Licences¶
Licences are the signature SexLab Survival system. In this version of Skyrim a woman is not simply free to carry a sword, wear clothes, cast a spell or run a shop — she must buy a permit for the privilege. It is the mechanical spine of the mod's misogyny and inequality theme: ordinary actions become paperwork, and paperwork costs coin.
How it works¶
- You buy licences from officials and vendors — the sort of people who can issue or sell a permit. Each licence type covers one category of behaviour.
- Lacking a licence gets you noticed. Guards harass women who are doing something they have no permit for, and confiscation follows: a woman carrying a weapon with no arms permit can have it taken; a naked woman with no dress permit is fair game for harassment.
- Licences can expire. A permit you bought is not forever — let it lapse and you are back to being unlicensed, with all the attention that brings. Keep an eye on your permits before walking into a guarded city.
Licence types¶
SLS issues a permit for nearly everything a free person would take for granted. Each is a separate licence with its own price and expiry:
| Licence | Covers |
|---|---|
| Weapon | Carrying or drawing a weapon |
| Armor | Wearing armour |
| Clothes | Wearing clothing at all |
| Bikini | Wearing bikini / skimpy armor (see Bikini Armors) |
| Magic | Casting spells |
| Whore | Selling sex / prostitution |
| Curfew | Being out and about after curfew |
| Freedom | Moving and acting as an unattached free woman |
| Property | Owning a home or property |
Clothes, armour and bikini are separate permits
Being "dressed" isn't one licence — clothing, armour and skimpy/bikini armor are each licensed on their own. A woman can be permitted to wear a bikini but not full armour, and each permit expires independently.
Thaneship interacts with the system too, via the Thaneship Choice and Thaneship Random options — whether your standing as a thane exempts you from certain permits, and whether that is decided by you or left to chance.
Being caught unlicensed compounds
Confiscation, harassment and the fines that follow feed the wider economy. Losing a confiscated weapon or paying your way out of trouble drains the same coin you need for tolls and inn rooms — so an expired permit can snowball fast.
Buy before you enter
Guards are concentrated at city gates and inside walls. Sort your permits before passing a gate, not after a guard has already flagged you.
Configuring¶
The licence system spans two MCM pages, Licences 1 and Licences 2. Which permits are required, what they cost, how long they last before expiring, and the thaneship options all live there. If you want a lighter run, raise licence durations, lower their prices, or disable individual licence types on those pages. To play without the system at all, switch the licence requirements off there rather than uninstalling — the rest of SLS keeps working.