"Become ruler" questline?

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snapingturtle
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"Become ruler" questline?

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As I understand, politics in Daggerfall are complicated both from a technical and in-lore perspective. However, less than "take over Wayrest" or something equally complex to implement, I think that a short high-level "questline" that allows the player to become the ruler of its own tiny (very tiny) domain would be on the spirit of High Rock: "Find a new hill, become a king"

I imagine something on the lines of a tiny island or distant region outside the direct political control of the major factions. Maybe an old ruined kingdom/abandoned little town in need of saving or conquest. After passing the needed quests in order to establish control over the place the player could be declared "king" of this rather forgotten and minuscule place, giving as a reward a castle that can work as player home, and perhaps some npcs offering special services, to not mention the obvious roleplay value of the endeavor.

I will admit: I am not very familiar with what is possible and what is not in DF Unity, but I always wished something in these lines to give a sort of conan-esque epilogue to ambitious characters.

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BadLuckBurt
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Re: "Become ruler" questline?

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snapingturtle wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:20 pm I imagine something on the lines of a tiny island or distant region outside the direct political control of the major factions. Maybe an old ruined kingdom/abandoned little town in need of saving or conquest.
There is one island that comes to mind: Cybiades, it's the bugged island off the coast near Sentinel. The game data for it is a bit bugged as the worldmap doesn't display the player's location properly when you're there, that can be fixed though.

The island only has one dungeon on it and no towns whatsoever so it would be a prime candidate. It's possible to add locations (cities, farms, dungeons etc.) through the World Data system to repopulate the island.

Becoming it's ruler could be realised through one or multiple quests although I'm not sure if you could get NPCs to recognise your status with the existing data.
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