Really? Then how do you feel about having just written a couple of posts in a topic of a declared lisbian? Does it hurt a lot?

Well im going to stop this Now and let us All get Back to what this Thread is suppose to be About, i have My Reasons and you have Yours, let Bethesda just keep it Out of Skyrim.

Your Personal Life is Enough, No Need to put Everything in a Game that Isent ment to have six and Children and Same Gender Dating.

Yes Bethesda damn you for letting us have options! Damn you!

/sarcasm

My 'Not-Skyrim-related-debate' sense is tingling.

But, to stay on topic, I'll go by the expressed wishes of my spouse(s). Granted, I doubt that the ability to have children in the game will be implemented.

Well some people feel that strongly about Fast Travel too.

Female, won't have kids
If I was playing a male character wouldn't want to father kids
If there was a story where you rescued a kid and 1 option was to adopt him/her, another to find a good home for him/her, and another to just ignore the child that might be interesting but given the timespan TES games take place over I can't imagine my character taking several months out to have a kid. Then again killing a dragon whilst 8 months pregnant would be just a little ridiculous methinks

Some people, including myself, would like an option to turn off fast travel, not to have it completely removed from the game. I have not met anyone on the forum who fits the description you are implying.

The main problem with having children in the game would be the time that would likely need to be skipped. Adoption, however, would be a lot easier.

Good. When these people are miserable over certain optional features of the game and refuse to play it, i'll be sitting in front of my tv with a big grin on 11.11.11 and that's all that matters. I love all of these options at my disposal and i'm not even interested in the marriage feature. I won't do it on my first playthrough, or maybe never, but at least the option is there for other people.

That is the debate in a nutshell. We have already been told in the Q and A that your gender will only affect the disposition of some NPC's. Seems a bit unfair for a male Dovahkiin to go off hacking and slashing and missing the birth, while the female heroine is stuck at home being pregnant. Yes, I know that's what real can be like, but nevertheless.

And anyway, would have been a bit of a shock if they had said cuirass and greaves are combined because the maternity armour meshes would have clipped otherwise.

Lol, had to think about that 2nd set of questions for a minute.

Part 1:
My character is female
She does not want to have children, yet
However, being pregnant could add different background stories, etc, and some rather unique roleplay situations.

Part 2:
Only if she was male would she like to have kids

If she (the dragonborn) was a male (rather than a female) then children could be considered.

No question that one's gender is a major influence on giving birth and raising children.
A certain gender must give these issues more responsible consideration that a certain other gender might.

Instead of just posting yay or nay, I'm going to see if I can make some sort of suggestion. Going back to what Cowlick035 said about adoption being a way around having a time skip neccessary if raising a child from birth. Same-six relationships can also benefit from adoption. There could be a piece of dialogue with your spouse about what your ideal child would be, selecting from the race and gender. Then as either part of another quest to save a village/town/farm somewhere you'll find a child of the selected race and gender hiding under the bed after his own parents were killed you can then take him home and adopt him. An alternative of selecting the race and gender could having one child to adopt (maybe deciding gender) either the player's race or maybe just Nord to give more focus to the developers.

No, This is a dragon slaying adventure. Not the third installment for the sims. I think that does not belong in this game At all, and marriage is pushing it.

No, it's a role playing game. And what is so perverted about in game children, no one is asking for conception animations?

My character (Male, probably Nord) may have children at some point, but only if his wife was keen on the idea. I'm fairly feeble when it comes to the ladies.

Exactly

Yes i know but it was described as a dragon slaying adventure. Also how would you propose children coming about without it being too much. Adoption would be all right

As i said, this is dragon slaying adventure, not the third installment of the sims.

I'm not okay with children, because of the time-lapse. In no way do I want a time-lapse.

I'm okay with adoption. I'd be more likely to take in orphans than get married.

What about childbirth animations?
How many Dovahkiin would faint whilst their wife/mistress/partner is giving birth?

edit: If we can have children I demand equipable papooses.

yes, like randomly capitalizing words for no apparent reason :teehee:


I feel as though the second poll was rather confusing, as I did not seem to know what point the TC was trying to make. Am I alone on this?

Same as Fable 2, you don't see anything, or ME, there are suggestive scenes.

It's NOT just a dragon slaying adventure. It's an Elder Scrolls game. Loads of people don't even bother with main quest, ever. The design philosophy they espouse is freedom, to be, do and go where you want. If there are options over and above dungeoneering and combat, they add to the world. And that is what we get, a world to adventure, and role play in. If all you want to do is fight monsters, collect loot and complete quests, you can. None of the marriage, friendship, log cutting of fishing options in any way impinge on your ability to do nothing but adventure.

Seems to me some people are thinking that if they don't like something, they think no one else should be able to do it. Seen a bit of what the game 'should' be in this thread. It 'should' be whatever BGS says it should be, that's all there is to it.

The papooses definitely sound better than that weird 'pregnant dress' Oblivion mod. :unsure:

Yes your right let BGS decide what happens, It may be a role playing game but i don't want the sims. I think if it must happen then it should only have to deal with the character. I don't want have to see that and I'm sure other people dont want to see that either. If i'm looting a house i don't want to walk in on that. so character only if it does get implemented.

So don't have relationships ingame, problem solved. Meanwhile the option remains open for those who feel it would add to their game.
I highly doubt six or childbirth will be in the game. They weren't in FO3 (although six was alluded to) despite it including drugs, addiction, slavery etc.

My female character does not want to have children

If she were a male, then, under that condition, she might consider letting her spouse have children.

The condition of being pregnant would certainly add story and roleplay options. Not really into actually giving birth, in the game however. It might be a good story in a different game.

Or the start of a story, like in FO3. I do seem to remember that story starting with the PCs birth.

I do support the relationship/courtship/romance/marriage venue, just not actual childbirth.