Does joining the Dark Brotherhood affect anything?

No, none of the Dark Brotherhood's quests intersect in any meaningful way with any other quest chain. Some targets may have minor 'radiant' quests available, but none are significant in any way.
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Is there a downside to joining Dark Brotherhood?

The Dark Brotherhood's greatest drawback is its merciless killing of many characters. Players may find their favorite merchant or bard becoming their next target. Many charming characters, such as Lurbuk, must be killed to progress the guild's main questline.
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What does joining the Dark Brotherhood do?

If you attack and kill Astrid, you'll start a questline to destroy the Dark Brotherhood, so choose wisely! And that's how you join the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim. Now you have access to one of the most exciting questlines in the game, as well as new armor and weapons.
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Can you be good and join the Dark Brotherhood?

Nevertheless, a prospective 'good' character can join both of these corrupt factions and dilligently work through their entire questlines provided they join a third faction - the Companions - at roughly the same time they join the Theives Guild, and progress far enough to become a werewolf before joining the Dark ...
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Should I join the Dark Brotherhood or destroy it Skyrim?

Joining Dark Brotherhood will give you the chance to enjoy the best storyline in Skyrim. Destroying them won't result in much, but you can take the alterego of being the Hero of Justice to slaughter them. It's a game where you can do both.
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Why You Should NOT Join The Dark Brotherhood



Can you join the Dark Brotherhood after killing Astrid?

The answer is; yes. After all, the quest to join the Dark Brotherhood is Innocence Lost which only begins when you speak to Aventus - it cannot begin before this point. So, just go on into the house and speak to him.
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Is Dark Brotherhood good Skyrim?

Most of these offer enough options to allow any type of player to enjoy. One, however, stands out for its inherently immoral nature: the Dark Brotherhood. If you're looking to play the game as an all-around good guy, it is all but impossible to complete this quest line—what with the wanton murder and all.
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Can you become leader of the Dark Brotherhood?

A grand total of five different factions let you become the leader of the entire faction in Skyrim, including the four main factions (The Companions, The College of Winterhold, The Dark Brotherhood, and the Thieves Guild) and the vampiric Volkihar Clan in the Dawnguard DLC.
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Why is Dark Brotherhood after me?

It's a random encounter for you to get to know there is an Assassins Guild in the game. It happens always early in the game (so it's somewhat scripted) and later you get the option to join them or destroy them. The player never gets to know who wanted you dead and you can't ask any of the Dark Brotherhood about it.
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When should I join the Dark Brotherhood Skyrim?

Joining the Dark Brotherhood requires you to first complete the quest Innocence Lost. You can start that quest by overhearing a rumor that Aventus Aretino is performing a ritual called the Black Sacrament, speaking to Aventus yourself, or by talking to the orphans of Honorhall Orphanage in Riften about Aventus Aretino.
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What are the benefits of destroying the Dark Brotherhood?

Naturally, beginning this quest forever bars you from joining the Dark Brotherhood. Destroying the Dark Brotherhood prevents access to a number of lucrative quests. It does yield a good amount of valuable loot, though most of it is also available if you join them.
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Do the Dark Brotherhood forever quests end?

Nope, never ends. It's a radiant quest. You'll be told to go to one side of the map to get a measly amount of gold, then be told to go to the other side of the map to kill a randomly generated and unnamed NPC (i.e. "beautiful barbarian").
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What do you get for finishing the Dark Brotherhood Skyrim?

When completing quests in the Dark Brotherhood, the Dragonborn can obtain three armor sets, and three clothing sets.
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Can you be in the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Skyrim?

No limit to joining guilds. The only limitation is Stormcloaks/Imperials. If you are in the Dark Brotherhood, you can join still join the Thieve's Guild, etc.
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Which guild should I join in Skyrim?

The Thieves Guild is Skyrim's best faction so far when it comes to effort, immersion and content. You may have to do despicable things, like framing poor Brand-Shei, but it's worth being a lowlife when the questline rewards you with Nightingale Armor and Chillrend, the amazing leveled glass sword.
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How do I get ancient shrouded armor?

The armor set can be obtained at the conclusion of the Dark Brotherhood side quest "Locate the Assassin of Old." The quest is given by Olava the Feeble, and can only be accepted if the bonus requirement of "Breaching Security" has been met.
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Can you save Astrid?

No. You can't save her; no matter what you do, Astrid dies during the Death Incarnate quest. If you really wanted, and you're playing on the PC, you may be able to use console commands to place her ( RefID 0001BDE8 ) somewhere via moveto or placeatme .
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Why are hired thugs attacking me in Skyrim?

Hired Thugs are hostile characters which can appear in any random event location. This is only supposed to occur after the Dragonborn has stolen goods from a character, repeatedly trespassed, assaulted someone, or murdered someone.
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How do you get kidnapped by the Dark Brotherhood?

Once you receive the note, sleep in any bed. Thereafter, you are abducted by the Dark Brotherhood, taken to an Abandoned Shack, and asked to kill one of three people in the room (With Friends Like These... ). Killing one or all of the potential victims will earn you an invitation to join the Dark Brotherhood.
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Is there a right choice Dark Brotherhood?

You can absolutely just kill all three if you're in the business of being as cruel as possible, but there's actually a much easier way to work out which of the three is the "right" choice to kill - in as much as killing someone is ever the right thing to do.
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Is the Dark Brotherhood forever endless?

Hail Sithis! The Dark Brotherhood Forever is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This is a radiant quest that repeats itself indefinitely. This quest automatically starts upon the completion of the quest "Hail Sithis!"
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Which is better Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood?

Honestly, the Dark Brotherhood is better in terms of rewards and armor (ancient shrouded armor and Cicero's armor). I follow both paths for the rewards, story and armor. Mixing both groups armors can make for an op set, but that's not the point.
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Should I join the Thieves Guild?

However, joining the Thieves Guild is worth it due to the perks and content players receive in return. Joining the Thieves Guild in Skyrim opens new questlines, gives players more opportunities for rewards, and gives access to the Thieves Guild headquarters under the streets of Riften.
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Is it worth joining the Dark Brotherhood oblivion?

The Dark Brotherhood quests are arguably the best quests in the game, which lead to a awesome plot twist and great ending. The benefits of completing the DB quests, like all the sidequests arcs, are lame, but it's worth it just for some of the best story in Oblivion.
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Are the Thieves Guild evil?

The guild is actually a necessary evil to the land. They have strict rules of not killing, protect the poor and beggars and have a flexbility of action that the 'official governent force' have not.
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