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On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:16:53 -0500, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net>
wrote:

>Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>On Mar 15, 7:01�am, Peter Huebner <no....@this.address> wrote:
>>> In article <7fo5k8hdporbssl1a...@4ax.com>,
>>> Xoc...@kingston.net says...

>I loved the crossbow in Morrowind and was quite sad when Oblivion went
>bows only.

Incidentally, crossbows are back if you have the Dawnguard DLC.

>One curious thing I'm noticing - sometimes my enemies seem to get
>reduced to piles of ash.
>This would make sense were I hurling fireballs at them, but using Ice
>Storm????

Possibly you were battling a necromancer or somebody who can raise
dead?

If you kill a monster, then it gets raised as a zombie, and you kill
it again (or if you kill the guy who summoned it), it turns to ash.

>Oh any comment on the Unofficial Skyrim Patch?
>Worth getting, mandatory, not worth it?

Definitely worth getting.
Aside from fixing various quest bugs (doors not opening, NPCs not
reacting to your actions, etc), it also fixes less essential problems
such as spelling and grammar, adds in missing conversation options and
fixes bits of the terrain where the geometry doesn't properly mesh.

I also strongly recommend the following mods:
Immersive HUD (automatically hides HUD elements when they aren't
needed)
Enhanced Distant Terrain (improves how the game renders far-away
terrain)
Static Mesh Improvement Mod - greatly improves the models of things
like chairs, doors, etc
SkyBirds - adds lots of fluttery birds, making the world much more
alive
Convenient Horses - improves how horses act
Footprints - PC and NPCs leave tracks in snow, mud and sand
Lush Trees and Grass - makes the vegetation much fuller
Skyrim Flora Overhaul - improves vegetation textures

I also like the Bandoliers/Bags & Pouches mod (adds extra carrying
capacity) and the Wearable Lanterns mod (strap a lamp to your belt).
Not to mention another fifty or sixty mods...

The last of which well explains why my Skyrim rarely runs for more
than 30 minutes before locking up ;-)