Buying Game

Introduction

Frankly speaking, vanilla Morrowind trading system is a mess. Mercants can be persuaded to agree to the disadvatageous deals, allowing the

player to make money out of thin air. Reducing disposition can lead to getting more profits, while selling items. The way mercants always know

when you have skooma doesn't make any sense, and neither does instant restock mechanics. Functionality of the Mercantile skill leaves a lot to be desired as well.

Description

This mod is a MWSE-lua pluginless overhaul of the trade system. Additionaly, it adds new gameplay functionality and User Interface features to Mercantile skill, making it much more interesting. While in general gameplay becomes more difficult and it's harder to become rich from the beginning of the game, those, who are experienced in the mercantile skill, can actually earn money via trade in an immersive, non-exploitable way. And true masters of trade can use it as a new way for solving quests without violence. Here is the the list of the features of the mod.

• []Base pricing mechanic is based on the one from HardTrade and 4NM mod with slight improvements. Traders will always sell items for more or equal their value and buy for less or equal. Raising Personality, Mercantile, Disposition and rank in the trader's faction, as well as taking advantage of traders specialization can lead to more generous offers, though no amount of bargaining will lead to unprofitable deal for a trader.

  []Regional pricing. Cost of the goods is no more set in stone throughout whole Vvardenfell, but vary due to supply and demand, with regards to geography, flora, fauna, political affilation and development of the region. Regions from TR are currently not included. Howeve, goods from Tamriel Data and OAAB are accounted for.

  []Value estimate. Those who have no mercantile skill lack the ability to estimate prices of the goods and distinguish valuebles from trash, while seasoned merchants are aware of regional pricing and can get profit, buying where the goods are cheaper and selling them where the demand is higher. Item tooltips represent your knowledge of prices, depending on your mercantile skill.

  []Mercants specialization. Mercants, trading in narrow assortment of goods, like Smiths or Alchemists will buy and sell items of their interest more eagerly. Pawnbrokers sell used items, so all of them are going to be damaged to some extent.

  [*]Forbidden goods. Skooma, moonsugar, raw ebony, raw glass and dwemer items are forbidden for trade. However, instead of Service Refusal mechanics, which prevents any Barter as long as you have one of such items, merchants will refuse to buy them and alarm the guards only when you make a direct proposition. When the guards arrest you, they will confiscate all the forbidden goods