I have had an idea for DLC that I've posted a few times in DLC threads, but never my own. I wanted to post it in a thread a give a little more detail to my idea, as well as see what other users think.
The idea: Forts!
You remember that cool old fort, that was full of bandits/necromancers/etc? And how you cleared it and thought "this would make a nice home for my character!"? Or maybe it was that cave full of draugr/skeletons/etc or even the forsworn/falmor. A place you thought would fit your character better than a silly old house.
Well my DLC idea would be to be able to clear out your desired location of all hostiles, and set up a "fort" or a base of some sort.
You could use an abandoned fort, rebuild it, and use it for _____ guild to house guild members and to grow a guild of your choice. Or you could turn it into a thriving forum for merchant exchanging and market stalls. Or you could live alone, with all your trophies... heavily guarded by locked doors, trap doors, secret passages, etc just like any other place you visit in Skyrim.
And you obviously would have to hire either the Imperials or Stormcloaks (or whatever faction you like) to come and rebuild or build onto your desired home. Clear out debris, water, dead bodies, and anything else you don't want in there. Or maybe you want to leave it in ruins? Your call...
This DLC idea could easily sink people's gold reserves and dwindle them back to nothing if they chose to really build up their home. You could furnish it like your own home, have guards (or guild members) patrol the area, have training dummies set up and so forth.
You could even use the materials such as iron ingots, ebony ingots, etc to make your structure a certain color and to add strength to the fort. It would be vulnerable to attacks depending on the location and how easily it is found. Add firewood to build fires, or charcoal to make a forge. Add in a few places to make potions, and you've got an apothecary. Want to raise cows/chickens/bunnies? Want to start your own skeever fighting ring? Want to torture trolls for no reason? Put them in your big steel cage!
This would be great for those who need a way to spend a ton of gold, as this DLC would cost quite a fortune in gold overtime. But depending on what you do, you would also make a fortune.
Possibilities:
-blacksmith
-apothecary
-necormancers guild
-imperial/stormcloak camp
-guild recruiting and training
-orc camp
-khajiit/argonian safe zone(or any race. to populate skyrim with more of these races, and to give them an area they feel comfortable living)
-hideout for loot
-Forsworn encampment
-Daedric/atronach forge
-general merchants area
-slave area
-thalmor embassy

-skooma dealer
-talos shrine (or any god/goddess)
-farm
-meadery
-vigilant guild
-werewolf sanctuary
-vampire sanctuary
anything really.
silly idea but it is something I would find fun. If I had Skyrim for the computer I would make a mod for this but I'm on xbox so I have to suggest it =p And you could only have one area. If you want to relocate you have to tear down the old and start from the ground up.
any useful constructive thoughts? if you don't like the idea... well I'd prefer a good reason