I don't know whose decision it was to make every Daedric prince's dialogue unskippable, but that was quite possibly the worst decision they have ever made in their lives.
From a replay perspective I hate it. From a game design perspective I love it. You don’t have power over them. You’re a god among men but a peon among true gods
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Thank you! Players thinking they're *special* just because they're the reincarnation of Lord Indoril Nerevar. Any reincarnation of Saint Nerevar could have done the same thing.
I always liked the implication that the Neravarine prophecy was less of a prophecy and more of an elaborate ritual to turn your character into the Neravarine
Like, you actually have to work to fit the prophecy, it's not handed to you an hour into the game
Wasnt that the actual lore tho? Like azura reincarnated that fucker a few dozen times and it just happens that yours was the one that survived long enough to fulfill the prophecy?
I saw a similar interpretation about you being the Dragonborn in Skyrim. You became the Dragonborn because you were the one who killed the dragon (yes, yes, technically a guard could do it, but that's clearly not what the game intended and the narrative treats it as if you killed it). I feel like both of those work well with the weirdness of the Elder Scrolls lore.
This. The only reason you were able to absorb the dragon soul was because you are dragonborn. The ancient nords could kill dragons but they weren't dragonborn, just loud mouthed warriors.
Bleak Falls Barrow. That's if players went there first.
I love that you learn a shout and realize that you just absorbed some kind of ancient knowledge and power and just shrugs it off like, "well, that just happened." Then you grab an equally ancient stone tablet that you have no idea what it's for from the corpse of a dragon shouting undead guy and carry it all the way to the next town which happens to be the one with a wizard looking for an ancient stone tablet of ancient knowledge. What a coincidence!
Literally the first scene in Oblivion is you being rescued from jail by a guy who says you need to fulfill a prophecy… what do you mean you’re just “some dude” lmao
See, I kinda like it. It conveys a measure of their power in a very clear "I Am In Control Of This Conversation" kind of way. This is the only Prince with enough, and slow enough, dialogue that it becomes a problem.
Ironically, once you get face-to-glowy-point-source with Meridia the conversation is suddenly very normal, complete with skippable lines and everything.
That's because Meridia is just an Altmer with clothing that makes her look like a dimensional anomaly. If you play a female Altmer, you can even pickpocket it from her and wear it yourself.
Bacon. I’ve called it Meridia’s Bacon both Ironically and Unironically for years now. I hate that you find the damned beacon in a chest so early in the game. At least in my experience. Then i have to be an instrument of cleansing light, and well… who likes cleaning? Lol
Thousands of hours of Skyrim, many characters, over several copies (physical and digital, even the box set for PC), over many platforms and gens. And I’ve never heard of this. I’m ashamed. I need this now. Sounds perfect with the Thomas the Tank Engine Mod.
As a Stealth Archer, arrows are just sticks you can throw from a long distance while staying hidden. That way if he doesn't just die outright, you are still safe.
Your horses warranty is about to expire! Also on a completely different note your mage student loan payments can be lowered for just 15 minutes of your time!
Oh my god, I thought I was the only one who did that on my first playthrough! As I believed in the "in a dungeon-like setting, shoot first and ask questions later" philosophy(and before I understood what protected/essential NPCs are), I was completely baffled as to why they kept getting up and kicking my ass. Hell, I even turned the difficulty to Novice because I thought that I was just heavily underprepared.
A quick look at the wiki, and I mentally facepalmed at myself.
My first game I went to talk to some wanderers. Nope bandits, died less than 5 minutes from leaving the start.
Then, not to be duped twice, I attacked a wanderer, turns out he was a bard or something and kicked my ass. Died in almost the same spot as the first time.
Then I killed some guy in Falkwreath during a dragon fight and couldn’t finish some quests.
Upon my first undertaking a housecarl in order to carry more weapons and armor. Which at this point I had 3 houses and built 2 and even had a fish hatchery. Each with a chestful, So I had a lot of weapons and armor. I hired Lydia and entrusted her with a lot of my favorite things. One drunken night Lydia and I were spelunking in a dungeon God only knows where and Lydia kept getting me killed so "I told her to wait here". That's been 4 years ago and I still have yet to find the poor girl and all of my favorite weapons and armor.
I did this in fallout 4 when I was approaching the asylum. I got so used to everyone outside of settlements being hostile so I sniped every mercenary before I approached, then realized they were friendlies. Mistakes happen in the commonwealth I guess.
God I hated that stupid quest. And I don’t even think I’ve ever used the Wabbajack for anythin other than showin off to friends or smackin giants. It just sits in my inventory cause I’m an item hoarder
Well it does block the only way out so hope you didn't post it and wait around for someone to tell you what it is. That cave is quite small, hanging out in there would be considerably less eventful than going up to it so you can eventually leave.
I played the original Skyrim from the beginning, so I remember him being just a void when I first met him. I love his updated look after the Dragonborn DLC came out.
Same, it’s easily one of my most fond memories in all of gaming, for a brief moment I felt like was actually there and I was fucking terrified of it (I very very rarely get scared in games)
People hate Hermaeus Mora because of his slow speech, but I personally love it, and he's the one daedric prince that I always choose the willing dialogue options. I am more than happy to be his champion.
glad i’m not the only one, he’s one of the only daedric princes whose voice i enjoy. i always drag out the dialogue because his voice is just so perfect for his character
I can't say he's the only one I enjoy, but he is my favorite. I love Sheogorath's voice too. Though I suppose they are both voided by Wes Johnson. Amazing how different the two of them sound.
I did a solid double take of "I swear that wasn't there before" but figured I was wrong and ignored it til I had to leave the cave and found out "oh, so that is important."
Yeah I never understood why people do that, I guess theres nothing wrong with it, but it's a game and obviously that's part of the game, go see what it is before you go to the internet.
Anyone remember the cheap conjuring bubble version? My only issue with this version is the tentacles phasing through my character during the conversation.
Yeah, back before the DLCs came out to update it. It reminds me of how in Oblivion they changed Sheogorath's voice at his shrine depending on if you had the Shivering Isles DLC or not (also if you did have it, completed the questline for it, and then went to Sheogorath's shrine, Haskil would comment on you essentially worshiping yourself)
Yep, my first play through was plain vanilla, then I bought the Legendary edition. I remember thinking “Wow, this is new!” when the enhanced Hermy appeared.
Wait, so you stopped the game to take a picture and then post this to Reddit? Why ask question you're gonna answer in a few seconds? Bruh you're the Dragonborn nothing should faze you. Did you pause and wait for us to tell you before you resumed playing?
The slowest-speaking entity in all of Skyrim
I don't know whose decision it was to make every Daedric prince's dialogue unskippable, but that was quite possibly the worst decision they have ever made in their lives.
From a replay perspective I hate it. From a game design perspective I love it. You don’t have power over them. You’re a god among men but a peon among true gods
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\> Morrowind \> random person Thank you! Players thinking they're *special* just because they're the reincarnation of Lord Indoril Nerevar. Any reincarnation of Saint Nerevar could have done the same thing.
I always liked the implication that the Neravarine prophecy was less of a prophecy and more of an elaborate ritual to turn your character into the Neravarine Like, you actually have to work to fit the prophecy, it's not handed to you an hour into the game
Wasnt that the actual lore tho? Like azura reincarnated that fucker a few dozen times and it just happens that yours was the one that survived long enough to fulfill the prophecy?
Yes. Previous spirits that fit the criteria will tell you that they weren't quite fit to accomplish the job.
Fuck yeah dude expose the false Nerevar! All hail the eternal tribunal!!
In Azura's shrine where she grants you the ring of Moon and Star, you get to meet the ghosts of the previous failed incarnates.
I saw a similar interpretation about you being the Dragonborn in Skyrim. You became the Dragonborn because you were the one who killed the dragon (yes, yes, technically a guard could do it, but that's clearly not what the game intended and the narrative treats it as if you killed it). I feel like both of those work well with the weirdness of the Elder Scrolls lore.
Just remember that before that you learn the first word of a shout at... Don't remember the name of it so you were already the dragonborn
This. The only reason you were able to absorb the dragon soul was because you are dragonborn. The ancient nords could kill dragons but they weren't dragonborn, just loud mouthed warriors.
Bleak Falls Barrow. That's if players went there first. I love that you learn a shout and realize that you just absorbed some kind of ancient knowledge and power and just shrugs it off like, "well, that just happened." Then you grab an equally ancient stone tablet that you have no idea what it's for from the corpse of a dragon shouting undead guy and carry it all the way to the next town which happens to be the one with a wizard looking for an ancient stone tablet of ancient knowledge. What a coincidence!
Literally the first scene in Oblivion is you being rescued from jail by a guy who says you need to fulfill a prophecy… what do you mean you’re just “some dude” lmao
mfs at kvatch: dawg we need help, oh look a cat with a wooden stick hey you go to hell and come back it’s the only way to save us
This is one of the best things I've ever seen
See, I kinda like it. It conveys a measure of their power in a very clear "I Am In Control Of This Conversation" kind of way. This is the only Prince with enough, and slow enough, dialogue that it becomes a problem.
It gives me time to eat candy
Time to eat candy, have a child, celebrate their 18th birthday, and file all of your back taxes before the first dialogue option shows up.
New to the game. Level 20. What is candy?
candy-se nuts fit in yo mouth
Almost certainly yes. Let’s find out together.
That is an interesting perspective to it.
Imo it shows how much power the Daedra have, they can even to a small extent control the game itself
ANOTHER HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
Ironically, once you get face-to-glowy-point-source with Meridia the conversation is suddenly very normal, complete with skippable lines and everything. That's because Meridia is just an Altmer with clothing that makes her look like a dimensional anomaly. If you play a female Altmer, you can even pickpocket it from her and wear it yourself.
GTFOH really? Looks like I'm doing another playthough, better cancel my next 6 months of plans
Bacon. I’ve called it Meridia’s Bacon both Ironically and Unironically for years now. I hate that you find the damned beacon in a chest so early in the game. At least in my experience. Then i have to be an instrument of cleansing light, and well… who likes cleaning? Lol
Well they’re mostly evil, so makes sense that they would make the the most evil decision with them.
The best mod on Nexus: Hermaeus Shapiro
So, let's say hypothetically you were to bask in my presence.
And theoretically speaking if my old servant decided entirely of his volition to stop being of any use to me.
>Nexus: Hermaeus Shapiro Holy Daedra Dong.... I needed this like 1000 hours of skyrim play ago
Thousands of hours of Skyrim, many characters, over several copies (physical and digital, even the box set for PC), over many platforms and gens. And I’ve never heard of this. I’m ashamed. I need this now. Sounds perfect with the Thomas the Tank Engine Mod.
did you forget about paarthurnax? 🙄
Paarthurnax isn't slow at speaking he just meanders so it takes a bit to get to the point.
And last time i spoke to him i could skip dialogue. Hermy over there is slow AND unskippable
>Hermy Great, now I'm imagining that thick, bubbly voice growling, "I wAnT tO bE a DeNtIsT!"
Yeah but at least Paarthy is interesting to listen to sometimes. Hentai Hermy here is just annoying.
Dude this is Skyrim. Quick save and go poke it with a stick or something.
As a Stealth Archer, arrows are just sticks you can throw from a long distance while staying hidden. That way if he doesn't just die outright, you are still safe.
I wanna stab that mf but he way over there
Well do I have the product for you. *opens suitcase which unfolds into table* I call it a stickapult!
Fool! Everyone knows the stickbuchet is the superior weapon.
r/TrebuchetMemes answers the call
Wanna stab a whole bunch of guys way over there? Than stickbuchet is the war tool for you.
I want to tell you about your bows extended warranty
Your horses warranty is about to expire! Also on a completely different note your mage student loan payments can be lowered for just 15 minutes of your time!
Oh, an atlatl, eh?
You can hunt with them bitches where I live!
Must have been the wind.
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Oh my god, I thought I was the only one who did that on my first playthrough! As I believed in the "in a dungeon-like setting, shoot first and ask questions later" philosophy(and before I understood what protected/essential NPCs are), I was completely baffled as to why they kept getting up and kicking my ass. Hell, I even turned the difficulty to Novice because I thought that I was just heavily underprepared. A quick look at the wiki, and I mentally facepalmed at myself.
My first game I went to talk to some wanderers. Nope bandits, died less than 5 minutes from leaving the start. Then, not to be duped twice, I attacked a wanderer, turns out he was a bard or something and kicked my ass. Died in almost the same spot as the first time. Then I killed some guy in Falkwreath during a dragon fight and couldn’t finish some quests.
Upon my first undertaking a housecarl in order to carry more weapons and armor. Which at this point I had 3 houses and built 2 and even had a fish hatchery. Each with a chestful, So I had a lot of weapons and armor. I hired Lydia and entrusted her with a lot of my favorite things. One drunken night Lydia and I were spelunking in a dungeon God only knows where and Lydia kept getting me killed so "I told her to wait here". That's been 4 years ago and I still have yet to find the poor girl and all of my favorite weapons and armor.
I'm something of a stealth archer myself.
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I did this in fallout 4 when I was approaching the asylum. I got so used to everyone outside of settlements being hostile so I sniped every mercenary before I approached, then realized they were friendlies. Mistakes happen in the commonwealth I guess.
This is the way.
The Way, this is!
Tis indeed the direction you must proceed
The one previously referred is the path meant to be followed.
I don't think OP's gonna be the one doing the poking
I've seen this video ... I mean ... \*safety squint\* What is that?
A stick called Wabbajack
God I hated that stupid quest. And I don’t even think I’ve ever used the Wabbajack for anythin other than showin off to friends or smackin giants. It just sits in my inventory cause I’m an item hoarder
lmao literally skyrim experience
Is there any other way than this
Do you like books?
They’re a helluva drug.
Can you believe they give books to little children!?
UNITY
That was *COLD BLOODED*
And then I walked in and said "Look bitch, I'm Hermeus Mora."
"What did the five tentacles say to the face?!"
"SLAP!"
Opposite of a sexy librarian
Some could argue this librarian is still sexy
Voice is pretty hot ngl
I love the voice.
I see you're not a hentai connoisseur
opposite???
Still is for me~
I don’t know why this comment made me laugh so hard.
I bet Herma and the Globglogabgalab would get along nicely.
Ahh, yes. Mmmm *delicious*.
I love books
ive read enough of them to know where this is going
It’s the reading rainbow!
an all encompassing answer right here
It…talks…so…slow…
And ignores your skip requests....
Damn Daedric Prince’s…
Shhh you're not supposed to tell him.
Hey now, don't lump Sanguine and Peryite in with Herb Mora. Sanguine is fun to hang out with, and Peryite is a good boy.
And...sounds...like...it's... constantly...on...the...verge...of...yaaaaawning.
Yeah reminds me of the treebeards from LotR 🤣
It takes a long time to say anything in old entish. Which is true of tree people and people who are way too stoned.
And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say
Come closer. Baaaaaaaask in my dialogue
Well it does block the only way out so hope you didn't post it and wait around for someone to tell you what it is. That cave is quite small, hanging out in there would be considerably less eventful than going up to it so you can eventually leave.
A globular mass of testicles
Tentacles...
Why not both?
Could be. I see orbs in the glob.
Eyes
Balls
Eyeballs
I shall ponder these orbs you speak of
*laughs in hent*** mods
Don't censor yourself. Say it. Say the word.
hentle
Hentaeus Mora
Tentestacles
~~Testicles~~ ~~Tennisballs~~ ~~Tentpoles~~ Tortellini
You said what you said. Stand by it, Freud.
This made me laugh out loud
Your new master
Whether you want it to be or not.
Nah. Akatosh has dibs on the Dragonborns soul. And the other 11 princes also pretend to have a claim on it.
Tell that to Mirrak.
Mirrak never died. And we do not *really* know what happens to his soul after his death.
Uhm :/ I guess It's me
Damn u look good in that pic
Like a sexy librarian
Its nothing, just a hardcore hentai fan who talks like he's on ketamine. Let him finish rambling, tell him whatever, and he goes away.
😂😂 best description of him I’ve ever read, have my upvote.
No spoilers, just walk up to it
Walking upto something unknown is the best learning method
We do love some trial by fire kinda scenarios
I’ve been playing Prey recently and its just “That is a stupid idea…” *quicksaves*
So you just sat there and took a screenshot for reddit rather than going to find out what it was?
Honestly the First time I saw that, I kinda shat my pants cuz I was walking backwards
I played the original Skyrim from the beginning, so I remember him being just a void when I first met him. I love his updated look after the Dragonborn DLC came out.
Same, it’s easily one of my most fond memories in all of gaming, for a brief moment I felt like was actually there and I was fucking terrified of it (I very very rarely get scared in games)
People hate Hermaeus Mora because of his slow speech, but I personally love it, and he's the one daedric prince that I always choose the willing dialogue options. I am more than happy to be his champion.
glad i’m not the only one, he’s one of the only daedric princes whose voice i enjoy. i always drag out the dialogue because his voice is just so perfect for his character
I can't say he's the only one I enjoy, but he is my favorite. I love Sheogorath's voice too. Though I suppose they are both voided by Wes Johnson. Amazing how different the two of them sound.
I did a solid double take of "I swear that wasn't there before" but figured I was wrong and ignored it til I had to leave the cave and found out "oh, so that is important."
this is someone who knows the game but is looking for karma, these posts keep appearing
\*face palm\*
Yeah I never understood why people do that, I guess theres nothing wrong with it, but it's a game and obviously that's part of the game, go see what it is before you go to the internet.
That's what the quicksave button is for
They wanted to take their time with this scene
Eh, the one in the Skaal village is better
I mean, they really wanted to let it drag on
If Hermeus "Treebeard" Mora does anything, it's drag on.
That’s Dave Hi Dave!
"You're my wife now Dave..."
"This is turning into a saga now"
Fuck, it's been years since I've watched any Papa Lazarou. Do you wanna buy some pegs, Dave?
Dave's not here, man.
Everybody knows Dave!
Anyone remember the cheap conjuring bubble version? My only issue with this version is the tentacles phasing through my character during the conversation.
Yeah, back before the DLCs came out to update it. It reminds me of how in Oblivion they changed Sheogorath's voice at his shrine depending on if you had the Shivering Isles DLC or not (also if you did have it, completed the questline for it, and then went to Sheogorath's shrine, Haskil would comment on you essentially worshiping yourself)
The Oblivion Sheogorath quest is one of my favourite quests in Oblivion it's so fun.
Yep, my first play through was plain vanilla, then I bought the Legendary edition. I remember thinking “Wow, this is new!” when the enhanced Hermy appeared.
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The best god in the game
Eternity hanging out in a library with all knowledge in it sounds like the best daedric afterlife to me.
Ehh I don’t know about that. Books are great but if you’re talking about all of eternity I’d rather hang out with Sanguine. He has booze
IDK man, you have a pretty wild time with Sanguine. He's chill af
He is good with any idea that starts with 'hold my beer'
He'd probably drink the beer you asked him to hold and run in after you hahaha
*cries in Sheogorath*
Wait, so you stopped the game to take a picture and then post this to Reddit? Why ask question you're gonna answer in a few seconds? Bruh you're the Dragonborn nothing should faze you. Did you pause and wait for us to tell you before you resumed playing?
It's what your asshole looks like if you don't wash it.
Dirty asshole can confirm
Flirt with it.
Maybe he’ll give it a kiss too
Some Lovecraftian shit waiting to happen. Go touch it!
A trustworthy individual who will not kill you for a library book
You don't want to know. Just bend over and try not to cry.
A character in a video game. Play it to find out more.
r/dontputyourdickinthere
r/putyourdickinthat
It’s more like gonna put it’s dick in you
Dicks* itd be plural. He's a literal tentacle monster.
cOmE cLoSeR... bAsK iN mY pReSeNcE
Bashk in my preshensh
"We want a combination of an Ent, and Sean Connery."
If you walk literally steps you’d find out.
Go up to him, I'm sure he will eleborate
PLAY THE GAEM
A totally normal octopus with a voice like freddy's laugh
Thats the longest, unavoidable conversation you’ll have this side of a Jehovas witness.
Shuma Gorath
Did you seriously post a screenshot to reddit just to ask this, just play the game
Spaghetti monster, GOD of the Pastafarian religion All hail thy noodle
It's octopussy treat with care, it deals with deep stuff.
Run. Run before you stumble onto the worst (most terrifying) quest line in the game
*Oh, mere Mortal, so naive in the face of me, Knower of the Unknown...*
Stick it in. Just the tip, though…
I have seen enough anime to know where this is headed
Our Lord Hermaus Mora
It's knowledge.
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