Comment on Paying the bills
DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Would love the kind of job where violence is an acceptable response to hostility from people you encounter, money is easily made by looting bodies and opening random treasure chests in the wilds, and magic works.
Where can I apply?
OddDeer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I know your thinking about the classic RPG experience, but your description very accurately describes being in the army lol. Maybe I’ve now matured enough that I can finally feel bad about abusing Nazeem?
Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Nah, Nazeem is part of the bourgeoise, and this is in a setting with relatively little upward economic mobility, so it’s likely that his family has always had money. He’s a landlord who gets his wealth by extracting it from a farm he owns but doesn’t work, and he uses this wealth to lord his position over the common people while he berates them for the crime of not having his fortune.
If Skyrim were to have a French-style revolution, Nazeem would get the guillotine for sure, and I doubt anyone in Whiterun would shed a tear. Probably not even his wife, given the way she talks about him. Abuse away knowing he’s part of the parasite class.
You’re right about the rest of it, though. I’d hate to meet most of the elder scrolls protagonists. Most of the main stories require a certain moral flexibility just to complete them.