The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[JonInMiddleGA]

Speaking of dragons, anybody getting attacked at the same place more than once?

I've dealt with five - the original dragon, one that randomly appeared while I was strolling along in the countryside and three that have attacked me when I arrived at a particular location after fast traveling there.

Anyone else seeing signs that maybe the encounters aren't always completely random (other than any set piece ones that might exist in the storyline I mean)?

[Shkspr]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Speaking of dragons, anybody getting attacked at the same place more than once?

Is it

Spoiler

at the mages college in Winterhold?

Otherwise, I think it might be an artifact of spawning while in fast travel mode. Time passes on the journey, but you don't deal with the spawns until you drop to regular time. If you often fast travel to that location, you have a better chance of getting hit.

The place in the spoiler is the only place I have heard multiple people talk about several spawns. You might try clearing any dragon mound nearby.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Soon as I went back into the game after posting this, I came across my second one. On the way to Rorikstead a fire dragon came down, sadly it wasn't a challenge at all. Between my horse and Lydia, it was dead after one swing of my axe

Still only fought the one that gets you the Thane title in Whiterun. I saw a second one flying around looking for prey, but he either didn't see me or was interested in something else and moved on.

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by DataKing

Was it wounded? I was attacked by a dragon that had just recently tangled with a giant...it didn't take long to finish the beast off...

Thats very possible, there were giants in the area. If it did tangle with a giant, it ran from that fight and then came down road to attack me.

Another dragon showed up immediately after I killed this one, but it never landed. Is that normal?

[RainMaker]

Yeah, I got lucky the other day and had a giant with two mammoths around when the dragon came. It tusseled with them and I just had to land a few arrow shots to put it down.

[thesloppy]

Man, how many times can I think a battle is over, than be shocked to see SOMEONE RUNNING RIGHT AT ME, just about to fire off a shot, before I figure out it's my buddy. Seriously, you think I'd get used to it by now.

Also, I think I've killed at least 3 hired friends (including Lydia). I would advise against taking my contract. I'm glad that there's enough of 'em available that I can let them die off, even knowing that I killed them through some flavor of my own idiocy, rather than having only one or two available, which would make them a lot more precious and force a million reloads to save them from their own crappy AI and my slightly random bloodlust. Knowing that there's so many 'friends' available for hire makes them seem much more optional...sometimes I take someone with me, sometimes I don't, sometimes they get an arrow in the back of the head, sometimes they won't.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

Is it ...

That's exactly where it is.

On the bright side, I've had enough practice now to have developed a pretty successful technique on handling them there ... just so long as I don't get anybody useful killed while I'm doing it.

I'm starting to think of that location as "dragon arena".

[Crapshoot]

NM. Stupid me.

[SackAttack]

A quest I'm on reminded me of Bigsmooth's comment here, so I thought I'd come back and address that, and saw a couple other things while looking for it that I thought I'd comment on.

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

That's the thing I hate most about companions. THey aren't smart. They don't have hit points or combat sense. If you WERE ThAT Companion, you could survive, so why can't he/she/it?

At LEAST it should let you heal him/her/it.

They do, if you have a spell that allows you to heal others. I don't see any way to use potions to heal them, but you can definitely use restoration. Unfortunately, your companion is generally a bit of a dumbass and goes "Wow...are you a priest?" even after about the tenth time you heal him/her.

Originally Posted by sabotai

One thing that's fun for magic users is to put Spark in both hands and pretend that you're Emperor Palpatine.

Something I could swear I saw on a loading screen is that if you dual-cast the same spell, you can actually create a more powerful effect. So if you dual-cast Spark for the Palpatine effect, you're probably casting an exponentially more powerful variant of the spell (but you'll burn through your Magicka faster, too).

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

I basically leave mine at the front door with the "wait here" command when entering a cave or fort. That way I can get all of the experience points by killing the bandits and have the follower be a mule to carry all the loot!

I think this goes back to my explanation of the organic nature of the levelling system.

There is no 'XP', speaking precisely, for killing something. Your growth comes entirely from your use of your skills. About the only place I can think of where you can actively suffer from your companion ganking your kills is against a dragon, since if you don't deal the death blow, you don't absorb the dragon's soul.

Otherwise, if you're blocking attacks, taking attacks while wearing armor, casting offensive magic, using your weapons in combat, etc, you should still be getting growth in those abilities regardless of whether you tell your companion "Sit, stay" or let him/her tag along.

I will say that when I've been trying to sneak - such as in the Ratway in Riften - I'll tell mine to "Sit, stay," but I've no qualms about letting her tag along when being sneaky isn't a consideration. Sometimes, I NEED that external cue that, whoops, bogey on my six.

[DougW]

Does anyone else have a problem with the story ? Or am I missing something ?

What I mean is ...

Spoiler

Everything seems like a big waste of my characters time. The side quests don't fit in with the main story to me. Like, here I am, this supposed freak Dragonborn - only one of me in the world, and hasn't been one in centuries. But, I'm running around doing stupid quests for thieves guilds and other useless tasks. It's one thing if things flow en route to the end goal, but I am feeling they don't.

Spoiler : Nothing major, just early game "story talk"

Also, I thought the Wood Elf racial was really stupid (Command Animal). But, I found a pretty satisfying use.

Spoiler

I "tamed" a Mammoth, and had him stomp his Giant owner. The Giant barely touched him.

[DougW]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

I think this goes back to my explanation of the organic nature of the levelling system.

There is no 'XP', speaking precisely, for killing something. Your growth comes entirely from your use of your skills. About the only place I can think of where you can actively suffer from your companion ganking your kills is against a dragon, since if you don't deal the death blow, you don't absorb the dragon's soul.

Otherwise, if you're blocking attacks, taking attacks while wearing armor, casting offensive magic, using your weapons in combat, etc, you should still be getting growth in those abilities regardless of whether you tell your companion "Sit, stay" or let him/her tag along..

I'd assume what he meant was that, with no companion (no one to take enemy health, or absorb enemy fire).. your character will block more attacks, and use more attacks which raises those stats faster, which gives you faster levels.

Also, Are you sure about the death blow/dragon soul thing ? I have gotten a soul from each dragon I've fought (admittedly only 5), and don't think I could have possibly gotten the final blow in each fight.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by DougW

I'd assume what he meant was that, with no companion (no one to take enemy health, or absorb enemy fire).. your character will block more attacks, and use more attacks which raises those stats faster, which gives you faster levels.

Also, Are you sure about the death blow/dragon soul thing ? I have gotten a soul from each dragon I've fought (admittedly only 5), and don't think I could have possibly gotten the final blow in each fight.

I'm not 100% sure, no, as I've gotten the death blow in each of my five'ish fights, but I have talked to others who have reported not getting a soul absorption (and the common denominator has been not getting in the final blow).

It *may* be a proximity thing. Perhaps, kind of like the word of power things, you have to be within a certain distance of the carcass when the soul leaves the body in order to absorb it.

Apropos of nothing, I HATE Draugr Deathlords. Like, to the point of inventing sixteen new words to describe that hatred.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by DougW

Does anyone else have a problem with the story ? Or am I missing something ?

What I mean is ...

Spoiler

Everything seems like a big waste of my characters time. The side quests don't fit in with the main story to me. Like, here I am, this supposed freak Dragonborn - only one of me in the world, and hasn't been one in centuries. But, I'm running around doing stupid quests for thieves guilds and other useless tasks. It's one thing if things flow en route to the end goal, but I am feeling they don't.

Spoiler : Nothing major, just early game "story talk"

Well...

Spoiler

For one thing, you aren't the only Dragonborn in the world. Ulfric Stormcloak, remember, shouted the High King to death. Unless it's possible to use the Thu'um without being Dragonborn, there are at least two of you.

Secondly, Skyrim doesn't exactly have CNN. News spreads in the world via rumor and secondhand news. So, yeah, everybody's aware that dragons appear to have returned, and that a Dragonborn may have been discovered, but most of those people are also going about their lives, whatever those lives may be. The thieves aren't going to stop thieving just because Alduin may or may not have returned. People scratching out a petty existence on a farm aren't going to say "Well, my family heirloom has been stolen, but people say you're Dragonborn, so I'm not going to trouble you with this even though you look capable in a way a lot of folks don't."

Put in a real-world context...the President - and I'm speaking more of the office than any particular holder - is the supposed leader of the free world. He's got these great and weighty problems to deal with on a daily basis. He also, on a daily basis, gets letters from people all over the country asking him to intercede on their behalf when it comes to any number of problems.

It's really a similar phenomenon here, except that you haven't yet achieved that 'savior of the known world' status unless you've already completed the main quest and are tackling the side quests now. You're still in that proving stage, and even if you weren't, your stature alone would be enough to get some people to ask for your help. If you're talking to every Tom, Harry and Dick on the street as well, that's just going to make those pleas more likely, not less. In the end, whether or not you *tackle* all those useless quests is really going to be up to how you want to play the game. Strong, silent type who just wants to get the job done so he can return to his home for a peaceful retirement, or an activist who not only wants to put an end to the crisis, but make the world a better (or worse) place along the way?

TLDR; the sidequests serve three purposes.
1) give you shit to do
2) give you an excuse to use the skills you need to become a stronger, worthier candidate for saving the world
3) remind you that, yeah, you may be the Baddest Motherfucker on the Block, but the little guy is still more concerned about what you've done for him lately.

[DougW]

Thanks SA, that helped . I needed something to make me feel OK about not just ignoring the game and heading straight for the main story line .

As for Uldrik ..

Spoiler

LOL. First, when they said he used "the voice" to kill the king, I thought they were talking about the Nord racial - battle cry. Thanks for straightening me out .

Second, yes, others can use the Thu'um. The graybeards can use it, and told us that we had learned in minutes what takes others years to learn. So, non dragonborns can learn them, just takes great time/discipline.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by DougW

Thanks SA, that helped . I needed something to make me feel OK about not just ignoring the game and heading straight for the main story line .

Ayup.

As for Uldrik ..

Spoiler

LOL. First, when they said he used "the voice" to kill the king, I thought they were talking about the Nord racial - battle cry. Thanks for straightening me out .

Second, yes, others can use the Thu'um. The graybeards can use it, and told us that we had learned in minutes what takes others years to learn. So, non dragonborns can learn them, just takes great time/discipline.

Well...

Spoiler

For all I know, it may have BEEN the battle cry. But, y'know:
1) when Shout is capitalized like that, it suggests something out of the usual
2) Unless 'nearly to pieces' is a metaphor, I suspect that were the Nordic battle cry that useful, the Thalmor would have been long since defeated and there would be none of this nonsense about Talos worship being outlawed.

What I don't get, though, is that the game mechanic is such that you can't unlock the Shouts unless you harvest a dragon soul...which you can't do unless you're Dovakiin, no? So while you might be able to learn the Shouts without being Dragonborn, I can't imagine you could be as powerful as Ulfric allegedly is without at least a touch of the Dragon's blood.

General Draugr-related combat spoilers:

Spoiler

When you come across Draugr just lying around the crypt, but not actively attacking you, don't be fooled. Sneak attack those bitches. Kill them before they rouse to battle.

And don't be ashamed to abuse the fuck out of sneak attack archery against the Draugr Deathlords, either. They apparently have - or at least the one causing me to invent new and creative vulgarities had - a Shout that disarms you. I eventually took down the one giving me trouble by bleeding his health down by 1/4 - 1/3 with sneak attack potshots, and when he finally came running around the corner instead of letting me lapse back into hiding, I hit him with the Unrelenting Force Thu'um to daze him and then beat holy hell out of him with my enchanted sword. First couple times I faced him in a straight-up fight, I don't think he broke a sweat.

All I know is, I want that disarming Thu'um.

[DougW]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

What I don't get, though, is that the game mechanic is such that you can't unlock the Shouts ............ can't imagine you could be as powerful as Ulfric allegedly is without at least a touch of the Dragon's blood.

I read on the wiki ... (I'm late to the skyrim party, and I haven't even seen Ulfric in game yet, except on the carriage ride). If you haven't talked to Ulfric either, you may want to skip spoiler - apparently he explains your question.

Spoiler

He used a Thu'um to knock the king down, but his blade did the deed.

[thesloppy]

So, I'm 42nd level, head of the thieve's guild, met a handful of Daedric Princes, taken out well over a dozen dragons...and yet I still haven't been to 4 of the 9 holds. I love how massive this game is.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

I love how massive this game is.

Well this is really neat. As you've probably heard, Skyrim is a massive game. It's even bigger than you think though. A PC player, after discovering a gate-like structure in the southeastern portion of the map, turned on a "no clip" mode to explore beyond the Bethesda-set boundaries. This led to a surprising (and totally awesome) discovery.

It turns out that Morrowind and Cyrodiil, the environments featured in the two previous Elder Scrolls games, are built into Skyrim. There's not much to be found other than low-resolution landscapes, but Bethesda put in enough detail for key features like Morrowind's Red Mountain and Cyrodiil's White Gold Tower to be visible.

This raises some intriguing possibilities. It's unlikely that these landmasses exist solely for the purpose of making Skyrim feel like it's part of a larger world. There are regions, particularly Cyrodiil, recreated with a fair amount of detail that would never be visible from Skyrim's highest peaks.

The player who discovered the content puts forth two seemingly reasonable possibilities on Tumblr (via Destructoid). One: Bethesda used the placeholder environments as a reference point for its modding commuity to work from. Two: these temp regions are placeholders for future DLC.


http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/pos...-28-fbfantrack

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Two: these temp regions are placeholders for future DLC.


http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/pos...-28-fbfantrack

This would be beyond awesome. Don't know if any of you ever played the old Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen and the followup Darkside of Xeen, which could be combined with Clouds of Xeen to make one large world of Xeen.

If Bethesda put something together like this it would be truly epic as I had a lot of fun with those games.

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

So, I'm 42nd level, head of the thieve's guild, met a handful of Daedric Princes, taken out well over a dozen dragons...and yet I still haven't been to 4 of the 9 holds. I love how massive this game is.

The funny thing is I can't imagine ever being 42nd level - my fighter just doesn't use enough skills. I'm 22 now, can eke out another 6 or 7 levels to max out 2H weapons and smithing, maybe a few more on heavy armor. After that, what's left? Block which almost never levels? Enchanting? I guess I would have to start paying people to train in random skills just to get my level up. Also, at level 22 I've been to all of the holds - just love to travel.

[Qwikshot]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

The funny thing is I can't imagine ever being 42nd level - my fighter just doesn't use enough skills. I'm 22 now, can eke out another 6 or 7 levels to max out 2H weapons and smithing, maybe a few more on heavy armor. After that, what's left? Block which almost never levels? Enchanting? I guess I would have to start paying people to train in random skills just to get my level up. Also, at level 22 I've been to all of the holds - just love to travel.

I'm a level 34 thief/mage hybrid. I'm the head of the Dark Brotherhood, the Thieves Guild and the Mage College. I did find it amusing as I started the Thieves Guild that there was little or no respect to the fact that I was the head of the Dark Brotherhood

Spoiler

Killing the Emperor no less - I went all bad ass on the boat and killed everyone, just like Keyser Soze and I kill the head guard guy who destroyed the Sanctuary

and the Archmage of the College...I was thinking You guys could give me a little more respect I mean I have 100 sneak, and 85 archery right now, that does keep most things at bay. I've been scrambling to upgrade light armor and my pick pocketing is subpar.

All in all, I need to stop playing for a bit, it gives me migraines. And I have so many quests active I need to complete a chunk of them before going further. I have yet to scrape the surface of the main quest.

It's a completionists wet dream, you could do side missions that are so unlike other missions...like the Mara missions are couples matchmaking. Which is a respite from search and destroy missions.

I love the game, I'm addicted to it. I don't think I could restart a character though. It's just so massive I'd be overwhelmed at the thought I trying to do some of the missions again.

Since I had played the games prior I good concept in mind so I'm happy off the bat.

Just need to break for the sake of my head.

[Qwikshot]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

The funny thing is I can't imagine ever being 42nd level - my fighter just doesn't use enough skills. I'm 22 now, can eke out another 6 or 7 levels to max out 2H weapons and smithing, maybe a few more on heavy armor. After that, what's left? Block which almost never levels? Enchanting? I guess I would have to start paying people to train in random skills just to get my level up. Also, at level 22 I've been to all of the holds - just love to travel.

Some restoration skills, lockpicking to open some of those chests. Speech is useful for selling all the bounty you find and persuade NPCs to talk on some of the city missions. Alchemy just for the sake of making potions. Your character is a warrior but he could become so much more with some side skills.

[Grover]

Not to mention you can pay to level up some of those skills. If you're having that much trouble with blocking, I'd look to buy a few skill-ups.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Apropos of nothing, I HATE Draugr Deathlords. Like, to the point of inventing sixteen new words to describe that hatred.

Oh shit, for reals? I just ran into one of those on the Bleak Falls Barrow quest. Looked like a badass, but I figured I could handle him if I come prepared the next time. I guess he's even stronger than he looks? I am at Level 6. I hope I can take him. I would like to keep the stuff I get down there.

[Izulde]

Yeah the Draugr Deathlords are a real pain in the ass. That's the enemy I was posting about where I did the whole run and slam down gate with lever then snipe with bows thing. And I think I was at level 11 or 12 at that point.

[Qwikshot]

Deathlords are badass. I kept to shadows against them. The first time I went head to head against them, it killed me with one blow.

Ice wraiths are a pain simply because as an archer they are a small target; Magical Anomalies are also a pain.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Oh shit, for reals? I just ran into one of those on the Bleak Falls Barrow quest. Looked like a badass, but I figured I could handle him if I come prepared the next time. I guess he's even stronger than he looks? I am at Level 6. I hope I can take him. I would like to keep the stuff I get down there.

I had to drop the difficulty level down so I could take that one out.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Something I could swear I saw on a loading screen is that if you dual-cast the same spell, you can actually create a more powerful effect. So if you dual-cast Spark for the Palpatine effect, you're probably casting an exponentially more powerful variant of the spell (but you'll burn through your Magicka faster, too).

There's a perk in the Destruction tree (all of the magic trees, I think) that will make dual-casting the same spell more powerful.

And yes, you burn through Magicka super fast doing that. Especially at low levels before you can build up Magicka and get Magicka-boosting gear.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Oh shit, for reals? I just ran into one of those on the Bleak Falls Barrow quest. Looked like a badass, but I figured I could handle him if I come prepared the next time. I guess he's even stronger than he looks? I am at Level 6. I hope I can take him. I would like to keep the stuff I get down there.

Way for reals. I'm shocked you've run into one so early. I'm just now pushing level 21 and I've come across them for the first time. I'm fairly certain I have at least one more to face on the quest I'm currently on, and that prospect is sufficient to cause pants-wetting.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Oh shit, for reals? I just ran into one of those on the Bleak Falls Barrow quest. Looked like a badass, but I figured I could handle him if I come prepared the next time. I guess he's even stronger than he looks? I am at Level 6. I hope I can take him. I would like to keep the stuff I get down there.

He was tough, I wound up kiting him while filling him with arrows.

[Chief Rum]

Archery is going to be hard to use on this one. In this quest, you get a word of power from a wall near the deathlord's coffin, and when you come out, he's coming out to greet you. The only way out is through him, and the dias the coffin sits on is only 5-10 steps away from the wall. If I come prepared to fire, I might get off two or three shots, but then I have to switch to melee weapons.

I think if he's simply too pwoerful for me, I may just have to run by him, risk taking a hit or two and make for a gate or doorway. There are some around that area, although I forget how close they are.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Archery is going to be hard to use on this one. In this quest, you get a word of power from a wall near the deathlord's coffin, and when you come out, he's coming out to greet you. The only way out is through him, and the dias the coffin sits on is only 5-10 steps away from the wall. If I come prepared to fire, I might get off two or three shots, but then I have to switch to melee weapons.

I think if he's simply too pwoerful for me, I may just have to run by him, risk taking a hit or two and make for a gate or doorway. There are some around that area, although I forget how close they are.

I, uh, strongly recommend if you run for it that you do so with weapons sheathed.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

I, uh, strongly recommend if you run for it that you do so with weapons sheathed.

And sneak turned off, lol. I have done that a couple times.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

And sneak turned off, lol. I have done that a couple times.

Well, sure, sneak is a great way to get hauled down from behind. But what I mean is,

Spoiler

if the disarming shout is a class feature of the Deathlords, you don't want to get nailed with that in passing and have to decide between trying to recover your gear and getting the fuck out of Dodge

.

[thesloppy]

You know what I love? HORKERS! Dwarves, elves, dragons, blah, blah, blah, seen it all before....but them evil walruses? I'm hoping I can stumble upon some kind of horker based quest.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Archery is going to be hard to use on this one. In this quest, you get a word of power from a wall near the deathlord's coffin, and when you come out, he's coming out to greet you. The only way out is through him, and the dias the coffin sits on is only 5-10 steps away from the wall. If I come prepared to fire, I might get off two or three shots, but then I have to switch to melee weapons.

I think if he's simply too pwoerful for me, I may just have to run by him, risk taking a hit or two and make for a gate or doorway. There are some around that area, although I forget how close they are.

What I found is that he's not good at crossing the stream in the middle of the room. I went from one side to another or in the stream to get away from him once he got close. Put a few arrows into him while he makes his way towards me, then repeat.

[Edward64]

A little more addendum news to above.

New Patch Locks Skyrim to Steam Forever and Ever

In related Skyrim news, one gamer located in Finland has discovered that the entire virtual world of Tamriel includes the landmasses from Morrowind and Oblivion. They were discovered after the player discovered a closed path at the archway of Stendarr's Beacon, the closest point to Morrowind. Curious, he used the noclip command to move past the invisible wall. The trail continued on for a bit until it thinned out with scaled down textures.

"Bethesda has made the landmass for Morrowind," he writes in a blog. "The entirety of Morrowind. Solstheim is there, the mainland is there, Vvardenfell is there. It’s all there. It’s scaled down slightly however, since the scaling in Morrowind, Skyrim, And Oblivion are all obscured towards each other. But it’s still very large."

To read the full blog, head here.

Here's the blog with pictures.
PPSh-41

[DaddyTorgo]

Whorebags

[SackAttack]

Was just telling DT that the mod lockout has to either have been a completely unintentional side effect, or else there IS some seriously massive DLC coming and Bethesda are trying to prevent having their thunder stolen by modders working with the non-Skyrim parts of Tamriel.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Was just telling DT that the mod lockout has to either have been a completely unintentional side effect, or else there IS some seriously massive DLC coming and Bethesda are trying to prevent having their thunder stolen by modders working with the non-Skyrim parts of Tamriel.

I'm not sure there is any mod lockout. The one that this affected has another working alternative already. I don't think there are any other mods that use an alternate .exe, and you still have the ability to use alternate data files from the launch menu which would be far more important for building something in Morrowind.

My guess on Tamriel being in the game is that it was put in for something there for background and they just added in the height map for Tamriel that they already had. Front what I've seen everything has low textures and not much theres. I don't think the modding community could put out something substantial before Bethesda could release a planned DLC, or that could do something that could steal much thunder from something Bethesda would release.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Dumb question but ... how do you figure out who has sent assassins after you?

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Dumb question but ... how do you figure out who has sent assassins after you?

Infiltrate the Dark Brotherhood, kill them all, and then do your best Nelson Muntz impression.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Dumb question but ... how do you figure out who has sent assassins after you?

When I had some after me I killed them and found the contract from Gerda on them. May not have exactly been assassins as they were instructed not to go as far as killing me, but they didn't seem interested in letting up.

[JonInMiddleGA]

All I've found so far is the generic letter giving the assassin the mission, no mention of who put a price on my head (IIRC that's consistent with the DB's, the operative usually doesn't know who their employer is)

[RainMaker]

So a dragon flew in today. Luckily I was right by a Giant and two Mammoths. So it was them, myself, and Lydia taking down the dragon. I let them do most of the work and we finished it off later. Then I proceeded to kill the wounded Mammoths and Giant. I am not a good person.

[chinaski]

The companion quest line is awesome! Was the toughest part of the game for me thus far.

Ran into a pretty lame bug recently, not sure what I can do about it...

Spoiler

I did the quest that ends up with you being friendly with the Forsworn. So now, I have a quest to retrieve a sword from the thieving bastards, but I can only talk to the Briarheart who has the loot, and he's not talking. Hopefully I can just kill him to retrieve the sword. Is there a way to make a faction go back to being hostile to you for the long run?

Made six levels today, the game just keeps getting better.

[GrantDawg]

I finally killed another dragon. It was just me and Lydia. Wasn't that tough, really.

I was in a barrow, and noticed an alcove across the way from me with some treasure, but the bridge had been destroyed. I kept looking around for a way across, and there was nothing there. I couldn't help but thinking "oh, crap. Am I supposed to Mario this somehow?" And then I remembered...

Spoiler

The whirlwind shout that the monks give you. Sure enough, shout and zoom across the gulf.

[cartman]

Ok, all of y'all made me break down and buy this game.

And GAWDDAMN if it doesn't look stunning running on a 30 inch monitor at 2560X1600. I might just lose my job over this.

[Grover]

Started a Khajiit tonight focusing on Sneak, Archery, 1H and Light Armor perks. I've got to say that sneaking around is a ton of fun.

[cartman]