The Best Way To Kill a Dragon. ICE-FORM! : V

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:27 am

Most of us have probably seen the Ice Form Shout where you can freeze an enemy and they essentially fall over or freeze in place.

It occurred to me just a minute ago that if you shoot this at a flying dragon it would probably just keep flying and crash into something, or just straight drop to the ground.

opinions on this strategy/idea?

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:19 pm

I wonder if this would affect them as it was said that not all things would be

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:34 pm

I wonder if this would affect them as it was said that not all things would be

Ah Crap...didn't catch that detail. I hope it does. I imagine it would though because as far as the story concept is concerned, it seems that dragon shouts are implemented in the story to be able to fight dragons. At least as far as lore is concerned.

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:22 am

Ah Crap...didn't catch that detail. I hope it does. I imagine it would though because as far as the story concept is concerned, it seems that dragon shouts are implemented in the story to be able to fight dragons. At least as far as lore is concerned.

It may cause frost damage but as far as freezing them solid... I think it would make it a little to easy to just "hey there is a dragon.... Now its a frozen dragon ...aannnnndddd (while dragon is frozen and falling then...) now it's a bunch of frozen dragon pices!"

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:14 am

It may cause frost damage but as far as freezing them solid... I think it would make it a little to easy to just "hey there is a dragon.... Now its a frozen dragon ...aannnnndddd (while dragon is frozen and falling then...) now it's a bunch of frozen dragon pices!"

i'm not positive they always shatter....it may just break the ice off of them...but i'm thinking it would at least knock them to the ground effectively

» Tue May 15, 2012 11:36 am

I wonder can NPC cast such shout on player character?

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:03 am

I wonder can NPC cast such shout on player character?

I'm 100% positive they cannot.

Hence the significance of you being a dragonborn and a singular figure from a prophecy. It isn't just some trade that a select few pick up. It's a legendary hero mannn

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:36 am

I wonder can NPC cast such shout on player character?

Not unless you procreate and by chance your kid also has it... Then don't piss him off (although we don't really know if the dragon soul thing is hereditary or not but dragon blood is)

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:21 pm

i think that could work just fine if you could make the shout reach them when their flying around, i doubt it would kill a dragon tough and once out of the casing it wouldnt be hurt enough that it couldnt fly, so it would just take of again

» Tue May 15, 2012 11:56 am

I'm 100% positive they cannot.

Hence the significance of you being a dragonborn and a singular figure from a prophecy. It isn't just some trade that a select few pick up. It's a legendary hero mannn

The th' um? Im pretty shure others can also do this rare but its not just an action that dragons and dragonborn can preform.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:20 am

The th' um? Im pretty shure others can also do this rare but its not just an action that dragons and dragonborn can preform.

Nobody but dragon born and dragons can use them, Todd said so himself

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:32 am

I'm 100% positive they cannot.

Hence the significance of you being a dragonborn and a singular figure from a prophecy. It isn't just some trade that a select few pick up. It's a legendary hero mannn

dragons can do it to us and also if you do it on a dragon it thaws out

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:04 pm

Nobody but dragon born and dragons can use them, Todd said so himself

Then what are the grey beards? All dragonborn?

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:41 pm

Then what are the grey beards? All dragonborn?

no not dragonborn

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:01 am

Then what are the grey beards? All dragonborn?

They only know the language they can't use the shouts

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:24 am

I'm 100% positive they cannot.

Hence the significance of you being a dragonborn and a singular figure from a prophecy. It isn't just some trade that a select few pick up. It's a legendary hero mannn

Even if such shout was done by some powerful Dragon Priest or even by by Alduin himself?

Not unless you procreate and by chance your kid also has it... Then don't piss him off (although we don't really know if the dragon soul thing is hereditary or not but dragon blood is)

In SI you need fight your Doppelganger just think about your evil copy thats capable on all what you can do will reappear in Skyrim?

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:04 pm

Don't think you really need to use fancy abilities on dragons when they die in minutes to the run and mash the attack button strategy :laugh:

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:10 am

They only know the language they can't use the shouts

You'll want to think about that again... also maybe read the lore article on UESP about the Voice.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:04 pm

Th'um is different. It has a steam engine. Dragon shouts have a diesel engine.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:17 pm

You'll want to think about that again... also maybe read the lore article on UESP about the Voice.

It never said they can it says

"A dragonborn (or Dovahkiin in the Dragon tongue) can use a type of magic known as "Dragon Shouts". Dragon shouts are spoken in the Dragon Language, and can manipulate dragons in a variety of unknown ways, as well as performing other kinds of magic, also undocumented."

Greybeards are masters of the voice but you must be dragonborn to use a shout

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:39 am

They only know the language they can't use the shouts

they can, ive seen them use them in the leaked footage, and to my understanding there are two different sources to their power, the humans got their abillity to shout from Kynareth and the dragons got them from Akatosh

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:49 pm

They only know the language they can't use the shouts

I just re read the wiki and it says they can and several of the masters are commonly gagged and during a war they were used for martial purposes .... The shouts were the seige weapons.

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:03 am

I know that other nords can learn to use the Thu'um, which is the origin of the dragon shout in Nordic Culture. But i'm just saying i highly doubt you'll run into NPC's that can do this in skyrim. It's quite rare in the ES lore and the focus of the game is that you are a rare and epic hero of rare and epic birth; born to fulfill a prophecy of one who can use the dragon shouts

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:26 am

Todd said some other npcs can use shouts in one of his interviews a while back. the dragonborn is special for other reason.

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:29 am

It could work In sovviet Russia