My question is very specific: With races like Red Guards and Khajit have big skill bonuses in Acrobatics and Athletics. And with those skills being removed in Skrim will you replace those bonuses for those races? How will race skill balances be maintained with their removal?

Will different races have unique body meshes? Will Nords and Orcs be taller than other races? What prevented me from choosing a Bosmer was that they looked like short, fat Imperials with ugly faces.

Can I see my own body in first person? If not, why not?

Can I change equipment loadout with fewer than 400 mouse clicks?
(e.g. heavy armor to court finery)

Will the police be omniscient?

Will our equipment be shown on the character? If yes, to a certain extent (I mean, it would look weird to have 7 big swords strapped around your character )?
Just to be clear, by equipment I don't mean armour and such. I mean like, if we have one 2-handed sword, one bow and one dagger in our inventory; will they be shown on the character? Or is it like in Oblivion, that the only weapon is shown on the character is the one you have equipped?

Will there be hand to hand? :biggrin:

Will there be slavery in Skyrim? Can I buy a slave?

Will there be any new necromancy spells?

Will I be able to create a shadowscale Argonian? (I would be so happy :celebration: )

Will there be any in-game books chronicling the events between Oblivion and Skyrim?

Will kinds of companions will we be able to hire? Will they be able to level up and learn new skills?

How detailed is the in-game map?

Will each race have unique taunts or will they all say the same things like in Oblivion?

Will there be baby dragons in Skyrim? :frog:

I second this. Plus, if there is hand to hand... can you give us any details on how it will be like? Any improvements or differences than how it worked like in Oblivion?

Is personality handled through perks under speechcraft?

Do the inhabitants of Skyrim's dungeons respawn, and if so will they respawn as quickly as they do in Oblivion?

Is there going to be a realistic jail system with more harsh and different punishments? Also the Oblivion justice system is too lenient , I get less than a year in jail for 40+ murders. Is that going to be fixed ?

Two more questions for Todd:

In a recent interview with Norwegian magazine Gamer.no, Todd suggested that in addition to no more jumping and running, some other repetitive level up activities have been eliminated from Skyrim, such as "casting open lock fifty times on a door" for example.

Can Todd elaborate a bit on the process to increase magical skills?

QUESTION 1: Will we still be able to sit around casting healing or bound dagger spells on ourselves 1000s of times in a meaningless way to level up Restoration and Conjuration? Or has there been some solution devised to close these loopholes for repetitive spell casting?

http://www.gamer.no/artikler/84242/intervju-om-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-del-2/2/




In the same (possibly mistranslated) interview, Todd also discussed whether perks are obtained through raising character level or skill level



QUESTION 2: Can you confirm that we get only one perk at each character level up, and no perks received from increasing skills in-between character levels, as this (possibly mistranslated) quote might seem to suggest?

QUESTION 2B: Are there other perks we can get from reading books or as rewards for completing quests?

Mr Howard, if you would like more Informations on Customizable character, the list now 2 questions from most important to least important:
1) With regard to weapons and armor there will be new or will that already seen in Oblivion There will be many or few, every one will be different?
2) About the dugenon, you can find weapons and armor unique in that they will not find anywhere else possibbile and most of us will be solved some puzzles and looking at objects from a palette in inventory that will give clues and there will be a boss in order dugenon most?
I'm hoping for an answer. :thumbsup:

Ok so in the Official Game Play Trailer when the guy is fighting a wolf in the woods with a bow, it appears that in first person view there is no cross hair to guide your arrow.

Is this so? ( I really hope so!!)

What happens when you get all the perks from a Skill? Do you get some sort of special hidden power or just a shiny constelation?

will bosmer be an annoying joke race with only a few tolerable npc's like they where in oblivion?

It has been discussed that dragons can stumble upon cities and attack them. If/when this happens, how extensive can/will the damage be to the cities when this happens? Dozens of people killed, whole buildings in ruins, and the economy of that city devastated? Or more cosmetic damage? If there is major damage to buildings, will they be repaired by the townspeople?

I always get attached to my cities and their people. If dragons can obliterate cities, which I'm fine with as a possibility, I want to be able to protect them.

In Oblivion, you can turn the crosshair on and off. So, I'm assuming that we will have that same option in Skyrim.

I'm pretty sure there was an option to turn off the crosshair in Oblivion.

will the daedric prince of biscuits order jyggalag get his own daedric shrine and quest? (the reward could be the sword of jyggalag)

I'll just jump right into this:

1) Will there be active interaction with objects?
-This refers to something like the SMART button in Brink, but not necessarily to that extent. In oblivion your hands were solely for swinging your sword or casting a spell. But whenever you came across a wall that was too high, god forbid you try to climb it, and I use my mind to open doors all the time. This also includes things like eating.

2) Will there be shields carried on your back?
-Cool and effective.

3) Will you implement some sort of "bar tab" when you go to an inn?
-In Oblivion, if you ate something off the table you were stealing even though everybody else could. I think it would be a good idea to have it so you could eat whatever you want, and you'd only be a thief if you left without paying. This would also implement some sort of negotiating for the price before you left, which could add some personality twists to the NPC's.

Can you jump on a dragons back if it is paralyzed?
And if so, if it starts flying again, will you fall off?

I'm sure you know this, but revealing the full skill list to use will make us love you more than the magazines will. The magazines are [censored]s, but we're real sweethearts as fans you know. Muhaha.

When will we see Argonians and Mers?

[censored] it, look... there will NEVER be multiplayer in the elder scrolls, they have said it themselves on countless occasions that its just not something they feel would work well in these games, even the rumors for an online TES were shot down for good finally, according to the UESP wiki.

if you want an online RPG, go play world of warcraft.

sorry if i sounded a bit aggressive, but... god, i am so sick of seeing this question EVERYWHERE!

does bethesda need to send todd himself to your house to smack you with a fishstick, and glue a sign to your face saying "we arent making an online elder scrolls game, ever."?

personally, im glad it'll never be online, it would DESTROY the entire series, if you ask me.

Awesome question!!! I'm so keen to see Sheogorath too, because he could be an easter egg for Shivering players

(WHO HAS SUMMONED ME HERE WITHOUT AN OFFERING!? Ah.. Mortal, it's you... When I was mortal, I saved the world from a Daedric Invasion. Good times, good times.
You, Dovahkiin, will undertake a quest for me that will gain you much adoration and praise. You will become famous! You will receive riches beyond your wildest dreams! Think of it, the beautiful woman, the wine! Your own army to command! A pet guar, even! Above all else, everlasting GLORY!

What is this illustrious quest, you ask? I want you to Go and BRING... ME.... A... FISHY STICK.

Hahahahah Oh I Really had you going there didn't I... Ah Dovahkiin, you've brightened up my day! WELL! What are you still doing here! I'm hungry. Fetch me that fishy stick. You need an offering to summon a Daedra! Next time I'll smite you, and you'll die where you stand, filthy swit)