Hired Thugs in Skyrim

[notsosavagemessiah]

How do i get them off my case? I don't know what I stole, but I dropped everything in my inventory just in case, didn't get rid of them. I never got the option to pay any bounty. I'm nowhere near tough enough to kill them, so what do I do?

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Run. Run Like hell.

Or, level up and kill the bastards.

Your call.

EDIT: For more technical help, revert to an earlier Auto-Save. That helped me in some cases.

 

[Rednog]

They never go away, even if you do kill them they will always come back eventually with the same "contract" to "Teach you a lesson".

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

so restart then? well, i suppose it's a good thing i'm not that far into it.

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

Don't be a thief if you can't deal with the consequences.

You do know the law of saving your game in a Bethesda product, eh?

it's been a while since i'd played one of their games, and i'd forgotten. Worst of all, i don't even know what i stole. I left the shop, went back in an hour later, and got attacked. Seriously considering throwing the game out the fucking window. I hate it when i'm forced to start over in a game for something that was a complete accident.

 

[Vrach]

Kill... them?

I only got them once. Hilariously, they were hired by a Novice Ice Mage that I killed 2 seconds after I tried to pickpocket him, so I'm curious as to how he managed to hire thugs in that time.

 

[DirgeNovak]

They only came after me once after I accidentally took a book from the Winterhold College library, I killed them, and I was never bothered again. So I'm guessing you got caught stealing stuff again since the last time...

 

[distortedreality]

Need a mod that changes the name from "hired thugs" to "hired goons".

 

[Zhukov]

I got them once. Stole some potions from a shop. An hour or so later they turned up and were speedily dispatched. Found the note and figured this must be a taste of that radiant storytelling thing they were talking about. Went back to the shop owner to see if she had anything to say, but she just treated me like normal.

"Excuse me ma'am, did you send three heavily armed individuals to murder me for shoplifting? Because if so, I very sorry th..."
"Hello, would you like to buy some potions?"
"... sure."

 

[DirgeNovak]

I got them once. Stole some potions from a shop. An hour or so later they turned up and were speedily dispatched. Found the note and though this must be that radiant storytelling thing they were so proud of. Went back to the shop owner to see if she had anything to say, but she just treated me like normal.

"Excuse me ma'am, did you send three heavily armed individuals to murder me for shoplifting? Because if so, I very sorry th..."
"Hello, would you like to buy some potions?"
"... sure."

Yeah, that too. That's not exactly Radiant Storytelling?'s most shining moment, is it?

 

[DracoSuave]

They tell you where the bounty is from. Go to said town, go to jail, lose 1 minute of your time.

Easy solution is easy.

Restarting is a loss of much greater time. Seriously, do the sensible thing and just pay the penalty.

 

[Ghengis John]

They tell you where the bounty is from. Go to said town, go to jail, lose 1 minute of your time.

Easy solution is easy.

There you go with your reason and logic again...

 

[ecoho]

How do i get them off my case? I don't know what I stole, but I dropped everything in my inventory just in case, didn't get rid of them. I never got the option to pay any bounty. I'm nowhere near tough enough to kill them, so what do I do?

ok run to somewere were you can go from one side to the other(a river worked for me) and while they have to go around you can just fill them full of arrows or burn them to death

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I just killed the ones that showed up for me. Not exactly sure who the person was I stole from, but the thugs weren't that hard to deal with. And I haven't had any trouble from thugs since. So go ahead and kill them if you can. Don't worry, the guards don't attack you for fighting them.

 

[Jodah]

I had them spawn while I was talking with the Greybeards once. Hilarity ensued.

 

[Gorog2]

Kill the buggers by running and casting flames.
That's my solution

 

[Knusper]

I came across them when leaving Solitude. I'm not sure what they were angry about because I steal everything of value. Anyway, I was level 5 or something so I ran non-stop to Whiterun and I never saw them again.