https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlhXKjSy6M

Checkmate!

I'm gonna say the Skyrim fellow has the easier time. In Skyrim, the poor wastelander will start off with a bang (literally!), but he won't be finding bullets or repair stations for his power armor and his resources are limited.

But, our dragonborn will still (presumably) have access to his tools ... his spells and shouts are more intrinsic to who he is. He has hands that are fully capable of holding a minigun while spamming daedric lords as bullet sponge decoys and reanimating slain deathclaws. He doesn't have a supply of soul gems, though.

Yes, a magic shield. A mage from Skyrim can easy survive any damage from anything we have in FO 4, even the glowing sea.

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I think a magic character wouldn't have a good time, wouldn't he or she be cut off from magicka itself. They literally wouldn't have any mana to cast spells.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Magic

Unless they brought a few potions or something but how long would they last. Hopefully the same principle wouldn't apply to shouting.

Depends. With a logistics teleporter at hand: the Fallout 4 guy, power armor + modern weapons win against crappy magic. Without proper supplies: the Dragonborn.

Dragonborn probably...he could slay a Mythic Deathclaw, and learn the nuclear bomb shout...anyone messes with him..one shout wipes out the commonwealth..

They'd probably both do well.


Dragonborn has an advantage of having magic, and can already wield a sword. Guns shouldn't be that hard to figure out. The Fallout universe has magic, just hidden in its recesses. The Dragonborn could access this and kick some serious ass.


SS would do well at first, depending on the enemy he faced. Then they'd be screwed for a bit when they ran out of ammo. But, after finding their way to the College, I'm sure they'd learn very quickly. Especially with a high Int SS. And they'd go back to kicking ass.

Neither! The Chosen One would run them all over with the Highwayman with Marcus in the back shooting everyone. Do you know why? Because he is the CHOSEN ONE.

Do not watch this while eating or drinking.

This is a fantastic video. I especially loved how when he opens the Nuka Cola, the cap flies right into his pocket. Very good stuff!!!

I'll see your Chosen One and raise you a Nerevarine.

Well, it may be an bullet instead of an arrow, but my SS has a rifle with kneecapper on it. No Skyrim adventurer can stand against me!

You guys act like guns are difficult, the number one reason guns surpassed swords and such was because it is far easier to use a gun than a sword.


Sure energy weapons and launchers, flamers and such would be more difficult as would be the maintenance over time. But these could be learned fairly quickly.


As long as the dragonborn saw someone use a gun first Im sure they would be fine.


Also the dragon born is capable of turning bare minimum and raw materials into useable medicines and equipment. The SS can only use scraps and salvage from the old world in their creations.


Then there is the matter of ammo, the SS would quickly run out of what ammo they came over with, then they'd be forced to melee combat. Sure the SS has done it before but against who? Junkie raiders wielding baseball bats and crazed mutants with knives? Now they would be confronting trained men and women, Orcs and Redguards who are masters of the blade. Not wildly swinging about but dodging, parrying counter striking.


The dragonborn would demolish any they confronted in single combat, though range would be their disadvantage they would overcome it.


Radiation would of course be a major concern for the DB but after discussion with inhabitants they could learn what they need.

Dragonborn dies from radiation exposure while SS freezes. So I guess SS has a better chance.

Though I'm sure the Dragonborn would be more loved throughout the wasteland than the SS would be in Skyrim given that Dragonborn seems to unquestionably do everything he is told while the SS always feels the need to make an offensive or sarcastic remark towards everyone he meets even when he agrees to do something for them.

I would say the fact that guns eventually rendering traditional armor useless is an even greater factor. Unless of course you wanted to make armor that was thick enough to resist the bullet but made you barely mobile which nobody wanted...

Not to mention we are talking about modern automatic, semi-automatic, high-caliber, explosive, laser or plasma guns, not old ass muskets, rifles or blunderbusses.

Additionally, should the Dragonborn's first experience with a gun be the business end of one, he might not get a second one. The SS knows what a sword is on sight and what to do to not be on the business end...

I wonder how resilient Daedric armor would be in Fallout though. I mean it's definitely several times stronger than the common steel that was rendered useless by guns yet just as mobile. If say the DB is dealing with some wastelanders or low rate raiders with pipe guns from a distance, the armor might be able to protect him against the first couple rounds just in time for him to get out the way out assuming he doesn't get hit in a weak spot.

Although against higher caliber rounds or energy weapons that can be found on the Gunners or Synths that populated a good portion of the Commonwealth, I doubt Daedric armor will do much.

My original Sorc, my first real Skyrim char would be a problem for F4. He is not very tough and avoids direct combat but he can stun lock a legendary Dragon to death, no problem, As well his personal frailty means he seldom exposes his precious self to anything that will hurt him. A pair of Dremora will last a while against F4 enemies and can be recast endlessly. The Fire Atronachs, my hot girls, would be in heaven with all that flamable and explosive stuff all over, again, he can cast them endlessly.

I'd have to work on tactics but I think he could do well in F4.

My Skyrim character has some modded Iron plate/chainmail/fur combination as armour, and uses a dragonbone bow and arrows alongside the best blade the Skyforge can offer and a banded iron shield.

My Fallout 4 character is completely encased inside a suit of X-01 power armour that can take multiple direct hits from high explosives without even damaging him inside, and can throw down gatling laser fire that shreds everything, deathclaw, super mutant, and probably dragon all.

Its not really a fair fight at all. I could see them roleplay-wise teaming up and riding their combined worlds of abominations of technology and elvish wights both, but its really no contest which one is clearly the strongest.

I think the SS would be running Skyrim in a matter of weeks. Your hypothetical assumes "with his favorite gear"... well, my favorite gear has a significant amount of energy and radiation resistance which would prove very durable against Skyrim's trump card, that is magic. Also the SS, coming from an extremely harsh environment, will suddenly find himself in a place without radiation storms or the glowing sea and where everything is actually safe to eat. The tens of thousands of rounds of ammo he has would last for quite a while, and if all else fails I'd still have my unlimited ammo laser rifle.

On the other hand my favorite Skyrim character would get along pretty well in the Commonwealth, once he learned his way around. Sneaking and using his bow he could take out most enemies just as easily as the SS does, and if anything did make it into close range they'd regret it. Even a mirelurk queen would be hard-pressed to stand before the battle axe I'd made with my maxed out crafting abilities.

In the end I give a narrow edge to the SS due to the environmental factors. But I think either one would be a lot of fun to see.

Unlimited Ammo, unless I'm mistaken just means it will use all you have without reloading. I doubt anything short of PA would be resistant to a mature magic user, and once your cores are gone ...

In FO4 the NPC's would keep waiting waiting for the Dragonborn to respond in dialog ... ... ... eventually they'd be saying "Um, hello? You there?" and finally walk away.

This vid just kills me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93AEPim4ZCk

Junk Shooter has unlimited ammo as long as the SS pick up craps and Skyrim is filled with them. Conserve powerful ammo for dragons or something.

I agree. No Contest. My Dragonborn would hit the SS with a Paralyze spell , then watch as his Dead Thralls (2 Legendary Gunners) whittle away at him.

Keep casting Paralyze until it is over. Supplement with Staff of Paralysis if Magicka Pool has not built back up yet. Really, no contest at all.

That is if it were DB vs SS....

Still, DB could use this strategy in the wasteland just fine, I think.

edit: or just pacify the lot of 'em. Keep on walkin'.

VATS headshot, or for some reasons, the mysterious stranger jumps out and blow DB's head off.

DB will die because he doesn't know what radiation is, and any action like eating or drinking water would kill him and he doesn't know why. Plus, he can't order pizza because he can't talk, so he can't get radiation free food.

Dragonborn hands down would have a far eaiser time.

Considering that the Sole Survivor in most cases is built without any perk ups in STR or Melee. Furthermore no chance that they would operate a bow with as much skill.

SS has no Dragonshouts and is inherently not magically inclined.

Most SS builds would start out strong and run out of bullets. Your not Ash from 'Army of Darkness' there is no way your building a boomstick at the blacksmith and they have no reason to have any of the technological implements available due to magic which in every way possible is superior to technology.

So considering most SS builds you'd have a Sciency Gunnut that would quickly find herself yes 'herself' out of ammo and a bunch of people that have no clue what a receiver is or thermal paste compound. No your not making paste from fire salts at the alchemist. Also she would be weak and have like 1 END so 1 shot away from being dead.... Her armor barring Power Armor which needs fuel cells to use would be like paper to the magic attacks and enchanted weaponry of Skyrim. Not to mention that "Its not easy being a woman in Skyrim...."

The DragonBorn on the other hand doesn't give a hoot about guns, he could pull out a bow of slaying and one shot anything if 'she' wanted. This woman however has a super power, she knows how to yell so loadly so furiously that she can lay legendary world eating creatures to death with her banshee screams alone...

Not to mention she happens to be an accomplished melee combatant 9 times out of 10. Likely equipped with armor and weapons that are heavily enchanted and meant to protect the wearer from all manner of damage and to greater degrees of magnitude than any suit of Power Armor.

The DragonBorn is innately a creature of magic of a degree that far surpasses most any other creature of her world.

Afterall, she can become the guild leader of every faction, become enslaved to each Daedra for eternity, and still walk into the halls of Soviengard for her afterlife if she so choices breaking the packs with godly entities just because.