Was in Windhelm when a dragon started attacking. So, myself and Lydia are struggling to kill the bugger when the Windhelm guards decide to get in the way. Of course they get hit by running in front to reach the dragon, about turn and start attacking ME! Was like wtf I'm trying to save the town from a dragon and you get in the way and I'M the one who gets attacked? Lol
This has happened to me a LOT. Usually I'll just reload and be more careful, switch to arrows or lightning instead of fire or frost, unless it was a particularly difficult dragon to defeat.
This weekend though, I was battling an ancient dragon, and kept getting mauled by cave bears and sabrecats, it was insane, taking forever and tons of potions to keep up; then, just as I finally killed the dragon, suddenly I died too, I was all "wtf?", then I noticed one of the friggin' bears had got me from behind just as I delivered the killing blow.. needless to say I was ticked off and had to start over again.
I had just reset my Destruction to legendary and was not yet prepared to face an AD much less half the forest simultaneously.
After the auto-reload, and moving the fight further from the wilds, suddenly the stupid dragon just flies away (I missed him with my shout).. so, all that.. and no dragon soul or gold.
Pfft, the coward!
Another example of interference, there's an Orcish tribe at the very northwestern tip of Skyrim (Mor Khazgur) , I visited and the chief challenged me to a fist fight when I simply asked for work. Oookay dude, whatever.. you're on.
If you accept, two other nosy orcs come running up and get right in your face as the fight starts and they won't back away, it's impossible not to accidentally hit one of them at some point, and then all hell breaks loose, and they all try to kill you and scream bloody murder about "your" crimes. Idiots.
After I killed them all, I decided I didn't want it going down like that so I reloaded and tried again.. and again.. but time after time, those morons got right in my way.. really Bethesda? Finally I just gave up and didn't even talk to the chief, just avoided the whole thing.
Honestly, I oughta go back and just slaughter the lot of them in the most humiliating way possible.