Let's Play Skyrim!

So I decided this was a good idea after all.  I'll be writing it in diary-form, with linked screenshots from the game when I remember to take them.  Right now, my Skyrim is vanilla, but there are a few mods that I'm keeping an eye out for and I'll probably download them if they become available(in particular, a mod that adds back the unlocking spells from the Alteration magic school and a mod that allows re-leveling of those fancy quest rewards that become useless after five levels).  I've also been looking at horse fixes, but that's a low priority.  I'll be starting off playing on Adept difficulty, though that's subject to change if I find the game too hard or too easy as I play.  I've played some Skyrim previously, of course, but didn't got beyond level 13 or the first 5-6 main quest missions, so there's a lot that I haven't seen and will be going into blind.  If anyone comments, please keep spoilers in mind.

I'm going to be playing a nord mage, almost pure magic, never using armor of any sort or any weapons larger than a dagger - the exception being if I'm required to use a specific weapon or armor for a quest, of course.  I have perks picked out from Alteration, Conjuration, Illusion, Destruction, Restoration and Alchemy that'll take me through level 61, and, if I go higher than that level, I want to flesh out Enchanting and Speechcraft a bit as well.  I don't intend to fully optimize, or min-max my way through the game; I'll be role-playing the character, and sometimes that entails making less than optimal decisions, even if I know better.  It's all in good fun, and hopefully I'll get a good story out of it.  It's not as easy to accidentally gimp your character in Skyrim as it was in Oblivion, so I think I'll be fine.

I'll be using the label "let's play skyrim" to mark all the posts, and I'll also try to remember to edit in a next button at the bottom for easy reading, but no promises.  Now, onwards to Skyrim!

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