First off an example of base dispositions in oblivion, if you started off as a dunmer before you charm, convince or otherwise beguile an NPC:
Argonians -10
Bretons -5
Altmer -10
Imperials -5
Khajiit -5
Nords -5
Redguards -5
Bosmer -5


Obviously I'm not looking for what you think the actual numbers will be but I think based off what we know, all races due to them succeeding from the empire would have a negative base disposition to imperials, except maybe Nords who are royalist ?

Argonians and Dunmer should hate each other more than usual.

I say the PC should be effected by base dispositions for Skyrim. e.g. you pick a dunmer: be prepared to charm that argonian quest giver to give all the info and/or better quest reward.

I think it should be far more noticeable than in oblivion where the only dispositions that really mattered were http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:M%27raaj-Dar and http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Adoring_Fan

I dunno, just something I was thinking about, discuss ?

Yeah, totally. In Oblivion I didn't really get the sense that my race mattered when talking to people. I want existing racial prejudices to play a role in how much certain NPCs like you.

That would be awsome. With the civil war going on and all the tension between Dunmer & Argonians/Kajiit, that would really make the game more realistic.

Maybe its all part of the increased differences between races they're telling us about. Maybe its not.

To me they're talking more aesthetic and ability differences. Nothing on dispositions.

I'm no racist but I do realize that subconsciously I treat a person from one country differently than another person from another country.

With civil war on top of everything I think, in Skyrim racial tensions would be stretched to the max.

PS I don't want a full blown socio economic simulation from Bethesda, but its an RPG and there should be solid foundations of a lot of things. :dance: