The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Bethesda Softworks, developers of all things Elder Scrolls, has just
announced the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series and the sequel to
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion called The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Bethesda’s Todd Howard introduced the game with a brief teaser
showing a stone dragon and a dramatic narration that sets up the story
of the next big role-playing game in the Elder Scrolls series.

Release Date: November 11, 2011

PyroPhoenix wrote:That's an exploit to the game world. You putting a bucket on an NPC's head takes away from the game. It breaks the 4th wall and pulls you out of the game. They aren't programmed to say "What the hell are you doing?" and take the bucket off their head. The point is to try to steal when they are watching. I would rather try to steal while they are there, it's more of challenge. A world without a challenge is a dull boring world indeed.

For me, it's actually challenging to put a basket on any npc's head. lol

PyroPhoenix wrote:That's an exploit to the game world. You putting a bucket on an NPC's head takes away from the game. It breaks the 4th wall and pulls you out of the game. They aren't programmed to say "What the hell are you doing?" and take the bucket off their head. The point is to try to steal when they are watching. I would rather try to steal while they are there, it's more of challenge. A world without a challenge is a dull boring world indeed.

I have used the bucket method not even going to lie about it It fun to steal without getting caught :p

Vicky, stealing like that is pointless unless you put perks into Speech so you can actually sell stolen goods.

I have read that storing items in the College chest is not safe. Just a heads up, have not tried it myself.

Let's get married in Skyrim! Oh btw there is no divorce, it's a one time deal. I seperated the females from the males so it's easier. You can have gay marriages if that's your thing. I heard Lydia is bugged so you may not be able to marry her. She'll still be in your house with you and your wife... watching you as you have intimate relations.

In Skyrim the player has the option of marrying an NPC, regardless of age, race or gender[1]. In order to marry an NPC you must raise their disposition towards you and then wear an Amulet of Mara that signifies that you wish to marry them. If the player owns a property, his or her spouse will move in with them, and will provide a variety of benefits. [2]

There are a few ways to obtain the Amulet of Mara. The first would be to find one in random loot. One is confirmed to be at Bleak Falls Barrow. You can also head to the Riften Temple of Mara and give 200 gold to Maramal. Alternatively, you can speak with a priest in the Temple of Mara and obtain a quest of love for Mara. Upon completing all objectives, you will be finally rewarded with the Amulet of Mara.

However, it is important to note that you will not be able to marry anyone until you have spoken to Maramal about marriage. Even if you have obtained the amulet from the quest, you still need to speak with him for any action to be taken upon it. For example, one cannot marry Ysolda of Whiterun until this is complete.

After having approached a marriageable NPC, they will mention the amulet you are wearing. You can then ask if they are interested. They will respond and ask if you are interested as well. If you say yes, you can then proceed to marriage. In order to complete the event, you will now need to travel back to the Temple of Mara in Riften and arrange the event. It is worth mentioning here that, if you decide you might not have picked the right person, you CAN say you can't go through with the ceremony. Then you need to talk to your spouse(who will be waiting by the doors of the temple of mara)You can then either move in with the NPC, or have them move in with you. You can also move in/out later when you get a house, or if you want to change, so don't worry about that choice being permanent.

Upon visiting your spouse in your house, you will be able to ask about the money your store has produced. You will be able to collect daily income of about 100 gold from your spouse. However, you will not be able to trade with him/her like a regular merchant if they have not moved in with you (you moved in with him or her, instead). Until you do so, this will not be available.

Benefits
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* A player's spouse will prepare one home cooked meal a day, which will boost health, stamina, and magicka regeneration for x amount of time.[3]

Note that though there is a unique dialogue option for each spouse character when asked to prepare this meal, the item received will always be the same.

* Spouses that are also followers can still follow you..

Any npc can be made a follower by the console command "addtofaction 5C84D 0" with them selected. This will add your spouse to the PotentialFollowerFaction and give him/her the necessary dialogue to be selected as a follower.(Note: This does not seem to work with Shahvee. Possibly due to the fact that the required voice clips aren't included for female Argonian followers.)

* If your spouse is acting as a companion, equipment can be exchanged with him/her.

* Your spouse will occasionally surprise you with a gift.

* Your spouse can become a merchant. As such he or she will purchase your goods and produce a cumulative 100g a day.
o If your spouse is naturally a merchant, they will sell the same goods they would normally. If not, they will sell miscellaneous goods and seemingly items you leave in their inventory.

* Sleeping near to your spouse will give you the resting bonus "Lover's Comfort", which gives the same effect as the Lover Stone (15% skill mastery speed), however only for 8 hours


Female
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Aela the Huntress Female Nord Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Aeri Female Nord Anga’s Mill Work for her by chopping firewood
Carlotta Valentia Female Imperial Whiterun Complete their favor
Anwen Female Redguard Markarth (Temple of Dibella) Complete The Heart of Dibella
Avrusa Sarethi Female Dark Elf Sarethi Farm Complete their favor
Borgakh the Steel Heart Female Orc Mor Khazgur Convince her to become a Follower
Brelyna Maryon Female Dark elf Winterhold (College of Winterhold) Complete both her favours
Camilla Valerius Female Imperial Riverwood (Riverwood Trader) Complete The Golden Claw
Dravynea the Stoneweaver Female Dark Elf Kynesgrove Complete their favor
Ghorza gra-Bagol Female Orc Markarth (Blacksmith Shed) Complete their favor
Gilfre Female Imperial Mixwater Mill Work for her by chopping firewood
Grelka Female Nord Riften (Open Market) Complete their favor
Iona Female Nord Riften (Honeyside) Become Thane of the Rift
Jenassa Female Dark Elf Whiterun (Drunken Huntsman) Hire them at least once
Jordis the Sword-Maiden Female Nord Solitude (Proudspire Manor) Become Thane of Haafingar
Lydia Female Nord Whiterun (Dragonsreach or Breezehome) Become Thane of Whiterun
Mjoll the Lioness Female Nord Riften Complete their favor
Muiri Female Breton Markarth (Hag’s Cure) Complete Mourning Never Comes
Njada Stonearm Female Nord Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Orla Female Nord Markarth (Temple of Dibella) Complete The Heart of Dibella
Ria Female Imperial Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Romlyn Dreth Male Dark Elf Riften (Black-Briar Meadery) Complete their favor
Senna Female Imperial Markarth (Temple of Dibella) Complete The Heart of Dibella
Shahvee Female Argonian Windhelm (Argonian Assemblage) Complete their favor
Sylgja Female Nord Shor’s Stone Complete their favor
Taarie Female High Elf Solitude (Radiant Raiments) Complete their favor
Temba Wide-Arm Female Nord Ivarstead Complete their favor
Uthgerd the Unbroken Female Nord Whiterun (Bannered Mare) Challenge her to a brawl and win
Viola Giordano Female Imperial Windhelm (Candlehearth Hall) Start Revyn Sadri’s favour but then rat him out to Viola
Ysolda Female Nord Whiterun (Open Market) Complete their favor

Male
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Ainethach Male Breton Karthwasten Complete their favor
Angrenor Once-Honored Male Nord Windhelm (Candlehearth Hall) Take pity and give the beggar a gold piece
Argis the Bulwark Male Nord Markarth (Vlindrel Hall) Become Thane of the Reach
Athis Male Dark Elf Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Balimund Male Nord Riften Complete their favor
Belrand Male Nord Solitude (Winking Skeever) Hire them at least once
Benor Male Nord Morthal Challenge him to a brawl and win
Calder Male Nord Windhelm (Hjerim) Become Thane of Eastmarch
Cosnach Male Breton Markarth (Silver-Blood Inn) Challenge him to a brawl and win
Derkeethus Male Argonian Darkwater Crossing Find and rescue him
Erik the Slayer Male Nord Rorikstead Complete his favor to make him a hireling
Farkas Male Nord Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Filnjar Male Nord Shor’s Stone Complete Mine or Yours
Gat gro-Shargakh Male Orc Left Hand Mine/Kolskeggr Mine Complete Pavo Attius’s favor to liberate Kolskeggr Mine
Ghorbash the Iron Hand Male Orc Dushnikh Yal Convince him to become a follower
Marcurio Male Imperial Riften (Bee and Barb) Hire them at least once
Moth gro-Bagol Male Orc Markarth (Understone Keep) Complete their favor
Octieve San Male Breton Solitude Complete their favor
Omluag Male Breton Markarth (Markarth Smelter) Complete their favor
Onmund Male Nord Winterhold (College of Winterhold) Complete their favor
Pavo Attius Male Imperial Left Hand Mine/Kolskeggr Mine Complete his favor to liberate Kolskeggr Mine
Perth Male Breton Soljund’s Sinkhole Complete their favor
Quintus Navale Male Imperial Windhelm (The White Phial) Complete Repairing the Phial
Revyn Sadri Male Dark Elf Windhelm (Sadri’s Used Wares) Complete their favor
Roggi Knot-Beard Male Nord Kynesgrove Complete their favor
Scouts-Many-Marshes Male Argonian Windhelm (Argonian Assemblage) Complete their favor
Sondas Drenim Male Dark Elf Darkwater Crossing Complete their favor
Sorex Vinius Male Imperial Solitude (Winking Skeever) Complete their favor
Stenvar Male Nord Windhelm (Candlehearth Hall) Hire them at least once
Torvar Male Nord Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Vilkas Male Nord Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) Complete the Companions Questline
Vorstag Male Nord Markarth (Silver-Blood Inn) Hire them at least once
Wilhelm Male Nord Ivarstead (Vilemyr Inn) Complete Wilhelm’s Specter

Bugs

* If Lydia dies before the marriage can take place, her body will turn up at the temple, causing you to fail the wedding ceremony mini-mission. The priests will then ask you to leave, and the bride or groom will storm off, angry. You can make amends by leaving a short cool down period of a couple of hours, and then going and apologizing to Maramal. You must then go to your potential spouse and apologize. The wedding will take place the following day at the same time. To avoid failing the quest a second time, use unrelenting force to fire the corpse from out the way of the door.

XBox Note This bug occurs with multiple (presumably all?) potential spouses.

* Please note that interacting with certain characters or progressing along certain quest paths may potentially cause the Radiant AI system to deactivate disposition quests for certain individuals. If you wish to get married to a specific character, go visit them at the beginning of the game.

XBox Note Scouts-Many-Marshes has a bad habit of not giving his disposition quests. Also he can disappear (Disappearing in general and not hanging out in any of his usual hang outs), often not reappearing until you've gotten married to someone else. A possible remedy for this is to immediately go to Windhelm as soon as the tutorial section has finished. (The carriage outside of Whiterun is your best bet). He seems to always offer his disposition quest at this point in the game.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Marriage

Heard this second hand, so if it's unrtue, I'm just the messenger.

At the edge of the map (no idea which edge), there's a door that's unopenable. A guy decided he wanted to see beyond the door so scripted a mod to break geometry and walked through the door. Beyond this door were the maps of the two previous Elder Scrolls games. Not completely rendered, not filled with foliage, not occupied by NPCs. Just a placeholder of sorts.

Appears that future DLC will be maps of old Elder Scrolls game.

Enjoy Skyrim owning your soul for the next decade

I am calling BS on the maps. Cyrodiil, where Oblivion took place, is south of Skyrim and could be mapped. Morrowind took place entirely on an island to the northeast. Much more unlikely.

Took me a bit.

Source: http://www.oxm.co.uk/36328/skyrim-dlc-revealed-morrowinds-solstheim-vvardenfell-and-cyrodiils-imperial-city-found-on-disc/

Damn! Skyrim's map is bigger then the Red Bull Air Race!
Thanks for the link, Strebeck. Pretty convincing stuff.

Nope, i still haven't picked it up. I'll play it on the PS3. My old guild is in the SWTOR beta, and i've been playing that more than anything else right now. Also I'm moving in January, so I'm packing a lot of shit up, and spending time with that. Once I move and settle in I'll buy Skyrim on PS3 and play it while I'm playing SWTOR on PC

I love skyrim! Its definitely a great game and the possibiliy of that dlc sounds epic even if untrue this game will certainly have great dlc at some point, as with most bethesda games

I hate to be a troll, but.... Whats so "good" about Skyrim anyways?..its the same kind of elder scrolls game that they've been pumping out every 4-5 years... They shouldve made wayyyy more changes than just the graphics and character building system.. (which are both good imo, but everything else has been done before in other games ) >_>

**grumble grumble**....alrighttt thennnnnnnn. >_> ..

Well said.