My WiP: Correct bounties for crimes

[twrdrockfan]

Example 1: Lore states that the Grey Fox has been active for 300 years. 300 years worth of crime attributed to his name, and he only has a 500 gold bounty on him? Which somehow returns if you remove the mask and put it on again?

 

Example 2: Valen Dreth, our "friend" from the Imperial Prison. The quest involving him later states he has been in prison for 11 years. Lets do the math on that:

 

11 years * 365 days is 4015 days.

The player's jail stay is decided by 100 gold of bounty per day. Carry this to Valen, that is 401,500 gold in bounty to get him there.

If he only committed murders, and was charged the same way as the player is, that comes out to at least 401 people killed, and maybe two horses stolen.

 

So here is my goal: to correct bounties so things like that can make sense:

 

Murder - 10,000 gold minimum (if Valen went on a killing spree in Chorrol and cleared the town, he could probably reach his sentence easily)

Assault (unarmed) - 5 gold maximum (Is punching a guy in the face really serious enough of a crime to charge 40 gold?)

Assault (weapon) - 500 gold minimum (here is where it becomes attempted murder/manslaughter. 40 gold doesnt quite cover THAT, I think).

Horse Theft - need input on this one

 

Rising bounty - If you continue to commit crimes that get reported, and you continue to evade capture, the authorities are going to raise that bounty a bit more. This part I will only make happen if your bounty goes up on a different day. Same day bounty increases will just be part of a spree. You become a career criminal, those numbers are going to go up.

 

Here are the bits I would like help with (or at least input on)

- Wanted poster for the player (dynamic text essential, so you can stop by and see your bounty in writing on the poster).

- NPC scripting (If you saw a guy you knew was wanted for a 10000 gold reward, and you could get him arrested and collect it, wouldn't you? So I need to figure out how to make being in public as a famous wanted criminal a lot harder by having people run for the guards. And just maybe, if the person has a home, add the reward to a container IN their home).

- Raise the guards 'kill on sight' threshold (1 murder or 1000 gold bounty, and you are kill on sight yet Valen Dreth stays alive in prison? I don't think so.)

- Any other ideas to make this better, or any other helpful input would be much appreciated.

[Kyubi Nick]

I like the idea, and agree with you in every feild. I like your bounty prices too. I would offer to help but... I have no idea how to mod :P :(