well i was playing yesterday i was in the town of whitrun when i accidently used my shout spell on a cow and the guards fined me 50 dollar pay but luckily i am the thane of whiterun so they let me go with a warning.
There's actually a BENEFIT to using your shout in/near towns now and then!: (Often) a courier will later bring you a message about it, and the message contains information about an as-yet-undiscovered Word location! (Note: You won't get another notice until/unless you've gotten your currently-outstanding word-wall notice, so don't think you can "stack them up" and then go get them all!
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On another note:
Skyrim just now completely bummed me out / dissappointed me to the max
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You can't get the final / one of the Words of Power
UNLESS YOU JOIN ONE OF THE TWO FACTIONS and start the war!
*I had intended to put that decision/commitment off forever, enjoying the freedom of movement between the two, but the authors apparently consider the war to be a major part of the game's plot, I guess.
(FYI: I joined the Stormcloaks. Why? Because so many of the Jarls were corrupt.... )Now I've got to look forward to getting attacked every time I visit an Imperial-held city....
On the up side, tho: I've now gotten all the Words of Power and hence all the Shouts!** * FYI: That one "locked away" Word Wall is one of the words for the "Slow Time" shout, and is located within Korvanjund. This location's entrances are blocked by rubble until you takes sides in the civil war. Note: You have to access that site via the quest "The Jagged Crown."** ...And I still have 12 left-over dragon souls!?! On YA note: Can Shadowmere
DIE?!? I mean, this horse is basically another follower! The thing attacks and kills things about as well as my Housecarl(s)!
Also, I think there's a very strange bug in here, too, and I think it might have started when I chose sides in the war: Lydia and Shadowmere now attack EACH OTHER whenever a fight anywhere nearby breaks out. Great.