Oblivion talk:Misdirection

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Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Voiceover Mishap 3 Ice Staff 4 Quest Shortcut 5 Chests reset? 6 A problem with the note 7 Demora??

[edit] Cleanup

Having a first hack at tidying up this article and putting it into the template form --MacFodder 21:39, 5 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Voiceover Mishap

After completing Misdirection there is a small chance of encountering an amusing little voiceover mistake. I've only seen it happen with Aurelinwae in the Mystic Emporium, but sometimes when you ask her about "Rumors" she will respond with a comment about how the Thieves hit the three major targets in the city. After she finishes saying it, you hear the voice actor say "Wait let me do that again" and she repeats the line only a little differently. I've only had it happen a couple of times, but it was quite funny.--Briareus 01:23, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Ice Staff

Does Hrormir's Ice Staff only appear once you begin this quest? Is there any way to get it without being in the thieves guild or doing this quest? After finishing 'Misdirection', can you still keep the staff for your own? Dio 225

It only appears at the start of this quest, so there's no way to get it without joining the thieves guild and doing the quests up to this point (unless you're on the PC, in which case you could just use the Console and type player.additem 47372 1). After the quest is done, the ice staff remains permanently in the game. It's actually a slightly different version (basically just not a quest item any more; the enchantment is identical) after the quest. It appears in the Arch Mage's room after the quest is over. --Nephele^Talk 18:40, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

Thanks! Dio 225

[edit] Quest Shortcut

If you are recovering the Necromancer's Amulet for the Mages Guild and kill Caranya while this quest it active, then go to S'krivva to pay the Blood Price, the quest will be marked as complete, and you will be promoted (Xbox 360 with latest patches as of 7/5/07; untested on PC). You can then completely avoid having to steal the staff.

I'm moving this note here from the main article until someone can provide confirmation, in particular by checking the relevant scripts to see how the quest could end up being marked as complete. Also, I can't see any reason why this glitch would be specific to Necromancer's Amulet and Caranya; I would guess that killing any mage or any other person who has a blood price would trigger the exact same scripts. --Nephele^Talk 01:32, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Chests reset?

If you have already become the Arch-Mage, be sure to clear out all belongings from any chests, or nightstands. Everything will disappear.

Can anyone provide confirmation or more specific information on this? Because checking the game scripts I can't find anything to support this comment. The nightstand is the only item in the room that is tied to this quest, but even on the nightstand I can't see any reason why the contents would be emptied. The relevant scripts just move the note from the player to the nightstand. So can anyone provide confirmation that any of the containers in the Arch Mage's Quarters reset during this quest, and, if so, which containers specifically? --Nephele^Talk 03:42, 23 February 2008 (EST)

• Placing items in the Encahted Chest will make them dissappear. The Encahnted Chest is intended for duplicating ingrediants (except Nirnroot), and destroys anything else in about a week. The chest at the foot of the bed also destroys your items, but for unknown reasons.Mr. Spoon 21:50, 7 March 2008 (EST)

[edit] A problem with the note

There seems to be a bug, when I have to steal Hrormir's Icestaff and then place the note from the Gray Fox, only I can't place the note. It is marked as a quest item. I am the ArchMage and I think that could be the reason. I also have the UOP installed. Is there a way to make the note no longer a quest item, that is, no longer 0 weight and undroppable? And does setting the quest stage to 20 through the console make the quest proceed normally?--AtzaMan 04:07, 7 July 2008 (EDT)

As far as I can tell, you haven't hit any bugs. The note is always a quest item, and is not supposed to ever be changed to a normal item. It gets automatically removed from your inventory when you activate the bedside table; you don't have to drop the note. As it says in the article: "Activating the bedside table will trigger a quest message indicating you have slipped the note into the drawer through the crack." If it hasn't been removed from your inventory, then you haven't been activating the correct bedside table. --Nephele^Talk 14:07, 7 July 2008 (EDT)

You are right, wrong table, the one I was trying to activate was called "Archmage's Nightstand". Anyway, i skipped to stage 20 through the console, so it's all OK now.--AtzaMan 09:56, 8 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Demora??

Why does Lex get the order from a Demora?

Because the Mage's Guild sent the Dremora. --^Darkle ~ _Talk 19:27, 14 October 2008 (EDT)