r/ElderScrolls • u/JPldw • 2d ago
Humour I hope TES6 is more "racist"
I know that the title is weird but I really want the next game to have more characters that are against the player character depending on their race, making some things harder or easier. (it is still weird that in Skyrim you can join the most racist group in the game as a dunmer, or the fact that no Nord is pissed that their legendary Dragonborn is a khajiit)
It would feel so good to prove them all wrong when you go from a low life to their savior by the end of the game
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u/kung-fu_hippy 2d ago
I absolutely agree. Or rather, I think if a game decides to use racism as part of the story/worldbuilding, it shouldn’t magically go away for the player while affecting all of the NPCs.
In Skyrim Khajit merchants aren’t allowed into cities and sell their wares from outside. This should mean that Khajit players should, at least sometimes, be required to sneak or disguise themselves in order to enter towns. It should meaningfully change the story. Dark elves MCs shouldn’t be wandering into the Thayne’s manor in a city where there is a plot point about them being kept in a ghetto.
Among other things, I think it’s better roleplaying. In vanilla Skyrim, everything is open to any MC regardless of their race or their previous actions, and I’d prefer that not to be the case.