

There are some inconsistencies with the races of the children and their parents.They will then begin acting like ghosts and start "finally having fun around here." You have the option to lie, and then pass a speech check (Lie).Unfortunately, you will not be able to do this (as there is no targeted invisibility spell in the game), so they will be disappointed when you refuse, but you can give yourself a spell Fade Other by using the console command: player.addspell 28532 If you cast a spell near a child, he/she will respond by asking you to make them invisible.Despite being unkillable, children do have the "zombie grunt" and death sound files typical of humanoid reanimated targets.In the Creation Kit they are counted as a separate race, similar to how Dremora and the elders are treated.(They will be moved to the Honorhall Orphanage in Riften if this occurs.) Note that some parents may be essential and unkillable until after certain related quests have been completed. "If orphan" means they can be adopted if their parent(s) are killed. ‡"Yes" means they can be adopted immediately. The Dragonborn add-on adds 1 more Nord child. The Hearthfire add-on adds a total of 4 more children (1 from each of the four mentioned races). There are a total of 38 children in Skyrim (3 Bretons, 3 Imperials, 3 Redguards and 29 Nords). They were finally featured in Skyrim though, as stated, they are given special treatment. For this reason, children were not included in either Morrowind or Oblivion (although the idea was brought up for the latter). Children will never engage in battle and will always flee at the first sign of a fight, however, if you use the Rage spell on a child they will engage in fighting.Ĭhildren are present in the game world for increased realism and immersion but the game developers most likely opted for the "immortal" mechanic in order to avoid any "child-killing" controversy. Also, you cannot increase combat or destruction skills by using children as a target. They also cannot be targeted for most other actions, including pickpocketing and feeding. Share the same starting skills as their parentsĪlthough children can be interacted with via quests, dialogue, and various games ( tag, hide and seek), their most striking feature is that they cannot be harmed or killed.Cannot be harmed the attacks only cause visual injuries and can make a child flee.3 List of child NPCs and their locations.
