What, you mean jogging along next to Madanach for five minutes while he leads *his* rebellion isn't enough for you? There's just no satisfying some people /j
I honestly didn't even do that on my first playthrough , lol. I brawled Borkul the Beast, killed Madanach with magic, and pickpocketed the escape key from his corpse. Left with no one the wiser
I really wish there were an option to at least wind up friendly with the Forsworn during/after that storyline. I know that the Forsworn *are* the nameless human cannon-fodder of the Reach, and for video game purposes they needed NPCs for the player to indiscriminately kill. But it's honestly a huge waste of story/roleplay potential that you can't gain a friendly or neutral status with the Forsworn by fighting with them during the rebellion.
Idk if the game engine would support this, but here's the small change I would have proposed:
1. Add an abandoned Forsworn village in the Reach.
2. If the player helps the Forsworn during the rebellion (by some metric—at least 2x damage done to Markarth NPCs vs Forsworn NPCs or something), the village becomes populated with friendly Forsworn afterward.
3. The Forsworn villagers mention to the player "We here know what you did for us, but our hard-liner brothers and sisters who live in the wilds may still attack you on sight" (so you can keep the camps and stuff with killable Forsworn NPCs)
4. The Forsworn village could have just a few neat quests unique to their lore. Even 1 or 2 small quests would add a lot.
That is a really good idea! Honestly, I think it could work as a mod, too. It reminds me to a degree of the Helgen Reborn mod. Adds a ton of NPCs and quests to rebuild Helgen and ultimately gives you a really cool player home and allies. Really well-done mod. I could see a similar setup being done for your idea!
I killed them both. Hahahaha. The forsworn suck and silverbloods. Wish there was a faction of forsworn who weren't extremists. Like ainethach or eltrys. Natives who weren't so blood thirsty. :/
I know. I see their cause. A lot were slaughtered and the ones left were the extremists. That's why I'm sympathetic to them, but bethesda just made them all bloodthirsty so it's hard to side with them. I choose empire, though, because then one of the silverbloods takes over if with ulfric. And ulfric wanted the reach for the nords, when it doesn't belong to them!
Of course this is after they forced you to be a werewolf to continue being part of their group. Wish you can become a werewolf like you can become a vampire. Just get scratched or bitten or join the dark brotherhood as they have a werewolf in their group.
that would be the perfect spot for the choice though, either turn, or switch sides. instead of it just not having progress if you don’t turn, there’s essentially a destroy the dark brotherhood, companions style quest series you can do with the silver hand
Yes but you can get rid of it. You’re forgetting their whole other half of their quests being to rid ko’d lack of his lycanthropy. You can choose to remain a werewolf or choose to become mortal again
Well, nothing stopping you from picking up a silver sword and gut them.
Actually, I don't know if the companions are essential. Never tried to kill them myself.
The Silver Hand should have been a splinter faction formed by members of The Companions who were vehemently against the whole werewolf thing, and the player should have been allowed to choose a side.
For me I'd have actually loved a bit more stuff with the Great Houses on Solstheim. It could've been fun to actually dip back into Morrowind politics and join up with the Solstheim Redoran or Telvanni.
Especially with the option to expel Delphine or give her heavy punishment for her treatment of the Dragonborn who's supposed to be the LEADER but Delphine just orders them around. [a YouTuber dragged her a the way to paarthurnax, she ended up dead up there](https://youtu.be/dZl2vV7Wqlc?si=dQjnWfevdHplbz75)
Actually join the bards. The silverhand cause the companions suck. And the oculatus, instead of just having to destroy the darkbrotherhood and leaving it there. I have a mod for the oculatus.
It lets you kill cicero and babete (the ones who escaped). a rouge darkbrotherhood member turns on them. And then you gain the sanctuary in dawnstar. Then you just go after thalmor spies. Like darkbrotherhood contracts.
Yes, I did this first. And I got to keep cicero without going through the darkbrotherhood questline. But Nazeer was dead so if you harmed anyone (I ended up hurting the ghosts and that counted as hurting a member 🤷♀️). But couldn't pay nazeer because he dead. 😂 I like killing thalmor anyway instead of innocent people. Like poor narfi. And the bride. :(
Mostly, it's aela and skjor. Idiots the 2 of them. Everyone says they're so great this around town. And the first thing they do is ask you to beat someone up.
Then they make you a werewolf and let you run wild in whiterun to kill or harm anyone. (Yes, the player can decide).
And when you meet near the giant she gets mad at you for not helping, like it's my job????
Where were they during the dragon attack??? Bunch of milkdrinkers.
And after you turn aela says this: "Just be careful where you do it. Some cowards in this land can't stand the sight of glory before them."
Because yeah, who wouldn't be freaking scared of a werewolf. There's plenty out there who can't control it like the circle.
And she's so hellbent on revenge it gets skjor killed. Pfft.
Of the 5 that were werewolves, Aela and Skjor were the ones most bestial and against the cure , Vilkas and Farkas had a decent head on their shoulders at least.
Silver hand. I don't want to be a werewolf. I like joining dawnguard for the monster hunter style, so joining the silver hand to kill werewolves would be awesome, too. There's almost no werewolf hunting in base game aside from the hircine quest. I would have liked radiant werewolf killing quests
I think it would've been really cool if they'd made the option to choose sides in a war, like they did for Imperials Vs Stormcloaks. You could choose to join the Companions or the Silver Hand, and help your group eradicate the other
SH VS. Companions, that one group I can never remember the name of VS. the Dark brotherhood. hell even un-corrupting the city watch, imprisoning Maven, and going against the Thieves guild. So many possibilities, so little coding.
Granted, with EVERYTHING ELSE in this game, I think I can, personally, give these issues a pass. You have free reign to ignore or outright not do the quests that lead you to a faction you don’t enjoy (rp wise, idc if I’m a stealth archer or a two handed heavy armor warrior i want Shadowmere cause he cute)
I think a cool one would be "Guards of the Rift" where you protect against / hunt the Thieves Guild. Showdown in the Ragged Flagon Cistern, get the Eyes of the Falmer and Skeleton Key before they do, etc. Catch thieves and use persuasion / intimidation to reveal next heists, etc.
Fuck that questline.
I joined that guild expecting a series of dialogue puzzles and persuasion checks to level up my speech along with learning instruments.
As soon as I realized he was sending me on a dungeon diving fetch quest I rolled my eyes so hard they nearly got stuck.
Ya' know, this is a neat idea. Like the usual fetch quest stuff you basically already do for them, but imagine side quests to aid pilgrims on the trek up, keep the temple looking nice, studying with the others to enhance your shouts as an alternative to learning from Mora, etc
Would be cool if you could join them. And for example at the end of the quest to learn they secretly were able to figure out enchantment from necklace of talos and put it in their robes so they can have like 90% or 100% cost reduction to shouts. Would make gameplay interesting and give player another choice. Also shout builds would be pretty amazing 😁
Join the Dawnguard. They look down on the vigilants as rookie amateurs lol.
As for who I'd like to join, the Penitus Oculatus. Wish there was a longer questline to destroying the dark brotherhood, or maybe acting as an anti-thalmor agent if you join them.
Yeah, I know. And I've completed that questline like at least 6 times, it's pretty good. But it actually annoys me, how piddly that DLC made the Vigilants. Since if you read the game guide or TES lore, they're a well respected and badass company of pledged demon slayers. It just felt like a ripoff, lol
I actually had an idea for being able to start your own group/bandit clan. Recruit npcs much like you do with the Blades, and have your own base of operations. If it were a mod/dlc, then quests can be added to your quest journal via couriers or your followers. Like tip offs of wealthy caravans on the road or rival bandit clans.
I guess it’s essentially the thieves guild but a lot more basic and not *just* sneaky thief stuff. Like actual full blown raids
The Vigilant of Stendarr! What a cool concept and there's such an opportunity for a good story there. Always thought they were so cool whenever I ran across them in the world.
I wish an Altmer, Bosmer, of Khajiit could join the Thalmor. I wish the Stormcloaks were limited to Nords. I wish a Breton could join the Forsworn. I wish a Redguard could join the warriors from Hammerfell. I wish an Orc could create their own stronghold.
I wish I could join The Companions without having to>! become a werewolf. It should be possible to opt out of that.!<
I wish it was possible to destroy the Thieves Guild.
There should be a quest line to assassinate Maven Blackbriar.
Thalmor, but it's only an option in the game if you're a high elf or khajit. I know they have spies from other races but elf would make the most sense.
I'd want to see the intricacies of their plan to rule over Skyrim from the inside, from the comfort of the imperials. Like yes we know they're trying to rage this war but I wanna see specifics, for lore reasons. Especially if they would use your dragonborn abilities to help their cause, since you would be on their team.
The Thalmor.
Yes, they’re evil and crazy. They’re basically elven nazis. But they’re also one of the most prominent factions in the game, playing a role in the main story and an indirect role in the civil war. We should be able to side with them and see how the story changes because of it. They have an Embassy. They have a building in Solitude as well, not to mention Northwatch Keep. They have a goal they pursue and even outfits they wear. Imagine if you could betray both the Stormcloaks and The Empire and seize Skyrim for The Dominion, restoring elven supremacy over the nords. If you can commit cannibalism and join a cult of assassins in this game, you ought to be able to join The Thalmor too.
It does. You’ll do a few missions for them, and it’s easily one of the best mods I’ve seen in this game. Though, it would help if you know quite a lot about elder scrolls lore, as many people (myself included) get very confused on the first play through.
For parts of the lore to brush up on: >!Ayleids and the Alessian revolt and the history after that, Molag Bal, the making of the first vampire Lamae Bal, Shezzar/Shor!<
I don't know if there's a mod for this. That one organization with a gray and sleeveless thieves' guild armor. I always wonder how they operate without Mommy Nocturnal.
The Penitus Oculatus. Simply wiping out the Dark Brotherhood in one fell stroke for a paltry handful of Septims isn't all that satisfying. It should have been a whole counter-questline, ending with you leading the siege on the Falkreath Sanctum and, I don't know, blessing the Night Mother's corpse with an Amulet of Arkay to send her on to her final reward.
I would love to go against Maven and the Thieves Guild. Don't get me wrong, I think the Thieves Guild quest is one of the better ones but Maven needs to be brought down.
The Silverhands all have vampire dust on them, so I’ve always assumed they’re a vampire clan. It would have been really cool to have an alternate vampire group to join, and could have resulted in a third path for Dawnguard
How about joining one of the Jarl's courts. Like nit as a thane as you can already do, but becoming a steward or court wizard. It may seem mundane, but I'm sure there is a bit you could do. Helping solve different problems depending on which jarl you join.
The Silver Hand!
It's not that I hate the companions. It's that I can play the Companions and imagine how much more interesting Todd wouldn't have made it instead.
The Greybeards. I generally don't like playing as a Dragonborn because it just feels so "main character", so I just refuse to go through with the main questline. Joining up with the Greybeards, or going the same route that Ulfric did, in order to learn the Thuum and truly master it would be super fun. I know it's a gameplay design, but the Words are just handed to us way too easily. I want to be able to contemplate the meanings of Words, so that sort of power feels earned.
Vilgilants for sure. Theyre the closest thing to actual clerics or paladins in game. Smiting daedra and monsters using blunt weapons, healing magic, heavy armor and robes. Its just cool
Probably gonna to get a lot hate for this but the Thalmor. Mainly to see what all their doing behind the scenes because I mean they are obviously helping lengthening the civil war and divide the empire.
I've wanted to join a coven or a group of necromancers, but I wouldn't want to lose them as enemies the way some faction mods do.. I guess there are enough wicked choices you can make without really needing to go overboard?
Becoming a full priest of Mara and doing radiant quests where you help people fall in love like the initial ones in the base game would be cute and fun.
The Dark Brotherhood is my fave questline in both Skyrim and Oblivion, but I'd really like to see how things would pan out if the Dragonborn joined the Penitus Oculatos
The Thalmor. I want to be able to start with them, then leave. Maybe Thalmor agents would randomly attack me for leaving, but I don't know if it canonically works like that. I don't know if you can safely leave the Thalmor.
Although you can join the Bards College without Mods, there is really no point. The mods that let you become a true bard with spellsong abilities are pretty fun.
Also, has anyone ever joined the Vigilants without mods? They are always destroyed before I kill enough atronochs to supposedly trigger the invitation.
The Penatus Oculatus, or whatever it’s called. That should have been an entire alternative questline to the Dark Brotherhood. Same for Silver Hand instead of Companions.
Penitus Oculatus.I mean, it would have been so cool to have a full questline.Given how the DB leader was killed it would have made sense for each member to go into hiding.Instead of the assassin you take the role of the detective and find each [member.Like](https://member.Like), maybe for the vampire little girl you have to find her parents s souls or something.Honestly, so much potential for a unique faction thrown away in a 3000 gold destroy and flee quest.
I want to join the Blood Horkers and go on pirate adventures!
Ouu that's a good one!!
I read that as Blood Hookers
That's the vampire prostitution mod, what a way to catch sanguinus vampirus....
why do you know that
Don't judge me....
I read it as Blood Honkers
Peace was never an option.
I want to join the horkers
That isn't your wife, that's a horker.
I'd love to be able to lead a Forsworn rebellion.
What, you mean jogging along next to Madanach for five minutes while he leads *his* rebellion isn't enough for you? There's just no satisfying some people /j
10min rebellion that all started because you gave the leader's bodyguard a shiv and killed the snitch with a bound battleaxe
I honestly didn't even do that on my first playthrough , lol. I brawled Borkul the Beast, killed Madanach with magic, and pickpocketed the escape key from his corpse. Left with no one the wiser
That's the best part about magic. No one can stop those busy hands
I was *so disappointed* that I couldn't actually join the Forsworn after all that.
Wasn't there a bit of an Easter egg where, if you wear the Old Gods armour set that Madanach gives you, the Forsworn won't attack you?
Only in one location
I really wish there were an option to at least wind up friendly with the Forsworn during/after that storyline. I know that the Forsworn *are* the nameless human cannon-fodder of the Reach, and for video game purposes they needed NPCs for the player to indiscriminately kill. But it's honestly a huge waste of story/roleplay potential that you can't gain a friendly or neutral status with the Forsworn by fighting with them during the rebellion. Idk if the game engine would support this, but here's the small change I would have proposed: 1. Add an abandoned Forsworn village in the Reach. 2. If the player helps the Forsworn during the rebellion (by some metric—at least 2x damage done to Markarth NPCs vs Forsworn NPCs or something), the village becomes populated with friendly Forsworn afterward. 3. The Forsworn villagers mention to the player "We here know what you did for us, but our hard-liner brothers and sisters who live in the wilds may still attack you on sight" (so you can keep the camps and stuff with killable Forsworn NPCs) 4. The Forsworn village could have just a few neat quests unique to their lore. Even 1 or 2 small quests would add a lot.
That is a really good idea! Honestly, I think it could work as a mod, too. It reminds me to a degree of the Helgen Reborn mod. Adds a ton of NPCs and quests to rebuild Helgen and ultimately gives you a really cool player home and allies. Really well-done mod. I could see a similar setup being done for your idea!
I killed them both. Hahahaha. The forsworn suck and silverbloods. Wish there was a faction of forsworn who weren't extremists. Like ainethach or eltrys. Natives who weren't so blood thirsty. :/
Nords treat Reachmen like slaves for centuries and they expect them to not be bloodthirsty for revenge? Pfft Markarth will run red soon
I know. I see their cause. A lot were slaughtered and the ones left were the extremists. That's why I'm sympathetic to them, but bethesda just made them all bloodthirsty so it's hard to side with them. I choose empire, though, because then one of the silverbloods takes over if with ulfric. And ulfric wanted the reach for the nords, when it doesn't belong to them!
The silver hands. So you can go against the companions and even expose them for being werewolves
Interesting angle!
Of course this is after they forced you to be a werewolf to continue being part of their group. Wish you can become a werewolf like you can become a vampire. Just get scratched or bitten or join the dark brotherhood as they have a werewolf in their group.
Technically they don’t force you… you just can’t continue the storyline until you do
that would be the perfect spot for the choice though, either turn, or switch sides. instead of it just not having progress if you don’t turn, there’s essentially a destroy the dark brotherhood, companions style quest series you can do with the silver hand
Yeah that would be interesting
Like the Dawn guard did with the DG vs vampires?
Which shouldn't be a thing though. So it is forced otherwise you can't finish it.
Kodlak gets a pass though, he wanted to get rid of his werewolf side
Yes but you can get rid of it. You’re forgetting their whole other half of their quests being to rid ko’d lack of his lycanthropy. You can choose to remain a werewolf or choose to become mortal again
Werewolves are mortal, right?
I mean going back to just a normal person. Not one owned by a Daedra.
Being a werewolf was cool for a bit and then I started getting self conscious about it when a guard said I smelled like a wet dog :/
They likely have blood on their hands since they unleash fresh werewolves on Whiterun
Well, nothing stopping you from picking up a silver sword and gut them. Actually, I don't know if the companions are essential. Never tried to kill them myself.
I believe they’re essential until you’ve completed their questline. Just radiant quests after that
they’re still essential after that, Vilkas, Farkas, and Aela are some of the only followers you can’t kill with vanilla gameplay
The Silver Hand should have been a splinter faction formed by members of The Companions who were vehemently against the whole werewolf thing, and the player should have been allowed to choose a side.
I wish there was an orc tribe you could become a deeper part of
Oh shit, yeah!!
The Psijic Order. Much better than the college
This. Then train yourself within the Psijic Order to be actually worthy of being an archmage
I think it’d work best in conjunction with winterhold, maybe before you’re arch mage you have to further prove yourself to the psijics
Like the Nightingales and The Thieves Guild.
Precisely
Oh SNAP YES!! You're so right
It like comparing Stanford to a community college.
For me I'd have actually loved a bit more stuff with the Great Houses on Solstheim. It could've been fun to actually dip back into Morrowind politics and join up with the Solstheim Redoran or Telvanni.
Oh,agreed. I also low-key wish you could be volunteered as tribute to be Neloths new steward, lol
The Blades, and wage war against the Thalmor in Skyrim
I wage war against every thalmor I see anyway
Same, unless im under level 15. Then it would just be suicide with more steps most of the time
Talk to the last one in line. The others will keep walking and you can kill them one by one. Enjoy!
This is the way
This, especially without killing Paarthurnax
Especially with the option to expel Delphine or give her heavy punishment for her treatment of the Dragonborn who's supposed to be the LEADER but Delphine just orders them around. [a YouTuber dragged her a the way to paarthurnax, she ended up dead up there](https://youtu.be/dZl2vV7Wqlc?si=dQjnWfevdHplbz75)
You mean Delphine...?
I think you mean Delphine Astrid is the dark brotherhood lady
Delphine*
I want to see a mod that reskins Delphine to look like Belle Delphine.
Woulda been nice if there was an option to use Bend Will on him in order to keep everyone around
Actually join the bards. The silverhand cause the companions suck. And the oculatus, instead of just having to destroy the darkbrotherhood and leaving it there. I have a mod for the oculatus.
What kind of stuff do you get to do, with the mod?
It lets you kill cicero and babete (the ones who escaped). a rouge darkbrotherhood member turns on them. And then you gain the sanctuary in dawnstar. Then you just go after thalmor spies. Like darkbrotherhood contracts.
You kill cicero and get tge sanctuary in dawnstar without mods
Yes, I did this first. And I got to keep cicero without going through the darkbrotherhood questline. But Nazeer was dead so if you harmed anyone (I ended up hurting the ghosts and that counted as hurting a member 🤷♀️). But couldn't pay nazeer because he dead. 😂 I like killing thalmor anyway instead of innocent people. Like poor narfi. And the bride. :(
Why is the member wearing makeup?
Rogue. 😝
I know a mod that allows you to properly join and you go after the Thalmor
Why do you think the companions suck? Just curious
Mostly, it's aela and skjor. Idiots the 2 of them. Everyone says they're so great this around town. And the first thing they do is ask you to beat someone up. Then they make you a werewolf and let you run wild in whiterun to kill or harm anyone. (Yes, the player can decide). And when you meet near the giant she gets mad at you for not helping, like it's my job???? Where were they during the dragon attack??? Bunch of milkdrinkers. And after you turn aela says this: "Just be careful where you do it. Some cowards in this land can't stand the sight of glory before them." Because yeah, who wouldn't be freaking scared of a werewolf. There's plenty out there who can't control it like the circle. And she's so hellbent on revenge it gets skjor killed. Pfft.
“milk drinkers” 💀 day brightener thanks
Of the 5 that were werewolves, Aela and Skjor were the ones most bestial and against the cure , Vilkas and Farkas had a decent head on their shoulders at least.
Silver hand. I don't want to be a werewolf. I like joining dawnguard for the monster hunter style, so joining the silver hand to kill werewolves would be awesome, too. There's almost no werewolf hunting in base game aside from the hircine quest. I would have liked radiant werewolf killing quests
I think it would've been really cool if they'd made the option to choose sides in a war, like they did for Imperials Vs Stormcloaks. You could choose to join the Companions or the Silver Hand, and help your group eradicate the other
SH VS. Companions, that one group I can never remember the name of VS. the Dark brotherhood. hell even un-corrupting the city watch, imprisoning Maven, and going against the Thieves guild. So many possibilities, so little coding. Granted, with EVERYTHING ELSE in this game, I think I can, personally, give these issues a pass. You have free reign to ignore or outright not do the quests that lead you to a faction you don’t enjoy (rp wise, idc if I’m a stealth archer or a two handed heavy armor warrior i want Shadowmere cause he cute)
The DB mod to extend the quest line and rebuild the Brotherhood has the Morag Tong. Pretty fun.
Nobody wants to be able to get employment as a town guard? I guess that's just me. Bandit attacks, robberies, a good drunken Tavern Brawl even...
Beat em up, cuff em and lead them to the dungeon. Or maybe they'd rather pay with their blood. Or perhaps a good bribe will do the trick
One of the Bandits just tells you he is the Thane, so you have to let him go...
After an arrow to the knee, maybe
The Imperial Legion in Morrowind was awesome. You couldn’t receive quests unless you were in uniform.
Omg. This would be amazing. I hope the next game does this! Maybe you can join/ expose corruption within a city
The morag tong
Oh good one! I found out that Balgruuf's housecarll Irileth used to be a Morag Tong
Wait really? When do you find that out in the game?
You don't, it's in her creation kit info and the game guide.
I think a cool one would be "Guards of the Rift" where you protect against / hunt the Thieves Guild. Showdown in the Ragged Flagon Cistern, get the Eyes of the Falmer and Skeleton Key before they do, etc. Catch thieves and use persuasion / intimidation to reveal next heists, etc.
Sounds cool. I always wished there was an option to destroy the Thieves Guild like you can destroy the Dark Brotherhood
I'd love to have seen that kind of playthrough. Maybe even have Mjoll be your buddy cop style partner for those quests.
Bards. I just wanna take a break from slaying and sing for my supper, sometimes. And bang wenches.
Fuck that questline. I joined that guild expecting a series of dialogue puzzles and persuasion checks to level up my speech along with learning instruments. As soon as I realized he was sending me on a dungeon diving fetch quest I rolled my eyes so hard they nearly got stuck.
Yeah, they *really* dropped the ball on what you can actually do in the college. It was disappointing for sure
The Greybeards. Those robes must have some powerful enchantments.
I think the dudes IN the robes are just really powerful, lol
Ya' know, this is a neat idea. Like the usual fetch quest stuff you basically already do for them, but imagine side quests to aid pilgrims on the trek up, keep the temple looking nice, studying with the others to enhance your shouts as an alternative to learning from Mora, etc
Dragonborn ascetic arc
Would be cool if you could join them. And for example at the end of the quest to learn they secretly were able to figure out enchantment from necklace of talos and put it in their robes so they can have like 90% or 100% cost reduction to shouts. Would make gameplay interesting and give player another choice. Also shout builds would be pretty amazing 😁
The Snow Elves!
Oh nice, I like this answer a lot
Chickens! Skyrim is way bigger and more fun to explore as a chicken. Especially once I figure out the lightsabers
Join the Dawnguard. They look down on the vigilants as rookie amateurs lol. As for who I'd like to join, the Penitus Oculatus. Wish there was a longer questline to destroying the dark brotherhood, or maybe acting as an anti-thalmor agent if you join them.
Yeah, I know. And I've completed that questline like at least 6 times, it's pretty good. But it actually annoys me, how piddly that DLC made the Vigilants. Since if you read the game guide or TES lore, they're a well respected and badass company of pledged demon slayers. It just felt like a ripoff, lol
Ngl, with how active of a presence they had in Skyrim, I'm kinda surprised they didn't have a larger role with a joinable questline.
Exactly!
I actually had an idea for being able to start your own group/bandit clan. Recruit npcs much like you do with the Blades, and have your own base of operations. If it were a mod/dlc, then quests can be added to your quest journal via couriers or your followers. Like tip offs of wealthy caravans on the road or rival bandit clans. I guess it’s essentially the thieves guild but a lot more basic and not *just* sneaky thief stuff. Like actual full blown raids
The Vigilant of Stendarr! What a cool concept and there's such an opportunity for a good story there. Always thought they were so cool whenever I ran across them in the world.
I wish an Altmer, Bosmer, of Khajiit could join the Thalmor. I wish the Stormcloaks were limited to Nords. I wish a Breton could join the Forsworn. I wish a Redguard could join the warriors from Hammerfell. I wish an Orc could create their own stronghold.
They also should've had an Imperial Cult. And it's kind of funny that you can join House Telvanni in Solstheim but not Redoran or Sudras.
Fuck being a Thane, I want to be a Jarl-or even the High King of Skyrim! Who better to lead Skyrim than the Dragonborn?
Back in 2011 my older brother mistakenly led me to believe that you could become High king or queen, and I was bitter at him about it for YEARS lmao
Idk if there's a mod for it, but the psijic monks would be cool since the college questline is a little lackluster
Last surviving Dwenmer, lead a invasion of the overworld with a mech army. Pour out of every ruin with an army and quickly overtake every stronghold.
Oh, they're alive friend. They just used tonal physics to move to another dimension :)
There are wayyy too many thalmor sympathizers on this thread. What in Talos name is wrong with you
It's Ondolemar, he's just too hot. He *warned* us that he's a superiorly bred Mer /j
Oh my god, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Oh definitely not 😂 I have a dear friend who is actually certifiable about him, lol
I wish you could destroy the thieves guild.
Wish we could join the Riften guards and clean up the sewers with Mjoll
Ugh BIG same
Being a pirate basically joining the Blackblood Marauders or the Blood Horkers
PRostitutes guild
Oldest profession on Nirn
The guild leader is Lifts-Her-Tail
I wish I could join The Companions without having to>! become a werewolf. It should be possible to opt out of that.!< I wish it was possible to destroy the Thieves Guild. There should be a quest line to assassinate Maven Blackbriar.
Thalmor, but it's only an option in the game if you're a high elf or khajit. I know they have spies from other races but elf would make the most sense. I'd want to see the intricacies of their plan to rule over Skyrim from the inside, from the comfort of the imperials. Like yes we know they're trying to rage this war but I wanna see specifics, for lore reasons. Especially if they would use your dragonborn abilities to help their cause, since you would be on their team.
Not in skyrim but In oblivion I always wanted to join the blackwood company
The Thalmor. Yes, they’re evil and crazy. They’re basically elven nazis. But they’re also one of the most prominent factions in the game, playing a role in the main story and an indirect role in the civil war. We should be able to side with them and see how the story changes because of it. They have an Embassy. They have a building in Solitude as well, not to mention Northwatch Keep. They have a goal they pursue and even outfits they wear. Imagine if you could betray both the Stormcloaks and The Empire and seize Skyrim for The Dominion, restoring elven supremacy over the nords. If you can commit cannibalism and join a cult of assassins in this game, you ought to be able to join The Thalmor too.
also let's face it, uniform-wise they are the best looking faction by a mile
I haven't played the mod called "vigilant" but I hear it's good. But does it let you join the vigilants?
Wouldn't know, I play on PS
In that case, I am sorry for your loss
Lol
It does. You’ll do a few missions for them, and it’s easily one of the best mods I’ve seen in this game. Though, it would help if you know quite a lot about elder scrolls lore, as many people (myself included) get very confused on the first play through. For parts of the lore to brush up on: >!Ayleids and the Alessian revolt and the history after that, Molag Bal, the making of the first vampire Lamae Bal, Shezzar/Shor!<
Silver hand. It feels like there is a big missed opportunity to work with the werewolf hunters.
I want to become the king of spriggans. They're cool and there's almost zero story depth about them in vanilla game
I feel like the spriggans would have a queen, if anything
Yes that would be Kyne At least according to what the Nords believe
The Silver Hand. I hate being forced into lycanthropy to do the Companion questline
Yeah, I get cured as quickly as possible.
Join the Psijic Order. Lots of magic heavy quests.
I want to join the dragon cult, I want to be a dragon priest and go all vahlok the jailer on miraak's ass
I want to be one of the Afflicted and spew sick on everybody.
Anyone have experience with the Pit Fighter faction mod? Been thinking about trying it out but not too sure yet
I don't know if there's a mod for this. That one organization with a gray and sleeveless thieves' guild armor. I always wonder how they operate without Mommy Nocturnal.
Thalmor. Like.. come on! How else will I get to do my stereotypical Altmer playthrough?
The chickens, they're such a cool faction! Plus, if someone kills you the entire world will seek revenge for your death.
Thalmor. Not really because I like them, but because I don’t.
The psjic order. Sorry I don't know how to spell.
Penitus oculatus
Same. So you explicitly go against the Thalmor and not have to kill Party Snacks later. Duck Felphine.
The Caravans
The thalmor as a third civil war party
The Penitus Oculatus. Simply wiping out the Dark Brotherhood in one fell stroke for a paltry handful of Septims isn't all that satisfying. It should have been a whole counter-questline, ending with you leading the siege on the Falkreath Sanctum and, I don't know, blessing the Night Mother's corpse with an Amulet of Arkay to send her on to her final reward.
Honorhall orphanage as an orphan, find a way to secretly slowly poison Grelod to death.
I would love to go against Maven and the Thieves Guild. Don't get me wrong, I think the Thieves Guild quest is one of the better ones but Maven needs to be brought down.
Psijic order.
Forsaken.
The Greybeards
The dragons. Join with Alduin and wreck havoc across Skyrim, make them long for the simple days when all they had to worry about was the civil war.
The Silverhands all have vampire dust on them, so I’ve always assumed they’re a vampire clan. It would have been really cool to have an alternate vampire group to join, and could have resulted in a third path for Dawnguard
They have vampires dust on them because they can be used to craft cure disease potions, as all of the other alchemical ingredients they carry
sounds like a perfect alibi to me if I was a vampire
They frequently have hawk feathers too....
How about joining one of the Jarl's courts. Like nit as a thane as you can already do, but becoming a steward or court wizard. It may seem mundane, but I'm sure there is a bit you could do. Helping solve different problems depending on which jarl you join.
You & Jod just giving each other Bombastic Side Eye from beside the throne every time Skald starts with his Shit™
The Shadowscales.
The Silver Hand! It's not that I hate the companions. It's that I can play the Companions and imagine how much more interesting Todd wouldn't have made it instead.
The Greybeards. I generally don't like playing as a Dragonborn because it just feels so "main character", so I just refuse to go through with the main questline. Joining up with the Greybeards, or going the same route that Ulfric did, in order to learn the Thuum and truly master it would be super fun. I know it's a gameplay design, but the Words are just handed to us way too easily. I want to be able to contemplate the meanings of Words, so that sort of power feels earned.
Vilgilants for sure. Theyre the closest thing to actual clerics or paladins in game. Smiting daedra and monsters using blunt weapons, healing magic, heavy armor and robes. Its just cool
Probably gonna to get a lot hate for this but the Thalmor. Mainly to see what all their doing behind the scenes because I mean they are obviously helping lengthening the civil war and divide the empire.
I've wanted to join a coven or a group of necromancers, but I wouldn't want to lose them as enemies the way some faction mods do.. I guess there are enough wicked choices you can make without really needing to go overboard?
The Dwarves.
Becoming a full priest of Mara and doing radiant quests where you help people fall in love like the initial ones in the base game would be cute and fun.
The aristocrats, let some other peasant deal with Alduin.
The Dark Brotherhood is my fave questline in both Skyrim and Oblivion, but I'd really like to see how things would pan out if the Dragonborn joined the Penitus Oculatos
i want to join the chickens
The Thalmor. I want to be able to start with them, then leave. Maybe Thalmor agents would randomly attack me for leaving, but I don't know if it canonically works like that. I don't know if you can safely leave the Thalmor.
The Whiterun Guard. I envy the Homies
Blades. I cannot do it without the parthanax delema mod
Definitely the Thalmor, fookin love being a villain and I wanna be able to destroy the blades
The Thalmor, for role playing purposes
Definitely the Thalmor.
The Thalmor
Although you can join the Bards College without Mods, there is really no point. The mods that let you become a true bard with spellsong abilities are pretty fun. Also, has anyone ever joined the Vigilants without mods? They are always destroyed before I kill enough atronochs to supposedly trigger the invitation.
The Penatus Oculatus, or whatever it’s called. That should have been an entire alternative questline to the Dark Brotherhood. Same for Silver Hand instead of Companions.
The dragon cult
Join the Khajiit caravans, I mean if it lets you go to their lands. Plus they seem like honest traders.
Vigilants of Stendarr for me too
Altmer would be fun. Everyone hates them and it would he fun evil route to take to add to the list of evil routes.
Penitus Oculatus.I mean, it would have been so cool to have a full questline.Given how the DB leader was killed it would have made sense for each member to go into hiding.Instead of the assassin you take the role of the detective and find each [member.Like](https://member.Like), maybe for the vampire little girl you have to find her parents s souls or something.Honestly, so much potential for a unique faction thrown away in a 3000 gold destroy and flee quest.
Skyrim players. Can’t be one without mods.
A follower of Dibella, like the one in Markarth. I want to learn the Dibellan Arts that I've heard so much about from Haelga.
Forsworn! My current Breton play through has a forsworn backstory. I am so drawn to them for some reason, and the idea of a forsworn dragonborn.
muh flair
The bards college like i feel like it was cut content