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* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Dragonbane, potentially. It changes attributes depending on your level when you find it, and at maximum strength it has the same base power as a Daedric weapon, does 40 extra damage to dragons, and 10 shock damage to everything else.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Dragonbane, potentially. It changes attributes depending on your level when you find it, and at maximum strength it has the same base power as a Daedric weapon, does 40 extra damage to dragons, and 10 shock damage to everything else.
** Valdr's Lucky Dagger. It has a 25% critical hit chance, but doesn't count as an enchanted weapon for purposes of spells and the like. Combine it with Elemental Fury, which at level 3 fully doubles attack speed, and you'll quickly slice apart most anything in seconds. And for stealth characters, sneak attacks and critical hits are separate multipliers, so with Assassin's Blade it does 30x normal damage, on top of whatever other damage-boosting perks you have.
** Valdr's Lucky Dagger. It has a 25% critical hit chance, but doesn't count as an enchanted weapon for purposes of spells and the like. Combine it with Elemental Fury, which at level 3 fully doubles attack speed, and you'll quickly slice apart most anything in seconds. And for stealth characters, sneak attacks and critical hits are separate multipliers, so with Assassin's Blade it does 30x normal damage, on top of whatever other damage-boosting perks you have.
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: Carlotta Valentia in Whiterun, who claims to get "a lot of attention from men". She's not unattractive but far from being someone men would be falling over themselves to get to.
** [[Wild Mass Guessing|Maybe her late husband bragged about how amazing she was in bed.]]
** If you come across the book "A Gentleman's Guide to Whiterun" by Mikael (the bard in the Bannered Mare, and one of the men who's after Carlotta), he states in it that she is a "magnificent beauty".
* [[Informed Attribute]]: Balimund in Riften says he feeds his forge fire salts so the flames burn hotter, and it's common knowledge among Whiterun and the Companions that something about the Skyforge makes the steel it turns out stronger. Forging weapons in these two forges offers the same weapons with the same stats as any other forge, though the Skyforge blacksmith forges unique weapons from it.
* [[Informed Attribute]]: Balimund in Riften says he feeds his forge fire salts so the flames burn hotter, and it's common knowledge among Whiterun and the Companions that something about the Skyforge makes the steel it turns out stronger. Forging weapons in these two forges offers the same weapons with the same stats as any other forge, though the Skyforge blacksmith forges unique weapons from it.
* [[Informed Flaw]]: Walk up to a guard, any guard at all. Some time you're bound to hear them say "[[Memetic Mutation|I used to be an adventurer like you... then I took an arrow in the knee]]". In no way, shape or form, does this inconvenience their patrolling or even fighting skills. Presumably it just made them more averse to taking risks rather than being a permanent injury.
* [[Informed Flaw]]: Walk up to a guard, any guard at all. Some time you're bound to hear them say "[[Memetic Mutation|I used to be an adventurer like you... then I took an arrow in the knee]]". In no way, shape or form, does this inconvenience their patrolling or even fighting skills. Presumably it just made them more averse to taking risks rather than being a permanent injury.
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** Also, in-world, Dragonrend. Basically, you're telling the dragon that they're, "Mortal, Finite, Temporary", something that they don't have a word for or understand in their own minds since, before man, they've never had to deal with the concept of life ending for them. What it does is mindscrews the dragon so badly that they don't have the mental capacity to fly, or Shout, for a few seconds.
** Also, in-world, Dragonrend. Basically, you're telling the dragon that they're, "Mortal, Finite, Temporary", something that they don't have a word for or understand in their own minds since, before man, they've never had to deal with the concept of life ending for them. What it does is mindscrews the dragon so badly that they don't have the mental capacity to fly, or Shout, for a few seconds.
* {{spoiler|[[Miscarriage of Justice]]:}} You can accidentally get {{spoiler|the court wizard of windhelm}} arrested, if the player doesn't catch the subtle clues and goes straight to the authorities, {{spoiler|instead of confronting him directly.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Miscarriage of Justice]]:}} You can accidentally get {{spoiler|the court wizard of windhelm}} arrested, if the player doesn't catch the subtle clues and goes straight to the authorities, {{spoiler|instead of confronting him directly.}}
* [[Mondegreen]]: The lyrics in the trailer were initially thought by some to be English, but are actually in the language of dragons:
{{quote|Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
Naal ok zin los vahriin
Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
Fod nust hon zindro zaan
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal }}
** Which translates to:
{{quote|Dragonborn, Dragonborn
By his honor is sworn
To keep evil forever at bay
And the fiercest foes rout
When they hear triumph's shout
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray }}
** Hilariously, as one Youtube commentor pointed out, it's also possible to mishear it as a spot-on Stormcloak anthem!
{{quote|For the king! For the king!
For the sons of Skyrim!
For our land! For our home! For the Empire's blood!
For the Nords! For the gods! For the sole single <ref>or perhaps "prodigal"</ref> son!
Our king, our king who'll dawn with victory! }}
** Also, this bit of misheard lyrics, by many a youtuber, from the trailer (starts just after the fus ro da) and they couldn't be more true:
{{quote|Says the Lord
Fucking cool
Oh my God
[[Gratuitous Spanish|Me gusta]] }}
* [[Money for Nothing]]: It's quite easy to make a fortune, simply loot everything and every one you see and know how to exploit the crafting system to make items more expensive than the materials used to make them. However, ingredients can be found in the wild, crafting materials can be mined for, and every equipment piece in the game aside from a handful of unique items can be forged, and those unique items can have their effects duplicated on crafted weapons. All you'll really need to buy regularly are potions, soul gems and ingots for crafting, and they're dirt cheap, and if you want player housing it's pretty expensive to outfit your homes with all the extras, but those are one-time purchases. Eventually the problem will come up that merchants just don't have enough gold to pay you for all the loot you want to unload on them, forcing you to travel from town to town selling off your stock.
* [[Money for Nothing]]: It's quite easy to make a fortune, simply loot everything and every one you see and know how to exploit the crafting system to make items more expensive than the materials used to make them. However, ingredients can be found in the wild, crafting materials can be mined for, and every equipment piece in the game aside from a handful of unique items can be forged, and those unique items can have their effects duplicated on crafted weapons. All you'll really need to buy regularly are potions, soul gems and ingots for crafting, and they're dirt cheap, and if you want player housing it's pretty expensive to outfit your homes with all the extras, but those are one-time purchases. Eventually the problem will come up that merchants just don't have enough gold to pay you for all the loot you want to unload on them, forcing you to travel from town to town selling off your stock.
* [[Monologuing]]: It's common for an enemy to walk up and announce their intention to kill you. Sometimes, you can end the conversation quickly and kill ''them'' before they're even done speaking.
* [[Monologuing]]: It's common for an enemy to walk up and announce their intention to kill you. Sometimes, you can end the conversation quickly and kill ''them'' before they're even done speaking.
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