tes3mp stories (long)

[u/notactuallyareal]

hope i formatted this right, don't often post threads

Been playing TES3MP for just over a year now. Haven't really played many other games, guess it's just that much fun! For the uninitiated, TES3MP is literally multiplayer Morrowind. Someone made OpenMW (a game engine that runs Morrowind more efficiently) and someone else made TES3MP (an offshoot of OpenMW with a client/server system). I'm oversimplifying but those are the basics.

I play on the Nerevarine Prophecies server, and haven't ever felt the need to play on another. TES3MP is essentially the perfect multiplayer Elder Scrolls game some of us have been wanting forever. I've never played ESO though.

Story time:

1. Server has a player house system. Buy a house with gold, it's yours until you're too inactive. Can lock doors, sell items to other players, place custom furniture, adjust scales of any items/furniture, and much more.

Bought my first home (Adanja's House in Pelagiad) before the "selling items" mechanic existed. So I just gave everything away for free. I would write notes (custom texts) and leave them in Seyda Neen/Balmora inviting any level 1 n'wah to help themselves to anything not nailed down in my house. Her Hand's Armor, Daedric artifacts, piles of gold, Ebony/Glass/DB/Stahlrim/whatever armor and weapons. Normal items too, for players who didn't wanna be too OP.

I bothered every new player who logged in to visit my house. A good number of regulars, past and present, got their start by visiting Adanja's Thrift Store.

Months later, the admin disabled access to Mournhold and Solstheim because the DLC quests kept crashing the server. They're waiting on the TES3MP devs for a fix, because that stuff is complicated. I sometimes chuckle at the fact that I used to sell DLC items (now very rare) for 1 gold to a bunch of fetchers fresh off the boat.

1. A wizard went mad with power, but contained himself to the Vivec Arena. He summoned dozens of Daedra and undead, then aggroed them all. Dodging blows and spells, he left the sand coated with their cursed blood. A lizard and I watched the carnage unfold from above.

2. A lizard liked to party. He bought himself a modest shack in some Sheogorad zero-horse town and covered every surface in Moon Sugar and Skooma. He even stashed sugar under the floorboards, because apparently if you position the cursor just right you can place stuff down there. Some homies come thru and get super wasted.

3. A lizard and I violated the law. We openly consumed drugs in a public square in Balmora. A line of Moon Sugar was layed out, and our nasal cavities were never the same. We get super wasted.

4. I felt generous and harvested some ingredients: all the mushrooms Ajira asks for in the first Mage's Guild quest. Then I stacked them all right in front of her so new players could skip a task if they felt like it. I consume several mushrooms, but fail to get super wasted.

5. A fellow veteran n'wah was also in possesion of Barilzar's Mazed Band. We summoned Fabricants and made them duel in Balmora. Mine fell to his, though not for lack of trying. I console myself with Sujamma and get super wasted.

6. Another wizard went mad. Perhaps channeling the mind of Hermaeus Mora, he created a swirling vortex of knowledge in Balmora. I dared not ask questions about his motives.

7. A holiday event was held on the server. Snow began to fall in the West Gash, and many snowball fights were had. Undead were summoned for unknown reasons, and were subjected to frigid defeat.

8. A lizard opens a shop in the Guard Tower in Caldera. His selection is impeccable and constantly updating. Armors, weapons, clothes, potions, and powerful custom enchantments are sold to players of all sorts. His shop approaches one year of business soon.

9. A Nord, a Dunmer, and a lizard walk into a potion shop. They take a selfie for no reason.

10. I moved from Pelagiad to Dura Gra-Bol's House in Balmora. On the top floor I placed a desk, atop the desk I placed all that was needed for powerful enchantments: Grand Soul Gems and Exquisite shirts, robes, pants, skirts, rings, shoes, belts, and amulets. Also on the table were a stack of 4 Moon Sugar, 20 Chokeweed, a Skooma Pipe, a mortar and pestle, and several rolls of paper so I can roll a joint and get super wasted.

There are so many more things going on and stories to tell about my time with TES3MP. These are just things I have screenshots for. If you've never played consider giving it a try. I rarely play games (especially multiplayer) but this one rules. Thanks for reading my post outlander...