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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:54:17 +0100, "Merlin"
> <bech_dokNOSPAM.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I count six out of eight topics that rates as spam
and
>>only one serious DF related post
>>
> I don't think there are many of us still playing
Daggerfall. Thanks
> for reminding me, though, I do have a question.
>
> I got the quest from a Temple to perform an
exorcism on a child, if
> necessary, and it turned out to be a scam. The kid
ran off with the
> holy object. I went to the inn where I had first
met the child's
> guardian and found a woman who would tell me where
they went for 50
> gold pieces. I handed over the gold and she gave
me the name of a
> store which doesn't exist. I went to every store
in Daggerfall City
> without success, then exited the city and came back
and searched
> again. I am now searching every inn, without much
luck.
>
> Is there a way to find the scammers, or am I out of
luck on this one?
> --
> Nyctolops

One thing I liked/like about DF is problems like
this. It could be a bug
of course, but you often gets only half of the
necessary info like this:
ie. the store's name but not the name of the town,
and you have to ask
around. The closest solution I can think of is to
search for the person,
and not the store. If there is a person associated
with your quest, his/her
name will be a topic on the dialogue screen under
"where is"

Normally it covers only the town you are in, but
sometime it covers the
whole region, reflecting the persons degree of
informations.
Usually, as you suggest, the inns are the best source
of information

The worst case scenario, of course, will be, that you
fail the quest. But
this will only result in a few point of reputation,
which is easily recovered.

I have also had problems with this quest. But in my
case, the child just
wasn't there. I always, as a precaution, makes a new
save when accepting
a quest, and use that instead. When I succeed, I
replace the original one
with this.

In your situation you got the name of a store, and
you supposed it was
in the town where you were, daggerfall city, -
correct? When it isn't
there, I would guess that it was to be looked for in
the daggerfall region
but not elsewhere.

The programmers did a good job on DF giving the npc's
different degree's
of 'who knows what' and 'who know most'. The best
general source of information
about people are the landlords. The guild's are also
worth a visit


merlin
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:41:29 +0100, "Merlin"
<bech_dokNOSPAM RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:


> One thing I liked/like about DF is problems like
>this. It could be a bug
> of course, but you often gets only half of the
>necessary info like this:
> ie. the store's name but not the name of the town,
>and you have to ask
> around. The closest solution I can think of is to
>search for the person,
> and not the store. If there is a person associated
>with your quest, his/her
> name will be a topic on the dialogue screen under
>"where is"

I have done this quest before and the person I need to find is the
child's guardian. His name does not appear under Where Is Person. The
child's name is there, but that only refers me back to the house where
I first met her. I have checked and the house is always empty. I
think there is a bug associated with this quest. The times I have
finished this quest successfully, the guardian didn't leave town.

> The programmers did a good job on DF giving the npc's
>different degree's
> of 'who knows what' and 'who know most'. The best
>general source of information
> about people are the landlords. The guild's are also
>worth a visit
>
I like this feature, too, except when things get buggy and you receive
bad information.
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Nyctolops
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"Nyctolops" <nyctolops DeleteThis @vla.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:41:29 +0100, "Merlin"
> <bech_dokNOSPAM DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>> One thing I liked/like about DF is problems like
>>this. It could be a bug
>> of course, but you often gets only half of the
>>necessary info like this:
>> ie. the store's name but not the name of the town,
>>and you have to ask
>> around. The closest solution I can think of is to
>>search for the person,
>> and not the store. If there is a person associated
>>with your quest, his/her
>> name will be a topic on the dialogue screen under
>>"where is"
>
> I have done this quest before and the person I need to find is the
> child's guardian. His name does not appear under Where Is Person. The
> child's name is there, but that only refers me back to the house where
> I first met her. I have checked and the house is always empty. I
> think there is a bug associated with this quest. The times I have
> finished this quest successfully, the guardian didn't leave town.
>
>> The programmers did a good job on DF giving the npc's
>>different degree's
>> of 'who knows what' and 'who know most'. The best
>>general source of information
>> about people are the landlords. The guild's are also
>>worth a visit
>>
> I like this feature, too, except when things get buggy and you receive
> bad information.
> --
> Nyctolops

I agree. Daggerfall is very realistic.
Sometimes you get the elevator, sometimes you get the shaft.
I think the game teleports them into an unconnected area once in a while
'cause I've seen similar things.
Do you think if you wait around the child shows back up somewhere?

-Heyrab
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:23:18 -0500, "Captain Heyrab"
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>
>"Nyctolops" <nyctolops RemoveThis @vla.nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:41:29 +0100, "Merlin"
>> <bech_dokNOSPAM RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> One thing I liked/like about DF is problems like
>>>this. It could be a bug
>>> of course, but you often gets only half of the
>>>necessary info like this:
>>> ie. the store's name but not the name of the town,
>>>and you have to ask
>>> around. The closest solution I can think of is to
>>>search for the person,
>>> and not the store. If there is a person associated
>>>with your quest, his/her
>>> name will be a topic on the dialogue screen under
>>>"where is"
>>
>> I have done this quest before and the person I need to find is the
>> child's guardian. His name does not appear under Where Is Person. The
>> child's name is there, but that only refers me back to the house where
>> I first met her. I have checked and the house is always empty. I
>> think there is a bug associated with this quest. The times I have
>> finished this quest successfully, the guardian didn't leave town.
>>
>>> The programmers did a good job on DF giving the npc's
>>>different degree's
>>> of 'who knows what' and 'who know most'. The best
>>>general source of information
>>> about people are the landlords. The guild's are also
>>>worth a visit
>>>
>> I like this feature, too, except when things get buggy and you receive
>> bad information.
>> --
>> Nyctolops
>
>I agree. Daggerfall is very realistic.
>Sometimes you get the elevator, sometimes you get the shaft.
>I think the game teleports them into an unconnected area once in a while
>'cause I've seen similar things.
>Do you think if you wait around the child shows back up somewhere?
>
It took several game days to check all the shops and inns looking for
her guardian. At the end of that I checked the original house again
without success. I gave up on this quest and took another one.
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Nyctolops
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