The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[comma]

I looked for another entrance already & it only has the one I'm stumped!I'm assuming you have the objective marker turned on, right? Why not just follow where it points you? It is literally telling you to walk through a broken wall with branches?

[Shattered Dreamer]

I looked for another entrance already & it only has the one I'm stumped!I'm assuming you have the objective marker turned on, right? Why not just follow where it points you? It is literally telling you to walk through a broken wall with branches?

Yes. Also I didn't get a big group of Stormcloak soldiers either, just me, the commander with the bear skin on his head, & the Stormcloak soldier who escapes Helgen. When we enter the ruins they can't get past it either. Then I went back outside to look for another way in came back inside the other 2 basically walked through the wall.

This is my 2nd playthrough so I'm aware of how the quest is supposed to work. After googling the problem a few times I'm not the only one with this problem either.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Is there a location near you could fast travel to and then trying going inside?

[comma]

Yeah, the game is full of bugs and glitches. I guess keep googling and see if anyone has found a fix. I've had several problems that I was able to fix by messing around with files or even just using the console.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Is there a location near you could fast travel to and then trying going inside?

There doesn't seem to be any other runes or caves that may be connected to it near by no! I'm playing on PS3 so I assume a console fix is not an option

[Quindiana Jones]

You leave via a different hole in the ground. Might be worth a go finding that, though I strongly doubt it'll work.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Is there a location near you could fast travel to and then trying going inside?

There doesn't seem to be any other runes or caves that may be connected to it near by no! I'm playing on PS3 so I assume a console fix is not an option
I'd still try fast traveling to the nearest location and then walking back. Reloading saves and fast traveling seem to be the fix for a lot of bugs like this according to Elder Scrolls Wikia.

[Quindiana Jones]

I will give you 100,000 Septims if you stop using Elder Scroll Wanki and start using UESP.

Yeah, when I crossed that 100K boundary, I felt pretty smug. xD

[Hollycat]

I'll give you a million to just figure out the game. Yeah I have a million septims, big whup, wanna fight about it.

[Quindiana Jones]

COME AT ME, BRO. I'll buy you off!

[NorthernChaosGod]

I will give you 100,000 Septims if you stop using Elder Scroll Wanki and start using UESP.

Yeah, when I crossed that 100K boundary, I felt pretty smug. xD
So why you going to get all uppity over a site? o_O

[Quindiana Jones]

Because you're an immigrant and a true American embraces the foreigners and does what he can to help them.

[NorthernChaosGod]

...right.

[Quindiana Jones]

Is that not how the world works?

[G13]

UESP needs a facelift and some breast implants, then I'll give it a go. Maybe.

Well, I killed Faendal last night. Caught him strolling out of my house like no one's business, again, and I'd finally had it. Followed him into the woods between Riverwood and Whiterun and shot him in the ass with an arrow. Then when he came at me I let my attorney, James F. Atronach, do all the talking.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I'm glad you showed that scoundrel what's up.

[Quindiana Jones]

Did you get him to teach you how to use a bow before you tested your new expertise on him?

[G13]

No, that would have been brilliant though! Have him teach me and then get my money back. Dammit! :argh:

[Quindiana Jones]

That's a bummer. You missed out on 50 free levels in Archery, haha.

[NorthernChaosGod]

You can always use Aela for archery training. I think she's a higher level tutor anyway.

[G13]

I hear you can just trade your money back with Companions, too.

[Quindiana Jones]

I usually just pickpocket it back. Two birds with one stone.

[NorthernChaosGod]

That's pretty much what I've done with all the tutors. My pickpocket got up to 100 quite fast while getting a bunch of free levels in various things. :monster:

[Quindiana Jones]

Just through 20K at a Master Destruction trainer because I'm impatient and want the Expert spells. Even though I knew I could afford it, I couldn't help but mourn spending my money. :(

And I couldn't just pickpocket it back because there's a 0% chance once the money gets too high. So, naturally, I tried killing her, but apparently she's essentially or whatever. :colbert:

[G13]

Welp, I need a divorce.

Caught that mentally challenged woodcutter just staring at the side of my house a bit ago, then realized he was staring into a window. Then I thought "Huh, my wife's in there. She's also a whore..." and then I set him aflame with my fire breath. Nearby guard didn't like that too much, but I didn't care, I called down lightning upon him. Subsequently, lightning started hitting other people in the street, and this evolved into a full on bloodbath. No one, save for children or essentials, escaped my wrath. I even went up to Dragonsreach just to slap the Jarl around a bit. I especially enjoyed taking out my anger on Belethor. I did come back and I brought a fist full of fire with me!

Finally, I made my way into the Bannered Mare. I killed everyone I came into contact with, except for one man. Same Guevenne took one look at me, said something quite shrilly about a drinking contest, and practically punched me through the roof, thus ending my killing spree.

In truth, by the time I got to Sam I had completely forgotten what caused the spree to begin with, but I remembered once the game loaded my last save as I stood staring at the woodcutting simpleton watching stupidly at whatever was going on on the other side of that window as if nothing had ever happened.

I think maybe I'll just give my wife to Boethiah this time around, and run off to Solitude with Aela.

[Hollycat]

sam is best character b y far

[NorthernChaosGod]

I wish I could try and fight Sam, that'd be dope.

I've caught that stupid woodcutter leaving my house once before, while he seems to hang around my house quite a bit as well, and I don't like it one bit. It's at this point I'm thinking of divorcing Ysolda with the power vested in me by the State of Legendary Daedric Sword and marrying Aela.

[Hollycat]

sam is unkillable, you do know why right?

[NorthernChaosGod]

Yes, I've already received the Sanguine Rose. :roll2 That's exactly why I'd like to see what happens if I were to try and fight Sam.

[G13]

He'd probably take a knee for a bit and then launch right back into kicking your ass.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I figured that much, but I want to see how he fights. I should just go to Morvunskar, since I think he's still hanging around inside.

[Quindiana Jones]

Ugh, Belethor is another one. Annoying prick. Someone, somewhere in the Bethesda offices during the making of Skyrim, thought "well, we've got this amazing world filled with intrigue and adventure. As we all know, too much of a good thing can make gamers entitled pricks, so let's populate this magical land almost entirely with massive assholes." Fuck Belethor, Nazeem, Lydia and everyone else in this godforsaken place.

Well, everyone except my new Khajiit follower (pro-tip: all followers are dicks to you, except the Khajiit ones). I've finally come to terms with the death of my last companion, Kharjo, and have decided that th best way to get past the whole thing is to deck out another Khajiit in his armour. J'zargo is my new partner in crime heroism, though I've now enchanted the armour to resist magic. Not falling for that old trick again!

[CimminyCricket]

I had to kill J'zargo to pass the first College of Winterhold quest. The teacher wouldn't shoot a spell at me, but after the 'unfortunate accident' that occured, we skipped that lesson and headed straight to the ruins.

[Quindiana Jones]

That makes me physically sick. If that had happened to me, I'd have bought a PC and used console commands so that I could kill Tolfgir and pass the quest anyway.

[CimminyCricket]

What really sucks is I didn't think to have my companion wait away from the college, so she ended up 'helping me' kill the other students in my class.

[Quindiana Jones]

If I were you, I'd just start again. :D J'zargo is worth it. His quest has you blowing yourself up.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I've been thinking of finally ditching Lydia for someone else. Followers get level capped to what you were at when you met them, right? I've had Lydia for over 30 levels, I'll have to enchant her armor to resist magic and maybe raise health should I wish to keep her.

[Quindiana Jones]

They recap if you hire them again, I believe.

[G13]

I feel like a superhero in Nightingale armor. The whole situation you find yourself getting it in feels like something right out of a comic book.

[Quindiana Jones]

Now all you need to do is change the blood upon hit into "BIFF!"s and "POW!"s.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I had to kill J'zargo to pass the first College of Winterhold quest. The teacher wouldn't shoot a spell at me, but after the 'unfortunate accident' that occured, we skipped that lesson and headed straight to the ruins.

I sacrificed his ass to a Daedric Prince after his stupid flame cloak got me mobbed by a bunch of Imperial Soldiers during a quest. Problem one of Skyrim's most annoying NPC's definitely

[Quindiana Jones]

You make me sick.

[G13]

There are far worse NPCs than J'zargo, most of which have already been identified in this very thread. I hold a special place in my heart for the Khajit and Argonian NPCs, they're too few and far between imo. It gets tiresome listening to that faux-Schwarzenegger accent the many citizens of Skyrim seem to sport.

On the subject of voices, am I the only person who finds it absolutely magical that Jason Marsden is a commonly heard voice? Every time I encounter one of his characters my subconscious withdraws back to the days that Boy Meets World was still on the air. Good times. :jess:

[Hollycat]

The only episode of that show I ever saw was the one with the school murders.

[NorthernChaosGod]

There are far worse NPCs than J'zargo, most of which have already been identified in this very thread. I hold a special place in my heart for the Khajit and Argonian NPCs, they're too few and far between imo. It gets tiresome listening to that faux-Schwarzenegger accent the many citizens of Skyrim seem to sport.

On the subject of voices, am I the only person who finds it absolutely magical that Jason Marsden is a commonly heard voice? Every time I encounter one of his characters my subconscious withdraws back to the days that Boy Meets World was still on the air. Good times. :jess:
Who does he voice? :O

[G13]

Mostly elves. I think I've encountered an Imperial he voiced. There have been a few quest characters, but I can't name them off the top of my head.

Here's a vid:
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Now I'm reminded of all the singing in the Goofy Movie. :shiny:

Hc, bro, you're missing out. That was only an alright episode in an excellent series.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Now I just wish they'd throw in a "Feeny! Fee he heeny! Feeeeny!"

EDIT: Man, that's not even the same guy, is it? :(

[G13]

Naw, you're thinking of Will Friedle, the dude who played Eric. Jason Marsden was his friend in the beginning of the series. He wasn't really in very many episodes, that's just the first thing I think of when I hear his voice.

[Psychotic]

STORMCLOAKS OR IMPERIALS?

Go.

Also. Sven. Huh. I sacrificed him to a Daedra and he became possessed by her. So he won't be singing that song anymore. :shobon:

[NorthernChaosGod]

I'm probably going to choose Imperials; I don't want two guys running around using the Thu'um. :greenie:

[Flying Arrow]

Imperials. Say what you will about the Empire but at least Solitude doesn't have a ghetto. Ulfric's a stupid jerk anyway. I'm glad I killed him and then took his clothes and married my wife in them.

Unrelated, I went to do a 'find the source of power' quest and the barrow I went to had a subplot going on involving a Redguard and Argonian treasure hunters. Every time I feel like I'm just about done with the game content-wise, I run up on a location that has a whole story going on and get pulled in again. :jess: Then again I haven't done any of the Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood questlines. I'm saving those for my next character: a racist, hate-filled Dark Elf whose fervor for worshiping the Daedric Princes leads him to kill each and every priest of the Divines that he meets. A charming fellow.

Un-unrelated, is it me or do half the sub-plots that take place in crypts or tombs involve someone trying to learn necromancy and resurrect a loved one/raise an army of undead/some variation of this? I swear I've run into like three or four in the last two nights of playing.

[G13]

Yeah, I was all for joining a rebellion until he was all "NATIVE PRIDE" and then I was like, "Dude, I was the Nerevarine, smurf that." and joined up with the Imps.

[Madame Adequate]

Given that I'm neither a Nazi nor an Idiot, Imperials.

What the Stormcloaks like to forget is that the Empire is the only thing keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim.

[Quindiana Jones]

Went Stormcloak after the whole "we're going to behead you anyway" incident at Helgen. Then, halfway through Jagged Crown, I completed the Dark Brotherhood questline and realised that all the Penitus Oculatus agents are Balthier and immediately changed to Imperials. As I said before, I'll probably side with the Stormcloaks when I do my Ba'gamnan playthrough.

[G13]

What the Stormcloaks like to forget is that the Empire is the only thing keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim.

Not doin' too good a job of that what with the existence of a Thalmor Embassy and the Aldmeri Inquisition goin' on.

[Quindiana Jones]

The Concordat was accepted because the only other option was absolute destruction, which wouldn't help anyone in the Empire. The Thalmor would have taken Cyrodiil and would be attacking Skyrim from two sides. Skyrim would fall, lots of people would die. Emperor Titus II, a pretty cool guy, knew this so accepted the terms with the intention of rebuilding their strength and launching a massive counterattack, then Ulfric Stormtwat (an unwitting pawn of the Dominion, specifically installed so as to destabilise the Empire and make everyone more easy to take over after the civil war) gets in a huff and ruins everything.

[Psychotic]

Did you know...?

Every single post that does not say "Stormcloaks" is wrong? Well, they are!

I mean I expected it of Huxley, but the rest of you disappoint me. It's kind of cool when you and Ulfric team up and he starts shouting at everything. And look, while I feel for the Argonians, SKYRIM FOR THE NORDS. Get out of my smurfing country you god damn immigant trash Dunmer sons of bitches. :colbert:


What the Stormcloaks like to forget is that the Empire is the only thing keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim.Well that's good, I'd hate it if the Dominion showed up and began kidnapping Skyrim's citizens and placing them in torture dungeons at will OH WAIT. :doublecolbert:

Also think you'll find there's something even more compelling keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim than the sissypants Empire. Me. :smug:

[NorthernChaosGod]

Two people shouting people to death? There can be only one. :colbert:

[DK]

HEIL HIGH KING ULFRIC STORMCLOAK GLORY TO THE NORDS DEATH TO THE IMPERIALS!

Seriously fuck the Imperials, bunch of ponces licking the boots of elves. I had pretty much decided to side with the stormcloaks from the start, whoever mentioned the whole Helgen thing I agree with. That didn't sit well. Then the Dark Brotherhood pretty much settled it for me, my first crew I worked for, my "family", I would have done anything for those fucks and well, you know how that turns out. Pretty much sealed the deal for me, every Imperial must die. And christ I hate the Thalmor. And elves in general. Fuck all of them. :colbert:

[Pike]

I haven't played Skyrim in like a week. :( I miss all you bros here in Skyrim General Thread; once I finish my current game of EU3 I'm going to jump back into it

[Quindiana Jones]

DK's from the south west so it's to be expected of him.

[Old Manus]

I can't be the only one who is SICK TO FUCKING DEATH of endless Dwarven indentikit cut & paste dungeons called Ijsenfindijlfnxcjiszel and have absolutely nothing of interest in there apart from bits of metal that are too heavy and enemies that look like giant golden ovaries?

Here's a basic runthrough of every one of these dungeons:

1. Kill bandits at the entrance
2. Kill golden ovaries inside
3. Kill Falmer deeper inside
4. Leave

At least the caves have challenging enemies (Draugr Overlords) and at the very least fucking door puzzles or something. And they don't take 45 minutes of running through miles of identical corridors of pistons, getting occasionally jumped by a robot spider that falls to pieces under anything heavier than a small breeze in their direction.


I'm sorry, I just spent about an hour trudging through the latest one only to discover my prize was a greater soul gem and a small door which just led back outside less than 100 yards from the entrance.

[Quindiana Jones]

The one to find the Elder Scroll is pretty fun, though that may be due to the massive jump that you can take to skip a half hour's trudging. But yeah, "custom made dungeons" was never going to be true with a company like Bethesda.

[Psychotic]

Just encountered a Draugr Death Overlord. (No I don't mean the vanilla Draugr Overlord or Deathlord or whatever, this is a step even higher than those assholes!) My first reaction was to hit him with a blast of the old Fus. His reaction to spying me was exactly the same thing. It ended up like that scene in Episode 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DDSDPZN8zk) when Obi-Wan and Anakin try to force push each other at the same time, and then both get sent flying. It was great.

Also what is it about Dawnstar and Winterhold that means that a dragon shows up whenever I do? I feel like Zidane from FFIX. This time in Winterhold I killed a dragon on top of a rooftop. A guard, seeing the battle was over, walked up to a dead colleague and announced "I'm going to find whoever did this". With great comedic timing, the dead dragon slid off the roof and fell onto his head. Good job guard, you found the murderer!

[Rianoa]

I spent two hours creating my character then decided I didn't like it and started from scratch, I think I may get it on PC so I can download some mods so I can have a normal looking character, I am boring when it comes to character creations. :roll2

[Pike]

This time in Winterhold I killed a dragon on top of a rooftop. A guard, seeing the battle was over, walked up to a dead colleague and announced "I'm going to find whoever did this". With great comedic timing, the dead dragon slid off the roof and fell onto his head. Good job guard, you found the murderer!

Ahaha this is great.


I spent two hours creating my character then decided I didn't like it and started from scratch.

WELCOME TO THE ELDER SCROLLS

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Has anyone started the quest with the drinking contest in Riften? I passed out and ended up in the Shrine of Dibella in Markarth after a drunken party - the snooty priestess forced me to clean up the mess and pay her almost 200 gold for info on where the guy who challenged me went with the staff I won. Seeking revenge, I made a bigger mess of all of her pots and shit and sneaked around, stealing all of her offerings to Dibella. Then I went outside and a tourist from Cyrodiil shopping at a jeweler's stall was killed right in front of me by an agent of the Forsworn, whom I helped the guards dispatch. Then some guy gave me a note which "must have dropped from my pocket" which read "Meet me in the Shrine of Talos." I headed there and he told me a tearful tale of how his father was murdered by the Forsworn, but now that he had his own family, he needed help to bring them down. Looking forward to seeing what happens next!

[Hollycat]

The quest you are talking about is the best one in the game, do not buy off anyone, do the quests.

[Pike]

Is this the one with the goat?

Because that was amazing.

[Hollycat]

Yes it is

[NorthernChaosGod]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

[Renmiri]

Lol, yes that quest rules and the loot is awesome sauce :D

http://ragecollection.com/25600


I figured that much, but I want to see how he fights. I should just go to Morvunskar, since I think he's still hanging around inside.
Careful, after the quest is done there is no way to get out of there. "You can't fastravel from this location" and the portal to go back is gone


Ugh, Belethor is another one. Annoying prick. Someone, somewhere in the Bethesda offices during the making of Skyrim, thought "well, we've got this amazing world filled with intrigue and adventure. As we all know, too much of a good thing can make gamers entitled pricks, so let's populate this magical land almost entirely with massive assholes." Fuck Belethor, Nazeem, Lydia and everyone else in this godforsaken place.

Well, everyone except my new Khajiit
I like Erandur from the Dawnstar nightmares quest. He is a skilled mage and doesn't annoy me slobbering all over "my tane" like the housecarls. J'zargo and the other kahjeet are good too. Faendal was awesome in the sense that he barely talks but the little prick won't help you carry stolen loot if you are breaking into a house.


They recap if you hire them again, I believe.
Ya they do, I switched companions back and forth and they all recap. You can also recruit them to be blades so they live at the blades temple and you can go there to switch instead of having to travel to each one's place



I sacrificed his ass to a Daedric Prince after his stupid flame cloak got me mobbed by a bunch of Imperial Soldiers during a quest.
lol ya that scroll got me into several messes :p

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.

[Hollycat]

If you are ever in ft worth you can drink with me. It'll probably be milk or something, but whatever.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I figured that much, but I want to see how he fights. I should just go to Morvunskar, since I think he's still hanging around inside.
Careful, after the quest is done there is no way to get out of there. "You can't fastravel from this location" and the portal to go back is gone
Lol, I finished that quest quite some time before even bringing that up. He just hangs out in front of the portal.

[G13]

Boethiah is a whore! :mad2:

Every damn time I kill the merc she takes him over, says a few lines, then keeps repeating them when I try to initiate dialogue. So then I just skip that bit and kill her cult and she lets go of the merc, preventing me from finishing the quest.

smurfing. Whore.

Edit: Oh, apparently I killed everyone at Knifepoint too early. wtf, I'm punished for overachieving? :(

Edit2: She's still a whore.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Ancient Shrouded Cowl has glitched in my 2nd save, ah Bethesda how you ruin my fun some times!

[Jiro]

Edit: Oh, apparently I killed everyone at Knifepoint too early. wtf, I'm punished for overachieving? :(


I missed two quest lines for being too good at killing bad guys

[Ultima Shadow]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!

Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!

Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
This sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!

Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
This sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.

:|

[Ultima Shadow]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!

Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
This sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.
...well, I can't guarantee that won't happen, but it should be fine... probably. The beer is only 27%. :greenie:

You can join in too, Vincent.

[Renmiri]

And spent about twenty minutes trying (and failing) to set my Butterfly in a Jar upright on a table..
http://steamcommunity.com/id/renmiri/screenshot/632983753078528558?tab=public






I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!

Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
This sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.
...well, I can't guarantee that won't happen, but it should be fine... probably. The beer is only 27%. :greenie:

You can join in too, Vincent.
Will he wake up married to a goat ?

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(

You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!

Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
This sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.
...well, I can't guarantee that won't happen, but it should be fine... probably. The beer is only 27%. :greenie:

You can join in too, Vincent.
Will he wake up married to a goat ?

Hopefully. Got to get married someday.

[Jiro]

Sounds like you guys got your adventures sorted then. Goatsex and boozing, nice.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Ancient Shrouded Cowl has glitched in my 2nd save, ah Bethesda how you ruin my fun some times!

This glitch ended up having a silver lining! I've noticed I can equip either a helmet or another cowl along with the Ancient Shrouded Cowl. I'm wearing it & the Shrouded Cowl for a total head armour rating of 102 & 55% extra bow damage. This couple with my Daedric Bow with damage 128 is pretty tasty :bigsmile:

[Hollycat]

Jiro, goats aren't the only things that get sexed.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Ancient Shrouded Cowl has glitched in my 2nd save, ah Bethesda how you ruin my fun some times!

This glitch ended up having a silver lining! I've noticed I can equip either a helmet or another cowl along with the Ancient Shrouded Cowl. I'm wearing it & the Shrouded Cowl for a total head armour rating of 102 & 55% extra bow damage. This couple with my Daedric Bow with damage 128 is pretty tasty :bigsmile:
I was actually planning on taking advantage of a similar glitch later. Apparently you can wear a Falmer helmet along with a Dragon Mask or a circlet. I'm going to push my enchanting/alchemy/smithing even further even faster than before. :monster:

[Hollycat]

why have I not found this shrouded cow? I thought I had done everything in the game now!

[Psychotic]

why have I not found this shrouded cow? I thought I had done everything in the game now!You know that tree in Whiterun? Just up the steps from the marketplace? It's just there. I guess it's kind of easy to miss if you're heading up the stairs. It doesn't really do much, it just kind of sits in its field.

[CimminyCricket]

I few months ago I had a follower named Illia. I accidentally banished her from my service and was unable to recruit her back into my service. I had all but forgotten about her until recently when I found her wandering in the area surrounding Winterhold(?) which is nearly all the way across the map from where she is supposed to be after being dismissed: Darklight Tower. I still can't recruit her, but it was nice to finally find her.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I actually killed Lydia by accident with one misplaced power attack. We'd found a group of bandits near a lake in two joined towers, and just when I thought I had found one of them after an epic battle, I swung my trusty mace of Molag Bal and killed her in one hit. Immediately I stripped her of her clothes and other possessions in grief and dismay, and, finding myself grossly over-encumbered, dropped dragon bones and other miscellanea off the tower steps into the freezing depths below. Ah, Lydia. My first and last love. *sob*

[NorthernChaosGod]

You. Monster. :colbert:

[Quindiana Jones]

I'm furious that you can't just tell the Blades to smurf off when they tell (not smurfing ask!) you to kill Parthunax. If you were Jean Luc Picard or Liam Neeson, then maybe I'd listen to you, but you're just Max Von Esbern, some nobody that I couldn't care less about.

Pricks. I Fus Ro Dah'd then both for about a quarter hour after the game refused to let me say "I'm not going to do it. smurf off. I'm the Dragonborn. I give the orders. So smurf off". Massive, massive :bou::bou::bou::bou:s. Arngeir is the better character and voice actor. smurf off Esbern. smurf. Right. Off.

... wanker.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I'm curious, what level is everyone at? Also, how much playtime do you have?

I'm level 48 and have about 95 hours.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Both saves are at level 45, 1st save took me 130 plus hours to get there but I didn't level grind any skill they just improved as I needed to use them in comparison to save 2 where I'm at 60ish hours but grinded quite a few skills to get there.

[Hollycat]

I stopped at level 50. not sure how much time. If I continue, I probably wont level up much more since I don't ever use magic.

[Pike]

I think I'm level 30 something with about 50 or 60 hours. Yeah I got distracted by other games :shifty:

[NorthernChaosGod]

I stopped at level 50. not sure how much time. If I continue, I probably wont level up much more since I don't ever use magic.
Why not? I've seen some pretty neat ways to grind up some magic, especially alteration. I plan on grinding everything to 100 after I finally get everything I actually use to 100.


I think I'm level 30 something with about 50 or 60 hours. Yeah I got distracted by other games :shifty:
Pike, I am disappoint.

[Jiro]

I was like 55 after 110ish hours of play time. Do you have any smurfing idea how awesome it is to just walk everywhere? I mean riding is fun too but my horse died so I took to foot and fuck yeah I am a ranger of the north bitches.

[Psychotic]

Level 54 I think, possibly 55. I would estimate 120ish hours. Yup, I loved me some Skyrim. I think I've finally put it down until the DLC comes out. I haven't even touched the mage's college besides briefly stopping by for the main quest.

[Quindiana Jones]

81 and a half. Everything is at 100, and with about 100 hours now.

[Renmiri]

level 60, dunno the hours.. put it down before xmas, after I finished every main quest but thieves guild.

[NorthernChaosGod]

81 and a half. Everything is at 100, and with about 100 hours now.
You grindin' summabitch.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I think I've finally put it down until the DLC comes out.

I think I'm beginning to reach this point myself. I'd be tempted to start a save & make a Mage & try & max the skills of all the different magic schools but whether I'd have the patience for that is another thing.

[Unbreakable Will]

Love the game, I've done the grand majority of the quests and still love to play through on multiple characters. I don't have xbox live or Internet access at my place at the moment so I still haven't gotten the patches to fix the major bugs yet so every now and again I'll have to reboot or give up on a quest line. Damned bugs.
All in all it's an amazing game and I'll probably play it until the end of time or I get aggravated enough with the errors to destroy it.

[G13]

I'm furious that you can't just tell the Blades to smurf off when they tell (not smurfing ask!) you to kill Parthunax. If you were Jean Luc Picard or Liam Neeson, then maybe I'd listen to you, but you're just Max Von Esbern, some nobody that I couldn't care less about.

Right!? Screw those guys! "We won't help you anymore until you kill Parthurnax", I don't even give a smurf! :colbert:

[Marky Tee]

i just got into a fight with two dragons and a giant:eek:
and a poor little fox died in the crossfire too :(

[Hollycat]

i just got into a fight with two dragons and a giant:eek:
and a poor little fox died in the crossfire too :(

I die a little inside every time I realise that the developers added a code that says if a dragon is close to a fox and the dragonborn, kill the fox first.

[NorthernChaosGod]

i just got into a fight with two dragons and a giant:eek:
and a poor little fox died in the crossfire too :(
I don't know what it is about Morthal, but it's the only place I've had to fight two dragons at once and it's happened several times already.

Since I haven't had a whole lot of time to play consistently recently, I've just been leveling up alchemy finally (it's currently 97). I go from town to town buying up all their alchemy ingredients, selling off potions to pay for them until I have a good supply of ingredients, then I make more potions and repeat. I wish giants would respawn more quickly though; their toes rock for making potions. :( Anyway, I have a routine and always fast travel from Solitude to Morthal on my supply runs, where I have to fight an Ancient Dragon and an Elder Dragon pretty often now.

[Renmiri]

mods are here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CGb7VYOYQ&feature=player_embedded

[NorthernChaosGod]

Leveling after 50 takes so much more effort. I had to grind Speech, Conjuration and Illusion up to 100 to get all the perks I needed to make my weapons and sell off all the crap from grinding Alchemy and Enchanting up to 100.

[Renmiri]

There's a mod that puts level cap at 300 :p

[NorthernChaosGod]

That's just ridiculous.

[Hollycat]

Please click video of the week in my sig.

[Quindiana Jones]

Christ, that's pretty damn spectacular.

[Hollycat]

I know. Epicsauce.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Half of what you carry is worthless
But I just can't part with it
Ly...dia

Ly...dia
Ly...DI-A
Steely sword
Swing-ing

So I sing a song of love to
Ly...dia
Ly...dia
Forsworn bow, Nord arrow, shoot-ing
So I sing a song of love to Ly...dia

Her Dwarven Warhammer is splintering
- demolishing
- the Bandit Chief

Ly...dia
Ly...DI-A
Staff of flames - scorching
So I sing the song of love to Ly-dia

When I cannot slay the dragon
I can only watch her die

Ly-dia
Ly-DI-A
Orcish bow, steel arrow, shoot-ing
So I sing a song of love to Ly-dia

Faithful friend - always
So I sing the song of love
For Ly-dia...Ly-dia...Ly...dia

Acoustic version: Lydia - Final.mp3 2shared - download (http://www.2shared.com/audio/oFE8dvMq/Lydia_-_Final.html)

Out-takes - Take 1: Lydia Take 1.mp3 2shared - download (http://www.2shared.com/audio/GK1h1ojT/Lydia_Take_1.html) Take 2:Lydia Take 2.mp3 2shared - download (http://www.2shared.com/audio/JG8dKm4i/Lydia_Take_2.html)

[NorthernChaosGod]

Hypo, that was fucking amazing.

[Hollycat]

Then rep me.

Lol, you don't have to.

[Jiro]

The video started off reminding me of LoTR with the battle between Sauron and the Men/Elf alliance. And then, because it's the Elder Scrolls, the mighty charge turned into them thwacking each other repeatedly. xD

[Hollycat]

I wish some dlc would be announced, especially since they announced they had only released half a game. I hope that doesn't mean I will have to shell out another $60.

found this guy today while poking around. He was sticking to character till he started talking to batman.

Ulfric Stormcloak | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003267359193)

[~*~Celes~*~]

Today I decided to stop adventuring for a bit and visit my husband. I decided to sell some of my junk to him, only to be totally devestated when I saw that he had his Holy Bond of Matrimony up for sale. I am now filing for divorce. Farengar Secret-Fire was always better looking anyway, what with those massive side burns. I don't even know my husband's name.

[Psychotic]

Farengar Secret-Fire was always better looking anyway, what with those massive side burns. I don't even know my husband's name.Come to Dragonsreach to discuss the ongoing hostilities, like the rest of the "Great Warriors"?

fuck off asshole I could kill you with just a shout :colbert:

[NorthernChaosGod]

Farengar Secret-Fire was always better looking anyway, what with those massive side burns. I don't even know my husband's name.Come to Dragonsreach to discuss the ongoing hostilities, like the rest of the "Great Warriors"?

fuck off asshole I could kill you with just a shout :colbert:
I hate that fuck too. :nonono:

I finally reached level 81 last night. :greenie:

[Rantz]

Today I decided to stop adventuring for a bit and visit my husband. I decided to sell some of my junk to him, only to be totally devestated when I saw that he had his Holy Bond of Matrimony up for sale. I am now filing for divorce. Farengar Secret-Fire was always better looking anyway, what with those massive side burns. I don't even know my husband's name.
I only realised what thread I was in about halfway through reading this post. It was a weird moment.



Farengar Secret-Fire was always better looking anyway, what with those massive side burns. I don't even know my husband's name.Come to Dragonsreach to discuss the ongoing hostilities, like the rest of the "Great Warriors"?

fuck off asshole I could kill you with just a shout :colbert:
It seems this damnable conflict has claimed everyo- SHUT UP I JUST NEED TO USE YOUR MAGICAL TABLE

[Shattered Dreamer]

Yeah Farengar Secret-Fire is a seriously annoying douche. Early he said the old "if you have the aptitude you should try the College at Winterhold", while I'm standing in front of him in the Arch-Mage robes - . -

[Dignified Pauper]

which one of you little bastards is parading around facebook as Ulfric Stormcloak.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Look, guys, I'm just glad he isn't an "eligible bachelor" like I originally hoped, because I totally wanted to put a ring on it at first. Now he's dancing around singing Beyonce's song and I'm stuck with an average husband in an average house (I refuse to move him into my house in Solitude, it's too sexy for his massive honker), plus, my husband is scum from Riften. WHO KNOWS where he's been or what he's been into..more like who amirite :hurr:. ANYWAY so yeah Farengar is not the ideal husband.

[Necronopticous]

Is Farengar supposed to have cerebral palsy or something? The guy can not articulate.

[Rantz]

The seemingly complete lack of QA of the voice acting is one of my biggest pet peeves with the game. The exaggerated Scandinavian accents are particularly galling to me.

[Psychotic]

Olfrid, patron of the great Clan Battle-Born - a name I'm sure you know well.

[Pike]

Olfrid, patron of the great Clan Battle-Born - a name I'm sure you know well.

I like how I haven't played this game in a while and I can still hear this in my head.

[Hollycat]

Olfrid, patron of the great Clan Battle-Born - a name I'm sure you know well.
Dude, wtf, I hear it in mah ears!

[NorthernChaosGod]

Paul, you suck.

[Renmiri]

which one of you little bastards is parading around facebook as Ulfric Stormcloak.
My bet is....

Paul, you suck.
Yup :p


The seemingly complete lack of QA of the voice acting is one of my biggest pet peeves with the game. The exaggerated Scandinavian accents are particularly galling to me.
I love the Dummer accent though

[Psychotic]

I am actually offended you think I would A) use Facebook and B) use it in such an unfunny and terrible way. Next time I go into Second Life I am putting you in the Proto cage Ms. Writer :colbert:

[Renmiri]

I am actually offended you think I would A) use Facebook and B) use it in such an unfunny and terrible way. Next time I go into Second Life I am putting you in the Proto cage Ms. Writer :colbert:
Pfft.. you would have to catch me first :p

You mean that Ulfric on facebook isn't you ? O.o who did I friend then ?!@?!?@!

[~*~Celes~*~]

I am halfway to level 41 right now. I'm working on a lot of the misc quests right now, and trying to work my way to owning all the houses. I already have Breezehome and Proudspire manor. (I spend most of my time killing stuff and crafting stuff)

[NorthernChaosGod]

You know what, that sounds like a good idea. I think I'll try to buy all the houses after I finish the College of Winterhold questline.

[Hollycat]

You know what, that sounds like a good idea. I think I'll try to buy all the houses after I finish the College of Winterhold questline.
first raise 100,000 septims, then do that

[NorthernChaosGod]

I have over 400,000 septims already and I was planning on stashing my gold in containers nearby to get my stuff for free anyway.

[Dignified Pauper]

How the hell do you people have so many Septims. The Merchants never have enough money, and I'll be damned if I waste points to get that one craft.

Share with me your secrets.

[NorthernChaosGod]

It helps if you finish the Thieves' Guild questline first, you'll have access to different fences that carry more gold than standard merchants without wasting any perks. After that I used the perks to invest in merchants, sell stolen goods to any merchant, and have them carry an extra 1000 septims.

I also stole pretty much everything I could and I sell off most everything. Although grinding up Smithing, Enchanting, and Alchemy helped me get up to my first 100,000 pretty early. If you haven't already done that, you can enchant the daggers from Smithing with Banish and they're worth quite a bit.

[Sum1sGruj]

I love Skyrim! Every Elder Scrolls puts the last one in the dirt.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Killed Paarthurnax today, very disappointed. I was expecting him to be as strong as Alduin but nope :(

[Quindiana Jones]

That's what you get for being a massive bastard. :colbert:

[Shattered Dreamer]

That's what you get for being a massive bastard. :colbert:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Renmiri]

I made a mod!!!

1 shot any boss with my Rocket Launcher :D

Steam Workshop :: Rocket Launcher (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=75573761)

[Rantz]

Ahahaha, awesome. I demand a video!

[CimminyCricket]

No one has mentioned Dawnguard?

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard - Official Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZqXKZOS2jQ)

[Sum1sGruj]

Killed Paarthurnax today, very disappointed. I was expecting him to be as strong as Alduin but nope :(

You have no soul, sir.

[Hollycat]

I have now played through every race (except imperial and high elf) and every class I can think of. I even did a complete 100% playthrough with all quests as a kajiit archer without ever visiting the level up menu on master mode. There isn't anything left to do.

[NorthernChaosGod]

You could get a life.

[Hollycat]

Not possible. I am an AI, and thus incapable of obtaining a life.

[Renmiri]

You haven't played a drell yet

Steam Workshop :: Drell Follower and Drell Race (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=76229694)

[Hollycat]

Nope, sure haven't.

[Jiro]

No one has mentioned Dawnguard?

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard - Official Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZqXKZOS2jQ)

Dawnguard looks fucking sweet as man. I can't wait. This will be the first DLC I ever purchase because fuck yeah

[Shattered Dreamer]

Yeah Dawnguard looks amazing! It makes up for the fact Vampirism was ruined in the main game.

[Nice]

Joined the Thieves Guild, tried to impress Vex, didn't work. Did a bunch of missions for her, still didn't work. Became a Nightingale. Still didn't work. Became Guild Master and that still did not impress Vex. That bitch!

[Jiro]

I gave up on her early, I knew she could never love me for what I am - a hot bosmer assassin bitch - so I just became her boss so I can make her suffer whenever I choose :radred:

[Renmiri]

Anyone playing Dawnguard yet ? On PC we have to wait :(