re: Official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Thread AKA Skyrim addicts anonymous

Bethesda has always done a good job of merging episodic approaches to longer arches in story.

Short Answer: Just go to the wiki and head up about the history of Tamriel and find a timeline of major events if you feel like you need to, otherwise, Just play, you'll be fine.

Im so ready to enter the world for the first time. Scan the horizon with no clue where I wanna go but then just go where it takes me.

Thanks, Freaux.

Might try and get my hands on a copy of this tonight.

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But it locks in place when you visit a place.

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This scares me.. I want to make sure I don't lock everything in too low

Also two notes/observations/questions.

1) Rivers are awesome for helping you get places faster..

2) what's up with books randomly giving me skillups? is it certain books that give entire points?, or does every book give a certain amount of xp in one area? i.e. it just so happens that the 5th book I read on restoration gave me a skillup?

I just put in another 4 hours. Up to 8 hours total level 8 and just made it to high hrothgar. Of course my god damn companion decides to get killed by the frost troll that ambushed me. Listen woman, when I start casting flames gtfo of the way. Archery update, finally got some decent arrows that take out decent enemies with one shot when hidden. I really need a better bow. I did manage to destroy some high elf justicars and steal their armor. They were giving me crap about worshiping talos so they had to die. I find myself falling back on destruction magic a lot, especially with all the agro creatures that rush at you constantly.

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Still waiting?

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As usual. Anytime I order something it seems to come late in the afternoon, every single damn time.

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what's up with books randomly giving me skillups? is it certain books that give entire points?, or does every book give a certain amount of xp in one area? i.e. it just so happens that the 5th book I read on restoration gave me a skillup?

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Random books will give skill level ups. There were tons in Morrowind that did this and I think they toned it way down for Oblivion. I remember in Morrowind, I would pretty much open every single book.

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Na. You can walk into areas that are much higher level than you. From what I've read, Mountainous areas are trouble early on.

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I said relative to you.

Not kept at your level.

The mountainous areas are kept relatively high in relation to you, only getting locked when you go in the first time.

I think it is a brake more than a hard lock.

Noticed my first easter egg. WULFGAR!