So I went up to High Hrothgar and I found Wulfgar practicing his shouts at the cliff. Feeling ever devious, I went to his back and did a Fus-Ro-Dah only to see him withstand my shout! After 15mins of hacking at him alternating with paralyze spell (he tumbles over nearer and nearer to the edge of the cliff with each paralyze), I manage to push him off and I jumped down gingerly after him so as not to lose him. Anyway, at the base of the mountain he got up and started his long trek back to High Hrothgar only to run into an Arch Necromancer and there begins one of the most epic fights I've witnessed in the game.

Wulfgar employs Frost Breath, Fire Breath and Ice Form shouts and the amazing thing is the cooldowns for the shouts are significantly shorter than mine! With him, it is actually viable to use solely shouts to kill enemies (although I had to heal him some, it's an Arch Necromancer after all). Not only that, his shouts come out almost immediately and I believe they are the full-strength versions coz Fire Breath took out quite a chunk of health from the Necromancer. After that fight, my Dovahkin walked away dejected and all the more smaller :sadvaultboy:

Well the whole point of the Greybeards is that they actually cannot speak, except for that one who talks to you all the time, without channeling a Thu'um. They could basically kill you instantly by talking at you.

These guys have been training and studying the way of the Thu'um their entire lives. Dovahkin may be a "chosen one" type, but he's been shouting for what....a few in game weeks in most cases?

It would make sense that they're just a wee bit more powerful.

Could Luke best Yoda when he showed up on Dagobah?

If you were a Greybeard and sat in a dusty ruin all day meditating with no women, stuff builds up. :tongue:

U mean.... a longer beard?

You are failing to realize their genius and bad-assery lies within their epic beards.

This.

The dragonborn has the ability to instantly learn shouts that take others years, or even a lifetime to learn, his gift doesn't however instantly make him more powerful than those who have spent their lives unlocking their understanding.
Plus, as has been said, three of the Greybeards can't even speak without risking killing you. Even though you have some resistance, they still make you stagger and black out just by talking when they induct you into High Hrothgar.

thought... can you unenchant the Talos necklace? and then enchant a bunch of your gear for faster cooldowns...?

what do you expect with no toothbrushes throughout the whole land?

No, i don't believe it shows up in the "disenchant" menu.

Well you can wear the amulet of Talos and get his blessing at a shrine, which helps with the cool down.

If I recall correctly...

The Amulet of Talos can be disenchanted for the -% cooldown time for shouts enchant.

This can be used in conjunction with certain elements in game to get 80+ % reduction on cooldown time.

Enjoy your nonstop shouting!

Edit: WRONG! Apparently you cannot disenchant the Amulet of Talos. For shame!

Can't disenchant the Amulet of Talos. Or any of the deity Amulets for that matter. The Talos Shrine buff is miniscule as to be pretty irrelevant. The amulet itself, though only 20%, helps a lot. There may be other things out there that can fortify shouts...but I've yet to find them.