[PC_q2_Anv11_Journal] Taking Care of Taxes [WellTemperedClavier]

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[PC_q2_Anv11_Journal] Taking Care of Taxes [WellTemperedClavier]

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PC_q2_Anv11_Journal - "Taking Care of Taxes"

Quest Description

Traacillius is having some trouble collecting taxes, so he'll ask the player to track down 3 people who haven't turned in their taxes yet, and get them to finally pay. They are:

-Sleeps-In-Grass, a poor Argonian who is working on a plot of farmland just outside of Brina Cross (western entrance).
-K'Rashka, a Suthay Khajiit and Barrister in Anvil, Canal West Tenaments who struggles with gambling debts.
-Cassian Achav, an Imperial in Anvil, Cularyia's Apartments who has been jobless for awhile and who is teetering on the edge of being evicted.

Sleeps will claim that he already paid his monthly tax, K'Rashka will accuse you of being sent by Othesarre the pawnbroker/loanshark in town, while Cassian will just claim he doesn't have the money. You'll be able to get them to give you their taxes due, but it will be tough and require persuasion. You might also be able to convince them to give you more than what they owe, but you'll need to pass some Speechcraft/Personality skillchecks as well as Disposition checks to do so. You can then either give the owed taxes to Traacillius, give more than the owed, or investigate Sleeps' claim that he already paid his taxes when speaking with Traacillius.

If you choose to investigate, Traacillius will ask you to check the records room downstairs and see who was assigned tax collections in that area (in and around Brina Cross). You'll find out that it was the Taxman Diledi here in the building. Traacillius will then ask you to ask around Brina Cross about Sleeps-In-Grass' visit by tax collectors, to see if Sleeps had been visited by Diledi, he'll also ask you to NOT speak to Diledi when conducting this investigation (speaking to her will result in her attacking you). They'll all say yes (asking Sleeps will also result in a yes, but Traacillius is more concerned as to whether there were 3rd party witnesses to back his claim up). Return to Traacillius and he'll tell you that he'll deal with Diledi internally and return the excess money to Sleeps-In-Grass.

NOTE: You should be able skip 99% of this quest by simply choosing to pay the taxes for these 3 NPCs directly out of your own pocket, just like in nearly all vanilla money-gathering quests.

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I can do this quest.

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"Taking Care of Taxes" is complete. Note: Your test character will need a reputation of 5 or higher to do this quest. It seemed odd to me that the C&E Office would let any random person off the street do it, so I added a reputation requirement after a Discord discussion.

As set up, the player can go to Traacillius (who, along with Diledi, is located outside the Census & Excise Office), accept the quest, and collect the tax payments from K'Raskha (70 gold) and Sleeps-in-Grass (50 gold). They must be persuaded to disposition level 75 and 70, respectively. Returning the payments to Traacillius will net a reward of two standard healing potions.

Sleeps-in-Grass claims that he has already paid to Taxman Caulia Diledi. If the player reports this to Traacillius, Traacillius will take the payments and give the player two standard healing potions. Then, he will direct the player to ask other Brina Cross residents whether or not Diledi paid. He also warns the player not to speak with Diledi. Brina Cross residents will direct the player to Medina Sirolius, in Sirolius Manor, as she is the owner of the farm plot where Sleeps-in-Grass works. She will confirm Sleeps-in-Grass' story. The player can then report this to Traacillius, who will offer an additional reward in the form of "A Dreadful Theft" (Mercantile skill book) and will reimburse Sleeps-in-Grass.

If the player speaks to Diledi after agreeing to investigate Sleeps-in-Grass' claim, Diledi will attack. Traacillius will accept this as proof, but will not reward the player.

Also, while collecting the tax payments, the player can demand more money from both K'Raskha and Sleeps-in-Grass. To do this, the player will have to raise their dispositions to 90. The player can reveal this to Traacillius, who will take all of the money collected/stolen and declare the player a criminal, ending the quest. Otherwise, the player can keep the extra earnings to themselves and continue the quest as they see fit. Sleeps-in-Grass has unique dialogue if the player steals from him, but also investigates Diledi.

Killing either K'Raskha or Sleeps-in-Grass results in a fail state. At any time, the player can pay for K'Raskha or Sleeps-in-Grass. The player can also steal gold from them and pay in that way.

Diledi will vanish (be disabled) if she is successfully investigated. This is to indicate that she has been arrested. She'll disappear if the player reaches sufficient distance and 24 hours pass.
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Multiple people in this quest have moved, but the NPCs are still around. Reviewer might need to make small edits to account for the changes, but it should still work fine.
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