Skyrim talk:Aura Whisper

Keeping Hidden status

I know Aura Whisper's description says that it's a whisper, but does using this shout cause enemies to detect you?

On an unrelated note, combining a Necklace of Talos with Talos' Blessing reduces the cooldown time of the three-word version to 30 seconds, so you can use it right after it wears off. --Fluff 22:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't cause enemies to detect you, although I have had guards run up and do their "Don't shout, it scares people" speech. I had that happen twice while doing a thieves guild quest, so the guard did that speech, and then immediately detected me and tried to arrest me for trespassing.

So, aside from that glitch, Aura Whisper allows you to stay hidden. Chris3145 22:28, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I actually alert people while using this 'shout', however very slight and I get back to hidden status in just a few seconds. Is that part of this glitch?-Zydrate[][] 02:26, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Same here. It is a "whisper" in the sense that it isn't a Shout, but NPCs can still hear you use it if they're close enough. As Zydrate says though, it's very faint and doesn't seem to hold their attention long. (Xbox)

I also have noticed on multiple occasions, enemies, and locations that this shout will alert enemies if used. If used very nearby (but out of sight) an enemy can be alerted, although they do not seem aware of your location. They just become "alert" and show up as a red dot, in addition to your sneak-eye beginning to open. Even when not nearby, it's noticeable that certain enemies will go into the half-alert status. Your eye will stay closed the entire time, but the enemy will change from just "standing" and occasional "wandering around" to "ready for battle". They will develop the hunched-over status, will prepare a spell or hold out their weapon, and they will suddenly start pacing around very fast, as if searching. In both cases, just holding still will generally make them go back to "normal," but there was one case in which I held still, and the enemy came around a corner and started attacking. We may need to update the description. It's definitely not good to say it won't alert enemies when it might. (Xbox)--Amsuko 06:04, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

On Dragon Wall translations

I was wondering if anyone thought I should translate some more and post them. I'm pretty new to wiki's and I'm not sure if I'm formatting things correctly, so I apologize in advance --Kevalan 19:44, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

One of the main reasons I translated it was to hear how it sounded spoken in dragon, as I cannot read the runes. I felt it appropriate to add the words in the roman alphabet. --Kevalan 22:33, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

The translation should go at the location of the word wall, not on the Dragon Shout page. You can get different words depending on which order you visit the walls, so you can't say that the current translation will always be for Laas. --Fluff 02:26, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Actually, that can't be true, because the word you just learned is in the text. I actually was curious if any of the words of power were in any of the other texts, so I started deciphering them. So far, no word of power is written on any wall other then the one you learn it from. Perhaps the words can be learned at different locations, but when you get Laas this is what it will read on the wall, which means the exact opposite: The location of the wall is not what matters, and it is the word that you are learning that decides what goes on the wall. --Kevalan 2:50, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Indeed, I didn't even consider the possibility that what was written on each wall might not be static. In retrospect, that makes sense since the word that you're learning has to be on the wall. My bad. --Fluff 03:06, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Centurion Steaming Bug

I just encountered a bug where using Aura Whisper in Blackreach caused my character to start steaming like a Steam Centurion. I noticed afterwards that this is somewhere in the UESP forums, but thought it may be worth mentioning so it could be added to the article as a bug. --Enodoc (talk) 13:08, 24 November 2012 (GMT)