I think it'd be cool if each Werebeast and Vampire clan have at least one unique power...

1. Volkihar. The ability to go through ice.
2. Volkihar. The ability to freeze with their breath.

3. Werewolves. If this was implemented I'd be power enough.

Here's an idea for werewolves: Werewolves mostly run alone but if Hircine has a quest for them they may unite in dozens and lay siege on cities (would be a cool Hircine's quest for werewolves only to destroy a city) while in wolf form they should be considered wolf by other wolves, and if you prove your power to a group of wolves by killing (or horrible crippling) their pack leader, during this time the pack is yours and the wolves are yours to command... their den your home and their enemies your enemies, in fact other wolf pack may attack your den and lead to an all out war until your den has been taken or your enemy killed, all this should go on during your two-day-a-month long time as a werewolf (two moons equal double full-moon and just because it ain't night doesn't mean the full moon won't show) once your back in human form the wolves will attack you, no longer seeing you as their brother and when you transform back into werewolf you'll have to find a new pack... this would truly be epic and would add so much to the 48 hours of bloodshed...

4. Werebears. An epic power would be the ability to grow up to x3 as big get up to x3 at all stats, health, fatigue, attributes, damage...

I thought up a nice random encounter that included a lycanthrope, when the pc is wondering the forest he could be startled by a wandering hermit who sneaks up from behind and places his hands on either of the pc's arms/shoulders while mumbling something incoherent, then wander away. later that night the pc could be attacked by a werewolf, after it dies and returns to human form, it would be the same hermit that startled you earlier, and could have some kind of item of importance (Letter to family/children?) that could start some kind of revenge quest or any kind of quest in general.

Whats wrong with the hermit part? if i remember correctly a lot of the WWs in morrowind were hermits/wandering crazies, nad it would fit with the theme of him having obtained the disease and having drifted away from his family after becoming crazy and violent, like old yeller.

Does a hermit= crazy now??
Just my opinion people ok? I just think a random werewolf attack would be better because than the NPC that bit you has no REAL role to play, just that he/she gives you the blessing

werewolves are winning out !:D

I don't like the idea of the lore always saying they are "mindless" like I mean I understand that to make fear and everything but when I have control over my character when she transforms she is not mindless cuz I can CONTROL her while playing, I like that much more than turning into a were beast and watching my character kill many people without any input from myself I like having control but ya...thats why i always hate it when they call them mindless when you get to control them they for sure are NOT mindless :flamethrower:

So I wonder. Vampires in Skyrim will be clearly distinguishable as compared to vampires of Cyrodill? Interesting assuming you can live as a werebeast quite comfortably. Do your thing as normal. When your 'time of month' comes, go crazy and kill some unsuspecting fools. Sorted.

No need to get angry, i wasn't trying to attack you or anything, i just thought it would be more fun if you met the werewolf before he actually attacked you . So the play would be like "I've seen that guy!" and because he grabs you and pulls you close you would get a good look at him, i don't think he has to be the one who gives you the curse/blessing in the first place, just someone to launch a quest that delves into his past, maybe hes related to someone in a nearby city or has children or was a duke/someone with high political standing, drove crazy by something that changed his lifestyle so drastically. Maybe he was thought dead and you have to give the news to someone? I don't think all the werewolves have to be crazy or super agrssive but it would be a nice way to start the quest i had in mind. Sorry if i offended you though.

Yea, the whole "mindless" thing is that werewolves attack people without second thought. They are just hungry and lust for flesh of people. In lore though. Gameplay elements does not compare. For example, if a werewolf was starving and his health was draining by the hour and he sees a human. He sure as hell wouldn't think "Oh, it's a person, I can't kill a person." No, the werewolf would run straight to them and devour them.


That's basically the life of a werewolf. Live among people, keep your gift a secret. Then go out and kill and wake up naked. Now, Volkihar should be monstrous compared to the upstanding vampiric citizens of Cyrodiil. Good thing about werewolves is that they don't need to svck blood every day. They have to kill twice per month and no one knows they are werewolves when they walk around in the day.

Yea, the whole "mindless" thing is that werewolves attack people without second thought. They are just hungry and lust for flesh of people. In lore though. Gameplay elements does not compare. For example, if a werewolf was starving and his health was draining by the hour and he sees a human. He sure as hell wouldn't think "Oh, it's a person, I can't kill a person." No, the werewolf would run straight to them and devour them.
Yes, I agree, but I just like the idea of controling my character and making her go and attack that person not it be like on some sort of auto pilot XD MAYBE if my health is super low than killing on person on auto pilot to get the HP back up there wouldn't be so bad :3

That's basically the life of a werewolf. Live among people, keep your gift a secret. Then go out and kill and wake up naked. Now, Volkihar should be monstrous compared to the upstanding vampiric citizens of Cyrodiil. Good thing about werewolves is that they don't need to svck blood every day. They have to kill twice per month and no one knows they are werewolves when they walk around in the day.

Aren't a lot of them insane hermits though?

Aren't a lot of them insane hermits though?

twice per month? there are 2 moons in the games right? and i am always confuzed at which way they will do things *the devs I mean* because if they do it like our moons normally a full moon is up for almost 3 nights i believe so 2 moons plus 3 nights for EACH full moon would= 6 nights of being a werewolf I think right? I hope it is this way but u still become human each morning lol

Most, yes. After returning to their human forms, werewolves are usually documented as becoming weak & debilitated(If they didn't kill a person) and they occasionally undergoe painful nervous depression. Many historical werewolves were written to have suffered severe melancholia and manic depression, being bitterly conscious of their crimes.(This is in real life lore).

In Elder Scrolls is goes the same manner. In Bloodmoon, werewolf NPC's were called "Wandering Idiot", "Insane lunatic." and "Ravening lunatic". They do have mental instabilities which I've mentioned quite alot around here. In Daggerfall, it was the same way:

"You're looking for (family's father)? I'm afraid that he died three years ago. Killed himself, actually, although very few know that part of it. I'm not sure what happened, but he became very moody, and began disappearing for days at a time. Left a note saying something about he couldn't live with himself, and didn't want (child's name) to find out the truth about it."A Daggerfall character speaking of a deceased Lycanthrope.

Some go as far as suicide for becoming a werewolf while others embrace Lycanthropy as a gift(Tharsten-Heart Fang of the Skaal).

So what do you think of that little side quest i wrote? Also, i didn't mean for it to be how the pc was introduced to lycanthropes or became a lycanthrope, just a fun side quest, if that was what you were thinking lunar.

So what do you think of that little side quest i wrote? Also, i didn't mean for it to be how the pc was introduced to lycanthropes or became a lycanthrope, just a fun side quest, if that was what you were thinking lunar.