Skooma, now it's just a useful potion? : V

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:01 pm

Isn't skooma supposed to be a liquid version of the drug moonsugar that is both addictive and bad for you?

In Oblivion it, at least, had some negative effects. In Skyrim, skooma has no negative effects and you can't get addicted to it. I understand that the skooma in Skyrim is supposedly 'watered down' but I find it fairly ridiculous that skooma is basically just a stamina potion.

Does anyone else feel that skooma in Skyrim should have had some more thought put into it?

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:39 pm

We have Sleeping Tree Sap that kinda f's you up

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:09 am

The alkoholic beverages makes your stamina regeneration slower, skooma could have had something like that, at least.

It's pretty lame it doesn't have any side effects. Now it seems like the only reason to avoid it (or use it) is for RP purposes.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:13 pm

You I also was expecting some blured vision, addiction, or vomit when I took some skooma.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:24 am

Yes I was disappointed when found this out, as I was hoping for an increase in speed and some negative effects.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:39 pm

I look at it as some type of amphetamine that is water down so much that it just gives you a boost of stamina. It actually reminds me a lot of a 5 Hour Energy

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:30 am

I look at it as some type of amphetamine that is water down so much that it just gives you a boost of stamina. It actually reminds me a lot of a 5 Hour Energy

Lmao maybe it is.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:29 pm

I look at it as some type of amphetamine that is water down so much that it just gives you a boost of stamina.

Then why can NPCs become addicted to it? I know there are at least two named NPCs with a serious skooma problem (one can be cured, the other goes crazy from the abstinence).

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:37 pm

Then why can NPCs become addicted to it? I know there are at least two named NPCs with a serious skooma problem (one can be cured, the other goes crazy from the abstinence).

Maybe skooma has been retconned to be steroids made of sugar. Or everyone in TES is, in fact, running on the mind of a single digit aged child.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:58 am

`actually... skooma has been steadily improving over the last era... the goal has always been a profit without a price (no harmful side-effects)

until recently some of the elements of moon sugar reacted in such a way during the production of skooma that it created those side effects you miss... its a testament to the ingenuity of kajhiit that skooma is what it is today...

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:21 pm

`actually... skooma has been steadily improving over the last era... the goal has always been a profit without a price (no harmful side-effects)

until recently some of the elements of moon sugar reacted in such a way during the production of skooma that it created those side effects you miss... its a testament to the ingenuity of kajhiit that skooma is what it is today...

No wonder Khajiit is so happy when drinking it and so sad when smoking it. Drinking it just makes Khajiit... Khajiit think Khajiit's blood pressure went up thanks too high now.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:31 am

It's even pushing the definition of useful. Anyone ever used one for the stamina boost in combat, or do we all save them for the 'special' chest at home?

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:31 pm

Khajiit save skooma for when resting time is near.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:05 pm

It's even pushing the definition of useful. Anyone ever used one for the stamina boost in combat, or do we all save them for the 'special' chest at home?

im not gonna admit to actively using in game contraband...

i can see it now...

STOP RIGHT THERE....

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:13 am

im not gonna admit to actively using in game contraband...

i can see it now...

STOP RIGHT THERE....

It's legal in Elswyer. Want some?

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:01 am

I want hallucinations and some other negative effects!

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:43 am

It's even pushing the definition of useful. Anyone ever used one for the stamina boost in combat, or do we all save them for the 'special' chest at home?

haha my dunmer assasin has a end table next to his bed full of skooma, sleepin tree sap and a bit of moon sugar.

after savin the world from alduin, the dragonborn spends his days takin skooma waitin for the next adventure.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:29 pm

haha my dunmer assasin has a end table next to his bed full of skooma, sleepin tree sap and a bit of moon sugar.

after savin the world from alduin, the dragonborn spends his days takin skooma waitin for the next adventure.

Addict! You are smelling of addiction. Want some more?

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:07 am

Yeah i loved skooma in oblivion, you just drink eight bottles of it and you are a [censored] speed demon. Glichy as hell biut i loved it. I was. Practicly heartbroken when it was 'watered down'