Hey guys, I was discussing info regarding Skyrim last night with a friend when i came up with an idea.

If you havent already read the GameInformer website article about Dragon Shouts you can check it out http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/01/20/skyrim-s-dragon-shouts.aspx

Dragon shouts are spells that are incredibly powerful, and are collected by killing dragons and absorbing their souls. You attain words, which eventually piece together to make a full shout. There are over 20 shouts, all of which you can collect throughout the game.

I have one major concern with this, because it will mean (for example) a stealth character will have a few stealth shouts, but also, 15 other (magic or combat) shouts which are useless to him because they dont suit his playstyle.

I think the solution to this would be customizable shouts which utilize words as effects, and can combine 3 words to make your own shout which complements your very own playstyle.

EXAMPLE:
You kill a dragon, and get to choose one word to steal, you steal a word which means FROST in dragonspeak. You now have a low level (one-word) dragon shout, which causes a frost damage effect.

You kill another dragon, this time stealing a word that means STEALTH. You combine FROST and STEALTH to make a shout which (just an example) makes you invisible while causing a massive cloud of frost damage.

You kill your third and final dragon, taking a word meaning DAGGER, completing your very own shout of FROST, STEALTH, DAGGER, which now makes you invisible, causes frost damage, and buffs your skill with a dagger.

I think this would promote complete customization, without superfluous shouts which you don't use.

Then again, this is only an idea, and I have full faith that the system Bethesda employs for Dragon Shouts will be awesome.

Forgive me if I am not understanding your idea correctly, but are you saying you want the ability to mix any words you get for shout powers? I believe there are 3 levels for 20 set Dragon shouts. Therefore, there might be approximately 5-7 dedicated to stealth that you could use, and simply ignore the rest. I don't think we will be able to combine words. It would be amazing if I was wrong, however

Yeah i was thinking more along the lines of scrapping the 20, and instead making just one shout fully customized to your player. Thanks for the reply

I still don't understand what collecting a dragon soul does? Does it give you "inventory spot" which allows you to learn words? For every dragon soul you have that allows you to obtain one dragon shout?