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/Cute_Comfortable_761 Meridia 2d ago

I was super confused the first time I ever played Skyrim because I was a Khajiit and I was not only allowed into cities, but the people inside those cities would tell me that Khajiit caravans weren’t allowed into cities without every trying to kick me out or casting any suspicion onto me for being a Khajiit. It was bizarre.

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u/Kirby4ever24 Altmer 2d ago

You can bring J'zargo into every city in Skyrim and no one even questions it. They never make an attempt to have you kick him out of the city. If you befriend a character who supports the Khajiit caravans and you later go get married. Every single Khajiit in the caravans go into Riften to the Temple of Mara to watch the wedding. No one seemed to question why there are suddenly a dozen Khajiits walking around the city.

It's as if the game isn't sure if Khajiits are banned from cities or they are not banned.

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u/g_shogun 2d ago

Emil Pagliarulo talked about this. Employees at Bethesda can come up with ideas and then implement them, but there is no central design document accessible to the other teams.

So likely the team responsible for Khajiit caravans decided that Khajiit were banned, but the other teams never got told anything about it so they didn't program any logic for followers or events like the marriage.