Vampire marriage(s)

Post » Mon May 14, 2012 5:19 pm

A little bit of a spoiler here, so don't read too much if you don't want a particular quest somewhat ruined.

I've been playing as a vampire for awhile now, and I just recently went to Morthal and ran into Alva. She immediately recognized me for what I was, and I was thinking "cool, an undercover vampire - I wonder if I can marry her and have a vamp-romance". Well, that didn't quite turn out like I wanted it too. Turns out, she was part of a quest line that I won't spoil too much, but being a vampire myself, I was a tad disappointed with the outcome of said quest - especially since I, myself, was a vampire. There was no alternate resolution to this quest; I ended up doing what I needed to do to complete it, but I was thinking about how neat it would have been if that quest could have turned out somewhat differently. Instead of maybe resolving it like I was forced to, it would have been nice to resolve it in a different manner that left Alva... shall we say, "open to negotiation". As it was, I think the quest bugged a bit and she ended up not being hostile in the later parts of it after I had finished what I was supposed to do, though I imagine she was supposed to be hostile and, for some reason, wasn't. When all was said and done, she eventually disappeared after I had "turned in" the quest.

Now, I'm thinking I want to alter this quest a bit. Instead of blowing her cover, I should have been able to go about a different route and keep her secret, and maybe place the blame of the quest on someone else; like the guy that was in charge of the whole thing and what was needed to be done to finish it, or the poor sap she had seduced. If I could have, maybe, placed the blame on the poor sap (in a somewhat "evil" resolution), and then finished the guy in charge, I could have saved her and things could have been different.

So this is what I propose; making a marriage possibility with Alva and adding in some unique quests with her to match whatever you get from any other type of marriage (I haven't done it yet, honestly, so I'm not sure what you actually get out of a marriage). Plus, I thought the idea that she knew what I was was really cool, and it would have been neat to foster that relationship sort of. It's a shame the quest had to end the way it did - it would have been so much more interesting if there was more spin thrown into it. I suppose I could always hope that Bethesda will do something like this for vampires, but I think it's a little far-fetched. At any rate, as soon as the creation kit is out, I'm going to see about doing this for giggles.

Also, if anyone wants to point me in a direction similar to this where I could have a vamp-marriage, let me know. I'd be interested in finding out what its about and whether or not it has already been done.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 6:07 am

Sounds very interesting ! :) Once the Creation Kit is out, this definitely should be made possible ;)

I am quite curious, if its actually possible to marry "anyone" still or if its not possible anymore...

As for the benefits of marriage...if i am not mistaken, the only 2 things you get is a free meal once a day and a house.
I thought they can become your companions and come with you and so on...but apparently not :(
(I would be happy to be mistaken about this though, as i only married Camilla (and there were some bugs) )
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 10:47 am

I tried to see what would happen if I forced an NPC into the "PotentialMarriageFaction" faction (I really wanted Lisette from the bar in Solitude), but it seemed the console command "AddToFaction" or "addfac" is now bogus or only works in scripts.

You can however walk around and click npcs and do
GetInFaction 19809

and it'll return a 1 or 0 depending if the NPC can be married.
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