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This is my first mod for Oblivion, though I would say I am a veteran Morrowind modder. My assassin character searched all of Cyrodiil for the famed Mehrune\'s Razor, my favorite TES artifact, only to be disappointed after a long harrowing search. So, I cheated and looked in the CS, only to discover that the artifact was not in the game at all.
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This is my first mod for Oblivion, though I would say I am a veteran Morrowind modder. My assassin character searched all of Cyrodiil for the famed Mehrune's Razor, my favorite TES artifact, only to be disappointed after a long harrowing search.
So, I cheated and looked in the CS, only to discover that the artifact was not in the game at all. Upon close examination, I found that the model for it DID exist, though no enchantments nor any method of obtaining the Razor were in the game.
I am a lore junkie, so this Mehrunes Razor is true to the namesake of the item. It has a scripted spell effect on it that works very well, and it will instantly kill the target you stab with it, setting a flame-like effect to it's body and playing the sound of Mehrunes Dagon himself roaring in fury. It is, I think, an extremely satisfying way to kill a particularly hated enemy.
I am also a game-balance freak, though, so since there are obvious problems involved with killing things instantly with a dagger, I decided to balance it with a very high enchantment cost. After some playtesting, I found that a single-use with 10,000 charges was pretty well balanced, considering what the Razor was capable of. Save the dagger for a truly unpleasant opponent, unleash Mehrunes' fury upon him, then either spend a lot of time or gold recharging the thing for the next big fight or quick escape.
The dagger is placed in what I decided was the most realistic possible place in the game, aside from making a new shrine to Mehrunes Dagon. It is lying right next to the Mysterium Xarxes encountered in the main quest. Actually, in Vanilla Oblivion, there is a silver dagger there which I assume would have been used to sacrifice the argonian on the altar to Dagon, so I simply replaced that silver dagger with the Razor. The Mysterium Xarxes is supposed to be a powerful Dagon artifact anyway, so it makes sense that the Razor should be with it and the cultists worshipping the daedra lord.
Bear in mind that if you are in a certain place in the main quest, the shrine is locked off and the Razor will be inaccesible. If this happens to you and you desperately want the Razor before you get the key to get back in, the EditorID is "MDMehrunesRazor" and the number to obtain this through the console is '0008DA4A'
This dagger will not have an effect on Essential NPCs or on Mehrunes Dagon himself
So, I cheated and looked in the CS, only to discover that the artifact was not in the game at all. Upon close examination, I found that the model for it DID exist, though no enchantments nor any method of obtaining the Razor were in the game.
I am a lore junkie, so this Mehrunes Razor is true to the namesake of the item. It has a scripted spell effect on it that works very well, and it will instantly kill the target you stab with it, setting a flame-like effect to it's body and playing the sound of Mehrunes Dagon himself roaring in fury. It is, I think, an extremely satisfying way to kill a particularly hated enemy.
I am also a game-balance freak, though, so since there are obvious problems involved with killing things instantly with a dagger, I decided to balance it with a very high enchantment cost. After some playtesting, I found that a single-use with 10,000 charges was pretty well balanced, considering what the Razor was capable of. Save the dagger for a truly unpleasant opponent, unleash Mehrunes' fury upon him, then either spend a lot of time or gold recharging the thing for the next big fight or quick escape.
The dagger is placed in what I decided was the most realistic possible place in the game, aside from making a new shrine to Mehrunes Dagon. It is lying right next to the Mysterium Xarxes encountered in the main quest. Actually, in Vanilla Oblivion, there is a silver dagger there which I assume would have been used to sacrifice the argonian on the altar to Dagon, so I simply replaced that silver dagger with the Razor. The Mysterium Xarxes is supposed to be a powerful Dagon artifact anyway, so it makes sense that the Razor should be with it and the cultists worshipping the daedra lord.
Bear in mind that if you are in a certain place in the main quest, the shrine is locked off and the Razor will be inaccesible. If this happens to you and you desperately want the Razor before you get the key to get back in, the EditorID is "MDMehrunesRazor" and the number to obtain this through the console is '0008DA4A'
This dagger will not have an effect on Essential NPCs or on Mehrunes Dagon himself