Knox's mission - persuasion option (problem)

BigBadPig · Post by **BigBadPig** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:31 am

Well, I've got a problem with the quest " The Hunted Hunter", received from Knox in Asylum. Yeah, I know how to accomplish it, however, in the course of the quest I somehow cannot get the man to spill his secret. That is, a pesuasion based line about his and Bertram's schemes (which nets 2 XP, most a pity).
So, could anybody, who did receive the experience, write down his stats during the "ceremony"?

. Or maybe, the order in which responses during the conversation are picked matters? Seems to be, I've tried everything on that... man... to say it lightly - to no avail...
Grateful in advance.

Ghostmaker · Post by **Ghostmaker** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:33 am

It requires Perception to be at 3+ to trigger the dialogue to unravel the plan. You'l then need presuation or intimidate at 4+ (possibly 3+) to get him to tell you what's going on and get the bonus exp. I've only played Malkavian thusfar so the exact dialogue responses would likely be of little use.

Hope this helps.

BigBadPig · Post by **BigBadPig** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:03 am

Nope, it doesn't help, unfortunately. I've saved some XP-picks - about 25 actually - in order to experiment with my stats. I've even taken into consideration Malkavians's bonus +2 to Inspection. Nonetheless, I do not get the response. A bug, I presume.
However, thank you for taking the time and replying to my question.

_tmp_ · Post by **_tmp_** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:37 pm

Then you are experiencing a bug. It explicitly says perception >= 3 in the dialogue script. As for the conversation, just keep hitting 1.

nightspore · Post by **nightspore** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:51 am

I just got this for the first time (on my third character). At the end of the conversation you get a conversation topic that something about his story sounds fishy. He will then spill the beans, and spend the rest of the game apologizing to you

Legend · Post by **Legend** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:57 am

Speaking of Knox....i'm playing the game for the second time now, because i missed a whole bunch of little sidequests in my first run. This time i wanna do it all. So this Knox dude says he's being stalked by an Asian looking vampire, and i promised to deal with it for him. He gave me a driverslicense, which is supposed to be my first clue, but so far it appears to be my only clue.

So can someone tell me where to find that Asian fella ? Thanks in advance.

Maxinion · Post by **Maxinion** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:05 am

[QUOTE=Legend]Speaking of Knox....i'm playing the game for the second time now, because i missed a whole bunch of little sidequests in my first run. This time i wanna do it all. So this Knox dude says he's being stalked by an Asian looking vampire, and i promised to deal with it for him. He gave me a driverslicense, which is supposed to be my first clue, but so far it appears to be my only clue.

So can someone tell me where to find that Asian fella ? Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]

Not to be mean or anything... but there is a rather large walkthrough on this very site that I can guarantee will answer your question. Go back to http://www.gamebanshee.com, the Vampire: Bloodlines section, and then click Walkthrough. Find the quest, bam! That simple.

Legend · Post by **Legend** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:06 pm

Wow, i didn't know there already was a walkthrough, i must have been looking a dozen times when i first played the game, too early i guess.

Thanks.

msxyz · Post by **msxyz** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:24 am

I made a quick test with giftxp and pumping perception to the max, persuasion too. Apparently my Tremere character cannot have the additional 2 bonus points. Is there also a gender or faction check ?

_tmp_ · Post by **_tmp_** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:28 pm

There shouldn't be. When you speak to Knox the first time in the Asylum, just keep hitting '1' and you should get the persuasion and intimidation options(stats allowing). Note that if you pick wrong conversational path you will not get the option to see anything fishy in his story.

Vagabond · Post by **Vagabond** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:45 am

[QUOTE=msxyz]I made a quick test with giftxp and pumping perception to the max, persuasion too. Apparently my Tremere character cannot have the additional 2 bonus points. Is there also a gender or faction check ?[/QUOTE]

It seems to be a bug, 'cause I'm playing a Tremere male and I received this 2 exp (and the persuasive dialog option) during the conversation with Knox. I had 3 dots in both Perception and Persuasion - these are stats requirements and, as _tmp_ said, conversation sequence is important too.

Head-e-ter · Post by **Head-e-ter** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:08 am

you should try raising your stats before entering the asylum and
then go talk to knox

i've tried the first time i heard of the extra 2xp
with giftxp and max out almost everything
(perception, investigation, persuasion) and it wouldnt work
by the time i got back from the ocean house, my stat were allready raised
and suddenly it worked

first i thought you needed to do the ocean house first
but that aint the case, since inmy current game with a malk
(3 perception, 3 investigation , 4 persuasion) it worked right
away, but my stats were like that before entering the asylum

dunno if this helps, but its worth the try...