[LE] editing dark brotherhood assassination targets ?

[jaycravn]

i want to change the targets of certain dark brotherhood quests so that the player is assigned to kill different people.

 

mainly the contract quests, but id also like to make it possible to kidnap the gourmet rather than killing him - i can use a follower mod to make him go somewhere with me, but i dont know if advancing the quest via the console when hes still alive would be unwise.

 

a) can i do this

b) in TES5EDIT since its an override or do i need to use the creation kit

 

or would it be better to simply kill the alternate targets and advance the quests with console commands ? is that safe ?

[candlepin]

a) can i do this

b) in TES5EDIT since its an override or do i need to use the creation kit

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or would it be better to simply kill the alternate targets and advance the quests with console commands ? is that safe ?

a) Yes, this is possible.

 

b) TES5EDIT can be used to edit existing records, so I think it should work. I'm not overly familiar with it for uses other than trying to clean up mods though.

 

c) You could also go with this option. If you only want to do it for one playthrough and don't want to share it with anyone else, this is the way I'd go. If you want to do multiple playthroughs and/or you want others to have this option, I'd edit the quest in the CK (fairly straightforward to do).

[jaycravn]

thank you for your reply.

 

so far, i made the empty .esp in the creation kit, then in tes5edit i 'cop[ied] as override' the data i plan to edit from the skyrim.esm into my .esp and used tes5edit to change the text. when i open it in the ck its actually simpler than i thought cause i just have to change the references to change the quest targets and then copy the script from the original target actor onto the new target actor, then delete the script from the old target. *

 

the only thing is i cant seem to find how to edit the subtitles of Nazir's dialogue when he gives you the quests. i probably wont edit the spoken dialogue but id like to at least edit the subtitles, but it doesnt seem possible ?

 

 

 

*details given in case someone else wants to try sth similar.