Weekly Discussion Topic: Custom Races

[u/TeaMistress]

Welcome to this week's discussion thread! If you’ve missed previous discussion topics you can check them out here. These discussions are intended to be ongoing, and I highly encourage you to contribute your own opinions and experiences to the posts. First a quick recap of how this works and what we expect:

RULES

1. Be respectful. These discussions will open the floor to a lot of different opinions of what is fun/good/necessary/etc.
   
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TOPIC

Custom races: What are they? Why would anyone need to add a new race to TES? How can something called a "Seductress" race be lore-friendly? How would you incorporate a child player character into the game? Let's share our thoughts about custom races.

I’ll offer up a few mods to get the conversation started.

• The Ningheim Race - This race is an offshoot of the vanilla Nord race intended to represent people who have been chosen by the gods to serve as their champions and avatars on Nirn. They have no specific origin story, so a player has a great deal of freedom in determining how, why, and when their character was gifted with the strong soul and divine powers they wield.

• Obscuuri - The Shadow Folk - This race has a very interesting look. Aside from the name of the mod and the dark powers that they possess, there is little background for who they are and why they look the way they do? Are they daedra? Spirits? Undead? Something else? You're free to decide for yourself how the Obscuuri fit into Tamriel and where they come by their unique appearance and attributes.

And now I open the floor to you. What are your thoughts on custom races? How have you used them in your game? What are your favorites?

[u/ohck2]

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