Tehandyman Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Skyrim is all about role playing but I find it hard to roleplay as a merchant because it gets boring pretty fast. So my idea was to do a sort of Silk Road Online style of trade. Basically I could go to one town and purchase "goods" that can only be acquired in that specific town. Then I can travel to another town and it would be worth MORE than the price I purchased it for. The farther the towns are from each other, the more it's worth. So the easiest way, I think, to do this would be to just have a custom merchant in every city that sells literally "resources." Like Markarth would have "Markarth resources" (that what the item would literally be called, for simplicity). I could purchase "Markarth resources" from the merchant in Markarth for 50 coin and sell it to the merchant in Whiterun for 80 coin or to the merchant in Riften for 100 coin. The "resources" could also be real merchandise like "Metal" from Markarth, "Fish" from Riften, "Wood" from Falkreath, "Crops" from Whiterun, "Gems" from Dawnstar, "Fabrics" from Solitude, "Pelts" from Windhelm and nothing from Winterhold because nobody likes Winterhold. EHH okay like uhh, "Coal(?)" from Winterhold. I'm just brainstorming here because I'm a mesh and texture kind of guy, I have no experience writing scripts and wouldn't know where to start. I like this idea as it adds another way to make money in skyrim and also adding a little action to role playing as a merchant (from all the travelling) and of course, you could just fast travel between towns but i guess it's on you to actually make it fun for yourself (I never fast travel anyway). So yeah, just want to hear what you guys think of this mod idea. And of anyone's already made a mod like this that'd be awesome. And if someone knows how to go about making a mod like this but is too lazy/busy to do so, if you could just point me in the right directions and give me some instructions to follow to make this mod, that'd be great :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSarcasm Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11919Came across this mod a while back. I haven't used it myself but it's close to what you were asking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11919Came across this mod a while back. I haven't used it myself but it's close to what you were asking for.That is the "Economics of Skyrim" mod and it indeed do what you ask for, especially if you set it to use "regional values". This will let you do just that, for short, resources are cheap where they are produced and expansive away from there. Train up your negotiation skills to get prices as well aand start do your trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehandyman Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Wonderful! I love it. Thanks for bringing this mod to my attention. Downloading it right now. Exactly what I was looking for PLUS more. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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