I arrived outside of Bleak Falls Barrow and snuck past the bandits outside, then entering the building. Still sneaking, I delved further into the barrow, killing each bandit and taking what was inside of every chest and container I encountered, until I reached the first puzzle. Before me was a lever and three stone tableaus (from left to right): the snake, the snake, and the whale. To my left, I saw three pillars that could be rotated to show either a snake, whale, or a bird. I rotated these pillars to the same order as the stones by the lever: snake, snake, whale. I then pulled the lever, opening the gate. I picked up the book "Thief," and read it, increasing my pickpocket skill.
I then encountered the Giant Frostbite Spider and killed it with a sneak attack critical strike. Wrapped in webs, Arvel the Swift told me that he had the golden claw and he would continue with me if I freed him. I freed him, and he made it clear that he was lying. As he attempted to escape, I stabbed him to death took the golden claw. I moved through the next rooms, killing the draugrs and passing through the swinging axe traps. Encountering the frost troll, I elected to sneak past it rather than attempting to kill it. I killed the Draugr Wight ahead and passed through another set of swinging axe traps. I reached the final puzzle door with the hole for the golden claw. After being stumped for quite a while, I opened my inventory and looked at the golden claw, seeing that the sequence of icons was on it: Bear, Bug, then Owl. I rotated the pieces to their places, then inserted the claw, opening the door.
Entering the final room, I walked up the stairs and learned my first word of power, unrelenting Force. As the owner of the golden claw, the Draugr Overlord, awoke, I attempted to kill him. I tried and failed to kill him multiple times; my character and weapons were not powerful enough. Finally, I had a successful attempt. I had fired an arrow at him and retreated toward the door by which I had entered. I continued to fire at him to ensure that he followed me. As he followed, I retreated further back the way I had came. Finally, I reached the last swinging axe trap. I sprinted through and the Draugr followed behind me, but he was stopped in the trap and quickly perished.
I deactivated the trap and removed the dragonstone and all other loot from his body. I reentered the final room, looting the chest and table. I finally exited Bleak Falls Barrow and fast-traveled to Dragonsreach to tell Farengar of my success.
I deactivated the trap and removed the dragonstone and all other loot from his body. I reentered the final room, looting the chest and table. I finally exited Bleak Falls Barrow and fast-traveled to Dragonsreach to tell Farengar of my success.
I love how you adapted to battling the Draugr Overlord since you didn't have strong enough weapons. I didn't even think of moving the location of the battle as an option, what you did is an example of how flexible the game is and how the makers really allow the players to be co-author of the story. I also never used sneak through the tunnels, I'm new to the game so I thought battling was the only option. However battling all the bandits and draugrs increased my one-handed weapon skills and I was able to level up in this aspect as I got deeper into the caves. Using that tactic allowed me to be powerful enough to defeat the Draugr Overlord in direct combat.
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