Oblivion talk:Methredhel

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[edit] Nudist

Methredhel likes being a nudist. I'm not sure if this is a bug. in 3 different games, she has at some point decided to stop wearing clothes. why??? anyone else experience this?

I have also experienced this. Methredhel also has a room mate who takes off her clothes. I broke into their house in a thieves guild quest to steal the diary off her and they were both walking around naked (except for default clothing). --Matthewest ^{•T•C•E•} 01:56, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

Seriously?!? An NPC's armor is destroyed and the only possible explanation is that she's supposed to be a lesbian?? I won't even start to guess at your explanation for all the naked male soldiers on the battlefield outside Bruma at the end of the Great Gate quest....

Trying to return to reality here: every NPC wearing armor in the game, male or female, will stop wearing his/her armor when the armor is destroyed. Just as the player's character can no longer wear a piece of armor once it is destroyed (health=0). Since they don't have other clothing in their inventory (and the AI doesn't force them to search for replacement clothing), the NPCs end up without any clothing. --Nephele^Talk 02:34, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

Really? I walk around wearing broken armor almost all the time (I use stuff that looks good on me, not what is Good or has good health) and It stays on me. While I have seen NPC's w/o their armor on at weird times (a guard was doing his rounds dressed in his 'jammies') I've never seen an NPC remove their armor when it breaks (I even tried to do this to pickpocket armor off a certain character who never sleeps), and I've certainly not seen anyone naked who wasn't supposed to be. Is my game just different or what?

Okay I understand now Nephele. I forgot that that could be a possible explanation. But why is it most common with Methredhel and her room mate? And what would she have done to cause it? Can an NPC repair their own armor? Why do I see her take her armor on and off occasionally? --Matthewest ^{•T•C•E•} 03:11, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

Old question, but my guess on this is that they're both wearing weak, low-quality armor (Leather, the weakest in the game), and both have low Responsibility (as should be expected of anyone pursuing a career as a thief), which makes them break the law frequently (stealing food most likely), and thus get into fights with the guards on a regular basis. Methredhel is Essential up until a late in the Thieves Guild quest line, so she can't be killed, but all those fights with the (much more well-equipped) guards probably takes a toll on her armor fairly quickly. Blame the devs for not giving her backup clothing to wear when it breaks. --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 01:00, 8 July 2008 (EDT)

She DOES have backup clothing acually, huntsman Pants and Shirt. the Huntsman Shirt appears as a Bra sort of thing on Female characters (ooh la la) so you may have confused that as her haveing her shirt off. If she walks around without pants though, thats something odd. Lucky the Cat Guy 01:29, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Methredhel is a nudist, she can be found with clothes on her posetion, however she "chooses" not to use them. We should add somthing to this effect on her npc page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.89.216.153 (talk • contribs).

She is not a nudist, but is probably just bugged in some way. Several NPCs can be found walking around in their underwear on occasion (see Fadus Calidius for an example). When it is time to redo her page under the Oblivion NPC Redesign Project, this phenomenon will be examined in detail - and then the project members will decide whether or not it deserves a mention on her page. --Krusty 07:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Almost every other time I break into her house she's in her undies. If I talk to her she'll say "I'm in the middle of a... I'm busy. What do you want?". The best time was once with her room mate in bed, she was standing next to the bed looking at her room mate when I broke in, and she told me that.

[edit] May the best thief win...

How does Methredhel become a member of the thieves guild when you steal Amantius Allectus' book? --Matthewest ^{•T•C•E•} 22:50, 24 April 2008 (EDT)

If you failed to steal the diary, you're given a second chance by stealing the sword. So, if Methredel failed to steal the diary, then presumably she got that second chance. —Dark Spark 00:14, 8 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Can't find Methredhel in X360

I'm doing the Thieves Guild quests right now and I'm at the part where Methredhel is supposed to meet me and give me a note. My fence is already 836 gold, yet I still have the quest that I should get 500 gold and speak to S'krivva. I have just finished the Taking Care of Lex quest. S'krivva's door is locked 24/7. I had no pop-up message that someone wanted to find me. I tried raising my fence just a bit more to see if something would happen and nothing at all. Well, I found S'krivva in the inn. She says there are rumors the Gray Fox is looking for me and that she wants me to keep raising the fence. Not sure if that will work, or maybe I have to raise it to 1000? This site says I only need to raise it to 600 for Methredhel to contact me. Also, I "waited" more than 100 hours and she never came to see me. Maxxb117 03:47, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

It can be pretty hard to find her. Your best bet is to wait in the Imperial City. If she still doesn't come, load a previous save and start over. Something could have caused her to bug. --Elliot^(T-C) 03:48, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

That really sucks since I only have one save and I waited 10 days for her... Maxxb117 04:09, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Issue resolved: I had to go wake her up in her own house in Waterfront........ I'll add this to the Turning a Blind Eye quest page.Maxxb117 22:14, 16 July 2009 (UTC)