JUDE'S PROFILE

I have about 70 hours so I am up there with you. The difference is I haven't gotten a real night's sleep since getting Skyrim. I look hung over every day.

Oh, I've decided that The Lord is the best standing stone. You get 50 armor and 25% magic resist. I think the optimal master-difficulty character is probably a Breton with The Lord. Why? I am just playing on Expert and I still encounter mages that one or two-shot me if they get the chance and ancient dragons' breath is very dangerous even with the 50% fire resist I have from being a dunmer. A Breton with The Lord would have 50% resistance not just to fire but to all magic before items are even factored. I find spell damage to be very significant and mitigating that sounds like priority one on master.

I have been using The Steed on my thief ever since I found Ebony Mail (I hate being slow from heavy armor) and started finding Shadow's invisibility power redundant with my seemingly undetectable sneak at 100 skill plus armor/perk bonuses.

author=Max McGee
At Level 21. I have three swords now.

Elven Sword of Fire (20 pts. Fire Damage, 26 Base Damage)
The Pale Blade (20 pts. Frost, 40 pts. Stamina damage, and Fear on anything lower level than you (so Level 20 or lower) Base Damage 26)
Sundershock (self made, self enchanted Exquisite Dwarven Sword. Base damage 34. 12 pts. Shock Damage)

I have two daggers, though I pretty much only use one of them. One is Mehrune's Razor which has a chance to instantly execute an enemy. The one that I use more often is a glass dagger I crafted aeons ago, smithed to legendary stats and enchanted with a chance to stun for 1 second. Chance-on-hit stun is comically overpowered... shit just flops around on the ground flashing green while I stab it to death, including some "bosses."

I am not sure how long this coincidence can last (assuming it's a coincidence at all and not some kind of fault in the scripting), but the last six times I've fast traveled to Dawnstar a dragon has spawned and attacked the city every time. The corpses are kind of stacking up. Also: Shadowmere = dragon tank. This is important because ancient dragons can gobble me up in one bite or fry me in one breath.

author=Max McGee
By the way, is the double backstab damage multiplier from shrouded gloves CUMULATIVE with Assassin's Blade? i.e. x30 backstab damage with daggers? Because that would be NUTS. Even if it just concatenates it to "just" "x17" that would be fucking crazy.

Yes, it's a 30x multiplier, which is why I can't take them off.

I got a shout that lets me throw my voice to distract guards without revealing my location. This is completely useless because I already have 100 Sneak. The thieves guild quest netted me a pretty neat power. It's basically a mass frenzy that lasts 30 seconds. There are two other powers you can choose from as well, but Agent of Subterfuge seemed the most entertaining.