Should I kill the Afflicted? : V

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:12 pm

So I did this quest once, and it literally took me 1.5 hours, maybe 2 hours. My sneak is 100 right now, and I wanted to know if you guys think I should sneak past all of them, or kill them all.

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:18 pm

Well, they are vessels for a Daedric Lord...

They spread diseases...

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:07 pm

I like Peryite he gives me a very useful tool against dragons

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:37 pm

Or you can just use Alteration for the Atronach perk, get the Atronach stone, and either become a vampire lord with necromage or use Miraak's gear for 100% spell absorption.

» Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:09 am

Very true, best Daedric artifact in the game.

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:02 pm

They're bandits that puke on you. I'd do it.

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:11 pm

I agree they have no importance to you or their selves for that matter. Kill them all!

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:27 pm

In my case, different characters would make different decisions.

Is this a Dawnguard quest? It doesn't seem familiar...

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:04 pm

Eh, I decided to go with killing them. It seems to go a lot faster than the last time I did it though...probably because I'm at a higher level.

Miraak's clothes give you 100% absorption???

» Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:22 am

Is this a Dawnguard quest? It doesn't seem familiar...

Nope. It's the Peryite daedric quest, and part of the base game.

» Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:43 am

Miraak's gear = 25% spell absorption. 25% + 50% (Atronach stone) + 30% (Atronach perk) = 105% spell absorption.

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:16 pm

I thought it capped at 80%

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 1:59 pm

Question!

What exactly is the backstory of this quest? I've come to two different conclusions.

Spoiler

Orchendor decided to shirk Peryite's orders and use the Afflicted as an army to achieve his own ends, rather than infecting the places Peryite wanted to be infected.

Or

Spoiler

Orchendor decided it was wrong to use all the Afflicted as vectors for disease and chose to keep them quarantined in the Dwemer ruin until the disease killed them all, defeating the whole point of Peryite "blessing" them.

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:07 pm

I don't understand why you ask. Just make up your mind.

» Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:25 am

I say kill them. They're suffering...plus they attack you first.

» Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:13 pm

Most evil people tend to keep to themselves at first to concoct plans and fiddle with their glorious mustaches whenever they realize a particular plan won't work. Absence of him marching the afflicted to Silver Blood manor is not absence of his plans.

Doesn't answer the question I know, just saying that, the first scenario is usually preceded by the second scenario, so... yeah, IDK