Which House has the best quests? DONT SPOIL

[TheFinkinator]

I just recently started playing Morrowind (loving it so far), and I was wondering, before I commit, which of the three Great Houses gives you the best quests, or the most interesting quests story-wise? Id prefer NOT to join Hlaalu, because my player is a battle mage, and since im doing alot of RPing, it would make more sense to join either Redoran or Telvanni, the Warrior and Mage Houses. I want my character to seek work in both magic and warrior type stuff, so if he joins Telvanni, he'll end up joining the Fighers Guild, and likewise, if he joins Redoran, he'll join the Mages Guild.

So without spoiling anything specific thats going to happen (Ive somehow gone this far without spoiling anything about Morrowinds story for myself), which combination will give me the best quests? Telvanni-fighters guild or Redoran-mages guild?

[SaltyPeanuts]

Unless you're doing a roleplay thing, there's no forced combination of guilds you've described. You can be in both the mages guild and House Telvanni at the same time. And then there's nothing stopping you from being in the fighters guild regardless because they don't care about the magic guilds.

[Zara]

Originally posted by salty peanuts:

Unless you're doing a roleplay thing, there's no forced combination of guilds you've described. You can be in both the mages guild and House Telvanni at the same time. And then there's nothing stopping you from being in the fighters guild regardless because they don't care about the magic guilds.

yes you can but theres one quest from the mages guild you get later in the game and with out spoiling it you will get expelled from telvanni in that quest so yea

[Zenith]

Originally posted by minnesota person:

Originally posted by salty peanuts:

Unless you're doing a roleplay thing, there's no forced combination of guilds you've described. You can be in both the mages guild and House Telvanni at the same time. And then there's nothing stopping you from being in the fighters guild regardless because they don't care about the magic guilds.

yes you can but theres one quest from the mages guild you get later in the game and with out spoiling it you will get expelled from telvanni in that quest so yea

can i do all the mage quests first and then join telvanni?

[SaltyPeanuts]

Originally posted by Khyron:

can i do all the mage quests first and then join telvanni?

He described 1 particular mission given by the Mages guild. There are several workarounds I can think of just by thinking about how the quests work.

1) You may in fact, never see that quest offered.

2) Telvanni is also particularly easy to get back into even if you do get expelled, simply by asking.

3) Finish House Telvanni quests first. Then do Mage guild quests.

4) Don't do the quest.

edit: Assuming you just don't do the quest- that doesn't mean you can't continue in the other Mages questlines to come to a point of completion. Just do the other quests offered and everything works out.

[dark_matter_mobius]

Depends on your definition of: "Best quests." Hlaalu has some of the most interesing questlines in the game. I highly recommend you give them one playthrough just for the story (their quest rewards aren't that great though). Redoran is quite possibly the worst house, both in terms of quest rewards and story. They're still worthwhile if you enjoy the Morrowind verse. House Telvanni has the best rewards (they give you spells on top of awesome things) and some really interesting quests and characters. They do have their weak points which I won't mention because I don't want to spoil anything for you.

If you want to RP the game, there is no real limit. All the houses have a use for any adventerous sort. However, what is far more interesting is to try and 'talk' a moral character into joining one of the Houses. They all are bastards in and of their own right, and you tend to see the bastardry first before you get introduced to their awesomeness.

EDIT: House Redoran, from my personal experience, is also the hardest house to move up in. I had very little trouble with Telvanni or Hlaalu, but Redoran was very problematic. This might be because Redoran's skill set were all skills I didn't utilize very often.

[TheFinkinator]

Originally posted by salty peanuts:

Unless you're doing a roleplay thing, there's no forced combination of guilds you've described. You can be in both the mages guild and House Telvanni at the same time. And then there's nothing stopping you from being in the fighters guild regardless because they don't care about the magic guilds.

Well, I am RPing a bit. First, I thought (just from basic things I looked up) that the House Telvanni and the Mage's Guild were like exact opposites. Isnt there some kind of thing in Morrowind where people will view you a certain way depending on your alliances? Like arent Mages from the Guild supposed to be somewhat hostile (not actually attacking) to you if youre in Telvanni or something like that?

Also, I know that I can be in the fighers ad mages guilds, but if im doing warrior type quests for Redoran, id rather have the mages guild so Ill have magic related quests to do, and vice versa with telvanni and the fighers guild, rather than having the magic to warrior quest ratio be too skewed.

[SaltyPeanuts]

In general Morrowind terms, no Dunmer-based faction is going to be told what to do by an Imperial guild, especially the Imperial Mages guild.

The 3 Great Houses are at war with each other. Assassinations, economic land-grabs, persuasion of members to switch sides, blackmail, extortion, theft, and other wise. They probably don't care that you were doing some Imperial guild business to get some money, cheap services, and such thrown your way.

[TheFinkinator]

alright cool. Thanks alot.