Playing Skyrim? (Good for you.) Played Skyrim? (what.) Don't have the game? (Get it asap.)

Whatever your reason, share some of your ups and downs as your life as Dragonborn with us here today. Because in the end, we all know its not easy when you have to save a giant block of ice named Skyrim from a bunch of steroid-pumped, gravity defying fire (and ice)-spitting reptiles. I'm sure everyone has at least a small story to share, wether it was a bug, comedy, epic battle, brawl or anything else you'd find share-worthy. Use whatever style you like. You don't have to make it a long story if you don't feel like it.

(Please use the spoiler tags should you think they're necessary)

I'll begin.

My friendly noble Nord Archer/ Warrior/ Mage/ Alchemist/ Blacksmith/ Enchanter/ Household Architect/ Pocket Emptier (you get the picture) had just bought himself a comfortable house to nap in. It was missing something though: furniture! After finally obtaining the coin needed to fill his home with all the things to improve its rent-out value he decide to check out the designer's work. For some reason the purchase of household decorations included a decent stock of food, cups and plates in the cupboards, but who was he to complain?

But then he found a rabbit leg on the ground. He tried to pick it up and put it back onto the plate in the cupboard, and somehow failed miserably. Now having to pick up the plate along with two rabbit legs lying on the ground he got a bit upset. He picked up the plate, held it above its place in the cupboard and then someone decided it was a good moment for him to relieve its stress and perform a dragon shout (which was totally not me accidentally hitting the Z key) which completely messed up everything on the shelves in a large arc in front of him. Unfortunately, perfectionist as he was, he had to put it all back.

Household life is not easy for Dohavkiin.

Wandering up the 7000 stairs of High Hrothgar my female Redguard-Warprincess "Delaria" was hit by a dead goat, which was killed from a white sabercat and rolled down the hill. It was hilarious

Every time I try to withdraw a single item from one of my chests I press 'R' instead of 'E', withdrawing every single item, causing my encumbrance to be at 7XX/355. True story.

Anyone had a random dragon attack in a city? It's crazy shit. One attacked while I was in Riften. It was mass hysteria. Some people were running and hiding, others joining the city guard in trying to fend it off. It was doing its usual trick of swooping and picking up guards and dumping them in the lake outside the city.

After about 5 minutes of insanity we finally brought it down, only for it to crash right in front of the Jarl's palace. There was dead silence for about 10 seconds, then everyone in town gathered in front of the dragon's skeleton.


You didn't get this kind of shit in Oblivion.

Wandering the vast landmass that is Skyrim, I came upon a weary soul named Fluffy. He looked grumpy and frustrated to be in this land, so I asked him:

"Dear Sir, if it so ails you to be in this fair place, why of why do you venture about so?"

"Well" he replied, "I have this great need to have things to grumble about. Despite the vast miles of treking I can do and the quests that I can undertake in a world unparalleled at this time. As well as the staggering hours of enjoyment I can take from climbing a huge mountain or strolling across the coast at sunset. These mean nothing when all of a sudden I find myself with an entire chest on my back and knees a crippled. It must then be this that is the most important thing in life."

"You are a fool" I reply.

"How dare you say such a foul thing to me you commoner! I shall split you body asunder with my mighty sword!"

The one named Fluffy strikes me hard and furiously with a feather duster and I sneeze in reply.

"Oh" I say, "I see it is true that you are having a little trouble with the inventory there..."


Not a true story.

I assume you meant to put such blatant falsehoods on your blog, Stinger.

Let's see....

-Got to a barrow only to find a Moose come charging into one of the pillars and kill itself. It wasn't running away from anything, it just decided that a solid stone pillar was a worthy opponent.

-Inside a barrow, a Draugr came out of a coffin on the ground. I hit him so hard with my warhammer that I knocked him back into the coffin. He looked like he'd never risen from the dead in the first place and was enjoying a nice eternal sleep afterward too.

-Got stopped by a thief and while we were talking a rumbling started and a few mammoths shuffled past. After killing the thief, I looked back to find a giant nearly on my ass, I'm guessing this was why the mammoths were running away.

-Running around the snowy wilderness, I came into a forest. Found a small clearing in the middle and what was there? A dragon. On the ground. Walking towards a small bunny and snapping at it, missing, and trying again. Once it eventually killed the rabbit, it flew up into the air, oblivious of me and found another fluffy bunny to torment. It got a bit angry when I decided to stop it bullying poor defenceless bunnys though.

All are true, even the last one. (The way everyone keeps saying the AI is awful, I couldn't believe the last one was happening.)

Exploring some flat lands, see a small hill, go over the top of it, bandit raid party.

I was walking in a horribly strong blizzard south-west of Winterhold. I saw four people walking in an organized manner on the main road and upon inspection found out they were bandits. I grabbed my bow and insta-killed the man who was walking behind everyone else. The remaining three had no idea what had happened and started to investigate this murder.

Somehow they must have come into the conclusion that it had to be one of them as they started fighting amongst themselves: the two melee fighters were hacking and pummeling each other while the archer was standing further back shooting at both of them. I just stood back and watched until only one remained and then finished him off.

Only in Skyrim.

Pissed off a Giant.