Or marry an Argonian?

DiD is something I will try soon, in fact my next character is going to be a Khajiit mage so maybe I will try it with him

I died at level 4 after thinking a giant waving his club in the air was saying hello.... he wasn't

I have started two characters so far. Because I have been fool-hardy, both have died at least once before level 10. I think my next one is going to be an uber-serious roleplay character and DiD style of play. Less fool-hardiness and more caution. If the thread is still alive at certain intervals, I'll update my progress.

On record, Level 46. I was a full on sword and shield warrior but I was one-shotted by a trap because I didn't have health potions to heal myself and was at like a sliver of health left. Didn't have enough common sense to wait for health to regenerate.

Yeah, level 1 for me as well.
I ran ahead and got into the spiders which scared me [censored]less. Still don't like spiders. Oddly enough I don't mind them in real life, but they're not that bloody big.

Level 54.... right outside High Hrothgar, tried to smoke a bowl, leaned on my A key and ended my DiD play through, I almost cried, then started again. We all know the beginning is the best part of tes anyways!

I'm... not really sure what you're talking about. Obviously, reloading is a no-no, unless the game is glitched. The only thing I'd consider "cheating" is finding what is clearly a bug and exploiting it. Ie, if you know how to trigger the glitch that causes everything to permanently slow down when that quick reflexs perk activates, and you do so to kill everything easily? Cheating. Taking advantage of going into the menu to pause, so you can drink potions? Not cheating. Restoration potion loops? I'd have to go with cheating. Making separate sets of +resist gear (learned my lesson on that one), using Fade frequently with 40% shout cooldown so you can use it almost contantly if you need to? Not cheating.

I'm not going for "realism". At least not until they come out with a game that truly acts realistic. If I wasn't going to use stuff like hotkeys or drinking potions to offset the interface issues, I'd end up going pure stealth and sniping everything with a bow all the time. Not as much fun since the AI, like in most games, is completely stupid about stealth. Not that hard either, unless you including staving off boredom in the difficulty. I also don't grind blacksmith/enchant, since that makes it too easy. Didn't max those until mid-40s.

Granted, I do feel *slightly* guilty putting an absorb 1 stam enchant on my sword. I really don't understand why you need 20 mana to cast a spell that costs 20 mana, but you only need 1 stamina to perform a bash or power attack that would normally take much more. That's so obvious I can't imagine it's a bug and they missed it though.

And yeah, it was two hits, but not everything kills you in two hits on master. The only things that give me problems are power attacks from two handed weapons (because the kill animation can kick in if I don't have my shield up when it starts), and dragons. Otherwise I was able to stay out of trouble. Taking the quick reflex perk (and vegetable soup) helps a lot in that regard.

Don't mind him Vardis. No one knows what he's really talking about. He's been posting garbage all day.

I feel your pain, got 3 shot by a briarheart @ level 53, ending the only DiD character I'll ever play. Was killing everything easily, felt nigh invincible, started using two handed weapons as an archer for laughs, could tank Draugr Death Overlord with an ebony weapon no problem. Go to some forsworn place, slaughter everything up to the briarheart which kills me probably 2 seconds or less with a dual wield power attack thing. After that I just can't take the combat seriously at all, I knew it was a joke before but that really cemented it for me and killed my motivation to keep playing.

Up until my late 20s. Don't remember what killed me, though I do remember it was like breaking the seal on dying - I've died MANY times since then, and not too long afterwards, either.

I wil never, ever play DiD. Ever. Otherwise I'd end up with a situation like that. ^ The only thing that keeps me from playing right now are the CTDs that are actually preventing me from progressing in the game.

Yeah, I typically keep random wandering and deep dungeon-diving to a minimum until I have a high-end suit of armor and good-high magic resistance, so that the first boss I run into doesn't summarily one-shot me. I also take a great deal of care when peeking over a ledge, since I can't afford to accidentally drop down a 300-foot deep hole.

For those wondering why we do this: we've found that we have a stronger connection to characters we can actually lose, because it makes them feel more 'real'. As a result, we are more invested in their stories and do everything we can to keep them alive so that said stories can continue to unfold. Yes, it can be annoying when one of us loses a character he/she put 50+ hours into, but we're willing to pay that price in exchance for our characters actually having substance.

That actually sounds like a good reason. I just figured I was being too much of a perfectionist and had a personality disorder or something.

Seriously though, Beth did a great job with making the game feel expansive enough (especially if you don't fast travel & remove the compass) and with plenty of atmosphere, that I feel like playing each character is a "story" rather than simply a "game". I think I may be getting close to ending my run of DiD characters though, since one of these days I would like to have the story end happily, and not being vivsected by some dwarven trap, or bitten in half by a dragon.

I just had a High Elf who didn't make it out of the tutorial.

I've got 6 characters all lvl 40 or higher and never had a death on any of them. I do play on the easiest setting so I doubt I'll ever see a death in this game.

Got killed in my first Draugr fight in Bleak falls. Think I was still level 1. Leveling is so damn fast in this game it coulda been 2, don't recall.

I don't think I've died on my level 53 warrior character on master, came very close, but I play very defensively. 1h, block, restoration, conjuration and heavy armor.

I know if I played the DiD thing, I would be more careful and would probably die more often ha, I take a few risks that pay of now and again, without even worrying about death.

I totally agree with this.

As a sidenote, last night I almost lost my DiD in that dungeon that's underwater, at the lake kinda near Riverwood. Was down to a bare sliver of health and hid to choke down my last heal potions and rest some. I lost Sven in the fight though. When I finally got to him there was nothing left but a pile of ashes. I blame myself. He told me a few times he had a bad feeling about being down there and I didn't listen.

I don`t get how you guys get to so high a level without dying. You`re either cheating or are on Easy. Even on Expert you`ll die way before level 40, even level 20...

Anyway, i`m on Master and died 1st time on level 2. Which isn`t saying much.

My main skills were block, heavy armor, 1h, conjuration and restoration. That's how I don't die on master . I don't play DiD though, if I did I would probably die.

And you got really far without dying on that?

Amazing that it is possible. I`ll take your word for it though.

It's all about block, even at low levels a giant on master couldn't kill me through blocking. Then I just move back and heal, considering how easy giants are to dodge as well, I also have a summon to sponge damage for me.

I didn't use the crafting skills extensively either. I only had the steel and arcane smithing perks, so I could improve my steel armor.

heh cheating.

I have a method. Did you know if you put a few perks into 2 handed and used a steel battleaxe you can two shot every draugr in bleakfalls for example? Pinewatch is also one of my favorite hangouts after I leave bleakfalls. Blacksmithing is also interesting. I'll never forget when I got an ebony battleaxe at level 15 and my dwarven battleaxe was only 2 damage behind it. Do you know how to make paralyze poison? Did you know there are a lot of paralyze poison ingredients outside Morthal? Did you know you could buy a horse easily at level 5 and run north from Whiterun to the **** Stone, a very good early stone, farther north is a mine and due west from that mine is Morthal. The whole way I enounter on average, 1 saber cat or bear, 3 bandits, 3 wolves, 1 icewolf, and one frostbite spider. All of which, if necessary, Lydia can easily handle by herself. Paralyze the cat if I'm solo.

Once at Morthal, the court wizard, at his house, has a nice assortment of soul gems, some may even trap human souls. Good place to stock up. Due west of Whiterun is probably on average, 10-15 low level bandits, good for killing and usually a few quests tied to them. 3-4 slow poison, (hint: Morthal) and a hunting bow will allow you to kill giants at any level. Good gold to be made and few archery skill up is never bad. A certain dog will need help with his master. Follow him and he will tank anything that gets in his way. A good quest with good loot and low risk. And to end my rant, ICE FORM. Do not leave home without it.

I think it has a lot to do with your mindset - Myself, I constantly am thinking "what would I do if I were really in this situation", or "do I really want to do this right now" ... be very cautious, always have a rehearsed escape plan/escape route when taking dangerous risks. Also, evaluating the risk and maybe not taking it right now until you're better equipped. Sprint like a scared jackrabbit on a hot griddle if you get surprised. Might not be heroic but you'll be alive to assess the situation and come back prepared - A dead hero ain't a hero, he's just dead.

Two. Bandits.

Currently at Level 4 haha.

Since it is so easy for this game to kill my character, which I really like, DiD is not something I want to do in this game. I have been killed at almost every level by most anything in this game for one reason or another. I even had a Clam kill me the other night. Well, I drowned in 3 feet of water trying to harvest it.