so was i just supposed to only learn about how amazing skeevers looked before bethesda-brand laziness kicked in by googling the buggers?
This is the original concept and concept art by Ray Lederer
AND OH MY GOD IT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTUAL SPECULATIVE ANIMAL
A unique species of rodent unlike the ones we are familiar with, but which is still quite visibly of the order rodentia / skeevera family!
And it was originally supposed to have healthy and diseased states!
But all we got were the diseased ones that make them all look like fucked up giant grey rats??
Disappointing! They couldn’t put in the extra effort of making them 2 separate npcs, for how often skeevers show up in the game?
Like, even the retexture mods (and Skritch) claiming to make them healthier still give them bare legs, bare bellies, lesions, and a boring, dull grey coat!










