Looking at the various Skyrim boards there is alot of talk about "cheating". Not god mode* or such. Simply using in-game things. One suggested that using my horse was cheating, apparently due to its climbing ability and carrying capacity.

Now, one could imagine that a real-person rock-climber could likely climb any mountain in Skyrim, so making my horse "part of me" allows me to do just that. (Using my imagination.) So not a real cheat as for climbing. And a horse can also carry much more than I can.

Here are a couple of "cheats" that come to mind:

1. Carrying capacity: a real-life soldier can maybe carry up to a 100 lb load for short times. How much can we carry in Skyrim?

2. Running: Our characters obviously have more running endurance than any real-life person. So do the purists constantly stop and rest?

But here is my real kicker, and possibly a way to try playing at some point:

Everytime you get killed that's it, game over. Back to the cart heading to Helgen and your execution. Afterall, isn't reloading after your "death" the ultimate cheat?

Anyone down for that?

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* I recently did have to use god mode...again...to survive the final fall on the Dawnbreaker sword quest. But that was to overcome an apparent glitch...and don't care if that's cheating.

Also to remember, it's a fantasy game in a fantasy world where strange things are the norm.

I'll rather not make a game into a second unpaying job. Personally I don't care how another person plays their game, nor do I care if a faceless person is bothered by how I play either.

That said "starting over" is a thing, it's called Dead is Dead so no restarting a couple people in there forums play that way.

Thanks! Didn't know people did that.

Okay, googled "dead is dead" and there is some mod for that. If I played that way I wouldn't use a mod. Just start over.

Unless....once one is "dead" that's it for Skyrim, no starting over at all!

It's a pretty popular way to play in these parts: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1511418-the-skyrim-dead-is-dead-thread-xv/