After escaping Helgen I ended up outside of a cave with my pal Ralof. Ralof was pretty helpful when it came to clearing some things up. I was able to ask things like who is Ulfric and why was he captured. Speaking with Ralof helped me understand the kind of setting the world of Skyrim takes place. Skyrim being a fantasy land in the midst of some kind of dispute.
Following Ulfric led me to a nice little town called "Riverwood". In Riverwood I met his sister and husband. His sister was pretty friendly offering me supplies and a key to her house. The husband on the other hand gave off the impression that he didn't like me staying. Walking around I noticed I was able to talk to almost everyone and was allowed to do many things from simply trading or taking up requests.
The most amazing thing was the option to pickpocket or just steal something off of someones desk. Since I found a couple traders earlier I came up with a quick get rich quick scheme. Just take some loot I found laying around and then sell it to the nearest merchant. Unfortunately this plan was foiled. Apparently you can't sell stolen loot. What made this even worse was a villager called Alvor. I had a feeling he was catching onto me because he followed me around town for most of the night. Of course this villagers actions ruined my plan of just stealing gold from around town. So naturally I decided to take the smithing supplies he had laying around his work area. Sure this decision might not have been the best, seeing as some of the villagers were kind enough to let me stay with them. But I feel it was justified.
Something I noticed while exploring Riverwood is that it seemed like the three claims had changed. Before arriving the three claims revolved around us (the prisoners) escaping execution and hiding in the town of Riverwood. After talking to the villagers it seemed like the three claims were moving from that to the sudden appearance of a dragon. It feels like the fact that I escaped didn't matter anymore. That the main problem was that dragons are here and were troublesome. Even though one happened to save us. Just saying.
What I noticed was Riverwood had an abundance of treasure if you were willing to dig for it. This is where I feel like Skyrim was allowing me to use my awareness skills to look around and give myself an edge when starting out. For example the smithing supplies. They were useful for upgrading my equipment allowing my character to have better gear. This could also be applied to something like doing a lab. Usually when people are doing a lab they just follow the procedure and go step by step until the end, which is extremely inefficient. But something I have been doing lately was looking ahead and seeing where I can optimize my time. Doing this allowed me and my lab partner to avoid a few close calls when it came to doing labs. In this case reading ahead was like finding the smithing supplies. It better prepared me for the future.
I dig that you formulated a get rich plan while under the threat of a dragon. Goes to show that life as an adventurer is often layered with other opportunities other than survive. Well if you invest in your skills in persuasion, you'll be rich in no time man! I am curious as to what you mean by saying the three claims had changed.
ReplyDeleteI find your thoughts fascinating . starting the game with stealing instead of completing tasks I believe also you are more suited to be an imperial because they get some sort of bonus gold anyway its character and you can do whatever you want to .
ReplyDeletefinal note in the beginning of the second paragraph was Ulfric who you followed or Ralof .