Bad Medicine
Quest Giver	Ocheeva
Location	Fort Sutch
Prerequisite	Enter the Eliminator
Next Quest	The Night Mother's Child
Reward	500 Bonus Deceiver's Finery
Faction	Dark Brotherhood

Background Edit

You are tasked with killing a dying warlord named Roderick. He can be found at Fort Sutch and guarded by his henchmen. Roderick is terminally ill and kept alive merely by daily medicine administered to his unconscious body. You will receive the Deceiver's Finery as a bonus if you replace his medicine with a poison that Ocheeva gives to you. Also, to receive the bonus, none of the henchmen may see you in the fort.

Walkthrough Edit

Speak to Teinaava and you will learn of a secret entrance to the fort that is unprotected at Fort Sutch Abbey. You may proceed from the Abbey sewers to the fort, or enter the fort directly with a possibly higher detection rate with the latter. The fort is very dark and is relatively easy to sneak through undetected. Most doors can be picked, but some require a key. This can be taken from a mercenary, either through killing them, or pickpocketing. It is worth noting that mercenaries can be killed while still not losing the bonus, so long as they do not detect you before dying. The easiest way to achieve this is to sneak-attack them and kill them instantly.

Note: If your Illusion skill is high enough, or if you have good chameleon or invisibility potions or enchanted armor,(M'raaj-Dar of the Dark brotherhood sells an invisibility spell and a chameleon spell for a relatively low price) you can easily slip in and out without forfeiting the bonus. If you can use invisibility spells, simply take a handful of restore magicka potions and use them to stay invisible. Also note that if your acrobatics skill is over 50 then once you have opened the first gate you then head towards Roderick (he is on the floor above you but you can still see him) jump on the pillar to the left near roderick then jump again move backwards then forwards in the air or you will hit the light and fall back down. This is a very quick and easy way to complete this quest, although, if you are heading through the front door, chameleon spells or enchantments (100%) is highly needed, because invisibility potions or spells will not work, because as soon as you activate the switch, you will lose your invisibility, and the guard next to the switch will see you (unless you kill him first.)

The cabinet that Roderick's medicine is kept in is in the back left part of the fort. Take the medicine from the cabinet and replace it with the poison that Ocheeva gave you (the poison is located under misc, not potions). If you have been detected already or do not care to receive the bonus, simply approach Roderick's body near the cabinet and kill him through whatever means you choose. Roderick is laying on a slab. Be warned though, there will most likely be a guard standing right next to him, but he is facing the other way, so it is easy enough to simply sneak up to Roderick and kill him.

Please note, you do not have to take the medicine with you. You can just place it in any container (except for the cabinet) in the fort and it will still complete the quest.

Return to Ocheeva for your reward and you can go back and get the poison where you put it.

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