Since the Nords will be taking center stage in Skyrim how do you think they should be revamped in terms of skills, looks, and such. How about to all the races? Do you think such changes should be done, in the first place?

I don't think the nords are going to be any more important in skyrim than dunmer were in morrowind
they're there and they will remind you constantly that you're walking on their homeland, but other than that and disposition bonuses, there probably won't be much

Beards, they need beards.

Facial painting/tattoos/woad

weird i just made a thread and used this as an example

one of my peves in past tes games was that besides color of skin and some facial features most of the races were the same ( bosmer and orcs were shorter and taller) i think that they should move how we expect someone of that race to move.

the elves should be more graceful and light on there feet while the nords could run just as fast but at 200plus lbs it would sound and feel like a train coming.


p.s. I WANT DWARVES

You won't get Dwemer.

The souls of the dwarves (A type of elf more properly known as the Dwemer) are the golden skin of Numidium. The Dwemer race is gone forever.

yea i know they are long extinct but i just want to chop peoples legs off bruenor battlehammer style

I don't know, I think that all of the races needed to be a lot more distinct in both appearance and gameplay. Appearance-wise, at least in Morrowind the Nords had tattoos - in Tes4 they're just more boring white people. So I'd say what everyone else has: facial hair, tattoos, scars and the like, to distinguish them from other human races. Gameplay-wise, it's hard to say. Maybe try to give them specialties other than Warrior - make them good as bards and sorcerers. At least, give them some specialty that lets us play them in more than one way.

The dwemer are as tall as everyone else. The shorties are male bosmer. If you want your small race, there you go.

Would be nice if the racial perks were balanced better. If bretons got 50% resist to magic AND 50 extra mana, Nords definitely should have had 100% resist frost at least.

These.


There should also be at least one paralyzed, naked barbarian/witch combo.

I definitely think they'll work on beards more this time around...no more weird 5 o'clock george michaels shadows. Being in skyrim, a good beard option is a must.

As for skill bonuses and racial bonuses, I'm fine with the usual resist frost...should be 75 percent or more though. The combat bonuses are usually well balanced enough. Usually I become pretty unstoppable as a nord fighter of any kind

Word.


Word II.

I want to also show my support for the beard requests. Beards are a requirement. There shall be no argument otherwise.

Also, drunkenness and boisterous attitudes are necessary. They should really sell it too, complete with a swaggered walk and stumbling, fists pounding on tables and loud voices.

Very. Large. Beards.

If revamped you mean dead then yes

Yesss.

Also glorious long hair and braids.

I always liked to think of the Nords as the men of Rohan in Lord of the Rings. Hardy, mead drinking, battle hardened men. I don't necessarily like to think of them as just barbarians (i think orcs are the barbarians of the Elder Scrolls universe just as the dwarves are the barbarians of the Lord of the Rings universe). For example, in the scene in the beginning of Return of the King when they are all drinking to those that died in the battle for helms deep and celebrating, the only thing i could think of was the cheerful drunk Nords in Thirsk drinking nord mead.

Over all, what i'm saying is (the way i picture nords) a Nord should look just as natural wielding a bow and living off of the land as a ranger being equally as skilled in combat as he is in staying hidden, as he would just a drunk bloodthirsty barbarian.

I'm sorry for the lotr references (i'm just trying to relate my mental picture of a nord to something) but i always thought of Aragorn as a full nord, because imperials are mostly just good for nothing, corrupt pantywastes (like the steward of gondor). think about it, he's a badass when it comes to fighting things with his sword, but is equally skilled with a bow, he carries the knowlege to easily live off of the land, fighting is in his nature, and he has nothing but the best intentions which kind of brings me to this next thing... (and no more lotr refrences )

Even though nords are generalized as uneducated and quick to kill, have you ever noticed (for the most part... there are always exceptions) that nords are the most light-hearted and loyal of all races? even though they can be ignorant, i always thought that whatever ignorance was present was born from their love of their homeland. and since their homeland is skyrim, i think their light-hearted, festive side can be brought out more in this game than the others since the nords have nothing to complain about, because the way i see it, there is nothing happier in all of tamriel than a mead drinking nord living it up in his home province of skyrim. but also if you think about it, since people grow and develop their nature, a nord who's nature is in adventuring and travel is perfectly content living off the land and never having the burden of having to be confined to one home, and these are usually the more open-minded, skilled, and educated nords. i really hope we see nords in a new light in this game. they are of course my favorite race.

and to all of those that like the idea of nords actually being ignorant barbarians, i'm not saying that a lot of them aren't. I'm just saying that i always saw that there is more nords, and they can a little bit more of a multi-talented race even though people might not give them credit for it.

oh and one more thing, and perhaps most important: BEARDS

i don't know if this makes sense, i just kind of put down whats on my mind, and i'm not going to proof read it haha.

This. Real beards (like Dragon Age's) are a must, Bethesda!

Glorious beards.

Bosmer have to stop being the joke race. I think they should be slightly taller (not as tall as everyone else, but still a little taller) and don't they have alyied ancestry? in which case there should be some who are pretty tall. And why exactly should the females be taller than the males? I am not necessarily objecting, I just don't see why. And they have to stop making all the annoying characters Bosmer.

And they need the awesome Dunmer voices from Morrowind.

This. It's getting old.

Imperials need to be Romans again.
Nords need beards.
Dunmer should get a "darker" voice. Not per-say the Morrowind voices.
Altmer need to look better in general.
Bosmer need to be made into the evil cannibalistic elves they are.
Redguards don't need an revamp but they should mention their great lore some more.

Well that's all I can think of for now.

Bosmer needs the biggest overhaul. they need to be cooler...somehow.
I am also reminded of Rohan when I think about the Nords and their culture.
..and I too prefer the Dunmer voice in Morrowind.
I would like to see Argonian culture represented. Perhaps female shamans or something.
Orcs should be even more bad ass. and not so bright green.
I think a Redguard outpost or something in the West would be appropriate.