Terry Pratchett played the elder scrolls games, and someone once made a mod at his request that lets you de-aggro goblins so that you can chill in their camps without fighting them

That sounds like him

I wonder if that’s what led to Unseen Academicals

if not Unseen Academicals, it certainly sounds like Snuff

he wanted to play a character who studies goblin anthropology

oh he was like, friends with a famous modder, right?

she made him a "guide" npc mod that would help compensate for his memory problems towards the end

oh...

....oh

/sniffle

The story behind the Oblivion mod Terry Pratchett wo...