So, Skyrim's out 11/11/11

[Treesh]

60 damage - tripled for a Sneak Attack - means I 3-hit (sneak attack) Giants. If I'm far enough away I can get off 3 sneak attacks before they get close enough to uncover me - which means they're dead before they knew what killed them. I have no magical items (although I did find my first Glass armor last night - a helmet with 40% faster magicka regen), and have only improved my weapons and armor to Flawless (no perks in Smithing yet, despite it being at 92). Needless to say, for me life is about sneaking around and one-shotting anything I come across. I love scouring my way through dungeons, picking off my enemies one at a time. I love running about the wilds hunting deer and foxes. I love everything about being a Thief archer.

I have to second loving being a sniper. Although, I have found the joy of getting in 15x damage with the dual daggers if I turn a corner and there's someone there all of a sudden but hasn't seen me. =) The ONLY drawback to the one shot stealth kills is that I don't get to see the fancy death cutscenes often enough.

Nytha (the archer/two-handed swordswoman) had all kinds of magical weapons, including the bow that had soul trap on it which was really nice. Etheramwen (the sniper/assassin gal) is avoiding enchants for some reason. I'm not really sure why. She does just fine without them though. Is it just me or do the weapons you make have lower charge than weapons you find or buy? I swear, even with making the Elven stuff right now (I'm close to glass though!), I can't enchant any of them. Rings and ammys I make can be enchanted, but not the others for some reason.

I've got to get better at hitting the hawks on the wing though when I'm out hunting. I want more feathers, but aiming up in the air throws me off for some reason, even with the slowed time while zooming in perk.

Markarth (however it's spelled, I just think of it as Marklar instead) is a weird one, but it had one of the houses with the most bookshelves so that was the second house I bought. Now to fully move in and just leave the Whiterun house for Lydia to enjoy. She spends most of her time in the master bedroom anyway instead of her own room so she may as well have it all to herself.