Topic: Progress Report
I reinstalled Morrowind on my computer after it crashed and burned, and did some work installing all of the fancy new mods and extensions that I'd never bothered with before. The results really are stunning. But the point I'm working towards is that somewhere amidst all this focus on Morrowind, I read somewhere that Morrowind's simple, almost-hidden tutorial that I completely ignore and sprint through anymore is actually really well-designed and steps the player gently into the massive sandbox that is Vvardenfell.
I'm borrowing pieces of it, as I've done with so much else from Morrowind. The new Serinor will start with a named, story-centric character that you build, piece-by-piece, through the prologue. This hero's centrality to the story will begin to fade as the progression of events scales up to the truly epic scale of the middle to late game, but it will hopefully smooth out the horribly difficult early game significantly.
I've also detached appearance from class. It's still tied to gender, but any male human can select any male human sprite for his appearance regardless of what class he chooses.
