Please note that new user registrations disabled at this time.

houses (spoiler)

This forum is to be used for all discussions pertaining to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, its Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles expansions, and any user-created or premium modules.
Post Reply
User avatar
Tricky
Posts: 3562
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:21 pm
Location: Norway
Contact:

houses (spoiler)

Post by Tricky »

I bought the Skingrad house and by accident discovered you could actually get someone to use the servant's quarters. Does this go for the other cities as well, is there always someone looking to join you as soon as you buy a house? I know they don't all have servant's quarters or even a second bed, but I didn't stumble upon one looking for a 'master' in Chorrol (so far the only other place I bought a house).
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
User avatar
UncleScratchy
Posts: 869
Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2002 11:28 am
Location: Location: PA
Contact:

Post by UncleScratchy »

[QUOTE=Tricky]I bought the Skingrad house and by accident discovered you could actually get someone to use the servant's quarters. Does this go for the other cities as well, is there always someone looking to join you as soon as you buy a house? I know they don't all have servant's quarters or even a second bed, but I didn't stumble upon one looking for a 'master' in Chorrol (so far the only other place I bought a house).[/QUOTE]

Now that's interesting. My house in Chorral has two extra beds in the servants quarters. I didn't know you could get someone to move in. Do you hire them as servants? Did you just find this out by talking to various townsfolk?
"The Khajiit mind is not engineered for self-reflection. We simply do what we do and let the world be damned." Quote from the Ahziirr Traajijazeri

"Fusozay Var Var"
User avatar
Ashen
Posts: 984
Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:16 am
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Contact:

Post by Ashen »

As far as I know the only house where you can have a maid is the one in Skingrad. Considering you got the maid - who was standing right next to the guy selling you add-ons - in the same place, the surest way to check would be to look around the shop in Chorrol - ie that would probably be the daughter you saved, ie then I don't think it's likely.
And He whispered to me in the darkness as we lay together, Tell Me where to touch you so that I can drive you insane; tell Me where to touch you to give you ultimate pleasure, tell Me where to touch you so that we will truly own each other. And I kissed Him softly and whispered back, Touch my mind.
User avatar
Tricky
Posts: 3562
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:21 pm
Location: Norway
Contact:

Post by Tricky »

Oh, I'll have to check that out. She is one of my favorite NPC's. :)
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
User avatar
Tricky
Posts: 3562
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:21 pm
Location: Norway
Contact:

Post by Tricky »

She doesn't, pity.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
User avatar
jdougan1
Posts: 163
Joined: Thu Dec 14, 2000 11:00 pm
Location: Bloomington, IL USA
Contact:

Post by jdougan1 »

[QUOTE=Ashen]As far as I know the only house where you can have a maid is the one in Skingrad. Considering you got the maid - who was standing right next to the guy selling you add-ons - in the same place, the surest way to check would be to look around the shop in Chorrol - ie that would probably be the daughter you saved, ie then I don't think it's likely.[/QUOTE]

I had heard mention that there is also a Butler available in Skingrad? I found the Maid, but no Butler.

Cuiriusly, when I goit the maid, it game me a "closed quest" note - but I don't remember ever getting a "new quest" note for that. Seems like I must have missed something.
User avatar
Ashen
Posts: 984
Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:16 am
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Contact:

Post by Ashen »

Well buying the house itself is a quest, and for me it ended when I got a maid. As for the butler, I think that's actually the Orc NPC who's the butler over at the castle, connected to some quests. You can only have the maid.
And He whispered to me in the darkness as we lay together, Tell Me where to touch you so that I can drive you insane; tell Me where to touch you to give you ultimate pleasure, tell Me where to touch you so that we will truly own each other. And I kissed Him softly and whispered back, Touch my mind.
User avatar
Tricky
Posts: 3562
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:21 pm
Location: Norway
Contact:

Post by Tricky »

Just a thought, but could the maid thing be gender related? For instance, if you play a man, you'll get a maid, play a woman, you'll get a butler?
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
User avatar
jdougan1
Posts: 163
Joined: Thu Dec 14, 2000 11:00 pm
Location: Bloomington, IL USA
Contact:

Post by jdougan1 »

[QUOTE=Ashen]Well buying the house itself is a quest, and for me it ended when I got a maid. As for the butler, I think that's actually the Orc NPC who's the butler over at the castle, connected to some quests. You can only have the maid.[/QUOTE]

Oh....apparently I never got the quest to buy the house. I just bought the house because I wanted a house in every city.

How do you get the quest for buying the house?
User avatar
fullymodo
Posts: 30
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:34 pm
Contact:

Post by fullymodo »

Every house gives you a brief quest. You ask the appropriate person in each city to "buy a house in town", and if you cough up the gold, the quest adds to your active quests. Usually, in order to complete the quest, you just buy all the relevant house fixin's from the local general merchant. Once you buy the last one, the quest finishes.

For the Skingrad mansion: I don't recall the maid being part of the house quest. I was running along down the street near my Skingrad home, when a passerby NPC said "Excuse me?". I'd never heard anyone say that before, so I stopped and went back to her. When I spoke to her, she said that she heard I'd just bought the place and did I need a maid? After I hired her, I talked to her a few times, but no other quests came out of it. She does give you a shepperd's pie and beer whenever you ask, but that's about it.
Post Reply