I downloaded this mod called Scrimshaw Expanded (used with Hunterborn) and I basically only use weapons and armor that I create through that mod. It doesn’t level smithing nor affect smithing because the evolution of what you can create relies on your ability to skin pelts, harvest ingredients, and grind bones into alchemy ingredients.
Above is armor and weapons made through scrimshaw; even the amulet of Hircine’s Hunter Moon, made from scraps of bone and deer pelts.
The Bosmeri antlers are under the same name of the mod “Bosmeri Antlers” because that’s one thing (along with granting Bosmer the ability to use Frost) that ESO got right.
More details beneath the Keep Reading line if interested:
TL;DR: Bosmer uses primitive tools, weapons, and armor by using scrimshaw mod which makes the hunting process more immersive; Bosmer druid uses frost spells, alteration, and restoration as utility. Live in the wild and be free.
It works so well with a Druid playthrough. I don’t ever use fire spells; I only ever use frost spells like frostbite or frost rune. Most of my damaging spells are restoration (paralysis rune, poison rune, poison bolt, poisonous spray) and because Bosmer are known for their Illusion (being invisible in the wilderness) and for being able to use alteration (oakflesh, ‘druidcraft’, transmutation).
Another mod that I’m really fond of (and I only just started using it, but it is so immersive, is Tamriel Culture.
Of course the only thing my Bosmer uses are things that are nature-related (big fan of that wolfsbane extract). It’s beautiful.
As far as the religious beliefs, I have always believed that Bosmer (whether they follow the Green Pact or not) are still lycanthropes who either live free with Hircine in his Hunting Grounds or struggle to keep the beast within, so I play with a werewolf mod called “Manbeast” which enacts Hircine’s curse if you don’t turn into a werewolf at all.
I also wear the ring of Namira for RP.
I don’t eat any vegetables, not even for alchemy. Nothing that contains vegetables. It makes for an interesting playthrough, upscales the difficulty as far as what you can or cannot do. Quite fun.
My own personal note: I don’t own a home. Instead, I use a thief mod where you can keep caches hidden throughout Skyrim (as long as you personally remember where you hid them) and I keep my things in there. I would be tempted to live in Shadowfoot Sanctum only because technically, it’s more of a hide-out than say Tundra Homestead out close to a city.
