Skyrim, or, How I Ruined My LifeFollow

I have an arrow in my head now. And it won't come out. D:

If you are playing on PC, open the console input (~) and type sexchange then press Enter. Do it again to switch back. The arrows should be gone.

Just ran into M'aiq the Liar.

Hell f*cking yes. I love that guy.

He's been around for 200+ in game years now.

It should just be Soul Trap on a person, and make sure they die while Soul Trap is active, just like a regular Black Soul Gem.

Are you doing it on people? Because it can only take souls of NPCs, not animals or undead or daedra or whatnot.

Yes, like I said I was able to fill the black soul gem just fine. But I'm pretty sure it's different from the Black Star, because I tried using it up and it disappeared, and the Black Star didn't give me another one or anything. :(

Ok, now I understand the "Smithing is OP" sentiment. Went from a 20 damage sword to a 42 damage sword, and 30 armor chest to 63 armor chest. Hells to the yes. And this isn't even dragonbone yet. Hit 85 smithing by blowing through 10,000 gold (most of which was actually spent on the glass stuff for myself and Lydia). Decided to play around some more before leveling up any further (now at level 23).

Having two companions (Lydia and my dog, Vigilence) is fun, though I've mistaken Vigilence for a wolf too many times. He tends to get angry when you stab him... Lydia works fine so far as a companion. The AI leaves something to be desired, but they both take and dish out really good damage thus far.

I kinda suck at enchanting. I'm not sure how the game determines what stats get put on an item. For example, I disenchanted an amulet with 15% frost resistance on it; when I tried to apply the enchantment to a ring, I got 3% frost resistance on it before I even selected what soul gem to use (ended up using a common one). When I took some of the perks in the enchanting tree, notably the +40% for 2/5 of the first tier, I still only got a 4% result. Could someone give me the simple explanation for why my enchantments seem so lacking? Also, is there an "easy" or cheap way to level enchanting? I get about one skill point every time I enchant an item, but it uses an item and a filled soul gem to work. That means going out and slaughtering enemies for their souls; a tedious process as a mostly non-magic character (and enchanting a weapon to have soul trap means needing to recharge it constantly).

Bah, now I must go into smith for glass!

I gather that this can be solved by, odd as it sounds, getting shot by more arrows. There's a limit to the amount that the engine will render, so if you get a few more shot into you, the glitched one will disappear. Hopefully none of the new ones glitch, and they fall off soon after.

I haven't confirmed this, though.

Edited, Nov 14th 2011 11:45pm by Eske

I found the perfect place to level up Restoration magic if you need it. At High Hrothgar, in the courtyard, there is a set of stairs that leads farther up the mountain. You can't go up that way in the beginning of the game, it's blocked by a damaging weather effect. If you stand just in range of the weather you'll take steady damage, then just spam Fast Healing until you're out of Magicka. Stand back, regen Magicka, rinse, repeat.

I've found that it's the hardest skill for me to level that I really want to have. With my build I try to avoid taking damage, so I don't get a lot of chances to heal myself. It's a bit boring and grindy, but it's going to get the job done.

i saved the burning man festival. good times.

I've had 4 separate attacks there. One of which was in the middle of a particularly climactic part of the College storyline.

I run around solo too.

NPCs get in the way when I'm trying to snipe without aggro. :D