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Bigger Inheritance/Become a Black Widow


DanteWrath

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In my opinion, one of Skyrim's best features is the various interactions that can be triggered, such as hired thugs turning up after you wrong someone, it really makes the game feel like your character is actually part of a living world where actions have consequences.
However the inheritance you can receive after NPCs die, while immersive, is small and of very little use.

My request then is simple in concept; increase the amount of gold you can receive as an inheritance.
If the information I've found on UESP and the elderscrolls wikia is collectively correct, the amount you receive is 100g multiplied by your relationship rank resulting in a potential maximum inheritance of 500g (minus a 10% tax).
So my recommendation for the simple version of the mod would be to simply increase the base amount to something like 1000g, resulting in a maximum of 5000g.

However, according to the UESP there was intended to be a system in which 'rich' NPCs would have a base inheritance amount 1000g (instead of the default 100g) but no NPCs were ever flagged as rich.
If this is true, and if any potential modders were willing to put in more work, then a much more meaningful mod could be produced and my recommendation for that mod would be as follows:
1) I'd suggest only increasing the 'normal' base inheritance to perhaps 200g, meaning you could potentially get a maximum 1000g from the death of normal NPCs.
2) Flag as many rich/high ranking NPCs as possible as 'rich'.
3) Increase the base inheritance for rich NPCs to 2000g, resulting in a maximum possible inheritance of 10,000g.

This would also add an entirely new type of character you could roleplay; a 'Black Widow' who works hard to maximize their relationship with, or even marry, NPCs just to then kill them and receive a large sum of money.

That's pretty much all there is to say for this suggestion, if you've read this to the end then thank you for your time, and if you are a non-modder reading this please feel free to comment any suggestions or alterations you would make to this request.

Edit: I made this request because I don't consider myself a modder, however after poking around in the Creation Kit I actually believe this is something I can achieve myself with the biggest obstacle being an investment of time (i.e. the time it'll take to go through each NPC to find those I should flag as 'rich').
So I'm going to give doing so my best attempt and will upload to the Nexus if I am successful.

Edited by Dante Wrath
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