Sat, Sep 10, 2011 | 21:52 BST
Howard confirms that players can become vampires in Skyrim
Betheda’s Todd Howard has confirmed to G4 that players will be able to take on the role of a vampire in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
As in previous Elder Scrolls games, the malady will be contracted and if you can’t find a cure, you will not only become a bloodsucker, but it will completely change how you play the game.
As a vampire in the game, sunlight will harm you instead of making your skin sparkle as if thousands of tiny diamonds are embedded in it, thank God. However, as a vampire you will get a power boost, and feed upon the living as they slumber peacefully in their beds.
Watch the video of the vampire reveal with G4 below.
Skyrim is out on November 11.
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Posted in: Bethesda, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360
Tags: Skyrim, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls v, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, todd howard, vampire, vampires
10 comments
#1
Strange Sultan
10/09/11, 11:02 pm
“… instead of making your skin sparkle as if thousands of tiny diamonds are embedded in it …”
LMFAO
#2
sithsylar
11/09/11, 12:59 am
ohhh well it worked so well in oblivion…. In Oblivion i remember becoming a vampire no idea how i did it but it totally fucked up my character. I hated it…
#3
Phoenixblight
11/09/11, 1:14 am
@2
Well there is ample time to get it fixed if you don’t want to then ignore getting the cure.
I am looking forward to this, will be an interesting game mechanic.
#4
freedoms_stain
11/09/11, 1:34 am
@2, if you fight a vampire in Oblivion you can contract the “disease” Porphyric Hemophilia, which if you don’t seek a cure for within 3 in-game days becomes permanent vampirism.
#5
tontsa91
11/09/11, 2:31 am
Now he only needs to confirm the possibility to kill children and I will be a happy man.
#6
Phoenixblight
11/09/11, 2:58 am
@5
Keep dreaming. It will never happen.
#7
Moonwalker1982
11/09/11, 3:30 am
Very old news, this G4 guy acting like its a big new reveal, sigh.
#8
OrbitMonkey
11/09/11, 10:10 am
Umm this need to be able to kill child NPC’s. Is that something sad little dweebs ask for on the internet, to try to appear “hardcore”?
#9
M. K.
11/09/11, 1:22 pm
Oh Steph, that was a good one
! But now I’m sad that I got it 
#10
onlineatron
11/09/11, 7:18 pm
As long as vampirism still allows me to complete the game, and is a legit way to play. I’m with ‘sithsylar’; contracted the disease in Oblivion and just couldn’t stomach my character anymore.