One question, if they're cold-blooded, shouldn't they be affected by cold and fire damage more? Don't know if they were in the older games but they weren't in Oblivion or Morrowind. (affected by cold and fire that is)

convenience i guess

Argonians are reptiles riiight? is it really neccessary for them to be cold blooded??? dinosaurs were reptiles too and there were arctic dinosaurs too and many scientists believe that dinosaurs were warmblooded so cant argonians who are also reptilian be warmbloded?

They are warm blooded.
Really all evidence supports this.

It is a fantasy world. Argonians can survive is cold temperatures. The end. :shrug:

debatable

the only way to find out is to ask beth

Then the definition you looked up is wrong.
Im not sure about the present day, but I am 100% positive that in earths history there have been warm blooded reptiles.
Some dinosaurs for example. We know they had means of controlling their body temperature due to their sheer size. They must have had a way to control temperature and another to deliver extra oxygen to the blood, or they couldnt have existed at all.
Its not a big evolutionary advantage if your extremities get gangrenous and die off.
Furthermore, some members of the Selachii (sharks) have developed controlled body temperature and internal gestation (they give live birth.)
These tricks arent exclusively mamallian and you cannot define an order of animals that way. You cant say: it has this, therefore its not a reptile.
There are even flies that give live birth.

In the end, these distinctions are mostly about genetics.

Surely they won't be as common as Nords or anything, since Skyrim's cold really isn't they're climate of choice. But rest assured, they will still be around in the game. You can't have an Elder Scrolls game without the 10 races being present.

Thank you!, about a month ago on a races topic i said that argonians are cold blooded and everyone got all defense (some offensive) and pretty much attacked me saying that nowhere does it say that argonians are cold blooded, wish you were their to prove them wrong

They are a humanoid race with reptilian traits. So they are a little of both. Mammal and Reptile

Honestly, I agree with you, but It doesn't even matter what scientific/historical evidence there is to back up something like this. This is kind of a pointless argument, because Argonians have always been in TES, and they obviously will be in Skyrim, whether it makes sense scientifically or not.

http://s3.ecetia.com/files/2009/02/todd-howard-bethesda.jpg

Where did you get that quote?
I cannot find it on the UESP wiki or the normal wikipedia.

Dinosaurs were reptiles, and some of them were not cold blooded. Maybe they have some problems to resist the cold, but they can live in Skyrim.



I have asked you once, but I must insist. Have you studied Biology or something? That's impressive.

I couldn't find it either. He's either lying or the wiki he uses is wrong.

i found some of it

Lore:Black Marsh - UESPWiki
Jump to Argonians?: Argonians are a cold-blooded beast race of reptilian humanoids. They are known to be intelligent, quick, and agile, which causes ...
www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Black_Marsh

Edit. found it
Argonians
Argonians are a cold-blooded beast race of reptilian humanoids. They are known to be intelligent, quick, and agile, which causes them most frequently to choose magic or stealth-oriented lifestyles. At the close of the fourth century of the third era, the Argonians commonly encountered in Tamriel were very similar to Dunmer and appeared humanoid. In Vvardenfell only thirty years later, the Argonians found resemble amphibians more than humans, with digitigrade legs.[24]

Found it:)
Its on lore: black marsh, on the UESP wiki.

Atm Im making an edit to the talk page there questioning the validity of the statement.

In that case, they must have some way to balance their temperature. Or good, mamooth fur sweters. The thing is that they are in.

No links to any proof or whatsoever. Any person could have written that there.

Even if they are cold-blooded perhaps Bethesda has another definition of cold-blooded than in reality

:mellow:

I couldn't find anything on them being cold-blooded either, this is what I found:


This flatly spells out that they are able to easily survive on both land and in water, they are expert guerrillas, they are resistant to disease and toxins, and are good mages, thieves and decent warriors.

Nothing on them being cold-blooded though.

i nearly forgot you can edit it

its still debatable

Oh well. Warm Blooded or not. They can survive the cold. :shrug:
Maybe they will make it clear in Skyrim.

Hmm, this thread is pathetic, even worse than the toenails-thread. Come on, if everyone says they're in why would you try to prove ALL OF US are wrong? Think.

if you are talking to me i was not trying to prove you wrong

ps.im tired im going to bed its 1:31am were i am