Kinda like shooting the rope of a hanging victim in RDR.

the vote result surprise's me...i know violence is a big part of the game but really keep it in context, no family gatherings for the fortnightly burglar BBQ not gritty just ott imo.

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It's kind of hypocritic to say executions are bad when you keep murdering people and animals over and over again.

Public burnings? Nah, doesn't seem very Nordish. Sure, it might be cold in Skyrim, and it's a good excuse to throw a bonfire, but it's just too much of a hassle, takes too much time to set the whole thing up, and those kegs of ale aren't going to drink themselves. Waste of good firewood, too. Public executions like hanging, exposure, beheading, and 'feeding time' seem more like the kind of things a Nord would do.

As for other torture devices, no. The Nords are simply barbarians, wholly lacking the sophistication afforded only by the Empire to make all those wonderful toys. Like the rack, the iron maiden, the head crusher, the pear of anguish, the spider, the Judas cradle, the chair of torture, the lead sprinkler, the Spanish tickler, the crocodile tube, the knee splitter, the heretic's fork, and the Golden Girls marathon.

Well, since the Nords are loosely based on the Vikings, I'd say that hanging would be much more appropriate. They never really had 'law' other than personal vendetta, but they did hang nine slaves and all kinds of animals as a sacrifice to Odin every nine years at the temple of Uppsala.

Could make an interesting quest topic. I've always wondered how you would go about hanging a cow.

There should be some innocent people that you can save. It would be creepy to hear people screaming in pain. "And if it fills [them] with pain and suffering at the same time, all the better!"

Why should people get burned at the stake? This isn't medieval Europe.

This is sick.



Not at all. There's a difference between murder and self defense.

no. that would be decidedly unpleasant. screaming... actually, there just isn't any way to do it without it seeming lame, because they wouldn't make it seem like it was the real deal. not any more than you could kill children in FO3 and NV

A beheading might be cool.

Yes, and if you have a high speechcraft, you can go to their trial and get them killed for something they didn't do

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Imagine if magic was real... :mage:

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I don't need to imagine

public hanging yes maybe not burning

No. I dont want some game rated M30+ or something.. (yes i know i made that rating up)

No
I hate to see it but from the art work it seems there will be executions, by beheading. I hope I do not have to see an NPC slowly burned alive. Gruesome

Burning does seem a bit excessive, maybe hanging or even stoning,

I voted no because... Well [censored] dude, burning people at stakes is vile even for a video game, god knows the almost comical amount of blood and gore games like Fallout 3/NV and Dead Space have, it's not even gross, it's stupid. I would feel different if the OP was suggesting we see charred corpses on stakes after the fact, but I have a feeling he wants us to be forced to watch someone being nailed down and burned alive.

Not burning but other ways would be fine, they wouldn't be able to do burning well enough without scarring people for life.

My Opinions:

Executions -- YES!!!
Only Burning -- NO!!!
All sorts of executions (Hanging, beheading, burning, etc...) -- YES!!!

But yes, burning is a little excessive. You need to get it done fast, or else it's just kinda dumb.

No. I find the idea repellent, personally. To me, it also doesn't fit with what we've seen of the Nord culture or anything in Tamriel.

You know, the Elder Scrolls is a type of game where people can kinda role play to live out fantasies or be people they can never be but partially want to be. When I play, I don't want to pretend to be a person that witnesses people being tortured to death in horrible ways that actually used to exist. Personally, I don't think this belongs in The Elder Scrolls. Maybe it would be okay for a game where you weren't really role playing.

True, isn't the punishment in Nord culture a payment of money or furniture or some such

EDIT: There is a line between realism and obscenity, burning crosses it EVIDENCE of burning having happened (Burned corpses which also appeared in OB or something)

Is this going to be the new choices when the guards catch you?

"Stop! You violated the law!"

- Go to jail
- Hand over a chair
- Lettuce still makes fireshield potions, right?

Hmm... I wonder what I'd pick...