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Psychotic
Jarl of Skyrim
Registration Date: 30.07.2006
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This is just a re-post of an idea I posted in this thread.
I'll just quote myself because I'm lazy. 
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Originally posted by Psychotic
We might place some generic hunting/mercenary quests throughout Skyrim. 
You will need to talk to the head of the hunting/war party to get the
quest. He will offer you a certain sum of gold (or other valuables) if
you join his party on a hunting trip or in a battle. The player will be
able to be a hunter or mercenary and do simple hunting or hack'n'smash
quests if he needs to make some quick septims or if he has enough gold
he will be able to hire mercenaries to help him in fights. |
Now for the details...
Hunters:
The Jarls of hunting parties will be located at most Hunter's Halls
located throughout Skyrim's towns and villages, the player will be able
to get the hunting quests from them.
You will get the quests with different difficulty at different places
and when visiting at different times, sometimes you might be invited to
hunt small game like deer, while sometimes you might get a chance to
hunt a Frost Giant.
You will hunt with a party of around 3 NPCs and will usually be given a
period of 24 hours to return with the required number of
pelts/hides/meat.
If you do not return within 24 hour with the required amount of
pelts/hides/meat the hunter who hired you will suffer a disposition hit
towards you and you will not get paid. If his disposition falls to low
you will not be able to join his hunting party on hunts again until you
raise his disposition to an acceptable level.
If you return with the required number of pelts/hides/meat you will be
compensated (usually in gold) and for every extra pelt/hide/meat you
bring in at that time you will be paid further (better then a normal
merchant would pay for a pelt, hide or piece of meat).
A creature like a Frost Giant will most likely be hunted for fame and
the player will also be able to sell a trophy from the Giant?s body for
a high price.
After every hunt you will have to wait a certain period of time (3-4 days) until you can hunt with that hunting party again.
You will have to wait a week from the death of a hunter until a
replacement is hired. If all the hunters in the hunting party die you
will have to wait until they are all replaced before you can go hunting
again with that party.
The hunting party will get smaller if you decide to take another hunting quest without waiting for replacements to be hired.
Mercenaries:
Mercenaries captains will be located in mercenaries camps throughout
the wilderness. You will be able to do different quests for them, from
clearing out a cave of bandits or creatures to escorting a rich
merchant on a dangerous road.
The quests won't always follow guidelines like the ones issued by the
Fighters Guild follow; some of them might go against Imperial lore and
cause the players bounty to rise.
The parties of mercenaries joining you will number 3-4 people, but the
quests will be balanced so that they will not be able to win without
your help.
The deadline for most quests will be 24 hours; the consequences for
missing that deadline will be the same as the ones mentioned in the
hunting quests.
If you can afford it you will also be able to hire mercenaries from the mercenary captains to help you on your own quests.
You will hire them for a basic period of 48 hours and once that time
has passed you will be asked by the mercenary (or mercenaries) if you
want to pay them for a further period of service (minimum 24 hours).
Once you are done with the mercenaries they will return to their camp.
If a mercenary is killed you will have to wait until the camp hires a
replacement. If all the mercenaries from a single camp are killed you
will have to wait a week before you can hire mercenaries from that camp
again.
The war party will get smaller if you decide to take another quest without waiting for replacements to be hired.
Also, different camps will have different types of mercenaries, some
will specialize in marksmanship, some in melee combat and a very few in
combat magic.
So what do you people think?
This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by The Old Ye Bard: 07.04.2007 23:37.
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13.11.2006 13:56 |
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-Sulan-
Chieftain of Skyrim
Registration Date: 06.03.2006
Posts: 443
Location: Sweden
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Sounds great!! I like it just the same as the goblin killing thing, since it?s a way to make a living...
I thing the deadlines should vary though, it?d be cool to be out on a hunt for more than a day, making camp and stuff...
It?d be nice if this could scale up and down in difficulty to the point
that some of these are a challange for a 40 lvl player, and some are
doable for a low level player. The likelyhood of how difficult the
missions are can be depended on player level, and also, before you go
on the mission you?d have some knowledge of how difficult it will be
(by knowing the "target", area etc).
So if it?s not too much extra work it?d be nice to allow lower lvl
players to do this also, since much of Skyrim won?t be
lowlevel-friendly...
In any case I like the idea!!! 
Someone could start even now making these generic camps and the npc?s
and scripts to go with it as well as the "targets", and then it?d just
be a matter of placing them out when we have the heightmap...
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13.11.2006 15:06 |
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Psychotic
Jarl of Skyrim
Registration Date: 30.07.2006
Posts: 3,420
Location: Sheogorath's Realm
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Originally posted by -Sulan-
I thing the deadlines should vary though, it?d be cool to be out on a hunt for more than a day, making camp and stuff...
It?d be nice if this could scale up and down in difficulty to the point
that some of these are a challange for a 40 lvl player, and some are
doable for a low level player. The likelyhood of how difficult the
missions are can be depended on player level, and also, before you go
on the mission you?d have some knowledge of how difficult it will be
(by knowing the "target", area etc).
So if it?s not too much extra work it?d be nice to allow lower lvl
players to do this also, since much of Skyrim won?t be
lowlevel-friendly...
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That's the plan actually, I just forgot to mention all the details.
Some of the scripts will depend on the location of the camps/hunter's
halls, but work on the more standard stuff can begin at any time.
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13.11.2006 15:30 |
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Skot the Sanguine
Knight
Registration Date: 11.10.2006
Posts: 93
Location: New York, USA
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Sounds great, I will definitely be doing both....hunting and merc jobs
which don't necessarily care about laws...perfect for a barbarian 
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13.11.2006 20:07 |
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Psychotic
Jarl of Skyrim
Registration Date: 30.07.2006
Posts: 3,420
Location: Sheogorath's Realm
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If everyone's ok with this I'll move it to the published quests section.
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07.04.2007 18:26 |
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Siegfried
Archduke
Registration Date: 07.03.2006
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07.04.2007 18:48 |
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Psychotic
Jarl of Skyrim
Registration Date: 30.07.2006
Posts: 3,420
Location: Sheogorath's Realm
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Originally posted by Siegfried
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Originally posted by Alasdair
Cool, I'll post a claim for a hunters lodge in Riften
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We should have an option to have the player's kills mounted as trophies in the lodge
and maybe the lodge shouldn't be located in Riften. I mean, Riften is a
more tame part of Skyrim, it would be more likely to be located in a
smaller, more rural town like Reich Corigate, as its decent sized, yet
on the fringe of the wilds. Or better yet Sunguard, a hunter's lodge
would fit perfectly with that town's warrior tradition. |
The trophy option could perhaps be present for some of the more unique creatures you'll get to hunt.
And yes I agree, Sunguard would be a much better place for a hunting lodge in The Rift.
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07.04.2007 20:46 |
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Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim
Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England
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Yeah, Sunguard would probably be the best location for it.
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07.04.2007 20:46 |
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