I tried doing Boethia's quest today - in the past I recall this was different (and UESP confirms that something has changed it from normal). In case you haven't played this quest, I am adding spoiler tags: I am an Argonian, so it is not a race issue either.
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What I see after I enter the portal to Oblivion is that I am in a brood cage. If I look below me, I see 9 Boethiah's chosen warriors standing on the small island on which I start (below the cage, on the small islet that supports the cage). As soon as I open the cage, Boethiah talks to me (Welcome Argonian, blah blah blah). Sooner or later, one of the contenders falls into the lava and Boethiah says that he was unworthy. If I talk to the contenders, they don't fight me (disposition is 18). I cannot open the gates (Gates are sealed by the Will of Boethiah, a message tells me).
If I attack the contenders, a war erupts and all are combating at the same time (good times).
But it is still screwed up. Refscope tells me that the chosen one have a "Follow Player package". Does any overhaul/mod change this quest such that all contenders are in the same islet, and not even on the main island? This quest now just seems flawed...know any mod that changes it?
What I see after I enter the portal to Oblivion is that I am in a brood cage. If I look below me, I see 9 Boethiah's chosen warriors standing on the small island on which I start (below the cage, on the small islet that supports the cage). As soon as I open the cage, Boethiah talks to me (Welcome Argonian, blah blah blah). Sooner or later, one of the contenders falls into the lava and Boethiah says that he was unworthy. If I talk to the contenders, they don't fight me (disposition is 18). I cannot open the gates (Gates are sealed by the Will of Boethiah, a message tells me).
If I attack the contenders, a war erupts and all are combating at the same time (good times).
But it is still screwed up. Refscope tells me that the chosen one have a "Follow Player package". Does any overhaul/mod change this quest such that all contenders are in the same islet, and not even on the main island? This quest now just seems flawed...know any mod that changes it?
TES4Edit tells me that CageOpen Script is affected by:
15. UOP
DABoethiaChosen05Ref [ACHR:00025611] (places DABoethiaChosen05 "Boethia's Chosen" [NPC_:000A2AE1] in GRUP Cell Persistent Children of [CELL:00099C16] (in DABoethiaRealm "Realm of Boethia" [WRLD:00099C14]))
and that
E2. RBP bgBalancingCore adds:
DABoethiaFindPlayer [PACK:000A2AF4]
Is this normal for UOP - is it placing the other contenders somewhere they are not supposed to be?
My huge LO, in case it helps:
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