Skyrim Video Shows Player Roleplaying as City Guard

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It's easy to forget that the «RP» in RPG specifically refers to the act of playing a role. The ability to take on a different persona with a different path and their own ideology can often become an afterthought amidst all the back-and-forth questing, and attempts to fulfill a destiny. As one of the best role-playing games of all time, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, along with many others, is an opportunity for players to jump into the boots of another character entirely, and to wile away the days ignoring the main storyline.

In a recent post on the Skyrim Subreddit, user ScoobertDoobert34 decided that, to alleviate some in-game boredom, they decided to forgo the act of killing dragons, and instead take things a little bit easier by giving guard duty a go. A short clip shows them calmly wandering around, the sun in their face, while additional guards train nearby. Despite them being a professional fighter hired to protect the city, it really does look like a peaceful life.

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For those wondering about the player's outfit, the user has said that they are using the «Cloaks of Skyrim» mod, which, as the name suggests, is an add-on for the game that implements almost 100 cloaks. When asked where they even got a guard's outfit from in the first place, ScoobertDoobert34 assured those in the comments that they acquired it from an already dead NPC who had lost their life during a vampire attack in Solitude.

As well as being the keepers of peace, Skyrim guards are also something of a meme, being the ones responsible for the popular rise of the «taking an arrow to the knee» phrase, which has been something of a staple since the game released more than a decade ago. Fans are forever