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More info?)
Thanks for the info. I was refused entry into the Thieves, after
successfully completing the fighter's guild quests, including stealing
Sottilde's code-book.
In article <opsb1ycykpdtqw9c@shovel-and-hoe>, Michael Hughes
<marxistbastard666@yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> I have the feeling you'd be suprised if you were to inspect some of the
> game's internals -- something like joining a faction depends mostly upon
> disposition. Nonadmission, when not caused by disposition or attributes
> being too low (for the latter, I have only heard of one case where this
> will happen -- namely, the East Empire Company; all factions in the
> original
> game should be joinable the second you step out of Census and Excise),
> happens in only a couple of situations, the most notable of which (if not
> the only ones) follow:
>
> 1) Attempting to join a great house when you are already a member of one
>
> 2) Attempting to join the Thieves' Guild when you have progressed far
> enough into the Fighters' Guild (with the right questgivers at the right
> time, that is -- look to the former guildmaster in Ald-Ruhn for more
> information about that) to have done some Cammona Tong work.
>
> Since you say you've killed a thief, Chris, I believe you have just been a
> victim of the latter. Was that thief Sottilde, and did you do that to get
> her
> code book for Eydis Fire-Eye? If you want to do things the clean way,
> either
> load up a save before you completed this quest and try simply ignoring the
> quest
> (you will move past it soon enough -- once you get through the ranks of the
> Thieves' Guild, Fire-Eye will suddenly not be so interested in matters
> concerning the Cammona Tong) or, alternatively, load a save before you even
> recieved the quest, recieve the topic "debt money" by completing Edryno
> Arethi's
> quests for House Hlaalu, and then speak with Fire-Eye about debt money and
> she
> will go right to the next quest.
>
> If you just want the console code so you can fix this and put the matter
> behind
> you:
>
> PCJoinFaction "Thieves Guild"
>
> --
>
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:21:18 +1000, El Ramon <elramon@myway.com> typed the
> following on this-here magic glow screen:
>
> > I don't think it would be that. If you've done lots of quests for the
> > Temple, or the Houses Redoran or Hlaalu, or the Imperial Legion, or
> > done the vampire quests, the Thieves Guild wouldn't want you, because
> > they don't like those groups.
> >
> > Or if you've joined the Ashlanders they'd probably hate your guts! But
> > don't worry, they'll cool off in time, and let you in eventually.
> >
> >
> >
> > In article <cdu10d$1to$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, Chris
> > <chrisn22@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am unable to join the theif's guild for some reason, I think it might
> >> be
> >> because I killed a thief at sometime in the game. Could that be the
> >> reason?
> >> Is there anyway I can join the theif's guild at all?
> >>
> >> chris
> >>
> >>
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