I've almost done all the main stuff now. About to finish Dark Brotherhood then after that it's just The Companions left. At about level 49 I was stupidly wondering why I was now leveling so damn slowly. It was of course because I'd maxed out all the skills and weapons I'd been focused on from the start. So I've now changed to two-handed weapons and heavy armour and I'm back on track. 

Should have mixed things up before now really as the game feels fresh again, almost like starting a whole new character. 

Still a few other bits and bobs I want to finish up, like collecting all those dragon priest masks.

Each of the eight Dragon Priests has a mask you can loot, each with different abilities. Get all eight for a prize! 

Think I've got five, I used Krosis' mask quite a lot 'till I was able to make my own superior stuff.

ah so its krios the dragonpriest that keeps killing me.

Liveinadive wrote:

Any advice for dragon slaying?

As a dragon slayer of some renown, I can confidently say its all about the resistances. If you're a melee type, go for the shield perk that gives you elemental protection for example.  There are plenty of trinkets out there that supply frost, fire, etc resistances too....

Additional tip: never approach a dragon head-on.  If they score a crit hit it'll trigger their chomp attack animation, that can kill you outright even with 3/4 health.  Manoeuvre and attack 'em from the rear.

Think I may try and lure the dragon away then go for the priest at a later stage, I can easily avoid 'activating' the priest so I think that may be my best bet.

Could really do with unlocking the slow down time while aiming perk for archery before I do this. I don't mind having this dude following me around but I dont want him to do die before I finish his mission.

I tried that but I cant replace him through any method, I looked it up and apparently it is a bug. Should have gone back a save before I did a bunch of stuff. I will just save before doing anything epic in case I lose him.

Yup, level up and go back whenever you want. Think my level was low 20's when I killed him, was damn hard though.

daviedigi wrote:

I beat the dragon and got the shout from the wall behind the dragon priest before swigging dome potions and running away. He will still be there for me to beat later ....right?

Just came on here to say I did exactly this. The Dragon died right in front of the wall, had to run a classic absorb dragon soul/read wall/get bones and scales/run away play. Luckily I had Companion dude and my summoned demon dude to distract.

Companion dude said he wanted to stay, buffoon.

Had a really productive evening on this, rounded off quite a few quests, got a bad ass soul absorbing mace the kills all and shouted at Bears in houses.

The dragon priest a what?  I haven't met one yet, although I haven't done any of the main quest past meeting the greybeards.

I took on one of them when I was a mage and way too underpowered.  Was the hardest battle I had the whole game.  I only managed to beat him due to a glitch.  I think he ran out of Magicka so he ended up sitting in a corner doing nothing while I chipped away at him by placing fire runes on the floor underneath him.  That was the strongest spell I had.

stormyskiesahead wrote:

They're seriously tough, dragon worshiping undead priests, and former masters of the Draugr. You only come across one of them during the main quest, so you'll bump into them sooner or later Elm. If you do want to hunt one down, the aforementioned Krosis is probably the easiest to get to. You'll find him at Shearpoint, in the mountains note east of Whiterun. It's a wordwall location, so look for the small dragon head on your map. I don't know what level you are Elm, but Krosis is best left 'til you're around 20 or so.

I'm 52 now, so I'll go hunt him good.

@Elmlea: Happy hunting.

@Blocks: Yeah, you do have to complete most of the Mages guild missions before you get one of the masks. I'm in no hurry to go down that path, so can't see myself getting them all for a good while yet.

I have an attunement sphere, but I can't remember what it's for.

Decided to restart skyrim with a bunch of mods, starting by going by this guide http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=11

Got most of those mods on it and it looks absolutely beautiful, i'l follow kilted's leadand get some pictures