In before Prequel characters.

There is a fucking ton of content in this game, and it's all pretty fun.

>>18763

being a thief in this game is the best.

Bob 2011/11/16(Wed)11:29 No. 18769 ID: ddc511
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Skyrim killed /quest/, I tell you!

Ed Pastry 2011/11/16(Wed)15:36 No. 18772 ID: 4538a8
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This is Hlöd Rymling. He enjoys long strolls in the freezing snow, hitting dragons with heavy metal objects, yelling people off of cliffs, laughing maniacally as he deflects your puny attacks and complaining that his bitch is blocking all the corridors with her ungrateful fat ass.

He yearns for the day when he find a werewolf so he can punch it in the throat.

So, the majority of tgchan plays as the beast races, right?

My Dovahkiin is an Argonian, but that's just because I enjoy the sneak bonuses and totally not because I'm a furry in denial or anything. No sir.

Actually I play Imperial. Always have. They're the real dorfs of Tamriel.

Rand 2011/11/17(Thu)00:50 No. 18778 ID: 178c80
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Gonna zap yo stupid ass.

I have one character as my main that's a Dunmer. Those remakes were just too awesome to ignore and I like playing as the forsaken people.

I also made an Argonian whom I'm going to play as a total stonking doofus who thinks Dragonborn means he gets to be a dragon.

I thought to name him Dullest-Claw-On-Hand or Not-Sharpest-Tooth

>>18780

Best

Argonian

Ever

>>18780

you stole my idea =<

Mine has a head start though.

She can breathe fire

Hmm, I have a Argonian myself.
First thing I do is become a werewolf closely followed with picking up canabalisim.
Its like the game is trying to tell me something...

Golly gee I am rolling an Argonian too. She's sort of a spiritual remake of my Morrowind character. Except I forgot what she looked like and that save is history.

Spoilers: For whatever reason, THERE IS NO KHAJIIT MARRIAGE OPTION. This saddens me. There's only like 50 marriable people in the game, which is a far cry from the original claims of "you can marry pretty much everyone!"

I've come across only Maiq the Liar and a merchant caravan somewhere that were Kajiits.

Why can't you marry Maiq? Why, that would be the best.

>>18787
>>18788
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Marriage#Notes
>As of the initial release there are NO Khajiit or Bosmer (Wood Elf) characters that the player can marry. This may change as of future patches/DLCs/expansions.
There are plenty of guesses and theories as to why you can't marry Khajiit. Its most likely because of Khajiit Religion. Khajiit believe in a separate religion from The Nine Divines (albeit similarly named), they believe that their religion is the correct one. And Khajiit Clan Mothers are in charge in matters of Khajiit religion. See: Lore:Khajiit
Bosmer (Wood Elves) are also of a religion that is unrelated to the Nine Divines. It could also be they aren't allowed to marry because of the Green Pact stating they're Cannibals and Carnivores (They must eat their prey and never vegetation). And cannibalism isn't too popular among the rest of the races.

While I cannot into screenshots because unknown reasons and lowest graphics settings due to old machine, I can tell you about the great Dragonborn khajiit.

Who her parents lovingly named "Five-Claw Discount".

Who ignores the dragon invasion in favor of stealing everything shiny that isn't nailed down and on occasion attempting the world record for Most Arrows Shot In A Minute, as well as the world record for Most Arrows Shot In A Minute Without Being Detected.

Or, to put it simply: The Adventures of Five-Claw Discount, the Skyrim STALKER.

I started with a Nord warrior, but I wanted to try STEALING EVERYTHING so I made the second character.
Alas, it reminded me of my days as a veteran STALKER, and I Learned To Stop Worrying About Some Lame-Ass Dragons.

Winston 2011/11/17(Thu)12:07 No. 18791 ID: 0d7a83
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For reasons of not playing on PC I have no screenshots of Gushdeath Slayblood; the mighty heavily armoured Khajiit Mage, who enjoys spamming Fire Storm and exploiting various means of leveling up the easy way. For example:
1. Get the spells Equilibrium and Healing (novice level).
2. Cast them both at once.
3. Find a way to hold them on without you pushing the buttons.
4. Go away for a while.
5. ???
6. Master of Restoration.

>>18788

He'd just make some fourth wall breaking comment about furries or something then run off.

I'd be careful about grinding up skills, I used a bucket to level up sneak but once I was that level I only had two ways to deal with things.
Sneak Attack and Die Horribly

>>18793
Five-Claw Discount does not understand what your problem is.
You are speaking as if you can't sneak attack enemies from the front when they walk into you and/or cannot slow time while aiming with a bow while moving at normal speed and drawing 30% faster. Which is an absurd notion.

>>18780
Just so you all know, He has heavy armor (until he gets dragon scales), Alteration (same reason), Destruction (Need more fire), And dual knives (because his claws aren't big enough yet).

Basically, he has dragon training wheels. Also cannot resist something shiny. So he has to take it. Usually resulting in the authorities clobbering him

>>18794
That works if you have also leveled up Marksman, or any sort of physical attack I suppose.
Mostly just a warning to not focus to hard on any one thing (or get surrounded, or sneak attack if you're not standing in a shadow)

>>18797
First you level up sneak, then you level up marksman by means of sneak attacks. All of the sneak attacks. ALL OF THEM.

Also exploit AI and terrain.

>>18798
Are sneak attacks actually worthwhile now, then? In Oblivion ranged ones were kind of pathetic, and melee wasn't exactly a reliable backstabber.

>>18799
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Sneak
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Archery

Let's just say Five-Claw Discount only has problems with high-hitpoint enemies at close range when detected.

And that's only if she has not managed to sprint away with all but 5 points in stamina at level 20.

Even large groups are a simple matter requiring only a little bit of patience and situational awareness.

Baron 2011/11/17(Thu)14:38 No. 18801 ID: 2ae337
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My Imperial. Ralek Once-a-Dorf. Wiped the Dwemer ruins clean of any archeological findings, and spending WAY too much time with the Falmer.

>>18799
Both cases are pretty good. especially melee with a dagger. If you got the per, you do 15x damage with backstabs. Short of a dragon, that kills most stuff by the time your level 20

>>18802
>If you got the per, you do 15x damage with backstabs.
>backstabs
>back
Did Five-Claw Discount tell you of the time at the Thalmor Embassy when she "backstabbed" a Thalmor Soldier from the front in the prison?

Such is life in the Skyrim.

>>18803
Yeah but they're Thalmor. So busy trying to keep their noses up they don't notice what hides beneath them.

>>18804
But this one was already suspicious because his (her? Elfs all look the same.) friend had just been cut dead a second ago. Five-Claw Discount likes her Skyforge Steel Dagger, for it is pretty, but apparently Skyforge Steel is similar to Hollywood Steel and makes unnecessary noises when handled.

Really, it's silly. You sneak around with great care, no noise, and then when you assassinate someone it's all "SCHWING SCHLOSS SWOOSH GLOSH HURGGHUR".

>>18805
Which is why I prefer just running in there with my sword made of bug chitin and lopping their heads off. Why make noise killing someone when you can make alot of noise? And a big mess?

And like I said, Thalmor think they are better than everyone else, and each individual thinks they are better than their comrades. So when one dies, all they wonder is 'Why did the noise stop?'

Bob 2011/11/17(Thu)17:55 No. 18808 ID: b497b7
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Thieves Guild Spoilers:

I AM THE HERO RIFTEN DESERVES.

Also, Nightingales represent!

>>18808
Anyone else speed through that part of the main quest and then make a second character and wonder where the Thieves Guild is?

The hardness of my derp was measured in gigaherps when I finally figured it out.

Made a Khajit myself. Trained him in black smithing and heavy armor, used his natural ability of increased unarmed damage plus that one heavy armor feat to increase unarmed damage.

This is followed by getting him hand made ebony armor, enchanting it, upgrading it, and making a whole bunch of items(and grabbing a few I 'picked up') to use for tough foes. I even muffled my boots so they don't make a sound when I sneak up on people.

...I think I made Cat-man guys.

Θ][Σ!TarDIs2HQE 2011/11/17(Thu)22:10 No. 18815 ID: 6f1d54
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Assassin/Thief-Adventurer (See: Treasure Hunter)

Sneak, Bow, and One-Hand skills and enchants up the wazoo, plus Invisibility spell. Forget hiding in the shadows, I -am- the shadows.

Bob 2011/11/18(Fri)11:15 No. 18825 ID: 0c9433
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Playing a Dunmer

Not sure who they would side with: Imperials or Stormcloaks.

Man it sucks being a displaced people (who had a beautiful home and status once. Not like Khajit who never had crap)

Dunmer are okay except that they're canonically mostly paranoid racist a-holes who took a bit too much pleasure in enslaving the beast races.

>>18825
Depending on their house, I think they would either join the legion or wouldn't give a shit. The latter being the most likely no matter which house they're from.
Though wait, do the houses even still exist in Skyrim?

>>18833
The pig disgusting argonians deserved it.
See what happens when you let those damn lizards go free? They slaughter your people, burn your houses and rape your women.

I see it as my duty to kill every argonian I meet on my journeys through Skyrim.

>>18768
I have not tried it out yet. Please elaborate.

>>18825
Remember, choose a side soon because every war that weakens the humans, only strengthens the Thalmor.

Me I chose Imperials because Nords are racist to anyone that isn't Nord.

Baron 2011/11/18(Fri)19:16 No. 18841 ID: 2ae337
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>>18834
And yeah houses still exist. Got a manor in Solitude where my waifu lives.

On an unrelated note, CAMEO REFERENCE!

>>18841
Have you found The Lusty Argonian Maid v2 yet? It's a second excerpt from the play! I hadn't found the original and I laughed when I found a new one.
They're giving the fans what they want!

>>18842
Man, v2 was borderline erotic.
Shit's crazy.

>>18847
what do you mean? it's just about a argonian kneading a loaf of bread and putting it in an oven. nothing erotic about that at all.

If you get multiple houses, how does the game determine which one to put your housecarl and wife in?

>>18854
The Housecarl stays with the same town where you are appointed thane. I'm pretty sure you can have multiple housecarls

Fun fact: Khajiit claws are the most powerful weapon in the game when combined with Fists of Steel and a good armor. According to my calculations, you can do almost 70 damage a hit with unmodified Daedric gauntlets. For comparison, a Daedric warhammer (the most powerful weapon in the game) does only 54 damage per second.

I think they made the Khajiit too hardcore.

>>18867
Psh, no.

Smithing and Enchanting makes your damage skyrocket far beyond 70, not to mention the bonus damage perks and the perks that let maces and warhammers disregard armor.

If you are going for raw DPS, nothing in the game is more powerful than dual wielding legendary weapons enchanted with two different damaging effects.

But who's powergaming in this game? Seriously.

>>18870
Actually, I've seen screenshots of when people use potions to increase their smithing abilities along with enchanted equipment when they are already at level 100, and able to craft swords that do about 258 damage a slice.

Hey anyone manage to find Hrolfdir's shield for Jarl Igmund? I cleared out at least 5 camps looking for the thing but still dunno where it is, and the quest marker tells me nothing. I REALLY want the house in Markarth...

The big problem with unarmed is that the one perk that gives armor to power is the ONLY perk that affects it. One and two handed weapons get +100% damage just from the first perk in their trees, and get a ton of other benefits like increased attack speed, bonus damage, crit chances, faster and cheaper power attacks, 25% decapitation chance, and so on. Unarmed just lets you stay lower level since it doesn't raise a skill, and has a pretty quick swing speed in exchange for no range at all.

If one-handed perks applies to unarmed, then yes it would be amaze. But instead its just viable.

>>18907
Unless you are Khajiit, you don't need to worry about unarmed combat.

If you are Khajiit, you need to worry about unarmed combat, because there are some people you want to hurt but not kill and those people are quite fragile. True story: I had to reload once or twice because of this fact.

Also, daggers are the most powerful weapon. 60x sneak attack damage? Yes, we can.

I'm going for a one hand / spell build and I can't decide what would be most beneficiant: Heavy armor or light armor

Heavy armor, since you won't be able to block for shit. I'm pretty sure there's perks associated with magic that make it so that your spells aren't affected by armor, either.

>>18909
Heavy armor if you tend to use your weapon as your main attack, light armor if you use magic as your main attack.

Heavy armor has no downside.

>>18913
WRONG, BITCH.

It's heavy.

That means you can't carry as many potions you never use anyway.

By Talos, I don't even want to guess at the number of Minor Healing Potions stashed in the chest in my house. And I'm lucky arrows have no weight. I must be carrying thousands (at least 950+ Ancient Nord Arrows, 600+ Steel Arrows and Clavicus Vile knows how many Iron, Falmer and Forsworn Arrows, with a few handfuls of Glass, Dwarven, Orcish, Elven, etc. arrows).

>>18915

1: Arrows have 0 weight
2: Heavy Armor 70 Perk: Heavy Armor weighs nothing and does not slow you down

>>18916
How do you get hit enough to get an armor skill that high?

It's as if you weren't the sneaky type. Absurd!

>>18918
To be honest, I'm a "run in swinging" type, and I still have trouble getting hit enough.

>>18915
>That means you can't carry as many potions you never use anyway.

Heh so I'm not the only one. Does anyone here actually use potions as a part of their play style? Because apart from occasionally chugging a health potion I've never bothered.

>>18921
I use them during tough battles when I need every bit of advantage I can get. But I use poisons much more.
Problem is, the toughest enemies are usually draugr, which as far as I'm aware are immune to poison.

>>18921
Well, Five-Claw Discount considers it a failure if she is detected in the first place, and sneak attacks usually kill anything in one shot that can, indeed, be killed in one shot to begin with, so poisons and archery potions just aren't usually worth the effort (but I'm looking into paralysis and stamina poisons because 1) the paralysis and fatigue spells from that Oblivion mod kept me entertained for days and 2) maybe some of the not-one-hit-kills will be more humiliatingly easy to handle).

However, I've been in a couple of tough spots AND I'm a veteran STALKER, so I just can not leave the house without backup systems. Mostly I've just needed health potions in some exceptionally tight spots (FUCK YOU ALDUIN) and needed a couple of stamina potions to beat two mammoths and three giants in one go. Only once did I use an invisibility potion for the highlight performance of my Dark Brotherhood career.

But I am getting a mage character started and I'm already looking into alchemy at level 1, so I'll probably be using stuff for nukes and protection.

Maybe spoilers, nothing major.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu4LSB8JPF4&feature=channel_video_title

Weight penalties mean nothing in a game where at any given time you can teleport (or, how they prefer to call it, "fast travel") to your house and store anything that could slow you down.

So yeah, heavy armor has no downsides.

>>18936
Only downside is early on if you want to sneak. Shits noisy. Solution? Sneak in the nude and put it all on if your detected.

So I was fucking around during the early DB missions, and I did something with my armor that lead to me not wearing any clothes and totally not realizing it, in turn leading to me walking around some town in the nude. And the townspeople actually commented on it! "You're, uh, not wearing any clothes. You should do something about that."

This game, man. The little things just make it golden.

>>18941
Yep. They've noticed nudity since at least morrowind.

Oh. Well, shit. It's been years since I played Morrowind, but I don't recall anything like that happening in Oblivion.

S-stop taking away my simple amusement! ;_;

>>18874

I also need help finding it, been ALL over the place not finding it what so ever.. And why would you make a thane questline as a miscellaneous quest arrow that does not point towards a target?

>>18943
>>18941
>>18947
When this didn't happen in Oblivion, I was bothered.
Now it's back and I am happy!

>>18874
>>18953
The quest arrow leads me straight to it, I don't know what you're doing wrong. Just go into the dungeon, shank a few Forsworn, and it's in a chest I think.

>>18975
No quest arrow on mine. Never shows me where any of the miscellaneous quests are.

>>18976
You have to check Misc quests twice for them to show: first you need the "quest" Miscellaneous active, then you need to activate the specific Misc quest in the list.

>>18978
>>18976
To put it simply:
1. Activate Misc Quests in the Quest List
2. Move over to the list of Misc Quests and activate that one
3. ???
4. Profit

>>18980
Lol that was easy.

Problem with Steam purchases, I never bother to read the manual, and I never realize what I can do. Hell took me a day of playing before I found out I could sprint.

Main Quest is hella short compared to the other elder scrolls games. Hell, a lot of the quest lines seem shorter.

IF I wasn't taking my sweet time doing a mixture of other questlines, I could've gone student to archmage of a fucking college within a week instead of the month or so it did take.

Cisqur 2011/11/27(Sun)15:14 No. 19083 ID: be6914
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I was wondering--I haven't played Skyrim myself, but I found this guy in another Skyrim-related thread. Is he an important character or a very generic NPC? I ask because I want to draw him and it would be nice if I could have a name to attach to the image.

>>19083
I may be mistaken, but I am pretty sure that that is the Player Character wearing one of the Dragon Priest masks, which sometimes glitch out and make your head disappear while you are wearing them.

>>19083
Those are the Arch-Mage robes and a dragon mask on a PC.

 

The hell?

What's with all you cowards and your sneak attacks? Tricks and subterfuge don't matter when you can simply burn a man in seconds with your thoughts!

>>19134
>In seconds
Not unless you play in casual babby mode

Winston 2011/11/30(Wed)08:29 No. 19137 ID: 0d7a83
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>>19136
YOU HAVE NOT MASTERED THE FLAME.

>>19137
You use the fire yes? You wield it well. But not as well as J'zargo.

Bob 2011/12/08(Thu)16:19 No. 19371 ID: 70268b
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My Altmer Conjurer Valaeros throwing a cart off a cliff for fun and profits(mainly fun though).

Bob 2011/12/08(Thu)16:29 No. 19372 ID: 70268b
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Again with Valaeros. I want my thrall spells so badly... level 90 conjuration is so far away.

OVERLORD!!AwZwHkBGWx 2012/01/08(Sun)22:06 No. 19881 ID: 0db8d2
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OH HEY DON'T MIND ME, JUST LATE TO THE PARTY.

HERE IS MY KHAJIIT, ZAPPY. SHE IS A COOL GUY. SHE IS MEDIOCRE AT A LOT OF THINGS AND NOT REALLY GOOD AT ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR BEING KILLED BY GIANTS AND FROST TROLLS.

Oh look this thread.

>>19881
I HOPE ZAPPY IS IN THAT PLACE TO KILL ALL THE NASTY ASSASSINS, AND NOT BECAUSE SHE IS PART OF THEIR EVIL WAYS.

Also >>19160
>Talk to J'zargo for first time
>"Have you yet mastered the expert level destruction spells?"
>Load earlier save
>train destruction for 2 hours up to 100
>Come back
>"Have you yet mastered the expert level destruction spells?"
>"Yes. Yes I have."

WHAT NOW J'ZARGO?
WHAT NOW?

>>19890
There can be only one.

Your destiny is clear.

You must become J'zargo.

>>19890

Holy shit. I talked to him and all that served to do was make me feel inferior.

>>19890
Does he say anything different? What exactly?

J'zargo and Ma'iq are total bros.

Bob 2012/01/11(Wed)06:25 No. 19911 ID: 84387c
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Alright, I can't post a screenshot of mine because I xbawx, but here's a nice picture I saw of someone the same general shape. My dovahkiin is yet another lizard wizard archmage, Lumi. She wanted to be a healer, but ended up more the type who sets everything on fire. She also enchants, and alchemizes, and picks locks in order to get things to enchant and alchemize, and sells the things she enchants and alchemizes for profit using her feminine lizard wiles, and once killed a man who made the mistake of telling her he was going to sic his mates on the mages' college when he was alone in a room with her and her hired goon deep inside an ancient labyrinth where no-one would hear him scream. She tells people she put a dragon skeleton in the college courtyard for study and decoration, but this is only half true at best.

I like to think she does experiments on how the Voice works, for the greater good of wizardly knowledge.

OVERLORD!!AwZwHkBGWx 2012/01/11(Wed)08:11 No. 19912 ID: 7a3a6b
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I hope this dude is important to a quest somewhere, because if not, having this guy do nothing but move from seat to seat all day seems awfully shallow. Quite what I shouldn't expect to see in such a highly-rated title.

Oh yeah and I finally got some better armour. Took fucking long enough, and it was on a filthy bandit, of all things.

>>19910
He says something like "Really... already? Truly this is the place J'zargo should be, amongst those with such talent."

yeah yeah keep flapping your gums asshole, you'll never be as good as m-
>finds out J'zargo is the only character in the game that continues leveling up past 50, all the way to the 81 cap.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

J'zargo is objectively the greatest companion
Next to the that one werewolf Companion chick
Then Barbas the immortal doggie

>>19911
That is desctiption is extremely similar to how I normally play TES games (except for the most recent time, when I played an Orc mage just to spite the natural order of things {an example of what I am referring to is how in Oblivion, the Orcs are the only species without a single member in the mage's guild}).

Also, that is a very nice drawing which makes me kind of sad I don't have Skyrim yet.

 

<- multi related

>>19984
As an observant commenter noted, that's actually a retextured Rainbow Dash. The hair's wrong.

This clearly ruins all and any enjoyment of the video.