Oldman and Rowan, Thank you. I have not pickpocketed anyone yet and have been been dropping my stored items in my rooms. I shall be neat and store them properly now.

JeanK, enchanting and blacksmithing are two of the most valuable things to spend time on. The more you practise, the better you get, and the more skills you buy in those skill trees, the better gear you can make.

Lydia and I have all Legendary or Epic gear with very powerful enchantments I made myself. I take on dragons and other powerful baddies with my sword, now, never mind all that ranged silliness - and I'm still only at around level 50 in one-handed. My enchanted sword, Revenge, steals health and souls, making me a rather bad person for any unsuspecting boss enemy to attack. The only thing that can get me now is an archer with a powerful bow, and I always let Lydia, easily detected because of her heavy armour, soak up that damage, while I sneak around for the backstab.

No problem. It'll be fun! Once you get the hang of it, you'll love it. << a dancing tomato for no reason.

F3 will always be my fave, but Oblivion was a wonderful game and I was shocked by how much I enjoyed it. I didn't expect to. I thought New Vegas was good but it didn't pull me in nearly as much as those other two. I had much more fun modding NV than I ever did playing it. Morrowind... well, I never could get into that one. I didn't get the hang of the combat in it and it frustrated me to no end whenever I tried to kill something. I eventually gave up.


On a side note about Skyrim: Has anyone else noticed that after a while, the glow from the unpicked nirnroot plants get really, really bright? I swear I can see some of them from miles away. *lol*

Morrowind... well, I never could get into that one. I didn't get the hang of the combat in it and it frustrated me to no end whenever I tried to kill something. I eventually gave up.

When you first install Morrowind and choose options, select "best combat always" (or words to that effect - I can't remember the exact phrase).
Then you can simply "click on your foe" to fight it

[I never understood the complicated "other" system, either !!]

Oh, thank you for that, Mad! I never knew about that. I'll definitely look into it and give it another go.

I finished! I'm so happy. The ending was wonderful, and everyone loves me. Yah for me!
Hahaha It took me almost 400 hours: twice through (but not quite through the first time) and I only did the main Thieves quest, and none of the Dark Brotherhood. I'm celebrating with a nice glass of red wine, and I'm starting over as a Nord blond (says dark haired Annie)!

Congratulations Annie, So glad you finished and are heading back in!

Thank you, L4L! It was grand!

Congratulations Annie! I'm only in about 24 hours, and losing track of time while playing.

I took a trip to Solitude to join the Legion. Where is the guy I'm supposed to talk to? I talked to the general and the palace and he told me to talk to him, but I'm not sure where he is. I've been wandering around a while now.

JeanK, you're looking for Tullius? He's in Castle Dour. If you just go up those steps on the left after you enter Solitude (like you're going to the blacksmith) you'll see a passageway. Just go through there and you'll come out to a courtyard. There's usually a lot of Imperial soldiers and guards wandering around there. Go through the only door you'll see and he's in there. You'll hear him in there, arguing with his legate.

Hi Anne! Thanks for your reply, but I already talked to Tullius. He told me to talk to someone else, whose name I can't remember right now. I'll have to go back and talk to him again and see what he says, and I'll let you know.

Oh, I gotcha! I think he wants to you to talk to his legate after first speaking with him, and she's usually right in the room with him. She sends you on a small quest. I can't recall her name off the top of my head either...

Annie, since you've been through once, who did you side with?

I've done almost nothing on the main quest because I don't know which way to go. Also I'm making no progress because I love wandering and have barely touched the centre of the map where the river runs...and the Thieves Guild never seems to run out of quests, nor does the Dark Brotherhood.

I haven't really done anything on the main quest either. I guess fighting the dragon in Whiterun is part of it, but I'm saving that for when I get stronger.

I really need to get to the mages city to sign up, although I've been using my two handed weapons a lot more than the magic, lol. And I'm training in lockpicking too. So, I'll be a little bit of everything I guess.

hagatha I sided with the Empire. I think Ulfric is totally cute, but I don't trust him. I also wandered forever and I put the main quest off until the last.

Starting over is hard! I hate going back to being poor and feeble.