Desert Wind

Redguard - Sword - Heavy - Warrior

Background

The Desert Wind is a swashbuckling sellsword that is as fast as the wind with their speed, grace and combat finesse. The wind is also used to disrupt enemies and control combat.

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Weapons

Imperial Steel sword and then a Scimitar. A Scimitar can be acquired by the Lord’s MailCC quest from the note in General Tulius’ Room in Castle Dour, Solitude.

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Armor

Any heavy armor at the start of the game. The final gear is Silver and Moonstone Circlet, Hammerfell Garb, Dawnguard Heavy Boots, Dawnguard Heavy Gauntlets.

The Hammerfell Garb can be puchased from Radiant Raiment in solitude.

The boots and gauntlets can be acquired once you have joined the Dawnguard, rescued Serana and taken her home and finally recruited Gunmer and Sorine into the Dawnguard. You can then buy them from Gunmer.

The Ring of the Wind from FishingCC is used as this increases movement speed by 15%, which is a rare item found when Fishing. Good Luck!. The ring of Khajiit gives a 10% increase in movement speed and is acquired from a quest in the FishingCC rather than with a fishing rod so may be useful if you grow impatient or while you wait for your luck to be favourable. Using a Fortify Illusion potion before equipping these rings boosts the movement speed until the ring is removed. I had the Ring of the Wind giving a 40% speed increase.

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Spells

Restoration for heals. Whirlwind Cloak from Destruction as it sometimes knocks enemies down when they get close, which helps when they attack in numbers. Also a little bit of Alteration for utility spells.

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Standing Stones

Take The Atronach Stone for 50% spell absorption, 50 Magicka but -50% Magicka regeneration when you have reached 100 Alteration and have the Atronach perk, which is a total of 80% spell absorption.

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Shrines

Use a Shrine of Talos for the 20% reduction to shout cooldowns.

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Dragon Shouts

Cyclone (Wind - Unleash - Strike)

Location: Benkongerike, Kolbjorn Barrow (Unearthed), White Ridge Sanctum

Can be used to knock multiple enemies to the ground that are in the path of the cyclone.

Elemental Fury (Air - Battle - Grace)

Location: Statue of Meridia, Dragontooth Crater, Shriekwind Bastion

Provides a significant boost to attack speed with weapons.

Whirlwind Sprint (Whirlwind - Fury - Tempest)

Location: Dead Men’s Respite, Volskygge, High Hrothgar (The Way of the Voice)

Use to reach otherwise inaccessible places and to quickly evade attacks or catch up with fleeing enemies.

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Character Creation

Female Redguard

Pick Redguard for the daily ability to have a massive boost to stamina regeneration which is basically continual power attacks for 60 seconds. The 50% poison resistance means that for 1 perk point you can have the in game cap for poison resistance.

It generally makes more sense to create a female character as there are more male merchants than female so you get use out of the Allure perk. There are also more male enemies than female in Skyrim, with all Dwemer automatons being classed as male, so you get more use out of the Agent of Dibella lesser power. These are minor boosts though.

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Attribute Distribution

Place attributes at a ratio of 0 / 3 / 1. At level 56 which is required for all the perks the attributes are:

Magicka	Health	Stamina
100 (265)	520 (635)	230 (345)

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Perk Point Distribution

The skill boosts for Redguards are marked in bold.

Mage		Warrior		Rogue
Alteration +5	8	Archery +5	0	Alchemy	10
Conjuration	0	Block +5	0	Light Armor	0
Destruction +5	3	Heavy Armor	8	Lockpicking	0
Enchanting	8	One-handed +10	7	Pickpocket	0
Illusion	0	Smithing +5	3	Sneak	0
Restoration	8	Two-handed	0	Speech	0
Total	27	Total	18	Total	10

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Skills and Perks

Mage Skills

Warrior Skills

Rogue Skills

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Spells

Alteration

Spell	Level	Description
Candlelight	Novice	Creates a hovering light that lasts for 60 seconds
Detect Life	Adept	Nearby living creatures, but not undead, machines or Daedra, can be seen through walls
Telekinesis	Adept	Can pull an object to you from distance. Add it to your inventory or throw it
Waterbreathing	Adept	Can breathe under water for 60 seconds

The Detect Life spellbook can be obtained in Whiterun by taking to the Steward in Dragonsreach and following the quest to the Stables.

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Destruction

Spell	Level	Description
Whirlwind Cloak	Adept	For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range have a chance of being flung away
Unbounded Storms	Expert	Targets in melee range take 40 shock damage per second to Health, and half that to Magicka. Random lightning strikes deal an additional 30 damage

Whirlwind Cloak doesn’t work on anything immune to Paralysis (Atronach, Automatons, Chaurus Hunter, Dragons, Dragon priests, Gargoyles, Ghosts, Horses, Ice Wraiths, Karstaag, Mammoths, Mounted Rieklings, Seekers, Skeletons, Vampire Lords, Werewolves, Wisps and Wispmothers.

Unbounded Storms is purely used as a means to level Destruction.

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Illusion

Spell	Level	Description
Courage	Novice	Target won't flee for 60 seconds, and gets some extra health and stamina.

Courage is the same as Unbounded Storm for Desruction, in that it can be used to level Illusion to gain character levels. I usually cast it at people in towns while making my way to a merchant.

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Restoration

Spell	Level	Description
Healing	Novice	Heals the caster 10 points per second
Fast Healing	Apprentice	Heals caster by 50 points
Close Wounds	Adept	Heals caster by 100 points
Grand Healing	Expert	Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points. Does not affect atronachs, machines or undead

Without enchanted gear Close Wounds is the best heal that can be cast and only with a Restoration skill level of 68 or more.

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Enchantments

The effects listed below are based upon 100 Enchanting skill, all the enchanting perks in the build and with a set of enchanted crafting gear. Read my guide on making crafting gear if you are not familiar with it.

Summary of combined effects

One-handed weapons do 150% more damage
Destruction and Restoration spells cost 46% less to cast
Health, Magicka and Stamina are increased bt 115 points
Heavy Armor skill is increased by 92 points
Move 15% faster
Resist 37% of all magic

Item	Enchantment	Effect
Head	Fortify Destruction	Restoration spells and enchantments cost 46% less
	Fortify Restoration	Restoration spells and enchantments cost 46% less
Body	Fortify Health	Health is increased by 115 points
	Fortify Heavy Armor	Increases Heavy Armor skill by 46 points
Feet	Fortify One-handed	One-handed attacks do 75% more damage
	Fortify Stamina	Stamina is increased by 115 points
Hands	Fortify Magicka	Magicka is increased by 115 points
	Fortify One-handed	One-handed attacks do 75% more damage
Amulet	Fortify Heavy Armor	Increases Heavy Armor skill by 46 points
	Resist Magic	Grants 37% resistance to all magic
Ring of the Wind	Fast	Move 15% faster
Scimitar	-	-

With the Sallowed Regent Black Book the magnitude of all enchantments can be increased.

Please note that Black Books can only be used on Solstheim.

The magnitude of the enchantments can be further increased by equipping 4 pieces of Azhidal's gear.

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Alchemy

All the details for the potions and poisons are based on having all the listed alchemy perks, Alchemy at 100 and a set of crafting gear.

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Potion of Fortify Health

Ingredients	Blue Mountain Flower & Wheat
Effects	Fortify Health	Health is increased by 170 points for 60 seconds
	Restore Health	Restores 266 points of Health

All of the ingredients can be found in or around Whiterun.

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Potion of Fortify Carry Weight

Ingredients	Mora Tapinella, Scaly Pholiota & Steel-Blue Entoloma
Effects	Fortify Carry Weight	Carrying capacity increases by 170 for 300 seconds
	Regenerate Stamina	Stamina regenerates 213% faster for 300 seconds
	Fortify Illusion	Illusion spells are 170% stronger for 60 seconds
	Restore Magicka	Restores 266 points of magicka

Mora Tapinella are on the route from Helgen to Whiterun. There’s a lot of Scaly Pholiota to the south of Ivarstead and around Riften. Steel-Blue Entoloma are from Khajiit caravan merchants.

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Potion of Fortify Destruction

Ingredients	Glowing Mushrooms & Nightshade
Effects	Fortify Destruction	Destruction spells are 213% stronger for 60 seconds

All the Glowing Mushrooms you need are in the secret lab at Goldenhills Plantation. You can get all the Nightshade you need in Whiterun at the Halls of the Dead.

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Potion of Fortify Enchanting

Ingredients	Dreugh Wax/Stoneflower Petals & Snowberries
Effects	Fortify Enchanting	85% stronger for 30 seconds

Dreugh Wax and Stoneflower Petals are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Snowberries are abundant near Windhelm.

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Potion of Fortify Smithing

Ingredients	Dreugh Wax/Gold Kanet & Glowing Mushrooms
Effects	Fortify Smithing	213% stronger for 30 seconds

Dreugh Wax and Gold Kanet are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Glowing Mushrooms are in Falmer caves.

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Farming

For more information on getting to and setting up your farm read my guide.

Ingredients Needed

6 x Blue Mountain Flower
5 x Glowing Mushrooms
8 x Mora Tapinella
7 x Nightshade
5 x Scaly Pholiota
8 x Steel-Blue Entoloma
5 x Wheat

Potions and Poisons Produced

42 x Potions of Forify Health
48 x Potions of Forify Carry Weight
48 x Potions of Fortify Destruction

Main Area (27)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Mora Tapinella (3)	8	24 + 8 = 32	48 + 8 = 56
Steel-Blue Entoloma (3)	8	24 + 8 = 32	48 + 8 = 56
Scaly Pholiota (5)	5	25 + 5 = 30	50 + 5 = 55
Glowing Mushrooms (5)	5	25 + 5 = 30	50 + 5 = 55
Nightshade (3)	1	3 + 1 = 4	6 + 1 = 7

Side Area (11)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Blue Mountain Flowers (3)	6	18 + 6 = 24	36 + 6 = 44
Wheat (4)	5	20 + 5 = 25	40 + 5 = 45

Planters (6)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Nightshade (3)	6	18 + 6 = 24	36 + 6 = 44

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