How did you die the first time on Morrowind?

Jacurutu · Post by **Jacurutu** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:07 am

My first death. I think it was the Fighter's Guild quest where you had to get the codebook from Sotthilde . . . I decided that killing her was the only way to do it, and then the thieves all raped me to death.

Indoril · Post by **Indoril** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:36 pm

Jacurutu wrote:My first death. I think it was the Fighter's Guild quest where you had to get the codebook from Sotthilde . . . I decided that killing her was the only way to do it, and then the thieves all raped me to death.

All I can say is this:

For me, it was the entire Arrille's tradehouse gang in Seyda neen. 1 magically gifted store keeper, 1 battlemage, 1 nordic fighter or something, 2 scouts, a bard, and a commoner. I obviously didn't win.

lac · Post by **lac** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:04 pm

not sure if it was the first one but i can remember one of my early deaths.. maybe the second one.
i tried out a healer character - an alchemist.. you can imagine. the first cliff racer in the game i saw killed me. i didn't even had the chance to run away. it was faster than my character. That was my first and my last healer character.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:15 am

my first death made me fear the creature that killed me... a scrib

I laughed as I stabbed him with beginning dagger, trying to get a bit of excitement out of my new game...

he parylysed me and bit me, paralysed, bit so on so forth until I died...

I let them pat their tails on the ground from then on

Gibstov · Post by **Gibstov** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:19 pm

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Artemis Entreri · Post by **Artemis Entreri** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:36 pm

I was also killed by that mage in the smugglers cave outside of Sedya Neen. Next game I remember I tried to kill him, succeceded, only to be whacked in the head by the other smuggler.

Thane · Post by **Thane** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:48 pm

I died performing Fire-Eye's second Fighters Guild Quest. Damn Kwama Foragers!!!

Alastor · Post by **Alastor** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:51 pm

First time I played through I was very polite through Seyda Neen, narrowly defeated that stupid forrager with my lvl 1 Nord Crusader, but then I saw that Dunmer rogue on the way to Balmora and though "hey! Someone to talk to!" Then when I found he was actually mugging me, I thought I didn't have to take smack from anyone, so I refused and got my arse handed to me.

Oddly I never found the Icarian Flight scrolls until I was level 23 and was putzing around Seyda Neen before going to Red Mountain. I looked at the scrolls and the journal, and decided "screw it. Just this one time..." So I fire it up and take a mighty leap in Balmora's general direction.

My level 23 character survived the fall, only losing his balance and hobbling over to his knees and losing about 2/3 of my health.

And I actually landed in front of Buckmoth....

El Scumbago · Post by **El Scumbago** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:13 pm

I was lvl 4, playing as a rogue and I was wandering in the west gash, south of Gnisis. I had just killed a nix hound and all I had was 2/10 of my health while wearing chitin armor. I forgot to rest and stumbled upon a kagouti.
What followed is an undescribable epic chase of 2 full in-game days throughout the West Gash with a pack of animals running after me.

The chase ended when someone shot an arrow right between my eyes. Never even saw where it came from!

EdAptra · Post by **EdAptra** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:15 am

never use a scroll of icarian flight a a shortcut back to sedya neen

Wiechcheu · Post by **Wiechcheu** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:50 pm

I didn't read anything that came with the game, so I didn't know anything about silt striders, so I tried to swim somewhere, and got killed by a fish or two.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:01 am

my story is pathetic....my friend introduced the game to me...i was instantly amazed and loved the game, thus starting my liking for RPG's, he helpped me build my first character, a redgaurd battle mage, major skills were long blade, destruction and some other junk. Anyways, i decided to practice using my destruction skills since long blade was already at like 35, while destruction was like 15...i started by killiing mudcrads with shock, keeping my distance and never getting hurt...my destruction went up two levels before i went to the tradehouse again and did some bartering, bringing my mercantile skill up a level...then i went and found the tax collector...did that mission BARELY surviving the fiht with the gay civilian, but getting more stuff to sell and stuff. I went back to the tradehouse, after having long blade go up a level, and sold more stuff, and surprisingly, had my mercantile raised another level...then i went to balmora, joine the thievfes guild, did some missions, became level 4 i think, then went back to seyda neen, thinking i could get to palagiad faster...and found the scrolls of incarn flight, heading the wrong way to palagiad...(i'm an idiot)...i didn't read the book the guy had, but jacked his shit, and decided if i used the scrolls i could jump to palagiad faster. still heading the wrong way, i cast the scroll and jumpeed forward...and was sent flinging through the air, just as i cast the spell, my friend looked up frfom his magazine saying 'stop dude!' but he was too late...he told me how i was screwed, but i landed in the water RIGHT next to Hla Oad, like next to the ship...my acrobatics (one of my major skills) went up three levels, lol, nd i began to swim to shore, getting in a fight with a slaughterfish, i killed it with about 5 health left, and i climbed ashore, looked at my map, groaned and walked to balmora...by the time i got there i had ONE health, and bought a potion, restoring my health to full. I then took the silt strider to seyda neen, and got in a fight with a nix hound, BARELY killed it, then went to the tradehouse, baought a potion, used it, used a bed, advanced level somehow (now level 5) and walked out. I saw a mudcrab and said 'yay, i'ma beat the living shit out of it!!!' And i ran up with my new silver claymore...little did i know...as i hadn't used a blade yet, except for the slaughterfih that i used a steel broadsword for...that the blade was heavy, i was weak, and sucked. Then the funniest thing happened, i switched to magic, cast a spell, that hit him just as he killed me, and it killed him....so we both died......i was at level 5....how pathetic....lol

Baalzebub · Post by **Baalzebub** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:44 am

well this is kinda embarrasing, the first time i played morrowind i happened to go straigth to vivec and i draw my migthy sword and poked it rigth in the face of an ordinator.

Upsilon · Post by **Upsilon** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:35 am

I opened the console, typed TGM, and slained everybody in Balmora. It was so long killing the damn guards at level 1 that I got bored and deactivated TGM. It didn't take too much time...

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:13 am

I kill two Nords in the morning. I kill two Nords at nite. I kill two Nords in the afternoon, and then I feel alright. I kill two Nords in time of peace, and two in time of war. I kill two Nords before I kill two Nords, and then I kill two more.

Does that answer the question?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:38 am

I got beaten to death by the nice lady in the bottom of the lighthouse. Bitch.

Next time I got shafted by the Dark Brotherhood in her boyfriend's bed. (no wait... that doesn't right...)

sxotty · Post by **sxotty** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:51 pm

andreas of austevoll wrote:It was the icarian flight that killed me to

Me as well

Mr. Sorry of Balmora · Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:39 pm

well has no one died by the hands of Ra'Virr and his huge hammer well i have

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:44 pm

stealing from arrile's tradehouse

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:42 am

My first death was rather glorious! I made an imperial knight for my first char.
Then i headed north from neen (after stocking up a tad)
After a while of wandering i ended up by the strangest of ruins (dwarven) i went in, ran into the stranges of silly centurions, which i promptly spankt and came out with dwarven boots and pauldrons.
Envigorated by my manly deeds of spiderstomping i headed for the other ruin nearby; whats this!? this ruin is even wierder!
i ran into (what i thought at the moment was: )two vampiric goblins.
i promptly got my ass handed to me by scamps at lvl 2!

Quill Rat · Post by **Quill Rat** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:11 am

Draren Thiralas, in Seyda Neen. He's on the house to the right, as you cross the wood bridge northbound.

Then I abused the hell outta God Mode, although I died every so often, not realizing why the hell. Turns out that even with God Mode on, high elves still can be killed. Meh.

ookami · Post by **ookami** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:27 am

Straight out of the census office, I decided it would be nice to take a little swim to a small island I could see a little ways out. The slaughterfish were nice enough to let me get about halfway there before they decided to tear into me. By the time I got my bearings about me, I was their dinner.

I guess that was a bit traumatic for me in-game. Since then, I just haven't felt comfortable swimming without an invisibility spell of some sort in effect. Good thing it wasn't Dreughs I ran into then. I might have sworn off swimming altogether.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:38 am

The kwama forager that spawns near the raod on the way to Balmora, straight after i received orders to see Caius.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:14 am

I accidentally sold a soul gem back to it's former owner. there wasn't even a soul in it! xX!!! who knew that would get 10 robed bad @$$es (when your level one, those Balmora Mages are Gods) trying to kill you? xX

The actual cause of death would be me stabbing myself when I panicked to draw it.

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:48 am

Raise yourself to level 5 and, with proper equipment, you see YOU'RE god. Raise yourself over 20 and you see, you're god without ANYTHING.Somewhere at 20 - 30's you notice, that Vivec, Almalexia, Dagoth Ur and any Aspect of Hircine will fall to your blade like a mudcrab and you don't even need a suit of armour.

However my first death was quite comic. I decide to save in money and go on foot to Balmora. Well. I saw an Andrano Ancestral Tomb "Hmm... Nice". I went there and I was scared to death, when I saw Ancestor Ghost first time in my life. That was the last thing Jared ever seen...

Odowacar · Post by **Odowacar** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:32 pm

I was slaughtered by the Hlaalu Guards in Balmora Guard Tower. I stole a Nordic Claymore, refused to pay gold and took my chances. The battle was over in less than ten seconds.

Silverwood · Post by **Silverwood** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:15 pm

I was a nice little Kitty, going into peoples houses and talking. I finally learned everything about Seydea, so I left. The days on Suran sitting at the Earthly Delights Tavern, trying to figure out who this tricky little slave could be. I get bored after a couple of skoomas and go to the trader. My cats mouth drops open at his first sight of the beautfulness of ebony weapons. He pulls out his old "Scamp Claw Sharp" knife and slices away at the Trader.
Slice!

Smack, Smack, Smack (trader)

_your crime has been reported_

I run far away from my terrible loss, only to see the almighty guards attacking me. I run to That orc with the drty armor and attempt to slay her for it. My cat was hit yet again. Now remember people, kitties can jump high... I start jumping up the suran mountains, just missing arrows whizzing by my face. My heart racing, I havn't saved since Prince Fargoth! I make up the hill. The battle music over. All this to see a strange shadow below me. I walk over cautisoly, knowing it could be a Humanoid or Daedra (i watched my borhter play once). I pull out my knife again and realize what stands before me is the strange man known as...

Umbra!

Umbra stands still, watching me in the erie fog of the Ashland humidity. I tAlk to this Orc, realizing he is a mighty warrior, my heart begins to race again, being a noob, I do not read what he says but continuosly saying "yes" or "next". The next thing iknow the box closes and that scared music comes on again.
He draws his sword
pulls back for a thrust
my heart is racing
it seems that all time has stopped
Umbra is starring through an Orcish Helm
Foom
10 health left
Fargoths ring...
30 health and rising...
Jab from me
miss
hit
im down, fatigued
slice, slice jab, thrust, slice

The terrible scream, that scream you can hear a cat make on a late, cold night. That eerie scream that Khajiit made on that mountain that day can still be heard from the scared Suran children.

Yea, Umbra, better than Icarian, didnt find that out untill my 3rd person, wow that was a funny death, from Seydea bouncing to Grazelands. agh. funny death

DarkEclipse · Post by **DarkEclipse** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:43 am

I had just 'borrowed' my brother's Morrowind CD, I started up the game and made an imperial. After the Cencus and Excise (Spelling?) office, I ran around confused, until by some miracle I got to Hla Oad. I went north and I see a big ol' Nord standing by the bridge. I talked to him and after I foudn out he was a bandit, he attacked. So then I think "I can take him!", and then I pull my dagger on him as he pulls out an ax (Note that I haven't done a single thing since leaving the office). I got only one chance to swing that dagger before his Nordic axe impaled my Imperial's brain.

But the joke's on him, because I didn't have the 100 gold he wanted from me anyways!

Rian · Post by **Rian** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:07 pm

I jumped off the silt-strider platform.....i had been playing kings quest for faaaar tooo looong...

mykeep · Post by **mykeep** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:56 am

it was my first time going out of seyda need, and I didnt know about the bug. I walked up the way to balmora and I say a guar. I attacked it because I thought I could kill it! A tamed, not wild guar. And it chased me for a long time. I died

ThreadWhisperer · Post by **ThreadWhisperer** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:50 am

Dang you guys lasted forever....

Lets just say you really should know what button(s) your hitting and such...never happen to be holding down the Sneak... instead of the run and try to talk to someone... it doesn't turn out well...especially if your character didn't keep the dagger offered in the first building...

So needless to say I have more to hate Fargoth for then most people... Apparently though all three guards in Seyda Neen really look out for that dork. He punched me a few times after I hit the take all button, well why not there was nothing in the screen...but anyway.. a couple hits from Fargoth and then three guards decended upon me in a bloody rage and I of course chose to resist arrest, why pay for something I didn't take? right? ahem... so yeah within about 45 seconds of leaving the census office I was lying dead in the street...

Savant · Post by **Savant** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:01 am

First time I died was when I wondered off from Caius's house and ended up in the bitter coast by nightfall. I was so completely lost, so when I found this Nord in the middle of the road I thought it would be nice to ask where I was. The guy ended up being a bandit and in just one swing of his axe I was dead. Didn't even get to draw my sword!

The Old Ye Bard · Post by **The Old Ye Bard** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:41 am

first time i died: before actualy playing morrowind i started fiddling with the CS i ended up dieing outside the census and exesize office being bombarded by one every creature, then as you would normally expect the computer froze then died had to by a new hard drive. aren't i a genius

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:08 pm

I walked outside after finding this pretty ring in a barrel in Seyda Neen when a pesky Wood elf demanded that I give it to him. It was my first magical item, but I decided I would be tricky and gave it to him. I then waited until he was out of the guards sight and attacked him with my iron dagger to get the ring back. He beat me down in about a minute, and I died. I later found out that Brentons were magic oriented, and I created a Nord. Revenge was wonderful.

Second Death:

I succesfully pick the lock on the upstairs door in Arille's tradehouse when the "Crime Reported" message pops up. Apparently picking locks is a crime. Strangely, nobody bothers to attck me because of it. I realize that I must go outside befor the guards arrest me, so I enter the room closing the door behind me and steal both a newtscale cuirass and an enchanted dagger. Being new and not knowing how to check my bounty, I decide that I had better sell the dagger to Arille downstairs before heading outside to haggle with the guards. He recognises the dagger as his own (how i'm not sure) and pulls out an axe with which to dispose of me. I run outside only to be greeted by the gaurds. I don't have enough money to pay off the fines, but I decide that going to jail would be better. I accidently click resist arrest. Fargoth laughs (or would have with a decent AI system) as the gaurds chase me all over town. Finally, I turn around, pull out a spell, and cast it. It turns out to be Voice of the Emperor. I die in two hits.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:27 pm

grrr, cliffracers were responsible for my second, third, fourth deaths, but the honour of the first goes to the mating kagoutis north of lake amaya. Tried levitating up onto a house to escape, but realised i was stuck forever there, so i decided to go out fighting. Wasnt much of a fight, lvl 2 theif character versus a kagouti thats prbably more than a bit annoyed at the death of its mate.

I showed it later on though, now i delieratley hunt and destroy kagoutis everywhere i go.

Zalzidrax · Post by **Zalzidrax** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:23 pm

I was bright enough not to try the scrolls of Icarian flight out when I found them. This wisdom apparently did not carry over to my test of the jump 100 pts spell I had just created.

Peter_UK · Post by **Peter_UK** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:02 pm

These damn kwarma foragers and cliff racers must surely belong to a criminal syndicate bent on killing noobie charaters.

In my first death i was a nord warrior who ran from a kwarma forager the first time it hit me...

Then it chased me through the ash region outside seydya neen where a bunch of cliff racers set upon me.

Im sure the forager was chasing me towards them in a soffisticated trap.

My second death came when i punched an Ordinator in Vivec for calling me "Scum". It wasn't pretty.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:25 am

I did the Icarian flight thing into the water, found some Daedric ruins with my scout and explored. I fought the pants off of a Dremora (level 1, marksman skill rocks) and nearly had him when I fell off the edge of where I was and I hit the seafloor. The impact made me lose my breath and I drowned. I was shooting, he charged, I fell, I drowned. The second time I died was I did a suicide headbutt off of the Vivec cantons and the third was with Dagoth Ur. My Ultima Online experience served me well to learn when to run away.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:55 pm

i cant remember exactly but id have 2 say the mage dude in the cave by seyda neen with the fireball, 1 HIT

Sturmer · Post by **Sturmer** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:31 am

(sigh) I hate Cliff Racers.

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