I spoke with another dev and was given the go-ahead to do some some work on this claim. Until we figure out how to go about merging this quest into the master files, I’m going to be putting the dialogue up here for review.
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Changelog
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v1.0.0
--all basic dialogue has been written
--some coding markups included
--needs code for Rother attacking other NPCs
--needs code/dialogue for quest updating on successful pickpocket
--needs name of warehouse Rother’s cargo might be stored in (and/or place where the bottles of mazte can be found)
--locations of Porcilla and Ragosh need confirming so accurate directions to them can be given
--may need extra dialogue topics to tie up loose ends
--policy on using NPC names in dialogue? First name, last name, both?
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Journal Entries
Name: Oh What Customs!
Stage 10 (title)
I met a gloomy Indoril oathman on the docks of Old Ebonheart. His cargo has been unfairly confisticated. Rother Nerevyn asked me to talk to Porcilla Dythos about it.
Stage 20
Porcilla Dythos claims Rother Nerevyn’s shipping manifest failed to include three extra bottles of Mazte contained in the cargo. The Census and Excise Office impounded it within the ((name of warehouse)) until a more thorough inspection can be completed.
Stage 25 (failed)
Rother Nerevyn lost his temper, and attacked a Census and Excise agent.
Stage 30
Rother Nerevyn believes Ragosh gro-Matog can help him correct the error in the shipping manifest. He asked me to speak with him about the extra three bottles of mazte. He can be found ((directions))
Stage 40
I helped Ragosh gro-Matog make the extra three bottles of Mazte disappear. I should inform Porcilla Dythos there’s no reason to continue holding Rother’s Nerevyn’s cargo.
Stage 50
Porcilla Dythos has released Rother Nerevyn’s cargo from impoundment. I should go tell him the good news!
Stage 60 (complete)
Rother Nerevyn was very happy to have his cargo back. He’s given me the blessing of his House and some gold as a reward.
Part 1, meeting Rother Nerevyn
Greeting 5 (Rother Nerevyn, journal stage >10)
Hello, outlander. I suppose you’ve come to harass me with Imperial bureaucracy as well, have you? Dagon take those wretched s’wits.
Imperial bureaucracy (diposition under 60)
They’ve made a fetching mess of it, I’ll tell you that. But what would an outlander like you care? Leave me to my troubles.
Imperial bureaucracy (60+)
I am an oathman to the Great House Indoril, and as bad fortune would have it, a shipmaster under Imperial law. My cargo has been confisticated, and my ship, the Pious Toiler, was forced to sail away without it. How am I supposed to make a profit now, I ask you? That Porcilla Dythos has always had it out for us Tribunal-fearing Dunmer. But you...you have a charismatic look about you. Perhaps you can help her see reason?
--Choice 1 “Yes, I will help you.”
--Choice 2 “No, I’m not getting involved.”
Imperial bureaucracy (Choice 1)
Almalexia bless your good sense, outlander. Go, speak to Porcilla Dythos about my confisticated cargo. She can be found ((directions)).
--Journal Update 10
Imperial bureaucracy (Choice 2)
Outlanders, all the fetching same. Get on with you, then!
--Disposition drops 30 points
confisticated cargo
She claims it was illegal, but I tell you, it all perfectly legitimate goods! And now I’ve lost the profit off the whole lot, thanks to these incompentent Census and Excise agents.
Porcilla Dythos
She is the chief clerk of the Census and Excise office. A dried up old cliffracer, that’s what she is!
Pious Toiler
She’s no swift river strider on the water, but she gets the job done. What more can anyone ask a humble servant of the Tribunal? That is why I named her the Pious Toiler.
Part 2, talking to Porcilla
Greeting 5 (Porcilla Dythos)
Move along, move along. Oi! %PCrace! You’re holding up the line! I’ve got fifteen requests to dock in the past three days, and they aren’t getting processed any quicker with you badgering me!
confisticated cargo (under disposition 65)
What? What’s this about? That Indoril oaf Rother Nerevyn? I already told him. Illegal cargo means no rights to dock! Signed, stamped, and sealed. Now move along.
confisticated cargo (disposition 65+)
Oh, very well, I’ll tell you more about it, but only because I have a few minutes to spare. The cargo I confisticated from Rother Nerevyn had three bottles of mazte more than what was indicated in the shipping manifest. Officially, that makes the entire cargo suspect, and we impounded it to give it a more thorough inspection later.
--Journal Update 20
more thorough inspection (disposition >80)
Let me tell you something, %PCrace, and maybe it’ll help you in the romance department as well. When an Imperial woman says later? She really means never. I don’t expect that cargo will move from its place in the ((name of warehouse)) anytime soon.
more thorough inspection (Disposition 80+)
I’ll be honest with you, the cargo contained no contraband or dangerous items. But the law is clear, and if the shipping manifest does not match the cargo, then it must be confisticated for a proper inspection. I don’t care. You shouldn’t either. Great House Indoril could use a few knocks down off their throne, if you ask me.
Great House Indoril
These Great House Dunmer make me so mad. Sure, their strange living gods signed the Armistice, making them an official part of the Empire under our law, but do they care? They’d probably still be trading bug husks out of their filthy ash wallows if wasn’t for trade with the rest of the Empire! Ingrates.
Part 3, back to Rother
Greeting 5 (journal stage 10)
Ah, %PCname! Have you gotten to the bottom of the issue with my confisticated cargo yet?
confisticated cargo (update 20)
She...she SAID WHAT?!?
--Choice 1 “Whoa, calm down.”
confisticated cargon (choice 1)
Calm down. You want me to...Calm. DOWN?! Do you KNOW how much that shipment cost me to get here? Do you know how much money I will lose if I can’t trade it off within the month?! All for the sake of THREE BOTTLES OF MAZTE??
--disposition drops by 20 points
--Choice 2 “There still might be some way to resolve this.”
--Choice 3 “I’m not getting involved any further with this. It’s your problem now.”
--Choice 3 “I said, calm down! It’s just a discrepancy in your shipping manifest!”
confisticated cargo (Choice 2)
Yes...yes...forgive me, %PCname. I lost sight of myself for a moment there. By Vivec, if those bottles would just disappear, this whole issue could be cleared right up! Say...wait a minute. That gives me an idea. %PCname, would you be willing to take care of those three bottles of mazte for me?
confisticated cargo (choice 3)
I’ve had enough! The Imperials have gone far enough this time, and by Boethiah, there WILL be a reckoning!
--forced Goodbye
--Rother attacks one of the C&E agents ((coding phrase needed))
--journal update 25
three bottle of mazte
I believe I saw that Ragosh gro-Matog making off with the bottles, for “safekeeping”, he said. He seems to be rather more reasonable than Porcilla Dythos. Why don’t you go speak to him? He’s ((directions))
--journal update 30
--disposition increases by 30
Part 4, talking to Ragosh gro-Matog
Greeting 5 (Ragosh gro-Matog, always)
Greetings, citizen. If you’re on official business, you’ll have to speak to Porcilla Dythos. She’s the head clerk around here. If you’re here on less official business, you’d better keep it discreet.
confisticated cargo (journal update >30)
I don’t know anything about that. Talk to Porcilla Dythos.
confisticated cargo (journal update 30)
Now that you mention it, I do recall there was a problem with the shipping manifest. The cargo had three bottle of mazte--three bottles too many.
three bottles of mazte (journal update 30, disposition >60)
Oh, no you don’t. I have a very important location to put these. VERY important.
three bottles of mazte (journal update 30, disposition 60+)
Let’s say the wee %PCrace has caught my attention about the three bottles of mazte. What does the wee %PCrace want to do about it, mm?
--Choice 1 “How about a fair fight for them?”
--Choice 2 “The extra bottles were an honest mistake. Rother Nerevyn did nothing wrong, and you Imperials have no right to punish him so!”
--Choice 3 “You know, those three bottles of mazte were not listed anywhere. No one will miss them.”
three bottle of mazte (choice 1)
Normally? I would accept. I like a good fight. But while I’m here, I represent the Census and Excise Office, and they look down on fighting. I’m not losing my job over some crybaby Dunmer and his booze.
three bottles of mazte (choice 2)
Do you hear that, %PCrace? It’s the sound of a little violin. Not my problem, pal.
three bottles of mazte (choice 3)
What are you saying?
--Choice 4 “Only that you and I can have a round, courtesy of the Census and Excise Office. No one will be wiser.”
--Choice 5 “If you give them to me, I’ll be sure not to mention your involvement in their disappearance.”
three bottles of mazte (choice 4)
Wait. Ha. Ha ha! I think I like you, %PCname. Okay, here’s one for me, one for you, another for me…
--Choice 7 [Drink with Ragosh.]
three bottles of mazte (choice 5)
Surrrrrrre. And Miss Porcilla Dythos will fall in love with a Dres council member one day. Nothing doing, $PCrace.
--Choice 4 “And if I involve you in the disappearance itself? Care to drink with me?”
--Choice 2 “You and Porcilla Dythos both know that confisticaitng the cargo over three bottles of mazte is unfair.”
--Choice 6 “I give up.”
three bottles of mazte (choice 6)
That’s right, run away crying, little %PCrace. More mazte for me!
three bottle of mazte (choice 7)
Hic! Well, I’ll give that spineless Dunmer one thing, he has a good eye for booze. Tell our friend his confisticated cargo problem is all taken care of. And also tell him that he owes me another round sometime…
--Choice 8 “Thanks, I will.”
three bottle of mazte (choice 8)
Oh yeah, and you’d better tell Porcilla Dythos the good news, too. Otherwise she’ll sit on that cargo like a mother hen on her eggs. It’s a wonder they haven’t fired her yet. Hic!
--journal update 40
Part 5, back to Porcilla Dythos
(same greeting as before)
confisticated cargo (quest 40)
I know what you did. I’m not terribly happy about it, but what is done is done.
three bottle of mazte (quest stage 40)
Gone? Hmph! Well, without those three extra bottles. Rother Nerevyn’s cargo now checks out. There’s no longer any legal justification for keeping it here. He’s one lucky fetcher... Tell him he has twenty-four hours to get that swill out of my warehouse, or I’ll dump it in the sea for him.
--Goodbye
--quest update 50
Part 6, Rother Nerevyn will be pleased
Greeting 5 (quest update 30+)
Was Ragosh gro-Matog of any help? Those three bottles of mazte have got to disappear.
three bottles of matze (update 50)
This is wonderful news! I thank you, and Great House Indoril thanks you. Almsivi bless your steps.
--journal update 60
--gold reward: 250
-- +10 House Indoril rep
--disposition increases by 20 points
Loose ends
For any misc. topics that might need to be added. Nothing to see here yet.
2016-01-19 04:30
2 years 8 months ago
Here are a few thoughts on the dialogue. Overall. this looks very good – a real pleasure to read. My concerns are only minor ones.
- I think it should be made clearer that – as an Oathman – Rother Nerevyn is not an actual Indoril, but merely a servant of House Indoril. It’s an important distinction that someone (probably Gnomey) could explain better than me.
- “Tribunal-fearing” sounds too clearly Christian to me, and I’m not sure the Dunmer would even use “fear” to describe their relationship with their Gods.
- Oi! also strikes me as out of place in Elder Scrolls dialogue.
- I’m not fond of using all-caps when writing – exclamation points can get the point across nicely enough.
2014-01-08 21:55
1 month 2 weeks ago
I never thought that this quest could be this funny. Great work!
A minor thing I’d like to change is that some of the player character’s responses could be a bit more plain and simplified to leave something for the player to imagine, though I know it’s difficult especially in a dialogue driven quest like this.
For example:
I agree with Parker’s points, except for the Oi! bit. I think it works within Porcilla Dythos’ way of speaking. There’s something hilariously Monty Python-esque about the dialogue you’ve written for her.
2015-08-10 20:50
2 weeks 6 days ago
First, as to Rother Nerevayn being an Indoril Oathman as Yeti pointed out: Indoril retainers generally don’t seek profit through trade, (actual Indoril, the nobility, generally don’t trade at all, at most exchanging gifts with each other), but merely an exchange of goods. House Indoril also has no or very few independent merchants; the vast majoriy of Indoril tradesmer exchange goods on behalf of their Indoril lord. As such, Rother Nerevayn wouldn’t directly be worried about losing profit, as he’s probably just shifting the capital of his Indoril lord. He would, however, be very worried about invoking the wrath of said Indoril lord, and more probably (it’s unlikely the lord would even hear of his blunder) of the lord’s Tollmer, who basically administer over the lord’s financial affairs in his stead.
Several mostly very minor suggestions:
These two lines are contradictory, which given the situation might work out or might end up sounding strange. I’d suggest changing the second line to something like “Oh, very well, I suppose I can set aside a minute for you.”
The first line could sound strange if the player has already talked to or especially raised disposition with her; I’d consider just leaving out the part I quoted, or failing that either write an alternate line for that eventuality or adjust the line to cover all eventualities. The first line will also sound strange if there’s no actual line of NPCs, so I’d suggest removing that bit either way or adding an actual line of NPCs. If there’s space, I might actually like the second option, though their ‘hello’ should be set to very low/zero.
I’d avoid single choices, unless the single choice is ‘continue’; it limits the player’s roleplaying options. In this case, I’d leave out the choice and just go with something like this: “She...she SAID WHAT?!? Do you KNOW how much that shipment cost me to get here? Do you know how much money I will lose if I can’t trade it off within the month?! All for the sake of THREE BOTTLES OF MAZTE??” I also agree with avoiding all-caps; I’d also tend to avoid extra punctuation, though that might just be me. So something like: “She...she said what? Do you know how much that shipment cost me to get here? Do you know how much money I will lose if I can’t trade it off within the month? All for the sake of three bottles of Mazte?!”
Also, I just noticed that you typed ‘cargon’ instead of ‘cargo’ there.
As Rats said it’s better to leave the PC’s responses fairly neutral, again for roleplaying. Players will have a better idea of how their characters would respond. The ‘final questions’ topic with Dagoth Ur is a really good reference; the player choices are a mixture of straightforward responses: “I have my own, secret plan for the Heart.”, and similarly straightforward actions: “End the dialog and prepare to attack.” By way of example, the above choices could be changed to something like this:
Choice 2 “There may still be some way to resolve this.”
Choice 3 “I’m not getting involved any further.”
Choice 3 “The discrepancy is in your shipping manifest.”
Finally, I’m only really mentioning this on the off-chance that someone else implements the quest and doesn’t pay attention:
I assume that should be “disposition <60”
Excellent quest, it was a fun read!
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
Thank you for the criticisms! I’ll come back and work on this more tonight. In the meantime, a quick few comments of my own.
On the Oathman—good catch. I was writing for a general by-birth member of House Indoril, and will rectify that.
Porcilla and suddenly not being busy—That was partly intentional, to show Porcilla is rather a jerk and not above using “letter of the law” to get what she wants. But, it’s not entirely clear and I think Gnomey’s suggestion flows better, so wil be using that. I would also like to do the line of NPCs to make the docking requests makes sense. Makes the world feel more alive. They would have a short greeting along the lines of “This is why I’m here blah blah.. --Forced goodbye” or “Hi, I’m busy --Forced goodbye” I’ll put my suggestions for that when I come back to this.
Oi! and all caps writing—I’m a little torn on both. Oi is something I’ve seen batted around in normal English, sounds a little more interesting than the “Hey!” that she would other get. But does have a Nordic flavor. Considering Imperials are multi-cultural, this might not be a bad thing, but again, I’m torn.
For all caps, I would say the method that makes the most sense is to do whatever the game did, and I’ll have to do some digging to see. Stylistically I prefer caps to exclamations, as you can emphasize exactly what words are being shouted, rather than an entire sentence.
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
And making the changes in this separate post. Changes and new text is in bold.
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Changelog
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v1.1.0
--Rother complains more like a proper Indoril Oathman, including changes to his cussing and backstory (edits throughout)
--added new greeting for Porcilla
--Porcilla no longer contradicts herself about sparing a few minutes
--player’s dialogue has been simplified
--most of the all-caps dialogue has been taken out or rearranged
--one choice dialogue options have been changed to Continue’s
--suggested greetings added to Loose Ends, for NPCs standing in line up front of Porcilla
--two forced Goodbye’s added to the Ragosh’s dialogue
--some typos corrected
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Journal Entries
Name: Oh What Customs!
Stage 10 (title)
I met a gloomy Indoril oathman on the docks of Old Ebonheart. His cargo has been unfairly confisticated. Rother Nerevyn asked me to talk to Porcilla Dythos about it.
Stage 20
Porcilla Dythos claims Rother Nerevyn’s shipping manifest failed to include three extra bottles of Mazte contained in the cargo. The Census and Excise Office impounded it within the ((name of warehouse)) until a more thorough inspection can be completed.
Stage 25 (failed)
Rother Nerevyn lost his temper, and attacked a Census and Excise agent.
Stage 30
Rother Nerevyn believes Ragosh gro-Matog can help him correct the error in the shipping manifest. He asked me to speak with him about the extra three bottles of mazte. He can be found ((directions))
Stage 40
I helped Ragosh gro-Matog make the extra three bottles of Mazte disappear. I should inform Porcilla Dythos there’s no reason to continue holding Rother’s Nerevyn’s cargo.
Stage 50
Porcilla Dythos has released Rother Nerevyn’s cargo from impoundment. I should go tell him the good news!
Stage 60 (complete)
Rother Nerevyn was very happy to have his cargo back. He’s given me the blessing of his House and some gold as a reward.
Part 1, meeting Rother Nerevyn
Greeting 5 (Rother Nerevyn, journal stage >10)
Hello, outlander. I suppose you’ve come to harass me with Imperial bureaucracy as well, have you? Dagon take those wretched s’wits.
Imperial bureaucracy (diposition under 60)
They’ve made a fetching mess of it, I’ll tell you that. But what would an outlander like you care? Leave me to my troubles.
Imperial bureaucracy (60+)
I am an oathman to the Great House Indoril, and as bad fortune would have it, a shipmaster under Imperial law. My cargo has been confisticated, and my ship, the Pious Toiler, was forced to sail away without it. Oh, what will the Tollmer say? I could bring disgrace to my liege lord’s name. Blast that Porcilla Dythos! She has always had it out for our Thrice-blessed House! But you...you have a charismatic look about you. Perhaps you can help her see reason?
--Choice 1 “Yes, I will help you.”
--Choice 2 “No, I’m not getting involved.”
Imperial bureaucracy (Choice 1)
Almalexia bless your good sense, outlander. Go, speak to Porcilla Dythos about my confisticated cargo. She can be found ((directions)).
--Journal Update 10
Imperial bureaucracy (Choice 2)
Outlanders, all the fetching same. Get on with you, then!
--Disposition drops 30 points
confisticated cargo
She claims it was illegal, but I tell you, it was all perfectly legitimate goods! And now I might bring shame to my House, thanks to these incompetent Census and Excise agents.
Porcilla Dythos
She is the chief clerk of the Census and Excise office. A dried up old cliffracer, that’s what she is!
Pious Toiler
She’s no swift river strider on the water, but she gets the job done. What more can anyone ask a humble servant of the Tribunal? That is why I named her the Pious Toiler.
Great House Indoril
Some are born into the Great Houses, and some choose to be sworn in. I am of the latter, a proud Oathman of House Indoril. May we ever stand tall in the Tribunal’s esteem.
Part 2, talking to Porcilla
Greeting 5 (TalkedTo = 0)
Move along, move along. Oi! %PCrace! You’re holding up the line! I’ve got fifteen requests to dock in the past three days, and they aren’t getting processed any quicker with you badgering me!
confisticated cargo (under disposition 65)
What? What’s this about? That Indoril oaf Rother Nerevyn? I already told him. Illegal cargo means no rights to dock! Signed, stamped, and sealed. Now move along.
confisticated cargo (disposition 65+)
Oh, very well, I suppose I can set a minute aside for you. The cargo I confisticated from Rother Nerevyn had three bottles of mazte more than what was indicated in the shipping manifest. Officially, that makes the entire cargo suspect, and we impounded it to give it a more thorough inspection later.
--Journal Update 20
more thorough inspection (disposition under 80)
Let me tell you something, %PCrace, and maybe it’ll help you in the romance department as well. When an Imperial woman says later? She really means never. I don’t expect that cargo will move from its place in the ((name of warehouse)) anytime soon.
more thorough inspection (Disposition 80+)
I’ll be honest with you, the cargo contained no contraband or dangerous items. But the law is clear, and if the shipping manifest does not match the cargo, then it must be confisticated for a proper inspection. I don’t care. You shouldn’t either. Great House Indoril could use a few knocks down off their throne, if you ask me.
Great House Indoril
These Great House Dunmer make me so mad. Sure, their strange living gods signed the Armistice, making them an official part of the Empire under our law, but do they care? They’d probably still be trading bug husks out of their filthy ash wallows if wasn’t for trade with the rest of the Empire! Ingrates.
Part 3, back to Rother
Greeting 5 (journal stage 10)
Ah, %PCname! Have you gotten to the bottom of the issue with my confisticated cargo yet?
confisticated cargo (update 20)
She...she said WHAT? I...I...Ayem’s grace! You are to tell me that s’wit impounded my cargo for the sake of three extra bottles of mazte?! By the love of all that is holy...
--disposition drops by 20 points
--Choice 2 “There still might be a way to resolve this.”
--Choice 3 “I’m not getting involved any further.”
--Choice 3 “Just calm down! It’s no big deal.”
confisticated cargo (Choice 2)
Blessed Three, I swear I’m going to...ach! You are right, of course. Forgive me, %PCname, I lost sight of myself for a moment there. By Vivec, if those bottles would just disappear, this whole issue could be cleared right up. Say...wait a minute! That gives me an idea. %PCname, would you be willing to take care of those three bottles of mazte for me?
confisticated cargo (choice 3)
Calm down...you want me to...Calm. DOWN?! No, I’ve had enough! The Imperials have gone far enough this time, and by Boethiah, there WILL be a reckoning!
--forced Goodbye
--Rother attacks one of the C&E agents ((coding phrase needed))
--journal update 25
three bottle of mazte
I believe I saw that Ragosh gro-Matog making off with the bottles, for “safekeeping”, he said. He seems to be more reasonable than Porcilla Dythos. Why don’t you go speak to him? He’s ((directions))
--journal update 30
--disposition increases by 30
Part 4, talking to Ragosh gro-Matog
Greeting 5 (Ragosh gro-Matog, always)
Greetings, citizen. If you’re on official business, you’ll have to speak to Porcilla Dythos. She’s the head clerk around here. If you’re here on less official business, you’d better keep it discreet.
confisticated cargo (journal update >30)
I don’t know anything about that. Talk to Porcilla Dythos.
confisticated cargo (journal update 30)
Now that you mention it, I do recall there was a problem with the shipping manifest. The cargo had three bottle of mazte--three bottles too many.
three bottles of mazte (journal update 30, disposition under 60)
Oh, no you don’t. I have a very important location to put these. VERY important.
three bottles of mazte (journal update 30, disposition 60+)
Let’s say the wee %PCrace has caught my attention about the three bottles of mazte. What does the wee %PCrace want to do about it, mm?
--Choice 1 “How about a fair fight for them?”
--Choice 2 “The extra bottles were an honest mistake. This is unfair to Rother Nerevyn.”
--Choice 3 “No one will miss the bottles if they were to disappear.”
three bottle of mazte (choice 1)
Normally? I would accept. I like a good fight. But while I’m here, I represent the Census and Excise Office, and they look down on fighting. I’m not losing my job over some crybaby Dunmer and his booze.
three bottles of mazte (choice 2)
Do you hear that, %PCrace? It’s the sound of a little violin. Not my problem, pal.
three bottles of mazte (choice 3)
What are you saying?
--Choice 4 “You and I can share the matze. No one will be the wiser.”
--Choice 5 “If you give them to me, I’ll be sure not to mention your involvement in their disappearance.”
three bottles of mazte (choice 4)
Wait. Ha. Ha ha! I think I like you, %PCname. Okay, here’s one for me, one for you, another for me…
--Continue
--if possible, fade-out-fade-in, like when the player is training
Hic! Well, I’ll give that spineless Dunmer one thing, he has a good eye for booze. Tell our friend his confisticated cargo problem is all taken care of. And also tell him that he owes me another round sometime... Hold up! I think I missed a drop. Hic!
--Continue
Oh yeah, and you’d better tell Porcilla Dythos the good news, too. Otherwise she’ll sit on that cargo like a mother hen on her eggs. It’s a wonder they haven’t fired her yet. Hic! Eh. ‘Scuse me...
--Goodbye
--journal update 40
three bottles of mazte (choice 5)
Surrrrrrre. And Miss Porcilla Dythos will fall in love with a Dres council member one day. Nothing doing, $PCrace.
--Choice 4 “You and I can share the mazte. No one will be the wiser.”
--Choice 2 “The extra bottles were an honest mistake. This is unfair to Rother Nerevyn.”
--Choice 6 “I give up.”
three bottles of mazte (choice 6)
That’s right, run away crying, little %PCrace. More mazte for me!
--Goodbye
Part 5, back to Porcilla Dythos
Greeting 5 (TalkedTo >= 1)
What is it now?
confisticated cargo (quest 40)
I know what you did. I’m not terribly happy about it, but what is done is done.
three bottle of mazte (quest stage 40)
Gone? Hmph! Well, without those three extra bottles. Rother Nerevyn’s cargo now checks out. There’s no longer any legal justification for keeping it here. He’s one lucky fetcher... Tell him he has twenty-four hours to get that swill out of my warehouse, or I’ll dump it in the sea for him.
--Goodbye
--quest update 50
Part 6, Rother Nerevyn will be pleased
Greeting 5 (quest update 30+)
Was Ragosh gro-Matog of any help? Those three bottles of mazte have got to disappear.
three bottles of matze (update 50)
This is wonderful news! I thank you, and Great House Indoril thanks you. Please, take this as a reward. Almsivi bless your steps, outlander.
--journal update 60
--gold reward: 250
-- +10 House Indoril rep
--disposition increases by 20 points
Loose ends
Greeting 5 (in-line NPC 1)
Hey, no cutting in line!
--Goodbye
Greeting 5 (in-line NPC 2)
When are they going to hire more clerks? I swear, everytime I come to this port, the lines grow longer.
--Goodbye
Greeting 5 (in-line NPC 3)
[<NPC name> merely grunts, shuffling <his/her> feet impatiently.]
--Goodbye
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
What else needs doing with this one?
I’d be happy to go ahead and start getting this coded into the CS, but I’m not sure if I should put it in my own mod file or edit one of TR’s files. Most of it is a simple copy-paste at this point, minus adding the three NPCs standing in line and a few snippets of scripting here and there.
But... there would be more to be added if we include the option for the player to independently steal the bottles of mazte instead of going through Ragosh. That was in the original quest description, and I hadn’t touched it yet. Personally, I’m wondering if the quest might be fine as it is? This option would also need:
--three uniquely IDed bottles of mazte
--scripting to register these bottles have been pickpocketed from Ragosh or (alternative) stolen from the warehouse (warehouse would need an interior if there isn’t one already)
--different dialogue reflecting the bottles have been stolen
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
Got all of the current work put into an .esp. Everything that I added will have the prefix KY_ up front of it. Attaching a copy of said .esp to this thread, and also to the claims browser. Please note: right now this file is for backup and progress purposes only; it’s not been tested for play yet.
Changelog v1.2.0 (Changes made to Mod file)
--basic mod file created. Not for play at this point, as many topics do not have quest journal markers and some code may be broken or missing.
--NPCs standing in line have not been added, nor their associated dialogue. Right now this file is only the dialogue changes.
--directions added and dialogue otherwise updated to correctly reflect NPC locations
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
Quickly throwing up a backup, as I have somewhere to be in a few minutes.
Changelog v1.2.1
--corrected typos
--corrected some instances of dialogue not appearing when it should
--added some new dialogue for quest topics to be spoken once the quest is completed
--got the coding working for Rother attacking the guard. Interesting thing to note: I had to create a unique ID for this guard in order for the script to work. I’m guessing it’s because Rother’s AI would register the guard’s ID, but then try to find a guard outside the zone to attack, and get confused. Note that this causes a doubling issue, and two guards are standing on top of each other in the front office now. Upon merging, the non-unique guard will need to be removed.
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
And now the rest of the bugs have been stomped. All this needs is the pickpocket option included, or it can go in as is.
Changelog v1.2.2
--added the NPCs standing in line and their dialogue
--corrected other instances of dialogue not appearing when it should
--added other topics to appear (or disappear) once quest is completed
--added fade in/fade out to Ragosh’s dialogue
--lowered the disposition required to start the quest and tweaked Rother’s disposition gains throughout the questline (as before, Rother was ending the quest with upwards of 90 disposition, which seemed pretty enthusiastic for just returning his cargo)
--stomped miscellaneous bugs
--mod file cleaned
--uploaded to claims browser
2016-01-19 19:35
1 year 7 months ago
Aaaaand all done. Cleaned, uploaded, and ready for review!
Please note that the bottles of mazte in Ragosh’s inventory are uniquely IDed, and need to stay that way for the detection code to work. However, since they are named/textured like any other bottle of mazte in the game, the player runs the risk of breaking the quest if they accidentally use or loose them.
Changelog v1.3.0
--added pickpocket option
--changed quest journal text to reflect this