Daggerfall:Hunt for a Gargoyle

Kill a gargoyle in a local dungeon. Location(s): Any Fighter Quester of the Fighters Guild Reward: Random gold, vampire haunt map (50% chance) Reputation Gain: see Reputation Gain/Loss ID: m0b50y09 Required Reputation: 50 reputation or more Difficulty: Hard

A wizard animated this statue.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to the Fighter Quester of a Fighters Guild.
2. Head to the dungeon the Fighter Quester mentions.
3. Find the gargoyle within and kill it.
4. Return to the Fighter Quester within the time limit and collect your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough

Cheating a mage is never a good idea.

A Mage's Revenge

Speak to the Fighter Quester, who says:

"A certain merchant needs to have a monster, a gargoyle to be precise, dispatched. The pay is a modest (random gold) gold pieces. Can I have your help in this matter?"

Accept

The Fighter Quester goes on:

"It seems this merchant hired a wizard to build him a grand mansion. Then the poor fool tried to cheat the mage of his wages. The wizard grew angry and animated one of the stone gargoyles on the new mansion. It has been attacking the merchant ceaselessly. Go out to (dungeon) and kill the thing. You've got (time limit) days to complete the task."

Decline

The Fighter Quester answers:

"Hmmm. Not the brave, heroic sort I guess."

Blood from Stone

This quest is a standard dungeon crawl. Travel to the dungeon the Fighter Quester mentioned, find the gargoyle within, and kill it. You will need mithril weapons or better to damage it. When the gargoyle has been killed, the following message will appear:

The gargoyle is dead. Hopefully that foolish merchant has learned never to cheat a mage.

Reward

Return to the Fighter Quester after killing the gargoyle and he will say:

"Hail to the hero, (player's name)! Well done! This paltry fee of (random gold) is hardly a worthy reward for such a deed."

There is a 50% chance the Fighter Quester will also give you a dungeon map, adding:

"Maybe this map to (random dungeon) will sweeten the deal a little."

Reputation Gain/Loss

A successfully completed quest results in a reputation gain according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Fighters Guild	+5
Fighter Questers	+5
Associated factions	+2

A failed quest results in a reputation loss according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Fighters Guild	-2
Fighter Questers	-2
Associated factions	-1

(Allies/Enemies affiliations for listed factions are not considered in the tables.)

Enemies

• Random dungeon monsters
• Quest Target: One Gargoyle

Additional Dialogue

After you have accepted this quest, NPCs may say when asked for any news:

• "The mages guild has refused to kill that rampaging gargoyle. They claim its not their fault. Lazy bastards."

If you fail the quest, NPCs may say when asked for any news:

• "Some merchant was killed recently. I hear that a gargoyle was seen hovering over his body."

If you successfully complete the quest, NPCs may say when asked for any news:

• "The Fighters Guild took out a gargoyle. Those guys are good to have around."

If you successfully complete the quest, the quest giver may later greet you with:

• "Well done with the gargoyle (player's name)."

If you failed the quest, the quest giver will greet you with:

• "That gargoyle killed the merchant. You should never have taken the job. Now you've made yourself and the guild look bad."

Quest Log

Hunt for a Gargoyle (m0b50y09)
Stage/ Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
0		On (date), The Fighers [sic] Guild of (town) charged me with the duty of destroying a gargoyle that lairs in (dungeon). I have (time limit) days to finish the task.