Problem With Cheydinhal Mage Guild Recommendation : IV

» Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:01 pm

I have a problem with completing the Cheydinhal Mage Guild Recommendation. When I go to Falcar's room, as instructed by Deetsan, I find the door locked. A key is necessary to open it. I have no key.

So, I wait for Falcar to leave at 6:00 a.m., go into the room when he opens the door and leaves. While he is gone, I search the room and find the two black soul gems. I wait for him to come home and night, and walk past him out of the room. I have the black soul gems with me.

However, when I meet Deetsan upstairs, she does not recognize I have completed the mission. She does not take the black soul gems from me.

In my inventory, the two black soul gems have a red hand sitting next to them.

Did I miss something in running this mission?

Thanks!

» Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:32 am

belong under tips and hint i think.

Spoiler

As I remember that quest you first have to wait for Deetsan to talk to you then Falcar is not around, then get the ring, then talk to Deetsan again, at this point Falcar has left and you get the key to search his room for the recommendation, instead you find the black soulgems and Deetsan approves you.

Looks like you shortcut it by entering the room without bothering with the ring in the well,

» Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:54 am

Yes, what Zaria says.
And if you dont want to wait for him to leave, use demoralize

» Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:05 am

OP says that Deetsan told him to go search Falcar's room, which means he retrieved the ring, but Falcar didn't get the memo. He should NOT still be around at this stage of the quest so you're bugged. Look the quest up on UESP wiki - just do a google seerch - for a walkthru of the quest and a list of things that can go wrong. If you're on a PC you can use console commands to finish it. If you're using a console you probably have no choice but to revert to an earlier save.

Mara

» Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:05 pm

OP, what does your last journal entry for that quest say?

» Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:32 am

Another question is whether you used the console already to advance the quest. If you do that, then events in the scripts can get bypassed. Falcar should have left the guild when you got the ring from Vidkun, so that he's not around when you talk to Deetsan. If you bypassed getting the ring, you broke the quest and will need to reload from before you did that.