I'd like to see more guilds in Skyrim. I'd also like to see an infinite amount of randomized but simple quests in each of those guilds for when you've beaten that string of quests. For instance, I would've liked to see a growing list of randomly spawned targets to assassinate at the end of the dark brotherhood string. Similar to what happened at the end of the shivering isles where you had the option of defending your realm from invaders as many times as you wanted.

I'd like to see all of oblivions guilds and a few counterparts...

Mages guild- an organization dedicated to studying legal forms of magic
Necromancers guild-both a political and slightly criminal organization who backs up necromancy in all it's forms
Fighters guild- hero's for hire who never break the law
Vigilante guild- they work for something other than cash rewards and sometimes break the law for the greater good
Thieves guild-a loosely organized guild of thieves and pickpockets
Imperial Guard organization- obviously we know what the guards stand for but it'd be cool to work your way up to captain
Dark Brotherhood- Semi-honorable assasination organization with a lot of power and a lot of rules
Vampire Coven-somewhat like the brotherhood but with hardly any rules but many rituals less organized and filled with vampires

On top of that it would be nice to have two political factions

Progressives- down with slavery up with skooma, tolerance of differences, not quite as happy with the divines and accepting of deadric gods, social programs, down on war

and

Conservatives- longs for the days of the old empire, less tolerant of change, religious when it comes to the 9 divines but no-tolerance for deadric gods, a strong imperial guard presence and pro-imperialism

Anyway....what do you think about these ideas? What would you add or take out, what guilds/joinable factions would you like to see? What guilds would be perfect for your favorite type of character?

I don't think it'd be Imperial guards in Skyrim.

I'd also like to see a Rangers' or Woodsmans' Guild, and I love the political factions idea!

Yeah, I heard the empires falling apart after the oblivion crisis. I don't know what the equivalent to the Imperial guards will be in Skyrim but I figure they probably serve a similar function and they could probably work the same way when it comes to working up through a guild.

In fact, my first idea when it came to an antithesis for the thieves guild was a band of Merry men with a Robin hoodish theme, dedicated to robbing the rich and giving to the poor but then I figured "meh" because that's basically what the thieves guild IS in oblivion, perhaps with a new grey fox in charge by the time we get to Skyrim they become less touchy about who they rob and it'd be cool to see a bunch of seedy skooma addicts who just steal from you no matter how poor you are. Almost like a robin hood-ish theives guild verses a highwayman/maurauder guild who just rob and beat people up because they can.

Well there was in morrowind,

Thats true. But it is unknown how much of a presence the Mede are imposing upon Skyrim...

this

Screw Captain, I want http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Imperial_Legion

The Morag Tong should be back as a faction to join.

I figure for every faction there should be a rival to that faction you can join as well. That would allow some cool spy missions or just taking out the other faction type missions.

Current character at level 25, hunter, very nature oriented. No factions for him. Would like to be specialized in nature and survival skills, and sleep out. That's not possible, so I camp at camp or inns. Works that too

I really want a Necromacer guild and Imperial Gurad to join.

I'd like to see a HOMELESS GUILD...where you have to get wasted on booze in order to join. You have to beg for money to be in the guild. You are not allowed to wear armor or carry weapons.

I don't see any reason the Fighters' Guild wouldn't be vigilante's. They should be. Ethics conflicts should be part of the internal strife of the Fighters' Guild.


Basically the Imperial Legion. A more Skyrim-relevant version would be welcome.


Morrowind had three different vampire clans. If vampires were to make an appearance in Skyrim, I'd like to see it in this clan-oriented fashion. I'm not entirely comfortable with the concept of vampires in Skyrim in general though.


I'd like more than two political factions. If the empire really is falling apart, then the vultures should be swooping.

bah, do away with the gray fox. That's an Oblivion thing and leave it at that. There was no Gray Fox in Arena, Daggerfall or Morrowind. I want to see something new and different with the Thieves Guild in Skyrim.

The return of the Morag Tong would be awesome.
I would like to see at least a couple of religious factions we can join as well.

I demand to see a guild for ladies like me who like to bathe in blood to preserve our beauty, thanks!

I'd like to see a guild that's run by people who are actually competent.

I think they can have someone else solve some of the problems, instead of having me solve all of them.

Hmm...I'd like to be able to join some form of "Army", but mainly the Legion...or whatever the closest thing would be in Skyrim...but I've always liked the idea of being able to recruit people into a Guild you have joined...not something I expect to be in the game, but something that always sounded fun to me...but I'm sure there's a million and one ways why it wouldn't work...

The Morag Tong are pretty much finished outside Morrowind province. I'd be more interested in seeing a few guilds representing Skyrim's own culture and politics.

Yeah, the Morag Tong would make no sense. It is a Dunmer traditional assassin's guild. Wouldn't make any sense whatsoever in Skyrim. Hopefully we get plenty of original and creative factions native to the throat of the world. Just like how MW had the Great Houses and the temple, hopefully Skyrim has rival political factions from the different city-states vying for power.

Probably, but perhaps not.

It's highly likely that there has been a significant influx of Dunmer refugees at least in the eastern part of Skyrim, especially those who would have been able to sneak and murder their way out of Morrowind like assassins could. If anything, the striving Nord factions could be very interested in Dunmer assassins. Basically because they can't be directly linked to any Nord faction, and represent the lowest in the Nord society. And it would give the stateless and desperate Dunmer another reasonably lowly profession to reflect their desperation. Other than that, you might expect those Dunmer to want to increase their political weight in the eastern part of Skyrim, and assassins are a typical tool of Dunmer politics.

Though I'm not sure if it should be joinable, there would imho be some sense in a Morang Tong presence.




I absolutely agree with that. Skyrim should mainly focus on native factions and divisions. The imperial chartered factions like the mages guild, fighters guild, etc, should either be in decline (empire gone -> charter becomes worthless) or suffer heavy competition from the natives.

I hope they use the faction relationship system like they used in Fallout New Vegas

Morrowind had a pretty intensive faction relationship system too. It was trimmed down in OB though.

This should propably be replaced with the Synod and College of Whispers. Not much is known about those more than what is mentioned in the book... And I have unfortuantely forgot what I read about them...


Personally I hope one or both of the Guilds of Magic will allow necromancy in the guild and give them a more "good" viewpoint, not as anti-necromancers as we have been given before.


Never break the law? I would say different guild chapters in different towns would be differently criminal, some being like the Blackwood Company. Quite dangerous, ruthless and illegal if those secrets sipped out. Others should be your ordinary good-guy warrior city guild chapter.


Something like an "we take the law in our own hands"-organisation? Sure, just expect it to have a few dirty secrets...


The world just wouldnt be the same without these guys!


Aye, but the Empire propably should′nt have a very strong presence in town so make it more like joining the local mercenary group in the army, eventually maybe getting Knighted (and therefore not being in active duty) if you do some really big stuff.


Skip the stupid rules here, I say. Just make them a "we got assasins, you want someone dead"-guild. Just business. And make them kill freelance assasins.


A few vampire clans wouldnt be so bad.


Better split this up in different factions.


I would just call them the Imperial cult. Make them pro-imperialistic Imperials plotting for greater power to the Mede Empire.

Personally I would love seeing different Kingdoms and possibilities for you to become some part of the nobility there, getting yourself a estate, building a village, taxing your peasants, killing the insurgents, stealing their food and letting them starve in the mud... Hehehe... Just kidding! But a bit like the Great Houses of Morrowind, but Kingdoms with more sovereignity to do stuff more openly...

Here is a list of guilds i would like to see:

Mages Guild
Fighter's Guild
Theives Guild
Dark Brotherhood
Imperial Legion
Imperial Cult
Necromancer Guild
The Blades (the spy counterpart to the body guards)
Vampire Guilds (more than one)
Werewolf Guilds (more that one)

A skyrim warriors kinda guild, kinda like the skaal honor guard but centralized around skyrim as a whole.
A Hunter/Woodsman guild
A criminal syndicate guild, like the commona tong from MW
Join-able Nordic Clans.
Another assassin's guild that rivals the DB.

And also i would like to be able to join minor factions such as blacksmithing guilds, or leather working guilds. Theses wouldnt have quests but would rather give you chance to be able to make things like armor, weapons, furniture for your house(?) and also give you discounts on certain items if the store keeper is also part of the guild.

EDIT: probably forgot a few guilds in there, however that doesnt mean i dont want them, it just means i forgot them