As a Level 20 Khajiti Vampire, I was venturing around the Statue of Azura until I caught eye of a flying dragon ((Blood Dragon)). Flying dragons could mean two things:
- Free Dragon soul XD
- Dragon shrine
So as me and my companion Faendal travel up to find the dragon and all, I had forgotten that it’s been a few days since I last had blood ( I was at Stage 3, and just now hit stage 4) and my Fire Vulnerability was already at 100%
At this point I didn’t know how long I would last against it, especially since I had to gamble if it was a Yol (Fire) or Fo (Frost) user. Apparently the game trolled me and it so happened to be a Yol user Dragon. . .Ha Ha swell, but lucky, me being smart and taking precautions knowing my weaknesses as a Vamp packed up plenty of Fire resistance potions, and lots of Magicka potions and Elsweyr Fondue. I mean, yeah I gonna still take one hell of a punch from it’s fire breath, but at least with Healing and Fast Heal, Plus with my Regeneration perk to buff my Healing spells, I could survive the fire onslaught, along with Elsweyr Fondue regenerating my Magicka faster.
So after about 5-6 minutes of fighting and keeping my health as stable as I could keep it, I finally take the damn bastard down, feeling proud that I slayed a Dragon at Stage 4 Vampirism. After the battle, I take my bones and scales and 500 gold off him and give him to my Companion…but wait…oh hohoho…wait…the AI just NOW decides to go out and attack me. Meaning that not only must I kill my helper, but I now no longer have a walking blood bank/pack mule, and I had to restart from my previous save and fight the freaking Blood Dragon AGAIN!!!!
But of course I kept my cool and thought of it this way… first off, and this is a habit of mine, is that I forgot I had the Shout: “MARKED FOR DEATH” which practically cut’s the armor rating of any opponent almost a third (and twice as more with a word set) which would have saved me time from a dragged on battle and kill and loot the dragon faster, which was the obvious outcome on my second fight. The second was that at the Statue of Azura, there was a bed, which means I can command Faendal to sleep and feed off him to revert to stage one again (whew!).
And so, that was my day with Skyrim. Possibly one of more tamed ones over the freaking bandit attacks I’ve encountered lately.
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My Equipment: ((Dwarven War Axe (Fine), Dwarven Bow (Fine), Novice hood (+30 Magicka), Necklace of Minor Magicka (+20 Magicka), Fur Armor (Fine), Steel Plate Bracers of Smithing (+15% Armor improvement), Steel Shin Boots (Enchanted: +30 Stamina, (Fine) ), Silver Amethyst Ring (Enchanted: +25% Magicka Regeneration))
Faendal’s Equipment: (( Dwarven sword (Fine), Elven Shield of Waning Frost (30% Frost resistance), Elven Light armor, Elven Boots, Elven Gauntlets, Leather Helmet (Fine), Elven Arrows))