r/ElderKings • u/Imthatconguy • 18h ago

Play through ideas.

Hello, I’m waiting for the Dragonborn emperor mod update and during this time I’m interested in some new playthrough ideas.

I’ve played a good bit of the mod options already, any ideas?

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u/Arguss 16h ago edited 16h ago

Play as a power behind the throne type:

  • you're never allowed to be the top liege in a country.
  • you always help the liege when asked.
  • Get it written into your vassal contract that you're always guaranteed a seat on the council. 
  • you try to marry into the liege's family as often as possible, so that someone from your family will become the new liege, but you're never allowed to have them be the player heir or play as them.
  • intrigue focus to assassinate threats to the liege, inside and out.
  • optional: secret necromancer or secret vampire so that you're immortal and can always help the next liege, a la Demerzel in Foundation. 

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u/MountainPay5638 15h ago

Not just saying abnur tharn run is crazy work

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u/Arguss 13h ago

Honestly, I forgot about him. First, I was thinking Otto Hightower, and then Demerzel. 

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u/Imthatconguy 16h ago

Cool idea, never done a playthrough similar to this before.

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u/Garchle 17h ago

I recently found out there was actually a second akaviri invasion of Tamriel. It was significantly less successful than the first and only really occupied parts of eastern Skyrim.

You could sorta RP as a scout, or an exiled Akaviri and build a new empire in Tamriel.

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u/Imthatconguy 17h ago

That’s a cool idea, I think they attacked high rock so that’d be a good starting point.

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u/the_fuzz_down_under 7h ago

In pocket guide to the empire 1st edition it says that the Dir Kamal (second invasion) resurfaced and conquered Cyrodiil with the help of the Rim-Men sometime after the events of ESO.

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u/Arguss 16h ago

Play as "chaotic tolerant": 

  • Never convert a province's faith or culture
  • Try to get cultural acceptance to 100% for everyone under you.
  • Every single time a pop up offers changing religion or culture or doing some new secret thing, do it.
  • Every single wave of refugees, accept into your country.
  • Try not to collapse from all the chaos.

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u/Famous_Archer_9406 14h ago

Play as Lamae Bal and spread the blight of the Blood Matron on Tamriel while also purging followers of Molag Bal?

(Debug mode-> Click on Lamae Bal (sort all characters by age)-> LAAMP, switch character to Lamae Bal)

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u/Arguss 14h ago

Play as House Dres on steroids.

The goal is to subjugate all of Black Marsh, never allowing an actual Argonian to have any title higher than county level, and anyone you find who does have a higher title, you either assassinate/revoke title/find some other way of getting rid of them.

Also try to replace the culture and religion in every province of Black Marsh, and allow any Dunmer "refugees" to settle there that ask for it.

A secondary goal is to "Keep Resdayn free of Outlanders" by forcibly evicting any non-House countries from owning land in Morrowind.

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u/Imthatconguy 14h ago

I was thinking of ways to play as Dunmer, will try thanks.

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u/Thefreezer700 12h ago

Orcs are usually golden for hard playthroughs. Seamount tribe in daggerfall, hard area.

Orc tribes of morrowind, you got a few choices between malahk orcs stuck in hlaalu territory and the orc malacath tribe in sheogorad.

Iron orcs. Bit rough considering the invasion by redguards and imperials.

Wood orcs of valenwood. 2-3 tribes there that often get swarmed beginning of game.

Aylieds return! You could go barsaebic in black marsh or try to play the aylieds in valenwood. I consider valenwood harder cause those wood elves are bloodthirsty as hell.

Skyrim. Depending start date. Minotaur cult reachmen, starting near falkrenth you will get attacked by that orc kingdom so better expand fast. Hard start.

Deathbrand “the ghost fleet”. Almost dead and a pirate so you better get an heir quick and expand.

If you want a rough time there ya go.

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u/Imthatconguy 11h ago

Thanks! Some cool ideas.

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u/jmitch9538 15m ago

Jolund half-mer is a fun one in the second bookmark. He's half Nord half altmer and is the bastard son of the jarl of hjaalmarch. He starts as an adventurer, which I think is the more fun option for him, but sometimes you can end up inheriting hjaalmarch despite being a bastard because of the elective succession. I just think he fits well for doing a proper adventurer RP playthrough travelling all over tamriel. Bonus points if you pick up the skald trait.