Some minor but interesting details have emerged about the upcoming Elder Scrolls game that add to the hype behind it.
The biggest announcement was the removal of the ability to craft your own spell in the game, meaning that mages will have to settle with the spells already in the game.
The details include things about customization, killing bees and crafting.
Here is the full list of details that were released:
-Joinable Factions: Rebels with branching path quests (Stormcloaks) and Riverwood Tavern Warrior Clan.
-Pickpocket skill provides greater RP opportunities and much more realistic thievery for thieves.
-Myriad options for face-paint.
-Even minor NPCs have much more complexity and depth compared with Oblivion.
-Character Generation remembers your settings when switching between races
-You can persuade various random NPCs to accompany you and they feel like fleshed out, interesting companions.
-There are six different stages to crafting items. The first two are: Refining crude ore and Assembling materials.
-More realistic alchemy labs.
-In addition to alchemy ingredients there are also reagents.
-Some spells can be learned by reading spell tomes, while others can be bought from merchants.
-Hand to Hand attacks have a much improved gravity and physicality.
-There are more ways to complete quests.
-Lockpicking mini-game is improved.
-There are bards in the game.
-You can choose not to spend perk points each level, and hold onto them instead.
-During Character Generation you can add laugh lines to your character.
-There are dozens of sliders for character creation.
-Aurora Borealis is confirmed.
-You can have animal companions.
-Bosmer “Animal Allies” Racial Ability confirmed.
-NPCs can throw rocks if they are on a bridge above you
-Glow Worms confirmed.
-Killable Bees and insects confirmed (you can harvest bees from beehives).
-Fast Travel costs money.
-Perks do not stop at level 50.
-There are more types of poison.
-Bosmer are immune to most types of poison.
Thank you Richard. Is there any way you can tell me if you can adjust the height of your character in the character creator? In other words, can I create a 6′ 5″ dark elf?
Hey Chance I dont think you can choose height, but i heard u can choose your body build like small,medium, and large. I’m not positive on this but you can look it up somewhere.
how in the world would playing a bard work? im very excited about this!
i love you richard
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AURORA BOREALIS?!?! IN THIS HEMISPHERE?!?!
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I don’t think he meant bard as a class. Especially seeing as to how there aren’t any set “classes” any more, but anyways, I’m almost positive he was talking about the bards in taverns you can ask to play songs. Don’t hold me on this, but I believe you’re able to play music like a bard as well though.
Remember guys, take anything that Todd Howard said with a grain of salt.
He’s been known to lie to us with a straight face.
Personally I’d like to hear some more about the animal companions and how they work. I was literally thinking the other day how fitting it would be in Fallout and The Elder Scrolls to be able to tame animals. It would really come in handy for players investing in marksman. Anyone know anything a little more specific about the animal companions?
If fast travel costs money then I will be screwed. I like to do all my exploring early and then travel everywhere. I guess that wont be possible if Im getting billed every time I do it. Can this be confirmed or denied by another site maybe?
@ Anon,
This data was leaked out from the 13 people that did the one hour hands-on preview at QuakeCon. These are not words from Todd Howard.
Some things have to be changed. The guy who said you can collect bees, corrected himself, he meant Honeycombs. You can still kill bees though.
As far as I know, fast travel that costs money is the carriage system. There is the oblivion fast travel, but this is only available if you have travelled to the destination before, including cities I believe.
@ Vibe
Bard is not a play style. There are bards in taverns, you can ask them to play different kind of music. One of the one hour hands-on previews said the bard even switched to a different instrument.
what does During Character Generation you can add laugh lines to your character. and Myriad facepaint mean im a little confused
@Alex What “Myriad of facepaints” means is that Myriad means many and facepaint is facepaint. In Skyrim, you can give your character scars, you can give them facepaint (e.g. Myriad of Facepaints) tatoos and so on. Laugh lines are lines on your face that you get when you laugh a lot/smile alot.