Ponti
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Yep this plus that weapon that causes an explosion whenever you whack Undead with it. So annoying.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT2| Team Edward's Revenge
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HadesGigas
Member
A lizard thief just tried to mug me. Skyrim doesn't seem to be home to many friendly argonians. Haven't met one yet, 60 hours in.
ShinNL
Member
Doesn't work for my SE Ray, needs Nvidia chip or something :|?
The levels of jealousy I have for this comment are too damn high. Shit sounds like a goddamn blast.
Which poor sob gets the tube tv?
Blue Ninja
Member
So, to continue on from my last story: the game apparently made a save game right before the second Sabertooth hit. Talk about nice timing.
Sul had murder on his mind, and murder he got. I loosed a few arrows into the face of the unsuspecting Sabertooth, whose health dropped to the halfway point. Then, I honored the ancient Nord tradition of climbing onto a rock and lettting loose with arrows and fire spells. The Sabertooth dropped pretty quicly. I skinned it with extreme prejudice, sniped a few wolves and innocent Horkers, and carried on towards the objective. Nearly there.
Turns out the objective was on top of a hill. As I'm ascending, I suddenly notices movement in the corner of his eye. Muscular arms and legs, white fur, sharp teeth, three eyes... And a crapton of hit points. It's a goddamn Frost Troll.
The damn thing chases me around, somehow managing to climb onto every rock I use as a sniper perch. The beast charges forward as I jump backwards from a rock. It follows me down... And gets stuck.
This, of course, is the cue for me to starting throwing everything I've got at him. I'm burning it, piercing it with arrows, but it just. Won't. Die. Suddenly, though, I hear the rattle of someone moving around in armor coming from behind me. I turn around...
It's goddamn
. I've been fighting in front of his nose the entire time, and only now does he decide to show up and help the fuck out. He jumps down into the same hole the Frost troll got stuck in and proceeds to open up a can of whoopass on the thing like you wouldn't believe.
I almost felt sorry for the troll... But I harvested its fat instead, and carried on.
Sul had murder on his mind, and murder he got. I loosed a few arrows into the face of the unsuspecting Sabertooth, whose health dropped to the halfway point. Then, I honored the ancient Nord tradition of climbing onto a rock and lettting loose with arrows and fire spells. The Sabertooth dropped pretty quicly. I skinned it with extreme prejudice, sniped a few wolves and innocent Horkers, and carried on towards the objective. Nearly there.
Turns out the objective was on top of a hill. As I'm ascending, I suddenly notices movement in the corner of his eye. Muscular arms and legs, white fur, sharp teeth, three eyes... And a crapton of hit points. It's a goddamn Frost Troll.
The damn thing chases me around, somehow managing to climb onto every rock I use as a sniper perch. The beast charges forward as I jump backwards from a rock. It follows me down... And gets stuck.
This, of course, is the cue for me to starting throwing everything I've got at him. I'm burning it, piercing it with arrows, but it just. Won't. Die. Suddenly, though, I hear the rattle of someone moving around in armor coming from behind me. I turn around...
It's goddamn
Mercer Frey
I almost felt sorry for the troll... But I harvested its fat instead, and carried on.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Uno Venova
Banned
Lol I'm always naming my enchantments based on Pokemon. I named one Falmer sword enchanted with absorb health "Leech Seed" and now I can't stop. Now I'm running with Zapdos, Moltres, Kadabra and Pikachu in my inventory.
GhettoGamer
Member
What are the pros and cons for killing or not killing
?
Paarthurnax
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Pro: Get a pat on the back from the blades
Cons: The grey-beards refuse to talk to you ever again. That, and you feel like a huge asshole.
Cons: The grey-beards refuse to talk to you ever again. That, and you feel like a huge asshole.
Seek help.
The only real con is
You can't do that repeatable side quest for the Greybeards where they show you where a shout is
HadesGigas
Member
Just killed my first giant. And a couple mammoths too! Bringing Eola along turned out to be a great idea. She got all their attention with her magics and I took them out with my bow.
Uno Venova
Banned
Never, now I'm off to catch a Mr. Mime. And maybe make a Master Sword.
GhettoGamer
Member
Crap I've heard if
. And that sounds awesome
you dont kill Paarthurnax you cant go dragonhunting with the blades
Market says its not compatible with my HTC Evo 4G =(
IndieJones
Member
Sorry if I'm really late with this, but does the whole "patch fucking up resistances" thing mean that I can, for a limited time, summon an atronach and cast Soul Trap on it? I tried it pre-patch and it would never let me. Sadly I'm not near my copy of the game at the moment...
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I sold Dawnstar as soon as I got something better.
And you can make better weapons.
The big appeal is "OOOOOHHHH Daedric! Shiny!".
Subterranean
Member
Are there any disadvantages in joining the thieves guild? Will I be looked down upon around the world for being a thief? I don't really agree with what they are about but I do want to experience what all the game has to offer.
Uno Venova
Banned
No it's just more missions, some NPC's will be angry at you and say they know your a part of the guild but it's just words.
ThaddeusMcGee
Member
I accidentally peg Lydia in the back with arrows as she charges in to attack what I'm aiming at with my bow. I have to re-load because she falls in a sad, flailing heap.
and she's carrying a shitton of my stuff
Blue Ninja
Member
Blue Ninja
Member
Anyone still have that screenshot of
Parthuurnax
Though my current desktop isn't too shabby either, thanks Pancakes!
I need a capture card or a decent PC, because this game gives my inner photographer a raging hardon.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Anyone still have that screenshot ofchillin' on his rock at dusk? I loved that one.Parthuurnax
Though my current desktop isn't too shabby either, thanks Pancakes!
I need a capture card or a decent PC, because this game gives my inner photographer a raging hardon.
This one?
http://i.imgur.com/DKis8.jpg
Blue Ninja
Member
It's similar, but I don't think it's the same. That's probably just my memory being hazy, though.
Still, pretty, thanks!
I wish the dragons would leave my horse alone. It seems I can't fast travel anywhere without some dragon going after the poor animal.
If only I had it in me to let my dumb horse die.
Killing him is probably the only moral boundary I wouldn't cross in the whole game. Even if I miss out on cool stuff.
Wait, you can collect butterflies? This game, man, this game. I was collecting glow bugs (not sure what they're called) at night but I never got an indicator to "collect" when I looked at a butterfly. Might've been the wrong kind? (Outside of the meadery near Whiterun, I never tried since then.)
Anyway, bears were a seriously bad bad thing for me in the beginning, I died so many times, especially because I was determined to get 10 bear pelts to complete a quest in Iversed (sp?) where this unappreciative shrew wanted you to kill 10 bears. Once you do it she's still a bitter bitch and I wanted to kill her afterward, in fact, I should go do that now if it'll let me, haha.
Stupid bears. I kill 'em now with 2 shots of my bow or a few swings of my blade, no biggie.
I'm just walking on foot now, horses drive me insane. They either a) go psychotic and attack enemies, b) run away to a safe distance meaning you have to find them or c) disappear completely when you leave them somewhere and then use fast travel (at least for me). Add to that, 1000 gold per horse + they're slow, it's just not worth it.
Lydia's also gone too. She got stuck in Shalidor's Maze
I tried to get her but she wouldn't follow me. So I told her we had to part ways and now she's not in Whiterun. I bet she's still there. Stupid.
Lydia's also gone too. She got stuck in Shalidor's Maze
after the battle with the Dremora.
The blades dragon hunting quests start around the time you get the elder scroll though...
macfoshizzle
Member
ah thats too bad. though im sure you can still install the apk file by sideloading it.
the wallpaper itself has snow and snow mists in the backround. pretty damn cool
Rabbit Lord
Member
Agreed!, fuck 'em.
Really enjoying the Thieves Guild main missions. I'm so over powered (even on Master) that it's refreshing switching to Light Armour and a bow and having my ass kicked. Cool having to stealth about and be sneaky as oppose to charging in like a demon and slaying everything in sight without barely taking damage.
I'm thinking of re-smithing weaker armour but without enchantments, just to bring some challenge back in to the game.
I'm thinking of re-smithing weaker armour but without enchantments, just to bring some challenge back in to the game.
TigerUppercut
Member
I'm having a lot of fun but I'm starting to wish there was a little more quest variety besides go to vampire cave/bandit camp/crypt/forsworn camp/dwemer ruins murder all the scrubs and bring back the macguffin.
A few more quests like A Night to Remember, The Mind of Madness, Blood on the Ice, The Forsworn Conspiracy, and the Dark Brotherhood quest where you
would be a welcome change of pace.
Also a missed opportunity to not make a hallucinogenic quest with all the skooma, moon sugar, and tree sap around.
A few more quests like A Night to Remember, The Mind of Madness, Blood on the Ice, The Forsworn Conspiracy, and the Dark Brotherhood quest where you
kill the Emperor's cousin at her wedding
Also a missed opportunity to not make a hallucinogenic quest with all the skooma, moon sugar, and tree sap around.
HawksWinStanley
Member
So I'm trying to up my Smithing and just enchanted my first dagger to sell off for more iron ingot. But I don't have very many soul gems. Where the hell do you get more?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
...that's it? That was the ending? Are you fucking kidding me?
-200 points, right there Bethesda. How fucking utterly lazy. Annoyed, I am.
-200 points, right there Bethesda. How fucking utterly lazy. Annoyed, I am.
Ok. I need a little help guys. About midway through the main quest:
So, I climbed to the throat of the world to meet Paarthurnax. I didn't realize that he was the dragon until I had tried to kill him about 5 times. His life bar goes all the way down and then he just sits there for a bit and then reanimates and continues attacking me with a full life bar. I've tried to speak to him since I realized what I've done but nothing seems to work. He's not having it at all. Help?
You should have an autosave when you exited hrothgar if you neglected to save while going to the top.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
General Goods or court magicians usually have some to sell, or you'll need soul trap, a weapon with a soul trap enhancement to fill an empty one.
Dawnbreaker is amazing.
Been using it the whole game pretty much, makes fighting Draugr over and over again so much fun.
I use the rapid dash one in Solitude to move around, and the guards don't like it one bit, either. I tell them I'll knock it off, then use it again to dash away from them. Mwahaha.
I love stories like this. The best part is, they happen every day.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Does the Axe of Whiterun have that? Can I just destroy that so I'll have the enchantment?