Re: Well, It Looks Like I'm Going to Have to buy Skyrim ... Again
My favorite example of this:
My character was wandering across the tundra near Whiterun when a dragon swooped down to attack. I was chasing the dragon across the tundra, shooting arrows at it, and we got too close to a bandit camp. So, a bunch of bandits swarmed out. Did they do the rational thing and help me take down the dragon? Of course not -- they attacked the Dovahkiin.
So, I plowed through half a dozen or so bandits in a matter of seconds. The dragon landed, and I took it out as well. So I'm standing there, looting the half-dozen bandits and the dragon when a Thalmor patrol happens by. So, they start shouting some nonsense about "Elven Superiority" and how "You don't stand a chance against us!". I rolled a critical hit on the first one and beheaded him with the first strike; as luck would have it, I did exactly the same for the second Thalmor. The third guy had a bow and wasn't inclined to close to melee range, so I chased him down and did to him what I'd done to the other two.
So here I am: in the space of maybe a minute, I've slain an Ancient Dragon, an entire camp full of bandits, and a Thalmor patrol. While I'm standing there, surrounded by all the bodies and having taken hardly a scratch in return ... a Thief runs up and tells me that if I don't hand over all my money, he'll gut me like a fish.
I was tempted to hand him my money, just for the sheer audacity he displayed.
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