Skyrim mod makes players debate dragons to kill them

Dragonborn, it’s time to put away your swords and become civilized. Gone are the days of fighting and shouting in Tamriel; now, Skyrim adventurers hoping to defeat mythical flying beasts must come prepared with index cards.

Arguing to the death with a fearsome creature of myth might sound silly, but it’s the premise behind Twitch streamer Blurbs’ latest Skyrim mod. In it, the game will spawn two lecterns that set the stage for a debate about the current geopolitical climate. If that sounds like a shitpost, it kind of is. Blurbs regularly asks his viewers to send him the worst possible ideas for video game mods, and he finds a way to program the suggested mechanics into the game. You might know him from other classics, like the Red Dead Redemption 2 mod where killing an NPC prompts them to tell you their entire life story before they die or the mod that turns Rockstar’s western into a Pokémon game.

In this case, the debate prompts are all based on real-world ideas with a Skyrim twist. The first debate topic shown in the video gives both parties 20 seconds to explain what they think about the possibility that ibuprofen causes vampirism — which makes light of the false claim that Tylenol impacts fetal development. The questions are decided by Twitch chat, and those same viewers get to decide who wins the argument. Whoever loses the debate dies immediately. I’m sure the producers at Jubilee are taking notes as we speak.

Blurbs incorporates multiple mod ideas into one playthrough, so you’ll have to skip to around 6:40 to see the debate mod specifically. It’s worth watching, if only to see how the mod transforms Skyrim‘s iconic dragon attack introduction into something totally unhinged. Amid flames and debris, Blurbs stops to discuss what constitutes free speech in Tamriel. (RIP Charlie Kirk, you would have loved rage-baiting dragons.)

There are other mods at play here, like one where Khajiit behave more like cats do in real life, and one where Twitch chat can send Blurbs courier notes. But even after Blurbs has shown off so many clever ideas across a variety of games, it’s the debate mod that feels the most inspired.