So I killed the shopkeeper.. and his sister... and his dad.. : V

» Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:37 am

Since it seems that if you kill off characters such as shopkeepers, they are replaced by a relative or a friend.

But how far does this go I wonder? If you kill the replacement are they in turn replaced?

Could I end up killing an entire family before the shop is closed down? ...Oh the opportunities. :hubbahubba:

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:20 pm

Quest failed, shop's empty.

» Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:10 am

People become too scared to work in the haunted shop. You can't get that quest. svcks to be you.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:21 pm

Is it just quest characters that have this? I thought it included most NPC's. :\

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:27 pm

I think that the quest the family was going to give you will disappear if you kill the whole family.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:02 pm

Sounds like fable they'll just keep getting replaced.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:39 pm

Is it just quest characters that have this? I thought it included most NPC's. :\

No one said that this will only include quest givers...

» Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:13 am

By the gods - there's a psychopath on the loose! :spotted owl:

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:35 pm

I'm mainly curious to how far you can push it really... I doubt Bethesda would have written up backstory or a character for the replacements replacement

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:02 pm

I hope the game won't continuously pump out previously non-existing relatives to take control of the shops.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:25 pm

People become too scared to work in the haunted shop. You can't get that quest. svcks to be you.

So you get a quest to clear the haunted shop, easy enough. Then once you "banish the ghosts" you can brutally murder the next shop keeper.

So long as the shop is very lucrative you keep doing this till your the only one left in Skyrim.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:40 pm

I think we only know that this happens for one shop in Riverwood (or whatever the town is called). We don't know that they're going to endlessly replace NPCs in every single house or store... just in that one instance so far.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:39 pm

They're going to raise from the dead to haunt you whilst trying to make you buy their goods.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:55 pm

There's no reason why it has to be a relative. Could just be some new enterprising individual who saw the store was recently put up for sale, and always fancied running their own business.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:45 pm

I hope the game won't continuously pump out previously non-existing relatives to take control of the shops.

I suspect that this may well be the case though...

» Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:41 am

Maybe the whole family turns undead and comes a hunting

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:56 pm

I think we only know that this happens for one shop in Riverwood (or whatever the town is called). We don't know that they're going to endlessly replace NPCs in every single house or store... just in that one instance so far.

I don't think Riverwood would be an isolated case of this feature; perhaps not replacing every NPC but shopkeepers and quest givers perhaps due to the services they give.

But if so then my character will not be welcome in Riverwood... :smile:

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:05 pm

After a while only Adoring Fans will continue to respawn to teach you a lesson. :evil:

:ahhh:

Nah I dont think we will have to worry about never ending family members, I bet they will have set numbers.

» Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:39 am

So you get a quest to clear the haunted shop, easy enough. Then once you "banish the ghosts" you can brutally murder the next shop keeper.

So long as the shop is very lucrative you keep doing this till your the only one left in Skyrim.

But if you're not subtle about it they cotton on and murder you in your sleep as retribution. Game over.

And Skyrim is destroyed by the dragons :shrug:

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:14 pm

I have another idea; perhaps the original shopkeeper/person would come back in another reincarnation. Preferably a scamp. :biggrin:

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:06 pm

You had your chance and blew it, so I guess the shop will be run by a dude with no relation (unless the shopkeepers sisters aunts brothers friends cousin left a note on what they wanted done but that would be silly, the quest would have to be something very important to have been carried along like this)

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:05 pm

Congratulations! Welcome to your new and well stocked home!

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:26 pm

Congratulations! Welcome to your new and well stocked home!

Perhaps a chance to buy the shop once you've bumped off the family? As long as you aren't caught of course... :whistling:

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:44 pm

his third cousin twice removed on his mothers aunts fathers side will replace them.

» Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:51 pm

I think this is reading a little too deeply into that part. At least, I would certainly hope Bethesda is intelligent enough to realize that every person in the world can't possibly have infinite replacements... :unsure: