Something odd with my ring of viper eye

MelvinK · Post by **MelvinK** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:35 am

Something odd with my ring of viper eye (possible spoiler)

I was wearing the ring of viper eye, the akaviri ring rewarded by the Countess (Forgot her name) when i did this quest: Two sides of the coins.

This quest required me to be tossed into the jail before i could persuade Jorundr for more information. So i pickpocketed the jailor next to me.

When i got out of the jail, i was no longer able to equip this ring. To my surprise, my character still get the Agi and magic resistance boost from the ring.

I tried to stash the ring away in my personal chest but the game wouldn't allow me as it claims the ring to be a quest item.

Just curious if anyone having the same problem.

Master David · Post by **Master David** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:35 am

I too am having the same blessing

It is a glitch, and can happen to all enchanted quest items.
You can exploit this glitch to gain many advantages (or disadvantages)

MelvinK · Post by **MelvinK** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:32 am

Out of curiosity, I tried the glitch with my other rings; ring of omnipotence, ring of light and ring of eidolon edge but none of the rings worked.

Something i did must have triggered the glitch but i'm not sure what.

By the way, after i completed the quest. I went back fooling around in the castle and came across another weird glitch.

I got out of the castle and fast travelled to Skingard. For some reason, on left top of my screen, i get a message "Countess xxx has fallen unconscious"

what is going on here?

Master David · Post by **Master David** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:23 am

ring of omnipotence, ring of light and ring of eidolon edge but none of the rings worked.

This glitch only works on quest items (or anything that can't be removed from your inventory via the normal way) not quest rewards

Did you make someone attack the count?

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:43 am

MelvinK wrote:I got out of the castle and fast travelled to Skingard. For some reason, on left top of my screen, i get a message "Countess xxx has fallen unconscious"

what is going on here?

I can pretty much guarantee that the message is referring to Alessia of Leyawiin, who due to the hideous Radiant AI frequently gets set upon in her travels between Leyawiin and Chorrol.

It doesn't appear to have occurred to the idiot game designers that Countesse don't travel through untamed wildernesses escorted by just her handmaiden and one guard. I bumped into her just last night, she was walking whilst her maid was riding(!!!!) and hr guard was being killed by a bear!

You get the message because Alessia is set as an essential character, and therefore unkillable. Finding dead NPCs lying around is quite common in my experience, very annoying when it's the master trainer you've spent days trying to find!

Vigilante · Post by **Vigilante** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:58 am

This happened to a shield of mine(non-quest item) I picked up two sheilds that were identical repaired them and dropped the one the was equipped. Well now I can't equip any enchanted shield called 'mirror shield,' still have the enchantments just had to get a new shield. Pretty cool if you ask me, but I wish it would've happened to my favorite ring(also non-quest) instead.

Master David · Post by **Master David** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:01 am

Go [url="http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Glitches#Permanent_Enchantments"]here[/url] for more detailed info