PestMastah Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Last week I came up with a mod idea and was unsuccessful due to some computer issues and also (shamefully) a lack of talent using the CK. :( Proposed name: Daedric Artifact Sniffing Dog What would it do?: NPC owned dog goes with the player to find Daedric artifacts that the player already previously found during a quest. i.e The Ebony Blade, Necromancer's Amulet (yes I'll include that one since it's as rare), Mehrunes Razor, Mace of Molag Bal, etc. Why?: Some players like myself like to hang weapons up. Especially some particularly heavy ones such as the "Ebony Blade". It is that particular weapon that has the most problems. One, it does not show in inventory like other enchanted weapons and a lot of times can be accidentily sold to NPC's. Two, sometimes when placed on a weapon/shield mount it can "vanish" from sight or be kicked across the room to a corner somewhere. Three, some players may drop it because the name looks similar to "Ebony Sword" and with a weight considertion the name can sometimes be overlooked thus causing it to be "lost". More: Seaching for this blade via console is impossible to get an actual location. Some other rare Daedric artifacts may also not reveal their location via console. Thus a new way to "find it" may work. Here's hoping this works. How would this work?: I was going to place an Orc NPC in the Markarth Warrens (in the caved in cubby hole located a door or two down from where Garvey stands). This deshelved orc with no shirt on, was going to be standing there with his mutt, a "daedric artifact sniffing dog", and do nothing else but wonder how in the heck you, the player, could lose such an important item (no matter which one it was). In the end, this orc will, for a fee of gold, will lend you his dog to go find that lost artifact. You really don't need the dog, its there for asthetic reasoning, but the big point here is that the artifact in question would now have a "map marker" attached to its location. You fast-travel to that spot (escorting the mutt), find your artifact (of if it is unfindable perhaps the dog can get near the marker and resolve the quest) and then escort the dog back to the orc. The orc will give you a potion of memory improvement (a joke, it can be a healing potion + stamina + magica or something) and will take the second half of the payment. If the artifact was unrecoverable by yourself, here is where the Orc will give it to you (newly created).[/b] Rules of the artifacts: ONLY those Daedric (or rare) Artifacts in which you already were awarded can be asked about in the Orc's dialogue. For example if you have previously found the Mace of Molag Bal or the Ring of Namira, or of course the most often lost weapon; The Ebony Blade, the orc's dialogue will reflect all of those choices and ask you "which item did you misplace?" If you have the item ON you, he'll say something sarcastic and still ask for payment. :P If the item is elsewhere in the game (such a NPC Merchant, Follower, weapon/evidence chest, dungeon floor, etc) then the quest to escort the dog to the spot shall begin. Closing: I think this would be a brilliant and popular mod idea and was going to do it but realized this would take some scripting and time. Ideas I planned on referencing were the "Escort Barbas quest" "Find a book for Shurbaz quest", and any other that makes use of map markers. btw, I really need this one to be finished (cough) ... I lost my ebony blade (recently) in game and dont want to spend more time looking for it since the lost was recent. heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaeRai Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 It sounds like a great idea! What about not being a Daedric Artifact Sniffing Dog, but just an Artifact Sniffing Dog? Sounds a bit more lore-friendly and then you could find other artifacts too like Dragon Priest Masks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PestMastah Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 It sounds like a great idea! What about not being a Daedric Artifact Sniffing Dog, but just an Artifact Sniffing Dog? Sounds a bit more lore-friendly and then you could find other artifacts too like Dragon Priest Masks Yeah... but I do want to stress this idea is aimed at artifacts and such that the player has already found but simply misplaced. Now with so many house mods... this becomes more necessary than before. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaeRai Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I actually lost most of my artifacts on my PS3 save... Looked in every house but no luck :(Hopefully this gets picked up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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