What if you could only level up Speech in Skyrim?

Skyrim is full of exciting skills and abilities. But what if we could only use one of them and weren't allowed to level up anything else (not even Sneak).

I wanted the answers to these questions and will share them with you today. Also we are playing on Legendary because I said so.

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Bellissimo - Doug Maxwell
Crime Hard Theme - pazuzustudio (based on melodies originally whistled by Max Graham)
Dude, Where's my Horse? - Nat Keefe with the Bow Ties
Elegy - Asher Fulero
Modern Attempt - Track Tribe
Morning Mandolin - Chris Haugen
Moving On - Wayne Jones
Snowy Peaks pt II - Chris Haugen
Soul Food - Chris Haugen
The Black Cat - Aaron Kenny
Turn Up Let's Go - Jeremy Blake
Wager With Angels - Nathan Moore

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Imagine beating the main quest by only using speech

dragonborn: dude seriously we could be just chill with everyone, this trip to sovngarde is bs for everyone

alduin: you know what you're right, wanna hang out at the throat of the world later? I just wanna vent to you, ya know?

dragonborn: absolutely bro I'm all ears

[failure]

Turns out, being able to talk to people really well is pretty overshadowed by just being able to stab people

[guillaumebre]

once again a masterpiece. The fact you don't even have to do anything speech related to become a bard speaks volumes about the usefulness of that skill...

[Vizaru]

making stenvar the dragonborn in this story is honestly so refreshing and creative, as it recontextualizes the existential crisis earlier in the video about being a passenger in someone else's tale. beautiful storywritting.

[SuperPrumpur]

"They were impostors, but there's nothing funny about that. Among assorted-"
Incredible writing

[nessesaryschoolthing]

Nothing beats the fact that becoming master of the thieves guild, which takes completing a huge number of radiant quests, the thieves guild main quests, and several city-specific Thieves Guild side-quests, is an amulet that makes your speechcraft better. As if, by that point after so many hours in the game, you're ever going to need to persuade anyone ever again.

[mrtyphoon]

The problem with trying this challenge in, say, Fallout New Vegas, is that in that game such approach is not only viable, it's optimal.

[blackshaddow]

Wouldn't it be cool if Speech affected Dragonshouts as a hidden passive, for they are a language? Either reducing the cooldown or increase the effects would be nice

[StefanyDjuba]

I loved the twist ending where it turned out Stenvar, the sidekick, was the dragonborn. It was very cute and promising. Richard let him go because he knew he had a destiny to fulfill

[danielvictor]

17:01 I like to think that Richard is the one doing this thinking out loud introspection while watching his companion beat the skulls of his enemies like some kind of a philosophical bard lmao

[Davy_Toast]

“The kajiit merchant didn’t ask where Richard had found 3 complete sets of Riftan Gard armor, and that was why Richard liked dealing with the Kajiit.”
That along with saying goodbye to Pringles was the funniest thing to me!!

[prodbyANT]

Came for the funny Skyrim challenge run, stayed for the existential crisis.

[schafchen]

Wow this was way more entertaining and interesting then I thought. Telling a story is so much better then just playing through the game with such a challenge.

[aequitas]

“By the eight divines - imagine what this is going to do to the economy.”

subscribed.

[brickchpel]

It's funny how, as you pointed out, Skyrim is marketed as a game where you can play the way you want (and implicitly, be immensely rewarded that way, no matter what) but playing it in styles (such as speech-focused builds) that RPGs should and often *do* acknowledge reveals the contrary.

[EyebrowBandit]

I respect that despite your fists not being tied to a skill and could have easily been used to fight off enemies without leveling anything up, you still stuck to the speech only challenge and made a banger video. Well done.

[TheMidwestMarvels]

Roses are Red
I’m happy you’re back
Richard pilfers
He does not attack.

[srobin]

Speechcraft is one of the most underdeveloped skills in Elder Scrolls. I hope they do better in the next game and actually make it an option to solve problems diplomatically and trick people. Just take cues from Fallout or other games outside of Bethesda.
Anyway awesome video

[itsa_possum]

I tried a speech only run a few years back, ended up being very short because I got sick of it. Now I remember why

[KatiKnittArt]

Imagine if Tim Cain discovered this channel, recommended it and wished you play one of his games