Gaming

Even though it's never been proven, everyone seems to believe/accept that you get a lot more random dragon spawns if you use fast travel.
As you know, I'm a big fan of slowly walking everywhere (in my story I think I've only fast travelled twice via the map; once to avoid a nasty fort early on and once in the Mage's College story where a character urges you to get somewhere "immediately!", but I do seem to take carriages more and more) so perhaps that's the reason why.
It's probably to do with the way that the in-game time advances forward when you travel that way.

Charlotte wrote:

*takes a shot*
Dragon acts funny. Dragon doesn't really act at all. Dragon looks dead.


 

Did it crash to the ground after being shot out of the sky?
It's very satisfying when that happens, unless there isn't a good place for it to land. On those occasions it usually flies around a little bit longer looking for a good place to die.

I think it landed first and the guards shot it while I was trying to get around the towers and cliffs and such while still remaining safe

But now I'm traversing some mountains and I lost Lydia somewhere along the way, and I came across a Khajit caravan, I think, who are all cowering in the grass due to what I think is a troll running back and forth along the length of their spread out caravan. And I have all my troll slaying stuff in a bedside table at home.

(I should mention that said troll slaying stuff has never been used to actually slay a troll, I just figured those particular items would be a bit more useful than my usual weapon of choice)

And now I need to know what weapon it is that you choose?

hammer I think I just equip whatever hits the hardest It's usually something two-handed. But I read you should have a shield for the troll. Even so I did manage to defeat it so the caravan could move on. And did they thank me? Nope, they just mentioned the weather in Elsweyr ( ) and went on their way.

I then tried to find a camp and a bedroll but instead I found an angry bear (which killed me fast) , reloaded and found a small mining "town" of three houses and a watch tower. The guards were dead

But now I'm stopping for the night, certain to once again dream of lists of Skyrim loot.

Yeah, I always went for the big hitting two hander.
I found the hammers a bit slow and heavy so greatswords were my thing. Especially after that early rescue quest allowed me to get some Elven loot. That golden greatsword was forever in my hands until I got the Ebony stuff.
These days I try to level up my one handed skill with an axe/shield combo and I only learned about the block/stun shield move far too late in the game.
But if I ever get into a tricky fight, that Ebony Blade comes back out of the inventory.

Valence wrote:

Anyway, I'm off now because I've got some goodies for Ysolda again, I'll see if I can catch her in time for a late night drink at the Bannered Mare.

Yes, I've got all that stuff you need and you're right, it is a fine day with me around. But look at my hat!!
That's the most important thing.

 

Style.

I killed a dragon! Well, Lydia helped, but I killed it! And it was just the two of us! and then the dead dragon fell all the way off the mountain and the current road only leads up

Look on the bright side. All those heavy dragon bones/scales would have left you over-encumbered.
At least you got its soul.

I found it... It took a bit of searching and yes I got over encumbered - in a place Lydia couldn't get to. But she wasn't too far away so that's all sorted. I now finally got to the place I was actually going but things seem a bit odd. First corpse doesn't have an E so I can't loot it. Next we were attacked by like 6-8 people? Most died straight off, but one kept going. I got a message that my magicka was low - but I wasn't using magic, I was using my two handed weapon and my health was also low, so I ate some stuff, kept fighting, health went down again, took some potions, went back to the fight (tabbed away inventory) and died. My health was full. I mean, it was like 0.1 seconds before I died.