Okay lets get this straight, this is not a debate on wether perks will be bad or not for the series or not.

They have been stated in the GI article to be in this installment like it or not.

You get a perk every level (usually 1-50) but it is possible to get them all if you grind your levels enough I'm guessing. Much how the FO series have used perks.

Oblivion had a similar perk system where every quarter level(every 25 point) of a skill you recieve a small advantage.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Skill_Perks

Heres are the lists of perks from FO3 and FONV. Just to get an idea of what they are or how useful they can be and for ideas.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_perks


http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_perks

I'm not sure the level of how useful perks will be, until we actually see some examples.

-One stated by people who have read the GI article(I haven't read it yet) is a mace perk that goes through % damage through armor when using a mace/blunt weapon. Another stated was a perk that allows more dagger dmage during a successful stealth attack.

So any idea for perks?

Be creative, but try to be reasonable.

Carrot Eater: Eating a carrot grants night vision for a limited time

Big game hunter: Killing bears and deer etc provides 2x as much experience as usual

Would be an interesting alchemy perk.

It could give more helpful benefits to eating raw ingrediants or food. I like it.

Distillation - Break down an alchemy ingredient into it's individual effects. (So if you distilled something like Harrada (Damage Health Damage Magicka Silence Paralyze) you would get 4 vials with one effect each so you wouldn't waste ingredients)

Magical Restoration - Enchanted items recharge over time.

Headshot - Gravity only has half as much of an effect on arrows allowing for more accurate shots from far away.

Royalty - Allows you to wear an extra ring or amulet

Lets be civilized: Sitting down gives you a bonus to speechcraft.

Honest face: You can sell stolen items to shop keepers.

Spell knight: Hitting a foe with your sword restores mana

Extended summons: Your summoning spells last longer then normal.

Lightning Wielder: all lightning spells have a 100% chance to stun or daze targets form 2 to 8 seconds, also all lighting spells do 25% more damage.

royalty perk is epic XD

Thats a good one.

Genocidal - 2X damage to your chosen race

Apple Aim - Your fired arrows have a tendancy to GO FOR THE FACE

Grub Hound - Encounter more food and more often

Achilles Killer - melee attacks have increased chance of tripping/knocking your opponent down

Hot Headed - Enter an enraged state in combat which increases fire spell caste rates and damage also leaving a trail of fire in your footsteps/wake

Moon Shoes - Jump increased by factor of 3X !!!

Comedian - Telling jokes will always result in a disposition increase the first time
Gold baker - Player made bread is worth five times more!
Fart - Grants the player a spell that immediately lowers the disposition of everyone in a 25 foot radius

Backstabber: 15% extra damage on a backstab

Zeus: Lighting does 10% extra damage(If there is any lore about a lighting god, this name should be changed)

Blessed by Brian - Your dragon shouts are more potent.

:P

I like these, especially the Distillation one.

Dragon Stalker- after killing x dragons you can sense them... kind of like a track, and it can be taken more than once to improve distance, direction, etc. This could be applied to any type of enemy really.

all of these are genius

Sword in the Stone Perk - Unlock all unque weapon designs.

Warrior Race - Increases hand to hand damage by 50%

Now or Never - When health is under 10%, damage delt increases 75%

Take Aim - Targets zoomed in on apear highlighted.

I'd say that is a little overpowered if there is a 100% chance to stun someone for longer than it takes to cast. I would say 25% would suffice lol

It does inspire me though.

Lightning Rod: Any shock spell that hits you recharges you magicka

Fearsome Presence - Low level creatures run away from your terrifying lead of power.

Like Warm Butter - Dismemberments occur more easily

Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Blunt weapons gain an added finisher that detonates an enemies head with a heinous blow.

1. Depending on draw distance > Perk that allows greater bow distance.

2. Perk that allows you to disarm and take an opponents weapon mid-fight.

3. Perk for falling greater distances. (Sure thats in there actually > I just ain't walkin down no 7,000 dam steps!)

4. Perk that allows you to see indoors through walls from outside.

5. Perk that allows you to see traps.

6. "Hunter Sense" perk that allows you to know when wild creatures are near.

7. A lightsaber.
:goodjob:

Heavily Fortified: Shields now reflect 15% spell damage. Also shield bashes have a chance to paralyze. Can be taken twice to increase spell reflection.

Blessing Of Akatosh: You're character is immune to damage for 1-3-5 seconds depending on balance.

Coat Of Iron: Physical Damage is reduced by 5-10-15-20-25-50? depending on balance .

Eye of the tiger: You're speed is increased by 5-10-15-20-25% once again depending on balance...

Cold Touch: Each attack has a small chance 5-10-15-20-25-50 (AGAIN ON BALANCE) to decrease attacked's speed by 20-25-50% (again balance xD)

Nordic/Orcish Warrior = All nordic/orcish equipment is 15% more effective
Gifted Healer = Restoration spells cost 10% less to cast
Crusader = Gives 5% more damage against undead and vampires

Stealth Run: Allows you to sprint without risking detection. :ninja:

Crustacea - You now have the ability to turn one of your enemies (up to level x) into a mudcrab once a day

William Tell - Damage with arrows is now increased 25%

Locksmith - Lockpicks last twice as long

Telekinesis - you can now move objects and items at a distance through magic

Detect life - Your keen senses allow you to detect enemies up to a certain distance (enemy presence would appear in the compass like in fallout)

Hats - Hats keep your head warm.

Err, I'm not sure I get the whole choose-your-own perks thing. Wasn't a big fan of this in Fallout 3 as they seemed kind of arbitrary and illogical - they kind of break immersion and many didn't feel like I'd earned them specifically, but I guess I'll just have to deal with that in Skyrim too.

Actually, I'd prefer to only achieve logical perks automatically as skills are increased to pre-defined thresholds, as in Oblivion. The alchemy perks in Oblivion are great examples. Perhaps it would be even better if these automatic perks were extended beyond what Oblivion offered.

Of the perks people have mentioned in this thread thus far, the following are the ones that I liked the most. It would be great if they were automatic based on skill level and not chosen by the player from some arbitrary list when leveling up. (I'd argue against some of the proposed effects though, and a few of the names too )

Alchemy - Distillation (Very cool)
Magicka - Magical Restoration (Should start out very slow to keep the game balanced)
Marksman - Head shot
Health - Royalty (Might be hard to balance with the rest of the game though)
Speechcraft - Honest face
Conjuration - Extended summons
Athletics - Achilles Killer

Perk to fire two to three arrows at once.