Oblivion talk:The Assassinated Man

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Contents 1 Client Control 2 Help 3 Potential problem for the greedy 4 From Hides-His-Heart's Page 5 Motierre standing up 6 100% Chameleon 7 help 8 Languorwine Blade

[edit] Client Control

Like any game with escort missions, the hardest part is keeping the dumb bastards from getting themselves killed. Despite telling him to wait, Francois kept chasing after turned zombies and blocking my bow shot. Guess I'm not too surprised that a man that doesn't pay his debts and gives up his mother's life to save his own would have a problem following orders. I recommend you bring some manner of healing others and focus on those zombies closest to the jackass.--OGRastamon 14:59, 20 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Help

I failed the quest... do i get another shot? please respond here ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.51.36.154 (talk • contribs).}

Nope, you don't get a second shot (unless you want to reload an old saved game or try it again if you start a new character). --Nephele 03:24, 16 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Potential problem for the greedy

I 'killed' Motierre and ran away no problem. Went outside the city gates turned right around and came back in again. Went straight to his house and robbed it of everything I could - including the clothes off his 'dead' body. When I then waited and went to visit him in the chapel he was already awake but I was unable to interact with him in any way other than to kill him - even hitting him once and then yielding did nothing. The only way round was to load a previous save and redo the mission :-( I play with Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul and the unofficial patch if that makes any difference. Second time around I waited outside the city and woke him up etc and THEN went back to his house and robbed it blind ;-)

I too looted his "corpse" after leaving the city along with the rest of his house. But in the undercroft I had no troubles with waking him up. I took out my Sufferthorn and dispatched the first zombie that arose behind me then weilded my bow and one shotted the remaining zombies after asking Francois to wait. I play with OOO, but not the unofficial patch.--Briareus 09:28, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

You can rob him, you just have to wait long enough afterwards before you go into the chapel undercroft. @#1: You probably didnt wait long enough ;) --Nemini 22:10, 18 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] From Hides-His-Heart's Page

I moved these notes here from his page as they are relevant to the quest, not the person. If anyone cares to check them against what's already on the page and incorporate any new information, feel free.

• If you allow Hides-His-Heart to kill Motierre before faking Motierre's death, it obviously means Motierre's contract will the Dark Brotherhood will be a failure; the mission will be automatically over and you will lose your rewards. If this happens, after killing Motierre the enforcer attacks you anyway, simply for being there. When this happens you will get the bounty Hides-His-Heart should have had for murdering Motierre.
• The mission can fail if you slice Motierre too early, before Hides-His-Heart has entered Motierre's house to witness the act.
• Once you help fake Motierre's death, Hides-His-Heart will feel cheated that you got there first and will attack you instead of Motierre. This is unavoidable whatever you do. Do not fight back, or you will strangely end up with a bounty on your head -- even if you don't kill Hides-His-Heart. This would suggest Hides-His-Heart's organisation has influence with the authourites and guards.
• If you do decide to fight Hides-His-Heart anyway and you kill him, certain criteria of the mission will not be met. This is because the enforcer does not return to his masters and inform them Motierre is dead, therefore believing Motierre still alive they will persistantly send enforcers after him. You will also forfeit the reward for completing all the criteria, which is the very useful Cruelty's Heart Amulet.
• The only real method to completing the mission is to fake Motierre's death in the prescence of Hides-His-Heart, then simply run from the building and out of the city. However, sometimes when following you Hides-His-Heart will fancy his chances with the Chorrol guards. If the guards kill him the mission will be forfeit. To get out of the city as fast as possible, go for the northern gate of the city.

[edit] Motierre standing up

In the bugs section of the page it is mentioned that sometimes motierre is standing up and it is impossible to interract with him except to kill him, would it be possible to fix this by using the console command setstage Dark05Assassinated 45 to advance to the point where you talk to him? Volanaro 11:28, 21 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] 100% Chameleon

While amusing, I don't see that this really adds anything to the main article, so I'll just post it here. After Motierre and Hides-His-Heart go through their dialogue, if you have 100% Chameleon, Hides-His-Heart will just randomly wander around Motierre's house, both of them ignoring the other. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 23:20, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] help

how do i open the door to the undercroft please respond ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Poleio (talk • contribs) on 10 August 2008.}

With a lockpick, the same as any other door. Is there something else you mean? This page has tips on picking locks, if you need them. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 02:26, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

The article has this note: The undercroft is unlocked from 9am to 9pm, make sure you turn up then. If you turn up at another time, the door requires a key. You can pickpocket that key off the Orc in the chapel, but it still won't open the undercroft for some reason.

I couldn't verify that, but I found out that if you are a Pilgrim in the Nine Divines the undercroft is accessible 24hrs/day. It should perhaps be added to the article. --Mankar Camoran^Talk 07:12, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Languorwine Blade

since the blade does 0 damage, would it be a good way to level up your blade skill or does it count as hitting with "nothing"? ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.184.179.20 (talk • contribs) on 25 October 2008.}

The blade has a damage of 2, not 0. See this link for full details. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 03:34, 25 October 2008 (EDT)