Kittypaw
Lost in a sea of lols.
Here is my list of Roleplaying styles, challenges, classes, and rulesets to add realism
These are only suggestions, please don't negatively comment on rules, take what you will from the ideas! I just felt like sharing
The Lowly NPC
Roleplay as any average-person living their life in skyrim, Get a spouse, a house, and maybe even adopt a child. No need for adventure!
-Rulesets:
No fast travel!!! Carriages and Horses accepted.
Don't wait, only sleep, unless you're waiting after an action to show it takes time
Must earn money by ordinary means, no hunting Drougr, or Dungeon Diving.
Must eat regularily, have 3 ordinary sized meals a day, eating 2 apples, sure. 45 potatoes? no.
Can only use traditional hunting weapons, Dagger, Unarmed, Bow.
No Adventures!( UNLESS thrust into one, For example, a Giant attacks your lonely Hjaalmarch estate! and you find one of The Jarl's belongings on his corpse, you would deliver it to the Jarl.)
Paper map only. Yes, this means you are NOT aloud to press that useful map key, you have to navigate through the world on a traditional map, You can find pictures online, or you can use the one in the game case ((Optional, alot of people hate getting lost, even more then I.))
Don't carry 500 septims at a time! Be realistic, carry a handful of gold coins around with you at a time, incase of emergency.
-Starting Conditions:
You start with some lowly clothes, a handful of goldcoins, and any 'special items' you might have from a former job, persay, A bow and arrows?
If you don't like the start of the game for roleplay, feel free to suspend it, and just roughneck run it to a city you feel comfortable starting in.
(if you have console commands, feel free to give yourself the extra cheat out of the starting area and items without having to prepare.)
-Skills:
You can level the following skills(take or place some more if you wish, but keep it in reason)
Alchemy, Mining, Blacksmithing, Archery, Sneak, Speech.
The Vampire!
Tired of living a normal NPC life? live an undead one!
-Rulesets:
Sleep days(as much as possible, remember, you blood boils in the light!)
No fast travel, Carriages/horses allowed, if necessary
Don't wait(much, unless showing actions take time) Sleep.
Must feed on blood every 7 day period, (atleast, feel free to feed every night!)
Only mild, reasonable adventures allowed, No Dragon-slaying, Civil-war trought Adventures. WITH the exception of Dawnguard DLC( if you want to kil
Get money through any means as you which, steal, be an honest smith, join the Dark Brotherhood.
Papaer Map(Optional)
-Starting Conditions
Start in any village/town you choose, but with Vampirism (first stage, wait out the first few days)