Skyrim

I was in Hammerfell today. Shit was boring.

I was in Hammerfell today. Shit was boring.

Peach wishes she had a stick made out of fishies to give to you. Sadly, she does not.

(I ran into M'aiq the Liar last night in Skyrim.  I was most happy to see him.)

I saw M'aiq the Liar the first time I played, just outside Whiterun.  Don't know his significance, though, Skyrim is the only Elder Scrolls that has genuinely held my attention for a great while.  I liked Morrowind but could only ever play it in a few hour bursts a few times a year, and always ended up just starting over each time because I forgot what was going on.  Just didn't like Oblivion, and never played Daggerfall (Though I may once I finally get bored with Skyrim and get THIS (I've already played some of Dark Forces with it, and shit is so cash.  Lucius is the shit)).  shrug

Im totally gonna buy a new computer so i can skyrim it up a few notches.

The only main side-quest I did was the Companion storyline. I got a sweet 2-handed axe that I used the entire game to smash faces with. My friend was busy upgrading his armor and doing random little chores while I was slaying dragons and giants. After beating Alduin, it just seemed redundant to go back out and do dumb little side quests. I wish my character had died from a wound after killing Alduin so I could have stayed at Sovngarde and feasted on roast boar and ale while singing songs of the glory days.

My friend was busy upgrading his armor and doing random little chores

Is he me?

I was like level 11 and one came after me on the 7,000 steps.  I killed it.  Didn't find it that difficult.

Command Animal.
Walk round.

You kill frost trolls by walking up to them and letting them swipe at you, move out of the way and then swing at them while they're recovering.

Or you can just stealth kill them.

It's pretty fucking broken in this game. I'm one-shotting giants on Master without any difficulty whatsoever.

Well my character is a Paladin, and he wouldn't be that underhanded and slimy.

It's not like you can't change that. You can be everything at once.

Hey Wendy, it's a roleplaying game. Not a "be everything at once" game.

Hey Wendy, it's a roleplaying game. Not a "be everything at once" game.

You and me seems to be the only ones getting this.

Indeed

Quote from: Andrew on November 29, 2011, 09:43:11 AM

Hey Wendy, it's a roleplaying game. Not a "be everything at once" game.

You and me seems to be the only ones getting this.

>Implying character growth is not part of a roleplaying game

Meta gaming is not role playing fgt.

Wendy and I just had a meaningful exchange.

Meta gaming is not role playing fgt.

Character advancement as an in-game mechanic is not meta-gaming, asshole.

Quote from: Raist on November 29, 2011, 11:56:59 AM

Meta gaming is not role playing fgt.

Character advancement as an in-game mechanic is not meta-gaming, asshole.

It is if not driven by the character that has been created and instead is driven by choices made exploiting game mechanics your character has no way of knowing about.

And so you mean that there is no way at all for a paladin to have a fall from grace? Your roleplaying is weak, sir. Weak!

And so you mean that there is no way at all for a paladin to have a fall from grace? Your roleplaying is weak, sir. Weak!

Or a dark paladin.
Or a Paladin who is only playing the part to get the power but has a dark heart inside that he's hidden all these years.
Or a thief/assassin who is trying to mend his ways but finds his old skills keep coming up in his new path.

Or a Paladin corrupted by the dark powers of a world-shattering deity scouring the land.

Quote from: Andrew on November 29, 2011, 09:43:11 AM

Hey Wendy, it's a roleplaying game. Not a "be everything at once" game.

You and me seems to be the only ones getting this.

Naw, I'm sticking to my Dunmer Battlemage guy and been focusing mostly on destruction and one-handed, with a little light armor.  Been sticking more with mage than battle lately, but still have a couple pretty sweet axes to kill shit with (skyforge steel waraxe and an orcish waraxe).  Need to figure out this enchanting business.

Is there a way to enchant something with soultrap so I don't have to use the spell myself to fill my soul gems?  Was nice (though maybe arguably gamebreaking) in Morrowind being able to do that.

Yes, you can enchant weapons with the Soul Trap spell effect.

Or hey, just play a rogue battlemage and kill everything.

AND YES THAT IS A CLASS.

Quote from: Wendy on November 29, 2011, 12:56:39 PM

And so you mean that there is no way at all for a paladin to have a fall from grace? Your roleplaying is weak, sir. Weak!

Or a dark paladin.
Or a Paladin who is only playing the part to get the power but has a dark heart inside that he's hidden all these years.
Or a thief/assassin who is trying to mend his ways but finds his old skills keep coming up in his new path.

That's all well and good, but my character isn't any of those.

Your character seems very rigid and unchanging. Sounds like a boring concept.

Quote from: Mugthulhu on November 29, 2011, 09:51:16 AM

Quote from: Andrew on November 29, 2011, 09:43:11 AM

Hey Wendy, it's a roleplaying game. Not a "be everything at once" game.

You and me seems to be the only ones getting this.

Naw, I'm sticking to my Dunmer Battlemage guy and been focusing mostly on destruction and one-handed, with a little light armor.  Been sticking more with mage than battle lately, but still have a couple pretty sweet axes to kill shit with (skyforge steel waraxe and an orcish waraxe).  Need to figure out this enchanting business.

Is there a way to enchant something with soultrap so I don't have to use the spell myself to fill my soul gems?  Was nice (though maybe arguably gamebreaking) in Morrowind being able to do that.

There's a perk in the conjuration tree that lets your bound weapons soul trap targets.

Yeah, limiting your character to strict class definitions is WoW-level roleplaying i.e. complete shit.

WoW is not roleplaying, it's dungeon crawling. So I agree.

Naw, I'm sticking to my Dunmer Battlemage guy and been focusing mostly on destruction and one-handed, with a little light armor.  Been sticking more with mage than battle lately, but still have a couple pretty sweet axes to kill shit with (skyforge steel waraxe and an orcish waraxe).  Need to figure out this enchanting business.

Is there a way to enchant something with soultrap so I don't have to use the spell myself to fill my soul gems?  Was nice (though maybe arguably gamebreaking) in Morrowind being able to do that.

I'm into role playing the lady wood elf and spend all my time getting stuff for the crib, arranging food on the table, and making pretty armour and jools.

And yes, I've got a soul trap on a bow and carry around the Dark Star for lowly, squalid bandit souls.