Kateishness Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I've been playing through the Dawnguard quest line and I've got to the Elder Scroll hunt, I've obtained the one from the Soul Cairn and now I'm pretty much being forced into joining The College of Winterhold to ask about the possible location of the second damnable scroll (why can't your college have some sort of 'visitors information desk' or something). I'm playing a sneaky Bosmer with absolutely no magic skills and I had no intention of joining the college for this character. I have done some of the college quests on previous characters though. I probably wouldn't feel so bad about it RP wise if I could just tell that ice queen on The Bridge of Death (Anybody else get reminded of this? Just me? Ok then...) that I'm the damned Dragonborn, I just need to pop in see your boss for five minutes and I'll then be on my merry way. I read you can actually tell her you're Dragonborn and prove it by using a Thu'um, but that option never appears for me, no idea why (Though that doesn't solve the issue of still becoming student). :/ I've also been told that the main quest line will also force me into the college as well, is this true? I've not done anything past being told to go fetch a horn for the greybeards yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayFrosty05 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Tell me about it.... :dry: ....I despise that Bethesda has done this, I don't play Mages and thus DO NOT want to join the College....But I have found a work around, you can avoid the College altogether....What you can do is just RP your Dovah as wandering as I do and "stumble" across Septimus Signus's Outpost and activate the Daedric Quest 'Discerning the Transmundane'....the College sends you here also....just finding the Outpost yourself allows you to skip the College inclusion, it will lead you to the Elder Scrolls you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettM Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I think you may need to complete the test by returning the horn and going through the little ceremony the Greybeards will perform before you can enter the College using a Thu'um. You will still be considered a student, so you'll have a College quest stuck in your log if you decide to ignore that quest line. If that bothers you, then StayFrosty05's work around is the only alternative. However, that does mean that you will end up missing Words (for Ice Form and Slow Time) that can only be learned from College quests. Even if you don't want to play a mage, you can still get through the College main quests using Shouts instead, with the exception of demonstrating a ward for Master Tolfdir. For example, a quick Yol will work in Saarthal when Tolfdir tells you to try casting a spell at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayFrosty05 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 The 'College Locked Shouts' and Faction, etc.. Locked Shouts....There is this Mod as an alternative....'Freedom of Speech'...: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24832//? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kateishness Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Ah, darn it... Welp, looks like I'll just have to do a bit of wandering and find that outpost. I knew about being locked out of some shouts, If I remember correctly there's also a shout you can't access until you join The Companions as well. Which honestly, I'm not too bothered about as I don't really have the 'gotta catch 'em all' attitude with shouts. Though I might check out that mod suggested, thanks. Oh, also isn't the college closely linked with the Dragon Priest Masks? I've never actually collected all of these and taken them back to the Labyrinthian, always end up getting side tracked and end up with only a few of these sitting in a chest at home... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayFrosty05 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 If you want to know where the Outpost is Kateish, I can tell you, though 'google' will come up with an easier to follow Map than my instructions could provide. The Shouts, I hear you....I don't go for them all myself, well not deliberately anyway...but I do find some of those 'locked Shouts' extremely handy.... :happy: ....Fire Breath and Ice Form are particularly nice.... :happy: The Dragon Priest Masks...If I remember correctly two of those Masks are locked by the Mages College. I haven't been too concerned about the Masks myself, so haven't looked into it at all....apologies, I can't help you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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