The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim post-release thread

[Der_Trihs]

@Invisible_Chimp

I finally became Arch-Mage. With the Arch-Mage’s robes and either of the Dragon Priest’s masks I have, my head disappears when viewed in third person. You can see the cowl of the robes from the back, but when I look at the front of my character there is literally nothing under the hood.

Yeah, I noticed that bug mentioned in the Wiki page on Dragon Priest Masks.

Note that all Dragon Priest Masks will occasionally make your face disappear. This often occurs when wearing clothing items with attached hoods, such as the Archmage’s Robes.

@Morgyn

Has anyone come down on which side to support in the civil war? On the one hand, the Thalmor are real pricks and I don’t like their interference with another country’s religion (really, that was a treaty requirement? who DOES that?). On the other hand, Ulric is no prince, and he and quite a few of the Nords who support him seem to be very, very racist. On the other, other hand, I like all the Gray Manes I’ve met, but only a few of the Battle-born. Also, I think Balgruuf would make a good high king, although 2 of his 3 kids are real PITAs, and I kind of wish that were an option.

I’m *way *overthinking this …

I’ve gone Imperial except for two characters:

@Der_Trihs

As far as choosing sides in the civil war goes, all my characters except two have gone Imperial. The first one to go Stormcloak is a female Nord whose character concept is basically a berserker loony. “Skyrim for the Nords”, killriptear, etc.

The other is an Argonian, my first character Hunts-In-Silence. He’s quite aware of the bigoted tendencies of the Stormcloaks and how them winning will ultimately probably lead to disaster for Skyrim & Empire alike- in fact, he’s counting on it. In his view, supporting the Stormcloaks has a number of positives:

• It helps him get revenge on the Imperials who tried to execute him; both by killing them in Skyrim and by weakening the Empire itself.

• It leads the Nords who mistreat Argonians and who threaten to make him into “a fine pair of boots” on a regular basis into long term disaster when they have to face the Aldmeri Dominion alone.

• When the Empire, Skyrim, and the Aldmeri Dominion have exhausted themselves fighting among each other, that will be the time for Black Marsh to go forth and crush those filthy mammals into submission once and for all, Mwahahahaha! We’ll see how they like being made into boots!

[Morgyn]

There’s an order out for my execution by the Thalmor!

I wonder if this will interfere when I finally get around to attending that party at the embassy? Luckily, I don’t have to depend on Malborn to smuggle my gear in. I got myself a Midas Luggage, so I can just conjure it up.

I love my Luggage. I wish it looked more like Rincewind’s Luggage, but I’ll take the Dwemer spider. If it were around when I’m under attack, would it act like The Luggage?

[Morgyn]

Botheration. I’ve misplaced my husband. I told him to wait while I took care of something, then forgot to tell him to follow me after I’d done. When I went back, he wasn’t there. How do I even find out if he’s still alive? I thought of doing a “placeatme”, but they warn against doing that with a named NPC.

[Invisible_Chimp]

@Morgyn

Botheration. I’ve misplaced my husband. I told him to wait while I took care of something, then forgot to tell him to follow me after I’d done. When I went back, he wasn’t there. How do I even find out if he’s still alive? I thought of doing a “placeatme”, but they warn against doing that with a named NPC.

If you have a house or houses, he probably went home. I just got my second home. I now have houses in Markarth and Whiterun. I told my wife to stay home. I’m taking my new housecarl on my next quest. I just needed a change. I was tired of the same dialogue over and over again.

[Jophiel]

Has anyone seen a mod to remove the graphic from the masks? I’ve seen some that changed the coloring and stuff but none that just did away with the big ugly thing. I just hate how it looks on my mage. Can live with it if need be (I play in 1st person anyway) but I thought I’d ask.

[Morgyn]

There’s a wooden bucket floating through my skills/perks view …

[Isamu]

@Morgyn

There’s a wooden bucket floating through my skills/perks view …

Haha. At my home (Vlindrel Hall) I have a knife missile. It happened when I tried to put the Blade of Sacrifice into a dagger display case. The Blade didn’t go in the case but instead is hanging in mid-air a few feet to the right of the box. It doesn’t actually do anything besides hang there, but I like to think of it as my knife missile - the ultimate in home defense.

[Morgyn]

@Isamu

Haha. At my home (Vlindrel Hall) I have a knife missile. It happened when I tried to put the Blade of Sacrifice into a dagger display case. The Blade didn’t go in the case but instead is hanging in mid-air a few feet to the right of the box. It doesn’t actually do anything besides hang there, but I like to think of it as my knife missile - the ultimate in home defense.

<reads up on Blade of Sacrifice>Hmmmm. It’s a little hard to tell from the wiki page, but it looks as if I might be able to just kill all the cultists without sacrificing a follower and maybe still complete the quest. Actually, that doesn’t matter. I’m not trying to get the Daedric quests, so I don’t care if I complete this quest. The cultists die, and I’m not sacrificing a follower of any sort.

So there.

[Isamu]

@Morgyn

<reads up on Blade of Sacrifice>Hmmmm. It’s a little hard to tell from the wiki page, but it looks as if I might be able to just kill all the cultists without sacrificing a follower and maybe still complete the quest. Actually, that doesn’t matter. I’m not trying to get the Daedric quests, so I don’t care if I complete this quest. The cultists die, and I’m not sacrificing a follower of any sort.

So there.

I picked up some lost looking chump in a dive-bar downtown in The Rift. He said for 500 Septims he’s take me around the world and show me a good time. Sure, I said, grab your shit and follow me.

Up the mountains, through the snow. There we are. Never mind those others, just follow me up here under the stature, that’s right. Now go pull that switch over there.

Zap! Give my regards to Boethiah, suckah!

:eek: I can be so cruel.

[Dave_Hartwick]

I was wondering what people think are some can’t-miss quests or locations.

I’ve finished the main quest once, and I’ve done Companions and Mage Guild. I’m saving Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood for my next character. A quest I liked is “A Night to Remember” because it was funny and has a good reward. I haven’t figured out how to trigger it for my current character, though. A location I liked is Broken Oar Grotto, although it doesn’t look like much on the Wiki. I liked it because it was nice and big and a good place to use Frenzy. You could see the bandits fighting pretty well.

[Lightnin]

There’s a mod on Steam that allows you to use the useless tool objects as weapons- they do damage, and can be enchanted. My next run-through will be as The Mad Chef of Skyrim.

[Maus_Magill]

The Visit the Azura’s Shrine is a good one. You get either the Azura’s Star, or the Black Star, a reusable Grand (or Black) soul gem.

[One_And_Only_Wanderers]

@Maus_Magill

The Visit the Azura’s Shrine is a good one. You get either the Azura’s Star, or the Black Star, a reusable Grand (or Black) soul gem.

Done the Black star one, whats the diff for Azura’s star? Is it just the same but with animal souls instead of human/elven?

[Maus_Magill]

Exactly. Black souls are much easier to come by than Grand souls. I’ve been Mammoth hunting to fill the Grand Soul Gems I’ve picked up. It’s just a heck of a lot easier to backstab a bandit with a Bound Sword, than it is to kill a Mammoth. Those bastards are tough, and they’ve got each other’s backs.

[Der_Trihs]

@Dave_Hartwick

A quest I liked is “A Night to Remember” because it was funny and has a good reward. I haven’t figured out how to trigger it for my current character, though.

Keep checking out inns/taverns; Sam (the guy you talk to to trigger it) seems to randomly appear in them.

[Jophiel]

My understanding is that the Black Star will still accept “white” souls even though the NPC warns that it won’t. Even if it didn’t (I haven’t tested mine) bandits are easier to find than white Grand Soul caliber opponents.

Reached 100 in Enchanting last night. Yay! Now my reign of terror upon Skyrim’s native fauna to fill my petty soul gems can cease. “I used to be a goat. Now I’m a 2% Sneak bonus on a pair of dirty shoes.”

[Der_Trihs]

@Jophiel

My understanding is that the Black Star will still accept “white” souls even though the NPC warns that it won’t.

Yes, it’s a known bug.

As an aside, I have a habit of enchanting things in Dragonsreach/Whiterun, then walking out the nearby door to the Great Porch and backstabbing a guard with a soul stealing dagger to fill the Star right back up.

[Maus_Magill]

That’s what you call a habit?

[Der_Trihs]

@Maus_Magill

That’s what you call a habit?

Well, when I do it often enough on more than one character it seems to qualify.

[Maus_Magill]

I’m just amusing myself, thinking about one of your characters, standing over the still warm corpse of a Whiterun Guard, saying, “Dagnabbit, I promised myself that I wouldn’t do this anymore.”