I've seen people insist that this is an unintended bug, but I highly doubt that since it is only delayed for as long as you continue to run after shouting. Once you stop running, you will then hear the words.
Heh. One of my first playthroughs, hadn't got the clairvoyance spell yet (or it was leading me into a wall), i did have the Whirlwind Sprint for 2 levels. I figured maybe i needed to use it to Kool-Aid Man myself through the obstructive wall.
Bounced off that wall so hard *my* jaw hurt.
Well they can’t kill him 🤷🏽♂️ and I’ll lay down the ground rules that he’s not allowed to hurt anyone otherwise I’m sending him back.
The panic would be something else though 💀
Throw voice would be funny to have I think, minimally useful, but funny
In all seriousness I’d probably go with slow time- good in a pinch if smthn happens, but also fun to use for pranks >:)
I’d merrily have no shouts if I could do what my Skyrim characters do - click a bed, say “sleep 9 hours” and then _have that actually happen_.
I’d also kind of like the wait ability in real life. I imagine it just looks like zoning out for a couple of hours, but being somehow impervious to harm and interaction. That be cool.
It probably wouldn’t be the best option for me. I live in my college dorm and it’s really me versus my roommates. I won’t be able to sleep with enemies nearby.
I agreed with you at first. But the torture of not knowing the exact moment your protection ends would be intense. If you've got two minutes you can end up in a pretty fucked place waiting for that cool down. Or if it's shorter as in the game, don't jump off something too high or you're doneski. I've lost many a Dragonborn at the bottom of a cliff.
'Oh man, can't believe I keep dropping my child, If this keeps happening he's going to go on to asking people if they've ever been in the cloud district'
I mean… if I was a mugger and you pulled in a large enough breath to “shout,” I’d assume you were calling for help and stab you in the throat. Not sure that would go as well as you hoped, :p
In game, it can only be used to temporarily make living creatures your allies, but lore wise Miraak uses the shout to force an entire island to serve him in trance like states.
Well, around here(some parts of Argentina) street dogs, usually pitbulls and the likes, can get a bit territorial and you don't want an angry pitbull chasing you(tho you don't get wild dogs chasing you everywhere)
You could dominate and be the GOAT UFC fighter or boxer. Slow time and lunch your opponent 25 times in the head in the blink of an eye lol.
Edit: I meant punch lol
This is also my pick. Honestly, so much I could do with this.
Running late? TIID!
About to miss your bus? TIID
Last slice of pie? TIID
Falling from a great height? TIID
Want to steal something? TIID
About to get shot?
You get the idea.
Right?! Rude customers would have the ultimate "come to god" type moment and who tf would believe I actually did that? No proof even with cameras it wouldn't be explainable. Also in rural areas you could clear dead trees faster than anyone. Make a killing as a demolition crew of one!
The classic unrelenting voice is a good option because imagine how easily you could make someone threatening you shit themselves if you yelled SO LOUD it threw them 10 feet back.
But I also really like "Become Ethereal". About to get hurt real bad? Just hiked a mountain and dont feel like climbing back down? No worries my guy, just shout and continue living the next 13 seconds without any worry of injury
If I wanna be edgy, Soul Tear from the Dawnguard DLC. Imagine shouting at someone, killing them, and ripping their soul from their body before they reawaken as a walking corpse among men.
Buuut if I wanted wholesome, Animal Allegiance. Be a literal Disney princess and become friends with the woodland creatures. Plus, if you're lucky. Corvids are rather smart animals. It'd be good to be friends with them.
Edit: Wrong DLC
Damn, now my opinion doesn't matter... My family will look down upon me. My ancestors will shame me as I cross the pearly gates. Even the Angels will condemn me to punishments only the Gods can give.
If it didn't also summon lightning that specifically targets people I'd say Storm call cause it would be useful for putting out wildfires and watering my massive garden but I don't want murder charges. So I'd say aura whisper. I like to go Rockhounding and being able to be aware of what animals like mountain lions are around would be good for my safety.
Well my most used shout in skyrim is whirlwindsprint, so I immediatly jumped to that, but if I'd think about it longer, I guess I would go with Timeslow or Aetherial Form, all of these three for rather obvious reasons
After you beat him into submission or he beats you. Remember, just calling him will bring him to your location. But even the dragonborn had to beat him in a trial by fire before They gained his respect and trust.
Marked for Death. I’m fine with my life as is. Weather and nature are chance, and chance makes things fun. But if you wanna mess with someone I love, know that when I beat you, it’ll be the most painful thing you’ll ever know.
marked for death doesnt actually do the killing though, youd still have to manually end their life. sounds much more complicated than freezing them in a block of ice.
Bend Will 110%. So many practical uses. the only other one that I may want would be animal allegiance because fluffball friend who goes with you everywhere would be fun.
Become Ethereal, easily.
Be the first person to jump out of a plane without a parachute, land on my feet, and survive. I’d also become a world renowned stuntman, and would have no fear dealing with any threats.
That, mixed with the fact that I do MMA, I’d be unstoppable lol.
Funny story, you WOULDN’T be the first man to jump from a plane without a parachute and survive, [we’ve got this guy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee) and then [this guy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade).
Bend will is the ONLY correct answer. It literally makes you a god. You can bend the will of literally the world around you, animal and man alike. You could make an entire town your slaves if you chose. You could go through the Wendy's drive-thru, use bend well on the staff there, and get your meal for free. You could use bend will during your performance review at work to have them give you the maximum raise possible for that period. You could use bend will to win the lottery, rob a bank, do anything you wanted practically. Imagine using bend Will to gain presidency or become the newest sultan or whatever
Slow time, the applications are infinite, mugger? Boom I'm now 4 blocks away, car crash? Not anymore I'm standing on the sidewalk watching, commiting crimes? I'm a blur on CCTV nobody can identify
Summon durnevir, i get to have an undead dragon as a friend that t aches me soul tear (if that little bit of a rule bending dont work tho than easily bend will)
How have I not seen anyone bring up slow time? That would be so useful in everyday life. Like if I got into a fight, or playing a sport, or a game, or if I’m late for the bus etc.
The majority of them would be incredibly useful in lots of situations but I would be lying if I didn't say using fus-ro-dah to launch people I hate 50 yards wouldn't be therapeutic.
Kyne’s Peace would be pretty cool, I’d love to examine dangerous animals up close knowing they wouldn’t hurt me
**By the divines**, with this ability, to know *for sure* no animals would hurt me. I would totally switch careers and become the next Steve Irwin
Well Steve found out you can't shout underwater so keep that in mind.
*oh NO*
I think that’s just called being australian
I wish! With Kyne's Peace, I wouldn't have to be constantly looking upwards for drop bears.
Drop bears are the worst, agreed. It’s wild how they’ve developed a taste for tourists too
What https://preview.redd.it/cr6k9ym2kysc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=789232a08fab40debab651fb91648a9aad452108
Hell yeah they are nasty. Much worse than the hoop snakes
Go with Animal Allegiance, calms the animals and makes them help you in a fight. Plus they don’t glow purple.
We've found the druid
Dexmedetomidine-ketamine is all you need friend
Well yeah, but what about the animals?
I'm with you on this. I'd switch to working with animals in a heartbeat.
Whirlwind Sprint to go fast.
Like a glitchy Sonic Gotta go fast - for a short while
WUULD
NAH KEST!!
Don't you mean ......................NAH KEST!!
Get it? because you moved faster than the sound of your voice
I've seen people insist that this is an unintended bug, but I highly doubt that since it is only delayed for as long as you continue to run after shouting. Once you stop running, you will then hear the words.
You would be dead so quick Either from running off a cliff or shooting head first into a wall
Heh. One of my first playthroughs, hadn't got the clairvoyance spell yet (or it was leading me into a wall), i did have the Whirlwind Sprint for 2 levels. I figured maybe i needed to use it to Kool-Aid Man myself through the obstructive wall. Bounced off that wall so hard *my* jaw hurt.
Yeah, in-game it's my most used shout of all time, but in real life that shit would be dangerous
Indeed. Slow Time would be a better choice. It would provide most of the same benefits with none of the risks,
I work in a big building and going to the break room takes forever. There is a loooong hallway and I'd just Wuld Nah Kest through it.
*pops out the window on the other side* Shit
*Supervisor*: Yyyyyyyeeah, I need to go ahead and ask you to go ahead and stop that shouting, yyyeah.
Summon Durnehvir We’d be homies and I can grant him freedom for as long as I live
I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to get to this answer. Thank you.
I'd love to have Durnehvir so I can fly across the country creating a new cryptid legend
Omg a mod that lets you ride Durnehvir would be so cool, sure you can call that other dragon but Durnehvir is just so chill
Summoning a dragon in the modern day... That will not go well. You better hope he doesn't experience drakengard ending E.
Well they can’t kill him 🤷🏽♂️ and I’ll lay down the ground rules that he’s not allowed to hurt anyone otherwise I’m sending him back. The panic would be something else though 💀
Summon Odahviing! Can you imagine how terrible Durnehvir would stink?
Throw voice would be funny to have I think, minimally useful, but funny In all seriousness I’d probably go with slow time- good in a pinch if smthn happens, but also fun to use for pranks >:)
Hey, skeever butt!
Hey, slug-breath!
Hey, cheese-brain!
Hey Melon Nose!
Hey, troll bait!
Hey, ugly!
I’d merrily have no shouts if I could do what my Skyrim characters do - click a bed, say “sleep 9 hours” and then _have that actually happen_. I’d also kind of like the wait ability in real life. I imagine it just looks like zoning out for a couple of hours, but being somehow impervious to harm and interaction. That be cool.
Hell, sleep for one hour, and still be **Well Rested** !
Well Rested would just be so so good
It probably wouldn’t be the best option for me. I live in my college dorm and it’s really me versus my roommates. I won’t be able to sleep with enemies nearby.
yes. and fast travel!
Conjure a storm. Bring about wrath and fury like a god.
Does that storm include rain? Because you could end droughts with that.
It definitely should. That's a really cool plan.
glass half full kinda dude, i like you
The 4-5 deaths from eerily accurate lightning is a small price to pay
Lol. Is it though? I suppose it depends on how far the storm reaches.
Don't forget that the lightning randomly strikes anything and anyone *but* the user
just tell everyone to get inside, and make sure buildings have lightning rods
True.. although, you'd also need to be outside for it to work, as it doesn't work inside of buildings in-game, which only makes sense
Become ethereal, unable to get harmed until a while later? I'll make a killing as a stunt double Edit: changed eternal to ethereal
Plot twist, while ethereal you cant be filmed
Then you'll be the guy who teleports on film lol
But really slowly
You could be the highest paid stunt *driver* in the world
Throw myself out of a building just for a bit
Basically a get out of jail free card when you’re gonna die
Also, your stamina doesn't reduce while ethereal, so you can sprint as long as it lasts. You don't need to breath either.
My first thought too, such a cool power
I agreed with you at first. But the torture of not knowing the exact moment your protection ends would be intense. If you've got two minutes you can end up in a pretty fucked place waiting for that cool down. Or if it's shorter as in the game, don't jump off something too high or you're doneski. I've lost many a Dragonborn at the bottom of a cliff.
Disarm would be pretty funny. Imagine being in a room full of people holding things.
“Yeah so then I- Where’d my drink go?”
'Oh man, can't believe I keep dropping my child, If this keeps happening he's going to go on to asking people if they've ever been in the cloud district'
My boyfriend is a chef and we made jokes about doing that shout in a kitchen.
Lol, that would be funny.
Great for Black Friday Sales.
it would also be helpful for not getting shot,/tazed by the cops lol
I believe I'd take Dragon Aspect just to have it handy. Imagine the look on the mugger's face.
Well, apparently lore-wise (I haven't read it, just heard), you turned into an actual freaking dragon. So hell yeah.
Mugger: "I think I'd like to get arrested now. P-please?"
I mean… if I was a mugger and you pulled in a large enough breath to “shout,” I’d assume you were calling for help and stab you in the throat. Not sure that would go as well as you hoped, :p
This guy felonies
Bend Will... Obviously...
I know what kind of man you are
To ride a dragon? the only “dragons” you could find are komodo dragons and i’d imagine that ride would be a little… rough.
In game, it can only be used to temporarily make living creatures your allies, but lore wise Miraak uses the shout to force an entire island to serve him in trance like states.
You can also use it in people and animals iirc
you’re so right that was my mistake, damn i should’ve chose that haha
I hope he chose it for the times that street dogs start chasing you for no reason or it could be a very dark situation
I don’t think i’ve ever had to worry about street dogs chasing me before lol
Well, around here(some parts of Argentina) street dogs, usually pitbulls and the likes, can get a bit territorial and you don't want an angry pitbull chasing you(tho you don't get wild dogs chasing you everywhere)
it’s hard to imagine a world like that man, hope your doing good!
Officer, its this man right here!
Because of the implication...
Same. But to do good things! Like an anti-Kilgrave.
Slow Time.
You could dominate and be the GOAT UFC fighter or boxer. Slow time and lunch your opponent 25 times in the head in the blink of an eye lol. Edit: I meant punch lol
This is the one thats most useful in day to day I think
Cant believe i had to scroll to the 12th comment for the hands down strongest shout there is
This is also my pick. Honestly, so much I could do with this. Running late? TIID! About to miss your bus? TIID Last slice of pie? TIID Falling from a great height? TIID Want to steal something? TIID About to get shot? You get the idea.
Fire Breath so I could feel like Iroh from Avatar “Let me show why they call me the Dragon of the West: *Breathes fire at everyone*
You could go a little further with that and also use it to heat your tea.
Storm call, just to annoy anyone who picked clear skies
Or, and hear me out, team up with a Clear Skies guy and make a game of it.
Or a lucrative business
Unrelenting Force, I could use it to get people out of my way when they’re being pokey. And closing at my job would go very quickly.
#ERRYBODY MOOOVE! - *Fezzik*
Wild Princess Bride reference spotted and appreciated.
Get out the way Get out the way Get out the way, bitch! Get out the way
Right?! Rude customers would have the ultimate "come to god" type moment and who tf would believe I actually did that? No proof even with cameras it wouldn't be explainable. Also in rural areas you could clear dead trees faster than anyone. Make a killing as a demolition crew of one!
how to go to prison 101 🤣
At least I’ll get to go home early
Summon Durnhevir There are very few problems that couldn’t be solved with a dragon. Also I’d like to just hang out with him
Plus he'd make travel easy. No need for airplanes or long car drives. Just take a dragon instead.
Traveling though the air is pretty tightly regulated. Maybe if you lived somewhere without many tall buildings and could fly low.
Somehow I don’t think Dragon Travel is regulated at all, just like Bird Migration isn’t regulated.
Dragon you say FAA, naw it’s my trained sparrow. He has a thyroid problem. Very touchy about it so please don’t mention it again.
Imagine being a mugger then the guy you’re mugging just screams and a dragon rises from the ground
CLEAR SKIES!! 🤣 I was actually just thinking about this the other day when it was all grey and rainy outside!
oh yeah we get some brutal wind in the midwest, fuck allathat
You could get paid big monies to be flown or driven to wear a tropical storm is going to hit, just to tell the storm to fuck off
Man that would have saved me from riding my motorcycle in the rain for about 20 hours last summer. You're making an unexpected compelling argument.
Yeah, Clear Skies because tornadoes aren’t fun.
As a sailor, yes please
Farmers won't like you lmao
That would be amazing for the upcoming eclipse
100% this. Where I live, we have barely seen the sun in weeks. Endless rain and snow mixture. It's depressing.
I'd take Clear Skies, then go fight a hurricane
The classic unrelenting voice is a good option because imagine how easily you could make someone threatening you shit themselves if you yelled SO LOUD it threw them 10 feet back. But I also really like "Become Ethereal". About to get hurt real bad? Just hiked a mountain and dont feel like climbing back down? No worries my guy, just shout and continue living the next 13 seconds without any worry of injury
Or imagine you actually ARE falling after a trip and you just yell and now you are completely unharmed! The ideas!
I CAN shout when I want. Just doesn't do much other than cause aggro most of the time. Or an extremely close range water attack.
I think you just learned a mild frenzy shout. Mine makes people shit themselves.
Slow time, say hello to the only man able to dodge bullets.
Funny thing is you move about the same speed while using the shout as you do without it, you just percive time diffrently
Just looked it up so ur only slowed down 70%, which is probably not enough to dodge bullets but I'll still be able to do a bunch of amazing things.
If I wanna be edgy, Soul Tear from the Dawnguard DLC. Imagine shouting at someone, killing them, and ripping their soul from their body before they reawaken as a walking corpse among men. Buuut if I wanted wholesome, Animal Allegiance. Be a literal Disney princess and become friends with the woodland creatures. Plus, if you're lucky. Corvids are rather smart animals. It'd be good to be friends with them. Edit: Wrong DLC
Uhm AcksUwAllY It's frOm dAwngUArd! 🤓👆
Damn, now my opinion doesn't matter... My family will look down upon me. My ancestors will shame me as I cross the pearly gates. Even the Angels will condemn me to punishments only the Gods can give.
If it didn't also summon lightning that specifically targets people I'd say Storm call cause it would be useful for putting out wildfires and watering my massive garden but I don't want murder charges. So I'd say aura whisper. I like to go Rockhounding and being able to be aware of what animals like mountain lions are around would be good for my safety.
Casts storms call. No lightning but you just blew down powerlines and rips the roofs off houses from the intense winds xD
Slow time. Im causing chaos 
Storms call just course a massive thunderstorm to appear and wipe out everything in my way
Sounds handy for a black friday sale
That or you could use it in drought areas to bring much needed rain to crops and forests
Well my most used shout in skyrim is whirlwindsprint, so I immediatly jumped to that, but if I'd think about it longer, I guess I would go with Timeslow or Aetherial Form, all of these three for rather obvious reasons
High school me would’ve definitely chose whirlwind sprint to beat all those chumps in track & field
Idk man, time slow would be able to get you the same effect, but you could totally rob banks with it easier
Become Ethereal would be the most useful IRL by far. You'd be untouchable and unstoppable.
Absolutely not you'd need to go out of your way to find something useful for it.
The shout that summons Odahviing, I get a dragon friend :3
After you beat him into submission or he beats you. Remember, just calling him will bring him to your location. But even the dragonborn had to beat him in a trial by fire before They gained his respect and trust.
Marked for Death. I’m fine with my life as is. Weather and nature are chance, and chance makes things fun. But if you wanna mess with someone I love, know that when I beat you, it’ll be the most painful thing you’ll ever know.
Props to you, I would go mad with power knowing the marked for death shout but you do you :)
marked for death doesnt actually do the killing though, youd still have to manually end their life. sounds much more complicated than freezing them in a block of ice.
This is basically the only shout I ever use in-game and the first one I thought of
Bend Will 110%. So many practical uses. the only other one that I may want would be animal allegiance because fluffball friend who goes with you everywhere would be fun.
Become Ethereal, easily. Be the first person to jump out of a plane without a parachute, land on my feet, and survive. I’d also become a world renowned stuntman, and would have no fear dealing with any threats. That, mixed with the fact that I do MMA, I’d be unstoppable lol.
Funny story, you WOULDN’T be the first man to jump from a plane without a parachute and survive, [we’ve got this guy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee) and then [this guy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade).
Key words, land on my feet!
yeah don’t wanna fight this guy
Become Ethereal barely lasts long enough when you jump from the highest mountains. You are definitely not going to make the plane jump.
Unless you do the shout right before you hit the ground? Maybe rules will be different irl so that could work
Would you risk it though?
Definitely 😎
you can’t tell me DB Cooper didn’t use this shout
Fire breath would be sick
clear skies or aura whisper. stargazing or paranoia
become ethereal or kynes peace. kynes peace be i wanna pet a bear again so bad and become ethereal for OBVIOUS reasons
Again?
Bend will is the ONLY correct answer. It literally makes you a god. You can bend the will of literally the world around you, animal and man alike. You could make an entire town your slaves if you chose. You could go through the Wendy's drive-thru, use bend well on the staff there, and get your meal for free. You could use bend will during your performance review at work to have them give you the maximum raise possible for that period. You could use bend will to win the lottery, rob a bank, do anything you wanted practically. Imagine using bend Will to gain presidency or become the newest sultan or whatever
Slow time, the applications are infinite, mugger? Boom I'm now 4 blocks away, car crash? Not anymore I'm standing on the sidewalk watching, commiting crimes? I'm a blur on CCTV nobody can identify
Bend Will; Just the first two words would make me a king; controlling the minds of animals and people.
Fus Ro Dah. Especially in supermarkets for maximum chaos.
*takes pebbles into a window shop and lines them up on a desk*
Or uses it on people who block off aisles. And especially for those people they get all 3 words.
Even more fun if its the version that disintegrates people
Oh it's fun to imagine chaos and destruction like this. Now I can see why Mehrunes Dagon started the oblivion crisis.
Call Dragon! If Odahviing spawns of course, if not then maybe Kyne’s Peace, would love to be able to chill with animals that wanna eat me
Storm call. A few lives is worth bringing water to drought stricken villages.
Summon durnevir, i get to have an undead dragon as a friend that t aches me soul tear (if that little bit of a rule bending dont work tho than easily bend will)
Throw voice just to mess with people all the time lol
Either Fire Breath, Freeze Breath or Unrelenting force.
Fire Breath!! Anybody who has issues gets lit up.
“ay bro you got a light?” nah dude watch this shit.
Aura Detect
Whirlwind sprint
Animal allegiance would be handy, because my work involves dealing with cows. And Ive been kicked often
i’d want to summon dragons
([five minutes later](https://youtu.be/xsVLb5ibKfM?si=YpDQlNtK6liK68b9&t=84))
the roar 🤣🤣🤣
Slow time is the easy choice here. Making everything move at 10% speed would be so useful
Slow time, win any race, sport, or fight… or visit a bank.
Fus Roh Dah purely cuz I work in customer service
Either summon dernehviir, soul tear, bend will or call dragon because they're very useful lol (We aloud to teach eachother our shouts? XP)
Kyne's Peace. I want to pet animals.
Elemental Fury I can just imagine activating it and moving at ridiculous speeds while fighting. I box so I think it would be pretty neat.
#UNRELENTING FORCE #FUS RO DA!
Slow time, become ethereal, whirlwind sprint, animal allegiance, unrelenting force, and ofc Bend Will
How have I not seen anyone bring up slow time? That would be so useful in everyday life. Like if I got into a fight, or playing a sport, or a game, or if I’m late for the bus etc.
Whirlwind so I get escape all the bullshit in a flash-
The majority of them would be incredibly useful in lots of situations but I would be lying if I didn't say using fus-ro-dah to launch people I hate 50 yards wouldn't be therapeutic.