I need some serious help on Oblivion. Is my character ruined?

Nanoman · 22 Mar 2008 at 21:38

Yea theres a number of caves that hold a load of soul gems, cant think which ones off the top of my head tho. Being a vampire sucks to be fair aint worth the extra strength n the cure quest is a mission!

wedgie · 22 Mar 2008 at 23:09

Freeman said:
OoooOO really? Where can I start this quest?

I think it's one of the daedric shrine quests, pretty sure you have to be a high level to do this one.

Tefal · 22 Mar 2008 at 23:10

Freeman said:
Level 5 lock picks >.<

With a lock pick skill of one you can still pick the highest level locks, as the mini game is purely down to your own skill.

The security stat, just affects how many pins drop back when you break a pick, and how successful auto attempt is.

Tefal · 22 Mar 2008 at 23:11

wedgie said:
I think it's one of the daedric shrine quests, pretty sure you have to be a high level to do this one.

nah its less than level 10, just killing the damn trolls guarding the eye is a right bugger if your an archer.

spirity · 22 Mar 2008 at 23:22

Skeleton Key quest

Nanoman · 23 Mar 2008 at 04:16

Anyone come across the giant crab lol??

Ace Modder · 23 Mar 2008 at 10:23

how did you get the disease? I got it, but I didn't know how!

Apopcalyptic · 23 Mar 2008 at 10:47

Ace Modder said:
how did you get the disease? I got it, but I didn't know how!

You contract the disease by being attacked by a vampire. A simple cure disease spell or potion will cure it before you actually turn into a vampire, I think you have three days to do so.

ic1male · 23 Mar 2008 at 10:47

You get touched by another vampire. There are several quests where you have to kill a group of them. As mentioned above, you will be told on screen when you contract the disease so can then use potions to remove it. Best thing to do is hot foot it to a cathedral and pray at the Altar of the Nine so your inflictions are removed.

P.S. My tip if you're going to be an archer - have a good illusion skill so you can use command creature/humanoid, demoralize/calm.

Freeman · 23 Mar 2008 at 10:55

I'm definitely stocking up on cure disease potions then. I think I already have 3 of them. I spent 6 hours doing this quest trying to work out where to get the ingrediants from, trying to find save places to wait, moving only at night, and trying to find people to feed on while they white. Funnily enough the witch making me the cure keeps her door open and makes a tasty meal.

And also, is it wise to pick random flowers and mushrooms? I sometimes just wonder around the world picking random flowers that look pretty. Quite gay but I find it fun

Although I can't help think to myself that I might be wasting my time?

Apopcalyptic · 23 Mar 2008 at 11:01

Freeman said:
I'm definitely stocking up on cure disease potions then. I think I already have 3 of them. I spent 6 hours doing this quest trying to work out where to get the ingrediants from, trying to find save places to wait, moving only at night, and trying to find people to feed on while they white. Funnily enough the witch making me the cure keeps her door open and makes a tasty meal.

And also, is it wise to pick random flowers and mushrooms? I sometimes just wonder around the world picking random flowers that look pretty. Quite gay but I find it fun Although I can't help think to myself that I might be wasting my time?

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Once you've cure the disease (Polyphoric heamophilia IIRC) you can contract it again, but the 'symptoms' don't develop

It's only worth picking flowers, herbs and mushrooms if you're using the alchemy skill. Many a tight scrape has been fixed by throwing a potion together at the right moment

ic1male · 23 Mar 2008 at 11:15

Alchemy isn't much fun until you get to a higher skill. You have to spend your time making lots of little restore fatigue potions to start getting anything decent. I've never got to expert (75+) due to boredom! I'm not sure why anyone would faff about with alchemy when you have spells that do the same things? I suppose the only advantage would be making poisons for your weapons?

Freeman · 23 Mar 2008 at 12:08

One last question. I just wet to Bruma I think the town is called, and suddenly got arrested for no reason at all. Anyways I didn't have the 1000 gold bounty so all my stuff got taken and I went to jail. I decided to do my time and sleep through it. Once I had done my time I got my items back, but a load of my stats are no -1?? Is this permanent?

Apopcalyptic · 23 Mar 2008 at 13:29

Freeman said:
One last question. I just wet to Bruma I think the town is called, and suddenly got arrested for no reason at all. Anyways I didn't have the 1000 gold bounty so all my stuff got taken and I went to jail. I decided to do my time and sleep through it. Once I had done my time I got my items back, but a load of my stats are no -1?? Is this permanent?

Your stats shouldn't have decreased, but some of your skills will have. They're easy peasy to get back up

Nanoman · 23 Mar 2008 at 13:39

If you commit a crime, i.e seen stealing something, guards from all towns will be after you for arrest so you need to be careful what you do, basically dont let anyone see you do anything illegal. Fame and Infamy you also want to keep an eye on as people wont want to speak to you if your infamy is higher than your fame. Fame can be increased via quests, thieves guild quests increase your infamy.

Baz · 23 Mar 2008 at 16:10

ic1male said:
Alchemy isn't much fun until you get to a higher skill. You have to spend your time making lots of little restore fatigue potions to start getting anything decent. I've never got to expert (75+) due to boredom! I'm not sure why anyone would faff about with alchemy when you have spells that do the same things? I suppose the only advantage would be making poisons for your weapons?

Making lots of gold

I easily got to Master on alchemy and sold all the restore fatigue/intelligence etc potions, which in turn raised my Mercantile rating (sell each potion idividually as selling 10 items gives the same skill increase as selling 1)