#emathevampire

[daggerfall]

hey so i’m still new to the whole ESO thing, but i got yelled at in a dungeon for being “useless at DPS” so i went and did research, got all these addons, etc to see if they were right or not bc i’m not about to just give up based on the word of a random jerk. But my brain does NOT like to read walls of numbers... how do you like, understand the fight stats?? and find what’s important in the sea of numbers there? Any tips on how to be better at this? -much love, an anxious ranged stamina dps

1) fuck whoever yelled at you, minimum for making a normal dungeon experience, even dlc, is 20k collective group DPS for me, and if mister hotshot over here isnt pulling 20k individually then he has no leg to stand on. I pull 25k on my comfiest DPS for meta on a dummy, asshole can go git gud or take a chill pill and remember we arent all 90k dps pulling endgamers. Some of us are actually having fun.

2) as for your actual question, the only thing that matters is the total DPS you are pulling. The top right of Combat Metrics is your DPS, but you have to open the full report to get all of the info (aka hotkey it in controls). Everything else is just extra info if you're curious what abilities are helping most with your dps. The one I just posted showed Harmful Winds did the biggest number on the dummy, the Rapid Strikes and Light Attack. I find that helpful because it tells me Relequen is a very good set AND that I'm using it to the best of its ability.

There is also the live window in the corner of your screen, which will show you just your DPS. You can change the add-on settings to make it bigger, show group dps, show heals per second, incoming dps, time in combat, etc. It's helpful for just getting the number quickly and moving on, like in trash fights in dungeons. That's how I got the number of 20k total group dps for making dungeons tolerable, but that doesn't mean I'm rude when the dps is lower. You sign up for a random, you sign up for BC1 with all level 13s AND dlc with 810s.

Take what you get, be kind. Hopefully this was helpful?

[alduinsbanes]

HELLO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT SEVERA! what's her favourite eye colour. what does she do when it's snowing too hard to go outside. what about when it's too hot to stay shut up inside. how does she feel about cats. Give us some lore!!!

Hello thank you!!!

Sev’s favorite eye color is brown but! she has a soft spot for grey/silver eyes because of a certain someone :). When it’s snowing too hard to go outside she likes to snuggle up in front of the fireplace with Aela and her dogs and just talk, read, draw or just take a nap! Luckily it doesn’t get super hot in Skyrim, but when she lived in Cyrodill and it would get warm she’d go and swim in the pond near her family’s house or just sunbathe. If it’s too warm inside but not so bad outside sometimes she’d just take her horse out for a ride either by herself or with her father. Severa didn’t have any cats growing up since her dad is allergic but she loves them and has one when she moves to Skyrim. Her name is Flower!

For some lore; Severa’s mom encouraged her to learn a second language when she was younger so her tutor ended teacher her nordic since that’s what he knew. It’s a little rusty by the time she ends up in Skyrim but useful nonetheless! Another little piece of lore for younger Severa: her dad is exceptionally good at drawing and when he would draw he would always give her paper and charcoal to draw with him he still has all her drawings from when she was a kid in a little box in his and Severa’s mother’s room! All the practice lead to her becoming good at drawing too :)

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dunno if it’s funny per se, but there’s a new show on netflix called Hilda. Kinda reminiscent of gravity falls/over the garden wall, has that fey-friendly vibe of a hot cup of tea and fall rain. I tend towards soft cute shows like MLP, or have LOTR marathons when I’m sad, but I also super recommend Nailed It for comedy. Theres a holiday episode and one where they attempt to replicate a cake of the rotten orange in chief that you may want to skip, but other than that I think you should be safe.

If they fuck up the jackass i will watch it till my eyes bleed.

Also i just realized that i’ve never actually seen over the garden wall. i just know theres a horse that wants to steal and a small boy that doesn’t seem to process his mortality

[alduinsbanes]

🌙🔥💐 for Severa! I love all my flower crown mods for skyrim, I always pick out one for every character, so I'm especially excited to hear about her choice here.

Thank you!!!

🌙 If your OC could have one wish come true what would it be and why? Would there be consequences to this wish or would they regret it once they get what they want? What would they give in return for this wish to come true?

Severa has a lot of responsibilities so she doesn’t get to get out and explore with Aela as much as she’d like so if she could have one wish come true it would to get out and explore new places without consequence. The consequences would be the Companions harbinger is just no where to be found half the time and she has a family to take care of (though if her daughters were older she’d take them with her while exploring in a heartbeat). She wouldn’t give anything for this wish to come true as much as she’d like to get out and explore she’s content with things how they are and wouldn’t change them. She thinks it’s a nice thought though and a better daydream than reality.

🔥 If your OC known for having temper tantrums? If not, what gets them really angry? What makes their blood BOIL? Is there anyway to calm them down or are they unstoppable? What are they like when they’re angry? Do they take it out on their loved ones?

She is not. Severa never has temper tantrums; she’s generally pretty good at controlling her emotions. Being outright humiliated makes her angry and pushing her buttons enough and get her pretty irritated (fun fact this is what caused her fight with Njada). Threats to her or her family are a good way to get her angry too like really angry I think that’s the closest you can get her to blood boiling anger. She also get’s very irritated after absorbing dragon souls she isn’t sure why. When she first became a werewolf and before she had the whole dragonborn thing in check she was extremely hard to calm down once angry. Before that and after she gets control of those things she can calm her self down pretty easily she just needs some space. That being said she would never intentionally take her angry out on loved ones. 

💐 Does your OC like flowers? What are their favourites? Do they keep a garden of some sort? What flowers would they use in a flower crown? (and if you like, research the meanings behind those flowers!)

She loves flowers! I’m not sure if lavender is actually a flower or not but if it is that’s her favorite! She also likes dragons tongue, roses, daisies, and mountain flowers. She makes flower crowns with Lucia and they usually use mountain flowers. They come in different colors and a readily available so those are her favorite to use. She also wore a flower crown to her wedding she bought that one premade though so she isn’t sure what flowers were used.

🌼 Write a short drabble from your OCs POV meeting their LI (or if they don’t have a love interest, their best friend. If you don’t want to do a drabble, describe their first meeting instead!)

I’m not good at writing and i’d probably butcher their first meeting so I’ll describe her and Aela’s first meeting instead. They met outside Whiterun when Aela, Ria and Farkas were slaying the giant. Severa was coming in from Riverwood at Alvor’s request to send word to the Jarl after Helgen. Severa probably looked like a mess she didn’t have anything to her name so she was wearing poorly fit clothes and had a terrible bow and crappy arrows that didn’t work very well but she tried to help anyways when she saw them fighting! After the giant was dead Aela introduced herself and Ria and Farkas and told her about the Companions and it went from there!

[alduinsbanes]

oh i am so here for OTP asks tonight. For Aela/Severa, 2, 5, 13, 16, 22, AND 29 and 30??

Thank you so much!!!!!

2. Big spoon/Little spoon?

Severa is the little spoon she feels more comfortable/secure like that! Aela is the big spoon :)

5. Who is most likely to carry the other?

Considering Severa is 5′4 and like 130lbs at most and Aela is probably like 5′11 I think Aela would be more likely to carry Severa lmao. The only time Severa can carry Aela is when she is in her beastform.

13. Who reaches for the other’s hand first?

Severa is in general more touchy than Aela is so probably sev tbh! That isn’t to say Aela won’t or doesn’t Severa just does it first more often.

16. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

Severa. Despite usually being up a reasonable time she is not at all a morning person. She’s irritable in the mornings and will stay in bed for a while even after waking up. Aela can usually get up and around no problem though and she usually get Severa coffee as at least an incentive to try and get out of bed!

22. Who cooks more/who is better at cooking?

Answered!

29. one headcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart

Ooh that’s a hard one actually. But I think it would be how much they went through together near the beginning of their relationship during the companions quest line and then the stress of the main questline on them because Aela tried to help Severa wherever she could it lead to a lot of stress for both of them.

30. one headcanon about this OTP that mends it

That despite the hardships they went through (or go through when the dragonborn questline comes along) they are always there for each other and still love each other deeply.

[daggerfall]

Boethi-nya-h :3

i hate that but that just means i have to use it

[awellboiledicicle]

emathevampire replied to your photoset: Attention: We have an infestation of a very tiny...

@mehofkirkwall they have little red tails!!! They’re so weird! I just wish they didn’t turn into dittos after capturing, i wanted to keep my weird little nut fellows

im content if like 1 out of 10 turned into ditto, because i needed a ditto, but they are smol! and yeah their tails!! so cute!!

[awellboiledicicle]

emathevampire replied to your post: I don’t know how to figure out my attack bonus’s...

what d&d system are you using, and do you have an online sheet? I may be able to help, also there’s a site called MythWeavers that is really helpful for making character sheets and will automatically calculate most of your stat totals for you once all the bases for them are entered in.

I believe we’re using 5e and we’re using this system for our character sheets. It auto calculates all the stuff aside the attack things, i’ve just literally never played before so putting things in boxes when they’re 0 or negative threw me.