Nazeem the Sword-singer #3: Orcish Treachery and a Mysterious Note | Daggerfall Unity on Arch Linux
Channel: David C. Drake
Date: 2022-12-05

Let's play Daggerfall Unity on Arch Linux! 🗡️ Join me and Nazeem al-Ash'abah, a Redguard sword-singer, as we journey throughout the Iliac Bay on my first full playthrough of this modern rebuild of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, a classic open world fantasy RPG originally released in 1996. 📜 Along the way, I'll offer tips, trivia, and game design analysis and I hope you'll share your knowledge and opinions, too! ✨ Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ8he4T55R3utpC6NWkLKst2rtJa_c-cg

In this episode, Nazeem procures an elven katana and longbow and then, just before joining the Fighters Guild, accepts a quest that takes a surprising, treacherous turn (right after Nazeem's first brush with the vengeful ghost of Lysandus). Transported to a distant dungeon by the orc shaman Helargoth, Nazeem narrowly escapes and then tracks down this self-proclaimed "mortal enemy." Along the way, a note mysteriously appears in Nazeem's pack, leading to a conversation with Lady Brisienna Magnessen, agent of the Blades.

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:09 Merchants of Daggerfall 💰
0:23:59 Elven katana and longbow 🏹
0:27:28 Fighters Guild ⚔️
0:33:30 Voice of Lysandus 👻
0:37:54 Helargoth's treachery
0:43:03 Note from Brisienna ✉️
0:46:52 Hunt for Helargoth
1:01:24 Helargoth's demise 💀
1:07:32 Meeting with Brisienna 🕵
1:10:18 Outro

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Character ⚔️
• Name: Nazeem al-Ash'abah https://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ash%27abah
• Famous relative: Nazeem of the Cloud District, Whiterun, Skyrim https://youtu.be/GJ2Ld4a-Qfc?t=44
• Race: Redguard (bonus damage and chance to hit = level / 3) https://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Redguard
• Class: Sword-singer https://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Sword-singers
  - Primary skills: Long Blade, Dodging, Critical Strike
  - Major skills: Restoration, Archery, Stealth
  - Minor skills: Mysticism, Thaumaturgy, Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, Short Blade
• Factions:
  - Fighters Guild https://uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Fighters_Guild

Hardware 💻
• PC: MSI GE62MVR 7RG Apache Pro
• OS: Golden Drake Linux (Arch Linux customized for gaming and game development) https://github.com/GoldenDrakeStudios/golden-drake-linux
• CPU: Intel i7-7700HQ
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
• RAM: 32 GB DDR4-2400
• Microphone: Blue Yeti 🎤

How to install Daggerfall Unity: https://forums.dfworkshop.net/viewtopic.php?t=2360

Mods ⚙️
• Distant Terrain https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/128
• Enhanced Sky https://forums.dfworkshop.net/viewtopic.php?t=1542
• Unofficial Block, Location, and Model Fixes https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/100
• Fixed Dungeon Exteriors https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/225
• Handpainted Models (Main and Treasure) https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/9
• Improved Interior Lighting https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/144
• Readied Spellcasting Hands https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/91
• Mighty Foot https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/162
• Sneak and Crouch Combined https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/140
• Third Person Camera https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/141
• DREAM https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/5
• Transparent Windows https://nexusmods.com/daggerfallunity/mods/302

I've also enabled "Smaller Dungeons" (main quest is unaffected), set "TargetFrameRate = 60" in "settings.ini" to avoid overheating, and customized various other settings, mostly following the DREAM mod's recommendations.

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🎥 Gameplay recorded via OBS Studio https://obsproject.com
🎚️ Voice audio recorded and edited via Audacity https://audacityteam.org
🎞️ Final video edited and rendered via Kdenlive https://kdenlive.org

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