ta192 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'm no modder. Have neither the skills or the temperment for this sort of thing, but, haven't we all wondered why there couldn't be an accessible early game fence in Whiterun hold at some time in our gaming? I can't stomach the Thieve's Guild, and waiting until speech gets strong enough to activate the appropriate perk just doesn't cut it. Recently, I went through every mod listed under the "Mercantile" category looking for what was available, and while doing so, this idea popped into my head. Suppose Ysolda comes to the realization that her ship's not going to come in while the S S Hulda is still in port, Uthgerd the Ugly and Jenassa have room, board and booze bills that far outstrip their earnings with blade, Carlotta has little to feed herself and her kid other than the left over veggies that aren't selling, Saadia needs to sock some money away against the likelihood that she'll have to go on the run again, and Njada, well she's got enough gold already, but she's just greedy...so... They partner up and open a small fencing operation in town. Many of the mods feature an underground setting with a trap door entrance leading to a small chamber lit by a few torch sconces. Borrowing from another modder's idea, they form merchant/muscle teams, say, Carlotta and Uthgerd, Saadia and Jenassa, Ysolda and Njada. Since they have lives other than fencing stolen goods, they only work 2 days a week, and only from 11PM to 1AM, small amount of gold, 400-600 each team. Their inventory is very limited; a few daggers, lockpicks, torches, poisons, themed potions and the recipes for such poisons and potions. Maybe some deathbell, river betty, nightshade, etc, a few bottles of skooma or Colovian brandy, some moon sugar, maybe Ysolda has some sleeping tree sap in her bag. You get the idea... The player gets access to a convenient fence, but it requires a little scheduling, and he/she has to take small bites of the apple. The girls have a decent amount of money to buy, in total, and 12 hours of store time a week is sufficient for all purposes. There are, of course, other contingencies to be addressed... (More to follow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta192 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 In my Skyrim, followers frequently go into dungeons and never come out, Saadia has to skip town, Njada has a way of ending up as the down payment on a set of smokin' ebony chain mail armor, and, who knows, Ysolda might wind up as Mrs Thane of Whiterun, and such behavior would be unseemly for the wife of a VIP. The mod would have to adjust for both permanent and temporary absences by the principal NPC's. Allowing the muscle half of a team to soldier on alone could be one answer, recuiting Gia to replace a missing muscle half could be another. Collapsing the team remnants would be the ultimate solution, if needed. Assume such a thing could be done, but don't really know...as I said, I'm no modder. One last idea; for those people that have the XXX mods loaded, the Bad Girls could also sell S E X ! One and two girl shows, or, they could offer to give the Dragonborn's pipes a good cleaning. Not sure about Uthgerd, but the other girls could make some REAL money... So, for what it's worth, that's my idea. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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