Bold of you to assume I hate anything about Skyrim

The “Paarthurnax Dilemma” annoyed me so much I installed a mod that gives you a third option. You can essentially tell the Blades, “I am the Dragonborn so I am the boss; you do what I say.” That shuts them up.

No mention of ”no stone unturned” try locate 24 barenziah gems scattered across the entirity of skyrim

I was so excited to come across Sinderion’s lab. I remembered him from Oblivion and that godforsaken nirnroot. Then I open the door to find his skeleton. Great reunion.

In my opinion, the worst part about a return to your roots is that you can accidentally eat the stupid plant and have to find even more of them

"A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON" *screeches in pterodactyl*

Heard they're reforming the Dawnguard. Vampire hunters, or something, in the old fort near Riften. Might consider joining up myself.

I found Miridia's beacon in a hagraven nest. That I had snuck into. The panic I felt, thinking the hagraven had found me, and was now screaming at me... I swear I almost had a heart attack

I remember not knowing about diseases for years until I finally wasn't a werewolf in one of my runs and everybody kept telling me how I look terrible and I had to look it up and then I found out that diseases were a thing in the game lol

Delphine: “We want you to kill Paa-“ Me: “Oh gee look at that, you’re missing your head, don’t you need that?”

the first time i ever found meridia's beacon i was playing with headphones at 3 am. opened a chest, saw it, didnt know what it was, picked it up... "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON" fell off my chair and woke my parents up

I really liked Meridia's quest. It was a pleasant surprise and one of the few morally good daedric quests

I really like Meridia's Quest, plenty of Gold on those burned bodies, easy to complete, cool looking and good damage dealing weapons when used on Undead and Vampires. The quest where we collect the Stones of Barenziah on the other hand...oh Talos, never again will I repeat that one.

The blades: You need to kill Parth- Me, grabbing the beacon: WHAT, I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS DEITY IN MY EARS

Delphine: "We need you to kill Paar-" Dovakiin: "Wow, it sure was nice of you to sacrifice yourself to Sheogorath, I'm sure he very much appreciates that; I'll be sure to sprinkle cheese on your shallow grave."

I remember when the Paarthurnax ultimatum was given, I did try attack Delphine. But since she was an essential character, I couldn't kill her and fail the mission

I actually liked the Crimson Nirnroot quest, gave me a reason to walk around Blackreach and find all the little secrets

The Crimson Nirnroot and Patience of a Saint quests are just the developers ensuring players explore all of the areas they spent so much time creating.

Hearing "A new hand touches the beacon" at the start of the video activated my fight or flight response

If you occasionally peer up into the sky while walking on the roads of Skyrim, you’ll sometimes find a hawk flying around. You can actually shoot (an arrow or bolt of magicka) it and kill it. When you loot it, you’ll find a hawk beak, hawk feather, and some other stuff. It’s very useful for crafting your own cute disease potions!

The nirnroot quest reward is actually really good if your make potions, gives you 25% chance to duplicate a potion when you make it. Essentially giving a chance to make 2 potions for the price of one.

“Is it better to be born good, or to overcome ones nature through hard work and meditation” -some wise old dragon probably

"Whoever Sinderion was..." Be advised, he was an alchemist in Oblivion, and his quest was, well... To collect nirnroot.

I love being a werewolf because of the transformation, abilities, and not being able to contact diseases is a blessing

I feel like I'm the only person who actually likes "A return to your roots" I love exploring Blackreach and half the time I do that quest I'm not even meaning to I'm just roaming around the colourful underworld of Skyrim

"Whoever Sinderion was"?!!! Sinderion was the master alchemist trainer in Oblivion. This was one of the cooler cameos in Skyrim.

Sinderion: Completely decomposed to bare bones Candles: Still burning.

I feel like the diseases really are not that bad at all because you can just fast travel to riften or whiterun or anywhere that has a temple and just activate the shrine and it cures all debuffs. Also maybe just keep a potion of cure diseases handy.

To be totally fair to the Crimson Nirnroot quest, you also get the Sinderion's Serendipity effect which gives you a 25% chance to duplicate a potion you make with Alchemy, which for an alchemist, is pretty good.

The intro music to TES6 is just going to be Todd Howard himself saying, “A new hand touches the beacon,” on a continuous loop.

Nate: A new hand touches the beacon... Me: *throws phone across the room*

If you visit the Sarethi farm before going to Blackreach, she will talk about Sindarion. The quests actually makes sense

For all those finding Jiub's papers and doesn't want to just search it up I found that using the storm call shout makes it way easier to see in the soul cairn

Delphine: There's one more thi- Me: *runs out immediately to never receive the quest*

When The Elder Scrolls: 6 finally comes out: ME: "Oh, I found a note...what's it say?" *Quest Started* *THE IMPATIENT ROOTS OF BARENZIAH* *Objective: Find 50 Crimson pages of Barenziah. . . in the Soul Cairn.* ME: Of CoUrSe Todd. Of CoUrSe.

Tbh I like the Meridia's Beacon thing. It adds a bit of excitement when you come across it, esp since it can be during a super routine bandit camp clearout or something. Also, the sword from that quest is prob the best there is at that level in the game. Also, I haven't run into any scenario where I didn't have a cure disease potion when I needed it.

I’m starting to think i’m one of a few players that has always done the 30 Crimson Nirnroot quest. Even on my first play through in 2011 I did it. Takes some time but I hate leaving a quest not completed.

bruh, I've never had an issue with diseases, there are shrines literally everywhere and I always carry a cure disease around.

The reward for Return to Your Roots is also a permanent effect that lets you occasionally make duplicate potions/poisons, which is actually quite handy for anyone playing an alchemist.

I like the disease mechanics. It's unpredictable, really makes survival mode challenging, and should be expected to happen to anyone who tries to travel in a cold tundra full of daedra knows what. What could be an improvement would be even to have cold-related diseases. How come the dragonborn never gets a cold?

You also get the sinderion’s serendipity effect from a return to your roots. Giving you a 25% chance to produce two potions out of 1 craft. Sinderion also was the hand in-chick’s mentor and taught her how to cultivate nirnroot. Quite a bit more backstory than you highlighted too

Me: *A Bosmer, with inherent 50% resistance to poison and disease, wearing the Saviour's Hide, which grants an additional 50% resistance to poison, while also being a werewolf, meaning I have 100% resistance to all diseases anyway...* Arcadia: "Yoooou look rather pale. Could be Ataxia. It's quite a problem back home in Cyrodiil."

Fun story: I was in the laboratory and an explosion outside would kill me whenever I left. Not knowing what to do I lied in the bed and waited. When I woke up I started the dark brotherhood quest line

Oddly enough from a lore standpoint, I think joining the Blades as an option would mean ultimately the player character would become emperor of Tamriel. The blades that remain remember their purpose, to protect and be the secret dagger of the empire. They would likely recruit more members rather quickly, and having the dragonborn as their leader is a great motivation for joining, ignoring the Imperial Legion or Stormcloaks faction that someone may normally join for a simple peasant looking for purpose. They would benefit from the death of Titus Meade II, and Amond did say that a change in policy was needed. A war leader emperor such as the dragonborn who also allied themselves with the Legion with the backing of the Blades organization, with the death of Titus Meade II would use their charisma to bring about a second war, but this time with much better results, the elves would be humbled using their spells against the dragonborn who could stop time briefly, call a storm to his enemies, send forth flames, or encase the thalmor in ice, I think highly that they would be defeated, and fully legitimize a claim to Tamriel. Dragons are naturally inclined to attain power, authority and roles of leadership. As well as a dragonborn allied and leading the Dark Brotherhood, and Blades, they could in theory at least, combine the factions to attain exacting results and goals to some extent. Same for the thieves guild and fighters guild, fund expansion with ebony, stahlrim mining via Solstheim and have an excellent opportunity to have House Redaran and House Telvanni at the dragonborns side. By utilizing Isran the dragonborn could bolster fighting forces, or use the vampires to help bolster stealthy operations.

Actually, you get a special perk after handing all 30 nirnroots. It gives a chance to create a duplicate potion whenever you craft one. It's a really good perk and it's a good reward. I didn't know about the reward until I handed the quest, you can miss this reward quite easily because the only way the game tells you you get it is by a small text in the right corner " is added." or something like that. I remember that I was really surprised and quite happy about this perk and the work I had to do for it when I first finished the quest.

He makes diseases sound so hard to cure, you can just get a cure disease or go to a shrine

What about the stones of Barenziah quest? It's basically the upgraded version of Jiub's and the red root quests

Fun fact; Sinderion is an Altmer commoner in Oblivion, he researches nirnroots.

For those who don’t know there was SUPPOSED to be a 3rd choice to make Delphine and Esbern shut up about killing Paarthurnax. All it did was fail the quest when you say no and Delphine is even afraid of you when you completely deny her after raising your voice and SHAKE Sky Haven Temple. It was most likely cut from the game accidentally as its fully voiced. There is a mod to restore this content but could cause some problems if you start a new game from scratch. It is available on Xbox and PC, I’m not sure if it’s available on PlayStation but I would assume it is, since it’s not using any custom assets (To my knowledge.

Delphine: "You're either with us or against us!" Dovahkiin: *malevolent dovah laugh* "Oh, Delphine, did you not notice The Paarthurnax Dilemma was installed?"

“Whomever Sinderion was...” Not only was he a character/quest giver in oblivion.. the journal in his quarters mentions the player character from the oblivion game running errands for him. Hence “a return to your roots” But because you’re always telling us about much more obscure and interesting theories, we’ll let this one slide...

I like Meridia's quest. My very first character that was a Khajitt who was into alchemy and stuck everything in his mouth like a six foot tall furry toddler. When I saw that beacon for the first time, I was like " OH that is neat seed." And her " A NEW HAND TOUCHES A BEACON!" Scared me. I imagine my big goofy Khajit shaking his paw wildly while poor Lydia wonder about her life choices.

The other reward for the crimson nirnroot more than makes up for the hassle, she also gives you a book that will make it so that you randomly generate 2 potions instead of 1 whenever you craft potions … helps a lot when you generate the bulk of your early money from selling the ultimate escape potion.

This is why I fell in love with mods. There is a mod that gives you the option to argue with Delphine and in the end shake the blade's home with your dovah voice. Basically saying screw you, partysnax lives and you will deal with it. Not only does he live but both places are open to you along with the quests that come with the greybeards and blades.

"Some missions can drive us absolutely mad..." Sheogorath: I see this as an absolute win! Edit: I just realized Sheogorath does the same pose in the thumbnail as Hulk from the meme.. well played, Nayt...

I’ve been a werewolf for almost all of my playthroughs so I never had to deal with diseases.

I must say, I didn't hate looking for crimson nirnroots. It allowed me to explore Blackreach while sneaking all the time. Since I was on my way to Sneak lvl 100 at that time, it was actually really helpful haha At the end of the quest I believe I got a book that gave me alchemy xp, not money.

Nate: rants about diseases Me, an intelectual: *laughs in werewolf*

"A new hand touches the beacon." This quote triggers my fight or flight response...

The roots mission wasn't so bad for me. It gave me a reason to explore blackreach and somewhat have fun

Diseases have never been a problem for me, I've made it a habit to visit shrines often for the buffs and healing from debuffs.

"...whomever Sinderion was..." Somebody didn't play his Oblivion.... >_>

Nate: “A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON” Me: (confused screaming)

The crimson Nirnroot quest does give you the ability "Sinderion's Serendipity", which provides a 25% chance to make two potions per craft instead of just one. its an okay perk. quests still a pain though.

Well, the amulet we get from jiub is pretty handy if you're a hoarding warrior. It has +50 carry weight and +50 stamina. Pretty useful, if you ask me.

I never thought that diseases were really that big of a nuisance.

I love how Nate describes the crimson nurroot quest it cracks me up

Soul Cairn quests might be some of the most painful in the game but definitely some of the most rewarding. Same goes for Meridia's beacon bc the reward is my favorite sword in the game and probably the most cool looking

Delphine: We need you to kill Pa- *xXDov4kiinXx has left the chat*

Nate: “You have contracted-“ US Army ad: “Loyalty...” I lost it at that.

I used to play vanilla skyrim on xbox 360 on a samsung box tv , and that was about 11 years ago 😆😆man how nostalgic nates videos are , THANK YOU NATE😎😎✊

y'all are forgetting about Ingun Black-Briar's triple misc quest: 20 Nirnroot 20 Deathbell AND 20 Nightshade now Deathbell are easy enough, just head to Morthal, but Nirnroot and Nightshade appear to be scattered all across Skyrim. So it's literally 'A Return To Your Roots' on steroids

I never really understood the Blades point of view, I’m the Dragonborn fam if a dragon is a threat I’ll slay it. I mean we killed Alduin there’s no dragon who could’ve posed a bigger threat. So why would we need to kill a dragon who’s shown no signs of being a threat and has actually helped us?

At least meridia gives you a weapon and not a freaking alchemy perk!

I have a theory about that Paarthurnax thing: Arngeir (Arngreir? I don't remember) can tell you where you can unlock new shouts, but you need dragon souls to be able to use them. Basically the game expects you to unlock every single shout, kill that poor dragon and join the blades so that you have quests and markers that tell you where other dragons are without making you casually go around the map trying to find them.

Worst thing in my first run was indeed the Paarthurnax Dilemma. That dear old reptile is by far one of my absolute favorite characters in the game (probably only beaten by Shegorath) and back in the days I honestly didn't know that I have the choice to simply stick the finger to the Blades. So I actually made that damn quest in order to complete the main quest......and boy this broke my heart :( Let me add just another one however, that I just recently tripped over. That quest with this old alchemy dude in Windhelm and his stupid vial. You go on this big ass quest, stumble over yet another North-Tomb - rather big one if I remember right - pummel your way through that to get the damn vial. And you come back and would think this guy is gonna be super happy considering that I am presenting him his life goal on a silver tablet. Yeah nope, all you get is an angry rant because the vial wasn't in the best shape when you found it and some pocket money, that really isn't worth the talking. And the only conclusion after that is his apprentice saying "yeah sorry, dude, he's old and stuff. Here get some more mula". Seriously, one of the most unsatisfactory quests in the game.

Not mentioning the “No Stone Unturned” quest? Aight I’mma head out

“A new hand touches the beacon” fills me with existential dread every single time I hear it.

Delphine: We need you to kill par... Me uses a wabbajack: "Hippity hoppity you are now a cheese property"

The locket is pretty useful for me personally. Good for expanding your inventory.

As annoying as “a new hand touches the beacon” is when you have max volume on VR, The Break of Dawn actually slaps as a quest, the weapon is great, and Meridia is probably the only deity in the game I follow on any given play through.

I actually loved sheogoraths quests. Any time I can spend with him is a blessing

just finished a return to your roots without any internet help, and it was actually pretty fun! i ended up stumbling across most of the nirnroots as i ran around taking screenshots. those floating mushrooms and glowing rocks...

Return to your roots is a quest i used to hate... But then one day i finished it... And it was actually a pretty chill journey, and a really satisfying feeling when i was finally done.

Fish boi: Welcome to the salty spittoon,how tough are ya Me: I completed “a return to your roots Fish boi: so? Me:without volume. Fish boi: head right in

You forgot one annoying moment... When there's a really difficult lock to pick on a chest, but you don't get ANYTHING good after you finally manage to open it...

Meridia's quest, if I recall correctly, also launches you into the sky to recieve your reward and I distinctly remember being dropped on my ass and dying coz the game glitches and didn't lower me to the ground correctly

Diseases are not a problem if you do the Companion quest line. Even if you don’t become a werewolf, the Silverhand carry a lot of cure disease potion so you can just stock up

If I remember correctly you also get a permanent perk that gives you a 25% to make a duplicate potion after completing "A return to your roots"

The joke's on Meridia: I picked up the beacon with my mouth

Diseases are such a non-issue to me because I'd interact with any shrine I saw. Traveling to Whiterun frequently with Heimskr's Shrine of Talos outside made it a little passing ritual of mine. There was never a time where I really felt debuffed by a disease.

I love the Dawnbreaker you get from the Meridia's beacon quest

Paarthurnax dilemma mod is the best mod to grab no matter what, you get to tell the Blade screw you I don’t work for you you work for me Paarthurnax lives.

9:12 Are we just going to ignore the fact that Nate has his character named Gordon Ramsey?

I didn't read the title of the video, so when I heard "a new hand touches the beacon" I just sighed.. Perfect opening for such a video.

I actually love finding the red nirnroot! I think I just like exploring Blackreach, it’s one of my favorite locations

You see those warriors from hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Sword.

As soon as I clicked on the video “A NeW HaNd toUCHes Th-“ NOOOOOOOOOOOO

I contracted vampirism when I started "a new hand touches the beacon". it has it's perks.

I did not know the rock joint thing happened.. probably because I’m a werewolf in both of my worlds so I don’t get diseases but that’s nice to remember when I do more later