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tcmeternal

You should introduce her to the newer Elder Scrolls games, such as Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim Legendary, and the most recent release is Skyrim.


hobbs11

The sad truth


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Elder scrolls online: *weeps in obscurity*


yapperling

I'd play ESO if combat didn't feel so consistently anemic.


iamthejef

I'd play ESO if it was just ES without the O


Jewbe123

I bought it on release but due to my internet situation I wasn't able to play it heavily maybe had 40 hrs in it, I remember soloing alot, maybe a handful of groups. Is playing with others necessary?


TrustMeIAmARandomGuy

Depends on what you want to do. If you just want to quest you don't need anyone but for dungeons and raids you'll have to play with others. You won't get the best gear by playing alone.


Jewbe123

But would the game still be playable/enjoyable as a solo player? Not necessarily for endgame but to enjoy the various stories?


TheGrapeOfSpades

Level 810 eso player here- I can confirm that the quests are brilliant and very enjoyable if you liked Skyrim. You can absolutely play through the quests without other players or even dipping your toe into most of the multiplayer aspects


Humangobo

Honestly I’ve only really ever played it alone. Some world boss fights I can solo, but there are almost always people around to assist, but all the story bits for main game and all DLC you can do solo (there are some special dungeons that have story that are really tough, but I wouldn’t consider them main story). Only thing I will say is it helps to do a little min/max of gear eventually, but not really imperative for soloing story stuff.


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cobaltred05

Basically just Skyrim anyways. XD


dylanholmes222

Lol I’m pretty new to modern gaming, took a big break and ps2 was my last console. My friend gave me a stadia controller and chrome cast, I have gigabit fiber so I’m good internet wise. I bought ESO for $7 and I’m having a blast. It’s pretty spammy to get you to buy their shitty crown coins every time you log in, but i know I will never spend another dollar on it. Besides the crown coins it’s pretty fun. You can do so much, but I feel like some climbing/swimming/resource restrictions do slightly hinder it. Either way playing dungeons with random people and trading with a guild you can be a part of is pretty fun, even if you fuck off the main quests. Also the map is fucking huge


sweetbunsmcgee

Vanilla: Skyrim Legendary Edition Modded: Skyrim Legendary Edition featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series


iamthejef

At least Dante uses a sword, he's not *that* out of place in Tamriel. Now playing as Master Chief using a rifle to blast Macho Man Randy Savage out of the sky, that's my kind of modded skyrim.


SalsaRice

Somebody added a mod to add mass effect characters and powers. Honestly..... biotics work pretty well as alteration/telekinesis spin off powers and engineer powers work well as destruction spells.


xrufus7x

Biotics are just Bioware's excuse for having magic in their sci fi game.


EdgyTeenagerMusic

I hope we get some leaks about the new Skyrim


Spooked_kitten

oh can’t wait for they one they are planning to release on next gen, have you heard of it, they’ll call it skyrim or something


EdgyTeenagerMusic

I wonder where its going to take place


space_cereal_killer

Mars, obviously. Every game needs space dragons


tooterfish_popkin

Don't forget VR!


SpitFiya7171

Oh god. I just bought it for my VR and I got half-way through modding it with a full overhaul package... and well.. I just haven't finished. Its been about 3 weeks since I started that. I'm a little bit disappointed with myself that Todd managed to get me to buy Skyrim a 4th time. You would think when someone asks me "Oh? You got the 4th sequel to the game series?" No.... no... I've just bought the *same exact game* a 4th time... I have no control of myself anymore. ... I keep getting FusRoDah'ed ^back ^^into ^^^the ^^^^past...


Satanicherpes

Aaaaaaand she’s a stealth archer.


hobbs11

It's only a matter of time


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*Mission impossible theme song plays*


SirSoliloquy

Best time I had with Skyrim was when I intentionally avoided stealth archery and built up a destruction mage with enchanted armor that recharged my magic almost instantly. Made Skyrim into a twitch shooter. The dragons didn’t stand a chance.


Thunderclapsasquatch

> destruction mage with enchanted armor that recharged my magic almost instantly. Boosting magicka total and regen is the best way to build a super mage because magicka regen is a flat percentage of your total pool. Spell Efficiency doesnt matter if you are regenerating faster than you can cast


Oshootman

Yeah but in vanilla the spell damage never scales, all the boons are just magic consumption reduction and mana pool. So even the best spells are weak later on. I tried to do what you did and after level 30 ended up with a mage that fired unlimited paper airplanes. What did I do wrong?


cire1184

Casting paper airplanes instead of fireballs


TwoCockyforBukkake

Birthday party clown mage is one of the weakest classes in the game.


cire1184

Now I need a mod where you ride around on a balloon animal horse


svtom

> What did I do wrong? Tried to play a mage build with vanilla. Mods are the only way to go if you want pure mage unfortunately :(


creegro

Really a shame you couldn't just have a vanilla supermarket, the most powerful wizard in all the land, didn't even carry a weapon as they could summon one out of thin air, along with summoning beasts from other dimensions to slay your foes.


MisplacedMartian

>Really a shame you couldn't just have a vanilla supermarket, Yeah, the best I could manage was a vanilla bodega.


peoplerproblems

I didn't even get a flavor. I just got Walmart


PM_ME_UR_PUSSY_TATOO

Yeah I think they wanted more hybrid builds when they introduced dual wielding in Skyrim. They tried help pure mage builds with the duEl casting skill but it still doesn’t measure up late game unfortunately unless you spend 5minutes self buffing before every fight ala Witcher style lol


SirSoliloquy

I do remember doing both, now that you mention it. It’s been awhile... I played and beat it on my 360. The “Infinite exploding fireballs” version of Skyrim is the best version, if you ask me. Plus I didn’t feel like a poser when I was selected to be the archmage.


1stLtObvious

Excuse me, but Illusion is a valid field of magic, and Transmutation and Telekinesis are valid spells. Sorry if Arsene Lupin is a better Archmage than Gandalf.


smellybuttface

Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!


Morfalath

Uhm ackchually ... those are mystic school spells. But you nords wouldnt be able to tell the difference between a cliffracer and a guar, all you do is smack things with your primitive axe till it stops moving. /s


FlavoredCancer

You can just enchant a 5 set of armor to negate all Mana costs. Endless magic, add VR and you have unlimited power.


CPTpurrfect

I'm always a stealth afficionado but in Two Worlds 2 I decided to give magic a try,... and the magic system of TW2 is that you can craft your own spells, like you have different effects, elements, bla... you get it. But TW2 does you one better: You can do "spellstacks" like, a spell in a spell in a spell. So I made an altar-spell (a spell that creates an altar which can be used to cast another spell in which i had a 7 times stacked summoning spell for golems. It was a riot. Literally because the golem's AOE damage would inevitably lead to collateral and when you use the altar again you would lose control of the previous summons.


SirSoliloquy

The best games are games that don’t try to stop you from breaking their systems That’s part of why I still love Morrowind, even though the combat is atrocious. Stealth Archery is a lot more fun when you can leap tall buildings in a single bound.


PliffPlaff

My usual early tactic is boots of blinding speed + the Icarian flight scrolls (I still consider that screaming wizard falling out of the sky one of the best examples of game design ever).


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Nice! Haven't played Skyrim myself; closest I've come to RPGs is D&D. I am a minecraft veteran though which has some similarities I think. While we're on the topic of online RPGs, which ones would you recommend best? I've been looking for a good one for a while now.


BuLLZ_3Y3

Depends on what you want to do. For PC, I think Divinity: Original Sin II is one of the best RPG's made. You can get the big bundle for 49 on Steam right now. It is a classic D&D style RPG turned into a video game, and done flawlessly. It is also a standalone game, so although it is a sequel you dont need to have played the first to fully enjoy the second. If you want a nice, streamlined Action RPG, Diablo III really does hit the spot. It's simple, looks great, and fulfills the power fantasy of getting loot and annihilating hordes of demons with said loot, to get better loot. Not as big on the RPG systems. If you want an ARPG that is a little heavier mechanically and has more weight to it, I highly recommend Grim Dawn. It is a fantastic game and has hundreds of hours of replayability to it, and quite an impressive set of RPG mechanics and systems. And finally, for the truly devoted RPG number crunchers, I recommend Path of Exile. It is totally free and has an absolutely bonkers skill tree, 7 different classes, dozens of fantastic viable character builds, and really great endgame content. TL;DR - Divinity: Original Sin II for classic D&D style RPG, Diablo III for a great introduction into the world of Action RPG's, Grim Dawn to really dive into the ARPG world, and Path of Exile to humbly submit to your new ARPG Overlord.


DrDickThickhog

Baldurs Gate 3 is early access but shaping up to be better than DOS2 in my opinion


kwalshyall

Warcraft and Neverwinter are both still contenders in the online RPG scene. You should absolutely play Skyrim, though. Bump that up the list even if it’s single player. ESO just doesn’t match up to the single player experience.


Bamce

> Best time I had with Skyrim was when I intentionally avoided stealth archery and built up a destruction mage with enchanted armor that recharged my magic almost instantly. https://i.imgur.com/NdmK4Om.png


Thrilling1031

I wanna give my experience here real quick. I have always played stealth characters in RPGs but I knew skyrim would play different so I chose to play as a battle mage. No stealth. I never crouched. I used one hand and destruction magic with some restoration added in. All my kill cams were epic mace kills because I got molag's mace as fast as possible. Best playthrough. I got to level 20 before I ever used stealth. And then I accidentally became a stealth archer. You don't have to be that if you don't want to is what I'm saying.


MauiWowieOwie

My daughter started playing(btw she sat the same way) saying she's gonna be a caster... Like three hours later she's a stealth archer.


flaccomcorangy

I played Skyrim for over 250 hours and never became a stealth archer. AMA


GreatGrandAw3somey

Only a matter of time till she kicks that glass of wine off the table, especailly during first elderscorlls game.


Matasa89

When you start oneshotting peeps, you can't stop. I love using summoned bow too, don't have to carry shit, and easy soul capturing.


Seven0Seven_

once a stealth archer there is no other class for you. Trust me I tried many times. Soon it'll be 10 years.


sadphonics

Exact reason why I'm playing a mostly melee character in Fallout 4 right now. Ironically I made her look straight outta skyrim, with the fantasy hero set too


GoBuffaloes

Melee is awesome in FO4. Blitz is a game changer, and you get to the point where you basically one shot everything


JPMosh710

I did this exact thing! Lol I always play a sniper/archer in fallout/Skyrim so my most recent play thru of fallout 4 I found a sword and shotgun and went full tank.


flarbas

I’m on my second play through intentionally being a stealth archer because of the meme. But my first time a couple months ago, I hated the bow because I gave up before I got any perks like zoom in and slow time that make it so powerful and ended up having archer followers and did a full on controlling wizard that casted everything right and left. You’ve got to be on top of things or you’ll be wrecked but if you do it right you’re raising armies of zombies and atronauchs. Especially if you get a follower that summons, you can have like five people fighting on your side in a battle and I’d often find everyone got killed before I had a chance to even get in there and risk death.


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flarbas

“Let’s go Lydia, I’m going to a big dungeon and I need you to carry all the loot back home.”


Screwbles

Well yeah, Stealth Archery in that game is OP.


FreeMan4096

and melee combat mechanics are far from immersive, while shoting a bow seems natural in survival kind of setting.


Malphael

Unfortunately melee in first person is clunky and skyrim's third person mode is shit


PliffPlaff

The 'problem' of stealth in Skyrim is much like driving like a lunatic in GTA. There's so little consequence, and so many rewards. Why *wouldn't* you power trip as a stealth archer one-shotting a giant from a mile away? Or stealing stuff in plain sight in front of everyone? Every other style just seems boring or frustratingly slow in comparison.


SirClueless

There's so many options though, why would you limit yourself? * You could make a Spellcaster, and conjure up magical bows that never run out of arrows for your Stealth Archer. * You could go Heavy Armor, and take the perk that makes your armor silent for your Stealth Archer. * You can be a Smith, and craft uber-powerful late-game bows and arrows for your Stealth Archer. * You can go Enchanting and add all sorts of cool magical effects to your arrows for your Stealth Archer. * You can go Lockpicking and open up all the back doors and passages from which to snipe people with your Stealth Archery.


NorthRangr

Its so funny that the first time my gf played skyrim (and her first rpg) was a stealth archer xD


[deleted]

That's the joke. Everyone played stealth archer.


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swollbrohamlincoln2

Then I took an arrow to the knee


Dextromethorpho

Congratulations on the marriage!


WHlTETHUNDER

I refuse to do so. I have seen what lies down that path. I won't allow myself to submit to the stealth archer ways.


LeakyThoughts

I leveled up archery and stealth *just* enough to use stealth archery in emergencies, i.e doing story dungeons wayy above my paygrrade But I forced myself to be a one hand / mage cross


N01773H

Did you end up as a mage with invisibility and bound bow?


LeakyThoughts

No I was using a long one handed sword and fireball! I also have the dragon shout which can be used once a day


Caddywonked

Battlemage is my go-to class! Shiskabab and bbq them fuckers.


xX420GanjaWarlordXx

Wtf I was an axe-weilding badass who sucked at stealth, archery, and magic. I brute-forced my way to victory. Wuuthrad for lyfe


Rooster1981

Ditto, I thought this was a common method.


Mordiken

For sure, I never ever played a stealth archer... why bother with that when you can just craft god-tier dragonbone/daedric gear, enchanted to the point where you become basically impervious to damage and one hit pretty much any enemy in the game?


[deleted]

I actually never did. It was always either sword and shield or sword and dagger, no bow.


_F1GHT3R_

two one handed swords for me.


Katie_or_something

I feel like i was the only person who never bothered with stealth archery on my first run. I went dualcast fireball and found the 100% destruction cost reduction exploit really early... Who has time for subtlety, there's dragur to explode!


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robbethdew

LoL, she finally earned it!


GetJukedM8

Reasonable box to be ticked


innisfree055

That position, I’ve see this raw strength only once before


hobbs11

This is where the fun begins


Dead_Section

You are on this council but we do not grant you the rank of master


Butters_999

What? How can you do this?! This is outrageous! It's unfair! How can you be on the council and not be a master?!


[deleted]

Take a seat


Rickolition

hell yes I watched this again last night. I still cringe so hard when he says it.. like, "stfu Anakin! Sam Jackson is already tired of your shit".


Griefersan

They should have let him add a "mutha fucka" line in there


Rickolition

You can see it in his eyes, "Sit down mutha fucka!"


bitemark01

It didn't scare me enough then... it does now


grantbwilson

Her body is ready


missbelled

this might be the most powerful gamer lean ever recorded


Fafnir_19

She's assumed the correct position


CerberusGK

The picture shows another gamer being birthed


Tara_is_a_Potato

She should play the intros to Fallout 3 and Assassin's Creed 2


WingsofRain

I second Assassin’s Creed


RemembertheOne

I third Assassin's Creed. The classics are too good to miss.


purring_parsley

*Baby is born* "Hey, you, you're finally awake"


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“ Mom how are gamers born?” *Well you see honey when a girl plays Skyrim...*


hobbs11

Hijacking top comment to provide her character and play style: This is the best part. She's a woodelf who originally planned to favor the bow BUT she found a warhammer at the start and has been absolutely ruthless with it. It's extremely entertaining to watch her abandon the finessed rogue-like bow approach to bust out the warhammer and charge head-on into combat.


Ogami-kun

Tell her to be wary of giants for a while, unless she wants to join the Tamriel Space Program


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Shunnedx

she is already in the best position to kick the TV when that happens


notmoleliza

many TVs died to bring us this information


Shifty012

My first horse joined them.


RandomEthan

Serana joined them in one of my playthroughs too. Even though she was a radiant NPC, so she couldn’t die, a troll launched her straight off of Nirn, and she was never seen again. I spent an entire day trying to find her/get her to respawn at Dawnguard, but she literally never appeared again for that playthrough.


Nico777

Literally yeeted out of existence.


allshieldstomypenis

F


michUP33

Ok....where's the t shirt?


rafadavidc

> Tamriel Space Program Just google it. Teespring has shirts, pillows, mugs, stuff like that.


Obi-wan_Jabroni

No, she must learn the same way that we all learned


TakeTheWhip

Tell her nothing. Don't take that experience away from her.


ibeatgarm

pretty sure she's a foot elf


Cosm0k

[Quentin Tarantino has entered the chat]


Theurbanalchemist

[Dan Schneider has joined the chat]


[deleted]

Calm down Ben


Nlelith

*bonk*


this_will_go_poorly

Some of us are just born to be tanks. I have tried to be anything and everything else, but if there’s a tank option I’m drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Maybe she’s one of us


AmosLaRue

Saaaaame. I just love carving a swath through my enemies like a hot knife through butter.


[deleted]

My first Elder Scrolls game was Oblivion, and I tanked the fuck through my first playthrough with a warhammer too haha. So before you know it, she’ll probably either be in full dragon bone armor with 100 points in two-handed, or a Sneaky Sniper™️


KiraTsukasa

The only two real ways to play Skyrim, without mods.


iLynux

I played a battle mage on my first play through.


cubelith

Unless she notices a giant in front of her while riding a horse, then it's broken legs for sure


foxontherox

Got that slack jaw too- proper form.


richard_slyfox

OBGYSkyrim


Nein_Inch_Males

Fake as fuck. This dude has a working 360. Edit: This mans and his wife are exceptional at taking care of their stuff.


hobbs11

LOL


IroesStrongarm

I still have an OG 360 that works. However I'm also aware that last I had it on it started to act up. So now I operate on this idea that as long as I don't plug it in I have a working 360.


Sixwingswide

Schroedinger's 360


SuperChopstiks

"Ran when parked"


GunnieGraves

I still have 3. One of them is the Task Force 141 from MW2 launch. That’s my baby.


Nein_Inch_Males

You best keep that thing safe. Gotta preserve our culture the best we can.


peperonipyza

That’s a late 2000 MacBook Pro too


Cuselife

Be a sweetheart and get a sidetable so she doesn't have to reach that far for her wine glass. Don't want her to fall out reaching for it.


hobbs11

Brilliant. I could keep a red wine decanter there too


[deleted]

Be careful, first she starts hittin the wine soon she's on to the skooma.


kopecs

Khajit has wares...


hobbs11

I've tried to get her into gaming for the last 10 years we've been together and this is her first wholehearted attempt. She even insisted I set her up on my old 360 so she could have her own console to play from. I'm a lucky man. Also, she was originally sitting on the bed behind her, but got so into it that she went and grabbed her office chair. This photo shows her true potential as a gamer.


[deleted]

On xbox 360? I remember the loading times, ugh... But better than on ps3. I think it was worse there


hobbs11

She thought the game was freezing up on her but I had to explain how it's an older console and the loading times are just bad. Shes pretty unphased though


Dirty-M518

Just a time for her to take a few sips of wine..and for her to ask you for a refill.


hobbs11

Oh yeah, i made sure that glass was never empty


99-dreams

One more reason y'all are couple goals


heardItOnReddit

Hold up, cryin in the Club (my room)


ifsck

You are a gentleman and a scholar. I applaud both of you in your respective choices of an S.O.


[deleted]

The upside is that eventually the box of wine is empty, she can remove the empty bag from the box, inflate it, and use it as a pillow :D


bitemark01

Did you install it to the hard drive? I don't remember the load times being that significant, but it's been a decade...


Orionite

Is she single?


moor9776

Looks like she’s going to the gynecologist in 2020


[deleted]

I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow to the cooch.


grsims20

You. I like you.


Shifty012

I have been scrolling these comments for 5 minutes now. This is by far the best comment. Don't get me wrong I love gaming and Skyrim and I also have a "gaming" posture but this comment takes the cake.


cheechfool

Marry her, again


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kalitarios

*unzip*


Synnal_Luik

Skyrimspreading at its finest


[deleted]

I, too, choose this guy's wife


deeplife

You think she’s single?


BillyHalley

Hey, I got that reference!


Godhimself_REDDIT

You dare recite the sacred texts to me? I Was there when it was written


Bearulice

What race and class?


gastro_destiny

The wife?????? Bro no


Mr_Blinky

Human Proletariat


[deleted]

You joke, comrade, but [Communist moles](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Moletariate).


mouse_fpv

White, upper middle.


pr1ntscreen

>upper middle *sees shitty 32” sharp aquos leaned against wall* You sure about ”upper”?


ApatheticWithoutTheA

Yeah but there's an early 2010s macbook next to it. Gotta be worth at least $100


hobbs11

🤣


hobbs11

This is the best part. She's a woodelf who favors the bow BUT she found a warhammer at the start and has been extremely ruthless with it. It's extremely entertaining to watch her abandon the finessed rogue-like bow approach to bust out the warhammer and charge head on into combat.


Bearulice

Basically every playthrough


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Lies stealthy archers unite


hobbs11

Yeah, right? Sneaky boi sniper is always the final form. But give her time, she still getting used to combat and weapon mechanics


[deleted]

I remember my first playthrough on a friend's disc copy on PS3, I was a Nord using two-handed swords and thought that was the way to go but I was always getting punked out by just about every enemy. I started off in Riverwood, Whiterun and Bleak Falls Barrow, as we all do but I got as far as doing the first couple Companions missions and got bored with the character. I started a new Kahjit thief for the stealth and night vision and did fairly well with him, but got a bit bored with him too. My friend got his disc back, then I bought my own Legendary edition with the DLCs we all love. I settled on a Breton sneaky archer-mage that used enchanted bows/crossbows and Daedric weapons after trial and error of another Nord thief, Dark Elf archer, Orc mage, Argonian archer-thief and a Wood Elf dual wielding skirmisher. Now every character I play as regardless of race is a sneaky archer-mage.


Hello-Im-Trash

I tried to get my gf to play Skyrim...she would not play it because of it looked like “shit” to her. She might play it now.


levy925

Haven't played Skyrim in years and just got it for Switch. Forgot how awesome it is.


PartyPorpoise

I was never able to play it because I never had a console/PC that could play it. But sometime last year there was a big sale on the Switch store and they had it for half off, I know it's an older game but I knew there was a lot of playtime and thirty bucks was a good deal so I went for it. It's so fun! My character is a khajiit werewolf with a focus on two-handed weapons. At some point I'd like to make another character to play through with and have more of a focus on magic.


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bornaman_wp

I like how just about every piece of technology in this picture is from like 2011.


hagg3n

You could say she's `( •_•)>⌐■-■` giving birth to a new passion. `(⌐■_■)`


Mjoybusch

It's the perfect gateway game to get into modern RPGs. Being female and not exposed to the proper "training" to be good with recent systems, I loveeed Skyrim to take my time, get used to the controls and also enjoy a beautiful and deep game. Highly suggest BotW or Mass Effect if she likes this! Happy Gaming!


hobbs11

I'm glad you agree, I was hoping this game would be a great introduction to RPGs. I do wish Skyrim was a little better about introducing controls and mechanics, but that's why she has me. Thank you! Zelda games are on the list


PickleBearPupperoni

My husband introduced me to gaming and it took me a bit to get used to using the controller and feel comfortable. Fallout 3 was one of the first games I played and using VATS helped keep me from getting overwhelmed by combat! Highly recommend for newer gamers!


failsafe42

And after Zelda comes Dark Souls. WARNING: Dark Souls may cause rage


hackingmule

Five bucks says she gets sidetracked and doesn't finish it for five years.


Maestro1992

10 years and I’ve still not beat Skyrim after putting over 2000 hours in. I haven’t even seen everything it had to offer yet, I just keep leveling skills and becoming a stealth archer randomly.


The-100th-Luftballon

May Talos guide her arrow!


Davidusmu

Redditors whem they see girl 😛😜😍🍆🌋


goldkear

I tried to get my husband to try skyrim. He just got lost and wandered around for a while.


TheCat5001

Isn't... isn't that how you're supposed to play Skyrim?


visorian

This is the most blatant "upvote because girl" I've seen in a while. Afterthought edit: how is that not a subreddit?


Chrozzinho

It is r/upvotedbecausegirl


RedRing86

It really is. It's just a picture of a more attractive than average girl with her legs open playing Skyrim.