Dark Brotherhood coexisting with thieves guild?

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:57 pm

I got some advice in my previous thread about the grey fox to do the dark brotherhood quests first....but the problem is I am already in the thieves guild....sooo do you know if I can do the DB quest line and still be a member of thieves? Is there a workaround?

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:40 pm

I've never had problems doing thieves guild quests at the same time as doing DB quests. The prohibition against murder should only apply if killing whilst doing thieves guild quests. In fact on at least one occasion one occasion I picked up crime bounty whilst doing DB quests and got them removed by the thieves guild.

The only conflict of this kind I've encountered was doing one of the TG quests; the one for the arrow, where the Grey Fox tells you it's OK to kill doing the quest. Problem is the guy he tells you you can kill is a member of the Mages guild, so you can end up being booted out of the MG.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:06 pm

galraen wrote:
The only conflict of this kind I've encountered was doing one of the TG quests; the one for the arrow, where the Grey Fox tells you it's OK to kill doing the quest. Problem is the guy he tells you you can kill is a member of the Mages guild, so you can end up being booted out of the MG.

But you don't HAVE to kill him. Operate in Sneak mode and with both Invisibility and the best Chameleon you have operating, so you can open things without being spotted, and there is no need to kill anything unless you want to.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:28 pm

Fljotsdale wrote:But you don't HAVE to kill him.

True, but I got suckered the first time I did it, I foolishly believed the Grey Fool!

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:47 am

Ah, well! First times happen to us all!

Part of the fun.

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:48 pm

Thanks everyone. Come to think of it I am also in the mages guild hoping to get alchemy ingredients and spells!

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:44 am

It can be a bit complicated being in all the guilds at once - you get harassed by quests from every direction, and some of 'em clash! :laugh: It's even trickier if you are doing the main quest at the same time.

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:28 am

I decided I am going to role play a fighter/thief in the main quest and guilds. I have frostcrag spire so I am independent of mage guild. Then for shivering isles I'll be an evil bastard DB/mage

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:17 pm

I was mostly Thief/Mage. Very useful combination.

And yes, Frostcrag Spire is very handy when you have it up a completely running - and even just Alchemy Altar and Enchanting makes a huge difference.

Projectmonkeybomb · Post by **Projectmonkeybomb** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:58 am

I'm a member of every guild and never a problem

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:17 pm

Thank you for bringing that to our attention.