Maelstrom

Banned for angry red letters.

>> Why's there gotta be one?! Who says there's somebody for everybody?! The math don't add up! The M/F ratio ain't 50:50. Why only 1? why not 3? What if zero? Sure, there's bigger/better fish in the sea. There are also a lot of pro fisherman out there ahead of you, broski's. Fancy taking them on with your old rod? You'd better! Can't catch nothing if you don't cast your line. Arbitrary rule of one. How many people are you allowed to love? Who says? How many best friends is one allowed? Do you really have the time to devote to maintian each relationship as they deserve? "The one" doesn't exist friends. However, it is not a terrible default standard. Nor should you give up if you don't get a nibble or the line snaps. Be the old man and the sea. (That's right, go read the book) Know what you want and why you want it.

Nothing, really. I went out and bought everything I wanted and could take with me on deployment. And I still have money left. Well, add that to 1.5k in storage costs and I spent 3 paychecks worth of money. Unlike other soldiers, I know how to save, so I still have like 800 and 10k in da bank. And deployment money is gonna be good. Sorry, just have to rub it in. Still, 10 months in a hellhole is not the best tradeoff.

N: "Tram rides are so boring... How about we do something... worth telling friends about back home?" W: "Like what?" Scene 5 minutes later...

Pure Awesomeness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYtjFvh-5AQ

Will has that british, 'call me CAPTAIN McTavish' look to him.

I was surrounded by 17 year olds in basic training when I joined the national guard. Besides, you should be at least 17 so you can enjoy the college tuition assistance benefits. Fucking packing. I hate fucking packing. And what's worse than packing is packing and having to keep track of all the shit you put in each box by writing it down in the inventory. >> stupid army. And my stuff's not even leaving the room! we have to pack it in boxes and stick it in the closet. I'm only gonna be living in this room for the next two years after coming back from deployment. >>

Japan still hates us for bombing them. =(

Rat says, "When owen sits on me when I'm in bed. I'm a small guy, so he's heavy."

Call me when you want to play some MW3 matches. 2v2 or more.

Banned for essentially banning me for 'stealing your thunder,' as it were.

Edge- Banned for all eternity for wanting N around. >> Cyrus- Banned for using my strange computer habits to ninja me.

Bought a home in Windhelm, Ulfric's home turf. The bastards gave me the house the murder stashed the body parts in and made me pay for them to clean out that mess. Cost me 12k but it's huge, and I added an armory and arcane enchanter to it (as well as all the usual kitchen and bedroom upgrades, etc). The cool part is the place has a whole lot of weapons racks and come withs 3 manikins you can store/display your armor on. So, I've got the complete dragonscale armor set on one manikin, what I was wearing up till the point i could forge dragon armor on the 2nd manikin, and a full set of Glass armor on the third. I'm wearing the Dragonplate set, so yeah. Thanks to the Heavy Armor boosts I enchanted on the armor, my heavy armor level is over 150 (actual level is actually only about 60 or so). Protip #5- Giving a weapon two enchantments greatly reduces the number of charges it has. With life drain and fire damage, I get 57 charges out of the enchantment. If I use just the fire enchantment, it has over 450 charges. So... I reccommend enchanting weapons with just one boost. If you're just enchanting a weapon that you're going to sell, go for 2 enchantments. It does increase the sale value, with Banish and Paralyze enchantments giving it the most value.

protip #5- you can spend a bunch of hard earned iron ingots to make a single banded shield or whatever. It will still raise your smithing skill exactly as much as making an iron dagger (1 leather, 1 iron ingot). That being said, I've maxed smithing skill and can now forge Dragon Armor. And boy do I have a lot of bones and scales to work with. You can bet your cajones I'll be enchanting them heavily. Block + 40%, regen +62%, magic/health.stamina + 62 pts, max carry + 37, Resist magic +20%, resist element +40%, etc... and keeping in mind I can enchant two abilities to any one piece of armor. Protip #3- the wizard in windhelm isn't the murderer, so don't wrongly convict him. Talk to him instead of the steward and you will catch the real murderer in the act. If you save it at the right time, you can stop him mid-act and save the woman he is about to backstab once you know who and what to look for. [spoiler]Hint: it's the dude who has the collection of embalming tools, a recently dead sister, and is suspiciously interested in taking that necromancer's amulet off your hands.[/spoiler] protip #42- if you side with the imperials instead of the stormcloaks, I will cut you. Edit: I helped faendal, and i got his housekey and can take a lot of stuff from him, but that hardly counts as owning your own house. Anyone ever really use followers? I can have Faendal follow me, there are plenty of sellswords, I have two mage buddies at the college, and as thane of whiterun, I can run my own mob/gang. But I like killing shit myself. Helps the skill leveling and all that.

Well, now, this topic needs a dire update. Lvl: 40, just a hair short of lvl 41. Max skill level Enchantment- I can give a weapon two enchantments when I make it, too. I Enchant even a lowly iron dagger with Banish and Fear and it'll sell for at least 500 gold, even if I just use a petty soul gem. Other items and/or bigger soul gems sell for up to 1k good. So, I am pulling in the big bucks. Enchantments on apparel really don't sell for much at all, so I don't bother picking those up anymore. Though I should, since I want to increase my very poor smithing skill. Conjuration Lvl 80- I run around with a Bound Sword blazing all the time. The perk that makes it cast Soul Trap on whatever I hit with bound weapons helped immeasurably in my enchanting things. I rarely conjure up atronarchs or that lord thing. I just keep forgetting I can toss them out as bait and then attack from behind. Also, if I accidentally hit one of my conjured with my bound sword, it automatically banishes them too. One-handed lvl 69 [s]shaddup, i know what you're thinking[/s] Heavy Armor lvl 60 Alteration 59- Stoneflesh Restoration 58- Fast heal and respite is entirely worth it. Destruction 54- Firebolts, Fireballs, Ice Storms are my fast friends. Speech 52 Sneak 51 I have many more things to say, but I am a bit preoccupied. I shall edit or add a new post later. But I shall add this quickly- Mace + absorb health (22 hp per hit) + Fire Damage (35 per hit) + Burning= dead people fast. ENCHANT!

Character choice. If you did it, it would have to be very basic, and include really only a few of the popular options. Mandatory option 1- M/F option 2- ace trainer, ranger, psychic, medium, scientist, lass, etc.

Still a flamer, however. Hariyama

To start, basic player info. Name: Bolt Race: Breton Current Lvl: 21 Highest Skills: Enchanting (55), Conjuration (54), One Handed (46) Dragons Slain: 3 ---- So yeah, this is where I go to talk about Skyrim when I'm taking breaks from Skyrim. Capisce? Anyways, playing the way I normally do... I take a long time to do things. Also, I must have ADHD cuz I keep jumping around the map and doing things as they catch my attention or I remember them. Hopefully, everyone will post useful info and tips, like which quest lines give you the best loot! ----- So, for my first input... Do the Magic College quest line. You'll get a free room and magicka regen clothes for passing the test to access the college and become a student (talk to the lady guarding the bridge and she'll have you cast a particular spell on her). If you're like my friend and not like me, you'll probably have to level up a bit to have enough magika to cast the spell. As you go through the quest, you'll go to some ruins as a class and at the end of the ruins is a particularly helpful Thu'um- Ice Form. It will freeze anybody or any creature standing in a line straight in front of you. They freeze completely and fall over. They'll thaw out and attack you run/away from you like normal after several seconds though- usually enough time for me to regen magika or stamina or both. They thaw and break out of the ice right away if you attack them though, so take a moment to plan and prepare your continued onslaught. The quest regarding the the haunted barrow at the town you have to as you head up the mountain to meet the gray-beards. The reward is a Word "Kyne's Peace" that soothes wild beasts, who will lose the desire to fight or flee. Happy hunting, you cruel bastards. =P Tip #33: Stay the fuck away from bears. They're fast, they're viscious, and they've got a shit ton of health and will two hit you to death in the face. They're tougher than the damn trolls i've run into. Tip #2: Enchanting a weapon with the Soul Trap enchantment- go for maximum number of charges (trap soul if target dies within a second). This gave me well over 100 charges to use. All you simply have to do is beat them to death with your weapon. Sure as hell beats having to cast soul trap on everything and quickly switch to a weapon or shield and hope you defeat them within 1 min. A killing blow means it dies within 0 seconds of being hit by your enchanted weapon, and by god your foe better be long dead by the times you use up all those charges/attacks. Tip #1: Arbitrarily number your tips as you give them out so that to the casual observer you appear to be more knowledgeable and sagacious than you may actually be. Important tips will be numbered in the 1-10 range, or as important-seemng numbers, like 100. It will call to them the attention they deserve.

Does it count if their pre-evolutions aren't flying types?

Happy Birthday and all them well wishing stuff. As your present, I shall ask a ninja to kill you now so you can die happy and remain forever young (in our memories).

Alt 2 [spoiler][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNh7hZnfXg[/media][/spoiler] Alt. 3 [spoiler][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ZZ8J2KhdA[/media][/spoiler] Actually, maybe this one should be Alt. 1 Actually, I should stop now before I add like 5 more awesome Godzilla soundtracks. [spoiler]Mesa Tank Super Freeze Attack (From "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah") Title Credits (from the Movie "Destroy All Monsters")[/spoiler] But yeah, bow down to the mighty violin, piano, and orchestra. [s]and you all thought ikaru was the moody one[/s]