Daggerfall:Gold Smuggling

Quick Walkthrough
# Talk to a noble.
# Deliver the gold to the contact in the specified town.
# Return to the noble with a magical item given to you by the contact.
# Give the magical item to the noble within the time limit and collect your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough
Illicit Payment
Speak to a noble, who says:

:"I need someone to bring an item to a contact of mine in (town). You will receive an item in return. If you bring that item back to me, I will happy to reward you with (random gold) gold pieces. Do you agree?"

Accept
The noble goes on:

:''"Very good. Take this bar of gold and bring it to a certain (contact's description) called (contact's name) in a place called (building) in (town). You will need to move quickly. If you are not at (building) in (time limit) days, (contact's name) will leave, and none of us will be happy. Especially you. Very well, good luck to you, (player's first name)."

Decline
The noble answers:

:"No? What a shame. I was prepared to be quite generous."''

Locating the Contact
thumb|right|The spellswords are willing to attack in broad daylight on crowded streets to get your gold
thumb|right|The noble's contact
 
Travel to the town where the noble's contact is waiting. You may encounter some spellswords along the way who want the gold you are carrying, and say: 

:''"That gold bar must be quite heavy. How about I relieve you of it? Just hand it over and I'll let you go."

If you give up the gold, the spellsword mocks your cowardice:

:"Such a brave little courier. I'll be sure to tell all my friends how helpful you can be to them."

If you hand the gold over, you will of course fail the quest. Fight your attackers or run away. Locate your contact by asking around town. Go to their location, deliver the gold, and be told:

:"Ah, you must be the courier. Excellent, excellent. Now, take this (magical item) back to (quest giver's name) immediately, and (he/she) will reward you as promised. A pleasure doing business with you, (player's first name)!"

Bring the magical item the contact gives you back to the noble.

Reward
When you return with the magical item, the noble will thank you by saying:

:"Excellent, (player's first name), you've returned with my (magical item) as promised. Your valor and bravery are great indeed. I am sure we will appreciate your further service in the near future. Thank you."''

Reputation Gain/Loss
 

Enemies
5x One Spellsword every five in-game minutes (25% chance) until the bar of gold is delivered 

Notes
If you give the bar of gold to one of the pursuing spellswords, that spellsword will let you go. However, spellswords will continue to appear and attack you until the second time limit has expired.
If you keep the magical item, it will remain in your inventory and won't vanish once the quest is over, unlike most quest items.

Additional Dialogue
After you have accepted this quest, NPCs may say when asked for any news:
''"There was this (contact's description) here recently asking if I'd seen a (player's race)."
"Some (contact's description) was looking for a (player's race) with a (gold bar) a while back."
If you fail the quest, NPCs may say when asked for any news:
"Well, (noble's name) is, I've heard, furious at some (player's race) mercenary."
"(Noble's name) is still relying on mercenaries and I've heard (he/she)'s been burned."
If you successfully complete the quest, NPCs may say when asked for any news:
"I hear that (noble's name) finally got some (magical item) (he/she) needed."
"(Noble's name) has been singing the praises of a certain (player's race) mercenary."
If you successfully complete the quest, the quest giver may later greet you with:
"Hello again, my young friend. I haven't forgotten your services."
"Ah, (player's first name). It's a pleasure to see you again."
If you failed the quest, the quest giver will greet you with:
"Why, it's the inept (player's race). You have a lot of nerve coming back here."
"Well, if it isn't the inept courier. Why don't you crawl away now, hmm?"''

Quest Log