Oblivion

I've been using a 2 Damage Dagger with a 5 Fire Spell Damage Enchant that I picked up from a goon somewhere. I mostly use my One Handed Fine Steel Sword though, which does 5 or 6 damage, something like that. Boy those daggers are quick though, just too bad the enchant doesn't last very long before you have to go get it recharged, that's why I save it for the tough guys.

Go to Camp Ale. I can't remember where it is, its more northwestern than anything though I believe. I think its over by that first Fort place, where the first oblivion gate is. But anyways, thats where I got all my inheritance and other quests. You collect all the dwarven artifacts from bandits in that area, then you take it to the city to the mage district and it unlocks this area and this machine that can grant you different major powers depending on the moon cycle. Its a pretty simple quest with some pretty good items from the bandits, a bit of gold too if I remember, although not much. Its mainly about the enchanted items and the dwarven pieces.

Here is a link.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Camp_Ales

Huh, I guess I never hit that corner of Cyrodiil.

@Oneslowz28: For good quests, join guilds. You'll hit a lot of crap quests at first, but once you advance a little, you'll start getting fun really fun quests, and really nice items.

Another source of quests is the Daedric Shrines scattered around the wilderness. They usually have weird requirements before they'll let you start, but you get sweet stuff as rewards.

@Zephik: For refilling enchanted weapons, look into soul-trapping monsters. It lets you fill up your weapons on the cheap once you get the spell, especially if you use soul gems you find or steal. Alternately, you could use Varla stones, which will each one completely refill an enchanted item, regardless of capacity, but I wouldn't really recommend that since they go for 1000 Septims each, and are pretty rare...there's generally only one in each Ayleid ruin.

@everyone fighting with such low-level stuff in the Arena....seriously, go crawl some dungeons. My current char is only up to level 11, but I've already found a whole bunch of expensive, and sometimes enchanted, Dwarven weapons, Magic Staffs, and even some Orcish armor (crazy expensive, like, a full suit runs about 3500 Septims). I've sold most of it because I'm going for light-armor, hand-to-hand with this char, but with previous chars I've done, the best weapons and armor that I've had was always either dungeon crawling or quests.

EDIT: Forgot to mention this before, but, if while you're wandering the wilderness, doing dungeon crawls, if you happen to contract Poryphic Hemophilia...fun things can happen... :twisted:

So.... remember that place I inherited but kept forgetting to check out? Yea, I checked it out.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Frostcrag_Spire

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Most freaking awesome place ever! I have my own mages tower! And it is LOADED with goodies.

Highly recommended!

Dude thats pretty sweet. I have been running around doing Some of the quest for the Dark brotherhood.

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So.... remember that place I inherited but kept forgetting to check out? Yea, I checked it out.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Frostcrag_Spire

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Most freaking awesome place ever! I have my own mages tower! And it is LOADED with goodies.

Highly recommended!

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Oooh, that makes me feel a bit better. It's part of one of the Knights of the Nine add-ons, not the base game. Still, pretty awesome. I remember when i got my first mage's tower in Morrowind...yay for no stairs :D

As a side note, I ran into a problem again last night that I had hit before but never figured out. If you have an autosave that crashes the game when you try to load it, go to the save games directory, get rid of autosave.ess and rename autosave.bak to autosave.ess Just thought I'd throw that up here incase anyone has a similar problem since I know I've hit it before, and only yesterday found the solution.

9 pages for a 3 - 4 year old game. The original thread only went a few pages.

Anyone know where to buy a glass sword from?

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9 pages for a 3 - 4 year old game. The original thread only went a few pages.

Anyone know where to buy a glass sword from?

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I'm on page 18. I can't remember if I changed my account settings or not... :think:

I'm not sure if you can buy one in Oblivion, I knew you could in Morrowind, but only toward the endish of the game and by that time, you could sometimes find them.

There is a level requirement for certain items, but I can't remember what it is. Probably sometime around 15 and then much more often around 20. Give or a take a few levels.

I've been using dwarven lately, its heavy but does more damage than anything else I can currently get. I found a ton of dwarven stuff on the mehrunez razor quest, which is a pretty sweet dagger. It has the ability to banish daedra on strike. There was also a bunch of pretty good enchanted equipment throughout the quest.

When it first came out, I ran it using a Radeon X300SE graphics card. lol crazy how far we've come. Even back then that card was pretty much meh. 4 pixel pipelines I believe. lol

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9 pages for a 3 - 4 year old game. The original thread only went a few pages.

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Oh, you think that's impressive, let's start a Morrowind thread. If it weren't for Oblivion, I might still be playing that game. :D

Hurrah for the Elder Scrolls, some of the most long-lasting (non-MMO) games in existence.

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Anyone know where to buy a glass sword from?

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I don't know of a vendor off the top of my head who would have glass stuff for sale, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that if you have to ask, you probably wouldn't be able to afford it yet anyways. There's no level requirement on weapons in Oblivion, but it would probably run you around 3k Septims, and that's with a vendor you're on really good terms with (iirc the actual value of a glass longsword is around 2k). However, since the NPCs level with you, once you hit level 25-30 or so, you'll be swimming in the things. What level is your char at? Once you hit 20, I would highly recommend doing Boethia's quest; Goldbrand is one of the best swords in the game. It's the second most powerful in raw damage, passed by Umbra...which is in the possession of...well, Umbra (anyone who knows the lore of Umbra knows what I'm talking about :P for those who don't, go here), in some random Aylied ruin somewhere. I think it might be near the Imperial city somewhere.

Actually, you know what, just go and try killing Umbra. Save beforehand though, because she'll probably kick your ass. ..unless you use the tips on the char page linked to... :whistler:

Also, as is noted on the char page, her armor is leveled, so if you're below level 15 when you kill her, you'll only get armor equivalent in strength to Orcish armor, but if you kill her at or above 15, you'll get armor equivalent in strength to Ebony armor.

I liked umbra's sword much more in Morrowind than in Oblivion for some reason.

I have about 8k gold right now. At lvl 4. I havent had much time to play this week. I need to do something that will bost my intellegence. Its the lowest out of all my attributes. IIRC its around 34 lmao

Just cast spells as often as you can. That should raise it faster than using your magic only when you need it.

Some of these dark brotherhood quest are HARD. I think I am going to do the quest you did to get the castle and mages tower.

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Some of these dark brotherhood quest are HARD. I think I am going to do the quest you did to get the castle and mages tower.

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If you think that's hard, don't even attempt Mehrunes Razor. lol that quest was crazy, I have to admit I cheated a bit to finish it. :p

~ <-- hit that key to open console, then click a baddie and type kill. Its great for a pinch, however, you don't level up at all by using it so I advise only using it for pinches where you're about to die and have no other options.

Also, concerning intelligence and thus total magicka...

Players interested in maximizing their magicka will want to select an Altmer with the atronach birthsign. Further enhancements are possible by:

• Enchanting every item with Fortify Magicka Transcendent Sigil Stones (+50 Magicka). This is the most powerful possible custom Fortify Magicka enchantment. Nine enchanted items can be worn simultaneously, yielding +450 Magicka.
• The level 25+ Necromancer's Amulet can be worn in place of one custom enchantment. This amulet fortifies Magicka by 130 points and fortifies intelligence by 14 points.
• Possessing the Scales of Pitiless Justice, which adds two points to your intelligence.
• Waiting until your Intelligence is at 100 to do the Hermaeus Mora Daedric quest, allows you to get your base intelligence to 110.

All combined, these would yield a total Magicka of 1032, which is the highest constant effect amount possible in the game without any mods. Higher values are temporarily possible by also using potions, Doomstone powers, scrolls, and/or spells.

How awesome would it be to have 1032 magicka?? lol (I have about 140 at the moment with mage birthsign. I'm also level 10. <- I level fast because I picked things that I use constantly. Like destruction, restoration, athletics, acrobatics, blade and heavy armor. Since I use those ALL the time, I level pretty mad fast. I only have probably about 5 or 6 hours of game time.)

Zephik, you really know how to play Oblivion, lol. Makes me want to play again, but I has not the time.

Playing now!!

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Playing now!!

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I'll meet you there! ...oh wait... no I won't, because apparently we're the only geniuses who have thought about an Oblivion Lan Mod before. Sigh...

SOMEONE OUT THERE, FIGURE THIS OUT. lol

How freaking awesome would that be?? We could join up for quests, gang up on some ultra tough baddies, split the loot, etc etc.

That would be awesome. I would have to make a new character. I want to make a new one anyway. Now that I know my way around and can better even my skills out.

I saw a multiplayer (LAN, not MMORPG bull****) mod a while back but I don't think it really went anywhere.

This would not be a good game for MMO. lol. Keep it to like 25 people per server max and I'd be happy.

I think I finally figured out the BSOD issue I keep having. I felt my laptop and it was basically on fire. Nothing I can do about it, its basically suspended in air so I don't know why its overheating so badly. The settings aren't even that high and I really don't want to lower them anymore. I think its a radeon 9600/9700 go or something. Plenty of power, just way too much heat.

As for the wizards tower I inherited, I discovered that if I go near this table top flame next to all the alchemy supplies, it will boost my alchemy skill while I'm near it. Pretty cool. Too bad I never use alchemy. lol

I did a level ten quest, can't remember which. But it gave me a pretty cool shield.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Spell_Breaker

I'm also the leader of a pirate gang now called "The Black Flag". I can send them out to pillage and in a week's time they'll come back with 1k gold. Sweet!

You know how crazy The Elder Scrolls is? They have their own lore and history, and its detailed. Pretty fun/interesting read if you have the time or you're bored.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Gods

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You know how crazy The Elder Scrolls is? They have their own lore and history, and its detailed. Pretty fun/interesting read if you have the time or you're bored.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Gods

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Yeah, in Morrowind, there were actual libraries... One of the central libraries had probably about 20 or so bookshelves, each having probably around 40-50 books on it....and they were all unique....and most (that I read) were at least 10 pages.

Current special equipment:

Boots of Jument
Bladeturn Hood
Hands of the Atronach
Pentamic Loop
Spell Breaker

I can't find a dwarven cuirass (most of my equipment is either dwarven or looks it) for the life of me though! As soon as I can find one, I'll enchant it with one of my grand soul gems or Azura's Star once I come across it.

Does anyone know what gives you a grand class soul? I can summon a fire atronach and a ice atronach, will either of those work? or are they just greater class?

Also, where is a good place to get salts? Like fire and ice or whatever that other one is? Thats the only way I can summon atronachs.

I started a new character a high elf mage. I have been finding lots of salts in the mages guilds. Check the book shelves in the skingrad guild. there is a book worth $3k

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I can't find a dwarven cuirass (most of my equipment is either dwarven or looks it) for the life of me though! As soon as I can find one, I'll enchant it with one of my grand soul gems or Azura's Star once I come across it.

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What level are you? If you're 10-14, just go crawl some dungeons. If you run into people, they'll probably be wearing Dwarven stuff. If you're 15+, they'll start having Ebony stuff instead.

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Does anyone know what gives you a grand class soul? I can summon a fire atronach and a ice atronach, will either of those work? or are they just greater class?

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Unfortunately, uesp.net is down atm, so I can't get the link, but they have a chart of the various monsters and what level souls they have. Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you could fire up the TES Construction Set and find out for yourself ;P

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Also, where is a good place to get salts? Like fire and ice or whatever that other one is? Thats the only way I can summon atronachs.

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The most reliable way to get salts is by killing atronachs. Fire have fire salts, Ice have ice salts, and Storm have void salts.

W00T lvl 12 and only 7 hours playing time on the new character. Now I need to edit some photos.

Niiice. I killed Umbra and took all of her equipment. I now have Full Ebony + Umbra's Sword. The sword is awesome and pretty strong, but the armor is only a bit better than Dwarven. I think I'll try to get full Orcish now, not really sure if its any better though. I just don't really like the way Ebony looks. Still wearing my Dwarven boots though. Gotta love that, like, 65 points Feather constant effect enchant. Definitely takes a load off your feet. :)

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Niiice. I killed Umbra and took all of her equipment. I now have Full Ebony + Umbra's Sword. The sword is awesome and pretty strong, but the armor is only a bit better than Dwarven. I think I'll try to get full Orcish now, not really sure if its any better though. I just don't really like the way Ebony looks. Still wearing my Dwarven boots though. Gotta love that, like, 65 points Feather constant effect enchant. Definitely takes a load off your feet. :)

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Yeah, Umbra is a pretty freakin awesome sword. Enchantments aside, it deals more damage than any other weapon in the entire game.

What level were you when you killed Umbra? As I mentioned before, her armor is better if you kill her when you're level 15+. Also, for future notice, as you continue playing, the strongest heavy armor is Daedric. It goes:
Heavy:
Rusty Iron<Iron<Steel<Dwarven<Orcish<Ebony<Daedric
Light:
Rouch Leather<Fur<Leather<Chainmail<Mithril<Elven<Glass


...your boots started me thinking...I should make a looting suit... :twisted:

Ooh. Ooh. And a pillaging shovel...I wonder if I can enchant shovels....

EDIT: forgot about the really crappy armor

Wait..... you can use shovels for stuff? I bet I am over looking a lot of stuff

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Yeah, Umbra is a pretty freakin awesome sword. Enchantments aside, it deals more damage than any other weapon in the entire game.

What level were you when you killed Umbra? As I mentioned before, her armor is better if you kill her when you're level 15+. Also, for future notice, as you continue playing, the strongest heavy armor is Daedric. It goes:
Heavy:
Rusty Iron<Iron<Steel<Dwarven<Orcish<Ebony<Daedric
Light:
Rouch Leather<Fur<Leather<Chainmail<Mithril<Elven<Glass


...your boots started me thinking...I should make a looting suit... :twisted:

Ooh. Ooh. And a pillaging shovel...I wonder if I can enchant shovels....

EDIT: forgot about the really crappy armor

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Hmmm, I can't even think what level I was or am right now. Not anywhere near 20 I believe. Probably more like 12-15, somewhere around there. I tried killing her normally at first, but she was too strong and I was too lazy so I just killed her with the death cheat. I believe there is one other weapon that is stronger than Umbra. I want to call it goldbrand or something?

Maybe I'll visit the testing portals and pick up some daedric armor. Then enchant them with intelligence attributes to raise my magicka.

A looting suit would be awesome! You could probably enchant everything to at least counter the equipments weight. My boots alone have a 65pt feather enchant, although its not a custom enchant but a found in-game item, which tends to be a bit stronger than custom made enchants. Still though, should be able to get into the negatives with an empty inventory! :twisted:

Edit: Umbra is stronger than Goldbrand by 3 points. Umbra being 28 points, Goldbrand being 25 points of damage. However, Goldbrand does like 25 points of fire damage as well, so its technically the strongest weapon in the game.

Yeah, plus Goldbrand just looks fscking awesome :D

What's the name of the boots you have?

The Boots of Jument. They're dwarven I believe.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bo..._of_the_Jument

I couldn't find any other info on them. Weird. I NEED to find those Boots of Thrall! 105pts of feather! And Daedric! Awesome!

I wonder how much a grand soul gem with a grand soul can enchant?

I repeat my question... You can use a shovel?

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I repeat my question... You can use a shovel?

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They aren't equippable like other items in the game. They're purely decoration. Unless of course there is a mod out there that makes them otherwise, but I haven't heard of one if there is.

Thats what I thought. I am going to spend a couple hours clearing out the quest backlog.

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I repeat my question... You can use a shovel?

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Lol. Sorry, I missed your question there.

No, unfortunately you can't use shovels (or pick-axes, for that matter). You could in Morrowind; they just acted as really crappy weapons. I remember there was one quest for the Morag Tong (kinda like the Assassin's guild) where I had to kill a guy with a pick-axe :P I was referencing Richard's Pillaging Shovel (from Looking For Group; great webcomic), and wondering if there was some way that I could recreate it in Oblivion.

Ok I am in the middle of the quest where I have to go to sleep and save the guy from the dream world. Talk about bobbie traps. They are everywhere. After this one I will have cleared 5 quest from the backlog leaving me with a few I will finish later. I may go explore the shivering isles after this.

Oh btw whats your characters names and what type are they?

My current character is Calador Falaelon who is a High Elf Battle Mage. He is Schooled in the art of Destruction Magic, and is a master of heavy armor. His weapon of choice is a Silver Bow with frost enchantment with Silver Arrows. His backup weapon is a Silver Long Sword.

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Ok I am in the middle of the quest where I have to go to sleep and save the guy from the dream world. Talk about bobbie traps. They are everywhere. After this one I will have cleared 5 quest from the backlog leaving me with a few I will finish later. I may go explore the shivering isles after this.

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I just finished that one not too long ago! F THAT PLACE. lol

I just ran as quickly through everything as possible. The test of patience or whatever that one was called, if you just run quickly and jump lightly across the stone floor buttons, they'll sometimes not go off or have a delayed reaction. No reason to sit there and try and figure it out for half an hour. lol

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Oh btw whats your characters names and what type are they?

My current character is Calador Falaelon who is a High Elf Battle Mage. He is Schooled in the art of Destruction Magic, and is a master of heavy armor. His weapon of choice is a Silver Bow with frost enchantment with Silver Arrows. His backup weapon is a Silver Long Sword.

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Thats funny. I don't even remember my guys name. lol

He's a Wood Elf Battle Mage under the astrological sign of the Mage. Major Skills include; Blade, Heavy Armor, Destruction, Restoration, Acrobatics, Athletics and Sneak. His equipment includes; Custom Enchanted Dwarven Dagger (+5 Fire), Custom Enchanted Daedric Longsword (+5 Cold), Ebony Greaves & Cuirass, Hands of the Atronach (Ebony Gauntlets), Boots of Jument (Dwarven Boots), Bladeturn Hood (Physical Battle Hood), Pentamic Loop (Magic Boosting Necklace), Spell Breaker (Dwarven? Anti-Magic Shield).

I prefer using the dagger mostly. I like that in your face, stabby stabby stab stab stab approach. lol

My current char is a Dark Elf Monk by the name of X.

He was born under the sign of the Thief and prefers hand-to-hand combat and light armor. Current equipment consists of the Boots of Bloody Bounding, The Kvatch Curais (the one you get for saving said city), and the rest covered by Mithril armor..I think the helmet has a resist magic enchantment, and the greaves have a resist paralysis enchantment. Both just stuff I found dungeon-crawling.

Once I get the various guild quests done though, I'll begin my never-ending collecting quest in earnest. I did the same thing in Morrowind; basically, I just run all over the place finding all the unique stuff :D

Speaking of which, for any pack-rats out there, I just found this mod today...it is a life saver.
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3791
It has storage rooms, bookshelves (that will actually shelve your books for you), alchemic storage/sorting drawers, a garden, and the best part (arguably): a room full of mannequins that you can have wear armor you bring back.