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I have had these few questions ever since I learned that dragons would be able to attack towns. First off, will you encounter dragons if you completely disregard the main plot? Can important or unique NPCs die during dragon attacks? What does that do to the associated quest? Is there any way to stop dragons from barbecuing your favorite village? There's no doubt in my mind that Skyrim will be a fantastic game, but I can't help but worry about these things.

most npcs, go inside as soon as the dragon is "spoted" which is long before he gets to the town, and they go inside, I've seen some stay but they tend to be unkillable.

Lydia is very helpful against dragons. Yes, Lydia is. <3

If you totally disregard the main quest then yes, there won't be any dragons flying about. Similar to how Oblivion gates were handled; there was only one at the beginning, and more come later. Villages only get attacked when you're there, so try to kill them quick. Villagers run inside before the dragons can kill them. Well most anyway.

There are standard dragons, yes, but apart from that, there are also a fair number of named dragons that don't necessarily have plot significance, but mostly just show up and destroy certain places.

Thank you so much, you guys were really helpful! Thank you.

I've had a dragon attack me at the main gates to Falkreath. The guards tried to help and after it was dead a whole load of townspeple ran up to its bones and stood in front of it remarking how amazing it was that I just killed a dragon, lol.

dubq wrote:I've had a dragon attack me at the main gates to Falkreath. The guards tried to help and after it was dead a whole load of townspeple ran up to its bones and stood in front of it remarking how amazing it was that I just killed a dragon, lol.

Same thing happened to me in dawnstar.