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There’s something hilarious about solving Windhelm Serial Killer Spree after finishing that optional part of Dark Brotherhood quest there.

Immoren wrote:There’s something hilarious about solving Windhelm Serial Killer Spree after finishing that optional part of Dark Brotherhood quest there.

Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

I hate being a criminal. I hate having a bounty on my head. Somehow I always wind up a Stormcloak and siding with the Dark Brotherhood though. Siding with the Empire is tough if you side with the Dark Brotherhood and vice versa so I totally understand that. Still, in Skyrim, if no one saw you do it, you don't get a bounty and thus it isn't a crime. My conscience is clean

The Temple States wrote:

Immoren wrote:There’s something hilarious about solving Windhelm Serial Killer Spree after finishing that optional part of Dark Brotherhood quest there.

Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

I destroy them too. I hate the Brotherhood because most of them are "I'm so evil and have no other characterizations beside that hahahahahaha" and their fanbase is basically as cancerous. I didn't even like them in Oblivion, except for Lechance.

The Temple States wrote:

Immoren wrote:There’s something hilarious about solving Windhelm Serial Killer Spree after finishing that optional part of Dark Brotherhood quest there.

Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

Ancient Shrouded Armor is too good for me to ever want to destroy the Dark Brotherhood again.

the skyrim theme was sung on TV by a celtic group.

I don't know what's real anymore.

The Temple States wrote:

Immoren wrote:There’s something hilarious about solving Windhelm Serial Killer Spree after finishing that optional part of Dark Brotherhood quest there.

Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

All of them? So you don't rob bandits? Or loot tombs? Or thieve forts? All that stuff belongs to other people.


/joke

Witchcraft and Sorcery wrote:I hate being a criminal. I hate having a bounty on my head. Somehow I always wind up a Stormcloak and siding with the Dark Brotherhood though. Siding with the Empire is tough if you side with the Dark Brotherhood and vice versa so I totally understand that. Still, in Skyrim, if no one saw you do it, you don't get a bounty and thus it isn't a crime. My conscience is clean

>Stormcloak
>Remorseless serial killer

At least you're consistent.

Barboneia wrote:

The Temple States wrote:
Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

I destroy them too. I hate the Brotherhood because most of them are "I'm so evil and have no other characterizations beside that hahahahahaha" and their fanbase is basically as cancerous. I didn't even like them in Oblivion, except for Lechance.

Ugh, this.

I remember entering the Falkreath Sanctuary, finish speaking with Astrid, and then walking into the main chamber overhearing Babette brag about killing some dude and I kinda cringed when they all laughed. It seemed like something from a fanfic.

Bralia wrote:

The Temple States wrote:
Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

Ancient Shrouded Armor is too good for me to ever want to destroy the Dark Brotherhood again.

See, I usually wear heavy armor. Even when I'm a stealthy character.

Yes, that's right, I sneak in Dwarven Armor. Sue me.

Olthar wrote:

The Temple States wrote:
Am I the only one who destroys the Dark Brotherhood?

Every time. The furthest I've ever gotten in that questline is after Astrid welcomes me into the Falkreath Sanctuary. Every other time, I slaughter every one of them.

Of course, I always play a pro-Empire character with good morals. I honestly get bored being evil, I just wish I could destroy the Thieves Guild... fuck you Brynjolf, every Septim in my purse was earned through honest work you scam artist prick. I refuse to sell my soul to Nocturnal, fuck that, I'd rather usurp Miraak's spot as champion of old Herma-Mora.

All of them? So you don't rob bandits? Or loot tombs? Or thieve forts? All that stuff belongs to other people.


/joke

Tsun, I believe, would call that a "warrior's plunder". I'm inclined to agree.

I feel like "Destroy Dark Brotherhood!" ought've been longer, and involving more detective work, but I guess having it more complex than what it was would've required revamping the allying with DB plotline, I guess, what with suddenly there being more than their current sanctuary (and abandoned Dawnstar one).

Witchcraft and Sorcery wrote:I hate being a criminal. I hate having a bounty on my head. Somehow I always wind up a Stormcloak and siding with the Dark Brotherhood though. Siding with the Empire is tough if you side with the Dark Brotherhood and vice versa so I totally understand that. Still, in Skyrim, if no one saw you do it, you don't get a bounty and thus it isn't a crime. My conscience is clean

Clearly you join the Legion after DB questline to atone your sins.

The Temple States wrote:

Witchcraft and Sorcery wrote:I hate being a criminal. I hate having a bounty on my head. Somehow I always wind up a Stormcloak and siding with the Dark Brotherhood though. Siding with the Empire is tough if you side with the Dark Brotherhood and vice versa so I totally understand that. Still, in Skyrim, if no one saw you do it, you don't get a bounty and thus it isn't a crime. My conscience is clean

>Stormcloak
>Remorseless serial killer

At least you're consistent.

An inconsistent character is an unbelievable one. Character consistency is paramount, even in a virtual world

Immoren wrote:

Witchcraft and Sorcery wrote:I hate being a criminal. I hate having a bounty on my head. Somehow I always wind up a Stormcloak and siding with the Dark Brotherhood though. Siding with the Empire is tough if you side with the Dark Brotherhood and vice versa so I totally understand that. Still, in Skyrim, if no one saw you do it, you don't get a bounty and thus it isn't a crime. My conscience is clean

Clearly you join the Legion after DB questline to atone your sins.

But there's no one to fight for after you finish the DB questline. You've already destroyed everything cool about the Empire.

I think the one time I ever joined the Legion I hated myself every minute and then did the DB questline afterward to cleanse myself of the bureaucracy.

Immoren wrote:I feel like "Destroy Dark Brotherhood!" ought've been longer, and involving more detective work, but I guess having it more complex than what it was would've required revamping the allying with DB plotline, I guess, what with suddenly there being more than their current sanctuary (and abandoned Dawnstar one).

Yes. It would've been cooler if it was longer, flesh out the Penitus Oculatus a bit and even make it an actual, joinable faction in which you actively work to destroy the Dark Brotherhood through clandestine operations and even get to save the Emperor himself from the eventual assassination attempt. That would make it all the more fun.

There was a lot of potential in Skyrim that was never tapped, however. For example, I believe there was originally going to be a way to join the Thalmor. Now, of course, obligatory "Fuck the Thalmor", but the very existence of such a feature would have been awesome for roleplay. Providing an alternative Main Quest setting in which you work with the Thalmor instead of the Blades. Really would have made things interesting, and could have even offered an alternative to the College of Winterhold questline.

They could have provided an alternative to the Companions questline too, fleshing out the Silver Hand to be more of an actual organization instead of some rehashed bandit group with silver weapons. Also disappointed the Silver Weapons only appear as swords and greatswords, which just seems ridiculous.

And again, I bring up the possibility of wiping out the Thieves Guild. So much potential in Skyrim, all wasted.

On my newest playthrough starting the Companions' questline I found myself laughing uglily after everyone comments how honorable path the Companions are and first job they gave me was one of those shakedown jobs.

Immoren wrote:On my newest playthrough starting the Companions' questline I found myself laughing uglily after everyone comments how honorable path the Companions are and first job they gave me was one of those shakedown jobs.

Let's be honest, the Silver Hand are the real protagonists of the Companions' questline.

Werewolves are clearly a threat to all of Skyrim, and a brave group of souls come together and forge special weapons to hunt down the vicious beasts, only to be slaughtered by two nutjobs obsessed with "hunting" and spilling blood, one of which probably stole her skimpy "armor" from a rotting corpse. The Silver Hand are the real heroes in all this.

The Temple States wrote:

Immoren wrote:On my newest playthrough starting the Companions' questline I found myself laughing uglily after everyone comments how honorable path the Companions are and first job they gave me was one of those shakedown jobs.

Let's be honest, the Silver Hand are the real protagonists of the Companions' questline.

Werewolves are clearly a threat to all of Skyrim, and a brave group of souls come together and forge special weapons to hunt down the vicious beasts, only to be slaughtered by two nutjobs obsessed with "hunting" and spilling blood, one of which probably stole her skimpy "armor" from a rotting corpse. The Silver Hand are the real heroes in all this.

Another group that could have made for a good major faction.

The Temple States wrote:Werewolves are clearly a threat to all of Skyrim, ...

Are they? The Companions have been werewolves for hundreds of years, yet they've been so quiet about it that no one even knows. Either they're masters of stealth, which they obviously aren't, or they don't go around killing citizens. They pose little threat. Meanwhile, the Silver Hand act like bandits and attack anyone who comes near them, even those who have no affiliation with the Companions or werewolves. Who are the dangerous ones here?

Bralia wrote:

The Temple States wrote:
Let's be honest, the Silver Hand are the real protagonists of the Companions' questline.

Werewolves are clearly a threat to all of Skyrim, and a brave group of souls come together and forge special weapons to hunt down the vicious beasts, only to be slaughtered by two nutjobs obsessed with "hunting" and spilling blood, one of which probably stole her skimpy "armor" from a rotting corpse. The Silver Hand are the real heroes in all this.

Another group that could have made for a good major faction.

Oh, absolutely. It could have been the Dawnguard of the base game.

Olthar wrote:

The Temple States wrote:Werewolves are clearly a threat to all of Skyrim, ...

Are they? The Companions have been werewolves for hundreds of years, yet they've been so quiet about it that no one even knows. Either they're masters of stealth, which they obviously aren't, or they don't go around killing citizens. They pose little threat. Meanwhile, the Silver Hand act like bandits and attack anyone who comes near them, even those who have no affiliation with the Companions or werewolves. Who are the dangerous ones here?

It's a joke m8.

The reason they attack random people is because they're just rehashed bandits, which is kinda disappointing as the only thing special about them is their silver swords. They're literally just bandits with silver swords. Lazy work by Bethesda, IMO. Technically speaking though, they only attack you if you get too close to their bases, unlike bandits which will attack you, guards, giants, the Legion, and really just about anybody out on the road or in the wilds, and rob people with their little "tolls" they have set up in Robbers' Gorge and Valtheim Keep. The Silver Hand technically don't attack you at all, unless you intrude on their territory. For all they know, you could be a werewolf.

I also have to ask how they found out about the Companions being werewolves, and why they never bothered to tell anyone. I mean, I'm sure few would believe them, but the very fact such a rumor doesn't exist seems unlikely. Skyrim loves rumors, after all.

"I don't trust your wolf-ish grin"--guard

Me: But im wearing a dragon priest mask

Anyone here familiar with the Ta'agra Project?

Ahziss va dela lipith di Khajiita. Ta'agra dat hikaka. Ahziss ifu Ta'agra abuka, an ahziss va boka, ras tele dorr purna di Ta'agra.

That moment when you realie that your follower is ten cities behind you.

I can kill everything in the Switch version with the Master Sword.

Awesome.

Only one thing - how much damage can it deal and can it shoot beams of death?

anyone else drag the bodies and hide them (under beds, behind cabinets, dumped into rivers) while doing the DB quests? or just in... general... (I must destroy ALL the NPCs!)
ALL OF THEM
EVERY
SINGLE
ONE

Skylus wrote:I can kill everything in the Switch version with the Master Sword.

Awesome.

Only one thing - how much damage can it deal and can it shoot beams of death?

Huh. I wonder if they'll be stuff for more amiibos.

It'd be cool to have Fire Emblem stuff. Maybe they'll even gives us medieval versions of things from Metroid or Kirby or other completely unrelated franchises.

If Ninento focused more on getting third party games then there could be some fanfic tier combinations possible with the amiibos.

considering being a whiterun guard for halloween

Sunstruck wrote:considering being a whiterun guard for halloween

*strolling along*
*kid comes up crying to you*
"Awww, did someone steal your sweetroll?"
"Some big kids stole my candy pail!"
"No lollygaggin'."

Zanera wrote:

Sunstruck wrote:considering being a whiterun guard for halloween

*strolling along*
*kid comes up crying to you*
"Awww, did someone steal your sweetroll?"
"Some big kids stole my candy pail!"
"No lollygaggin'."

"HUH? Musta been the wind"