Is Forsworn Armor Usable? : V

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:26 am

My character uses a warhammer so I assume Heavy Armor would be smart, but she looks so damn good in Forsworn Armor I want to use it.

Would this be plausible?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:03 am

With smithing you can make ANY ARMOR useable. Seriously.

Knock yourself out buddy

Also screw you. I now have homer Simpson singing mr plow in my head. Thank you very much

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:51 am

Isn't Forsworn light armor?
You can wear it for looks, it just won't have good stats lol

You can also get a unique forsworn armor set by doing

Spoiler

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/No_One_Escapes_Cidhna_Mine in the city of Markarth
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Armor_of_the_Old_Gods

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:44 pm

With smithing you can make ANY ARMOR useable. Seriously.

Knock yourself out buddy

Also screw you. I now have homer Simpson singing mr plow in my head. Thank you very much

1st part: How does smithing help? Can I make Forsworn Armor?

2nd part: I am so happy you got that. Not a lot of people do.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:02 am

Forsworn armor is actually a very good light armor and can be upgraded quite a bit with smithing. All sets are blank also so your can enchant it to your preferences.

There is also a unique set of forsworn armor awarded for the forsworn conspiracy quest.

If you want a similarly revealing heavy armor you need to get Falmer armor. It's heavy and has a similar style.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:55 pm

By improveing it of course, legendary forsworn armor FTW!

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/imageshare/images/213145-1324328110.jpg

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:27 pm

Forsworn armor is actually a very good light armor and can be upgraded quite a bit with smithing. All sets are blank also so your can enchant it to your preferences.

There is also a unique set of forsworn armor awarded for the forsworn conspiracy quest.

If you want a similarly revealing heavy armor you need to get Falmer armor. It's heavy and has a similar style.

So you think it will work just fine even though it's light armor?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:55 am

By improveing it of course, legendary forsworn armor FTW!

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/imageshare/images/213145-1324328110.jpg :tongue:

Holy ****... Are there any mods or do females actually look that good in Forsworn?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:35 pm

Thats modded way up. Hi rez textures, skimpy forsowrn armor, improved shaders, and possible soem photoshop to sharpen it up some.

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=208

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4129

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:17 am

So you think it will work just fine even though it's light armor?

As good as light armor can. My assassin wears it constantly. If you are a heavy armor user you can get Falmer armor which will give you a similar look with more defense.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:07 pm

As good as light armor can. My assassin wears it constantly. If you are a heavy armor user you can get Falmer armor which will give you a similar look with more defense.

Does it actually look, for lack of a better word, "hot" on a female?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:26 am

Yup, just improve it a bit.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:31 pm

How does smithing help? Can I make Forsworn Armor?

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1310006-complete-character-design-freedom-damage-resist-caps-and-ridiculous-damage-thread-6/

The topic in the link above covers smithing in detail. You can reach the armor cap by improving your gear regardless of armor type.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:15 pm

Holy ****... Are there any mods or do females actually look that good in Forsworn?

That would be a mod for skimpier forsworn armor, but yes with high enough smithing you can hit the armor cap with anything. Through a few exploits you can even have max armor and be naked save for one piece of clothing. >.>

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:07 pm

Does it actually look, for lack of a better word, "hot" on a female?

http://static.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/images/4129-1-1324459545.jpg

That has a comparison pic wiht the original falmer armor in it.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:17 pm

1st part: How does smithing help? Can I make Forsworn Armor?

You can't make it but through Smithing you can upgrade it and make it hit the Armor Level cap which is ~570... Your armor will still list as a higher AL but won't actually give any extra effects once you hit that cap which reduces damage by 80%

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:36 pm

http://static.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/images/4129-1-1324459545.jpg

That has a comparison pic wiht the original falmer armor in it.

Not quite as attractive as it is... Warrior-ish. Less revealing. I can't decide :'(

Also, I've never even heard of Falmer Armor, how do you make it?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:04 pm

you find it, in Dweamer ruins off Falmer of course, you don't make it.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Falmer_Armor

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:38 pm

You can't make it but through Smithing you can upgrade it and make it hit the Armor Level cap which is ~570... Your armor will still list as a higher AL but won't actually give any extra effects once you hit that cap which reduces damage by 80%

Hitting the armor cap makes the game too easy and dull imo

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:52 pm

Hitting the armor cap makes the game too easy and dull imo

Except Dragons and Mages still toast you on master, unless you use a ton of resist enchants too. Really anything that's pure melee is laughable late in the game even without tons of armor.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:53 am

Not quite as attractive as it is... Warrior-ish. Less revealing. I can't decide :'(

Also, I've never even heard of Falmer Armor, how do you make it?

Seriously the game can be whatever you want. Anything can be made to work. You wanna wear forsworn? Do it and just turn the difficulty down if it's not "good" enough or enjoy the increased difficulty.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:50 pm

Seriously the game can be whatever you want. Anything can be made to work. You wanna wear forsworn? Do it and just turn the difficulty down if it's not "good" enough or enjoy the increased difficulty.

Ok good, I like that.

I really like the way she looks in Forsworn so I'm glad to know I can make it work.

Since I'll be upgrading Forsworn and there is no perk for that, would I even need to put points into smithing or can I just upgrade it by gaining levels. I hope I made my question clear, I've never done any form of smithing in this game since my last character was an assassin I just used the DB armor.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:09 am

you can also use smithing potions (most likely you can find some on alchemy merchents.) To help boost your skills for one minute or so.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:57 am

Ok good, I like that.

I really like the way she looks in Forsworn so I'm glad to know I can make it work.

Since I'll be upgrading Forsworn and there is no perk for that, would I even need to put points into smithing or can I just upgrade it by gaining levels. I hope I made my question clear, I've never done any form of smithing in this game since my last character was an assassin I just used the DB armor.

Pretty sure you can safely skip putting perks into smithing if you just want to upgrade forsworn armor, though if you are gonna max the skill you may as well take the perks up to daedric so you can make the best weapons, or if you have another weapon you prefer get the perk for that. Also you'd need arcane smithing if you wanted to wear the armor of the old gods.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:17 pm

Ok good, I like that.

I really like the way she looks in Forsworn so I'm glad to know I can make it work.

Since I'll be upgrading Forsworn and there is no perk for that, would I even need to put points into smithing or can I just upgrade it by gaining levels. I hope I made my question clear, I've never done any form of smithing in this game since my last character was an assassin I just used the DB armor.

I have no perks in smithing, with 100 skill and gear enchanted with + smithing I can improve anything to legendary.

Correction, I have two smithing perks, steel and arcane smithing so I can improve the unique stuff.