It has been on my mind for quite a while and I do not believe that anyone has posted on it. But, do you all think it would be possible for one to become a skooma dealer? In OB it was funny to watch the "skooma-heads" act foolish and things but I used to wonder who was selling it to the fiends. I also thought about a consequence of having skooma in your personal belongings while you are convicted of a crime in Skyrim thus making the sentence/fines double per each bottle of the item.

It isnt anything ground breaking but just a little idea I had in the back of my mind to add a little immersion to the substances of OB.

I think this will be less likely treated as a felony, since it's cival war, the Empire's falling apart and there are dragons everywhere. There are simply bigger worries and the order and law system may be decentralized. However, I do agree very much that there should be more to do with skooma.

Best. Idea. Ever.

I'm a fan of controlled substances, and if I can become a dealer of said substances in one of my favorite RPGs of all time, then I would be one happy gamer.

And just like in real life, if you're willing to take the risks, you better be willing to pay the price if you get caught

Yeah I guess that would be cool. There should be certain people and even other vendors that will buy your stuff. Also bring back moon sugar.

As far crime against having skooma, yes. But it shouldn't necessarily double your fine. It should have a set number of gold that you'd have to pay if you were caught with illegal substances. They also need to revamp the crime system. You shouldn't just be able to pay the guards and walk away free. Maybe one or two shady guards will take your money but not the majority. They instead need a court system or just make you do jail time if your crime/bounty was worthy. Maybe even some shop keepers will call the guards if you try to sell them illegal subs. Just a new way of doing things really. The old way isn't cutting it anymore.

Honestly, skooma was given the once over in Oblivion. In Morrowind, not only did you have a gang of orcs cooking up skooma in a safehouse, but you found it being smuggled by bandits all the time, you had moonsugar, which is what skooma is made from, you had a slave who was forced to swallow it and be a drug mule, you could find skooma pipes, a dead addict...the only people I know of who would buy it from you is Kahjiit merchants.

But mods to add skooma dealing have been added. Seems like it would be simple enough for Bethesda to allow you to find a cheap source and pedal it to NPCs who had a habit, maybe even a couple quests (avoiding the law, rival dealers) etc. Not to mention that going around in alleys and dark places at night, you're bound to run into nasty people and creatures.

I think it would be cool to be able to make my own skooma out of moon sugar if my alchemy skill is high enough, and then sell it to skooma addicts.

This! and bring back moon suger, i see the post above that says that is what skooma is made out of, but i still want the raw material too! I loved how the blade in oblivion you reported too had piles of moon sugar in his house.

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there could be a whole drug dealer questline. It's like a mafia (or yeah like scarface).

you would have rival dealers and "friendly" dealers trying to steal your supply or take you out.

running into trouble while escorting a shipment (when your still just small-time)

Your best dealer-friend betrays you, and robs you blind.

The possibilities go on

Sadly drug dealing in all forms (Even fantasy drugs like skooma/moonsugar) would end up with the game having an 18+ rating (Which Bethesda certianly doesn't want because most game stores do not sell 18+ games)

Hmm. Nonetheless I recall seeing a skooma dealer in Anvil or Leyawiin at night. And there was a quest with drug dealers. If it can be in Oblivion, it'll be possible in Skyrim also.

same here!this would be a real good emersion quality if you could deal.i also think it should effect you karma and infamy

all GTA games (and many others.)had alot to do with drugs and dealing and using them..and they were definetly were not 18+.what you said is a lie :shrug:

NO :S No karma! Karma is imaginary. I'm fine with it affecting your reputation/fame and infamy(which is very different than karma) if you are caught. If you're not caught, then no consequences and vice versa. Fame/Infamy > karma.

You even needn't look that far. It's in Oblivion and Morrowind. So what's the problem.

Sorry I should of clarified, I mean if you, the player, can become a drug dealer. Drug dealers in the game are fine but actually dealing a illegal mind altering substance yourself would get so much bad press it would be insane. Censorship boards just don't allow it.




..No I'm not telling a lie, sure you had to deliver drugs a few times in GTA and such but that still isn't the same as actually being a drug dealer and having a drug dealing mini game where you actually pick up the drugs, sell it to people on the street and such.. if censorship boards saw that the game might not even be released, trust me on this.. 25+ years of gaming under my belt and I know what gets censored/fought and what doesn't. Theres a reason the GTA games don't have a drug dealing mini game, it's not allowed.

Dealing with drugs is fine, a quest/mission or two or three involving drugs or even carrying them is fine but actually being able to become a fully fledged drug dealer? Different story.

And what do you mean the GTA games weren't 18+? They were all 18+ in the UK and most of them 18+ in the USA and the rest of the world. Only place they weren't was places like Australia/New Zealand which received censored watered down versions.

That sounds just so hypocritical. The difference is almost negligible. Especially in the context of games where you can commit mass murder and so forth. Anyway, I shouldn't elaborate on this. Too bad if that's true.

This! Awesome idea!