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Roleplaying The Elder Scrolls
Welcome to Roleplaying, a group to share and discuss everything that makes our characters special. Characters from all Elder Scrolls games are welcome.

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Last Post by Arceuthinus

7 hours ago

The Roleplaying Help Thread

It's been a good long while (almost 3 years!) since we've had a new RP help thread, and as it seems a new one is in demand this seems like as good a time as any to start one.
This is the place to ask any questions about roleplaying in any Elder Scrolls g...
13 replies

Last Post by Tolveor

May 10

The Basics of Roleplaying

Hello My Hatchlings Dragon here with the first article of the group. After much deliberation I figured that I should start from the beginning and examine what exactly is roleplay, and the basics of every roleplay from beginning to end. While most of these...
8 replies

Last Post by Zonnonn

May 23, 2017

Quick Jump Into Roleplaying

Hey everyone, ZonnoSpark here.
Some people find the concept of roleplaying intimidating. With profiles and guides as detailed as we have here, many people might think it's hard to participate. That's why ZonnoSpark has compiled a list of discussions an...
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Last Post by AllSpark

November 7, 2016

Skyrim Roleplaying - Please read before posting

Hello dear reader, ZonnoSpark here, to welcome you to the Roleplaying group, the place of TamrielVault where you can find everything and anything related to roleplaying in Skyrim, character profiles and roleplaying guides.

To keep this group as...
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Last Post by Zonnonn

June 10

Guide: Surviving Skyrim

Inspired by all the great hunting and survival mods for Skyrim on Xbox One and PC, this is basically my attempt at bringing a similar experience to players that don't have access to mods. It's basically a series of roleplay restrictions and tips for eme...
10 replies

Last Post by Zonnonn

June 6

Discussion: Journalling

Do you keep a journal for your character? If you do, what do/don't you write in it? Does it enhance immersion for you? On the other hand, do you ever find that taking the time to write entries breaks immersion or gets in the way of enjoying the game?
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Last Post by Plunders-The-Mountains

June 5

Discussion: Facial Construction

For the sweet love of Malacath is it a struggle to make a decent looking character in this game, especially when the lighting in Helgen isn't that great. Though I don't consider myself inept at making a cool or good looking character, there are just some ...
6 replies

Last Post by Dragonborn2021

May 16

Profile: Idhea DeSele

Idhea DeSele

Basic Information
Sex: Male... more
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Last Post by Zonnonn

May 12

A Traveler's Backpack

Oh Skyrim... Dear Skyrim... Am I a pack mule?

Since the beginning we have carried things like a pack mule: 20 Daggers, 50 Potions, 900 Arrows, A collection of armors, etc... And that's a huge immersion break. So I present you a guide of how to use your c...
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Last Post by Zonnonn

May 12

Profile: Durgaz

Personell files of the staff in the Museum of the Dragonborn. Information collected by the current currator, and comments by Vintus Brodhia.

Full name: Durgaz Gro-Dushnakh
Appearance:
Intimitating to others not of orcish decent. His skin is mor...
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Last Post by Zonnonn

April 29

The Role Play Help Thread

This thread is simply to ask/answer any questions about role playing in Skyrim and other TES games.
Anyone can chime in with answers; the more ideas the better! Try to stay on topic as much as possible; threads like this can get unwieldy fast if a lot of ...
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Last Post by Tysoyaha

April 29

Discussion: Using RP to emulate mods

I watched a Let's Play of the Vigilant mod and had an urge to try to emulate it on my mod-less console. This got me thinking: If you wanted to replicate a mod on console without Special Edition, how would you do it? Even if we don't have the inclination t...
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Last Post by Mook

April 15

Discussion: Soul Trap and Enchanting

So, Enchanting. Arguably the most useful skill, yet one I find rather difficult. From a roleplaying perspective.
Ever since Dawnguard and the reveal of the Soul Cairn and the Ideal Masters, I can't quite forget that trapping someone's soul is...
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Last Post by GailOlm

April 13

Discussion: Ideas for Roleplaying Mages

I have seen alot about How to Roleplay Thiefs and Assassins, but i can barely find anything about Mages.
So i created this Discussion for everyone to Chime in and post theyre ideas and Fun little quirky things they do.
I'll...
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Last Post by Duvain

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Lawful Good

'Ello lads and lasses, ZonnoSpark +1 back with a cheeky miniseries here. This time its about the thing that many of our characters are based around, a strict guideline for what a character should and shouldn't do, and how they feel about it. Yes my friend...
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Last Post by Loopdiss

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Lawful Neutral

Sup amigos! Another day another discussion, this one a continuation of the current Alignments series. We've had some great responses to the Lawful Good discussion, but now we're straying in a bit more of a... neutral direction.
Lawful Neutral
is the poi...
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Last Post by Zonnonn

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Neutral Evil

Who wants another discussion? I can't hear you! We're leaving the 'Lawful' alignment in the dust now (nobody likes those goody-two-shoes anyway) and moving on to the more neutral persuaded.
Neutral Evil
So, why would someone be Evil, but also be pretty ...
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Last Post by Loopdiss

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Lawful Evil

The third installment in the surprisingly popular Alignments series is a little darker than the others (or is it?), as we're now focussing on the
Lawful Evil
ways to roleplay. Is this the traffic rozzer who insists on pulling you over 1 mile over the sp...
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Last Post by Overhate

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - True Neutral

Uh oh, seems that I got so caught up in the real world that I forgot to post this yesterday. Sorry everybody! But now I'm sure you're positively shaking with anticipation of our newest alignement
True Neutral
Or Neutral Neutral for those who don't know....
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Last Post by Zonnonn

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Neutral Good

Morning roleplayers! Looks like we're continuing our series (which we're over half with) today, this time we're going to talk about the 'better' side of the filthy Neutrals
Neutral Good
So what's up with these folk? Are they only out to do right in the ...
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Last Post by Paws

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Chaotic Good

This is the point I'm excited for everyone, the time where things get a little more... crazy. We're looking at rules and regulations in the distance now folks, it's time to talk about
Chaotic Good
And if the previous discussions are anything to go off o...
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Last Post by Zonnonn

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Chaotic Neutral

Ugh, seems that I forgot to post this on Thursday again, I blame... someone else, it's not like I was playing Skyrim all day and just forgot or anything...
Anywho, we're on the penultimate discussion folks! And slowly bt surely we're slipping into darker...
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Last Post by Zonnonn

April 7

Discussion: Alignments - Chaotic Evil

Our 9 week series is now at an end folks! I think you'll all agree that some great points have been made and some serious discussioning has occured, and I hope that we're all a little clearer on what the chuffin' heck alignments actually mean now.
But I'...
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Last Post by Deleted Member

April 7

Discussion: Do you add yourself in Roleplaying?

What's going guys and gals, Pickle Rick here and today I have a question to ask y'all. Do you add yourself into the character you Roleplay as? Now, if you have no clue what that means then I will gladly explain. What I mean by this is do yo...
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Last Post by Dknight0404

April 7

Discussion: Which Class Do You Roleplay as and Why?

Hello fellow roleplayers, builders, writers, and who ever else. Amadeus here and this week I wanted to discuss something I have been thinking while working on my next project. Which class do you roleplay as the most and why?
To begin this discussion...

Arceuthinus replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
Zonnonn said:There's always more riches, more opportunities elsewhere. Did your character here about a city to the south west which is literally built from the ancient metal of an extinct race? If they did you better believe that a thief would be high-tai...
- 7 hours ago
Zonnonn replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
Arceuthinus said:
I've been having a fun change of pace with a theif character, living on Whiterun's streets stealing food and breaking into peoples houses for warmth and clothing (I have Frostfall and a needs mod on).
Problem is, I'm not sure what her ...
- Tue at 4:47 PM
Arceuthinus replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
I've been having a fun change of pace with a theif character, living on Whiterun's streets stealing food and breaking into peoples houses for warmth and clothing (I have Frostfall and a needs mod on).
Problem is, I'm not sure what her motivation would be...
- Tue at 2:54 PM
Zonnonn replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
mitch blatt said:
My wannabe-mage peasant has known the basic Flames and Healing since before he came to Skyrim. If he wants to be a mage, why wouldn't he use Destruction?

Some mages may just have an aversion to certain types of magic, like it doesn't...
- Mon at 9:49 AM
Vezrabuto replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:

I have a pure Mage who dosent use Destruction Spells over the Apprentice level because he has no talent for it.
Or maybe link it to something bad in his past, like Mages burning down a farm with Fireballs or something so youre peasant disli...
- Mon at 3:05 AM
mitch blatt replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
My wannabe-mage peasant has known the basic Flames and Healing since before he came to Skyrim. If he wants to be a mage, why wouldn't he use Destruction?
- Mon at 1:46 AM
Zonnonn replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
mitch blatt said:
Would a Khajiit who uses magic, but only to supplement their warrior/thief abilities, use Jo/Ko, or stick with Do/Dar/Daro?

It might be worth asking a larger question in Lore for this, mitch, as I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with K...
- June 12
mitch blatt replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
Would a Khajiit who uses magic, but only to supplement their warrior/thief abilities, use Jo/Ko, or stick with Do/Dar/Daro?
- June 11
Zonnonn replied to Tysoyaha's discussion Guide: Surviving Skyrim in the group Roleplaying:
I didn't think of the guide as something specific to Survivalists, it makes loads more sense that way. And sure man you can use it no problem, happy to contribute to such a great guide :)
- June 10
mitch blatt replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
Zonnonn said:
RPing racism in Skyrim sucks (as it should do really), but not only that, it limits the game way too much in my opinion. That's why I like to come up with a reason why the protagonist is 'special', I mean most RPG PCs are anyway. Being the ...
- June 9
Tysoyaha replied to Tysoyaha's discussion Guide: Surviving Skyrim in the group Roleplaying:
Zonnonn said:
You know what, I can't believe that I've never heard of the Necromancer Amulet trick. I've been wracking my briand for years probaby wondering how to eliminate Health regen without becoming a vampire, so thank you very much for informing me...
- June 8
Zonnonn replied to Tysoyaha's discussion Guide: Surviving Skyrim in the group Roleplaying:
Lovely comptrhensive guide here, Tyso! Before I delve into it can I just mention that the title should be 'Guide: Surviving Skyrim'. No need for the 'Roleplay'. And you can add the tag 'RP:Guide' to it as well so it fits in with all the other guides.
You...
- June 8
Zonnonn replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
mitch blatt said:
I just tried to RP a Khajiit who's actually treated like a Khajiit. No bartering with shopkeepers or staying at inns until you reach 30 (or 50) speech. So far, I've spent a couple days living in Embershard Mine, going to Whiterun, hopin...
- June 8
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Tysoyaha posted a new discussion Guide: Surviving Skyrim in the group Roleplaying:
Inspired by all the great hunting and survival mods for Skyrim on Xbox One and PC, this is basically my attempt at bringing a similar experience to players that don't have access to mods. It's basically a series of roleplay restrictions and tips for eme...
- June 7
mitch blatt replied to Zonnonn's discussion The Roleplaying Help Thread in the group Roleplaying:
I just tried to RP a Khajiit who's actually treated like a Khajiit. No bartering with shopkeepers or staying at inns until you reach 30 (or 50) speech. So far, I've spent a couple days living in Embershard Mine, going to Whiterun, hoping for a caravan to ...
- June 7
Zonnonn replied to mitch blatt's discussion Discussion: Journalling in the group Roleplaying:
tirrene said:
I might start doing this; something I'm starting to try to do with many games is give my character a goal that's separated from the game's main quests (for example, DUST only gives you the mission to survive the Mojave, but I'm currently do...
- June 6
Loopdiss liked mitch blatt's discussion Discussion: Journalling
- June 6
Plunders-The-Mountains replied to Brazen's discussion Discussion: Facial Construction in the group Roleplaying:
Good question and something I'll still figuring out. For good looks, I've found the following proportions matter:
- mouth height - getting the mouth balanced between nose and chin.
- jaw width and cheek width - fiddle with these until they a...
- June 5
Plunders-The-Mountains replied to mitch blatt's discussion Discussion: Journalling in the group Roleplaying:
I've always wanted to do this, but never had the patience. Sometimes writing up builds ends up being a rushed playthrough as I'm trying to push to high level to see if everything works. With my latest Skyrim playthrough I want to slow down, and reallly fe...
- June 5
tirrene replied to mitch blatt's discussion Discussion: Journalling in the group Roleplaying:
I might start doing this; something I'm starting to try to do with many games is give my character a goal that's separated from the game's main quests (for example, DUST only gives you the mission to survive the Mojave, but I'm currently doing a playthrou...
- June 5
tirrene replied to mitch blatt's discussion Discussion: Journalling in the group Roleplaying:
I might start doing this; something I'm starting to try to do with many games is give my character a goal that's separated from the game's main quests (for example, DUST only gives you the mission to survive the Mojave, but I'm currently doing a playthrou...
- June 5
Zonnonn replied to mitch blatt's discussion Discussion: Journalling in the group Roleplaying:
mitch blatt said:
I do first person, and try to include opinions. Do you pause, write the journal, then wait to make time pass in-game?

A lot of the time I like to hear the ambient noise of the tavern, so I'll leave the game on while writing. But I ex...
- June 4

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Justiciar Thorien · June 19, 2016

I'll find one with a smell you'll love. I'll cleanse you all! For the glory of the Aldmeri Dominion!
Golden Fool · June 19, 2016

Thorien, I thought I told you to keep that soap to yourself.
Justiciar Thorien · June 19, 2016

Not going to hug them, gonna bathe themXD They smell of wet dogs and have fleas))
shadowofnirn00 · June 10, 2016

Can someone, for the love of god, PLEASE revive the faction roleplay? It had such great potential, and was a freaking blast! So please someone do something about that.
Justiciar Thorien · June 1, 2016

Oh, I know you'll make the new one a thousand times better)) There's no limit to perfection)
The Long-Chapper · June 1, 2016

Never mind, actually deleted it. I will make it beautiful again... LOL, I cried when I saws it lasts. Ouch pitifulness. Sorry Thorien.
Justiciar Thorien · May 25, 2016

Actually, Lissette, I've been using it as an example while working on my own folks' profiles... For that's the most interesting-looking profile I've found...
The Long-Chapper · May 25, 2016

Blah, I need to update Albee's profile. It is quite crappy now. I needs to buildify it.
Justiciar Thorien · May 13, 2016

Ah, Fawn's Altmer, cool))
Justiciar Thorien · May 4, 2016

You definitely succeeded)
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