History Morrowind / TropesMToR

* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Dagoth Ur can manipulate and corrupt people in their dreams; the exact degree varies, resulting in Ascended Sleepers, Sleepers, Dreamers, etc.

* RiddleForTheAges: The disappearance of the Dwemer is the longest-standing mystery of Morrowind lore. It doesn't help that pretty much every cultural group of the time recorded [[RashomonStyle significantly different accounts]] of what happened during the Battle of Red Mountain, when their disappearance supposedly took place. Even Vivec and Dagoth Ur, who were alive for it, have only theories. Most agree that it had something to do with the Dwemer fiddling around too much with the Heart of Lorkhan, but how or why it happened, or where they disappeared to (if anywhere), may never be definitively answered.

* MobWar: There is an ongoing conflict between the [[TheSyndicate ruthless, murderous]] [[TheMafia native gangsters]] in the Camonna Tong and the Imperial import ThievesGuild. While all-out war is not something either side can afford, the conflict is still nasty enough that even the usually violence-averse Guild orders Tong operatives to be killed and are in the process of outfitting their [[TotallyNotACriminalFront meeting places]] with deadly traps and guards.

* MobWar: There is an ongoing conflict between the [[TheSyndicate ruthless, murderous]] [[TheMafia native gangsters]] in the Camonna Tong and the Imperial import ThievesGuild. While all-out war is not something either side can afford, the conflict is still nasty enough that even the usually violence-averse Guild orders Tong operatives to be killed and are in the process of outfitting their [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub meeting places]] with deadly traps and guards.

* MrExposition: Subverted in the main quest, as the game gives you several Mr. Exposition type characters (Caius, Azura, Vivec, Dagoth Ur, the Temple giving a different account than Vivec...plus you can do your own research with some in-game texts) all of whom [[TheRashomon contradict eachother]]. There are strong hints that Azura, Vivec, and Dagoth Ur have their own motives for lying (or at least not being entirely truthful) and you're [[TheUnreveal never told outright which one was right]]. A lot is left to personal interpretation.

* PteroSoarer: The Cliff Racers resemble pteradactyls.

*** The [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemy]] systems allows you to turn raw ingredients into potions. Find a merchant with an unlimited supply of a few ingredients with the same effect, buy them, brew them into a potion, and then sell it for greater than the price of the ingredients. The only thing keeping it from being an unlimited source of money is that merchants only have a set amount of gold to barter with which resets each day, but a few sessions of grinding money in this way will set you up for a long time.
*** Most outdoor crates and urns in cities can be looted without issue. Most contain low end vendor trash, but considering many towns have dozens of these containers (including the second town you are likely to visit, Balmora,) taking the time to dig through every one can really add up for a new player.
*** Filled soul gems regularly sell for 20-30 times the cost of the unfilled gem. One common way of grinding money is to buy up all of the unfilled gems you can find, acquire or craft a weapon with Soul Trap on strike, then travel though the country side killing every creature you come across. This will fill the gems that you can then sell for a huge profit.

** Played straight with the game's various Daedric helms.

* ObviousBeta: The game itself was relatively stable at release for a Bethesda title. Bugs and glitches were certainly present, but, in a major step up from ''Daggerfall'', you could at least complete all of the major questlines without significant issue. However, the two major expansion packs, ''Tribunal'' and ''Bloodmoon'', badly conflicted with one another. Installing ''Bloodmoon'' after ''Tribunal'' (as most people did since ''Tribunal'' came out first) caused an "endless loop" dialogue bug with a major ''Tribunal'' character, cutting off the final 80% of the expansion's main quest line. A fan patch was released which largely took care of this until Bethesda released their own, which just created loads of new problems. The GameOfTheYearEdition finally, thankfully, resolved the majority of these issues.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: Vivec is a huge fan of statements like this, and uses them liberally in his speech and throughout his writings.
** The first 12 of the 36 Sermons of Vivec are standout examples of this trope, since their literal narrative is almost complete nonsense. However when read metaphorically they can be seen as both an oblique account of Vivec's rise to divine awareness and messages meant for the player/Nerevarine.

* ThePoorlyChosenOne: During part of the main quest, the [[PlayerCharacter Nerevarine]] visits the Cave of the Incarnate and speaks to the spirits of several Dunmer who tried to be the Nerevarine in the past. They all died before they could fulfill the prophecy. (It's implied that there isn't one true [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] Nerevarine, but that [[MultipleChoiceChosen anyone who fits the initial criteria]] could ''become'' the Nerevarine. These people fit the initial criteria, but died before they could fulfill the prophecy.)

* RelationshipValues: very NPC has a Disposition toward the player, ranging on a scale from 0 to 100. A high disposition will make [=NPCs=] more likely to share information, give quests, and will make prices better if the NPC is a merchant. It is determined by factors including the player's race, Personality attribute, Speechcraft skill, Reputation stat, and allegiance to any guilds or factions. Disposition can be raised permanently by [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribing]] or admiring the NPC, raised temporarily by intimidating the NPC (which is easier to do than admiring), or lowered to the point where the NPC may [[PracticalTaunt attack you by taunting them]]. Success for each is determined by your Speechcraft skill and, in the case of bribes, the amount you offer.

* RomanceSidequest: there is an exclusive quest chain available for male characters where you can enter a romance with a Khajiit thief named Ahnassi, doing favours for her and receiving gifts in return. At the end of the chain, she will give you the key to her house and ask you to move in with her. There is no corresponding quest for female characters, the closest equivalent to one for them is the Dunmer gentleman bandit Nels Llendo encountered on the road. Rather than try to rob you as he would a male character, he will instead be quite smitten by a female PC and will let you pass without a fight, and will also politely ask for a kiss which you can choose to accept or not.