» Sun May 27, 2012 3:38 pm
Awful quest in general.
a) he's a jerk
b ) you can't kill him, which you want, because of A
c) if you attack him you get expelled from the thieves guild
d) if you do part C nothing changes, all the dialogue is the same as if nothing happened, and as if you didn't just smack him in the face with an axe
e) you can't pickpocket the amulet off him
f) I found another staff with the exact same name JUST NEXT TO IT. No comment.
g) upon doing this for him since the only other choice you have is not doing it at all, he magically conjures the amulet (where did he keep it? actually, don't answer that.)
The "putting item in weapon rack and then picking it up" fixing the quest is actually super interesting though... It means, if they quickly made quest items droppable, you could probably have a quick work-around for bugged quests.
Sadly, my only hope for peace at mind is mod tools and making the amulet pick-pocketable, and him killable.