Skyrim, or, How I Ruined My LifeFollow

Got a couple of arrows embedded in your chest? That's becuase you are saving them for later. Simply take your arrows and store them in your storage (not human) chest. This will instantly remove them from your flesh. After you can safely take them back out and equip them without fear of self poking.

Edited, Nov 19th 2011 2:27pm by Shojindo

And I'm totally debating on whether or not I think the magicka enchanting thing is too broken to use. Because then I could invest in health and leave my magicka as-is for the time being... And that sounds pretty swell, since I'm TOTALLY a glass cannon.

Hmmm...

I mean, I could always stop earlier to make it less broken, if I wanted... But getting free Destruction spells and only having to pay for my restoration/conjuration just sounds tasty.

Daaww.

Totally self discovered though on that tip. Was so relieved to see those arrows finally gone after I tried the idea. I suppose just dropping your arrows and picking them back up would probably do the trick as well though I have not confirmed that like with the storage chest.

In other news I'm in full (Legendary)Dragon Plate now Rawr! SpoilerPlus I liberated Skyrim from the empire in my spare time.

I'm delving into the main quest pretty hard now. With just the occasional wandering for dragon words or priests when I see them pop on my radar.

Edited, Nov 19th 2011 3:37pm by Shojindo

Yeah, I worded it poorly, I think. What I meant was that you couldn't attack with both hands except for power attacks, but I've since then found out that you can do regular attacks with both weapons at the same time as well.

My Battlemage is coming along nicely. It's just a shame that I don't use more spells than I do. And it's a shame that there aren't any light armor helmets that don't look like absolute crap. I'm still wearing a hood because of it, but with the light armor perks I'm getting, I'll want to switch to full light armor soon.

Flames plus a one-handed is win, though. Apply fire and bash/cut until win, which is usually one or two swings on regular enemies.

I'm enjoying the quest line so far. But be wary of J'zargo. That guy's an ***.

You could just start 'cleaning up' with your axes.

Alchemy levels so much slower than the other two crafts... Smithing is super fast, and enchanting isn't that much slower (though it takes longer to get something valuable from it).

I believe so. A friend of mine said the enchants weren't as strong as they were on robes, but then again his enchanting isn't capped yet. Something on the order of -6% cost and 20% regen compared to 12% cost and 75% regen on a robe.

You can indeed. I thought my Battlemage was doomed to a life of crappy magicka regen in his leather armor, but now he's rocking slightly less crappy magicka regen in his enchanted leather armor.

Just need to find a leather helmet that doesn't make him look like a total dork. Now, you're probably wondering how bad it can be for me to mention it this many times. Probably think I'm just a diva.

Put on some Studded Leather Armor (important) and Leather Bracers/Boots. Now, equip a Novice/Apprentice Hood. He looks freakin' badass, right? He looks like he's ready to beat in some dragon face with some spells AND a sword, am I right?

Now equip a Hide/Leather helmet.

Yeah.

Exactly.



Edited, Nov 20th 2011 9:25pm by Mazra

I tried going full Mage, since my Destruction and Restoration skills are pretty high, but stuff kept not dying to my magic fast enough. Granted, not having dual cast and stuff like that probably means a lot, but I still feel a double Firebolt should do some kind of damage.

What was/is your Destruction skill at level 15-ish?

This game, man. It's pulling me in. It might just be the best invention since food. And beer.

That's kind of the thing though; doing it all on one character just seems kinda meh. I'm skipping Riften and Winterhold almost entirely on this playthrough; I want to make a mage and a thief character, just to see the differences. Also, the perks system limits what you can specialize in; I could do all the Winterhold quests, but won't have enough perks to get much magic. Same with a lot of thief skill set. Yes, I pick locks like a fiend and am just finding the fun insneaking and pickpocketing, but I won't have the perks to do much with them.

Edited, Nov 20th 2011 3:57pm by LockeColeMA

I think I was at around 40 Destruction at level 9...It's one of the most annoying things in the world to skill up. :P

Yeah it is a bit annoying. I am starting to think it would be better if I don't shoot a big fireball but instead two smaller ones to help get my skill up faster.