User:Deaths soul/Recommended Oblivion Quest Mods List

This mod used to have two mod requirements, but now has a version that only requires the Shivering Isles DLC Only use the requirements version if you have RBP and LAME

Ruled by Count Serverus Victrix, Bartholm is a small town consisting of a Castle, Arena, Inn, General Store, Chapel, Stables, Mages' Guild, and eight houses. The village of Slartholm, situated on the Isle of Slart, includes an Inn, General Store, Blacksmith, Barracks, Alchemist Tent, and three houses. In Bartholm, you can engage in a number of quests, fight in the Arena and become Champion, or buy a house and settle down. If you get bored in town, you can join the Bartholm Foreign Legion, travel to the island village of Slartholm, help defend the island from a Maormer attack, go hunting pirates on the high seas, and much more. The quest dealing with the count and his family is particularly well done (you can side with either the Dark Brotherhood or the count).

This mod puts a heavy emphasis on choices and consequences. Choose your options carefully, because the choices you make will have an impact on the storyline and even the ending itself! Interesting and varied quests best expressed as: "Fighters Guild meets the Dark Brotherhood." Face difficult choices during the storyline, such as testing your loyalty to the Blackwood Company or to the Dark Brotherhood. Great replayability; play it through a second time to see what effect choosing the other path would have. Approximately 950 unique lines of dialogue, though you won't get to read it all in one playthrough. An estimated 6 hours of gameplay multiplied by two due to replayability for a total of 12 hours of gameplay! This mod is compatible with OOO/FCOM with a patch.

(Note: This mod is noted by several users to have issues, including but not limited to: Missing resources, inability to cross the borders even after altering the ini file, and missing quest markers (might be intentional?)).

By retrieving books, notes, etc. within the storyline of the quest, players will receive journal updates pointing them to the next location. These books and notes relate the tale of a mage who began trying to study Vampirism in order to create a controlled form of it, due to the great increases in a person's physical and magickal states, and eventually reveal the final results.

Along the way you'll team up with several companions, and your choices in dealing with them will make them open up to you or not. The author has cleverly set up the armor and bodies of NPCs necessary to the mod so that they cause no errors regardless of any body mods or cosmetic mods the player uses. The dialogue and rewards take into account the player's gender and specializations; the quest does not project motives and history onto the player nor assume that the player character is human and male. There are also a couple of creepy and incredibly immersive dream sequences. There's a home and companion reward at the end, but there are also a few other goodies to be picked up along the way. This mod is about its journey, not its destination, and is worthwhile for that as well as for its clever use of new assets and excellent utilization of the old ones. Suggested for characters of level 15+. PlanetElderScrolls Top 10 for January 2009.

Each quest leads to ever more expensive improvements becoming available. Some renovations benefit you directly, but most will improve the city itself. Eventually, you will finish upgrading Kvatch and it will become the city it once was. Kvatch's citizens enjoy walks in the memorial gardens, but most like to drink and can be frequently found in one of the two pubs when they are not busy. Others will visit the rebuilt castle and admire the trophy cabinets. Kvatch has an active night life, but most people are in bed by midnight, especially since the ghosts of former citizens who died during the battle may haunt the areas they once knew.

Recent versions include changes to the Kvatch-related quests ("Breaking the Siege of Kvatch" and "The Battle for Castle Kvatch"). If you would rather play the original versions of these quests, simply wait until after the second one is completed before activating Kvatch Aftermath.

(Note: BOSS says that this mod "May cause NPCs to generate the message 'The ghosts mouth moves but you cannot hear what he says.' ")

There is a conflict with Servants of the Dawn that prevents VHB from starting as expected. SOTD alters the player's Champion status, which is a prerequisite for VHB to start. The workaround is to open the console (~) and type "Setstage VHQ000 10" then go to Verona Bay and talk to an NPC named Salvo Harding.

Make sure to download the fixed version created by Arthmoor, as DTom abandoned the project awhile ago.

The mod could be described as lore-compatible; the idea that some believe that Arkay was born mortal was presented in the book Arkay the God, giving the mod's cultists a foothold in Elder Scrolls lore. Plans are in the works for the next release of the mod to feature some combat encounters and to address some of the mod's timeline issues. As it stands now, Et in Arkay Ego is a good choice for players interested in exploring Cyrodiil's geography along with the Imperial Cult's theology.

This mod is intended for mature gamers, as it has sexual themes and references throughout.

Note that the mod's lore, while not contradicting TES lore, is largely separate. Atmosphere is everything in the Gates to Aesgaard series, and the rise and fall in tension is generally handled well in Episode One. There are areas that could use improvement, but on the whole this is an excellent ride through a very dark story.

The castle interior is nicely laid out. While not as feature rich as the Ancient Towers or as luxurious as Glenevar Castle, when complete you'll receive all the basics (beds for you and your companions, storage space, a display room), plenty of extras, and a weekly cut of the castle's income. After the quests you go through to earn these features, none of them feel like unbalanced rewards. Hoarfrost Castle's real appeal comes from the NPCs you recruit to staff it. The secretive steward, the young and idealistic smith, the practical cook, the brave yet haunted captain of your guards, and the blind sorceress. Additionally, you'll help out the headman of the local farmers and his wife, and encounter an entertainingly vile noble. The NPCs have detailed back stories, and there is more than enough romance and tragedy between them to appeal to your inner soap opera fan. Castle Hoarfrost offers clean quest design, memorable NPCs, and balanced rewards that you'll keep on using. No voice acting. TESNexus Top 100.

If you prefer Sentient Weapon I, you can find v 3.1 on the Nexus or Planet Elder Scrolls

There is a patch for compatibility with Better Cities.

Note: The version on StrayGenius (but apparently not the one on the Nexus) fixes incorrect references to the area around Fanacasecul.

Note: Users have noted that the items you get in this are seriously overpowered.

Note: There are links and discussions of a 1.5, and a 2.0 in the works. However, the author has not posted any updates or information regarding these developments since April of 2010, so the likelihood of newer versions coming any time soon are low.

But that's not all. A few days after you become the owner of the castle (countdown starts the first time you fast-travel to Glenvar), one of your guards will offer you the possibility to go out on a second quest. This second quest is probably even more challenging than the first one. Hint: none of the secret activators will display the typical hand icon, so be warned. Use your brain to figure things out. If you don't have one, at least use your eyes and pretend you're clever. An add-on mod brings voice acting and lip animations to the mod!

This mod has several errors that require fixing in TES4Edit and the CS.

No voice acting. If you play this mod, you should really use a torch or a light spell, as using night eye would ruin most of the experience. There are a few potential drawbacks to the mod: it's still a beta, meaning some icons are missing, etc., and it has some conflicts with other mods that add vampires, such as OOO/FCOM. The new factions will fight with vampires added by other mods. There is a patch for OOO/FCOM that fixes the faction problems and clipping objects.

SVVR can be viewed as lore unfriendly, partly because you now have two races of vampires, but at least now they don't all look like old rugged carpets. They mean business and that's what makes SVVR good.

StarX Vampire Deaths is highly recommended; it's a new vampire death sequence where they die in a burst of flames, leaving only a charred skeleton behind!

The Odd Jobs quests are pseudo-randomly-generated quests that all follow a similar pattern: go to a randomly-selected dungeon, locate a randomly-selected treasure stored in a randomly-placed chest, and return with it. The catch is that you have to succeed without killing anyone, and you get bonus points if you manage to do it without ever being detected. The best part? These quests never run out! New items include the Blackjack (knock people unconscious), Noisemakers (distract opponents while you sneak past undetected), Vine Arrows (create climbable vines for circumventing obstacles and making quick getaways), Gas Arrows (put enemies to sleep), Water Arrows (extinguish lights), Grease Arrows (slippery traps), and more. New AI behaviors include Suspicion (NPCs now notice odd occurences around them, like lights going out or unconscious bodies lying around, and suspicious actors will actively search for you), Unconscious (NPCs and creatures can be rendered unconscious, and while unconscious, they can be drowned, looted, and dragged around, etc.), Crime (normal civilians will flee to the guards to report your crimes, and guards will not arrest or fine you unless they can actually see you), and more. Highly recommended for sneaky types. TESNexus MOD of the Month for February 2008.

This mod is a large dungeon with 4 levels as well as multiple quests. There is plently to explore, and the reward for completing the main Tolawayl Quest could help rebuild the city.