zumma Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 The Dark Brotherhood quest line didn't made any sense to me ... it is outright evil and inconsistent. It only make sense if you role play a sociopath ... and that it is incompatible with any other quest-line ... so it makes no sense being on the one hand dragonborn, or harbinger, or Achmage or Thives Guild Leader, imperial loyalist, or stormcloak insurrectionist,... and a dark brotherhood assassin at the same time. Not to mention that they want to kill you ... and all of the sudden they want you to join them ... what happened with the contract, the black sacrament and the tenants? And what type of creature are you ... to accept being their errand boy ... after they tried to murder you? And killing the Emperor? Come on! Titus Mede II it is the brilliant strategist that saved the Empire to fight another day ... by taking back the Imperial City and forcing the Aldmeri in a stalemate. It is practically the same thing like ... 'Let's kill Tiber Septim because some coward wants so' and pay 10.000 gold ... you can make 10.000 golds with like selling 4 potions. This just doesn't sit well ... with any type of character that i wish to roleplay ... good or bad ... bun never outright evil and without a conscience! Sure there is a quest 'Destroy the Dark Brotherhood' ... but it is short and hallow. So i would wish that will be an balanced alternative to the Dark Brotherhood Quest Line ... following these lines.... 1. You don't have to Kill Grelod the Kind ... but use your influence as Thane of Riften ... to bring her to jail (there are so many jails in Skyrim ... let's use them). Constance will be promoted in her place ... and you convince Aventus to come back to the Orphanage. 2. The Dark Brotherhood quests should still move forward ... generic DB assassins will try to assassinate the small targets ... and will trigger while the PC is in range ... leaving you with the option to stoop them before they kill. 3. While in Markarth you hear a rumor about Muiri ... you track her and convince her to drop the contract or commit her to Cidhna Mine. Follow the trail of the assassin and stop him before he / she kills Nilsine ... On major contracts ... it should be a major db member ... 4. Follow up the 'Emperor Assassination Plot' including the Royal Wedding ... and stop them... killing the main db assassins one by one ... until final assault on the db sanctuary ... and a final boss / battle with either Astrid or Cicero. 5. Death to Sithis! The idea is to re-make the original 'Destroy the Dark Brotherhood' quest ... in a way that will be long winded, satisfactory, rewarding (there is no reason not to gate the normal db quest reward items) ... and not miss so much of the story ... like the attempt to assassinate Maro's son, the bride, the emperor. I think that Betshada ... screw this ... not offering a decent quest-alternative ... to actually being a sociopath! Anyway ... a mod idea ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious1946 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I've always hated how destroying the Dark Brotherhood was so short....I mean you kill them and that's it. Should've had a quest line where you do investigations find out their targets and how to best protect them while hunting down each of the members as bosses. If not all of that then at least something more substantial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akulakha Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I'm actually really intrigued by this. I'm a HUGE dark brotherhood fan but protecting your targets in my opinion would be a very interesting viewpoint. I'll be looking forward to this if it happens. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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