The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

[tibilicus]

Gah I started playing this again but have a dilema.


I killed Umbra and robbed all her stuff. Nice ebony loot and of course the umbra sword. This neeeds to be given back for a quest but I want to keeep it!


Is there any way to make a partially enchnated wepon permenent? As this buety dishes out the damage with a nice soul trap bonus.


Tib

[tibilicus]

Gah I started playing this again but have a dilema.


I killed Umbra and robbed all her stuff. Nice ebony loot and of course the umbra sword. This neeeds to be given back for a quest but I want to keeep it!


Is there any way to make a partially enchnated wepon permenent? As this buety dishes out the damage with a nice soul trap bonus.


Tib

[lars573]

You don't have to give it back. You can do what viles hound says and not finish, or you can tell Clasivius to get buggered and your keeping the sword.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Or you can just refuse to complete the quest for a very long time and run around with the equipment! I ran around with Agronak's raiment of valor, weighing zero, for half the game before completing the last Arena quest

[TevashSzat]

What is really bothersome is that sometimes quest items, especially books or keys, do not become normal items once you finish the quest so they are undroppoble. I still have everything left from the Ultimate Heist for the last thieves guild quest because I can't drop it. It isn't that unbearable. but it makes my inventory seem so messy whenever I try to go through it looking for something

[Whacker]

What is really bothersome is that sometimes quest items, especially books or keys, do not become normal items once you finish the quest so they are undroppoble. I still have everything left from the Ultimate Heist for the last thieves guild quest because I can't drop it. It isn't that unbearable. but it makes my inventory seem so messy whenever I try to go through it looking for something

There's a mod that can takes care of that on PES. Basically it makes just about every single quest item non-quest, so that you can drop/sell/whatever it. It's great because I also ended up with those damn boots in my inventory, and that stupid knife because I killed Agronak.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

i just completed the main story line and it was fantastic. i really want more missions.. anyone going to buy Oblivion's latest expansion Shivering Isles? its released today.

[Kekvit Irae]

Just bought it, havent installed it yet

[TevashSzat]

Don't know if I'm gonna get Shivering Isles but the previews looked pretty sweet

[Whacker]

My $0.02, wait for a price drop. $30 is way too much for an expansion, $20 is more like it or less.

[Rodion Romanovich]

One question: I have completed the main quest line now, but I still haven't found out the answer to one riddle - why was the hero in the Imperial prison at the beginning of the game?

[Warmaster Horus]

Actually, that's one question never solved in the game itself. Akin to Morrowind's beginning (you came to Morrowind on a prison ship), you find yourself imprisonned. The reason is yours to find. Perhaps you once were a most evil person, commiting a great amount of heinous crimes? Or, rather, were you not unjustly imprisoned for murder? It's literally up to you to decide.
I believe Bethesda chose to do that because it was simple for the plot. Also, I merely conjecture here, but when criminals exit prison, don't they want to start a new life? And, even if you don't, in this game at least, you can chose to return to crime (Dark Brotherhood, anyone?).

[CountArach]

Also it is a bit of a tradition. I believe that all 4 of the games started with you in prison.

[sapi]

Yep - every TES game has started with you in prison

[Warmaster Horus]

Indeed. Arena (the first Elder Scroll, from 1994) began with you finding a key in your cell to the cell door. Then you got in the sewers.

[Kekvit Irae]

If you are talking about actual gameplay, TES2: Daggerfall, TESA: Redguard, and TESL: Battlespire did not start you off in a prison.

[Master_Thief]

Patch 1.2 is available for download at www.elderscrolls.com.

[Whacker]

There's also a gamekilling bug right now, that affects people who have Shivering Isles. Information on it is on their wiki. Sorry don't have a link handy. Be careful, happens 50-120 hours or so in, and it affects people with higher framerates faster than those with slower.

[Kekvit Irae]

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:Reference_Bug

[TB666]

I have played Shivering Isles a bit so far it is very good.
The world is quite mad.
Most of the time they seem to make very little sense.
And the Lord himself is alot of fun to talk to.
And the quests so far has been fun.
There is one quest you have to become addicted to a certain poison and another where you have to go around town and torture people.

[Rilder]

Just got oblivion today, patched it, getting a fair few CTDs with a "6026" Assertian or runtime error.. happens every once in awhile otherwise pretty fun... Gonna try one more time and if it happens again Reinstalling and re-downloading patch. After backing up my save of course.

[sapi]

At least you don't get the screen randomly turning black, like I do

[TevashSzat]

At least you could exit the game without resorting to ctrl-alt-delete

[sapi]

That's a bit hard when you can't see anything

[TevashSzat]

Perhaps check to see if the power is on?? lol

[hrvojej]

I asked this question in the Fallout thread, but I thought I should also post it here:

Is there an Oblivion mod that removes the monster and environment scaling, i.e. the fact that the entire game is tied to your own level? If so, would you be so kind to tell me which one ti is?

Thanks in advance.

[TevashSzat]

Yes there is, do a quick google search and you should be able to find it

[sapi]

I asked this question in the Fallout thread, but I thought I should also post it here:

Is there an Oblivion mod that removes the monster and environment scaling, i.e. the fact that the entire game is tied to your own level? If so, would you be so kind to tell me which one ti is?

Thanks in advance.

OOO is the mod you're looking for

[hrvojej]

Thanks to both of you! I actually managed to find two mods that claim to have the scaling feature removed. I just might give Oblivion another try now.

Cheers,

[TinCow]

I highly recommend Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (OOO). It makes the world far more interesting and returns the thrill of exploration that there was in Morrowind. Delving into random dungeons in the wilderness finally becomes truly rewarding and exciting.