[IDEA/WIP] Character Backgrounds : III

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:06 am

Well, I am not even 100% certain I am going to be able to pull this one off, and it is still very much in pre-development, but I wanted to toss the idea out here and see what people thought. This is something I have been fiddling with during my down times with Burial Rites, and it won't get a primary focus for me until I have finished off the base mod for BR.

Currently, the plan is as follows. I will be adding a few additional classes for play, for a total of 31 accessible classes. These are all very specifically selected classes from the original game, so they will fit in fine with Lore, and all will be things that seemed as though they should be reasonable for the player to select as a class. Based off the class you select, I am thinking before leaving the room with Ergalla (so as to make it compatible with most leveling mods) you would need to answer the Background questions.

Each character will have to answer a series of 12 Background Questions for their character, the answers they select will grant various things: items, skills, or reputation; some even give you a small disadvantage. The 12 questions that the player will need to answer will be selected from a listing of 34 questions. Two of the questions will be asked of every character, regardless of class, and the other 10 will be dependent on class selection. The questions selected will depend on the class that the player selected for their character (so different plays, assuming using a different class, will net different results). Each question will have at least 3 available answers for the player to select.

Once the questions have been answered, the appropriate adjustments will be applied to the character and you will also receive a book that would also contain all of the information based off of what you have selected (if this is possible).

So far, I have developed all 34 Questions, answers to all questions, and results for each answer. I am now going through and determining which classes should be allocated each of the questions.

I will clean up some of my notes later on today or tomorrow and add them to the OP here for people to take a look at.

Basically, I am curious as to what people think about this idea, and if anyone had any particular ideas of things that could be used for it (Questions/Answers/Effects). I know this will be easier once I have the notes posted, but feel free to start commenting now.

EDIT: As promised, here is the listing of classes and background questions (along with currently decided results for each answer available, classes asked each question are still not listed, save for the two asked to all characters - though I do have some of this decided already as well, most acutally). Note, there are no spoiler tags, as I am still not 100% committed to everything presented here, but if you do not want to know what is even being planned, then I would suggest not reading any further!

http://www.otherfamily.net/webmaster/redeye/Char_Backgrounds.htm

Classes: Acrobat, Agent, Alchemist, Archer, Assassin, Barbarian, Bard, Battlemage, Commoner, Crusader, Enchanter, Enforcer, Healer, Hunter, Knight, Mage, Monk, Nightblade, Noble, Priest, Pilgrim, Rogue, Scout, Sharpshooter, Smuggler, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Thief, Trader, Warrior, Witchhunter

Background Questions:

Spoiler

What motivates you into a life of adventure? (All)
a. Riches
(GP +100)
b. Fame
(Reputation Starting +1)
c. Knowledge
(A Book: Brief History of the Empire v1)
d. Fun
(Skill Speechcraft +5)
(Skill Stealth +5)

You were in prison because ___. (All)
a. Thievery
(Skill Sneak +5)
(Skill Security +5)
(Skill Acrobatics +5)
b. Smuggling & Embezzlement
(Skill Mercantile +5)
(Skill Speechcraft +5)
(Skill Enchant +5)
c. Reckless Magic
(Skill Destruction +5)
(Skill Alteration +5)
(Skill Unarmored +5)
d. Witchcraft
(Skill Alchemy +5)
(Skill Restoration +5)
(Skill Conjuration +5)
e. Assault & Propery Destruction
(Skill Blunt +5)
(Skill Long Blade +5)
(Skill Axe +5)
f. Murder
(Skill Short Blade +5)
(Skill Illusion +5)
(Skill Marksman +5)
g. Heresy
(Skill Mysticism +5)
(Skill Athletics +5)
(Skill Hand to Hand +5)
As a child, your nickname was ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Rabbit
(Skill Acrobatics +1)
b. Shade
(Skill Sneak +1)
c. Quicksilver
(Skill Athletics +1)
d. Scrapper
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +1)
e. Slick
(Skill Speechcraft +1)

What religion, if any, do you follow? (Classes Asked)
a. None
(Reputation with Imperial Cult -1)
(Reputation with Tribunal Tempal -1)
b. Tribunal Tempal
(Reputation Tribunal Tempal +2)
(Reputation Imperial Cult -1)
c. Imperial Cult
(Reputation Imperial Cult +2)
(Reputation Tribunal Tempal -1)

Of all disagreeable types, you have the most personal hatred for ___. (Classes Asked)
a.Religious zealots
(Reputation House Indoril -1)
b.Diabolic wizards
(Reputation House Telvanni -1)
c.Battle mad war chiefs
(Reputation House Redoran -1)
d.Power-mad robber barons
(Reputation House Hlaalu -1)

Since childhood, you have saved ___. (Classes Asked)
a.100 gold pieces
(GP +100)
b. A book
(The Book of Dawn and Dusk)
c.A dozen arrows
(12 Iron Arrows)
d.A cuirass
(A Light/Medium/Heavy Cuirass)
e.An amulet
(An Expensive Amulet)
f.A pearl
(A Pearl)
g.A shield
(A shield of light/medium/heavy quality)
h. A weapon
(A Marksman/Short Blade/Long Blade/Axe/Blunt/Spear Weapon)

You have a certain degree of training with ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Short-bladed weapons
(Short Blade Skill +5)
(Imperial Shortsword)
b. Hand-to-hand combat
(Hand to Hand Skill +5)
(Iron Gauntlets)
c. Axe fighting
(Skill Axe +5)
(Steel Axe)
d. Blunt weapons
(Skill Blunt Weapon +5)
(Steel Staff)
e. Archery
(Skill Marksman +5)
(Chitin Shortbow and 6 Arrows)
f. Longblade
(Skill Long Blade +5)
(Steel Longsword)

What thieving skill have you been studying the longest? (Classes Asked)
a. Stealth
(Skill Sneak +5)
b. Lockpicking
(Skill Security +5)
c. Climbing
(Skill Acrobatics +5)
d. Running
(Skill Athletics +5)
e. Conning
(Skill Speechcraft +5)
f. Fenceing
(Skill Mercantile +5)

Given your choice of reward, you would most likely choose ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Gold pieces
(GP +100)
b. An interesting book
(A Dance in Fire, Chapter 1)
c. A gem
(A Ruby)
d. An amulet
(An Expensive Amulet)

One of the most important survival skills you picked up was how to ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Mend simple wounds
(Skill Restoration +5)
b. Ingratiate yourself
(Skill Speechcraft +5)
c. Repair damaged items
(Skill Armorer +5)
d. Haggle with merchants
(Skill Mercantile +5)
e. Fight with a knife
(Skill Short Blade +5)

You were an active child, ___ than anyone else your age. (Classes Asked)
a. faster
(Skill Athletics +5)
b. sneakier
(Skill Sneak +5)
c. a better climber
(Skill Acrobatics +5)
d. a better brawler
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +5)

You can get most of the things you want by stealing from ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Rich Nobles
(An Expensive Ring)
b. Scholar Types
(The Firmament)
c. Diversified Merchants
(A Torch)

The one skill you could not work without must be ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Lockpicking
(Skill Security +5)
b. Stealthy Movement
(Skill Sneak +5)
c. Dodging
(Skill Athletics +5)
d. Climbing
(Skill Acrobatics +5)
e. Backstabbing
(Skill Shortblade +5)

Your frail health as a child has made you ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Less resistant to poisons
(Poison Resistance -5%)
b. Less resistant to disease
(Disease Resistance -5%)
c. Less resistant to magic
(Magic Resistance -5%)

Which of the following skills have you been studying the longest? (Classes Asked)
a. Dodging
(Skill Athletics +5)
b. Stealth
(Skill Sneack +5)
c. Backstabbing
(Skill Shortblade +5)
d. Lockpicking
(Skill Security +5)
e. Climbing
(Skill Acrobatics +5)
f. Etiquette
(Skill Speechcraft +5)

You have the most trouble ___. (Classes Asked)
a.Resisting poisons
(Poison Resistance -10%)
b.Avoiding diseases
(Disease Resistance -5%)
c.Resisting spells
(Magic Resistance -5%)

You feel most comfortable ___. (Classes Asked)
a.On stable ground
(Skill Athletics +5)
b.On a ledge or tree
(Skill Acrobatics +5)
c.Anywhere dark
(Skill Sneak +5)
d.With other people
(Skill Speechcraft +2)
(Skill Mercantile +2)

Given 200 gold pieces as a reward, you decided to ___. (Classes Asked)
a.Save it.
(GP +200)
b.Buy a rare book
(Last Scabbard of Akrash)
d.Buy a ruby
(A Ruby)
e.Buy a silver weapon
(A Silver Shortblade/Longblade/Blunt/Axe/Spear)

You spend any free time you have training with ___. (Classes Asked)
a.Short-bladed weapons
(Skill Shortblade +5)
b.Hand-to-hand combat
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +5)
c.Axe fighting
(Skill Axe +5)
d.Blunt weapons
(Skill Blunt +5)
e.Archery
(Skill Marksman +5)
f.Longblade
(Skill Longblade +5)

You are intimate friends with ___. (Classes Asked)
a. a Mage
(Reputation Mage's Guild +1)
b. a Rogue
(Reputation Theives Guild +1)
c. a Warrior
(Reputation Fighters's Guild +1)
d. an Assassin
(Reputation Morag Tong +1)

You are most fond of using ___. (Classes Asked)
a.Short-bladed weapons
(Skill Shortblade +5)
(An Iron Short Sword)
b.Hand-to-hand combat
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +5)
(Iron Gauntlets)
c.Axe fighting
(Skill Axe +5)
(An Iron War Axe)
d.Blunt weapons
(Skill Blunt Weapon +5)
(An Iron Warhammer)
e.Archery
(Skill Marksman +5)
(An Iron Shortbow)
(6 Iron Arrows)
f.Longblade
(Skill Longblade +5)
(An Iron Longsword)

You were loaned and later allowed to keep ___. (Classes Asked)
a.200 gold pieces
(GP +200)
b.A great book
(Chance's Folly)
c.A cuirass
(A Light/Medium/Heavy Cuirass)
d.Pauldrons
(Light/Medium/Heavy Pauldrons)

What school of magic have you been studying the most? (Classes Asked)
a. Destruction
(Skill Destruction +5)
b. Restoration
(Skill Restoration +5)
c. Illusion
(Skill Illusion +5)
d. Alteration
(Skill Alteration +5)
e. Conjuration
(Skill Conjuration +5)
f. Mysticism
(Skill Mysticism +5)

Whenever you had a chance growing up you liked to spend time ___. (Classes Asked)
a. socializing with aristocrats
(Skill Speechcraft +5)
b. learning streetsmarts
(Reputation Theives Guild +1)
(Reputation Imperial Legion -1)
c. practicing acrobatics
(Skill Acrobatics +2)
(Skill Athletics +2)
d. learning economics
(Skill Mercantile +5)
e. sparring
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +5)

After the College of Destruction, what school of magic have you been studying the second longest? (Classes Asked)
a. Restoration
(Skill Destruction +10)
(Skill Restoration +5)
b. Illusion
(Skill Destruction +10)
(Skill Illusion +5)
c. Alteration
(Skill Destruction +10)
(Skill Alteration +5)
d. Conjuration
(Skill Destruction +10)
(Skill Conjuration +5)
e. Mysticism
(Skill Destruction +10)
(Skill Mysticism +5)

As you grew older, you received additional magical training in ___. (Classes Asked)
a. The School of Destruction
(Skill Destruction +5)
b. The School of Restoration
(Skill Restoration +5)
c. The School of Illusion
(Skill Illusion +5)
d. The School of Alteration
(Skill Alteration +5)
e. The School of Conjuration
(Skill Conjuration +5)
f. The School of Mysticism
(Skill Mysticism +5)

At an early age, your family considered it important that you learn how to ___. (Classes Asked)
a.Mend simple wounds
(Skill Restoration +5)
b.Ingratiate yourself
(Skill Speechcraft +5)
c.Haggle with merchants
(Skill Mercantile +5)
e.Fight with a knife
(Skill Shortblade +5)

Though certainly not due to hard work, you happen legitimately to own ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Over 200 gold pieces
(GP +200)
b.An ebony dagger
(An Ebony Dagger)
c. A book
(On Oblivion)
d. A ruby
(A Ruby)
e. A silver staff
(A Silver Staff)

Where is your expertise in combat? (Classes Asked)
a. Short-bladed weapons
(Skill Short Blade +10)
(Iron Short Sword)
b. Hand-to-hand combat
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +10)
(Iron Gauntlets)
c. Axe fighting
(Skill Axe +10)
(Iron Axe)
d. Blunt weapons
(Skill Blunt +10)
(Iron Mace)
e. Archery
(Skill Marksman +10)
(Iron Short Bow)

After the School of Restoration, what magic have you been studying the longest? (Classes Asked)
a. Destruction
(Skill Destruction +5)
(Skill Restoration +10)
b. Illusion
(Skill Illusion +5)
(Skill Restoration +10)
c. Alteration
(Skill Alteration +5)
(Skill Restoration +10)
d. Conjuration
(Skill Conjuration +5)
(Skill Restoration +10)
e. Mysticism
(Skill Restoration +10)
(Skill Mysticism +5)

Your favored weapon type is ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Short-bladed weapons
(Skill Shortblade +10)
(A Silver Wakazashi)
b. Axe fighting
(Skill Axe +10)
(An Iron War Axe)
c. Blunt weapons
(Skill Blunt +10)
(An Iron Warhammer)
d. Archery
(Skill Marksman +10)
(An Iron Shortbow)
(6 Arrows)
e. Longblade
(Skill Longblade +10)
(An Iron Katana)

Before you set out for the Imperial City, your mother gave you ___. (Classes Asked)
a. 100 gold pieces
(GP +100)
b. Her favorite book
(The Mirror)
c. A cuirass
(A Light/Medium/Heavy Cuirass)
d. A pearl
(A Pearl)

Scrounging through an alley, you came upon ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Two hundred gold pieces.
(GP + 200)
b. A book
(Varieties of Faith in the Empire)
c. A ruby
(A Ruby)
d. A silver flail
(A Silver Flail)
e. An amulet
(An Expensive Amulet)

Besides the bow and arrow, you are best at ___. (Classes Asked)
a. Short-bladed weapons
(Skill Marksman +10)
(Skill Shortblade +5)
(Iron Short Sword)
b. Hand-to-hand combat
(Skill Marksman +10)
(Skill Hand-to-Hand +5)
c. Axe fighting
(Skill Marksman +10)
(Skill Axe +5)
(Iron War Axe)
d. Blunt weapons
(Skill Marksman +10)
(Skill Blunt +5)
(Iron Warhammer)
e. Longblade
(Skill Marksman +10)
(Skill Longblade +5)
(Iron Longsword)

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:55 am

I like the sound of it. Any chance of having a peek of what the questions are (just put them in spoilers or something)? It would be much easier to give a better judgement, that's all.

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:55 am

I like the sound of it. Any chance of having a peek of what the questions are (just put them in spoilers or something)? It would be much easier to give a better judgement, that's all.

Yep, as stated in the OP, I will get those up a little later today, I just need to clean up my notes I have been making on this one. And I actually have one question and answer/effect set undecided at this point, the second of the questions that will be asked to all Characters.

Anyways, I suppose I can get the basics up right now, though this won't currently have all the information that will be going into the OP later on tonight/early tomorrow, but I can toss out the list of intended to be available classes, and then the listing of the questions (sans results or what classes will be asked the questions). Many of them are similar to, if not the same as the ones in Daggerfall, though the effects have been heavily adjusted to compensate for some of the differences in the games, and others have just been omitted entirely. So here is all that:

Intended Classes:

Spoiler

Acrobat
Agent
Alchemist
Archer
Assassin
Barbarian
Bard
Battlemage
Commoner
Crusader
Enchanter
Enforcer
Healer
Hunter
Knight
Mage
Monk
Nightblade
Noble
Priest
Pilgrim
Rogue
Scout
Sharpshooter
Smuggler
Sorcerer
Spellsword
Thief
Trader
Warrior
Witchhunter

Background Questions (first two questions are asked to all classes):

Spoiler

What motivates you into a life of adventure?
You were in prison because ___.
As a child, your nickname was ___.
What religion, if any, do you follow?
Of all disagreeable types, you have the most hatred for ___.
Since childhood, you have saved ___.
You have a certain degree of training with ___.
What thieving skill have you been studying the longest?
Given your choice of reward, you would most likely choose ___.
One of the most important survival skills you picked up was how to ___.
You were an active child, ___ than anyone else your age.
You can get most of the things you want by stealing from ___.
The one skill you could not work without must be ___.
Your frail health as a child has made you ___.
Which of the following skills have you been studying the longest?
You have the most trouble ___.
You feel most comfortable ___.
Given 200 gold pieces as a reward, you decided to ___.
You spend any free time you have training with ___.
You are intimate friends with ___.
You are most fond of using ___.
You were loaned and later allowed to keep ___.
What school of magic have you been studying the most?
Whenever you had a chance growing up you liked to spend time ___.
After Destruction, what magic have you studied longest?
As you grew older, you received additional magical training in ___.
At an early age, your family considered it important you learn how to ___.
Though certainly not due to work, you legitimately to own ___.
Where is your expertise in combat?
After Restoration, what magic have you been studying the longest?
Your favored weapon type is ___.
Before you set out for the Imperial City, your mother gave you ___.
Scrounging through an alley, you came upon ___.
Besides the bow and arrow, you are best at ___.

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:30 pm

This reminds me of Daggerfall's chargen system, which was pretty awesome (maybe even the greatest thing about that great game). I hope this comes through!

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:24 pm

This reminds me of Daggerfall's chargen system, which was pretty awesome (maybe even the greatest thing about that great game). I hope this comes through!

That, my friend, is exactly what the idea came from (and seeing some people mention wishing it had been in Morrowind). Many of the questions are, in fact, from the Daggerfall listing of questions. I have omitted some of them, adjusted others, and am reworking it to take account for some differences in the systems used in the games (different skills and such).

Anyways, the OP has a lot of the details added to it now, and I only have about 7 more classes to line up for questions before this would be able to move to some kind of production work on it (though I can not start that myself until I finish Burial Rites).

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:42 pm

So, I finished off all the class/questions just a couple seconds ago, saved the excel sheet as a webpage for people to look over here: http://www.otherfamily.net/webmaster/redeye/Char_Backgrounds.htm

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:27 am

Great idea, will be following this eagerly :thumbsup:

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:23 pm

Really cool idea! I'd be sure to try this when it was released.
One question, are you planning on making this compatible with alternate beginning mods?

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:52 pm

Really cool idea! I'd be sure to try this when it was released.
One question, are you planning on making this compatible with alternate beginning mods?

As best as I can.

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:21 pm

This is really cool but a lot of these are pretty redundant, and there are way too many positive effects and almost no negative ones.

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:30 am

This is really cool but a lot of these are pretty redundant, and there are way too many positive effects and almost no negative ones.

This is because not every character is asked the same questions, they are asked different ones, some in a similar way to make them more fitting to what that class would be like. By the end of it, each character will have some skill bumps, some equipment, and some positive and negative effects added to them. I did it in this way to keep some degree of diversity, and to also try and keep things balanced in some way.

If you compare the chart I posted in the link on the OP to what the questions actually provide this will become evident.

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:09 am

Ah, I guess I missed that. Very cool.

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:53 pm

Will this still work out for custom classes?

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:49 pm

This sounds like a great idea, and I would definitly use such a mod.

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:01 am

Will this still work out for custom classes?

My intent is to try and make it so that it will by providing a default set of questions that will be asked to classes that I do not account for in this listing provided.

EDIT: Does anyone have any suggestions in regards to the prison question/answers/results? I am still having some issues deciding just what to utilize there, but considering how the game begins, I think it would be a good question to address (as well as make sure there are some options in there that can be bent to as many play styles as possible). Beyond this, if anyone has some suggestions in regards to specific changes they may want to see to the questions or answers/results, fire away.

EDIT 2: Also, I would be willing to take some suggestions in regards to classes that could be added to the listing. Further, I have updated the sheet linked in the OP to include the Default listing of questions, as well as two classes listed beyond that which I will be making in a separate version of this mod (the classes listed are for a friend and for my girlfriend) and six spots listed as open for other classes that people would like to request be added to this project. I will actually release both versions, to give people a choice of what style they want (as the expanded version will have some non-lore friendly classes as seen).

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:54 pm

MEDIT: Does anyone have any suggestions in regards to the prison question/answers/results? I am still having some issues deciding just what to utilize there, but considering how the game begins, I think it would be a good question to address (as well as make sure there are some options in there that can be bent to as many play styles as possible). Beyond this, if anyone has some suggestions in regards to specific changes they may want to see to the questions or answers/results, fire away.

Because I mostly play magickwielding chars, an obvious anserw for me is: Offering unsanctioned training in magickal practices, outside of the Guild of Mages.
I'll think of more anserws later

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:11 pm

Here's a few for the prison question, most are vague -- up to interpretation of the player, by the choices of the other questions perhaps:

A ) thievery (sneak, security, acrobatics)
B ) smuggling & embezzlement (mercantile, speechcraft, enchant)
C ) reckless magic (destruction, alteration, unarmored)
D ) witchcraft (alchemy, restoration, conjuring)
E ) assault & propery destruction (blunt weapon, long blade, axe)
F ) murder (short blade, illusion, marksman)
G ) heresy (mysticism, athletics, hand to hand)

Hope this helps ^_^

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:12 pm

i do like the concept, though there would be a lot to change to get the daggerfall questions to work well in morrowind. kinda like the questions for choosing your class even.

one thing to mention though is that any "knowledge" answers should give an increase in intelligence, or max. magicka bonus along with a book. or at least make sure it's a skill book instead.

i like q's jail answers, though i'd add one more...treason. though i don't know what that would entail, perhaps added reputation due to the magnitude?

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:47 pm

Here's a few for the prison question, most are vague -- up to interpretation of the player, by the choices of the other questions perhaps:

A ) thievery (sneak, security, acrobatics)
B ) smuggling & embezzlement (mercantile, speechcraft, enchant)
C ) reckless magic (destruction, alteration, unarmored)
D ) witchcraft (alchemy, restoration, conjuring)
E ) assault & propery destruction (blunt weapon, long blade, axe)
F ) murder (short blade, illusion, marksman)
G ) heresy (mysticism, athletics, hand to hand)

Hope this helps ^_^

Quorn's ideas gave me inspirations for some reputation based rewards and (mostly) disadvantages.

Thievery +Rep for Thieves Guild
Reckless magic -Rep for Mages Guild
Witchcraft -Rep for Mages Guild
Murder maybe +Rep at the Morag Tong?
Heresy -Rep Imperial Cult

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:15 pm

Quorn's ideas gave me inspirations for some reputation based rewards and (mostly) disadvantages.

Thievery +Rep for Thieves Guild
Reckless magic -Rep for Mages Guild
Witchcraft -Rep for Mages Guild
Murder maybe +Rep at the Morag Tong?
Heresy -Rep Imperial Cult

that's a good idea, thievery and smuggling should lower rep with imperial legion, witchcraft lowers it with tribunal and imperial cult, heresy lowers it with tribunal and redoran. i would say assault should increase it with camonna tong which would be pretty funny.

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:43 pm

that's a good idea, thievery and smuggling should lower rep with imperial legion, witchcraft lowers it with tribunal and imperial cult, heresy lowers it with tribunal and redoran. i would say assault should increase it with camonna tong which would be pretty funny.

I would not add too many +/- Rep to Morrowind factions, because the crime was commited in Cyrodiil, but all-in all I like them

» Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:13 pm

Because I mostly play magickwielding chars, an obvious answer for me is: Offering unsanctioned training in magickal practices, outside of the Guild of Mages.
I'll think of more answers later

That certainly doesn't seem like too bad of an idea at all to me.

Here's a few for the prison question, most are vague -- up to interpretation of the player, by the choices of the other questions perhaps:

A ) thievery (sneak, security, acrobatics)
B ) smuggling & embezzlement (mercantile, speechcraft, enchant)
C ) reckless magic (destruction, alteration, unarmored)
D ) witchcraft (alchemy, restoration, conjuring)
E ) assault & propery destruction (blunt weapon, long blade, axe)
F ) murder (short blade, illusion, marksman)
G ) heresy (mysticism, athletics, hand to hand)

Hope this helps ^_^

Those look like some really good questions for the prison question, and the results aren't bad options either. I think I will be doing some work with these a little bit later on, though I think today will be mostly reserved for Burial Rites so I can actually get around to this mod. Thanks a million for the suggestions!

i do like the concept, though there would be a lot to change to get the daggerfall questions to work well in morrowind. kinda like the questions for choosing your class even.

one thing to mention though is that any "knowledge" answers should give an increase in intelligence, or max. magicka bonus along with a book. or at least make sure it's a skill book instead.

i like q's jail answers, though i'd add one more...treason. though i don't know what that would entail, perhaps added reputation due to the magnitude?

You are correct, I have had to make adjustments to basically every single question used in order to compensate for differences from Daggerfall to Morrowind, but I don't find this to be too much of a problem overall. Did you maybe have some suggestions for specific questions and answers that might be good to use?

Quorn's ideas gave me inspirations for some reputation based rewards and (mostly) disadvantages.

Thievery +Rep for Thieves Guild
Reckless magic -Rep for Mages Guild
Witchcraft -Rep for Mages Guild
Murder maybe +Rep at the Morag Tong?
Heresy -Rep Imperial Cult

Those all seem like a decent idea overall, and I could certainly see the prison question actually netting the most change overall to the character (both good and bad), so I will certainly consider those reputation adjustments.

that's a good idea, thievery and smuggling should lower rep with imperial legion, witchcraft lowers it with tribunal and imperial cult, heresy lowers it with tribunal and redoran. i would say assault should increase it with camonna tong which would be pretty funny.

Much in line with what I mentioned above, I do think that is probably one of the best ideas to do with the prison question, as I think it should probably net the most consistent change in the character.

I would not add too many +/- Rep to Morrowind factions, because the crime was commited in Cyrodiil, but all-in all I like them

That was my goal, I think at the moment the player can only end up with a -1 to one of the Great Houses for Morrowind specific factions. Most others relate to type of Religion (which can cause a hit/increase to the Tribunal Temple), and most other ones relate to the Imperial Guilds you can join (Fighter's, Mage's, Theive's). But I do agree that reps for factions typically only seen in Morrowind should not be touched often with this.

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:31 am

Good luck with the project! I've worked on a similar project awhile back, which is where those answers came from, but never really progressed past the concept stage, probably from all of the other similar plug-ins.

There was one other crime I forgot to list, vagrancy, which was the 'op-out' answer which didn't have any positive or negative feedback, incase the player didn't want to associate with the other crimes.

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:19 am

Good luck with the project! I've worked on a similar project awhile back, which is where those answers came from, but never really progressed past the concept stage, probably from all of the other similar plug-ins.

There was one other crime I forgot to list, vagrancy, which was the 'op-out' answer which didn't have any positive or negative feedback, incase the player didn't want to associate with the other crimes.

That also doesn't sound like a bad option either.

And really, judging by your other projects, I am not surprised you never got around to this one (and I am more than fine with that by all the quality work you've put out to the community). Hopefully I will be able to get it crafted and out

» Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:20 am

Really looking forward to trying this one. Very good concept. :foodndrink: