Morrowind May Modathon 2025 - The House of Tides

Join a trade-themed faction, with quests, unique items, and a new location to call home. Interact with the House of Tides anywhere, bartering for goods, completing quests to expand their offerings, and eventually gaining access to their exchange!

Nexus Description

For as long as there have been possessions, there has been trade. For as long as there has been trade, there has been the House of Tides. Though it is not always called such by the many realms it touches. The House of Tides prides itself on quality mercantile interactions, offering remote services through their magical ledgers. As customers gain favor, their credit limits increase, and the inventories of House of Tides clerks and merchants improve. The most loyal customers are even invited to physical exchanges, where they can interact with other customers, or even find residence.

This mod adds a new faction for players to interact with. It has quests, some unique items, and a new location to call home. When players first join the faction, they can use their magical ledger to interact with a merchant from anywhere at any time. Though this merchant's inventory is extremely limited, the player can purchase trade contracts to expand it. As players rise in ranks, the barter gold this anywhere-merchant has also increases, as does the quality and variety of items offered by trade contracts. Higher rank players can eventually unlock a personalized merchant, with more barter gold, offering unique items in exchange for items or deeds. The highest rank players can visit the House of Tides Exchange, where they can help expand the exchange to a full-service location accessible through their magical ledger.

Part 1 (Complete) of this mod implements the functionality of ranks 1-3, which include the magical ledger, the remote merchant, and associated quests and functionality.

Part 2 (In-Progress) of this mod implements the functionality of ranks 4-6, which involve the personalized merchant, and associated quests and functionality. It also expands some functionality of the remote merchant.

Part 3 (Pending) of this mod implements the functionality of ranks 7-10, which involve the House of Tides Exchange, the associated quests and functionality, expands the personalized merchant, and expands the remote merchant.

Mod Installation

Download and extract the mod files to a convenient location
(OpenMW Only) In the OpenMW launcher, add that location on the "Data Directories" tab
(OpenMW Only) Enable the HouseOfTides.esp on the "Content Files" tab
(Others) Install and enable the HouseOfTides.esp file in your mod manager of choice

Mod Play

-- All details below can be considered spoilers --

All interactions early on in the mod are handled through a custom book item called the Otherworldly Ledger. To use the ledger, place it into the world from your inventory, and then activate it. The ledger initially will add the player to the faction. It will then pop up a menu with options. At early ranks, the only options are to "Pick Up" the book, or "Trade."

Picking up the book will activate it as usual, allowing the player to read it, or add it to their inventory.

Trade will allow the player to interact with a merchant NPC. The NPC has an initial barter gold and inventory that is quite limited, but both will improve through either rank or quests. The NPC will sell trade contracts to expand their inventory with items that improve with rank, and restock after a number of in-game days. Completing these trade contract quests also help increase the player's rank. As player ranks improves, barter gold increases. This NPC will also offer the player some delivery quests, which will help increase the player's rank.

Quests: Trade Contracts

There are 6 available initially to the player through the Trade NPC:

Restorative Potions: Can be brought to an NPC of the "alchemist service" or "apothecary service" class to supply the Trade NPC with restore health, magicka, and fatigue potions of a quality that improves as rank does. At higher ranks, it also includes a potion to remove harmful effects.
- Restock Schedule: 5 +/- 3 days
- Restock Limit: 9
- Ranks 1-3:
  - (3) Cheap Potion of Restore Health
  - (3) Cheap Potion of Restore Magicka
  - (3) Cheap Potion of Restore Fatigue
- Ranks 4-6:
  - (3) Standard Potion of Restore Health
  - (3) Standard Potion of Restore Magicka
  - (3) Standard Potion of Restore Fatigue
  - (3) Potion of Salen's Vivication
- Ranks 7-10:
  - (3) Quality Potion of Restore Health
  - (3) Quality Potion of Restore Magicka
  - (3) Quality Potion of Restore Fatigue
  - (3) Potion of Salen's Vivication
Subterfuge Implements: Can be brought to an NPC of the "thief service" class to supply the Trade NPC with lock picks and probes. The quality of these items increases with rank. At higher ranks, potions that help with stealth are added as well.
- Restock Schedule: 5 +/- 3 days
- Restock Limit: 7
- Ranks 1-3:
  - (2) Apprentice lock pick
  - (2) Apprentice probe
- Ranks 4-6:
  - (2) Journeyman lock pick
  - (2) Journeyman probe
  - (2) Potion of Invisibility
- Ranks 7-10:
  - (2) Grandmaster lock pick
  - (2) Grandmaster probe
  - (2) Potion of Expeditious Extrication
Mending Tools: Can be brought to an NPC of the "smith" class to supply the Trade NPC with repair tools. The quality of these items increases with rank.
- Restock Schedule: 5 +/- 3 days
- Restock Limit: 6
- Ranks 1-3:
  - (2) Repair prong
- Ranks 4-6:
  - (2) Journeyman repair hammer
- Ranks 7-10:
  - (2) Master repair hammer
Phylacteries: Can be brought to an NPC of the "enchanter service" class to supply the Trade NPC with soul gems. The quality of these items increases with rank. At higher ranks, scrolls for soul trapping are added as well.
- Restock Schedule: 5 +/- 3 days
- Restock Limit: 4
- Ranks 1-3:
  - (2) Petty soul gem
- Ranks 4-6:
  - (2) Common soul gem
  - (2) Scroll of Fphyggi's Gem Feeder
- Ranks 7-10:
  - (2) Greater soul gem
  - (2) Scroll of Psychic Prison
Refreshments: Can be brought to an NPC of the "publican" class to supply the Trade NPC with food and drink. The quality and variety of these items increases with rank.
- Restock Schedule: 5 +/- 3 days
- Restock Limit: 5
- Ranks 1-3:
  - (2) comberry wine
  - (2) mazte
  - (2) hound meat
  - (2) bread
- Ranks 4-6:
  - (2) comberry brandy
  - (2) flin
  - (2) scuttle
  - (2) hound meat
  - (2) hack-lo leaf
- Ranks 7-10:
  - (2) cyrodiilic brandy
  - (2) cyrodiilic whiskey
  - (2) scuttle
  - (2) hound meat
  - (2) hack-lo leaf
  - (2) large kwama egg
Arcanum: Can be brought to an NPC of the "mage service" class to supply the Trade NPC with scrolls. The quality and variety of these items increases with rank.
- Restock Schedule: 5 +/- 3 days
- Restock Limit: 2
- Ranks 1-3:
  - (2) scroll of almsivi intervention
  - (2) scroll of divine intervention
  - (2) scroll of tinur's hop-toad
- Ranks 4-6:
  - (2) scroll of almsivi intervention
  - (2) scroll of divine intervention
  - (2) scroll of windform
  - (2) scroll of ondussi's unhinging
  - (2) scroll of taldam's scorcher
  - (2) scroll of drathi's winter guest
  - (2) scroll of ina's chastening
- Ranks 7-10:
  - (2) scroll of almsivi intervention
  - (2) scroll of divine intervention
  - (2) scroll of windform
  - (2) scroll of ekash's locksplitter
  - (2) scroll of yamson's immolation sphere
  - (2) scroll of illnea's breath
  - (2) scroll of gaze from the void

Quests: Deliveries

The Trade NPC will offer 4 delivery quests. Each is offered in sequence as the previous one is completed.

Deliver a package to Llorayna Sethan at Sethan's Tradehouse in Tel Branora
Deliver a package to Burcanius Varo at Varo Tradehouse in Vos
Deliver a package to Shotherra at Thongar's Tradehouse in Khuul
Deliver a package to Sold Fine-Hair at The End of the World in Dagon Fel

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