Are there any other particularly interesting generic NPCs in vanilla you think could use a quest with some more like this? The two random altmer hunters wandering around the Molag Mar exterior come to mind.
Yes, plenty! I've taken to calling them quietly compelling NPCs. Here's a few I've noted:
-Nord among the Dissident Priests at Holamayan -Mages Guild member in Sadrith Mora who has reached the rank of Warlock despite knowing no spells -Master Aryon's retainers Smokeskin-Killer (Argonian) and Ra'Kothre (Khajiit)
Those Altmer hunters are a good pick too. Molag Mar could use more quest content in general, which has a decent chance of being the focus of my next mod. We'll see.
I've been working on a big personal Molag Mar overhaul project (I replaced the exterior with the custom one from Fortified Molag Mar and made the Waistworks nearly as large as the ones in Vivec - God the City) so more quest content would be a welcome and well-needed supplement to it. I can share some ideas of my own for some, if you're interested :)
Sounds very nice. Hope you've touched the Canalworks too, it's a little depressing that they're completely empty in vanilla. If you have quest ideas you like I think you should give a shot at making them yourself :) the dialogue screen is a bit daunting at first but after that initial hump working in it is quite straightforward.
the argonian in charge of the corprusarium has always been a weird one for me. Divayth states he's more than competent so i imagine he's VERY Trusted by divayth. how would this argonian have come under the service of Divayth? especially considering the telvanni's views of argonians. are divayth's views on these peoples different than his telvanni contemporaries? why? is it because of he grew up in a different age of telvanni? notably Vistha-Kai is an argonian name, NOT an imperialized name. could this play a factor?
The Telvanni value individual might and mastery above all else -- even Dunmer racism. I'd imagine he could be something like a former slave who climbed up the ranks of House Telvanni by killing his master and other competition.
The guilder who knows no spells is almost certainly a development error but at the same time I always liked to imagine he's more of a theory guy and an instructor, magically dead as a doornail and graceless but understanding the processes of it all inside and out.
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Thank you !
-Nord among the Dissident Priests at Holamayan
-Mages Guild member in Sadrith Mora who has reached the rank of Warlock despite knowing no spells
-Master Aryon's retainers Smokeskin-Killer (Argonian) and Ra'Kothre (Khajiit)
Those Altmer hunters are a good pick too. Molag Mar could use more quest content in general, which has a decent chance of being the focus of my next mod. We'll see.
As for quests, the dialogue menu and scripting are easy. It's the actual quest design and writing that's the hard part - especially the dialogue >_<