So I played Skyrim today and unfortunately I stumbled into "Glitchville." Yup, you guys know what i'm talking about, a session in which the game is so buggy, it feels like you're playing an entirely different game.
1. The legend of the unkillable, unstoppable Unbound Dremora.
(Note, if you're a mage and you're considering doing the Ritual Spell: Conjuration, read the following!)
-So on my way to the college of winterhold, we get attacked by an elder dragon (the 3rd one in a day!!!) Naturally, I fume and get ready. After summoning 2 storm atronachs, we got to work and pound on it until it dies. I got it to land with Dragonrend, when out of nowhere a dremora lord appears and takes it out. "Wait, I never summoned a dremora lord..."
Naturally I assumed it was Phinis Gestor who summoned it, but he was nowhere to be seen. Only Onmund and J'zargo where around, and I know for a fact they couldn't have summoned it, so what gives? Strangely enough it was an unbound dremora lord too... I've never seen those around in the wild before either. It wasn't attacking me so I figured I could ignore it... that is until the unthinkable happened. It started attacking the college NPCs. I had to stop that bastard immediately, especially considering Onmund and J'zargo could actually die. I brandished my sword and attacked it... huh? The hit didn't register. Odd. I tried it again and I still couldn't directly hit it. I switched to magic and I still couldn't hit it. I was getting worried here, maybe shouts would work. Nope, the Dremora lord was like a god, but it could very much attack us mortals!!!
Frustrated I immediately reloaded to a prior save. The same thing happened when I entered the college. Dragon attacks, unkillable dremora swoops in to save the day and terrorize us. I searched for ways to resolve it on gamefaqs and too my surprise, several users had the exact same problems as I did. The cause? The fucking conjuration ritual quest. During that quest you summon an unbound dremora (after beating his ass down) and have him get a sigil stone from oblivion. I assumed he goes back, but no he remains at the top of the tower forever. Dragon attacks will trigger him if they land on top of the tower, and thus you're fucked if goes loose because he can kill the 3 apprentice mages. (they give out Radient quests) Luckily I averted this by making extremely brief visits to the college and hoping the dremora wouldn't show up.
Fucking bethesda...
2. Faralda, do I look like a bitch?
Then why are trying to fuck me like one? (/pulp fiction)
Seriously though, you can't start the destruction ritual quest until you have a 100 in destruction (not 90 like the others, 100!!!) naturally I was pretty annoyed at this, but I was lucky, the full brunt of this glitch is even nastier (supposedly, some users needed a 100 in EVERY school of magic in order to start this quest. Poor them, leveling up alteration must have been a bitch)
3. Going, going GONE?!?
I had lydia follow me during the Meridia Daedric quest. At the end of the quest, the daedric princess whisks you into the air and when she returns you to the ground your follower is nowhere to be seen?!? Luckily, you follower will reappear when you fast travel to the shrine. Also I heard you can get 2 dawnbreakers...