This is a great idea I've seen done for other games and Skyrim itself, and I'd like to introduce it to you all and see if you guys would like to participate in this.
The premise is simple. Start a new game as usual, make a cool character, make up a backstory if you wish, and play the game as you normally would. There's just one catch - When you die, that's it. You're done.
Just one rule...Dead is Dead.
1) When your character falls in battle or falls from a cliff, that's it. They are dead. Game over. No reloads. Feel free to restart, with the ole "I or II", after their names. If you so choose.
*Exception*
...If your character falls due to a glitch, the game locks up or due to any outside action and/or distraction ( kids / pets / mother-in-law ) at no fault from the player. No shame will fall upon you to revert to a previous save.
NOTE : Difficulty has no bearing in DID. It should be set, according the comfort of the player. Pending things like character build, roleplay, limits, mods, and experience, this can easily vary among players.
If you want to try a run, feel free to list your new characters, with a backstory if you like. As well as, their starting stats and limitations. Update your progress. Much like the "Where are you now", thread. It's really not any different from most of your guy's/gal's playstyle...aside from the dead and done part.
When and if that happens, post their name, date of passing and any info you want to reflect on their tomb. I will list them in the OP, so they will be forever remembered.
If this is all good for you guys, feel free to start it up. This post will be used as a grave listing for fallen PC's that have attempted this challenge.
R.I.P
Rorkus the Orc, 3217th of Last Seed 4E201 - 19th of Last Seed 4E201
Level - Unknown
Two-handed, light armor
Fell off of a cliff near Winterhold on the way to join the Stormcloaks. Did not go as planned. No epic stories here.
R.I.P
Grobakh Face-Stomper 20th of Last Seed 4E201
Level 3, Two Handed, Heavy Armor, Steed sign. Was short lived only notable achievement was gaining the mace of Malog Bal.
Killed by Ice Wraiths at the Weynon Stones.
His corpse lay frozen in the snow under the shadow of the mighty Talos.
He was carrying 1 Conundrum Ignot, A suit of Iron Armor, an Iron warhammer and roughly 200 gold.
R.I.P.
KaelinDunmer Mage
Died 23rd of Last Seed
Level 8
Killed in Movarth's Lair by Movarth when attempting to kill the vampire. Tried to run away when he got low on health, and got a blade to the skull.
R.I.P
Brozug gro-Urgok.Date of Death Unknown
Level Unknown
Killed by a whiterun guard, while trying to loot a dead giant.
R.I.P
Sten the Ugly IIDied 23rd of Last Seed, 4E201
Level 6
Nord warrior
Impaled by a spike trap in Bleak Falls Barrow while chasing Arvel the Swift. Arvel triggered the trap which sent both of them to the afterlife.
R.I.P
KennyDied 18th last seed, 4E 201
Level 2
Bosmer Hunter
Executed by a Bandit Chief at Valtiem Towers
R.I.P
Garoldy AnderLived 10 days
Level 12
Race Unknown
Adept
Killed by a bandit outlaw.
R.I.P
Llondryn24th of Last Seed 4E201
Dark Elf, level 10, Alchemy, Archery, Light Armor, Sneak. Destined for greater things, not to be achieved.
Fell in battle to a scavenger on his way to Markarth.
The assassination contract he was undertaking will forever remain unfulfilled.
Was carrying hide and fur armors, a shrouded hood, a hunting bow, an imperial sword and some gold. All most likely taken by his killer.
R.I.P
Ba'DazzD.O.D Unknown
Khajiit, Level 14
Traveling for the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller, got careless fighting a Giant Frostbite Spider and was slain.
R.I.P
Vulsa Stone-Chest.
D.O.D Unknown
Orc, Level 10
Killed by the bandit Chief inside Redoran's Retreat.
R.I.P
Captain Hashan AlfazirD.O.D Unknown
Redguard, Level 10
After getting back the Dainty Sload, his ship, he married Jenassa and died at the hands of 2 giants near the Khajiit Camp in Whiterun.
R.I.P
Iaeri Asaroux17 Last Seed - 30 Last Seed
Arch-Mage of Winterhold
Champion of Namira
Race Unknown/Level 19
Killed after pushed off cliff by Ice Wraith.
R.I.P
May17th of last seed - 30th of last seed.
Killed by a forswron arrow.
Dawn still watches
R.I.P
Ra'Zhar the Stormcaller17th of Last Seed, 4E201 - 24th of Evening Star, 4E201
Khajiit, level 16
Lightning Mage
Died fighting a dragon alongside his brother Kharjo, flinging bolts of lightning to his very last breath.
R.I.P
Murag17th of Last Seed, 4E201 - 21st of Last Seed, 4E201
Orc, Level 3
Died while in the mountains trying to find his kin
Mauled by two saber cats; even for a proffesional like him, it was too much.
R.I.P
Malgrok the Fearless17th of Last Seed 4E201 - 22nd of Last Seed 4E201
Level 11, Orc, Two Hander. Plundered one Nordic Ruin too many.
Defeated by the Dragon Priest Volsung atop the ruin of Volskygge.
Was utterly outclassed and savagely beaten.
He was carrying an Amulet of Talos, Hide and Steal Armors, an Orcish Warhammer, and some Orichalcum Ingots.
R.I.P
Tyrelius, 20. Unknown Level/Race
Died defending sisters from vampires. Wearing deadric armor and carrying 5309 gold.
R.I.P
Top Cat4E175-4E201
His close freinds get to call him TC. Lydia gets to call him an idiot for falling off a cliff.
R.I.P
ShaqRedguard
A word of advice, don't try and go through bleak falls barrow only using your fists while playing on expert.
R.I.P
Vulolalun VulonDate of death - 8pm, Turdas, 17th of Heartfire
Dark Elf
Level - 29
R.I.P
Captain Irvine Tussaud17th of Last Seed, 4E201 - 28th of Rain's Hand, 4E202
Imperial, Level 24
Dragonborn, Hero of Skyrim
Died from a poisonous spider bite after killing a dragon
R.I.P
RaijinKhajit Battlemage
Date and Place of Birth: Morning Star 13, 4E 169 , Torval, Elsewyr
Date and Place of Death: Last Seed 20, 4E 201 , Fort Greymoor, Skyrim
Level 9, wearing Elven Armor, Skilled in One-Handed and Light Armor
Overwhelmed by Bandits 10 to one.
R.I.P
Korzahk Iron-FangLevel 2, Warrior
18th of Last Seed, 4E 201
Dreamed of bringing honor to the Orcs with a glorious death in battle.
Half of that dream was acheived.
R.I.P
Prisoner Nord Berserker
Born and raised in Whiterun on an unknown date
Died in Whiterun ironically
Couldn't withstand the onslaught of guards that ensued from killing that insufferable priest of Talos
R.I.P
Rumkak17th of Last Seed 4E201 - 1st of Heartfire 4E201
Orc, level 5, Very aggressive.
Killed while trying to escape the Dragonsreach Dungeon with a total lifetime bounty of over 5000 gold.
Only survived as long as he did due to the amount of time spent in jails.
Was carrying only rags when he was killed.
R.I.P
Mae ValintoriSquishy breton mage
Adept difficulty, level six.
Got impaled by a big orc man.
R.I.P
Aerius Vinkilus (Pronounced WIN-KILL-US)
level 12 Imperial battlemage, adept
Ran out of magicka and took too long to change weapons.
R.I.P
Jiub the ThirdR.I.P
Tia, 23Level 5
Time of death unknown
Equipment: Forsworn armor, Forsworn Bow, Forsworn Axe
Died exploring fort sungard after attempting to jump down an unidentified hole and judging it poorly.
May her death serve as a reminder to all those who think they have khajiit like acrobatics
R.I.P
Jandrin SuncallerMale Nord
Level 27
Bard and Hired Blade
Cause of death:Died while trying to find treasure in Pilgrim's Trench and forgot he wasn't an Argonian
R.I.P
NerissaRedguard warrior
Lvl 4
Adept
Killed by... no... killed and burned to freaking crisp by a male dunmer called
DrelasR.I.P
Bill The DumbArgonian
17th of Last Seed 4E201- 18th of Last Seed 4E201
Recently Escaped Prisoner
Died at the hands of Alvor the Blacksmith (wielding an iron warhammer) over the case of a stolen dagger. Lies inburied on the outskirts of Riverwood, on the Helgen road.
R.I.P
Stephen Male
Died in the Tutorial on his first try. In the wilderness on his 2nd and 3rd try. Thats Life Death. (Self-written, but better than nothing, isn't it?)
R.I.P
OpeidonWood Elf, Male
Level 7
Killed by bandits
(also self written, original one was too long.)
R.I.P
SheanDied in an instant for no apparent reason (that guy accidently deleted his save, but he deserves so much more^^)
R.I.P
Fraren RothanDunmer, Male, 29
Level 3
Was on his way to Whiterun, to not accomplish anything.
Died after assaulting some imperials. Did not accomplish anything. Win!
(This is my tombstone - I restarted Fraren some time ago, but my anger on the empire was my doom after about 5 minutes.. Didn't post it here, was too short^^)
R.I.P
MorpheusMorpheus attempted to use Become Ethereal to survive jumping down a waterfall in the Rift after killing bandits. The Shout didn't last very long.
R.I.P
Kha'raz.Cause of Death: Forgot to pause.
Kha'raz hadn't gotten very far. Just barely started doing quests for the Companions.
He entered a cave to go hunt some trolls, but he found himself unable to move for some reason.
His guardian angel returned just before he died with a bowl of soup.
His guardian angel yelled the words "OH FOR THE LOVE OF *insert vulgarities here*", and began pondering what poor, unfortunate soul he would watch over next.
( as he didn't continue, we should honor this?)
R.I.P
Swiftclaw.Tried to talk with a giant about life. The giant answered with immediate death.
(Tombstone by myself again, and the original intention of that guy wasn't DiD. But he deserves it I guess.)
R.I.P
Kalthiss
Argonian, Male
Level 10
Survived a jump from the bridge of Valtheimer Towers, just to fall down a mountain high waterfall. (also self written, everybody forgets about their tombstone.)
R.I.P
Slutty Helga Nord Adventurer
Took a shortcut through the mountains, having some fun with rock hopping.
She took the longest hop of her life whilst not paying attention to high how the rock actually was.
R.I.P
Guillame the Grape, Breton dandy"It seriously took about fife minutes" (no tombstone, so I used a quote from the death post^^)
R.I.P
Ceoldaric XIBreton Merchant
Died on the 12th of Last Seed 4E 202, Level 27
Killed by a group of Forsworn he was hoping to join.
Probably only lived that long because he stayed inside of whiterun for at least seven months.
R.I.P
Ogrul-gro-OlorOrc Level 10
Ogrul was level 10, on his person he had a full set of orc armor, his trusty bow and several septims from his last bounty. So dies, Ogrul-gro-Olor.
R.I.P
SeverusSerevus has fallen, at the level of 9. When he was discussing important topics with his beloved, he never noticed the falmers sneaking up behind him. The gods have decreed the falmer as final winners of the argument.
R.I.P
Roland, BretonLevel 14
Fighting level 2 bandits in a dungeon, then a roughly level 20 bandit chief comes out and instant kills though 120 DT and does 100 damage with a steel warhammer in one single strike, non power attack. Great job on making NPCs get +70 extra damage for no apparent reason, Bethesda. What would we do without game balance like this? (What the hell should be the tombstone? "Killed by the gratitude of Game-balance?"^^)
R.I.P
VarisLvl 8
Burned to a crisp by an apprentice fire mage while in Fort Amol trying to recover the Bound Bow spellbook. Didn't reach his potions fast enough.
R.I.P
Agnar Hearth-HealerLvl 11
Searching for the last of the Restoration skill books, "Withershins" in Arcwind Point. Fought and defeated 2 dragons at the same time and an army skeletons. Killed by a Draugr Deathlord while trying to cast his Bane of the Undead scroll.
R.I.P
Valdr FarseerLvl 6 Mage
Misjudged the depth of the waters below, leapt off a cliff to his death.
R.I.P
Olag Birkov, OrcR.I.P Olag and know that Lydia continues to struggle against the thalmor forevermore.
R.I.P
Delon, prince of ValenwoodDied an honourable death in battle against solitide guards when trying to save a fellow stormcloak. Many of the guards fell by his blade but numbers can overwhelm. He lasted 1 day and was level 5.
R.I.P
BhishaLevel 17
Khajiit Thief ♂
D.O.D: 28th of Last Seed, 4E 201
Cause of Death: Horse jumped off a high rock
R.I.P
Adohryn PhannLevel 6
Bosmer Assassin ♂
D.O.D: 27th of Last Seed, 4E 201
Cause of Death: Ambushed by Hired Thugs
R.I.P
OliviaLevel 8
Imperial Legion Soldier ♀
D.O.D: 25th of Last Seed, 4E 201
Cause of Death: Ambushed by Hired Thugs
R.I.P
KogotelLevel 3
Dunmer Relic Hunter ♀
D.O.D: 19th of Last Seed, 4E 201
Cause of Death: Jumped from too high up in Bleak Falls Barrow
R.I.P.
Bilen UvaniDark Elf, Male
Died trying to take Fort Greymoor.
R.I.P
Kratosyou had to fight an ancient dragon without casting ebonyflesh
R.I.P
Ma-Dar'doKhajiit
Level 2
clawed your way through some of shriekwind Bastion only to catch vampirism on the FIRST MOB IN THERE >.<
Run into Halldir's Cairn and get beaten to death by ghosts.
R.I.P
Juv the Insect Eater Level 14 Orc
Heavy armour archer/battle axe wielder
got a bit too cocky near giants pursuing a fatal weakness for mammoth cheese bowl
R.I.P Shadrakka
lv 21 Khajiit
killed by random unexpected chaurus reaper.
R.I.P
ElvaanLVL 31 altmer light armor 2handed warrior.
Waffle stomped by a giant at blizzards rest.
RIP
Sol Daarc. Dunmer Male.
Ye who challenge the falmer hast thy head cleaved from betwixt thy shoulders. (atleast at a low level...)
R.I.P
Bubbles the HarlotNord Female
Died while trying to pick-pocket a Whiterun guard... It didn't go as planned.
You wouldn't kill a poor gal... would ya?R.I.P
Nerani Vyr.Killed by a freakin' Master Vampire at Level 9. Curse you, Dawnguard. Curse you.
R.I.P
ShevaKhajiit thief/assassin
Level 7
Place of death: just outside Morthal
R.I.P
Tanya IIBreton assassin
Level 16
Place of death: Arkngthamz
R.I.P
Azharr the KhajiitI hardly knew ye.
R.I.P
TanyaBreton female
Lvl 1
Adept
R.I.P
NireneaDunmer Adventurer
Level 1
Burned to death fighting a couple of Thalmor she annoyed in Rorikstead... while the guards just watched.
R.I.P
KurganNord Fighter
17th last seed- 19th last seed
Level 2
Moral of the story: don’t mess with the damn Elves.
R.I.P
Sul MidrasDark Elf thief
17th Last Seed-19th Last Seed
Level 4
Food for the Skeevers in Bleak Falls
R.I.P
Bintu HelenbackLevel 11
17th of last seed- 6th of Evening Star
Telvanni Witch Hunter and Agricultural Illusionist
Ever vigilant to the deeds of dark magic, he should have watched his step in Markarth.
While trying to get a better angle he met a 90 degree one.
Died engaging a Vampire Master and 2 death hounds, by falling off the Temple of Dibella