Here's my idea for a mod, taken from another board where I posted it some time ago to resounding silence:
I'd like to do a simple, written word-heavy mod, called The Thing of Many Answers. Did you by any chance ever receive a toy called The Eight Ball when you were little? You shook it up and visualized a question. Then, you looked in the small window on the side, and an answer floated to the surface. It was an absolutely useless answer, of course, but the object was fun.
What I want to create--with the help of someone who knows what they're up to--is a palm-sized, marble- or glass-textured object. It would be placed, with a fairly hefty price tag (perhaps 10K) in a store in Balmora. You would rub the stone--that is, drag it onto your character--and a dialog box would pop up, telling you that the mystic Thing of Many Answers was ready for your question. This, you would state, and click a small enter box to close.
Your question would then be reiterated on the screen. A few lines down would be a completely random answer from 1 of 30 or more replies I've created, whcih are guaranteed to be utterly useless and often frustrating. For example:
No! That is to say, yes.
Yes! That is to say, no.
All our lines are busy. Please try again, later.
I...well...that is, I...
The answer is in the stars.
Interesting question. Let me get back with you on that, and we can do lunch.
Please restate your question in the Telvanni dialect of M'vhban'iar, using the future supplicative tense.
I see you going on a trip, a very long journey. You will meet new people, and catch new diseases. You will die...but then, you will miraculously return to life. I do not know how this is possible. I only say the truth. I cannot explain it.
Raise your right foot, and hop about for half an hour. Then climb into bed, keep warm, and call me if there are any changes.
Why are asking me such foolish questions? Focus on life! That, and a good pork roast.
I see....I see a mill. Yes, a mill! It is a very dark, a black mill. And inside this mill...inside...is...a miller! ...I'm sorry. What was your question, again?
(I thought it might be nice to throw in a few winks of respect at some of the best quest-based mods out there, hence this last "answer.")
As you can tell, The Thing of Many Answers would be absolutely, perfectly useless. It would achieve nothing, and could be used over and over again, free, for that purpose. What a joy forever!
