Devious Slavery and Servitude 1.3.0

More things to do for low leveled characters. Player slavery and intentured servitude: Become a live-in maid, a tavern servant, or become enslaved to a blacksmith! You can also rent a cellar to live in or rent storage space at merchants in several towns. You can also make some money and help out fellow citizens by selling devious keys. Several of the quests in this mod are available as auction outcomes in Simple Slavery ++ https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/13531-simple-slavery-plus-plus/

 

Devious Slavery and Servitude

 

Live-in Maid for Clan Battle-Born

 

This quest allows you to spend your days, weeks, months or your entire life as Clan Battle-Born's live-in maid. You'll get to perform many different maid duties: clean the house, cook meals, run errands, ... You don't get paid, but there's a free bedroll and food for you, and of course the safety of Whiterun's mighty walls.

 

Your tasks get assigned on a semi-random basis. Some tasks happen more often than others, but there should always be a different new task after you've completed the previous one.  Some of the quest's parameters can be configured through dialogue like in the smith and inn quests: your outfit and the duration of your stay with Clan Battle-Born. Note that if you choose the "lifelong" option, your only way to end the quest is to run away.

 

You can start the quest at any time by executing this console command: "SetStage SIS_Q_Maid 1". I recommend to do it during daytime and while not wearing any devious devices.

 

Enslaved by a Blacksmith

 

This is a fairly simple player enslavement quest: A blacksmith has bought you as a slave and puts you to work at his smithy. You'll get a steady stream of tasks: most of them to craft things or some occasional errands in town. The smith also has a place for you to sleep and will provide daily food rations.

 

The crafting tasks depend on the smithy's inventory. For example, you'll only be ordered to create a weapon if the required ingots are currently in stock. If they aren't, you might get the task to work the smelter instead to make more ingots. However, basic components such as charcoal are not considered as the player can always create them when needed for a task. Please note that only items which you've placed in the storage chest will be counted for new tasks, not the ones you have in your inventory. This is by design, to allow the player some influence over the task rolls.

 

It is a quite repetitive quest by its very nature, but at least you get to level up your smithing skills.

 

This quest can be started through Simple Slavery or via the console. Simply type "SetStage SIS_Q_Master 1" in the console and the quest will take it from there. You can select some options at the start of the quest: which smith to be sold to, the minimum duration of your stay with them, and your outfit (set through dialogue).

 

You can end your enslavement in two ways: You can either work through the minimum period which set at the start of the mod, at which point you'll be able to negotiate your freedom through dialogue with your master. You may have to try a few times though. Alternatively, you can just escape, though (naturally) that won't be without consequences.

 

Work in an Inn

 

Are you low on coin? Don't have a place to live? Are your survival skills no match to the dangerous roads of Skyrim? Worry not, for a solution is at hand! You can now find work in an inn in any of the big cities in Skyrim. Just walk up to the counter and ask the innkeeper if they're hiring. That's Elda in Windhelm, Hulda in Whiterun, Keerava in Riften, Kleppr in Markarth, and Corpulus in Solitude.

 

They will offer you work as waitress/waiter, but it comes with a catch: you'll have to agree to a minimum contract time (3 day, 7 days, or two weeks) and to wear a specific uniform. You'll get a base pay of 50 septims per day plus bonus payments for the longer contracts. You can also earn extra by running some errands or working in the kitchen. Of course, you can also earn tips from the inn's patrons. So make sure you don't mix up those orders!

 

Indentured Servitude at Candlehearth Hall

 

This is the involuntary version of the inn quest. You will be working at Candlehearth Hall on a fixed-length contract. You are not allowed to leave early; doing so will get you in trouble with the authorities.

 

To start the quest at any time, please use this console command: "SetStage SIS_Q_TavernSlave 1".

 

Rentable Cellar Player Home

 

For a modest weekly payment, you can now rent a cellar under Nazeem's Chillfurrow Farm. Speak to Nazeem to find out more.

 

The player home (cellar) has two beds, some furniture and plenty of storage including functional book, potion and drink shelves. You can light and extinguish the candles in the cellar. It is fully navmeshed and should be follower-friendly. All storage is safe.

 

I want to expand this rent-a-cellar system to other holds in a future update.

 

Rentable Storage Space

 

Don't know where to stuff all that loot that you picked up on your travels? Just rent some storage in the town of your choice!

 

Several store owners in Skyrim rent out storage space. It'll cost you five gold per day and you can store up to 100 pounds at each of them. Speak to the store's owner to rent the storage and access it later on (after paying the rent!) You can also cancel your contract at any time. Your contract will be canceled and all stored items removed if you don't access the storage at least once every 60 days.

 

Rentable storage is being offered by these merchants:

Each store has its own storage which can't be accessed from anywhere else. In other words, you can have up to then different storages in the various towns, and have to pay 5 gold per day for each of them!

 

By the way, in spite of the mod's name, nothing "devious" will happen with the storages. No devices, no sex. It's just storage. (Honestly!)

 

In addition, there's also a patch that expands the rentable storage quest to all eight towns of Jabr's Legendary Cities mod. Simply download the relevant zip files from this page and install as a new mod in your mod manager.  Requires all eight cities from the Legendary Cities mod, version 6.01, modular version (currently the main download on its Nexus page): https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/318?tab=description

 

Storage can be rented from these eight merchants in the Legendary Cities:

 

Installation

 

Install the main file Devious Slavery and Servitude.zip like any other mod with the mod manager of your choice.

 

Optionally, you can also install the xVA synth voices sound pack.

 

Optionally, you can also install the patch for Jabr's Legendary Cities mod. Requires all plugins from the modular version 6.01 of Legendary Cities. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/318?tab=description

 

For those who don't like the slow pace in the tight hobble dresses, please install the file "Devious Slavery and Servitude - Relaxed Dresses.esp" and add it to your load order below the main mod's .esp.

 

Requirements

 

• Skyrim AE. No idea if older versions than 1130 work or not. Tested on version 1170.
• Devious Devices (at least SE 5.2 though I heavily recommend NG)
• Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul (hard requirement!) https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/19924
• Complete Crafting Overhaul Remastered (hard requirement!) https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/28608
• If you want to play the smith quest with Alvor in Riverwood: a mod that adds a smelter to his smithy, like this one, this one, or a town overhaul mod like EtAC, JK's, etc.
• Not required but strongly recommended: Simple Slavery ++ for an immersive and in-character way to start several of the quests. https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/13531-simple-slavery-plus-plus/

 

I am aware that not everybody likes the two Overhaul mods, but (at least for now) I won't be offering a version of the mod without them. 

 

There are no known incompatibilities at this point. Please let me know if you encounter any incompatibilities or bugs!

 

Credits

 

Potion, drink and book shelves in the rentable cellars courtesy of plymster's Single Object Bookshelves mod which I converted to SE. Learn more here (and endorse the mod): https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/92237

 

Ingredient storage jars are from: Oaristys: Modders' Resource Packs https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16525

and Blary: Modders' Resources https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/14133 and https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30601

 

Recommended Other Mods

 

The mods below are purely suggestions from my load order to have more things to do in the early game, before your char is ready to go into battle. They are not required to play this mod (not even as soft dependencies).

 

• Imperial Mail. Post and Banking System: (Allows you to have a bank account and send stuff from town to town) https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21014
• Immersive Speechcraft (adds a few fun & useful topics to almost all NPCs. You can beg, ask them to trade, to follow you, or just talk about the weather) : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21296
• Missives (like the older Notice Board mod: adds various simple quests to the major towns/cities): https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17576
• Living Takes Time (makes time pass for many player actions like crafting, reading, eating, ...) https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/44623
• A mod that makes prison sentences more meaningful, forcing you to think carefully if running away and getting a bounty is really worth it.
• TES Arena Legendary Cities. My favorite mod which adds new settlements. Beautifully crafted exteriors and interiors, lore-friendly, with cool little back stories, lively AI packages and just a great atmosphere. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/318?tab=description

 

Older Versions' Changelog