Honestly. All I want to do is repair my broken gear. Now i've got to leave the game just running for 3 hours and wait out the stage decrease timer. So stupid.

I found a bartender would talk to me

It's actually how NPCs react in the TES universe when you are a vampire. Same thing happened in previous TES titles. I don't see why it has to change.

As much as MMO players like to throw "this is how an MMO works" at TES fans, I feel like this is a good example of the other way around... Welcome to Tamriel, my undead friend.

I actually like the justice system, and love how some necromancer skills are considered a crime. Lore-wise, this has been the case since TES3: Morrowind (at least that I can remember/have played). I think it still needs works, though.

DT-ARR wrote: »

... Why doesn't a sorc walking through town with their demon pet not bring the guards running?
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I definitely agree, and not just because I feel like sorc pets are a plague.

For starters, lore dictates that these "pets" are bound to the caster, but can only remain for a short while before they must return to oblivion. Why? Because of the strength required to keep them under your command and bound to the plain you currently reside in. Its why you had to be a master in conjuration to conjure a dremora lord: they are otherwise too powerful and would attack you if you summoned them. That being said, I guess this is my way of complaining that they should be on a short timer, before having to be summoned again. Warden bear? Can remain as is, because there is no lore saying it should be otherwise, and it's an ultimate anyways.

However.... teeeeechnically there is no lore to say that guards would have a problem with it [queue Skyim guard quotes]. Town guards have always been weary of your bound friends, but have never attacked you for it.

As far as I know... I could be rusty on my lore, and I hated Oblivion so... I might be missing some things.

Edit: Oh, and its worth noting that necromancers use Conjuration magic (necromancy being a subcategory). Although the traditional schools of magic have not been established yet (we assume, since we have the sorc class, instead of individual skill lines like destruction, restoration, alterations, etc.), its the raising-of-the-dead part that the people of Tamriel have a problem with.

Werewolves weren't always this cool skill line (shout out to Morrowind, where there were consequences for not feeding). Therefore, since you were murdering innocents to appease your hunger... yah, werewolves have a bad rep. And lycanthropy is considered a disease, so... "ew."

Vampires, or more importantly, vampirism, is also considered a disease... so, again... you're gonna have a bad rep. Reputation aside, you drink sangrias, so of course people are going to consider you to be le evil.

And that will conclude today's history lesson.

There are some okay passives that unlock. Stage 4 passive blows though. Its cool for the first hour until you realize that it gives no combat benefits whatsoever. Just significant negative consequences in terms of hp regen/fire damage taken/ability cost increase.

I have a mount that gets me through overland content.

DT-ARR wrote: »

By that logic, then only half of the games classes should be accepted by NPC's: Templars / Wardens and possibly Dragonknights. Sorcs summon demons. Necros raise the dead. Nightblade siphon souls.

The justice system might be the worst gimmick i've seen in a video game.

I main a Nightblade btw. So why wouldnt me accidentally hitting sap essence in town not put a bounty on me, as vamp skills do?

Why doesn't a sorc walking through town with their demon pet not bring the guards running?

The whole thing is inconsistent and stupid.

The reason is simple: you can easly tell who is a vampire but you cannot tell who is a nightblade or a necromancer or a sorcerer.
As for the daedras, they are not otlawed, simple as that while you need to make a distinction between blood magic and nightblade magic, which meddles with life "eesence" (i know it looks like blood but it isn't)