Can You Beat Skyrim As Emperor Palpatine?

[@joaogomes9405]

To be fair, aiding a government in a civil war just to secretly murder the leader of said government and take it over is exactly the kind of thing Palpatine would do

[@Maniacman2030]

I mean, Palpatine did eliminate the Jedi AND the Senate to become Emperor. All under their noses, too. Up to and including having a bunch of Clones of a famous bounty hunter made en masse and brainwashed with a killswitch to eliminate everyone who stood in his way. So, it all works.

[@realiascailt]

That's exactly what he did

[@khajiitimanus7432]

It's not the kind of thing he would do, it's the exact same thing that he already did.

[@darrekworkman5595]

@@realiascailt No that is NOT what he did! He actually created the civil war and ran it from both sides!

[@blueskiesabove2641]

@@darrekworkman5595 so he'd be the thalmor?

[@stevray98]

This build explains why Luke was able to withstand the emperor's lighting long enough for Vader to make a five year plan on whether to save him or not

[@liamchristensen6662]

"Do you know the tale of Darth Clavicus the Vile? It's not a story the daedra would tell you"

[@spiegelhirsch3531]

Dude I had something in mind like that but aedra not daedra XD

[@KertaDrake]

Published by Crassius the Hutt.

[@BeansAndBullets1391]

"Is it possible to learn this power?" "Not from a Nord."

[@Cwronaga216]

"Have you heard the tragedy of emperor Pelagius the mad?"

[@dank90]

​@@Cwronaga216I was looking for this comment 😂

[@rocket2995]

"Wait, I know you!" "I don't recognize you" *It's just a burning memory starts playing*

[@ZKP314]

*Six and a half hours later* Oh Jesus Christ, thy cross doth call me…

[@rasenshuriken7325]

So in the Extended Star Wars lore, Palpatine was versed in Sith alchemy. That could have kept you with a great supply of potions for any long fights as well as levels in early game.

[@asimplekoala6687]

Plus you could _technically_ squeeze in the Ghostblade, Drainheart Swords and Conjuration's Bound Swords as they're the closest thing to a lightsaber you can get in the base game, at least as far as purely non-physically tangible weapons are concerned. Then again with the Magicka Saber mod that point is moot.

[@UndyingZombie]

Well.. If we where to go by the books... You basically can not kill him.. He just goes from one of his empty clones to another.. So there is that as well. ( Yes that does mean Vader sacrificed himself in vein. )

[@darkcerabrate]

@@UndyingZombie is that where episode 9 got its shitty plot?

[@OmegaTav]

@@darkcerabrate yes, it was shitty in the books as well

[@Ebonheart2319]

@@darkcerabrate Literally unkillable... till someone sabotaged his cloning machines to bake in 4th stage cancer. Then he decided he needed Vader's grandson as a new Meat suit. Lost. And blew himself and his armada up in a temper tantrum. Shortly after Vaders other grandson got literally seduced by a Sith Hooker. And his twin sister had to finish him off.

[@Corporal_Coyote]

Palpatine liked to use the force more than using a lightsaber, so ironically you were more accurate to the characters than you think

[@zzodysseuszz]

He only used a Sabre rarely when fighting Jedi to insult them, as he wanted to demonstrate to them that he was better in every way to them even in Sabre combat

[@TessdaWater]

​@@zzodysseuszz Including the construction of his lightsabers, which were designed to insult the Jedi even more

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

What's interesting is the only time he went all-out and used both of his lightsabers was when dueling the rival Sith Darth Maul and Savage Opress

[@High-Overlord-Snarffie-Pug]

his lightsabre was used for a while by Vader, who hated it, because it wasn't even made to be used at all, it was instead built out of precious metals because the Jedi were modest and he wanted to make a lightsabre that was all blinged out

[@khajiitimanus7432]

​​@@JohnPeacekeeperConversely, I think it's the opposite. Sheev Palpatine is not even remotely the best saber user in Star Wars lore - new or old. His talents and proficiency always lied with his use of the Force, particularly staying hidden and using Force Lightning. He's still no joke as lightsaber duelist, but it never had been and never would be his focus. So I think him primarily using lightsabers to fight Maul and Savage is more a show of him disciplining them as if they were rowdy children.

[@bigvideosfordumdums3264]

Local storm mage left with horrible deformities after an attempted assassination from the college of winterhold.

[@hannessagichnicht6073]

The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed but I assure you my Magicka has never been greater!

[@KingOfStopMotion]

​@@hannessagichnicht6073In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Mede Empire will be reorganized into the first Nurn Empire, for a safe and secure society!

[@Sirfinchyyy]

That dragonbreath melted him like a candle😂.

[@heartbeat4atinman]

There's this one perk in Ordinator that blocks enemies near you from regenerating magicka, and that was how I learned that dragons use magicka to shout. It's kinda funny seeing dragons flying in front of you, unable to do anything.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

There's a silence spell??

[@heartbeat4atinman]

@@thelordofthelostbraincells Not in the original game, Ordinator is a mod. And it's not a spell, it's a perk that does it passively.

[@Ohm_Kazhbu]

I can't believe this is the first time I've ever realized you only need to fight 4 dragons

[@generalkuros56]

4 I thought it was 3 the first one with the guards the 2nd with delphine and alduin who am I missing?

[@Ohm_Kazhbu]

@@generalkuros56 gotta count Aldine twice as you fight him twice if you don't then yeah 3

[@generalkuros56]

@Ohm Kazhbu oh ok that's what I was thinking, but I didn't count him cause he doesn't die the first time thank you

[@bambostarla6259]

@@generalkuros56 Odavhing. Plus the 2 dragons in sovngard

[@mca1881]

​@Bambostarla don't thknk you have to kill them. Can just run past.

[@MaitreObi-WanKenobi]

"Chancellor Palpatine, dragons are our speciality" - Obi-Wan Dovahkiinobi

[@Deneb626]

13:47 I might know why this works. Something similar happens with the telekinesis spell and Alteration (I think that's the right school). Basically when you fast travel, the spell keeps casting, which continues giving you experience for the time that passes. Normally you need to do damage to level Destruction, but knowing the spaghetti code, these spells might bypass that. TLDR spell keeps casting as you fast travel which gives experience

[@AtomicFlounder42]

This is exactly it. Destruction spells, for the most part, are registered as "hit spells" meaning you have to hit a valid target to cast the spell. The exceptions to that, and it's more than unbound storm, are any destruction spells that have a wind up and release, do the blizzard spell works with this too. The game has them registers as "time casted" as with the other school groups, aside from restoration, which is a mix of valid target and time casted

[@loppydoodle726]

I never knew you could do this with telekinesis! I feel really silly for grinding alteration now

[@Deneb626]

@Loppy Doodle for the record, the telekinesis version of this needs magicka reduction enchants to work well. The less the spell costs, the more "simulated" time you spend casting as you fast travel, and the more levels you get. Just in case you ever want to use said trick

[@loppydoodle726]

@@Deneb626 thanks!

[@tadferd4340]

@@loppydoodle726 Once I get 100% reduction I just Telekinesis and travel for instant 100 Alteration.

[@colenelson8123]

Fun fact about the Alduin fights, clear skies will nulify the meteor storm attack Alduin does, making them even easier

[@Jdove-fk4ii]

Thank you so much

[@Averyy1120]

That feels like such a big dick move while still being canon. Aldrin himself is ripping the skies down and the dragon born says NO.

[@Kjf365]

Then, ultimate Chad move use the call storm shout, Dragonrend be danged.

[@maximusd26]

@@Jdove-fk4ii lmao you're saying this like the guy saved your life on a 10 y o game, good to see

[@Isabellarenae217]

I lysm thank you 🥰

[@DaddyxDagoth]

Whoohoo. More Nerbit always brightens the day! Cheers 🍻

[@Nerbit13098]

No problem and thank you :)

[@IamaPERSON]

Cheers!

[@IamaPERSON]

@@Nerbit13098 Hey Nerb, maybe you could do this, but in Fable? You just have to use the lightning spell, as well as dress up in the dark will user outfit (with the dark apprentice hood)

[@halofornoobs93]

I feel like that final destruction spell for lightning that is just a massive stream of lightning would have been the perfect "UNLIMITED POWER!!!" spell.

[@christinaedwards5084]

Can you shout while using magic? I was thinking a fus ro dah combined with lightning would be fitting tribute to mace windu.

[@Malkontent1003]

​@@christinaedwards5084No, you can't, unfortunately.

[@zombiepigman2476]

Challenge idea: Can you beat fallout 4 with only power armor. Things such as ejected fusion cores and the pain train perk, because you never use power armor

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

Can you beat fallout 4 with only fusion core ejection has already been done. I forget by who though.

[@zombiepigman2476]

@@Guardian-of-Light137 Mitten-squad. He also did a pain train only video, but I want to see Nerbit do one because he rarely uses power armor

[@retrodarktrooper6372]

Would that include the power armors fist

[@zombiepigman2476]

@@retrodarktrooper6372 I would include it because you can add bracers or whatever

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

Can you beat Fallout 4 without armor

[@Jdove-fk4ii]

"Alduin if you strike me down I shall become more powerful than ever you could imagine!"

[@johnmccall4528]

You should have used the lightning storm spell. That is a truly impressive beam of lightning worthy of Darth Sidious himself.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

hell goku would be impressed.

[@thelivingglitch1371]

IDEA TIME “Can you beat Fallout New Vegas as Wallace and Gromit?” -Jacked INT, drained PER -Can only wear sweater vests and slacks -NEED Rex (your choice on brain) -Have to pick Good Natured as one of your starting perks -Science and Repair as two of your Tags -Use science and robotics as often as possible to make things easier -HARDEST PART: only fight if necessary, meaning you can’t massacre Gomorrah for once, unless they fire first. No, you can’t instigate anything by pickpocketing/stealing and getting caught on purpose, either. Alternatively, if you’re up for it: “Can you beat Fallout New Vegas as the TF2 classes?” Example used; Soldier -High STR, drained INT -Can only use missile launchers, shotguns, and shovels -Can only dress in army helmets and military uniforms (Boomer uniforms MIGHT count) -Go for as many combat-oriented skills as possible -Must not harm Boomers, and do their quests -Side with NCR -Must make peace with Brotherhood of Steel (keep McNamara in charge so there can be an alliance) -OPTIONAL: Take the Sneering Imperialist perk ASAP EDIT: You also have to relinquish all non-holdouts if the Omertàs tell you to, so you can’t refuse to disarm and cause a loophole.

[@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree]

Tribal, In native language: Are you here to see Joshua? Soldier, with Sneering Imperialist: Speak English, COMMIE! **Incoherent American Screeching**

[@suckassmork2972]

I'm imagining Soldier rallying the Dead Horses and Sorrows with a speech. "If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must Fight...Sun's Who said that." Edit: Sun Tzu mb.

[@LilMcMoffett]

​@@suckassmork2972 *Sun Tzu

[@serenitygaming3553]

@@suckassmork2972 *Sun Tzu

[@insomniagobrrr5542]

You got a heart, one of these is probably happening

[@CrowCommando]

I've done a Destruction plathrough before, and let me tell you- Lightening based spells are the best. I noticed that when dragons use their shout abilities, it costs them a small amount of mana. Not much, but just enough that if you drain all their mana they're forced land and fight you in melee combat. That combined with the fact that almost nothing in the game has lightening resistance makes it amazingly powerful.

[@CrowCommando]

After finishing the video, I see that Nerb covered this already... Oh well

[@The_Jester_Kissed_Fire]

Now I'm waiting for either: "Can you beat Battlefront 2 (2005) with only a pistol?" or "Can you beat Jedi Academy with only the force"?

[@coolwipp10]

Beat jedi academy as The Last Dragonborn only use light sabre and force push

[@The_Jester_Kissed_Fire]

Let's make it happen.

[@kthugstontv]

Hey Jester, I actually just (almost) beat Battlefront 2004 with only the pistol over on my channel! I’ll be getting around to Battlefront 2 sometime this year!

[@mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901]

“Can you beat Battlefront 2 with only a pistol?” Marksman Pistol: *”Goooood…”*

[@commscan314]

@@mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901 AWARD Pistol: "You serious?"

[@The-Plaguefellow]

I feel like that, despite you being Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine, the reason you still had to be inducted into the Empire by Darth Tullius was because Sidious "died" at the end of RoJ. Therefore, your surprise appearance in Skyrim, and Rikke's attempted killing-by-recruitment could be summarized as thus: "Somehow, Palpatine returned."

[@an0rmalname179]

Well of course you can, you get UNLIMITED POWER!!! But even with such power, this should be a challenge due to the fact destruction spells drain your mana or whatever in seconds. So this should be fun!

[@xxXXRAPXXxx]

Not if you have 100% reduction for destruction spells. Then you truly can have UNLIMITED POWER!!! Where can you learn such ways? Not from a Jedi thats for sure.

[@gamebrainjagras4193]

Technically excluding Aura and Runes spells(aura is arguable) you’re allowed any shock spell because Palpatine has been known to shoot essentially lightning bolts not just a continuous spray. He only uses the continuous lightning to cause more pain. So if anyone else wants to do this challenge, you’re not limited to just shock. Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed the video and I hope to see more character runs in Skyrim!

[@DuoBarton21]

I have four suggestions: - Any FallOut Game: ABC challenge but it extends to all items and companions. A = Anti-Material Rifle, B = Boone, C = Cateye, D = Dynamite, S = Stimpacks, , etc. You still cycle weapons but skip letters you are using elsewhere. - FallOut 4: Can you complete the game while switching factions? Once all factions are available, start doing a single Brotherhood quest, when it is completed, do and complete an Institute quest, then do a Minutemen quest, followed by a Railroad quest, and start over. I don’t know if it’s possible (except with Radiant Quest) but I thought it was interesting. - Can you beat Skyrim (minus a final shout at Alduin) as Cesar Millan? You can only recruit dogs and wolves to aid you and can only use summons that are wolves (Conjure Familiar and Conjure Flaming Familiar) - FallOut 4: ABC challenge without renaming any weapons. Alternatively, you can only rename weapons after your Patreon Members. (Sorry, the ABC challenge is my favorite run you’ve done.)

[@BlownOutSpeakers]

he did the cesar milan one!

[@DuoBarton21]

@@BlownOutSpeakers sadly not in Skyrim which is my suggestion.

[@_Radiant-]

3:50 bandits: Arent you worried someone will wonder in here? The entrance isnt exactly hidden you know. Nerbit: And I Took That Personally

[@runningthemeta5570]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that experiences issues with the Alduin’s wall quest.

[@cryolitegem]

18:42 I actually didn’t know he had a fight until now. When I first encountered his little ruse, I shot him dead before ever entering the room. He didn’t even get up while being shot, he just laid there and took it.

[@Nick-ll9gh]

We did it boys! We finally found out if you can beat skyrim as a sith lord 🥳

[@patches134]

A Sith Lord!?

[@sourballs1248]

@@patches134you beat me to it

[@AntiKira20]

And the Sith is also the Senate!

[@titanjakob1056]

@@AntiKira20 not yet

[@BoogieMoogle]

​@@titanjakob1056 He IS the Senate!

[@thehittite6982]

You know, Nerbit, it occurred to me the other day that in all your Fallout 3 videos I don't think you've ever even mentioned Operation Anchorage much less done it. And I think I have the perfect run for it. You see after you finish the VR training simulation for the US military, you're given access to a skintight rubber ninja suit and an electrified sword. I think you can see where this is going.

[@UsernamehereCustoms]

You also get the Gauss Rifle, which could make for a spectacle of a run if it's even possible. On one hand: You have to finish the ENTIRE EXPANSION plus get to its starting location without fighting anything directly, (as per usual, companions go brrr,) but once you're done with all of that, you have one of the most powerful weapons in the entire game AND Power Armor Training early. High pain, high gain. Edit: Also it occurs to me that the Gauss Rifle is high pain, high gain itself - it's beaten only by the Tesla Cannon for straight damage, but it's single-shot. So you can only fire once before having a length reload to do, but you do piles of damage. It's also a long-range weapon with a scope, so...sneak attack critical sniping go brrrr heck I'm tempted to try it myself

[@Orange_Mango_Plays]

Now I have the urge to play Fallout New Vegas as a crazy hermit who thinks he's a space warlock... Shishkebab time!

[@bigslappy823]

17:38 I don't know why but when you said this the only thing I could imagine was Palpatine laughing and running away like Liquid Ocelot from the entirety of the Solitude guardsmen.

[@DargorShepard]

Because of sparks low fp cost, you really can have virtually unlimited power.

[@jacobturnbull9424]

Character based runs are always top tier

[@kthugstontv]

I actually did this same run without mods on my channel back in February 2022!

[@AntiKira20]

Now I kind of want to do a Blood Angel Space Marine made into a Volkair Vampire due to the desire to turn "power into strength" run. This was excellent to watch. Thank you for this.

[@cxfxcdude]

FOR THE EMPEROR! FOR SANGUINIUS

[@cxfxcdude]

Dont forget ring of Namira for Heretic Burgers

[@AntiKira20]

@@cxfxcdude The Ring of Namira shall not be worn by the Space Marine. He would find eating the dead too disgraceful and a disservice to humanity, despite the need to drink Human blood to control his Rage. But I want to write a story about how his Rage will manifest. Would you be willing to read it?

[@FreshMint1527]

@@AntiKira20 Sounds cool. Also side note, there are Loyal Astartes that consume the flesh of the dead. Not the Blood Angels though, maybe their descendants?

[@AntiKira20]

@@FreshMint1527 Okay. Here it goes. Sorry, if its all jumbled up, my computers broken and I'm saving to get a new one. Harkon watched as his newest sire known as Cytek got up from his seat and wandered down to where the thralls were kept, for the eighth time already. In the same day no less. He heard whispers and rumors of his Court, each vampire marveling at the newest ones insatiable appetite for human blood. Cytek walked back up to the tables where piles of food lay, grabbed a large amount of meat on a plate along with utensils and began to eat half heartedly. 'Focus on the mission. Usurp Harkon and claim the Clan for the Angels' Cytek thought to himself. But these Vampires, if they could be called that which was not saying much, snarled and spoke and dreamed and barely clawed thier way to what they saw as power. Cytek did not want power. He knew what power could do. How it could twist and damage and leave minds and bodies in a mangled heap pleading for death and salvation in a desolate environment burning in flames. But why would the Blood Angels want them? Serving thier ships? Serfs? No, that was too idiotic. Cytek swallowed his meal, finding it too bland and scowled. Ronthil unfortunately had been across from him and had seen it, flinching as he backed away, stammering out apologies and causing Cytek to sigh softly. Ronthil was the only he could barely consider a friend, and even that was too much. The barest of light came through the windows, hitting the ring on Cyteks finger and causing it to glow faintly. Cytek had gotten married recently, even though he was asexual and had explained to his future husband that he wasn't sexually attracted to him and had no desire for sexual intimacy, he still deeply cared regardless. And Revyn had smiled and accepted. A thrall approached Ronthil and handed him a letter, moaning and pointing to Cytek. " E-Excuse me, sir. You have a letter." Ronthil stammered to him, handing Cytek the letter. Cytek took it, thanked him, and opened the letters contents. Read it again. And again. Wordlessly, he stood up and walked over to where his enchanted shock sword, known as ' Angels Lament' lay. He was muttering something under his breath over and over, and the Vampires strained to hear it even as he calmly walked out the Castle doors. "Ronthil, follow Cytek immediately and give me information on where he's going to." Harkon ordered. "Yes, my lord. But..why?" Ronthil replied in a confused sort of way. Harkon sighed tiredly. "If you know his power like I do, you would know that the last time this happened, Cytek had butchered 13 bandit camps, resurrected every single corpse just to kill them again and went to the Soul Cairn just to find the souls who had kidnapped his husband. That is why." Harkon told the Court calmly. The Court erupted into a frenzy of chatter and fear. If that was Cytek when he was calm, imagine his power when he was enraged. Ronthil left after that, trying his utmost to track his fellow vampires movements. But it was exceedingly difficult. Not only were the footprints hard to follow, they seemed to go in every direction. Eventually Ronthil had tracked him down by using magic and the sense of smell to where another Vampire nest had been recently created. But something was very wrong. He could hear the flames first. Then the smell of smoke and burning flesh assaulted his eyes and mind, causing Ronthil to wince as he walked into the cave trying to avoid the flames. Even with enchanted armor, it still hurt. He forced himself through, and heard screaming. It was Cytek, who was resurrecting a Vampire and screaming at it to give his husband back now, but the Vampire could only moan in response. Cytek swung his sword, and the Vampire fell into a pile of ash. Not enough. Never enough. His husband was no longer of this world. He could feel it, the rigid self control slipping away, and feebly grasped at it with his mind, and missed his grip. Cytek fell. He could see the Imperium in flames and someone looking at him. Who was it? Cytek blinked his eyes, his vision becoming clearer to reveal a traitor. Ronthil backed away, fearing for his life as flames erupted around Cytek, who had been roaring at something, declaring they were a traitor to an "Imperium". What was the "Imperium"? Ronthil decided to escape the cave when he got the chance, but the flames were becoming too much even for his armor to handle and felt an iron grip on his head. Too stunned to move or say anything, Ronthil felt the blade against his neck, but it was quickly pulled away once voices were heard outside the cave, shouting for water and piles of snow to put out the flames. Cytek, still in his bloodthirsty state immediately ran out to purge those who had interrupted him, causing his screams and thiers to intertwine. Ronthil crawled out of the cave on his hands and knees and gaped at the destruction around him. Trees were uprooted, boulders were smashed. But most, was the amount of Orcs and Nords bodies that lay in piles. 146 Orcs. And 189 Nords. And the forest still burned around him with Cyteks screaming in absolute agony. Ronthil headed as quick as he could the castle to report to Harkon. "He's on a rampage, my lord! Orca piled up like logs. Nords ripped apart and drained of blood and he's still screaming that we are a traitor to this.....Imperium." Ronthil reported. "And what is the Imperium?" Harkon demanded to know. Ronthil shrugged his shoulders as a way to say he didn't know. Thralls were coming with more letters from seduced letter carriers claiming of a Flaming Daedra slaughtering Vampires that lived in cities and towns farther and farther from the Castle walls. This was and was not good. By clearing out Vampires not aligned to the Volkair clan, that would leave space for them to take over. But it drew attention to Vampires in the first place. The Csstle doors opened and in walked Cytek, head bowed in deep shame and grief. Harkon demanded to know what had happened and what was the Imperium. That caused a deep sigh to come from Cytek. "The Imperium is what I serve. The Imperium of Man has stood for 10 thousand years. We have conqured galaxies, planets, and people who love the Emperor of Mankind. When your vampires heard me say 'For the Emperor!', they thought I was glorifying Tamriels Emperor. I was not. I was singing praises to my God Emperor of Mankind who sits upon the Golden Throne. He who watches over mankind. He granted me mercy . And what can this Clan offer me that the Imperium cannot?" Cytek replied.

[@zoedoocey4496]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Lokir of Rorikstead? It’s not a tale the imperials would tell you.

[@barrybend7189]

Can you beat Skyrim as a child? Wooden swords and you must be a child.

[@seanhennessy3968]

Easy run, given the invincibility

[@barrybend7189]

​@@seanhennessy3968 not with the child "race" mod.

[@Brother_O4TS]

Then Anakin comes out of nowhere and kills you

[@lm9029]

I imagen the pitched up dragon shouts.

[@Estranged180]

I'm a little shocked you didn't pick up on this one. The Choking Grasp tome. I know Palpatine was more of a chaos lightning kinda guy, but he did teach Anakin the force choke (Choking Grasp).

[@williamgarrison1707]

He also used it on Darth Plagueis in the novel.

[@FLGREY1954]

I guess the ice run will be 'can you beat Skyrim as Sub-Zero'? Or use fire and ice and beat Skyrim as Shaq with icy hot lidocaine.

[@charlieawerbuch5352]

When doing early game enchanting for a caster character, you are almost always better off going for Fortify Magicka over Regen. The Regen Enchantment is a modifier to your base Regen rate, and that value is based on how much Magicka you have. As such, at lower levels when your enchants aren't as good, a Fortify Magicka that gives you +20 or +30 magicka will actually give you more Magicka Regen then boosting the base rate by 10%. This is on top of the fact that the larger your magicka pool is, the more spells you can cast or the longer you can channel for. By mid game, when you have the ability to put two enchants on items, and can make stronger enchants, you want mix both Fortify Magicka Regen and Fortify Magicka on your gear alongside the cost reduction stuff in order to potentially reach the point where you actually regen magicka faster then you spend it.

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

I remember seeing the same thing with Fevvy’s vids whenever he wanted to level Alteration with Telekinesis he grabbed a potion or what have you and fast traveled while holding it to instantly level up to 100 basically, so I think that glitch works with all magic schools if possible

[@guardian5274]

Fun fact with Cicero if you spare him he'll become a follower as he is loyal to the true dark brotherhood to the point that sithis doesn't want him dead. Also I'd say he's like a sith as the dark brotherhood are something similar.

[@SuperPerry1000]

I feel like this is going to be a modern Nerbit classic. This one is just FUN.

[@shapesnatch1341]

Man I commented this on one of Mitten Squad's (RIP) videos years ago and it got thousands of likes but he never made it. Glad to see my wish come through all these years later.

[@purplehaze2358]

"Unlike in the movies, they can't block the lightning with their sabers." Or they can and just didn't know how. Y'know, just like a lot of events that happened in the sequel trilogy.

[@icycrusader1947]

Stormcloaks are always the best choice. Empire became useless after the Septim dynasty came to an end.

[@obi5398]

I recently got into skyrim for the first time, and when I discovered the shock spells I immediately thought about doing this run

[@Omnicrom]

This video makes perfect sense. In order to beat the game as Emperor Palpatine you have to first become Emperor Palpatine, before that you're just Palpatine and not the emperor so the challenge is invalid until you finish those prerequisites.

[@austinpinion9219]

Yes, the quality content I needed in my life

[@IARESMART8]

I have waited a long time for this moment, my little Nerbit friend

[@princesshannah7]

I just realized...considering the presence of the Hand to Hand skill tree, could that and the Sparks spell make a Can You Beat Oblivion as Colonel Volgin challenge?

[@beedykh2235]

6:10 That's a relive to hear. Thank you for mentioning that. I always thought that having the final blow has some importance.

[@whardisty]

The mental image of Emperor Palpatine stubbing his toe absolutely killed me 😂😂

[@Sodom_and_Gomorrah]

Wouldn't be surprised if that was a skit on Robot Chicken, considering I'm pretty sure they have a whole compilation on their Palpatine skits.

[@ps4nowwoot972]

The glitch to level destruction works cuz when you fast travel, your character essentially walks there and while you're in the loading screen, he's casting it the entire way

[@70thalternativeaccount63]

You're one of my favorite content creators, thanks for making us laugh!

[@deskslam4232]

Okay, you accidentally killed a dragon in the bandit camp where you got your robes... but even funnier was the damn draugr bugging the fuck out before he dropped dead 😭 This game is so good

[@kthugstontv]

Glad to see someone else doing this challenge!

[@disturbedrocks1996]

Idk why exactly but the thought of Alduin being shock-locked out of his shouts while the Dragonborn dances around him to avoid his bite attacks while continuing to shock him made me laugh my ass off for a good twenty minutes

[@LexusLFA554]

According to Star Wars lore Palpatine hated fighting with a lightsaber and was much more fond of using the dark might he possessed to crush his enemies.

[@max_360]

A solid upgrade for sparks is wall of storms. They pretty much fire the same in appearance but one leaves lingering lightning on surfaces. When I try to do pure mage runs the wall spells are what I would aim for. Unfortunately I am very bad at committing to runs.

[@TwizslurD]

I gotta admit, my favorite thing about this channel is the "Ron Burgundy" style of narration. If it's in the script, Nerbit _will_ read it.

[@faffy2632]

Nerbit fridays 🥳 Tossing this idea again because I think it'd be fun to see for Nerbit: Can you beat fallout 4 only by influence? In a nutshell a charisma build where you use the perks to intimidate people/animals/creatures/robots to fight for you, but you can't kill enemies yourself. Can also just lead enemies to one another, using yourself as bait. Id say no companions too but thats up to you, in case there's a spot you'd get stuck on (I'm thinking Fort hagen, idk if you can influence synths)

[@dagothurik1815]

Another reason to not use a lightsaber is that Sidious believed himself above the use of lightsaber. He was an amazing duelist, but only really had his sabers to flex on the Jedi.

[@purplehaze2358]

If you're making your character Emperor Palpatine for this lightning spell-only run, I'm disappointed that you didn't make your character Zuko in the fire spell-only run.

[@angrysammich5762]

This is so nostalgic for me. My first ever Skyrim play through I was a Breton, only used lighting spells, and headcanoned that my character was shouting UNLIMITED POWER! When casting

[@silentnight6810]

But can you beat skyrim using only craftable spiders?

[@gamebrainjagras4193]

That’s just PAIN

[@silentnight6810]

@@gamebrainjagras4193 but would be entertaining to watch

[@spectralwiitch7544]

you can! ymfah did it in one of his runs

[@locoarticwolf2181]

You know the no Lightsaber thing is fitting with Palpatine since despite being a master at it, he hated lightsabers and think a force user shouldn’t need one. Plus he used them more to mock the Jedi with its use and the material of the hilt. As for the not recognize the Emperor part, Palpatine frequently hide his face and used holograms. So not many people knew his true appearance or even that he was a Sith/Force user.

[@burge117]

I had a really good challenge run idea for you man...but it seems to have slipped my mind. Damn it. It will come back to me. Hope you had a good week : )

[@Nerbit13098]

I ahve the next 3 days completely free with nothing to do so I am just going to relax, legit cannot wait lmao

[@burge117]

@@Nerbit13098 Well you deserve it man...especially after the monster MGS video!

[@CaptBimble]

"glad im not the only one who normally lets merrill die" what a reference and a MASSIVE throwback, cheers man

[@Popsocz]

Hi Nerbit! Can we get a "Can you beat Old World Blues with only a BB gun?"

[@Nerbit13098]

Maybe one day, onyl thing is Old World Blues is pretty short and not all that difficult, can't imagine it being a terribly long video

[@Hilter420]

@@Nerbit13098 Maybe you could find all the personality modules as an extra challenge to increase the length/difficulty? That's what I usually do when I play OWB

[@foreignfat6009]

​@@Nerbit13098 Go under leveled into that dlc with BB gun. You gonna suffer. But issues is with ammo.

[@blackhawks81H]

Man... This was very entertaining, as always. It takes a special talent to do these runs through what are essentially a handful of games.. And keep them fresh, funny, and interesting. You make it look easy. I know how much work goes into something like this.. The hours of gameplay video, scriptwriting, editing, etc. That it takes to end up with what we see as a 20-30 minute video, and I wanted to say thank you for what you do. I always come back to these multiple times because they're the perfect thing to cheer me up when I've had a particularly shite day as well. 👍

[@TwistedBee]

Just a small tip considering what you said about delphine and esbern liking to break. I have learned that the unofficial skyrim patch mod will cause that issue

[@Nerbit13098]

Yeah after uninstalling it it seems to be working better ironically

[@drakynlp1022]

This is actually something I cobbled together myself back in like, 2014 or something? Magicka Sabres, 'Elder' race (for looks, although luckily they also had a giant magicka regen bonus), a mod that gave something called 'mass sparks' that was a little less busted than the force lightning you had, another mod that gave like three castable 'pushes' that were the FUS shout but a spell, and.... ......a mod that let you jump hella high. That last one tied things together surprisingly well, have to say.

[@Hatsworthful]

I'm not sure if its possible (in skyrim at least) but there's been an idea in my mind of a 'bane'/jekyll & hyde run where you have crap stats in general and instead rely on potions to keep yourself up to snuff.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

probably not the same, but i did an 'immaterial' ish run where i only used bound weapons, which were good but no weapon perks, alteration for defenses, but i did use potions and poisons.

[@seeker7468]

Challenge idea: "Can you beat fallout 4 as a timelord/doctor who?" Must use fallout who regenerated, dalek mod, cyberman mod Charisma and intelligence should be higher than all other stats, you have to wear a suit or some kind of formal attire, you can only use the sonic screwdriver, you can have a companion (optional if you want a harder challenge), you can't fast travel but can use the tardis to travel, you don't attack anyone unless provoked and can't use charisma to your advantage, and you must use the minutemen to beat the game

[@ScarySkele]

Everyone who clicked: DO IT!

[@Hubcat_]

6:21 There is another way to raise the damage, on solstheim there's 3 dragon priests with masks that increase damage for elemental spells, one for each element. I believe the mask from the dragon priest at the end of bloodskal barrow, accessed via ravenrock mine, gives you the shock version, increasing damage by 50%. It would ruin the Palpatine look though

[@js2184]

Now I'm curious how you're going to spice up the frost run

[@Platonis-The-Warlock]

I think he should make ALL frost puns imaginable

[@js2184]

@@Platonis-The-Warlock Cool as that would be, he might end up on thin ice. Bad puns may leave the audience frigid or give him the cold shoulder, so he should make sure he stays frosty and chills out on the puns, or there'll be snow way to finish it fast. Not that it should move glacially, it should have an ice flow is all.

[@Platonis-The-Warlock]

@@js2184 dood, chill out, I'm sure everything will be cool 😎

[@Addiethunder]

He roleplays as Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr Freeze.

[@ianjames1754]

I’m sure he’ll have us frozen to our seats :)

[@mrziiz6893]

Now to beat Skyrim as Mr. Freeze (Ice puns are mandatory)

[@emerald_lord2267]

The Emperor assassinating the Emperor is the most Emperor thing the Emperor would do.

[@seansteele6309]

Any time a Nerbit video starts with "you could make the argument" you know youre in for a RIDE

[@ImmortalSoul7756]

13:50 It might be due to the spell increasing your destruction skill over time (instead of damage dealt) and having a low cost. You can do something similar by activating secret of arcana (makes spells free for 30 seconds) , casting telekinesis on an object, then fast traveling across the map. The game thinks you're casting telekinesis for however many in game hours pass while fast traveling which can max out alteration if you go the distance

[@randyalbertson4309]

17:09 Nerbit needs to use that every time he kills Caesar from this day forward.

[@thesenate9564]

Thanks for including me on this one! Glad I could take some time away from the Senate.

[@zzodysseuszz]

13:49 the reason this works is bc when you fast travel you and npc’s are technically walking to that location but extremely fast and in game time is sped up. This means that the game thinks you are casting this spell the entire time which will power level the hell out of your skill

[@AtomicFlounder42]

I can explain, loosely, why the destruction glitch works. Skyrims hold spells like unbound storm work on a hold basis, rather than a hit basis, like the wards, since they drain magika very fast. Skyrims fast travel works in a realistic manner, by which the game calculates, actually taking roads and stuff, not just running through the woods, how long it would take you to fast travel there, and uses that to push the time, that far forward. So if it would take 5 days to run from morthal to riften, then the game would put you in riften, 5 days later, for example. The glitch works because the fast travel is just a loading screen. So you activate the spell, fast travel, the game fast forwards you 5 days, you arrive and are still casting the spell, the game registers that as you casting the spell for 5 days straight, boom, super leveled destruction. Skyrim is perfectly balanced

[@mrsnufflegums]

This just makes me want the Can You Beat Skyrim as Abraham Lincoln run even more

[@gianfrancomasella4824]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Old Grelog the Kind? I thought not. It’s not a story the Dawnguard would tell you. It’s a Sithis legend. Old Grelog was a headmistress of the orphans, so old and so kind she could use the extra beatings to influence the little guttersnipes to not shirk their duties… She had such a knowledge of the beatings that she could even keep the ones she didn't care about from being adopted. The extra beatings are a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. She became so powerful… the only thing she was afraid of was losing her life, which eventually, of course, she did. Unfortunately, she taught Aretino everything she knew, then an assassin killed her in her sleep. Ironic. She could beat other to death, but not beat death itself...

[@pyromaniac000000]

Just had a brilliant idea for a challenge: Can You Beat Skyrim As Ulfric Stormcloak. Hopefully you can find an “Ulfric Stormcloak Preset” mod that makes you look like him right away, if not do your best. Then you go to windhelm, use console commands to take his clothes and weapon. I would say kill him but youd need more console commands for later, ut if youre willing to do that it makes the challenge better if you kill and replace him. Now, become him! Wear his clothes, and you can only use the weapons he uses, so his sword and also unrelenting force. Also sidenote, for once, technically speaking, using dragonrend isnt for sure failure, since Ulfric can shout, so its possible he COULD learn and use dragonrend, he just hasnt learned it yet. But anyway, its a two part challenge. First part, beating the civil war questline for the stormcloaks, of course! And after that the main story.

[@Kumquat_Lord]

11:06 Jedi mind trick moment.

[@khajiitimanus7432]

Theme idea for the eventual frost version: "Can you beat Skyrim as Elsa?" or "Can you beat Skyrim with the cold never bothering you anyway?"

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Skyrim Minecraft Challenge; you must only use items you craft yourself; No looting, No purchasing, not even materials; you have to gather those yourself. You can loot the pickaxe, fishing rod, and woodcutter's axe you need to get started, but everything else you use for combat MUST be crafted by you, with materials you gathered yourself. The only horse you're allowed to use is the dwemer automoton, as that's the only one you can craft. No fast Travel. You must construct a fully functioning house and only use that one for your home, and optionally, add all crafting stations. Then you must complete the main quest with only weapons and armor you crafted yourself from materials you mined/gathered yourself. Any gold you need to complete these goals, like buying the plot of land for the house, must be "crafted" yourself; Mine the gold, smelt it, sell it for septims. Alternatively, you can sell other things you've made, as long as you do not purchase any gear, potions, food, or materials. You MAY purchase training, but again, only with gold you craft. Alternatively, you can nix the purchasing training all together for extra challenge.

[@Your_Highlord]

To suggest another "Can You Beat" series... "Can You Beat Fallout (All possible games) as Gordon Ramsey" Rules: - Weapons must be Cook's Utensils/Cooking Related (Flamers, Knives, Cleavers, Hammers, Molotovs, Cryo-related weapons, etc.) - Armor must be Formal Wear of any kind. (If mods can add a Chef's Uniform, use that.) - All healing must be done with food & beverage. - No chems of any kind.* - Must complete every food-related quest in whichever game they're in. - Be "realistic" in dialogue. (If someone does something stupid, chastise them. If they do something smart, compliment. *Oh, and if you talk to/help children, you must be nice.*) - Difficulty has to be Normal at least. (Addendum: Chems may be used once per run in on important fights, mainly as a reference to the Futurama episode where Bender becomes a cook and spikes all of their food with PCP/LSD. *Can't remember which it is.*) Feel free to modify the rules as you see fit, and apply this to any other game that it can be applied to.

[@Mech299]

4:57 Draugr: Fairy God Parents! Come on, tell me you can't see it now that it's been brought up? It was almost one-for-one the vibe with those rapid pose changes xD

[@ClonedGamer001]

I was talking to a friend and said "Do it" in a (very poor) Palpatine voice and then got this notification, and it caused me to feel an emotion that doesn't exist

[@RedGallardo]

Dude, over 12 years I couldn't beat Skyrim period. I can't force myself to finish the main quests. It means picking a side and destroying half the world. And I want the story to never end. Plus, knowing TES, all I would get for the quest is "good job, you saved the world. Here's 3000 septims and a +20 hp ring". I don't wanna kill imperials. I don't wanna kill nords. I wanna fight dragons, not kill them permanently. Like, "tomorrow, same place, buddy" - "bring something other than the OP bow next time, coward. Achoom!! [resurrects self and flies away]".

[@Maniacman2030]

I mean, once the Dragons show up, they never stop spawning. You could just wander around forever and they'll keep appearing, so it's not like there's a limited supply of them in the game. As for not wanting to beat the game, I agree. I made a wood elf stealth assassin character that got p-ssed off that the Imperials and Nords fighting had ruined his hunting grounds(well, in my head anyway), so he decided to hunt down both of them in their own forts and out in the wild. Neither one would be safe behind their walls and nobody would ever know who it was, because he never left witnesses. Then I had a Nord tank of a berserker(dual-wielding axes in heavy armor, thank goodness for the Lord stone) who would just run head first into enemy forts, taking blades and arrows both, but nary a sliver of his health gone before the end. I pumped his Blacksmithing up and just made my armor practically impenetrable and weapons basically handheld WMDs. On top of that, he had enchantments for defense against magic on ALL of his armor. So not only was he practically invincible against physical attacks, but he could tank even Master level spells on top of that.

[@Steelstriker]

Well made and quite fun. Now, all we need is a "Can you beat Skyrim as Jack frost?" Where you use the beginner frost magic.

[@coolwipp10]

"I am going to assassinate the Emperor " The ISB would like to know your location

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

One of the most fun mods I've seen was a magic expanded that just made more spells, like walls of shock, frost or fire. It was broken but no more broken than shouts.

[@John_Thomas96]

Always fun to watch a nerbit video at the end of the day Good job on being entertaining buddy👍

[@eugenekrabs2403]

I got an idea for a character based challenge run, "Can you beat Fallout 4 as James Bond" The Rules: You can only use weapons that appear in Goldeneye on the N64, you're restricted to only wearing a Tuxedo (Ballistic Weave is allowed to be applied), you have to side with the Railroad as it just makes sense due to how you're basically a spy for them when getting inside the Institute, the only special stat requirements are to have a high Charisma stat, and you must end up getting laid by the end of the run (Magnolia is the easiest option but anyone of female companions that can romanced is also a good option too)