Emmindor Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) <p>Hi, well i was kind of dissapointed that the Mage's guild in Oblivion would accept just about any mindless nord brute into their ranks (sry for folks that play nords) and even grant them the position of Arch-Mage...The only quest that is along the lines of what I like in the chain is the Vahtecen quest. But after solving the puzzle it still falls down to the hack crack smack and slash that any warrior can do.</p><p> </p><p>I have an idea to make the mage's guild progression a bit trickyer and more challenging for mages,</p><p>Namely, what I want to see, (If it's even possible) is after every quest given to you by Raminus Polus, starting with the Mage's Staff quest, you have to do a crapload of studying. The mod i'm aiming for is something that will add a number of books, at least 1 per each magic school, 1xConjuration, 1xDestruction etc... These books would be available in the Mystic Archives but only on a particular week of the Month, every month. These books would be only readable if you have the appropriate level in the skill the book is named after. Ex: a book named something like "Altering Reality" would require expert alteration to read, otherwise if you try to read it it would pop a message saying "The runes and glyphs inscribed in this book are intelligable only to those of higher learning" or some such. </p><p> </p><p>As for the 2nd part, these books will not grant a +1 increase to the skill, no. They will be full of text, approximately 3-4 pages. Now u would have to memorize some of the text (or write it down on a piece of paper in real life) and after that particular week for that school of magic, ex: alteration, has passed, When you appear in the Arcane University, a message would pop up (or something like the message at the top when Lucien Lachance is approaching for the first time" that would say that your presence is required in the Mage's Training rooms. </p><p>Now when u get there, there would be a piece of paper on a desk or something that would actually be an exam. Once activated, a set of questions with 3 possible answers will pop in. If you answer them all correctly, a message would display "Your training in Alteration, was succesfull" and then the normal questline would proceed with 1 more quest before the week begins for the next school of magic. The examination weeks would be as follows:</p><p>If say, you completed the mage's staff quest on the first thursday of the month, the following Monday, will be the start of the first school of magic. The order in which the school weeks come wont matter much, but the weeks will end when all school of magic exams are passed. Completing the exam for a particular school, would grant you a master level custom made spell for that school "Ilussion - Command 300 secs or paralyze 10 seconds" , "Destruction - Weakness to Fire/Frost/Shock 80, Fire/Frost/Shock dmg 70 on target." These may seem a bit OP but if balancing is required make it so. Alteration would have a shield 80% or open very hard lock on target, Mysticism would have dmg reflect and spell reflect 40% each, etc.. Some spells that we cant find ingame already, they will be powerfull but not too OP. </p><p>In the meantime, untill you pass the exam, the next quest from raminus/traven will not be available "You do not yet qualify for the next task"</p><p>If you fail the exam, you can try again the following day within the respective week. If you fail the whole week.. i didnt think that one through but ill let others bring ideas regarding that.</p><p> </p><p>Now I know for certain that some parts of this can be done, because Modular Oblivion Enhanced gives you Lichcraft, which requires you to read the tome found in Lorgren Benirus's chamber in Benirus Manor. The tome, in turn, requires you to be at east lvl 30 and to have 25 in all magic schools (i think? not sure if it was 25).</p><p>Also the Moriarcis-City of the Dead mod allows dialogue options that pop when you click the gate to Myrk's Lair with response button, so that proves that the exam dialogue can be done.</p><p> </p><p>I am willing to write the contents of each book in a text file word or some similar text processing program And the questions on each exam for each magic school. Other than that, im basically clueless.</p><p> </p><p>Im not sure if im clear enough, but I hope I am, i will visit these forums frequently so i can see if any replies are made whether it can be done or not. </p><p> </p><p>It sounds tricky, and i got no skills in the CS and even less so, scripting. If it's impossible or hard to make, just ignore it.</p><p> </p><p>Edit: Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to make sure i covered everything as simple as possible. And Sry for my bad english.</p> Edited April 5, 2013 by Emmindor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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