falls at the bottom of the list for me. This is of no fault to you though, so don't feel like you did a bad job with the build, you didn't!
One of my favourite parts of planning out these builds for me to play, is giving them a name. My rule is to only use the first letters of the build name. Example:
Volkihar Knight =
first name starts with V
last name starts with K
If it's a single word like "Rebel", then the first name starts with an R, but the last name either starts with the final letter (L in this case) or the first letter of the next most prominent syllable (B in this case).
It's a weird rule, but it limits my name choice and makes me use names I wouldn't normally use. Plus it's easier to remember what character is what build. Find the name "Verrick Kingscroft" in the character saves. "V" and "K", and it's a Breton name, so Volkihar Knight is the Build.
I always liked the Wolf Armor but boy;this combo of hood and spiked gauntlets and boots make it much more appealing.
Bro homie slept on too hard these videos good af
I don’t know how I literally never thought of being a werewolf assassin. It works so well!
Thanks for bringing this oldhead some inspiration 🙂
Another great build and story do you guys recommend the werewolf rings
Hey guys! Absolutely LOVE this build. I’m a Skyrim build writer myself and was looking up inspiration for a werewolf character build that Im starting when I found this video and discovered you. AWESOME stuff and love the choice of blades. If you ever want help or want to Colab on a build I would love to contribute. I specialize in modded builds but could definitely write vanilla ones too! My email is MAlex10801@aol.com if you’re interested. Keep up the good work!!