The Saga of Laprima Donnaugh Options

[SubRosa]

At least they were able to find Mansonn and give him a proper send off.

Lady Donnaugh's flower picking paid off, giving her the opportunity to spot the hidden sniper. Now I suspect the ambusher will become the ambushee. Yep, another one down, even as Laprima feels the guilt of ending another person's life.

Thankfully they made to Rorikstead without any further trouble, or losses. Good thing there weren't any blue-bellies waiting there.

I was about to say time for some diplomacy. But it seems that Rorik is having none of it. Maybe tomorrow morning then.

Uh oh, Sixpenny is clearly up to no good, reporting to another spy. Skullduggery is afoot...

[Renee]

@Acadian: See, that's an example of the way I game, traveling with other people. Sometimes there'll be that one archer or spellcaster, standing off to the side. I'll go for that one guy or gal, rather than try swinging weapons, or firing a bow into the crowd. But in this case, the brawl happened exactly as written. Laprima was picking plants, and lo, there's a bandit archer standing off to the side.

Oh yeah, she's still got feelings when combating others. She's got more compassion than I do! But yeah, she's putting herself in situations she's not 100% comfortable with when combat occurs. But we can also liken this to real-life soldiers, right?

Glad you picked up on the Sixpenny part at the end! See, maybe this wouldn't have the same impact as if the entire chapter was posted as one, right?


@SubRosa: Mansonn's body was found, yes. Robber's Gorge was a mess of corpses, so it was tricky dragging the fellow off to the side, but that was done as well.

I've read about complaints how archery was "too easy" when Skyrim was new, and it indeed does feel like she's taken down the two bandits she directly caused injury to so far. But I don't care. I'm not changing difficulty away from Adept. Maybe this is due to so many players saying Oblivion archery was too hard.

Later on in life she'll get to the point where she's becoming jaded.


@No one in particular: I noticed something about Robber's Gorge and the intersection of roads; two places baddies congregate. The bandits didn't attack until the party made it deep into bandit territory. They usually attack before we get into the intersection, for instance, and the archers of RG also begin firing their arrows well before we make it to their boulder trap. But maybe this is because gamers are typically nearing these locations from the other direction. In effect, the game starts in Helgen, most times folks are going to be headed to Riverwood + Whiterun first, and then at some point travel north toward Solitude. Laprima's party is headed from the other direction, heading mostly south.