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Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: Trail_Mystic] #1236834
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Originally Posted by Trail_Mystic


"Behold, I am a master of lighting and fire. You will fall before my gahhhaghrrrrg." <---that's the sound my character makes after being one-hit killed. lol




lol

My Destruction is 92, and I'm dead if anything gets too close. I just did the Nightingale quest through a ruin full of high-level Falmer and it was brutal because Karliah and Bynjolf can't sneak as well as they need to, so we always ended up fighting. Though it must be said that I often took a Sneak potion and stayed close to the wall...in the dark...where nobody could see me.... whistle

I finally remembered to pick up Inigo, who is by far the best companion (mod). He's stealthy, and very entertaining and he can't get lost.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Well, I should take my own advice, because Silent Casting was a real boon during the Boethiah quest line. I was finally able to complete Boethia's Calling and obtain the "Ebony Mail", which is working out amazing with a higher sneak skill. Combining that Horrid Wilting spell and the poison damage created by that armor when foes engage you in melee makes close quarters combat much less stressful. The only beings I've come across that aren't impacted by the Horrid Wilting spell are Ash Spawn and related Ash beasties on the Isle of Solstheim. I haven't tried it on Vampires yet, but I'm thinking it might not work since they are immune to disease. Will give it a shot and report back as soon as I come across any of those fanged marauders. grin

Oh, and of the Daedric combat companions you can conjure with the Apocalypse spell sets, the Daedric Champion has proven to be the most useful. While there are more powerful Daedra you can summon, his battleaxe that throws attackers similar to the way the Foos Ro Da shout does, allows him to make short work of even the toughest foes. There are some that don't actually go airborne, but they are sufficiently staggered to allow him to get another good hit or two in before they recover. Before sending him in, I hit the foe(s) with that Horrid Wilting spell, which starts to eat their health. That way they are sufficiently softened up for a power hit from my Champion. Worked really good going up against a bunch of high level Foresworn with a really tough Briarheart. Those guys can be as bad as Deathlords sometimes.


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: Trail_Mystic] #1237056
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Ebony armour? I'm sneaking around in the Arch-mage robes! lol


Somehow I've ended being as proficient in One-handed as I am in Destruction magic. I've been blasting off a few double-handers and moving in for the kill with the Deadric Dagger of Damnation, which traps souls.

I picked up Vigilance for the first time ever, and he's a Good Dog. Tough. Goes after Elder Dragons without thinking about it. Only thing is, he barks all the time, though I don't think he barks if I'm sneaking and there are enemies about.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: hagatha] #1237057
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Originally Posted by hagatha
Ebony armour? I'm sneaking around in the Arch-mage robes! lol


Yeah, the Boethiah Daedric quest is sort of a contradiction. In one hand she wants you to be as stealthy as possible when killing the bandits and her soon to be ex-champion. Then on the other hand, at the end of the quest, the payout is a set of Heavy Armor. The cool thing is that it's more streamlined looking than the standard Ebony armor, and when you drop into a sneak crouch it shrouds you in darkness, obscuring your form to others. Also, when foes get too close while you're in sneak, they get slowly poisoned. So, if you're in a sufficiently dark area a potential attacker can actually die just while looking for you. It's a vanilla piece of armor that can be exploited heavily. The only issue is that it's basically a full time area of effect spell. If you're sneak isn't up to snuff, the poison effect will instantly give you away to an approaching foe. Since I'm sitting in the background sending in conjured beasties and warriors, I don't have to worry about that. Even though I switched to heavy armor, all my other martial skills are below level 20. I've been solely relying on spells. It's been uphill, but now it's paying off at level 42. Once I get my enchanting level up to 100%, and obtain the dual enchantment perk, my mage will be a force of nature. devil


Speaking of enchanting, I ended up engaging the Solestheim quests early just so I could contact the Telvanni wizard Neloth, to train me up to level 90. I hate grinding for enchanting. You can only look at so many iron daggers and lesser soul gems. I also really like Neloth, he's so savagely amoral, his sometimes shocking, offhand comments really crack me up. The voice actor doing that role obviously had fun with it. I also like Solestheim in general because of the Morrowind music and sound of the silt strider calling in the background. So nostalgic smile


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: Trail_Mystic] #1237103
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You know, it's time I started upping my Enchanting skill. By virtue of refilling my enchanted gear I've got myself up to about level 45, but it's one of the skills I usually rely on a lot. I'll also give myself the two Perks in Smithing just so that I can improve my magical gear.

I'm very close to maxing out my Destruction, and my Alteration is up there, too, at Expert level. Alchemy is up there as well, simply because I spend time at the Alchemist table making potions until I run out of ingredients. That's a great way to make money, too.

Lockpicking is at level 98 even without any perks, and Sneak is similarly high without investing any perks.

That original Morrowind music does send me back. The only other time I got really nostalgic over a game's music was in Gothic 2, when you finally head over to the second part of the game, and the original Gothic theme starts to play. Almost like going home.

I might head on over to Solsthiem today -- I'd kind of forgotten about it! It's all lost in a sea of side quests. I do want to finish improving the Thieves' Guild, but I think I'll hang on to that lockpick for a while longer.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: Trail_Mystic] #1237145
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Once I get to 100% for Enchanting, I do the double enchantment on all my armor. Almost makes it too easy until the really high level dragons show up. Speaking of which, have you ever faced off against a Legendary Dragon? I've only encountered one once, right after my character turned level 70. It strafed my character and there was actually a cut scene of my guy getting flattened by the fly-by and then it was gone. I've heard they are the toughest boss in the game, and make Alduin look like a kitty cat.

The only weapon I'm carrying is a Thalmor dagger (mod). Looks just like a standard Elven dagger, except it's black, with gold edging. I was able to accomplish what turns out to be a quad spell-enchantment. I de-enchanted that Dragon Priest's battle axe that does fire damage and soul stealing, which the enchanting table considers a single enchantment. Then added shock, which does both shock/health damage and magicka damage. I call it "The Left Hand of Darkness". Kind of a homage to Ursula K. Le Guin grin It's only good for about 30 hits, but doesn't need much to decimate an opposing mage, even with my low one-handed skill level.


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: Trail_Mystic] #1237146
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The most powerful I've found so far is an Ancient Dragon. Still not too hard with double Lightening and the Highborn perk. MostlyI just avoid getting chewed on.

Hey, in Morrowind I always used to enchant two Deadric daggers and call them the Left Hand of Darkness and the Right Hand of Darkness. One stole health and the other stole souls. Nasty, and very efficient. I switched them out as needed in combat.

I really have to get my Enchanting up. I'm at around 65 now.

Destruction magic is just about to hit 100. a few more Rieklings and it should be there.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: hagatha] #1237428
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Originally Posted by hagatha
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Destruction magic is just about to hit 100. a few more Rieklings and it should be there.



If you haven't already, you can visit Farelda at the College of Winterhold. You'll have a new dialogue option that's something like, "Is there anything more to learn about Destruction magic?" She'll give you a new tome that requires finding certain landmarks around Skyrim and performing specific spells. Once completed, you'll get the first ritual spell and access to others to purchase through her.


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

Re: Let's Play Elder Scrolls - Any Campaign [Re: Trail_Mystic] #1237438
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I did discover that the mages at Winterhold will give you extra magic tomes if you do a special quest later in the game (or maybe it's when you reach a certain level) -- I just got an Alteration spell from Tolfgeir for using that dagger I've found in every single game but have never worked out what quest it's for. Darned thing has cluttered up my inventory for all 3,500 hours of Skyrim! lol I had to use it on a dragon and collect scales.

I'm now at 100 in Destruction, Enchanting, Lockpicking and Sneak (the latter two simply by using the skill). Alteration is close behind, as is Alchemy, with Conjuration closing in on level 75.

I finally ran into an Elder Dragon. My level 54 mage turned it into ashes. evil

Just about finished Dragonborn and now I remember just how good that particular DLC really is. I love those Black Books. I only wish the Stahlrim armour looked better. It's way too clunky to be light armour, and it's really ugly. Otherwise I'd enchant myself a set of mage-type gear with it. I guess I'll have to go with Elven Armour instead -- looks more magey and LOTR.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Originally Posted by hagatha

I finally ran into an Elder Dragon. My level 54 mage turned it into ashes. evil

Just about finished Dragonborn and now I remember just how good that particular DLC really is. I love those Black Books. I only wish the Stahlrim armour looked better. It's way too clunky to be light armour, and it's really ugly. Otherwise I'd enchant myself a set of mage-type gear with it. I guess I'll have to go with Elven Armour instead -- looks more magey and LOTR.



Eventually you'll hit a Revered Dragon. If you engage the Dawnguard DLC, you'll hit them at the lake in the Snow Elves sanctuary once you're over level 40. If not, you've got something like a 20-30% chance of coming on one. They're really colorful, have an usual flat-top, spiked cowl that joins a fluke looking tail, and use the Drain Vitality shout, which stacks. That's the same Shout attack that Legendary dragons use. So if you're not enchanted up or have a ward raised, they can hit you with that should more than once, and you'll see all your main attributes start to drain. Personally, I think they are the coolest looking dragons of the game. Their eyes are kind of creepy too, bulgy and iridescent blue.

Totally agree about the Stahlrim armour. It sort of reminds me of the glass armor in Oblivion. I always thought that was kind of dumb looking. One of the mods I've got, introduces a new crafting material called "Glacial Crystal" that allows you to craft Skyrim style glass armor, but with the same color texture as Stahlrim. Looks pretty cool. I'll have to track down which mod that is, too many to remember. lol



I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

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Dragons are starting to buzz around like flies now so I've been using the mod that turns Souls into Perk Points.

In my first game I had almost all of the Shouts and rarely used them. This time I'm being more choosey with the Shouts and only activating the ones that look really useful. I really would like to find the third level of Slow Time. I like that one -- use it a lot.

I've decided I really don't like the way the Shouts are accessed. In the heat of battle I know what spells I have in my quick slots, but you still have to go and look for the shouts in your Favourites menu. If they'd put them all in one place it would be a snap, but they're scattered through the Favourites with your spells, making it hard to distinguish them.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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OK, so at level 49 and came across that Nordic Ruin with the legions of Deathlords, it's Forelhost. It's that one where the guy who's faking being either an Imperial officer or a Stormcloak, says he needs someone to retrieve the Dragon Priest's mask for the war effort. If you hit it at high levels it is freakin' challenging especially if you do it solo. On average I would say that 70% of the Draugrs are Deathlords, the rest are similar high-level undead. At one point, you hit a Draugr Overlord backed by two Deathlords, then deeper into the tomb, you'll hit a nasty trap that backs you up against a minimum of 6 Deathlords, about half of which are equipped with two-handed ebony weapons. The final boss fight has a Dragon Priest level foe, backed by 4 Deathlords, yay! lol If it wasn't for the potions I had, and my continual use of Greater Ward I never would have made it to the end. It's one of the few tombs that is really leveled for a super well equipped player.


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

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Forelhost, huh? I don't know if I've done that quest. I'm at level 56 or something now. Might be worth checking it out., though I'm not sure about solo. I might take Inigo. I'm still using him. His carry limit seems to be pretty high, and his dialogue is really good, some it even situation-specific. He also hangs out with my kids and plays with them when I'm at home. All around, the best companion mod out there.

I just finished off Miraak. The first time I tried this fight years ago I struggled with that darned dragon flight for hours. Never really did get the hang of it and my dragon ended up dead anyway. This time I just hopped off and started shooting spells. It was still a tough go but I finally got his health down far enough to end it. Solstheim is now pretty much done so I'll start ferrying all my stuff back to the mainland.

I've got all the houses, just building the last one from Hearthfire now. It's the best way to build up up the Armourer skill. The building is the one place I'm willing to use cheats. I like the houses; I don't like going back and forth for crafting items. I just code them in, and hey presto: a house!

Now I'm working on making Light armour to enchant, since I've got my Enchanting skill up t o 100 and my Alchemy is high enough to give me a decent boost in Enchanting potions. Also made a very nasty bow that does three types of elemental damage and paralyzes the victim. It's horribly overpowered. grin






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Originally Posted by hagatha


Now I'm working on making Light armour to enchant, since I've got my Enchanting skill up t o 100 and my Alchemy is high enough to give me a decent boost in Enchanting potions. Also made a very nasty bow that does three types of elemental damage and paralyzes the victim. It's horribly overpowered. grin


Got to love those one-hit kill bows when you're in sneak. I used to intentionally keep my bows vanilla except for improving their quality in Oblivion, because it cracked me up so hard when your sneak skill was super high, and you'd hit a bandit in the head and he's running around with the arrow sticking out of the back of his head saying, "Hmmm, must have been the wind" lol


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

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Yes, this particular bow is pretty much one-hit, and if it doesn't kill immediately there's that green slow-mo fall to the ground.

I made the huge mistake of selecting the perk that makes your conjured bows steal souls, which means most of my Grand Soul gems end up with some pretty useless souls in them. Wish there was a way of un-selecting just one perk, but I've never found a mod that would do that.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Originally Posted by hagatha
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I made the huge mistake of selecting the perk that makes your conjured bows steal souls, which means most of my Grand Soul gems end up with some pretty useless souls in them. Wish there was a way of un-selecting just one perk, but I've never found a mod that would do that.



Open the console with the tilde key [~] then type the following: player.removeperk d799e

That should removed the Soul Stealer perk. grin


I feel a lot more like I do now, then when I first got here

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Yay! Thanks!


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So, I'm now level 65 and having a really hard time finding any new locations. I know there are some I haven't discovered because I don't have all the shouts, so it's time to do some research. I think there are a few places near Riften that are as yet undiscovered, and I haven't started Dawnguard.

I took the plunge and went Legendary on my Destruction skill a while back. It's already back up to 65. That's with training, though.

Still travelling with Inigo (absolutely the best companion mod, bar none!) and my dog Vigilance. Inigo interacts with the dog and the children and has situation-specific commentary, and it's not always the same conversation, by any stretch. I just overheard him having a long back-and-forth conversation with my daughter about her plans to become an adventurer. Last time we were out and about he told Vigilance to stop bothering him and go play with a mammoth.

Named dragons have started attacking me. I almost feel bad killing them; they talk, or I suppose I should say they're taunting me.


I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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What difficulty level are you playing at? Once I get to around 50 or so I usually up my difficulty about every 5-10 levels, until I'm at Legendary. Mainly because I want to come across a Legendary dragon and you have a higher probability of hitting one at that difficulty level - plus the loot you get is awesome. I got the bug awhile ago when that one strafed a high level character sending him through the air in a cut scene that was somewhat embarrassing. The dragon didn't even stop to do battle, it just up-ended me with the turbulence from it's wings and flew away chortling, how rude! lol My understanding is that some named, legendary dragons have a wing beat that's equivalent to the Unrelenting Force shout, and the thu'um attack they use is a high caliber Drain Vitality shout. So basically the biggest boss of the game. It's better to ease into that difficulty level, because it's a bit disconcerting when you're used to dropping high-level bandits like they're nothing and then after upping the difficulty you watch your health get knocked in half by a battle axe swing from a Bandit Chief - Yipe, Yipe, Yipe, Yipe lol


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I'm probably playing yer basic level.

Since Dragons are now as easy to kill as anything else, maybe I will up the difficulty level. Otherwise when dragons show up it's more of an annoyance than anything else, like especially large Cliff Racers.

EDIT: I was playing on Adept, and with companions. I thought I was on Expert. I suspect I lowered the difficulty to Adept for a tough quest and then forgot.

Anyway, I left my friends behind and cranked it up to Expert, went into a Dwarven ruin. Um, yeah, I'm gonna need some better armour. My mage has branched out a lot and is also a decent fighter as a last resort, but that Legendary Blackguard armour just won't cut it now. A Dwarven Sphere Master just took me out in three swipes. Too funny! I blasted it with Lightening a couple of times and took out my two deadly daggers for the kill but it got me first. No contest. lol Looks like I'm back to sneaking around a lot and sniping from any high place I can find. Conjured helpers will come in handy, too.

Fortunately I'm also well-stocked with high-level potions and can get past just about any fight if I prep properly.

I find it interesting that Bend Will works on the Dwarven automata, though. It makes things a lot easier because they freeze up. It's very effective on lower and mid-level dragons, of course, and even some of the harder ones as well. I might try Dragon Aspect for a change of pace.

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Originally Posted by hagatha


I find it interesting that Bend Will works on the Dwarven automata, though. It makes things a lot easier because they freeze up. It's very effective on lower and mid-level dragons, of course, and even some of the harder ones as well. I might try Dragon Aspect for a change of pace.



WOW! That is interesting. I've never tried an attack like that on the automata. I wonder if any of the Illusion spells like Fury might work on them if your level is high enough? Hmmm, may have to give that a try.

Yeah, it's amazing how much difference one bump-up on the difficulty slider can make. When I first pushed it up to Legendary I was immediately beset upon by a group of 4 Bandit Chiefs, who were suddenly just casually walking down the road in front of me. Every one in heavy armor, every one carrying either a Daedric or Ebony two handed weapon. My dude lasted about 1/2 a second. I was like ooookaaaaay.... Time to rethink my strategy here. grin


Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention. I can't remember which dragon type it is, but one of them has some kind of pounce attack when you're at Legendary. It might be a Legendary, but I didn't get to see it cuz my character died too fast. There was a dragon shadow that flew over, then a BOOM! I saw claws and wings and the kill shot music came up and my previous save loaded. So, yeah - You get a little paranoid after awhile. It makes Alchemy a true requirement for buffing armor crafting and enchantments.

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I always get my Alchemy, Enchanting and Smithing up to 100 as fast as I can. I don't necessarily use all the Perks, though.

Even on Adept I abandoned the Arch-Mage Robes a long time back in favour of more sneakage, but I have crafted some decent mage-based Armour and stashed it in one of my houses. I made the mistake of giving Inigo my Double-Enchanted Legendary Elven Breastplate that gives 68% faster Magic Regeneration for safekeeping. I might go back and nab it from him.

Looking forward to the next Dragon Attack. lol

EDIT: SO, much more fun on a higher level. I do remember having to be far more tactical earlier on in the game. Even so, that OP bow of mine is pretty deadly especially if the attacking dragon is also affected by Bend Will. I haven't run into any truly powerful ones yet, though.

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So apologies, I need to correct a couple things I mentioned about Legendary Dragons. First is that they won't appear for actual combat unless your character is at level 78, but will make themselves known once you are in the 70's. They start at level 75, while this is slightly lower than your character when they first engage combat, a dragon's attributes and powers are proportionately higher than a mortals, so they have a natural advantage. Also, they aren't active unless you have the DLC Dawnguard loaded since that's where they were introduced to the game. You don't have to engage the quest, just have the DLC activated.

The two high-power dragons that could give you a strong battle are Black and Reds, Tan and Reds and Revered Dragons. The first two look a lot like Elder Dragons, except they can be 10-20 levels higher than the player. Revered Dragons are varied in their power, so you might hit one that goes down with some difficulty, and a little while later have one that decimates you because it's nearly 30 levels higher than your character. This is especially true between character levels 30-60. They tend to level off at level 60, but like Legendary Dragons, their powers are proportionately higher than mortals at the same level.

I restarted the game because I wasn't happy with my mage build. Now, with this newest build I sort of got lost on how I wanted to develop him so he's sort of a "jack of all trades, master of none", which is making most combat quite difficult. I started leveling up his magic skills, just cuz I was used to using it from the last build, then switched over to martial skills. As a result, I'm leveling kind of quickly, but none of my skills are equivalent to the foes I'm encountering. Says a lot about targeting a specific character build type for a successful protagonist.... I like stealth, but it can be fun charging in facing multiple foes.

I'm also getting the grey-head bug all of a sudden on a couple NPC's. Funny thing is that one of my mods that wasn't working is going great now. Moar Dragons, makes you encounter dragons right from the start of the game, prior to engaging the main quest. Prior to the start of this game I thought something was wrong with the mod, because it really wasn't producing dragons over my last few builds. Now all of a sudden I'm getting them pretty regularly. I have my mod manager set for auto-updates, I'm wondering if an update just came through that requires a load order adjustment that hasn't been caught yet. Well, just have to carry on.... grin


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I'm still soldiering on with my current character using a mixture of magic and weaponry. My levels in Conjuration, Alteration, Restoration and Destruction are pretty high, and I'm at Expert level in Archery and One-handed in the daggers branch. I'm finding that using double daggers, crafted and enchanted to maximum wickedness, are very handy for the close-up kill, though I have to be very careful if I have Vigilance with me because he can get in the way.

For some reason my rotten kids have not asked me if they can keep Vigilance, so I can't really stash him at my house. I keep refusing their requests to keep nasty little creatures like skeevers and foxes, smelly little things I don't want in my house, so you'd think they'd be all over a dog, but no. As my level gets higher I'm having to watch out for him too much and sometimes he ends up in a little dead heap, so maybe it's time he went back to the breeder in Markarth.

I have had a few Revered Dragons. I guess I haven't hit any really powerful ones yet but I've been hopping around cleaning up quests and haven't really run into any dragons at all lately. I'm running low on souls, so it's time to head out.

I've only hit one mod that really messed up, fortunately. I just finished Helgen Reborn, which was okay. I like the rebuilt town, anyway.

The one quest I can never, ever get to work properly is the Radiant quest lines that end up with the house purchase dialogue in Riften. I've never owned that house. Even with cheating and walkthroughs I have yet to get that dialogue. Weird.


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Originally Posted by hagatha

The one quest I can never, ever get to work properly is the Radiant quest lines that end up with the house purchase dialogue in Riften. I've never owned that house. Even with cheating and walkthroughs I have yet to get that dialogue. Weird.



That is sort of a weird one. The best way is to complete the skooma dealer quest that eventually comes up after you help the female Argonian in Riften overcome her addiction by giving her a health potion. If you ask her where she gets her Skooma a little later on, it will open up that quest line. Once you finish that quest, the dialogue option will open with the Jarl saying something like, "Is there anything else I can do my Jarl?" that will trigger the Thane option requiring you to help a certain number of people in Riften. After that, you should be able to purchase Honeyside from the Jarl's Wood Elf steward.

Some of the people who need help include the Nord Blacksmith who needs 10 "pinches" of fire salts for his forge, and the Dark Elf meat seller who needs 5 portions of Ice Wraith teeth for the preservative she makes to keep her meat fresh. Then there's the stable hand who needs you to talk Sapphire out of collecting an unfair debt from him. I think helping the Argonian counts for one as well. There's also the Dark Elf vendor who wants to know more about his background. He's the same guy that the Thieves guild makes you set-up for theft, so not really an option if you've already done that to him. Then of course there's Mjoll the Lioness and her lost sword.


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