Obviously it's needed for gameplay purposes. You'd be absurdly powerful if you were allowed to Fus Roh Dah every two seconds.


But what is the lore specific reason for dragon shout recharge times? Why can't the Dragon Born shout every few seconds? Why does a more powerful shout require a longer recharge?

If I drink some of http://narconon.ca/blog/images/OTC-Cough-Syrup-DXM.jpg, will I be able to shout more?

Lol. Probably cause after the shout, it takes some of your energy, and you'd feel exhausted after 2-3-4 shouts in a row.

Would you pass out from hyperventilation or exhaustion?

mabye theres an unseen magicka bar. mabye a human/mer are just small and weak compaired to dragons and so cant muster up as many shouts at a time.
the cool down is untell you can use another dragon shout right? or does each shout have its own cooldown. the latter sounds just stupid o.O being able to do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIYhU6jfIR8 is just stupid......

There were no Halls in those days.
Sore throat :/

Repeated shouting can severely injure your larynx, I'd imagine repeatedly shouting the taunts of a flying monstrosity to be several times more damaging if not allowed to "Cool Down".

Gives time for the snow to resettle on the mountain slopes. The cooldown is what makes avalanches impossible.

I'm thinking it's probably an overpowering thing, no lore limitations i've seen. though i'm sure Tiber septim didn't go around the battefield repeating "Fus-Roh-Dah! Fus-Roh-Dah! Fus-Roh-Dah! Fus-Roh-Dah! ... Fus-Roh-Dah! Fus-Roh-Dah!", though that would make shoveling your skyrim driveway quite easy.

Same lore reason stronger spells cost more magicka.

Saying a dragon word and casting a spell aren't the same thing.

You're right. Anyone can cast a spell (almost). But only a few can use the Thu'um.

Logic = Dragon Shouts are more powerful.

Not really no, Thu'um is a form of magic.

The greybeards wouldn't exist if only our hero would use it.

Erm. . . I don't think so. Lot's of people have been able to use thu'um.

Right. I knew that. I was just... Not giving it as much thought as I should have.

there's no scientific explanation for dragon's fire in this game Fire is the Dragon language so it comes from magic.
maybe there's some kind of maná gauge the dragon must refill but i can wait to the game to solve that.

Um, well, it has something to do will your physical condition. Tiber Septim couldn't use his Thu'um after his throat was slit. He didn't stop being dragonborn, he just got injured beyond the ability to use the Thu'um. I guess it could be a coarse language and then it'd be hard to say a lot often because your throat would get scratchy. I have a soar throat right now and I'm really sympathizing with any and all dragonborns after even one shout.

I refuse to believe that it's simply because it makes his throat hurt.

That's a ridiculously lame reason.

I guess you've never heard of misusing/overusing one's voicebox enough to lose his voice? It happens.

You do know that the games make the lore, not the other way around right? I don't even think that dragon shout are even mentioned in lore anyways.

Why do bandits at a higher level in Oblivion have daedric armour? Because of the gameplay mechanics, deal with it.

This.


Sure they are but they are called Thuum.

Alright, I'm with you. I agree.



............. o_0

A simple Google search brought these up.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Thu%27um

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

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

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Thu%27um

Have fun reading! :goodjob:

FUS RO DAH!
(coughs)
Hey do you have a strepsil?
No.
Danmit!

It's pretty obvious that the reason is exhaustion, the way these things have been described thus far. The Thu'um is always described as something that you have to master, an old, difficult technique of the Nord. One that combines mental and physical strength and is thus exhausting for both mind and body.

Of course, it is not described anywhere in great detail, I imagine these things will come in the lore of Skyrim. But the lore so far strongly implies such an explanation.

By the way, to all the people who say that losing one's voice is a serious danger: Even in our world, there are ways to do shouting "right" so that this risk is reduced. I imagine that in a world where there are monks who train their voices all their life to become masters of supernatural shout, this won't be a real problem.
For the Dragonborn, it actually might be a problem, since he's a rookie and all. But in that case we don't consider what his dragon blood actually allows him to do, and it doesn't explain why Tiber Septim did not keep spamming shouts on the battlefield.

Maybe your throat would bleed. Or your head would blow off. One of the two.

All the detail of this Lore subject I have at the moment (Thanks, Google):