Cannibalism DLC

Cannibalism DLC

	One addition to Skyrim Online that will not be available at first is being a cannibal. It is not implemented immediately so more attention to other aspects of the game can be completed, and also to add a new feature later to increase the lifespan of the game. Cannibalism adds the effect to eat the flesh from dead bodies from looting, and gains health and stamina bonuses.

Becoming a Cannibal: The only way to become a cannibal is to equip the DLC item Ring of Namira. This item does not work like soul gems and lockpicks, in that it cannot be pickpocketed or looted from enemies. Only the player will have the effects of the Ring of Namira, and it works more like adding an active effect rather than an item.

Ring of Namira: Being a cannibal starts as having negative effects, but those penalties become advantages with the more flesh eaten. The Ring of Namira adds the following effects:
>-30 Max Health
>-30 Max Stamina
>-30% Health regeneration
>-20% Stamina regeneration
>+20 max health and max stamina (capped at +80) and +10% health regeneration (capped at +50%) when feeding.

Feeding: Instead of looting bodies, cannibals can only eat the flesh off them. This does not count as looting, thus other players can still loot the body, and enemies that have been pickpocketed can still be eaten. Dead bodies can only be fed on once.

Cannibal Strategy: Cannibals start off with 30 less health and stamina, as well as less health and stamina regeneration, but these factors increase with the more dead bodies being fed on. After the cannibal has fed on four bodies, the bonus compared to normal is +50 health, +50 stamina, and 20% faster health regeneration. The stamina regeneration penalty is stuck at 20% slower than normal, which makes the increased stamina not as rewarding. Having lower health and stamina at first makes the cannibal vulnerable, and the player must work up to the bonuses. After feeding only twice, the negatives of the ring are removed and the player will have +10 max health and stamina already.
	Because feeding replaces looting, the gold income for cannibals is hindered. This can be avoided by pickpocketing, which will give even more gold and higher chances of stealing items as well as still being able to eat the flesh of the pickpocketed enemy. Being a cannibal favors the warrior play style, which does not mind the lack of gold from no longer looting, and enjoys the higher the health and stamina bonuses.