Ania on 14/2/2003 at 23:44

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There was a (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=64658) 'where to start?' thread on the MW general discussion forum recently- worth a read.
Robes can be found in clothes shops- there is one in Balmora, if you're standing in front of the temple go right and up, it's one of the shops there. There is also a good one in Vivec, in the Foreign Quarter canalworks, IIRC, and many others all over the place.
Money? not easy at first, eventually you are rolling in it and can't find stuff to spend it on. Anyway, you know all these crates outside shops? Look inside them and pick up everything they contain, then sell it. Sometimes you even find some gold. It is technically illegal, though- quicksave before you steal, but it's rare that anyone notices.
You can also venture out, pick plants and sell them to alchemists and mages. Hackle-lo leaf is relatively valuable.
HTH
Ania

kfort on 15/2/2003 at 00:06

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1) For a nice (if expensive) robe, go to the clothier on the rich side of town. Her shop can be found in among the mansions on the higher part of town near the temple. You might, however, just save your money and "find" your own.

The cheapest way to get nice things would, of course, be to steal them. No risking your neck killing people/beasts and you can always reload if you get caught:ebil:. A word to the light-fingered but inexperienced - Avoid stealing in the same room as a person untill you have better sneak. Otherwise you will waste lots of time reloading. However, if you find something you just can't walk by, go ahead and try, even at low sneak levels. You may get lucky! Work on boosting your sneak skill, then start stealing from across the room while the npc's back is turned and the yellow "sneak" icon is indicating you are hidden. You can also build up skill by sneaking up on rats and scrib or seeing how long you can move around someone in town before they spot you. Just don't try clicking on anyone while stealthing! (at least not yet) If you are sneaking and click on an npc, you will attempt to pick their pocket. Personally, I find it really hard to pick pockets even at a high level, so it is generally a bad idea to try this variety of stealling untill later.

Of course, light-fingered ways are not for everyone (personally, I like taking anything not nailed down that's worth more than 10 gold, but that's just me:cheeky: ) For the heavier handed crowd, Morrowind offers other options for "free" items (robes included). Various smugglers caves, daedric shrines, dwemer ruins, anscestoral ruins, and ancient strongholds dot the land. If you are the adventuring sort (and who isn't who plays Morrowind;) ) try exploring the nearby country side for someone or some thing to kill. Smugglers have low quality robes, but some look rather nice. The daedra followers at daedric ruins sometimes have rather nice robes, but would probably be a little too rough for a level 2 mage to take on. The strongholds also have many nice items, but they are generally crawling with nasties.

Also, if you head back to Seyda Neen, then walk north up the road a ways, a set of expensive clothes virtually falls into your lap!:sly: (SPLAT!) As well as a nice sword and some interesting scrolls.

2) As far as getting cash - again, I would have to say thievery is always fun and rewarding. It really is an excellent way to pass the time in town. I don't endorse killing people for their possessions as the world is wide and full of plenty. I just find things which seem lonely and help them find a more attentive home:)

For the questy sorts, there are several small quests in Balmora and a number of guilds to join. You can join as many guilds as will allow you (only one great house and the thieves guild doesn't seem to like you if you join the fighter's guild, but beyond that you can pretty much join anybody or everybody). They give quests, but many take you outside of Balmora. There are two local, non-guild quests - one is given by the commander at moonmoth fort and the other is given by a hlaalu lady. Both involve killing people at the council club, so these can be hard to do if you don't have good speech craft (so that you can taunt them into attacking you first). I don't recall what the reward was for each unfortunately.

3) Be sure to carry a few healing and cure disease potions around before venturing into the wilds. Keep your armor/weapons in good condition or else they hurt baddies less and protect you less. Always work on improving your speech craft because it is really worth it later in the game (find unimportant people in Balmora then charm them, saving each time you get them up a little better than your last high score, reload if they drop past 50. Unimportant people are often easy to charm. So are people you may have to kill - probably to make them easier to taunt). Shopkeepers have a limited amount of money, but if they run out, just wait a day and they will refresh their supply. Unfortunately there are many weapons which are almost unsellable at their true high values. I generally just keep them, but you can also try selling them to Creeper in Caldera or the talking mud crab near Vivec. Don't wear ordinator (indoril) armor as it makes them cranky. In one of the watchtower in Balmora is the sword of the white woe. It is a very nice long sword although it can be difficult to steal (the tower on the poor side of town, upper floor on top of the wardrobe).

Enjoy your journeys in Morrowind!:thumb:
This is a very cool game!
Kfort

Dunbar2 on 19/2/2003 at 07:33

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* You can find a nice "free" robe and accessories if you follow the path from Seyda Neen to Hla Oad.
* The easiest way to make money is to make potions. You can find a master level alchemy set in the Mage's Guild in Caldera that you can "borrow".
* To advance magical skills, you can purchase "practice" spells. Have a custom spell made in the school of magic that you would like to improve such that the spell only costs 1 mana point and has zero or 1 duration.
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-Dunbar

Kuuler on 9/3/2003 at 05:50

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well i am new too but in my short time;) i have discored how to get gold at the begining. OK at the begining after the guard unlocks the door and says talk to blah blah goto the two doors and take verything!!!!!:ebil: torchs even unlock the chest looke in the bastek i mean everything then go outside get everthing in the barrel. Now when ur realealesed lol i can't spell find Fargoth:eww: give him the ring and goto the tradehouse now. SELL EVERYTHING U GOT and try to make it higher(that is wut ring is 4) ok buy ur stuff to fight. Now goto the northwest somwere along that are and u find a corpese i really need to spell right lol:cheeky: u will find a corpse take everything on it. and go back to the city. see it all . then folow the road west. You will find a book and a man falling. Pick up everthing!!!! yhen go back and sell then goto the swamp and goto foyandes or somthing like like talk to him get the ring goto the old guy that sellios or wutever:eek: talk to him about murder get ur gold!:cheeky: THEN...go near the siltstrider and raid the putlaw living thing free the slaves and more! check verything:ebil: and if an darkbrother hood attcka WOOOOO sell that stuff to they fighters giuld guy in balmora. so there now u have lots o gold!:cool:

shadowj on 28/3/2003 at 23:49

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1) check clothiers and outfitters around towns
2) kill ravirr the trader, take his stuff, drop it and pay a guard, pick the stuff up and go to caldera and sell stuff to the Creeper in Ghorak Manor

Join all factions in area and do their quests

get some alchemy equip and as many ash yams and netch leather, make 3 potions at a time and use them then make another 3 potions and use them and so on
This will increase ya INT which will also increase the price, the length of time and effect points of a potion, make as many potions as ya can before the effect wears off and take the potions to the creeper, my INT is over 1000 and the price of a potion is 714 which is good for a potion

3)Join ALL factions at start and if any quests involve killin a member of another faction, taunt the member into attackin ya so that ya won't get a bounty and won't get expelled from the faction if joined to it

the most important thing to do is SAVE before 1) killin anyone ya not sure of, basically if ya not sure if ya can kill him/her then save and then kill 2) jus incase if the game freezes, when ya get further into the game,it tends to crash more often so set a save-timin schedule like save every 15-20 minutes