Ah, finally a quest for us creatures of the night. Yep, this one's for the
baddies, or, more specifically, vampires. You're going to need a vampire
character to get the benefits of this quest, so if you don't have one, find a
vampire lair and get infected!! The great thing is, if you change your mind
and don't want to be a vampire anymore, you can rid yourself of the disease
in the lair.
Now, why would you want to be a vampire? I have a level 40 vampire (he's my
favourite character), and trust me, the benefits are well worth it. You'll
become stronger, faster and tougher, and gain access to useful magic. Yes, a
full vampire (one who hasn't fed in a few days) will be shunned by almost
every NPC in the game, however there are a couple of ways around this. First,
Vampire's Seduction, a vampire greater power which will raise the disposition
of one NPC to 100 once a day. If you need to talk to more than one person in a
day, use other charm spells. It usually takes a few (charm spells are
cumulative if you cast different spells, rather than just the same one over
and over), but it does work, unless the NPC has a really low disposition. The
other thing is to make sure you transact with the same merchants. Always buy
equipment from the same vendor, their disposition toward you will increase and
eventually you won't even need to cast any spell on them.
As for the whole sunlight thing, only go out at night, and wait inside during
the day. If you have to go outside when its light, make it a short trip;
sprinting through a town casting health spells as you go only works for so
long, but it's quite amusing, especially when you get stopped by a guard (I
didn't do anything, honest). But enough of this, let's get on to the quest.
The vile lair, Deepscorn Hollow, is located at the most southern point in
Cyrodiil, which is a good way south of Leyawiin. Fast travel there (if
you're a full blown vampire make sure it's early night; 10:00pm or so, and
travel from no further than the Imperial City or it'll be day by the time you
get there and you'll be no longer be a vampire, just a pile of dust). When you
get there, head into the water and swim down to the wooden wreckage at the
bottom, and enter the lair.
Once in the lair, you'll find a book, Greywyn's Journal. Read it, and it'll
tell you to go to Rowley Eardwulf at the Wawnet Inn to get everything you
need to restore the lair. The lair itself is quite large, but not very useful
at this point, there are several areas and there isn't much in them, save for
a few items and a book. However make your way into the Deepscorn Shrine area
and halfway down the steps on the left side you'll find a sack containing a
Ring of Detect Life, several jewels and 3000 gold. Open the Unusual Box on the
altar itself to find the Crimson Eviscerator, a single handed sword with
Absorb Strength, Damage Health and Magica, and Weakness to Poison
enchantments. Once you've explored the lair, it's off the Rowley at the Wawnet
Inn, which is near the bridge leading out of the Imperial City. Speak to
Rowley to find out that this one is going to cost you. You need to buy the
following things to complete the quest: Deepscorn Bedroom Area, Cattle Cell,
Dark Minion, Dining Area, Garden Receipt, Storage Area, Study Area, and Ichor
of Sithis. In total it cost me just over 26K, so completing this quest is
going to hit you quite hard in the hip pocket. Once you've got everything (or
everything you're going to buy for now), head back to the lair (once again
being careful with fast travel) to check out your purchases. The Garden is
the first thing you'll notice, where that fallen log used to be in the first
chamber is now a small garden with various plants. The Dark Minion is in the
chamber to the right; you can tell him to murder people, and their gold will
appear in a chest, similar to looting in Dunbarrow Cove. The Font of Renewal
in the Cloister will cure your vampirism if you want it to (you don't have to
buy anything for this to work), and the cattle cell, located in the south-west
corner of the cloister, holds a person for you to feed on at will. The dining
area and study area are in the bastion, as well as the sleeping area: a
decorated coffin leaning against a wall. Head down into the shrine and put
the Ichor in the basin, which will allow you to pray to Sithis, see below.
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Other Goodies in the Lair
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Thanks to Sinker23, tarheel22_2, hckydude1103, Naranek Angmar, Martin van
Golde, Joey Joe, Brett, Eric Martin, and anyone else who I may have forgotten
for the info on the Shrine of Sithis and other goodies in the Lair.
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The Shrine of Sithis works the same way as any other shrine in the game,
except it requires a higher infamy than fame, or a bounty on your head.
Thus it cures diseases, restores damaged attributes etc., but also provides
you with the following bonuses, all for 1200 seconds: Fortified Agility 10,
Fortified Health 25, Fortified Sneak 20, Chameleon 50.
As for other goodies, the Ring of Detect Life is actually random, so you might
get a different ring. The other thing worth picking up is the Raiment of the
Crimson Scar. You need to buy the Bedroom Area to make Greywyn's Armoire
appear in the sleeping chamber, the raiment is inside. It has the following
effects: Fortify Agility and Speed 15, Fortify Sneak, Marksman and Blade
skills 25, and Reflect Damage 35. The raiment is a full set of armour, so
the only other things you can wear are a helm and jewellery. Also in the
sleeping chamber on the desk is a respawning Nirnroot (whenever you load the
game), there are the skill books: Immortal Blood (Hand to Hand) and Sithis
(Alteration), in the library, and if you shoot the bucket in the first chamber
some gold falls out.
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As you can see, if you don't have a vampire character, it really isn't worth
spending your money, however if you are a vampire, the cattle cell can be
useful if you're worried about the consequences of someone seeing you feeding,
and the dark minion is a good way to make some easy money.
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Thanks to yuromeshe for the info on the Poison Cache and Prisoner
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when you first go into deepscorn hollow, go out of the water then turn left
then left again (basically a 360), before the garden. basically if your
standing in the garden facing the entrance, the area im directing to is
directly to the right of the entrance. once in the area, on the right back
corner there is a chest filled with poisons, it has a special name which
currently escapes me [it's called Greywn's Poison Supply]. also, in the
prisoner's cage, right next to the fruit basket, is a "cache" or a sack
filled with various nuggets and gold [Greywen's Third Cache].
it is a relatively small thing, but also very handy. the prisoner is
impossible to kill, and you still get xp for doing damage to him, so you can
level up any damage based skill infinitely through him (ie blade, marksman,
destruction, hand to hand), provided you have the necessary items/spells. 作者: 酱油帮我打妈妈 时间: 2007-3-27 18:08