Now, wait, before y'all go groaning about yet another thread, I'll just say that this isn't to make a statement about the game or tell you how much it sucks, etc. This is simply to reflect on Skyrim moments, whether they be WTF glitches, awesome moments or times when your were taken aback at the scale of the game. So go wild! Also, it would be pretty neat if you could describe it to everyone fully, preferably in a cinematic and dramatic style.
For me? It would have to be the time I was clearing out bandits at a Dwarven temple (can't remember which, but it's the one at one of the final Thieves Guild quests). I'd ruthlessly slaughtered all the inhabitants of the camp, except their leader, who I found on a rooftop that ran alongside the cliff wall. I crept up there with him, and was all ready for an rooftop assassination, drawing my bow and aiming for a headshot. (I should mention this rooftop would have been 15-20m high)
But at the last moment, my finger slipped on the joystick and my arrow was sent hurtling into his shoulder. He turned and saw me, and I began backing off, until I was stuck at the end of the rooftop. He sprinted towards me, his warhammer held high. I crouched and ducked out of the way of his first strike, and as his hammer swung for the second, fatal blow, I let out a desperate FUS RO DAH.
The bandit chief's body was launched almost vertical, and ricocheted off a diagonal ledge above us, hurtling him well past the rooftop and down the enormous drop to the ground, and, simultaneously, his demise. The real kicker of my epic victory was that as I moved to ground level to loot his remains, I saw his head had, through some miracle, been caught in a beartrap. It made my day.
...OR there was the time during another Theives Guild mission, where I was told to infiltrate a house and steal evidence (no spoilers). After gathering information about the target's house, I was informed of a guard of the house, who people made out to be fearsome. Worried, I asked if there was any way around this 'watchdog', and I was told I could find someway to erase a debt he had. After finding out that erasing the debt had an entire side-quest to it, I decided to see if I could kill the guy normally without the tedious quest.
Yup. The poor bugger didn't even have time to draw his weapon, when I leapt on him with a power attack. Boom, death cinematic, and a sword straight through the heart, and finally a slash along the cheek and he was dead. I couldn't believe it was that easy.
For me? It would have to be the time I was clearing out bandits at a Dwarven temple (can't remember which, but it's the one at one of the final Thieves Guild quests). I'd ruthlessly slaughtered all the inhabitants of the camp, except their leader, who I found on a rooftop that ran alongside the cliff wall. I crept up there with him, and was all ready for an rooftop assassination, drawing my bow and aiming for a headshot. (I should mention this rooftop would have been 15-20m high)
But at the last moment, my finger slipped on the joystick and my arrow was sent hurtling into his shoulder. He turned and saw me, and I began backing off, until I was stuck at the end of the rooftop. He sprinted towards me, his warhammer held high. I crouched and ducked out of the way of his first strike, and as his hammer swung for the second, fatal blow, I let out a desperate FUS RO DAH.
The bandit chief's body was launched almost vertical, and ricocheted off a diagonal ledge above us, hurtling him well past the rooftop and down the enormous drop to the ground, and, simultaneously, his demise. The real kicker of my epic victory was that as I moved to ground level to loot his remains, I saw his head had, through some miracle, been caught in a beartrap. It made my day.
...OR there was the time during another Theives Guild mission, where I was told to infiltrate a house and steal evidence (no spoilers). After gathering information about the target's house, I was informed of a guard of the house, who people made out to be fearsome. Worried, I asked if there was any way around this 'watchdog', and I was told I could find someway to erase a debt he had. After finding out that erasing the debt had an entire side-quest to it, I decided to see if I could kill the guy normally without the tedious quest.
Yup. The poor bugger didn't even have time to draw his weapon, when I leapt on him with a power attack. Boom, death cinematic, and a sword straight through the heart, and finally a slash along the cheek and he was dead. I couldn't believe it was that easy.
