» Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:33 pm
If I warped to Nirn, I would likely descend into quick poverty. I might be decent shakes at magic in the long run, but magickal training requires money to invest, and I'd have none of that. Direct combat would hold no allure to me whatsoever, in any way or shape or form. IRL, I avoid pain whenever possible, so potentially getting filleted on a regular basis sounds like no fun.
So that leaves thievery and stealing to make ends meet. I'd never have the dexterity and finesse for pickpocketing, meaning I'd have to be a late-night catburglar. But a life of crime doesn't usually go on for long without some form of getting caught and getting punished. I'd be in and out of jail constantly, as my late-night prowling would likely barely afford me the ability to eat and be sheltered, much less the ability to pay fines. In jail, I'd probably acquire knowledge of more dangerous ways to make illegal profit, skooma trade in particular. And so I'd try to become a drug dealer. So the only real options are: 1) get hooked on the wares I was peddling and live the life of an addict, 2) get outfought or outsmarted by well-established competition (Cammona Tong, Renrijra Krin), or 3) I'd find my own little niche and make money degrading the lives of other people.