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  1. Arch Mage Savos Aren just hired Thugs to teach me a lesson. Wtf.

    1. David

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      The only just retribution is to dead thrall his corpse.

  2. While doing bullets, I hit the increase and decrease indent buttons to make sub-bullets.And I had some pictures that I wanted to add, but for some reason, I couldn't get the Right and Left Align thing to work like I did for my other guide.
  3. I'm not too good with follower problems, but I'll tell you some generic fixes that usually work [*]Try waiting 3 days. Followers usually reset after this time. [*]Start a quest that requires a follower. I think that will force any follower you have to leave. [*]And as always, you can load a new save. Not sure how far back it was since Farkas died though. On a side note, how great is Farkas for stepping between you and that guard? ______ You should consider creating an account here. It comes with several benefits, and also makes it much easier for you to post questions and answers. It's completely free!
  4. Yeah happens to me occasionally. The arrows just kind of flop and dive a couple of feet in front of you. Normally I would just ditch the bow and use shouts and melee for a bit. When I would come back to the bow, it would work fine. Just hope it doesn't happen in an important fight. D:
  5. Oblivion and Skyrim are notorious for long loading screens anyway. One thing I miss from Oblivion is the game would pre load the last area you were in. So lets say you left Breezehome and went into Whiterun, the load screen would be like 2 seconds long since it was the last place you were in prior to entering the place you are now.Also, there are only human children. I want to see some Khajiit cubs, damnit.
  6. I would definitely donate (WHATTTT!!!????) if I was able to make my profile sexy. I might actually make a profile if I could make it sexy.
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  8. Using Alchemy, Enchanting, and Smithing to do Amazing Things Warning: May ruin the game for you. Maybe. By: Blexun Introduction Opening One of my favorite changes from Oblivion to Skyrim is the improvements of the skills. Alchemy was made a lot more useful, Smithing was re-done completely and Enchanting was made into a very useful skill. On their own, you can do some pretty impressive things. However, if you combine the effects and bonuses of all three, you can make some pretty amazing weapons, equipment, and more. Things to Know My warning about this guide is somewhat true. Using these methods, it is possible to craft weapons that can do massive amount of damage and create enchantments that are insanely useful. However, to actually fully benefit from this method you''ll need 100 Smithing, Enchanting, and Alchemy and a lot of perks invested in said skills. You will also need a fair amount of money to buy the supplies. Lastly, you'll need to have a bit of patience as you'll find yourself quick traveling, gathering, and spending a fair amount of money. So although the potential to become very over powered is high, only the committed will actually create the over powered gear. I managed to create a happy medium; not too over powered, yet powerful enough for somebody who is called "Dragonborn". Now, onward to the guide. Getting Started Requirements [*]Like I said, this guide is going to assume you have 100 Smithing, Alchemy, and Enchanting. It is theoretically possible to do this with less. You'll be spending a lot more money and time though. [*]The following perks are recommended A LOT more than 100 in each of the skills. [*]Enchanting-6 Perks [*]Rank 5 in Enchanter (Improves new enhantmens by 100%) [*]Insightful Enchanter (All skill enchantments are 25% stronger) [*]Alchemy-7 Perks [*]Rank 5 in Alchemist (Improves created potions by 100%) [*]Benefactor (Potions you create with beneficial effects have a 25% greater magnitude. You'll have to spend a perk in Physician to get this) [*]Smithing-6 Perks [*]Spend a perk in every Heavy Armor Perk: Steel, Dwarven, Orcish, Ebony, Daedric, Dragon. [*]The enchantments "Fortify Alchemy" and "Fortify Smithing". If you want to experiment with other enchantments, such as "Fortify Archery" or "Fortify One Handed" that is also encouraged. [*]Grand Soul Gems with a Grand Soul. The number of these depends on how many times you are going to do the Alchemy/Enchanting loop (read on). It will require 4 Grand Soul Gems per set of Fortify Alchemy and 4 more per Fortify Smithing gear. [*]Plenty of gloves, rings, amulets, and head items for Fortify Alchemy. A glove, ring, amulet, and torso item for Fortify Smithing. [*]Plenty of ingredients for potion making. [*]Enchanting Potion (Only 3 of the 4 are needed to make a potion) [*]Blue Butterfly Wing [*]Spriggan Sap [*]Hagraven Claws [*]Snowberries [*]Smithing Potion (Again, only 3 of the 4 are needed. Also, you'll ultimately only be making one Smithing potion) [*]Blisterwort [*]Glowing Mushroom [*]Spriggan Sap [*]Sabre Cat Tooth Requirement Tips Covering some short tips in gathering supplies and other things. [*]A Fortify Alchemy ring can be obtained by killing Nilsine Shatter-Shield in the quest Mourning Never Comes. Disenchant the ring if you need the Fortify Alchemy enchantment. [*]A Fortify Smithing ring can be obtained by killing Madanach in No One Escapes Cidhna Mine!. Disenchant the ring if you need the Fortify Smithing enchantment. [*]When you start enchanting, you are going to need a lot of gloves, rings, amulets, and head items. Make a habit of keeping any rings, amulets, and circlets you find while dungeon dwelving. Although I for one welcome our Thalmor overlords, I can't blame you for not liking them. However, their embassy can be a nice source of Thalmor gloves. Alternatively, you can craft cheap silver and leather items. [*]You'll need 4 Grand Soul Gems with a Grand Soul per set of Alchemy or Smithing gear. Azura's Star/Black Star can help you save money, but slow things down a bit. [*]For ingredients, your best bet is to make a run from Alchemy store to Alchemy store in search for ingredients. Keeping in mind what you need and collecting them while you are on your daily business isn't a bad idea, especially for the Blue Butterfly Wings. Now if the requirements didn't scare you off, let's start the process. Enchanting and Making Potions Introduction Yes, I know you want me to get to the point, but I have only one more thing to point out. The numbers I'm about to use are from my personal experience with the alchemy, enchanting, and smithing levels that I had. If your's are lower, it's because you didn't have all the maxed requirements I mentioned. The Process I did the following in the buyable house in Solitude. It has an Alchemy and a Enchanting station. [*]Take 4 Grand Soul Gems, the ingredients for your Fortify Enhanting potion and a pair of gloves, a ring, an amulet, and a head item and go to a Enchanting station. [*]Enchant all the items with Fortify Alchemy. [*]Go to a Alchemy Station. [*]Put on your newly made Fortify Alchemy gear and make a Fortify Enchanting potion. [*]Go to a Enchanting station with 4 more Grand Soul Gems and another set of gloves, ring, amulet, and head item. Drink the Fortify Enchanting potion and enchant the items with Fortify Alchemy, which will be slightly stronger than your original set. Make sure to do this as fast as you can so the Enchanting boost won't run out. [*]Repeat until you get bored, decide you have good enough Fortify Alchemy gear, run out of money, or reach 29% for all Alchemy gear as this is the highest it can get. Note that the highest Enchanting potions can get is 37% while the highest Smithing potions can get is 147%. Now time for the Smithing aspect. [*]Wearing the best Fortify Alchemy gear you made, make another Fortify Enchanting potion. Also, make a Fortify Smithing potion. [*]Go to a Enchanting Station with a ring, gloves, amulet, and a torso item. Drink the Fortify Enchanting potion and enchant all the items with Fortify Smithing. Note 29% is the max for Fortify Smithing. [*]Take the weapons and armor you wish to improve, the materials to improve the weapons and armor, your Fortify Smithing gear, your Fortify Smithing potion, and take it all to a forge with a workbench and a grinding stone. [*]Put on the Fortify Smithing gear and drink the Fortify Smithing potion. Quickly improve all the items you have. If this loop is done enough, this is when you'll have the over powered weapons and armor. Note the max armor rating is 570~ but weapons can become infinitely stronger. With max requirements, it will only take around 3-4 of this loop to get max Alchemy, Smithing, and Enchanting potions and gear. I think the end result is really worth the work and I hope you are pleased with your new gear. Cool Ideas For Your Alchemy Gear Who says your Alchemy Gear can only be used for armor? The following are other ideas and ingredients that you may be intersted in. Note that I haven't tested these out so I have no idea how high you can create the potions and enchantments. [*]Fortify Archery. Do even more damage with your newly improved bow. [*]Head, amulet, ring, and gloves can be enchanted with this [*]Fortify Archery potion [*]Canis Root [*]Elves Ears [*]Juniper Berries [*]Spider Egg [*]Fortify One-Handed. Dual wielding is especially deadly now. [*]Getting the Fortify One-Handed enchantment can be pretty difficult to find. [*]Boots, gloves, rings, and amulet can be enchanted with this. [*]Fortify One-Handed potion [*]Bear Claws [*]Canis Root [*]Hanging Moss [*]Hawk Feathers [*]Rock Warbler Egg [*]Small Pearl [*]Fortify Two-Handed. Speak softly and...you know. [*]Boots, gloves, rings, and amulet can be enchanted with this. [*]Fortify Two-Handed potion [*]Dragon's Tongue [*]Fly Amanita [*]Troll Fat I barely touched the surface with what you can do with your Alchemy gear and Enchanting potions. You have all the tools you need to exploit this process and do some really amazing things. Click here to view the article
  9. Using Alchemy, Enchanting, and Smithing to do Amazing Things Warning: May ruin the game for you. Maybe. By: Blexun Introduction Opening One of my favorite changes from Oblivion to Skyrim is the improvements of the skills. Alchemy was made a lot more useful, Smithing was re-done completely and Enchanting was made into a very useful skill. On their own, you can do some pretty impressive things. However, if you combine the effects and bonuses of all three, you can make some pretty amazing weapons, equipment, and more. Things to Know My warning about this guide is somewhat true. Using these methods, it is possible to craft weapons that can do massive amount of damage and create enchantments that are insanely useful. However, to actually fully benefit from this method you''ll need 100 Smithing, Enchanting, and Alchemy and a lot of perks invested in said skills. You will also need a fair amount of money to buy the supplies. Lastly, you'll need to have a bit of patience as you'll find yourself quick traveling, gathering, and spending a fair amount of money. So although the potential to become very over powered is high, only the committed will actually create the over powered gear. I managed to create a happy medium; not too over powered, yet powerful enough for somebody who is called "Dragonborn". Now, onward to the guide. Getting Started Requirements Like I said, this guide is going to assume you have 100 Smithing, Alchemy, and Enchanting. It is theoretically possible to do this with less. You'll be spending a lot more money and time though. The following perks are recommended A LOT more than 100 in each of the skills. Enchanting-6 Perks Rank 5 in Enchanter (Improves new enhantmens by 100%) Insightful Enchanter (All skill enchantments are 25% stronger) [*]Alchemy-7 Perks Rank 5 in Alchemist (Improves created potions by 100%) Benefactor (Potions you create with beneficial effects have a 25% greater magnitude. You'll have to spend a perk in Physician to get this) [*]Smithing-6 Perks Spend a perk in every Heavy Armor Perk: Steel, Dwarven, Orcish, Ebony, Daedric, Dragon. [*]The enchantments "Fortify Alchemy" and "Fortify Smithing". If you want to experiment with other enchantments, such as "Fortify Archery" or "Fortify One Handed" that is also encouraged. [*]Grand Soul Gems with a Grand Soul. The number of these depends on how many times you are going to do the Alchemy/Enchanting loop (read on). It will require 4 Grand Soul Gems per set of Fortify Alchemy and 4 more per Fortify Smithing gear. [*]Plenty of gloves, rings, amulets, and head items for Fortify Alchemy. A glove, ring, amulet, and torso item for Fortify Smithing. [*]Plenty of ingredients for potion making. Enchanting Potion (Only 3 of the 4 are needed to make a potion) Blue Butterfly Wing Spriggan Sap Hagraven Claws Snowberries [*]Smithing Potion (Again, only 3 of the 4 are needed. Also, you'll ultimately only be making one Smithing potion) Blisterwort Glowing Mushroom Spriggan Sap Sabre Cat Tooth Requirement Tips Covering some short tips in gathering supplies and other things. A Fortify Alchemy ring can be obtained by killing Nilsine Shatter-Shield in the quest Mourning Never Comes. Disenchant the ring if you need the Fortify Alchemy enchantment. A Fortify Smithing ring can be obtained by killing Madanach in No One Escapes Cidhna Mine!. Disenchant the ring if you need the Fortify Smithing enchantment. When you start enchanting, you are going to need a lot of gloves, rings, amulets, and head items. Make a habit of keeping any rings, amulets, and circlets you find while dungeon dwelving. Although I for one welcome our Thalmor overlords, I can't blame you for not liking them. However, their embassy can be a nice source of Thalmor gloves. Alternatively, you can craft cheap silver and leather items. You'll need 4 Grand Soul Gems with a Grand Soul per set of Alchemy or Smithing gear. Azura's Star/Black Star can help you save money, but slow things down a bit. For ingredients, your best bet is to make a run from Alchemy store to Alchemy store in search for ingredients. Keeping in mind what you need and collecting them while you are on your daily business isn't a bad idea, especially for the Blue Butterfly Wings. Now if the requirements didn't scare you off, let's start the process. Enchanting and Making Potions Introduction Yes, I know you want me to get to the point, but I have only one more thing to point out. The numbers I'm about to use are from my personal experience with the alchemy, enchanting, and smithing levels that I had. If your's are lower, it's because you didn't have all the maxed requirements I mentioned. The Process I did the following in the buyable house in Solitude. It has an Alchemy and a Enchanting station. Take 4 Grand Soul Gems, the ingredients for your Fortify Enhanting potion and a pair of gloves, a ring, an amulet, and a head item and go to a Enchanting station. Enchant all the items with Fortify Alchemy. Go to a Alchemy Station. Put on your newly made Fortify Alchemy gear and make a Fortify Enchanting potion. Go to a Enchanting station with 4 more Grand Soul Gems and another set of gloves, ring, amulet, and head item. Drink the Fortify Enchanting potion and enchant the items with Fortify Alchemy, which will be slightly stronger than your original set. Make sure to do this as fast as you can so the Enchanting boost won't run out. Repeat until you get bored, decide you have good enough Fortify Alchemy gear, run out of money, or reach 29% for all Alchemy gear as this is the highest it can get. Note that the highest Enchanting potions can get is 37% while the highest Smithing potions can get is 147%. Now time for the Smithing aspect. Wearing the best Fortify Alchemy gear you made, make another Fortify Enchanting potion. Also, make a Fortify Smithing potion. Go to a Enchanting Station with a ring, gloves, amulet, and a torso item. Drink the Fortify Enchanting potion and enchant all the items with Fortify Smithing. Note 29% is the max for Fortify Smithing. Take the weapons and armor you wish to improve, the materials to improve the weapons and armor, your Fortify Smithing gear, your Fortify Smithing potion, and take it all to a forge with a workbench and a grinding stone. Put on the Fortify Smithing gear and drink the Fortify Smithing potion. Quickly improve all the items you have. If this loop is done enough, this is when you'll have the over powered weapons and armor. Note the max armor rating is 570~ but weapons can become infinitely stronger. With max requirements, it will only take around 3-4 of this loop to get max Alchemy, Smithing, and Enchanting potions and gear. I think the end result is really worth the work and I hope you are pleased with your new gear. Cool Ideas For Your Alchemy Gear Who says your Alchemy Gear can only be used for armor? The following are other ideas and ingredients that you may be intersted in. Note that I haven't tested these out so I have no idea how high you can create the potions and enchantments. Fortify Archery. Do even more damage with your newly improved bow. Head, amulet, ring, and gloves can be enchanted with this Fortify Archery potion Canis Root Elves Ears Juniper Berries Spider Egg [*]Fortify One-Handed. Dual wielding is especially deadly now. Getting the Fortify One-Handed enchantment can be pretty difficult to find. Boots, gloves, rings, and amulet can be enchanted with this. Fortify One-Handed potion Bear Claws Canis Root Hanging Moss Hawk Feathers Rock Warbler Egg Small Pearl [*]Fortify Two-Handed. Speak softly and...you know. Boots, gloves, rings, and amulet can be enchanted with this. Fortify Two-Handed potion Dragon's Tongue Fly Amanita Troll Fat I barely touched the surface with what you can do with your Alchemy gear and Enchanting potions. You have all the tools you need to exploit this process and do some really amazing things.
  10. Keerava is in the Bee and Bard, which is the tavern in Riften. She is the white Argonian behind the bar. The easiest way to get her debt is to ask her husband, the male Argonian who wanders around the same tavern, about her debt.Edit: Not as fast as David D:
  11. As an Xbox 360 user On a side note, I think that's my new favorite gif.
  12. Not sure if it's the most, but 4k is pretty much all I need to dump dungeon and dragon loot. I don't bother with the perks to raise to 5.5k.
  13. I'm not technically inclined, so I'll tell you my problem. Basically, I can't download everything I need for xbox live because I can't fit the update on my memory card. I have one of the cheap, 64 MB ones and even if I were to delete everything off of that, I wouldn't be able to fit it on there. So basically I can't use live unless I buy a hardrive. Unless I'm mistaken and there is another way.
  14. I have two winners for best followers. The first is Mjoll the Lioness. She is skilled in heavy armor and 2h, so I made her some Dragon Plate and a Daedric Battle Axe. She is a essential character so she can't be killed. There are a handful of other essential followers, but she is just a favorite. The other winner is J'zargo, the Khajiit student in the College of Winterhold. He only wins because he is the only follower that can level all the way to 81 with you. So he has the potential to be really useful, especially if you give him heavy armor and a one handed weapon.For least favorite, I'd have to say Cicero. Nothing against his skills, but I just don't like him. Lydia recently ticked me off when I mistaked her for a zombie and one hit killed her. In her defence though, I did have some pretty beefed up weapons.
  15. When I get 100 alchemy. I lucked out and found a high enchanting potion, which took care of the alchemy. I told myself I'll just spend money on trainers, but then I realized Skyrim trainers don't work like Oblivion trainers; instead of the money per level being based on your current level (lvl 47 cost 470), they have it so the more you pay to train, the higher the prices get.I'll one day realize I have nothing better to do and go on a giant's toe and wheat gathering spree, make some awesome alchemy gear, visit the thief stone, sleep with my wife, and just have at it.
  16. I have to play on an unpatched version of the game. Reading all these possible bugs, I'm kind of paranoid now. o.O
  17. Becoming the full fledge Guild Master was really useful, in my opinion, for one reason: The guy that acts like a fence with 4000 gold to spend. With some perks, you can bump that to 5500, making him your best friend.
  18. Yeah I did that one like 3 days ago. I thought it was alright, though I've come to guess the plot twist for every quest in Skyrim is
  19. Yeah I read that too. First I was like , then I was like "sa;ldjflksd", then I was like "meh idc".As far as looks, Dragon kind of impresses me. However, Daedric as the better helmet. Then again it doesn't really matter. I tried my hand at some alchemy, enchanting, and smithing bonus stacking and managed to smith Dragon Plate, Dragon Scale, and Daedric to max rating and handed them out to my wife, Lydia, and myself.So basically, with perks and upgrades and the fact that both varieties are really strong, it doesn't really matter. If you are low on bones/scales, make Daedric. If you can't find hearts, go with Dragon. If you have both or neither, save for what looks best.
  20. Thieves' Guild is my absolute favorite. Dark Brotherhood was alright as well. The Wolf Queen one is a favorite because I actually read the Wolf Queen books in Oblivion. And if I had to choose one more, it would be the negotiation part of the Main Quest. Was a fun quest that I missed out on the first two play throughs cause I love war, I guess.
  21. I got 100 sneak just by doing regular game play. Then again, I'm using a primarily stealthy character so that helped a lot.Good advice if you want to power level for perks. I don't think I can bring myself to smack some Greybeards though.
  22. There are a couple of differences, but nothing substantial. Mainly (without spoiling too much) who rules what area after a battle in some cities. But it is one of the many decisions in Skyrim where both sides have a solid argument and it depends on what you think or feel.
  23. Yeah Chillrend has the highest base value (damage it can do without perks or upgrades) of any sword in Skyrim. However that is easily beaten by Daedric swords, which you'll have to smith to get.If I were you, I'd consider giving blacksmithing a shot. All you really need to do is buy iron ingots and leather straps and make iron daggers. We have a smithing guide right here http://eldersouls.com/page/index.html/_/guides/skyrim/skyrim-conjuration-smithing-enchanting-guide if you want to get started.
  24. I read somewhere that after reaching level 50, the rate at which skills raise your level is noticeably longer.So approximately how much longer of a difference are we talking about here? I know the max level is something like 81.
  25. Again, can't really offer any new fix. I had this problem on an old character of mine, so on my next play through, I just killed the Forsworn leader. Better reward in the end, in my opinion.
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