Avoiding the extermination of giants?

[kharille]

In my first playthrough I just wandered and took every bounty and quest. In my 2nd playthrough I'm trying not to kill giants where possible. I think I needed to do one quest so that I could get Heijarchen hall or whatever it was called.


Do you have any issues with killing giants? Is there any lore based reason to preserve them? Do they make more mammoth cheese if you leave them alive? Maybe if they traded their cheese rather than smack me with Mammoth femurs I could be less inclined to genocide them.....

[Neo]

The giants of Skyrim are strange folk, they will leave you alone if you leave them alone. Some even allow you to stand right next to them and they are passive. I tend to just leave them alone if I'm doing a good guy play through.

But if I'm playing bit of a bad character, I'll hunt them down for the loot if I'm strong enough.

[worm_master]

They get blasted, at least by me, i gotz no compunction about taking out a giant.

[alexander_dougherty]

There is no reason not to kill them.
The claim they leave you alone if you leave them alone may work with the lore, but in the game they attack you on sight, even if you are outside their lands....
They will respawn, and mammoth cheese is not particularly useful....

As I say, there is no reason not to attack them, once you get strong enough to survive a fight with them.

[Skumboni]

The human skeletons around some of their camps say people eater to me, so that puts them on my die list.

[kharille]

Hm... you're right, I think I have seen ?human skeletons... maybe i should work on my sneak attacks on them...

They must have pretty bad frostbite if they only have one toe....

[worm_master]

Originally posted by kharille:

Hm... you're right, I think I have seen ?human skeletons... maybe i should work on my sneak attacks on them...

They must have pretty bad frostbite if they only have one toe....

Naa I jus sic da Undead on em, stand well back, an wait.

[Insomniac Jack]

Check out the mod: Headhunter - Bounties Redone

It allows you scold giants into leaving after you defeated them in combat (got their health low enough to enter the bleed out animation) and complete the bounty that way. It generally works, although not 100% of the time.

Also applies for bandit bosses, allows them to surrender and gives you the option to turn them in to any guard (who will take them to jail). You still need to speak to whoever issued the bounty to complete the quest).

[ChrillBill]

They are also quick to come running if you poke a Mammoth, even if the Mammoth started it >.> But that's fine, because they usually carry a good amount of gold which I would happily take with me. Plus they do respawn if I am not totally mistaken(?).

But no, I have no problem with botching them. Giants are cruel, and stinky o.o

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3055157190

[ChrillBill]

Oh don't even mention Lakeview.

Many cows and chickens have had their lives destroyed because of those stupid giants.

[smr1957]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

Oh don't even mention Lakeview.

Many cows and chickens have had their lives destroyed because of those stupid giants.

This mod takes care of Hearthfire home attacks:
Hearthfire attacks disabled - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1936

Been using it since Oldrim, years upon years ago.

[ChrillBill]

Originally posted by smr1957:

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

Oh don't even mention Lakeview.

Many cows and chickens have had their lives destroyed because of those stupid giants.

This mod takes care of Hearthfire home attacks:
Hearthfire attacks disabled - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1936

Been using it since Oldrim, years upon years ago.

Thank you My future cows and chickens should be safe now *.*

[theo]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

There is no reason not to kill them.
The claim they leave you alone if you leave them alone may work with the lore, but in the game they attack you on sight, even if you are outside their lands....
They will respawn, and mammoth cheese is not particularly useful....

As I say, there is no reason not to attack them, once you get strong enough to survive a fight with them.

First, they don't attack on sight.
Second, "a reason not to kill" formula is logically fallacious

OPs question seems strange to me because I don't think I've ever killed a giant in my playthroughs except one with the Companions. It's just pointless lol. Even if I want their loot I just grab and run. So I don't understand how is it a problem to not kill giants

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by theo:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

There is no reason not to kill them.
The claim they leave you alone if you leave them alone may work with the lore, but in the game they attack you on sight, even if you are outside their lands....
They will respawn, and mammoth cheese is not particularly useful....

As I say, there is no reason not to attack them, once you get strong enough to survive a fight with them.

First, they don't attack on sight.

Um, yes they do.
I have been outside their lands, and they have attacked me... possibly because they were out of place from killing something else. I would go as far as to say in my unmodded game it's rarer for them to respect their own boundaries than it for them not to attack me.

I will admit occasionally they behave as they should.... but it's a blue mood situation.

[Madao]

Giants follow the same rules as everyone else when I play:
You attack me, you die.
You don't attack me, I'll leave you alone.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Madao:

Giants follow the same rules as everyone else when I play:
You attack me, you die.
You don't attack me, I'll leave you alone.

Same but they don't leave me alone, which is why I say no reason for them not to die.