I think it would be awesome if religion had a bigger impact in skyrim. for example, like arkay or talos. is their a mod that makes religion much better than it is now in skyrim? i feel religion in the game is a very gray area.

If any religion needs a bigger role in Skyrim, it's the Nordic Pantheon, not Arkey and the Imperial one. Talos already has a huge role.

Eh. After Morrowind's omnipresent Temple and Oblivion's absolutely hysterical Gothic Cathedrals, I'm okay with religion not being a major aspect of Skyrim. You find Shrines to Talos everywhere as it is...and in the strangest of places...

Advanced Shrine Blessings - Shrines to the Nine Divines.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/21349

It's still a work-in-progress, but I've been using it in my own game since I started working on it (yes, full disclosure: I made this mod).

Activating a shrine will now bring up a messagebox, welcoming the player to the shrine and asking what they would like to do here.

Option 1: Just pray

If the player selects "just pray", then the player will be switched into 3rd person mode and an animation of the player praying will be played.

There is a very small chance that the god will hear the prayer and respond. The vast majority of the time nothing further will happen - a message notification will tell you that the god has not responded on this occasion - the prayer animation will finish and the player will be put back into first person mode.

Option 2: Offer donation of 100 gold to the temple

If the player selects "offer donation of 100 gold" then 100 gold will be removed from the player and there is a 25% chance that the god will respond. Otherwise a message notification will tell you that the god has not responded on this occasion.

Option 3: Offer donation of 500 gold to the temple

If the player selects "offer donation of 500 gold" then 500 gold will be removed from the player and the god will nearly always respond.


Once the god responds, the reward (as before) will be based on certain conditions.

- If the player has just prayed, then the maximum they will get is the standard (default) blessing. Prayer alone will never gain the superior version of the blessing.

- If the player has donated 100 gold, but has committed offenses contrary to that particular god, the donation will be taken by the god but the blessing will be refused. Atonement is possible in most cases.
- If the player has donated 100 gold, and has done nothing to offend the god, the standard blessing will be granted.
- If the player has donated 100 gold, and has generally followed the teachings of that particular god to a certain degree, then the blessing will be granted, and 50 gold returned to the player with a notification that the god has returned the money in order to encourage further good deeds, and to spend it in service of spreading the teachings of the god.
- If the player has donated 100 gold, and has followed the teachings of that particular god to a large degree, then the blessing will be granted and the full 100 gold returned to the player, with a notification that the god has returned the money in order to encourage further good deeds, and to spend it in service of spreading the teachings of the god.

- If the player has donated 500 gold, but has committed offenses contrary to that particular god, the donation will be taken by the god but the blessing will be refused. Atonement is possible in most cases.
- If the player has donated 500 gold, and has done nothing to offend the god, the standard blessing will be granted.
- If the player has donated 500 gold, and has generally followed the teachings of that particular god to a certain degree, then the blessing will be granted, and 250 gold returned to the player with a notification that the god has returned the money in order to encourage further good deeds, and to spend it in service of spreading the teachings of the god.
- If the player has donated 500 gold, and has followed the teachings of that particular god to a large degree, then the blessing will be granted and the full 500 gold returned to the player, with a notification that the god has returned the money in order to encourage further good deeds, and to spend it in service of spreading the teachings of the god.

I wouldn't mind having a questline similar to Morrowind's Temple and Imperial Cult missions. A questline not aimed at maximizing the killcount would be nicely refreshing.

I did like the Mara quests, a bit of a change was nice.