Due to a mod, the "work" topic while taling to NPCs is missing. This means I cannot complete missions like Gateway Haunting or Larrius Varro Tells a Story. I'd show you my load order, but I don't know how. Can anyone help?

First, try this. Open the console and type AddTopic "work"
(see if that allows the Topic to function, just in case)

To get your Load Order, open Wrye Mash and go to the Saves tab.
Highlight your Save file, then right-click the File header in the bottom right box. Select "Copy List"
Then Paste in a word doc, or here.

Mlox also can make a copy for you.

If you don't have Mash or Mlox, you can find your mods listed at the bottom of your Morrowind.ini file (although just in alphabetical order)

These are my mods: (AddTopic didn't work.)

GameFile0=Bloodmoon.esm
GameFile1=BT_Whitewolf_2_0.esm
GameFile2=GDR_MasterFile.esm
GameFile3=Morrowind.esm
GameFile4=Sea-of-Destiny.esm
GameFile5=Tribunal.esm
GameFile6=Aarkaiikyev1.1.esp
GameFile7=adamantiumarmor.esp
GameFile8=Adventurers Guild.esp
GameFile9=All Destinations.esp
GameFile10=All Great Houses.esp
GameFile11=Balmora Time Rift v1.0.esp
GameFile12=bcsounds.esp
GameFile13=BigMod 2.2.esp
GameFile14=BT_Whitewolf_2_0.esp
GameFile15=Caldera Mining Company Expanded.ESP
GameFile16=Clean Tales of Seyda Neen.esp
GameFile17=Clean Welcome to the Arena!.esp
GameFile18=Creatures.esp
GameFile19=Dagoth Gares_Voice_addon v1.1.esp
GameFile20=Dagoth Ur Voice Addon.esp
GameFile21=Dagoths Chosen.ESP
GameFile22=Deepest Chasm1.1.esp
GameFile23=Deus Ex Machina - A Steampunkyish Mod.ESP
GameFile24=DM's Slave Companions.ESP
GameFile25=EBQ_Artifact.esp
GameFile26=entertainers.esp
GameFile27=Heart of the Inferno1.1.esp
GameFile28=Imperial Employment Office.esp
GameFile29=Kagrekhan.ESP
GameFile30=LGNPC_Aldruhn_v1_20.esp
GameFile31=LGNPC_Aldruhn_v1_20_suppl.esp
GameFile32=LGNPC_AldVelothi_v1_20.esp
GameFile33=LGNPC_GnaarMok_v1_10.esp
GameFile34=LGNPC_HlaOad_v1_32.esp
GameFile35=LGNPC_IndarysManor_v1_51.esp
GameFile36=LGNPC_Khuul_v2_10.esp
GameFile37=LGNPC_MaarGan_v1_20.esp
GameFile38=LGNPC_PaxRedoran_v1_20.esp
GameFile39=LGNPC_Pelagiad_v1_22.esp
GameFile40=LGNPC_SecretMasters_v1_30.esp
GameFile41=Lgnpc_SN.esp
GameFile42=LGNPC_SoulSicknessPatch_v1_00.esp
GameFile43=LGNPC_TelMora_v1_20.esp
GameFile44=LGNPC_TelUvirith_v1_20_UI.esp
GameFile45=LGNPC_VivecFQ_v2_10.esp
GameFile46=LGNPC_VivecRedoran_v1_50.esp
GameFile47=Marassa's Peat1.1.esp
GameFile48=master_index.esp
GameFile49=MDP - Dagon Fel 1.0.ESP
GameFile50=MDP - Ebonheart - 1.0.ESP
GameFile51=MDP - Fort Buckmoth.ESP
GameFile52=MDP - Gnaar Mok.ESP
GameFile53=MDP - Khuul - 1.0.ESP
GameFile54=MDP - Maar Gan - 1.0.ESP
GameFile55=MDP - Sadrith Mora.ESP
GameFile56=MiliksKhuul.esp
GameFile57=more_seyda_neen.esp
GameFile58=NPC LCV Schedules 03.esp
GameFile59=Of Justice and Innocence.esp
GameFile60=QOTW001.esp
GameFile61=QOTW002.esp
GameFile62=QOTW003.esp
GameFile63=QOTW004.esp
GameFile64=QOTW005.esp
GameFile65=QOTW006.esp
GameFile66=QOTW007.esp
GameFile67=QOTW008.esp
GameFile68=RealSignposts.esp
GameFile69=sg_prettykitties.esp
GameFile70=Shrine of War1.1.esp
GameFile71=Siege at Firemoth.esp
GameFile72=Slof's Pillow Book.esp
GameFile73=SoD Frost Fall.esp
GameFile74=sodpatch1.esp
GameFile75=Sullen's Foxhole.esp
GameFile76=Temple of Destruction1.1.esp
GameFile77=The Sable Dragon 1.5.esp
GameFile78=TravelingMerchants_v2.2.esp
GameFile79=TVwofs.esp
GameFile80=TwinLamps v0.8a.esp
GameFile81=Underwater Mod.esp

Hmm, until someone can point a particular mod, you can make your own little investigation in a while. For example, open *all* your .esp's (but not .esm's) at the same time in MWEDIT. Then find the topic "work" and check which NPC uses it. Then make a regular file search for that NPC's name in .esp's, and you'll very likely get a short list of candidates - maybe even a single file immediately.

(You can exclude all LGNPC mods from your list - they are safe in this regard.)

The "work" topic never works (heh heh) in my game either. I can't imagine how it would effect the topic, but the only mod you and I have in common is LCV scheduler.

Anyway, if you add the topic in the console as Pluto suggested, the toipic still will likely not work or be highlighted in the greeting portion of the NPC dialogue box. It will be listed down there near the bottom of the topics, and it should work from there. Or at least, that's how it comes out for me.

I seem to remember that when a mod deletes a dialogue topic from the game there's an error message on first load. Try starting a new game (just to the first bit, no need to actually save it) and see if any message pops up about something deleting the topic.

it's a bloodmoon.esm 'bug'.

bloodmoon adds the topic 'some work' which screws up those other topics, since the sentence that introduces the 'work' topic happens to have it worded in the sentence as 'some work' in vanilla morrowind. i think the MPP fixed it by rewording the vanilla morrowind sentences to just say 'work' instead of 'some work', but it looks like the MPP is no longer around. :shrugs:

it's one of those engine bugs that modders just have to work around. looks like the devs didn't get it right either.

The MPP can still be found http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Tes3Mod:UMP

(not sure why it was removed from PES)