Zaphod on 3/8/2002 at 19:51

---

*** Spoilers afoot ***

This will need a bit of a rambling set-up: Ok, so I'm playing the game through for the second time, trying to find stuff I missed, or new ways of doing things. But I messed up and need to travel back in time, as it were.

I'm completing all the Fighters Guild tasks, and was just about to receive the instructions from Eliena Stout-Pants (or whoever the Balmora Steward is) to kill the Customs woman in Sedya Neen (at least, if memory serves, that's her next job for me). And I'm very curious to get the job, and then take my concerns to Percius at Ald'Ruhn. Last time through, I killed her, and then in a later conversation with Percius, clicked on her name. He said, "She did nothing wrong. She didn't need to die." Which strikes me that if I took my concerns to him after I was given the job, but before disposing of her, Percius would have said, "Don't do it" or words to that effect. And I'm really curious to see what that dialogue would be like.

BUT (still with me?) unfortunately, I've already taken the job from Percius to kill Eliena Squat-Bottom, so the second she sees me when I ask for a new job (the Sedya Neen job), she cries havoc and we go to battle. And since I mainly use Quicksave, and I've already saved AFTER being given the Kill Eliena job by Percius, and my last real Savegame would make me a feeble n00b, I can't just reload. And I already tried doing the "sneak up real close and engage them in conversation before they ever see you and persuade the heck out of them" trick that you can use with smugglers and necromancers and other people who want to kill you on sight. That one of my favorite little exploits in the game - getting a whole cave of smugglers to love you, seemingly against their better judgement. Anyway, that didn't work either with Eliena. Even with 110% Chameleon, she still challenged me when I came within range. I can't figure out what to do.

SO (whew) is there any way that 1) someone could simply tell me what Percius says and does when I bring him a questionable task (so I don't have to go back and find out) or 2) tell me how I can reset the Percius's specific Fighter's Guild job to kill the 2 stewards, so I can move forward with Eliena Fussy-Britches without her trying to skewer me?

And yes, I Searched first. Didn't come up with anything applicable. I don't think "RA" would work in this instance.

jstnomega on 4/8/2002 at 00:50

---

An idea......a bunch of TBM (Telvani Bug Musk) b4 talking to her, or just after she goes berserk anyway. I wonder if that might not 'soothe the savage breast'. Did wonders, for me at least, in dealing w/Sottilde early on.

Forsythe on 4/8/2002 at 04:44

---

*grin* I have an unfair advantage, man; I'm using the editor to double-check everything I post ;)


Trust me... go find it even if she can't use it; I suspect you'll find it useful ;) If I'm reading the script right, you should get your most important stat to 100 before you do (and, if possible, make sure it's the only one at 100). Yes, I'm being intentionally mysterious :cheeky:

Edit: Oh btw, jstnomega, this is just a scripted event (poorly, IMO); it wouldn't matter if you cast 'calm humanoid' on her, she'd still attack you when you spoke to her.

WingedKagouti on 4/8/2002 at 11:42

---

You're not the only one :cool:

I've heard from a few who have done that, that it will only bestow the bad effect if you do so. [spoiler]Attributes apparently can't go above 100 base, Fortify is the only way of going past.[/spoiler]

JTHMZeroOne on 4/8/2002 at 17:15

---

The cup raises your best attribute to 100, and lowers your worst to 1 (I think) Drinking after you have a skill above 100 is a complete waist of time =P.