» Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:07 pm
Something similar but not quite as such, I guess?
My bosmer archer (and werewolf) was fun to play. Married Aela as soon as I could. We hunted together.
The way I played this character was unique. When playing normally, I'd be the archer. When I got bored, I would get intoxicated, equip the Ring of Hircine, and play as a werewolf until I sobered up. Why do I do this? Because I find it a lot more realistic to play as...waking up the next morning to find out that, while as a werewolf, I killed dozens of people and have absolutely no memory of it. It was a fantastic way to roleplay in my opinion.
The problem? I accidentally killed Aela. Woke up the next morning after having saved outside of Blackreach, only to realize she wasn't following me. She wasn't at home. Turned on the quest to "Get jobs from Companion Leaders", there were only two: Farkas and Vilkas. I searched high and low and couldn't find her. I went back into Blackreach and found her mangled corpse. I brought her to the waterfall and threw her in, giving her what seemed like the best burial I could at the time. It was so heartwrenching for my character that he went back and purged the wolf from his being, swearing to never succumb to it again. Furthermore, he became more of an upright citizen afterwards, trying to repent for what he had done. Joined the Imperials, destroyed the DB, and ended the civil war.
While it's not the exact same thing, such actions do give a much larger depth to your characters, and make them much more fun to play.