Mephala Idol Mod
Version 1.0
by AsteriaSennall

INSTALLATION
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Copy all files in the Data directory of the zip file into the Oblivion game Data directory. 

Activate the mod in your load order. The load order will not matter.



DESCRIPTION
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I am currently enjoying the Morag Tong questline in Morroblivion, but it has come to bother me that
the Threads of the Webspinner quest is difficult to role play completing. When I play with a character
I don't allow them to take actions based on my own knowledge of the game. For example, the current
character happened across the Andrano Ancestral Tomb before the main quest brought her there so she
took a nice skull there home to her place in Sandrith Mora and left it there even though I know full
well it'll be a bit of a pain to hoof it all the way back home to fetch it for Sharn in Balmora.
Because this is my play style, my character would never complete the Threads quest since many of the
threads (11 by my count) have only very vague hints towards their locations or no hints at all in game.

Thus, I created this mod.

It adds an item for sale in Rogdul gro-Bularz inventory (he's the orc trainer/merchant in the Vivec
Morag Tong Headquarters area) that makes finding those 11 other Threads easier in game. No, it doesn't
add Quest Markers. Technically, Tamriel didn't have GPS technology until 3E433 and Morrowind is still set
in 3E427! ;)

Instead, this little statue of Mephala (statue courtesy of Stroti of the TES Nexus) for sale will alert
you to the nearby presence of one of these 11 too-well-hidden threads when you enter the same cell as the
shrine/building/etc exterior exit. You will receive a message box and quest update giving your character
a message saying that a Thread is nearby in such-and-such location and a vague description of who has it.
This only works if you are carrying the statue because Mephala is speaking to you through it and only if
you haven't already returned that item (so you don't need a fresh game to try this out). If you enable the
mod after you've already visited the area and even picked up the item, but just haven't gotten around to it
yet, well, Mephala is still going to be a little confused and speak as if it's still with the former owner.
Forgive that, please!

The above possible weirdness aside, this mod should make role playing the search for the threads easier and
should also be helpful to those who don't want to have to constantly hitup The Unofficial Elderscrolls Pages
site to find the items' locations outside of the game.

As a bonus, once you have found and returned these 11 hader-to-find Threads the Idol of Mephala quest will
complete and the idol will give you 5 extra points towards Agility when carried instead. Note that you will
need to drop it and pick it up again once after the quest ends for it to begin taking effect.


CREDITS
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To pay credit where credit is due I need to thank the creators of the Kagenir's Death Quest mod because one
of their quests works the same way - inventory item triggers script when object placed outside Interior
entrance door is loaded. The memory of that quest popped into my mind as I was debating how to pull mine off
and I shamelessly dug into their mod in the Construction Set to find out how they did it so I could modify it
to fit my mod's needs
http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/26219/?


All credit for the Mephala Idol mesh goes to Stroti (strotis buyable daedric statues):
http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/41534/? 

Lastly, MANY THANKS to the hardworking members of the Morroblivion community who have done wonders in the project!