My Breton battlemage started the Meridia's Beacon quest by going to her shrine. The location of the beacon was marked as being inside a locked chest in the middle of a giant's campsite. Ugh! I read that it would be foolish to confront a giant, it's a no win situation, especially since my character is only Level 13 and is not good at lock picking (even ifr she drinks that fortify lockpick skill potion). Has anyone gotten the beacon from that giant's locked chest? I need your help pls, how can this be done without having my character get killed by the giants in the process? Thanks for your replies!

You could always reload a save before you got that quest. There's a chance you'll get a different location.

um ..invisiblity potion?

Make sure you have plenty of lockpicks. Keep trying to pick the lock until you finally get it. Otherwise, you can, as suggested, reload to before receiving the quest, and go to the nearest "dungeon". The beacon would probably be inside the next boss chest you come across.

Vampire Lords and Werewolves fear not such smelly, oversized simpletons. If one prefers clean blood, follow these three rules:

Rule #1: You gotta be quick

Rule #2: Don't fall down

Rule #3:Whatever you do, never look back

STASH N RUN!!!!!!

Fus-Ro-Dah! Whack,whack,whack.

I always wait until I recieve the Beacon, then go to the Shrine.

EDIT read Battlmage, back away slowly while casting Frostbite at the Giant

I'd recommend sprinting in, lockpick the chest & grab the Beacon, then sprint out & away from the Giants. It's way easier than it sounds. That's how I loot Giant Camp Chests all the time.

This is Secundah's Kiss? Best way is to come in from the upper mountainside, south from the camp- SAVE GAME - and drop down directly onto the chest. Sneak mode mandatory, an invisibility potion chugged down just before dropping helps but not totally necessary. Have plenty of lockpicks handy, It.s not a master rated lock, (Adept if I remember right) Once you have the goods, sprint out quickly away to the west from the giant if it's hovering. Whirlwind sprint makes it a certainty to escape but not required. If you botch it up try again from the save point.