Skyrim Addict: An Elder Scrolls podcast

Michael runs a Dark Elf necromancer in Gate to Sovngarde, Ray goes deep on Nordic Souls and Baldur’s Gate 3, and the crew debates AI mods on Nexus and Elder Scrolls 6.
Dave's ES Stories

• Dave’s Elder Scrolls fan fiction — WordPress blog, Winterhold story, multiple new characters
• AI-generated mods on Nexus — quality concerns, maintainability, vibe-coding debate
• Gate to Sovngarde mod pack — Dark Elf necromancer build, Master difficulty (unintentional)
• Chillwind Depths at level 2 — three in-game days, zombie/conjure wolf tactics
• White River Watch — expanded dungeon, blind man encounter, level scaling
• Legacy of the Dragonborn — keeping it vanilla-plus, museum as focus vs. mod pack integration
• Nordic Souls mod pack — economy, At Your Own Pace guilds, A Horse’s Life, Reading is Good, Security perk
• Adamant hand-to-hand add-on — unarmed combat skill tree
• Simon Magus mods — Shouts overhaul vs. Thunderchild, guild overhauls
• Baldur’s Gate 3 — Ray’s first playthrough, turn-based learning curve, story hooks
• Nova Field (Starfield mod) — alternate start, hardcore enhancement
• Vic’s gaming break — Gothic remake impressions, Doom: The Dark Ages anticipation
• Valheim — Moder trapped in mistlands, seed problems, version 1.0 coming September
• Mouse PI for Hire — 1930s noir detective mini-impressions
• No Man’s Sky — 10th anniversary, ‘Cosmos’ update teaser, planetary rotation speculation
• Fallout TV show season 2 — Fallout Feed reviews, Deathclaw episode highlight
• Obsidian’s new Fallout game — mixed reactions, studio acquisition concerns
• Bethesda / Microsoft — studio layoffs, Elder Scrolls 6 wait, modding economics, PS6/new Xbox
• Oblivion Remastered — fun but lacked longevity vs. a true new release
• Memory, Sorrow and Thorn — Tad Williams trilogy recommendation from Vic
• Reacher novels vs. Amazon series — Ray’s mixed book experience
• Sugar (Apple TV+) — Vic recommends, Colin Farrell, sci-fi twist
• Rockford Files & Mannix — Ray’s classic TV deep dive, LA nostalgia
• Listener story — Dave’s story about Alain Dunstane
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Michael reviews the Heart of the Mountain paid Skyrim creation, Ray returns to Genesis Star Wars in Starfield, and listener Dave shares a new story: “The Priest.”

Michael's peaceful Argonian merchant build, Ray dives inot Starfield's Tyrant Armada DLC, the Genesis Star Wars overhaul, and a deep dive into the pirate survival game Windrose with Victor
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Until next time…

Michael is back in Skyrim with a fresh Gate to Sovngarde playthrough and a brand-new Argonian alchemy merchant character, while Ray shares his full impressions of the Septimus mod pack after an extended stay in California. Plus: the Genesis mod overhaul for Starfield transforms Bethesda's space RPG into a full Star Wars experience — and it weighs in at 500 gigabytes. Victor hops in later in the episode to join all the talk.
 Topics
• Septimus Skyrim mod pack impressions — 2,000+ mods, Legacy of the Dragonborn, Beyond Skyrim
• Gate to Sovngarde mod pack: no-HUD Argonian merchant playthrough with custom attributes
• Alternate Start / Living Another Life — starting as a merchant on the Pale Pass border
• Alchemy and poison builds in Skyrim — skill tips and trade-off perks
• Argonian survival mode: why Argonians are the hardest race for cold weather survival
• Bathing in Skyrim — iNeeds / survival mod tips and the swimming-as-bathing workaround
• Wabbajack mod loaders: Septimus vs. Genesis install comparison
• Genesis mod for Starfield: full Star Wars conversion — factions, lightsabers, 500GB install
• Starfield TerraNaut Armada DLC and Free Lanes space interaction update
• Fallout TV show Season 2 — New Vegas fan impressions and the 'middle act' problem
• Fallout New Vegas Roundtable: DLC order, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road
• Valheim bear update in the Black Forest biome — new creature AI behavior
• Valheim deep north and 1.0 release speculation
• Stardew Valley multiplayer — what to know before joining a friend's farm
• Minecraft hardcore (permadeath) worlds — the appeal and the heartbreak
• Cairn mountain climbing game — simulating real rock climbing with limb-by-limb controls
• Listener emails: Classic Classes & First Signs mod recommendation, new Daggerfall veteran playing Skyrim
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Until next time…

On this episode Ray is going vanilla, Michael is Immersive and Pure and Victor has a bunch of things he's playing.

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The Fallout Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/138919.rss

Vault Talk: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asapodcasting

 CONTACT: askyrimaddictpodcast@gmail.com

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Until next time…