Nooo Lydia died at my hands I am a murderer :(

Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:07 pm

I feel just horrible, here I am level 21 and Lydia has been a faithful companion and mostly good company since the beginning! I decided to do a quest today where I had to get that shield for a particular Jarl, the dungeon was full of necromancers and adepts and I was having a hard time with 5 at once plus their summonings! In the confusion I was whirling about wildly with my enchanted mace, smiting the hethen left and right when out of the corner of my eye I noticed Lydia was injured, and down on her knees! I swirled about to help but I was still finishing my previous swing and alas I clouted poor Lydia across the noggin and down she went :(

I felt so horrified that I had killed her that I went on a mad killing streak and destroyed the rest of the necromancers and their boss! But then I had to consider life without Lydia ... I couldn't, I had to reload and start again :(

How has your Lydia met her untimely end?
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Kaylee Campbell
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:13 am

She hasn't died yet. Came close a few times and decided to give her the safe life of a blade. Mostly did that make her stop eating bread in my bedroom though...
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C.L.U.T.C.H
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:54 am

Mine grew old, sitting alone in my home xD
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Elizabeth Falvey
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:21 pm

She hasn't died yet. Came close a few times and decided to give her the safe life of a blade. Mostly did that make her stop eating bread in my bedroom though...


I don't understand why but mine has died a number of times, just yesterday while exploring the frozen wastes near Winterhold a snow bear killed her! I didn't think NPC's could kill her but obviously they can, this was the first time I had been the cause of her demise though!
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Lucky Boy
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:34 am

I don't even use any companions and I have throughts about just stabbing her to death for annoying me the 0.001% of my playtime I spend in my house.
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Alyce Argabright
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:27 pm

She's probably died from boredom sitting in Breezehome.
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Floor Punch
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:48 am

She hasn't died yet for me. She just sits in my home......eating Sweetrolls.
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Richard Thompson
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:25 am

Companions, non-essential ones that can be killed like Lydia, will get downed. Then they will be ignored by NPCs, if they take a spec of damage, they will die. However, continous attacks like dragon breath and left-over strikes can still kill. Just, they usually don't.
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Claudia Cook
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:22 pm

My Lydia kept on attacking important NPCS so much so my quest(s) couldn't continue. So she had to go (the hard way)
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Chris Guerin
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:52 pm

My Lydia kept on attacking important NPCS so much so my quest(s) couldn't continue. So she had to go (the hard way)


Poor Lydia :(
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Nick Jase Mason
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:39 pm

Never rolled Lydia, but I used Sven until level 36. Can't tell you how many times I'd find his corpse lying around after even the simplest of battles...

Now I've got Marcurio. Woot.
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Kara Payne
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:17 pm

Since I won't le her stay dead and go back to an older save, she has so far died from:

  • Dragon fire, from an actual dragon
  • Dragon fire, from me
  • Blast damage from an evil spellcaster
  • Blast damage from an evil spellcaster (me)
  • Draugr Deathlords who did not seem to want to give her mercy

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Lily Evans
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:36 pm

I've stopped using her. When I was playing a mage I blew her up... I've stabbed her in the back quite a few times on my thief, as well as shot her with a few killing arrows... I've seen her get picked up by a dragon's mouth and tossed to her death... The LAST straw though was when she fell off the mountain on the way to the Greybeards while fighting a troll.

... I've stopped using NPCs as pack animals now and just fly solo.
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Ria dell
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:36 pm

Dropped a Dragon on her...or more accurately she dropped it on herself - if you do enough damage to them they can't fly ,she shot it while it was diving in for a strafing run and it dropped out of the sky and skidded along the ground,(it actually dug a furrow in the ground as it crashed),my character got knocked to the side but lydia was directly in front.. ,after I finished the dragon off i started looking around for her and couldnt see her ,I found her sword in the furrow and ended up finding her Under the Dragon!
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Melanie Steinberg
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:17 pm

I FUS RO DAH'd her off High Hrothgar. I didn't like her cluttering up my home.
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jenny goodwin
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:34 am

At the Shrine of Boethiah.
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renee Duhamel
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:42 pm

Eh hem:

-Run into my fire rune -.-

-Run into my fireball -.-

-Run into my dragonshout -.-

I know she takes her job seriously, but lady when I am setting up for some awesome magic of awesome don't run into it. Most likely it will turn out bad for you.
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Tracey Duncan
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:24 am

She has been with me start to finish on my 1st character (dual wielding Nord) she gets whacked when she gets in my way but with her high armor rating she can take it. I don't hit here more than once or twice with normal attacks. I cripple her sometimes but that is it, never killed her.

I do not ever use companions by choice with my thief/assassin, not worth the head-aches.
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James Potter
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:47 pm

I did the same thing except she ran in front of a bandit and my arrow it her right in the back. Her body went flying and I made like a shrine for her.
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Lynne Hinton
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:53 pm

I marked Lydia as essential.
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Reanan-Marie Olsen
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:08 pm

I did the same thing except she ran in front of a bandit and my arrow it her right in the back. Her body went flying and I made like a shrine for her.
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NIloufar Emporio
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14 am

I geared her up using stacked magical and upgraded it to max I have +25% smith necklace, ring, smith apron, and gloves, then I popped a 30 second 20% blacksmith potion.. so now shes my, nice ass'd Super Tank. (her Jewelry and armor all have HP added to them Grand soul)
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Joe Bonney
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:30 am

I sacrificed her to Botheah, it was very satisfying haha
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sharon
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:31 pm

Sweetroll Overdose.
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Trista Jim
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:57 am

But I also reload to keep her alive.
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