Vampirism cure won't trigger

[CaptainPatch]

I checked all the vampirism threads I could find, but I haven't seen any that addresses my particular problem.

 

Sometime during Dawnguard I missed that I had been infected and now my Dovahkin has all of the Vampire spells available, so I guess that means he's stage 4. All the advice-givers say, "Go talk to bartenders and ask about any rumors that they heard." Well, I've visited every innkeeper and bartender I could find and asked about rumors, but NONE of them are mentioning Falion. Without that, I can't just jump ahead and visit Falion, because that won't trigger the quest. So now every day I have boiling blood, but there doesn't seem to be able to do anything about it.

 

Any advice? Any kindred spirits? Feel free to whisper the answer in my ear; I promise not to bite when you get close.

[ginnyfizz]

Do you go and feed before you try and talk to people? Might help if you did, their disposition will be better and they will then talk about Falion hopefully.

[CaptainPatch]

Ouch. I've never liked that aspect of vampirism: somebody has to _die_ to feed -my- hunger. If it was me, I'd try to get by on livestock -- which then gets turned into hamburgers; waste not/want not -- which never seems to be an available option.

 

Oh, well, time to go find a sleeping bandit somewhere I suppose.

 

ADDENDA: I must be missing something when you say "feed". I took that to mean "use Vampiric Drain on a victim". Which I have done, but that _still_ isn't enough to trigger the bartender rumors about Falion.

 

I'm getting seriously tired of having my blood boil in sunlight, and being 100% vulnerable to fire (double damage?). I really want to shake this condition so it's not so much of a distraction.

 

P.S. I've been wondering about the sequence of all this. You're supposed to wait until you're Stage 4 of vampirism, which is where NPCs will attack the PC on sight. But then it says, "Go talk to a bartender and ask about rumors." How can you do that if NPCs are attacking on sight?

 

ADDENDA: Never mind. I went to the Redwater Den, drank from the Bloodspring, and contracted full-blown vampirism. Then I went home and slept for three days. That did the trick. Woke up with a terrible thirst and burning blood. Visited the nearest inn and was off to see Falion. Now I'm all "clean and sober" again!

Edited November 7, 2012 by CaptainPatch