October 27, 2012 10:38 AM EDT
in the topic
Rage moments in the forum
Elder Scrolls
The worst one for me was an event I call "The Immortal Bandit Chief". I was playing on Master, just having slain the first dragon (Mirmulnir, I believe is how it is spelled) and traveling along the dreaded walk to Ivarstead. The Valtheim Towers come into view and I decide to venture in and tear up the bandits. More than once I ducked for cover, shot off a few arrows and cast a healing spell, but in the end all the lower-end bandits were slain. All that was left was the big guy, the bandit chief. Arming myself with my trusted sword and shield I ran forward and bashed the guy on the bridge. By sheer luck I actually knocked him off the edge! I was relieved, because I feared the bandit chief would butcher me.Strangely though, the little red dot did not disappear as he hit the ground (Yes, ground, he landed between the tower and the river). The next thing I know the "Immortal Bandit Chief" is barging up the stairway, pissed and ready to cleave me in two. Like any good warrior I steel myself for the battle, slashing away at the fiend desperately trying to cut him down. As half of my health disappears I notice I've barely nicked his, almost as if my blows were not even connecting. In a last ditch effort I use "Fus" to stun him, then bashed with my shield repeatedly until he went off the edge again. Landing in the river the guy survived, but, I used my beloved bow to keep him in the water with a Frost Enchantment.
Off the edge of the waterfall he goes, and I breathe once more, sure that death has befallen him. The red dot is gone and I begin to loot around, though the scrap was barely worth taking I still felt the need to at least gain some reward from this intense battle.
Then, I see this little red dot pop up and I look down to see the Bandit Chief clambering back up the road. At that point I decided to run like a little school girl, this guy would not die!
That fight was one of the most annoying battles I have ever had in Skyrim, and everywhere I search I can find no one who has had the same experience. Have any of you ever faced an enemy who just seemed indestructible?
I came back to the towers on the way back to Whiterun from High Hrothgar and stopped in on the guy, and his immortality was gone. At the moment I lopped his head off (I love that perk!) I actually felt like Highlander.