I am working on a story line for a Quest idea I have. Currently, I am story boarding, and (in the next few weeks) looking at NPC to center the story around. So, I was wondering if it is better to use existing vanilla NPC's or just introduce new ones... what are the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches when constructing a MOD and trying design the MOD to be as compatible as possible?

Also, One of the elder council member (not Ocato) was going to play an important part, but with recent events, I am struggling with the idea of TEC? Is it possible to introduce a Elder Council Member, and not have the MOD dependent on TEC? Are there other Vanilla council members other then Ocato?

And, does anyone know of a "vanilla" NPC list that details names and professions around the cities?

- E

well, i would always say, use NEW npcs, for compatibilite reasons... and u get to write their story, dont have to work into beths premade story... that note can be good, and bad... good if u are EXTREMLY creative, and want your own story, or bad if u want something to start with.

using an existing npc, gives you the back ground, but can jeperdise compatiblity.

it is easy to just refernce the names... but for bring an npc in, u would need to have them in an esm, and then use scripts to alter their packages, which is a pain

wat i would recomend is to make another council member, in your mod, that has duties on the council. and have him appear as part of your mod, but works like a tec npc

and to my knowledge, ocato is the the only vinilla npc... there is a battlemage in his chamber, but not sure on her...

biulding

New characters. Not only to avoid conflicts but the same old people, events, monsters gets boring. That is why I like having new voices even if they sound a bit add with the vanilla ones. I really like vanilla ice cream but I love chocolate.

Personally I see no reason why you couldn't introduce an Elder Council member. How many people keep track of all those guys in TEC? Just don't replace Ocato, Martin or Jauffre.

How about a replacement for the duke of the nibenay

beofre u repalce the duke of nibenay... we should here what euthers storyline is....

that is something that needs to be done eventuly though... hehe

ps, watever happend to giskards idea of makeing a duke of the heartlands (ie chedyindhal, and bruma)

B

As far as any kind of info on vanilla Oblivion, the best resource is probably the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages

so thats wat uesp stands for... hehe always wondered hehe will take a look on that one npcs, always bugged me

biulding

Thanks for your comments!

- E