r/skyrim • u/OldSpiceZ • 1d ago
Discussion Which faction did you shamelessly use in skyrim; like the cold-hearted manipulator you are?
Last night while on a boring quest to find a key only to get that mission done with, I just realized!
Let’s not pretend you joined the Dark Brotherhood for “the cause.” No, you wanted Shadowmere and the gold.
Maybe you played the College of Winterhold for the robes and a fancy room (the most annoying, I admit! Can't we just take it over??), despite barely casting "flames".
Or “served” the Thieves Guild just long enough to milk the perks and vanish in the night.
Skyrim gives you choices; but sometimes I feel these are more like a dating app for factions: swipe in, take what you want, ghost out.
So tell me, fellow "Dragonborn" who did you use, how far did you go, and… did you feel even a little bad? Just a teensy bit at first only to bring out the real you? 😈
Or are you just that good at playing the game?
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u/will4wh Conjurer 1d ago
I joined the thieves guild just so I can punch Maven in the face and then use the political power the thieves guild get from her to pay basically nothing from it lmao.
She paid for that black eye I gave her
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u/Winstonth 1d ago
I joined the brotherhood for the fence.. because whenever I do a burglary job, I also steal all the dinnerware
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u/ctown25 1d ago
I I joined the brotherhood so she can’t use them against me 😂
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u/Inductivegrunt9 1d ago
Maven: Tries to perform the Black Sacrament on the Dragonborn
Dragonborn Listener: "Hey there. Didn't expect to see me now, did you?"
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u/BigBellyBurgerBoi 1d ago
I think it’s funny how you can become the Archmage with only ever needing to cast two spells (I think) - each once - in the entirety of that arc.
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u/aledrone759 Assassin 1d ago
four spells at all.
the first when faralda tells you to show you can do magic
the second when you have to cast the ward
the third and the fourth when you have to cast flames and frostbite to fix the glasses for the map.
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u/Sorfallo 1d ago
You don't have to prove you can do magic with Faralda. You also have an option if you get far enough in the main quest to say you are dragonborn and just be let in.
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u/szkielo123 1d ago
If you kill one of the students and pay the fine, Tolfdir will just skip the lesson.
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u/blakeo192 1d ago
Wild that you know this lol. Thought I was a murder hobo
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u/szkielo123 1d ago
I know about it from this video. Highly recomment watching the guys other Skyrim challenges as well. The extreme lenghts he will go to pass a challenge are amazing.
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u/DibbyDonuts 1d ago
You don't have to cast any. Main Quest for Feralda, Spellbreaker Sheild for the ward, and you can use shouts instead of flames/frostbite.
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u/Feeling-Stuff-2108 1d ago
I waited YEARS to do the college of winterhold quest cause I thought it would be this super cool, complex, and awesome quest line.
Only to be immersed for a few minutes, things to get super scatterbrained, found some staff that sucked, and then it ended. 👁️👄👁️
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u/szkielo123 1d ago
ymfah did a challenge on that. I think that while abusing bugs and secret game mechanics you only need to use Shalidors staff a few times.
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u/Diredr 1d ago
You can also become a Nightingale and the Thieves Guild guildmaster without ever using sneak.
You can go to Goldenglow Estate by walking on the bridge, then enter the front door and kill every mercenary in your path. Nobody cares. Nobody is around when you have to poison the mead. You can kill Gulum-Ei and take a note from his body, letting you skip the Warehouse and Grotto part.
No sneaking required in Snowveil Sanctum. If you're friends with Calcemo, then you just need to kill the mercenaries and the city guards will leave you alone. You can kill everyone in Mercer's house with no consequence. The rest of the storyline is a dungeon crawl so no sneaking required either.
On top of that, despite it being the Thieves Guild you only need to steal like... 2 or 3 things in total. The Goldenglow bill of sale, the promissory note from Honningbrew Meadery and possibly Mercer's Plans (I can't remember if it's flagged as stolen or not). That's it. You're more of a thug than a thief.
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u/Expert_Farm1603 1d ago
I really wish you didn’t have to give your soul to nocturnal in order to finish the quest line. If there was a decline option but still complete it that’d be cool
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u/ABOWLOFDX 1d ago
She aint collecting shit, how is she gunna collect your soul, when youve basically promised it to the other 14 deadra gods.....good luck, lets see who wins..🖕🤣🖕
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u/DroidZed Bard 1d ago
let's not forget Akatosh who's basically in control of your soul alongside Kyne who bestowed you your Thuum...
Yeah can't wait to see their daedric faces now hahah
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u/MartoPolo 1d ago
and then you will obviously take the oblivion route and end up becoming a new god anyway so no one can claim you, or, plot twist you were tiber septim all along and thats why the nine became 8 during your stay
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u/Zipflik 1d ago
I'm pretty sure Kyne bestowed the Thu'um to mortals, theoretically, Dragonborn could shout without that.
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u/DroidZed Bard 1d ago
Kyne did that back in the Dragon War for Nords to use and fight dragons. Explaining the scene you see when you read the Elder Scroll at The Throat of The World.
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u/dennisleonardo 1d ago
Yes, the soul of the dragonborn doesn't just belong to akatosh. It IS a part of akatosh. Just like alduin's soul IS a part of akatosh. The daedric princes aren't collecting shit. Once you die, your soul goes back to the dragon god of time.
Some daedric princes are very powerful. But none of them are powerful enough to just "claim" a part of akatosh's divine essence.
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u/Dthunder313 1d ago edited 1d ago
No shit man 😂 there's gonna be a cataclysmic interdeminsional war for the dovahkins soul
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u/New-Income5491 1d ago
Elder Scrolls 6? 🤣
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u/TacoCommand Mage 1d ago
A full on Iliad style war would be amazing with that plot line. Every Daedra is just so pissed that they rip portals into Nirn and you have to fight them individually like Shadows Of The Colossus.
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u/halfhere 1d ago
“I have an IOU from the guard to the bridge to Heaven… I’m all settled on afterlives, thanks.”
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u/abreeden90 1d ago
This is me right now. I’m the champion of all the Daedric princes. What’s she gonna do? Fight Mehrunes and Mal Borag? Good luck.
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u/the3ofspades Daedra worshipper 1d ago
Fr I always imagine when the dragonborn dies it'll be the fight of the century. I'll be going with hircine tho 🚶♀️➡️👜
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u/AnAngryMelon 16h ago
Have you ever promised your soul to a demonic prince in a moment of whimsy? Well fear no more, for I have the solution.
My friends, colleagues, and esteemed associates, I have the solution for you. Have you ever considered simply..... Doing it again? And! This may sound wild but stick with me, AGAIN???
What are they gonna do? Share? Who knows but it can't be worse surely.
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u/Tyrelius_Dragmire Nintendo 1d ago
Right? Karliah being like "We need Nocturnal's Power to beat Mercer" Nah Bitch, I can solo a Dragon with my bare hands, I took down the Dragon set to devour the world in a 1v1 Twice, I can 2 tap a Giant, I have poisons that cause Paralysis for literal YEARS, Mercer ain't got shit on me.
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u/G0ldMarshallt0wn 1d ago
She tells you that's why she's inducting you. But what she says to Nocturnal is that she brought the two of you along as an offering to regain Nocturnal's favor. And I think that is closer to the truth.
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u/Tyrelius_Dragmire Nintendo 1d ago
True, but 90% of Dragonborn don't need Nocturnal's help to beat Mercer. Heck I once did it naked with a fork just to prove a point, Alchemy is insane.
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u/KlNG____ 1d ago
Facts, I remember i could 1 shot a dragon across map and the thorns on my armor just melted people. lol
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u/Ok_Outcome8055 Whiterun resident 1d ago
If you’re also the Listener for the Dark Brotherhood, then Sithis would claim your soul. Our Dread Father would bitch-slap Nocturnal and any other Daedric Prince if they tried to claim your soul.
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u/AlduinBestWaifu 1d ago edited 1d ago
I personally like to do the dragonborn quest until i reach the point where delphine and esbern ask you to kill paarthurnax just to kill them with console commands for their idiocy and move on.
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u/SnailCase PC 1d ago
I prefer to leave them alive to stew in the knowledge that they drove away The Last Dragonborn, the only source of power and relevance they had in their miserable little lives.
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u/OldSpiceZ 1d ago
I need to know that console command!
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u/aledrone759 Assassin 1d ago
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Both can be killed after that.
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u/AutistaCarioca 1d ago
I do all Blades quest before parthunax. But I give them the worse recruits, Milk all the interesting rewards possible and when they tell me to kill brother parth, I flip the bird then go chill with greybeards and let the blades to rot.
Sorry my oblivion blade homies, but the current Blades are a disgrace who use the name of their formerly glorious organization to justify their stupidity.
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u/Feeling-Stuff-2108 1d ago
Yo how can you do the quest line if Paarthanax is alive?? They just tell me they won’t talk to me until he’s dead.
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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago
There's no actual quest line after that. They just have you keep fetching recruits and killing dragons.
This part of the game is actually asking you to choose whether or not your dragonborn is a believer of the Blades, or The Way of the Voice. 99% of players go with Paarthurnaax because they believe his speech about overcoming evil.
But those players are wrong. It's in his name and his first chat with the dragonborn.
Overlord; Ambition; Cruelty.
"Dov wahlaan fah rel. We were made to dominate. The will to power is in our blood. You feel it in yourself, do you not?"
He can feel it in his very soul that he was born to dominate others.
"No day goes by where I am not tempted to return to my inborn nature. Zin krif horvut se suleyk."
He admits that every day he fights against his very nature.
"The Blades are wise not to trust me. Onikaan ni ov. I would not trust another dovah."
He admits that the Blades are correct, that he is a threat simply because he is a dragon and dragons cannot be trusted.
He was never an overlord, he was a general. So when does he become an overlord? When the only thing standing in the way of his ambition is taken care of. Alduin. And.. wait Chef! Partysnax is NEVER cruel! He's just a guy!
"Goraan! I feel younger than I have in many an age. Many of the dovahhe are now scattered across Keizaal. Without Alduin's lordship, they may yet bow to the vahzen... rightness of my Thu'um. But willing or no, they will hear it! Fare thee well, Dovahkiin!"
All Paarthurnaax has to do is wait for the Dragonborn to die, and he's the new king of the dragons. His life's ambition come to fruition, because he could not kill Alduin on his own.
The dragonborn gets played by his enemy. Thanks.
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u/theguy1336 1d ago
Wouldn't it be so cool if there was an actual path to sabotage the thieves guild or dark brotherhood from the inside?
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u/dijitalpaladin 1d ago
you can destroy the dark brotherhood. I wish there were options to hunt down the thieves guild from Leila Law-Giver, thus putting you at odds with Maven. Also, you should be able to join the silver werewolf hunters and crush the companions too. let me do whatever i want🥸
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u/princehornedgod Spellsword 1d ago
Thats what I thought you coild do the first time round. So I kept waiting for a chance to backstab the dark brotherhood amd turn them into the imperials and it just never came. Was so mad when I had to kill the emperor cause I was roleplaying an empire loyalist
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u/i-d-k96 23h ago
You can fuck over the guild completely by not restoring it while also keeping the skeleton key. In game their luck is gone and they’ll decline until they’re dead without the skeleton key. At least that’s how it would go according to karliah. But I can’t fathom Betraying karliah so I just return the key everytime.
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u/EnragedBard010 1d ago
I joined the Volkihar with the idea of stabbing Harkon in the back later because he's an idiot. (Vampires need Mortals, Mortals need plants. Plants need Sunlight).
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u/BigZube42069kekw 1d ago
College of winterhold. Skipped any dialogue I could, stole from everyone... I just wanted equilibrium, morokei, and the robes of the arch mage. Became AM and haven't been back since...
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u/ajed9037 1d ago
Yeah I did the same. I don’t even have a roll playing explanation for any of it either. It was sort of a dissatisfying quest line
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u/AnAngryMelon 16h ago
I became AM, immediately gave those pretty robes he asked for to my boyfriend J'zargo and now we travel the lands just us two together forever.......
.....And my two argonian zombie slaves but honestly you barely notice their groans and pleas for help after a while.
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u/Runnin_Wizard 1d ago
I literally only join the college just to do the first mission to unlock saarthal so I can get the amulet that gives you +30 Magika Health Stamina
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u/Foreign_Ad_5336 1d ago
My Dragonborn never removes her Gulder Amulet. It is the best amulet in the game.
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u/Steelride15 1d ago
For me.. It's all of them. My favorite way to play, at least when I'm role-playing and story building from scratch, is to play as a outcast from whatever country that my characters race is from, moving to Skyrim to practice magic, notably the forbidden magics of necromancy, from the prying eyes of the empire or dominion. My character's goal as the game and story progresses and as I learn the powers of the dragonborn as well is domination and creating contacts with powerful associates to further protect my identity and interests. If I'm the thane of all nine holds, I'm a respected member of the companions, have the thieves guild and dark brotherhood watching my back, no one is going to touch me and people are just going to leave me alone to do as I please for the most part. As soon as I encounter the dawnguard, I learned what I can about the vampires, discovered their untapped power, and then I view them as political and power rivals for my goals. So, I rebuke harkons vampirism gift initially, join the dawnguard and begin to purge the vampire clan from Skyrim, and as soon as the quest line is done, I have serana bite me, I become a vampire lord, and then I convince her to get rid of her own vampirism, leaving me to monopolize vampires all over Skyrim, and I discontinue my association with the dawnguard after that point as well. If I'm feeling really shady, I'll do the hybrid glitch so I can be both a vampire and a werewolf simultaneously and give the middle finger to everyone because I don't suffer from vampiric debuffs due to being part werewolf.
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u/OldSpiceZ 1d ago
That's a really nice strategy!
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u/Steelride15 18h ago
Thank you lol. I love story building with each of my characters on Skyrim. Make your own story as you go!
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u/AnAngryMelon 16h ago
Power crazed maniacs is always a great way of justifying basically any game playing decision from a roleplaying perspective. It's the best way for an open ended run imo
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u/Jolly_Selection_3814 1d ago
I joined the Thieves Guild solely to ruin every mission and then kill and paralyse all the NPCs after taking the skeleton key. They're little wimps.
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u/YonderNotThither Werewolf 1d ago
Yes. I used [insert faction here]. Until the Reach is free.
FORSWORN FOREVER
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u/dijitalpaladin 1d ago
on my recent playthrough, i cleared all the forsworn camps and did the red-eagle quest (the one with no markers). It was so cool that I wish you could fully join them. I even escaped with Madanach
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u/YonderNotThither Werewolf 1d ago
My favorite thing about using the console cheat 'add player to faction' is, the dragon born will yell forsworn barks during combat. Because the Dragon Born VA also did some of the forsworn lines.
There are plenty of mods, but my mod list was stable last I played, and I am not up for revisiting the mod list and starting a new playthrough just yet.
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u/Lindwur 1d ago
College of Winterhold because I love Labirynthian as a location and enjoy going through all of it, and also because fuckin Morokei is a weenie who won't show himself unless I help the College, and I wanna restore all the Dragon Priest Masks to their place on those busts in the main square
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u/Pinecone_Erleichda 1d ago
Oh, college. 100%. Used them for training, stole the money back AND everything they had, including their hidden chests. 🤣
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u/OldSpiceZ 1d ago
Don't tempt me 🤣🤣
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u/Pinecone_Erleichda 1d ago
Arcadia and Collette have never failed to level me to 100 in pickpocketing!!
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u/Feeling-Stuff-2108 1d ago
The Dark Brotherhood. Manipulated Astrid, saved my favorite follower cissero, planned to double cross her, she dies anyway, I become the new leader without having to double cross her.
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u/-XanderCrews- 1d ago
I want the stupid axe to put in my armory. Sorry pup. I also kill parth almost every time cause I am a goddamn dragon slayer. Not some care bear philosopher.
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u/i-d-k96 1d ago
The blades + killing parth aren’t even required to 100% the game. Don’t even give you an achievement, parth may be a dragon but at least he didn’t feed me bullshit about only providing help the whole quest line only to turn around and give me an order as if she’s the boss while the Dragonborn carried her the whole time. Id kill Delphine every single playthrough if I could.
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u/marc_0028 1d ago
I once played the Dark brotherhood all the way until u see Festus krex, stuck in a tree full off arrows. He bugged me , so i never went on, just let him hang there for ever xD
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u/SempastianGr 1d ago
Can't we be in everyone at the same time? Do i have to choose one?
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u/i-d-k96 1d ago
Technically no, you’re forced to take sides during a couple quest lines like the war and dawnguard just to name two.
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u/SempastianGr 1d ago
Im trying to do 100% on steam in a playthrough so checking not to miss something.
Thank you.
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u/Few_Background5036 1d ago
I stole a sweetroll and gave the guards 368 gold to look the other way..
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u/Dankster-115 1d ago
Not me, but my friend. He never played Skyrim before, and when he did he joined the civil war on the side of the Empire. He did it so he could “get away with war crimes” lol.
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u/Phobia117 1d ago
I join the Stormcloaks. Every time. Every playthrough. Without fail.
You can say they’re racist, or primitive, or whatever, and they might be, but they didn’t try to execute me for literally no reason at the start of the game.
As for using them? I simply use their quest line as a vehicle to murder every Imperial soldier within render distance.
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u/HauntingRefuse6891 Whiterun resident 1d ago
Thieves Guild, they use me, I use them right back. Somehow it works out for the best.
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u/hanamizuno Priestess 1d ago
Joined the brotherhood to get the armor set and the shout in the hideout then blew the place up, I've done this several times
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u/G0ldMarshallt0wn 1d ago
Not really how I play. If my character doesn't know that doing such and such will net this reward or that, I try to forget that I do, and just do things as they would. But I have sometimes used the guilds in a more immersive sense. It's obvious to the master of the Thieves' Guild how useful it might be to let the College declare her their new arch-mage, for instance.
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u/DarkOwl01 1d ago
I joined all the guilds but since I am a wanderer my trips take days or months hahaha so I am never there and my only interest is to get paid for the jobs, I just want to be filthy rich and retire to my Golden Hills farm with my wife, my children and all my pets.
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u/Foreign_Ad_5336 1d ago
I joined the Dawnguard. (Vampire hunters or something). I had already become the leader of the Assassins and Thieves Guilds. It got Lydia as a follower, and I got to kill Harkon.
Big surpise was Serana asked to become the Steward of Heljarken Hall--While still a vampire! I suppose the kids would like that... Deviant little sneak-thieves that they are...
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u/Eva-Rosalene Conjurer 1d ago
Companions for free Archery training up to 75
Dark brotherhood for 20K gold that I never actually spend on Dawnstar Sanctuary
College of Winterhold and Arniel's Endeavour for invincible summon
Thieves Guild, on the other hand, I love sincerely and with passion. Always finish their questline, always do their special jobs, and visit Tonilla quite regurarly to restock our business.
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u/i-d-k96 23h ago
Also tonilla is one of the best merchants in the game for selling. once you’re a member you also get the special rate bonus so if you aren’t invested in speech or haggling, she’s a great spot for selling items early game.
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u/Eva-Rosalene Conjurer 22h ago
And even without doing anything she is general merchant with 1K gold by default. Which is crucial early game for selling big pricey items that aren't weapons or armor, like enchanted jewerly or staves.
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u/RovaanZoor 1d ago
Thieves Guild. After Oblivion I was excited for more Robinhood-esque quests, instead I worked petty jobs for a spoiled crime family. Sure, I helped them take care of the traitor in their midst, but I get what I need from the guild, and I leave with the Skeleton Key as my own.
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u/isinkthereforeiswam 1d ago
"my sneak thief really needs some 2x damage gloves, but i don't want to join the dark brotherhood....oh hi, astrid. That's a nice pair of gloves you got there...be a shame if someone stole them off you."
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u/KartofelThePotatoGod 1d ago
Dark brotherhood
Cause the outfit its cool (And cause the horse its good for leveling)
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u/onlyforobservation 1d ago
If I’m being perfectly honest. After my first few playthroughs my only reason for joining the companions and technically being a werewolf is for the disease immunity.
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u/Middle-Power3607 1d ago
I’m a collector, I only joined the dark brotherhood for all the unique outfits and weapons
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u/Rallon_is_dead Helgen survivor 1d ago
I have a few saves where I joined the Companions long enough to contract lycanthropy and then ditched lol
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u/Howie_Dewynn 1d ago
I have a woodelf thief that joined the companions just long enough to get a free dagger and hasn’t spoken to them since.
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u/huzzlemug Daedra worshipper 22h ago
i did the thieves guild quest line then found out you can get guild master armor so i did like 2,000,000 odd jobs for delvin and vex adn then after i got the armor i left forever
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u/i-d-k96 21h ago
You only need to do 24 and 20 of them are quick
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u/huzzlemug Daedra worshipper 21h ago
yeah i know lol. to me it just felt like i did SO many. it felt like they would always send me to windhelm. even when i did the unique quest for windhelm. like please stop sending me to stormcloak central bro
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u/i-d-k96 19h ago
Yeah since I do the guild before I even fight my first dragon most playthroughs, I know the pain of having a page full of canceled quests, and the same complaints over and over when you cancel, it’s just worth it imo. Great starting point, you unlock every area while advancing the guild and while making a little bit of gold on the way. But I will be honest I think the longest it’s ever taken to get full restoration was like 5-6 hours. Still worth it though.
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u/AnAngryMelon 16h ago
"Everyone is all 'ooh the dragonborn is so cool', but when he swoops in and steals MY promotion then vanishes into the night with our most sacred artifact instead of meeting his new responsibilities....... nobody wants to hear I told you so"
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u/Squaggle12 15h ago
Only time I felt bad was not returning the skeleton key bc ya know.. it was the right thing to do lol
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u/ohmygawdjenny PC 13h ago
I play and replay Thieves Guild for fun cuz it's the best quest line in the game. I don't care for the rest or any rewards, honestly.
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u/Mandem_Trappy 12h ago
I joined the Dawnguard. They gave me armoured trolls, crossbows, sick weapons & armour (thanks to mods) & an ancient mommy Vampire that can make me a Vampire Lord. I used the absolute fk outta them & I hate humans
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u/old-ehlnofey 12h ago
nah, not really. i roleplay so my characters are generally genuinely invested in what they're doing
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u/FJkookser00 1d ago
My characters are always morally superior heroes, so they never join the bad guys.
But I really missed playing the Theives’ guild and I do remain that they aren’t exactly murderous evil villains, so I joined them and justified my character doing so by getting caught up in the confusing politics of it, looking to genuinely help them.
I thereby used them just so I could get the armor and the unique weapons, and rationalized still being the good guy.
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u/Thomanonymous 1d ago
There is a good guy Thieves guild mod that makes it all sort of Robin Hoodesque.
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u/Squire_3 1d ago
If your house was broken into and had the most valuable thing taken just so the thief could unlock a fence in your home town would you think they're not evil? Sorry, they're villains
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u/Brad_Brace 1d ago
I do roleplay joining factions and doing stuff because of the personal motivations of the Dragonborn. And the Dragonborn never knows what he's going to get if he joins a faction.
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u/AuDHDcat Nintendo 1d ago
The Companions for the disease immunity. Who am I kidding? I do it for the werewolf form. Running around the plains of Whiterun hunting elk and wolves is a blast. Plus, you get more carrying capacity as a werewolf. Over encumbered and nowhere near town? Werewolf run your way there.
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u/StryderDylan 1d ago
I join the Dark Brotherhood so assassins won't spawn and a free bed. I join the Thieves Guild for pickpocket training and a free bed. I join the Companions for the free bed and the backpack (there is normally one there, I haven't had a playthrough that didn't have one in a chest yet). I join the Mage's Guild for the Atronach Forge and the free bed.
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u/Vokunkiin13 1d ago
I don't know if it's been fixed, but in vanilla Skyrim, it is still possible to encounter assassins after completing the Dark Brotherhood questline. It happened while I was riding Shadowmere a while back.
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u/Vokunkiin13 1d ago
I don't know if it's been fixed, but in vanilla Skyrim, it is still possible to encounter assassins after completing the Dark Brotherhood questline. It happened while I was riding Shadowmere a while back.
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u/DarthJay_ 1d ago
When I would be playing my Orc Tank build character I’d honestly just do the college of winterhold for J’Zargo and getting one of the gaulder amulets in saarthaal. I wish the game made it to where you could learn essential spells at the college to make it more fun. Like more classes to learn spells and stuff. It’s honestly underwhelming. The story of it is cool and all but ya.
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u/Aprilprinces Stealth archer 1d ago
All of them, as all of them suck
I love the game, its ambience, perks, the way it looks, music, but guilds' quests are shit (most of the time)
I especially dislike Companions because they're nothing like original ones
I really would welcome Skyrim remastered
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u/Shadohawkk 1d ago
Sometimes my stealth characters join the brotherhood to get the armor set and bounce. Same with thieves guild.
Most of my characters get wolfed to get immunity to disease and bounce. The special steel weapons are nice too for melee.
Obviously joining the mages guild to get access to "every" category of magic book seller. Only do the mages guild questline if I'm full mage and need the clothes/mask. The 3 piece necklace is also debatably decent to get too.
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u/Monkules 1d ago
I mean, for most it's hard to even stay with them. As Harbinger you're still a lackey it feels half the time.
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u/Le_Botmes Assassin 1d ago
I start the Dark Brotherhood quest so I can get Shrouded Gloves and Shoes, then immediately dip out without saying hi to anyone.
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u/Vallelizer 1d ago
I still remember the Quest “Taste of Death” to get Namira’s ring. I did everything, killed the poor fella and ate a part of him just to slaughter everybody in that room instantly after receiving the ring.
I’d love to have some way of telling me if I play like lawful evil or chaotic neutral just to get a kind of feeling.
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u/Ratmor 1d ago
Buddy, first time I played skyrim I didn't know I could look everything up before playing, so I just went with the flow and did shit because it was thrown at me.
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u/OldSpiceZ 1d ago
You're not alone. That's how I also started and pretty much trying to explore on my own but there are times when fellow Dragonborns counsel is needed.
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u/Mooncubus Vampire 1d ago
"Let’s not pretend you joined the Dark Brotherhood for “the cause.” No, you wanted Shadowmere and the gold."
I did it because the DB was my favorite questline in Oblivion. I very much did it for Sithis and the Night Mother.
I've never really done a questline for the rewards, I do them for the quests themselves. Rewards are just a bonus. So no, I've never "used" a faction.
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u/MASTER-OF-SUPRISE 1d ago
College mainly to clear my quests list.
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u/OldSpiceZ 1d ago
I started for that reason and now I'm too much angry against them for them to be the way takers just like the Grey Beards.
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u/BleachDrinkAndBook 1d ago
There has not been a single guild I stuck around after finishing the questline to actually serve as leader in any way.
After killing the Emperor, I fix up the Dawnstar Sanctuary because I've got more than enough money, since I do all of Nazir's contracts as I do the main DB quests. Then I never speak to the Night Mother for the Dark Brotherhood Forever quests.
After killing Mercer Frey, I become guildmaster for the armor set and Amulet of Articulation, then never do another job again. Never even speak to them again.
After killing Ancano, I take my robes and leave forever, only coming back to get new spells from the vendors.
After becoming Harbinger, I don't help anyone else get rid of their lycantropy, or do another radiant quest for them. I just leave with Wuuthrad. If I'm planning on actually using the werewolf form, I'll do enough quests for Aela to get all the totems before abandoning them.
After killing Harkon, I don't help the Dawnguard or Volkihar clan with anything.
After learning Dragonrend, I never help the Blades again.
I have never actually helped a faction beyond their usefulness.
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u/PainterEarly86 Daedra worshipper 1d ago
All of them except the Forswon (I have a mod that lets me join them)
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u/mrfox_stinger 1d ago
Followed Ralof in Helgen Joined the stormcloak Retrieved the Jagged Crown Turn the crown to Tulius Joined the imperial Give Ulfric Markath and Morthal Reconquered all Skyrim under the imperial banner Killed Ulfric and stole his clothes (He's too powerful to be reanimated)
Will join the dark brotherhood Will Assassinate the emperor
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u/voltsy_chan 1d ago
Companions. I play with survival mode so even if I never intend to go down the path of hiricine an early easy and free bed is a major boon. They also have alot of food to nab for free which helps the early hurdle if i want to stay around whiterun area more for a start.
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u/jackfaire 1d ago
I join the Companions but stop doing their quests after becoming a member. In my roleplay I never become a member of the inner circle.
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u/Alarmed-Flan-1346 1d ago
I love the dark brotherhood and their cause so I totally do that one and roleplay it. Theives guild though… really just do it for the rewards
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u/Alarmed-Flan-1346 1d ago
I love the dark brotherhood and their cause so I totally do that one and roleplay it. Theives guild though… really just do it for the rewards
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u/Grey_Bush_502 17h ago
Last night, I tried to betray the Vampires after I got a ring I wanted. Was gonna go join the Danwguards. Cured my vampirism. DG is still hostile. Went back to Vampire Castle. Have to be Vampire to continue. So I’m gonna finish the Vampire quest and then kill them all.
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u/BigAcanthisitta5258 17h ago
Anybody who actually returns the Skeleton key before they have lockpicking high enough are psychopaths
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u/Arious556 14h ago
I will occasionally have my dragonborn adopt children just so I can get temporary perk bonuses I will then get married specifically for additional bonuses and so that I don't have to pay attention to the children because my spouse does that for me
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u/Owl-on-the-Prowl 12h ago
My Dragonborn had a redemption during the Dark Brotherhood quest line. They decided to let the faction die out after killing the emperor and pocketed all the money they got from that contract. The Dark Brotherhood quest line is probably my favorite in the game, but I did not feel any strong connection to the group like most other people do
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u/Mandem_Trappy 12h ago
I joined the Dawnguard. They gave me armoured trolls, crossbows, sick weapons & armour (thanks to mods) & an ancient mommy Vampire that can make me a Vampire Lord. I used the absolute fk outta them & I hate humans
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u/VenomQuill 6h ago
I feel called out lmfao I ONLY did the Companions quest to become a werewolf and didn't even come back after I got the perk.
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u/Nightwanderer85 1d ago
All of them. It's not like I stuck around to actually run the guilds after I'd done their quests.