History Morrowind / TropesDToL

** Master Neloth of House Telvanni gives a quest to retrieve the Robe of Drake's Pride from the servant of another House Telvanni councilor. Killing the servant is the only way to get the robe, and you'll need to taunt her into attacking you first to prevent being expelled from House Telvanni. She turns out to be a moderately powerful spell caster, and the robe gives her several advantages when fighting magic users, which your character likely is if you've advanced in House Telvanni. After you take the robe back to Neloth, he'll reward you with... ten septims. The robe itself is worth 205, and has several enchantments a magic using character would enjoy.

** ''Tribunal'' has this in the "Crimson Plague" side questline. What starts with [[RatStomp killing some diseased rats]] and [[FetchQuest delivering a potion]] ends with you needing to defeat Gedna Relvel, a monstrously powerful lich. She's capable of flinging a very powerful area of effect spell, is immune or resistant to every from of Destruction magic, and quickly regenerates lost Health, Magicka, and Fatigue. Worse, she's supposed to have Health equal to 100x the player's current level, but due to a programming error, she has ''800x'' that amount, making her virtually unkillable at higher levels. What do you get for killing this notorious DamageSpongeBoss? Her enchanted Robe of the Lich (which [[PressXToDie deals 600 damage to you as soon as you put it on]]) and a once-per-day spell that restores a small amount of Health, Fatigue, and cures Common Disease (which, if you've gotten far enough in the main game's main quest, [[IdealIllnessImmunity you're immune to anyway]].)
* DuelToTheDeath: Several occur throughout the various questlines in the game. See GladiatorSubquest for examples which take place in Vivec's arena.

* DropTheHammer:
** Warhammers are large, two-handed blunt weapons. They range from rather small and wimpy (the ones made of chitin), to medium (the [[ShoutOut B&hammer]]), to the high-end the [[FantasyMetals Daedric]] and the [[ReligionOfEvil Sixth House]] Bell Hammers.
** Sunder is a one-handed hammer and one of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Tools of Kagrenac]] necessary to tap into the [[CosmicKeystone Heart of Lorkhan]]. It doubles as one of the most powerful one-handed blunt weapons in the game.
** In ''Tribunal'', the Museum of Mournhold has Stendarr's Hammer. Stendarr is the Aedric Divine God of Mercy and Justice. The hammer is [[AwesomeButImpractical amazingly powerful but also amazingly heavy]], making it impractical for the player to wield. (Even if you buff your Strength enough to pick it up, it breaks after one strike.)

* GutturalGrowler: The voice for all male Dunmer.

* InitiationQuest: While most of the other guilds and factions can be joined simply by talking to one of their leaders, you cannot join the Morag Tong (a legal Dunmeri [[MurderInc assassin's guild]] of {{Professional Killer}}s) at any of their guild halls. Instead, to prove your ability, you must find their top-secret headquarters and seek out the Guildmaster himself. Even then, you must further prove your worth on a trial assassination mission before you're fully in.

* GoWaitOutside: A number of quests require that you leave the area the quest giver is in and wait before you can get another quest out of them. Some, like part of the main quest involving the Ashlanders and one in Bloodmoon involving the Skaal shaman, allow you to simply leave the quest givers hut and come right back in to continue. The most notable is Boethiah's quest to rebuild his shrine. It does actually take about two in-game weeks for the sculptor you've hired to complete the statue. You can just Rest/Wait until you get the journal message that the statue is complete, however, you must first leave the building the sculptor is located in, otherwise, the event flag won't trigger and he won't move to the construction site.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: One Morag Tong quest involves finding a Dark Brotherhood assassin who's gone undercover in the Mages Guild. He stands out in the open dressed completely in black and not even wearing a robe.

* {{Feelies}}: Comes with a full-color map of Vvardenfell done in the style of an in-universe cartographer. Both expansions, ''Tribunal'' and ''Bloodmoon'', likewise come with similar maps of Mournhold and Solstheim, respectively. The ''Game of the Year'' edition comes with all of these.

* HappinessInSlavery: During the main quest, in order to be [[spoiler:named Nerevarine]] by the Zainab Ashkhan, he asks that you bring him the daughter of a Telvanni noble to be his wife. Knowing that this is an ImpossibleTask, the Wise Woman gives you an alternative - buy a slave and pass her off (using fancy clothing and perfume) as a noble. The Ashkhan is happy with the slave and, if you talk to the slave after completing the quest, she reveals herself to be happy with the arrangement as well.

** When Caius [[spoiler:is re-assigned back to Cyrodiil]] he tells you directly, "[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion When the Emperor dies, nine hells're going to break loose.]]"

* {{Lockdown}}: Each of the ThievesGuild OpenSecret "Guild Halls" is putting a plan in place to defend against attack by the rival [[TheSyndicate Camonna Tong]]. The Balmora Guild Hall tasks you with finding a "Master of Security" to rig the [[TotallyNotACriminalFront South Wall Cornerclub]] to be able to "lock down" in this fashion should the Tong attack.

* {{Lockdown}}: Each of the ThievesGuild OpenSecret "Guild Halls" is putting a plan in place to defend against attack by the rival [[TheSyndicate Camonna Tong]]. The Balmora Guild Hall tasks you with finding a "Master of Security" to rig the [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub South Wall Cornerclub]] to be able to "lock down" in this fashion should the Tong attack.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The Thieves' Guild and the Camonna Tong both own various taverns and clubs in the major cities that are used as guild halls, and talking to anyone on the street makes it obvious that their function is an OpenSecret. Averted by the Morag Tong, since despite being assassins, their existence is perfectly legal and they have no need to hide their presence (except for their headquarters in Vivec, which is extremely well hidden).

* DaywalkingVampire: Averted by the Vvardenfell strand of vampires, as they'll actually burn when exposed to the light of the sun. The above mentioned quest is one of the rare exceptions.

* DaylightHorror: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Dhaunayne Aundae (the Ancient of the Aundae clan of vampires.) She sends you to kill a vampire hunter in the city of Ald'ruhn... in broad daylight, as a message that not even the light of the sun will protect enemies of the vampires.

** Crassius Curio, a Councilor of [[ProudMerchantRace Great]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive House]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Hlaalu]]. If the PlayerCharacter wants to advance in House Hlaalu, he ''will'' see them naked first. Regardless of gender. [[AnythingThatMoves Or species]]. To gain his support during the main quest so you can save the world, he'll ask for money to cover his expenses...or, if he likes you (disposition 70+), a kiss. Ultimately downplayed in that, despite his creepy predilections which would easily count as sexual harassment in the real world, he is one of the most {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s in the game and does seem to care deeply about the PC.

** Crassius Curio, Councilor of [[ProudMerchantRace Great]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive House]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Hlaalu]], is one. He's a DepravedBisexual interested in AnythingThatMoves with CampGay dialogue and he can't be all that young, having risen to the top of House Hlaalu [[FantasticRacism as an outlander]].[[note]]This is no small (or quick) accomplishment, even in the most Imperialized Great House.[[/note]] If the PlayerCharacter wants his support in House Hlaalu and in the main quest, he ''will'' want to see the PC naked and can be bribed with a ''kiss'' if he likes the PC enough. That said, he's still one of the [[HonestCorporateExecutive least corrupt]] characters in the game and is a GuileHero ObfuscatingStupidity in order to accomplish his goals, which allows his rivals to think he's just an easily manipulated fool and thus, not one they need to worry about.

* LovableSexManiac: Crassius Curio, a DepravedBisexual with CampGay dialogue who doesn't [[AnythingThatMoves discriminate between gender, race, or even species]] and who also wrote a StylisticSuck pornographic play ("The Lusty Argonian Maid") about a LizardFolk maid with [[HerCodenameWasMarySue a thinly veiled expy of himself as a character]]. He's ''also'' a Councilor of [[ProudMerchantRace Great House Hlaalu]] who is a GuileHero ObfuscatingStupidity while weeding out the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive extreme]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder dangerous]] corruption in the House. Sure, if you want to advance in the House Hlaalu questline or gain his support as Hlaalu Hortator in the main quest, he'll want to see you naked and you'll need to give him a kiss (or bribe him 5000 gold), but he's one of the most supportive and least corrupt characters in the game.

** The in-game book ''Children of the Sky'' is the first in-game mention of the idea of "[[MakeMeWannaShout the Voice]]" in the series and its use by the Nords[[note]]the first mention in the series as a whole is in the "First Edition Pocket Guide to the Empire", a paper booklet included with the ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard Redguard]]'' GaidenGame[[/note]]. Two games later in ''Skyrim'', the Voice shows up in-game and the PlayerCharacter can use it.