The Craftybits Mod

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After reading through the Craftbits User's Guide I'm really impressed with everything the player is able to do. Along with the usual crafting projects (creating weapons, armor, clothes, jewelry and furniture, the player can also set up and keep beehives, make wine, plant crops as well as building and setting up fences.

There is an area just west of Weye where I like to have my characters camp. I am almost tempting to place an empty or nearly empty cottage there, a couple of shelters for livestock and a workshop, a smaller cottage nearby that could be used as a guest house, add some crafting tools and components to the workshop and then just go to town crafting. It would be a long slow project, but it could be fun to see the farm grow and take shape as the game progresses. Along with making some furniture for in the cottage(s), the characters would start by building and setting up fences for the livestock paddock, an area for a garden, and a spot for the bee hives.

Just another idea that's peculating in my head.

Live at Gweden Farm

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Now here is an interesting option for when using the Highwood Farm mod: Live at Gwedon Farm.

An unfortunate strike that Highwood has against it for me is that there isn't enough room for my family's animals. The stall is only big enough to hold one horse (or a couple of ponies). There really isn't any place to put any animals I might want to buy with the Useful Farm Animals mod. But if one does the quest and obtains ownership of Gwedon, which is right next door, it becomes one even bigger property.

Gwendon has a fenced in area (which could be repaired using Craftybits). I could also mod the mod to add a stable and sheep fold. So right there would be a nice spot for all of the family's animals, plus they would have a guest house for Vilja, Constance, or whoever might be tagging along/visiting with them.

And...look to the south, right across the water...why that's Valenwood! Neldor could see his homeland when looking south at Gwedon Farm.