Yesterday I played a bit of *Oblivion* again after a long time. It was ok. I re-learnt that my character is truly an archer assassin. It doesn’t pay to get into melee. Just take that glacier bow and shoot the arrows with +15 frost damage and × 3 multiplier because I’m sneaking. Too bad my vampire is not strong enough to actually carry lots of loot. I’m *always* at the limit. That’s very annoying.
All in all, however, it was not as cool as playing a multi-player game online.
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I spent about a day trying to get all the ingredients for a vampirism cure and healed myself. Now I regret not having the life detect/night vision combo spell. It was extremely useful in those dungeons. On the other hand, I can walk in broad daylight without burning myself so that’s a plus.
– NoufalIbrahim 2008-01-30 06:34 UTC
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What, you found five greater crystals or whatever they’re called in a single day? I think I’m still missing four!
And I never got to use those two spells you mentioned. Right now I’m a sneak & bow specialist, so I just move slowly, retreat if I’m too close, and shoot them for × 3 damage... How exactly are you fighting in the dungeons? Perhaps I’m just used to the dungeons being dark and dreary. Or I’m too damn weak to carry the loot even if I saw it... :groan:
– Alex Schroeder 2008-01-30 09:29 UTC
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I bought the grand soul gems which I wanted from various magic purveyors throughout Cyrodil. They’re almost always there. Around 700 gold pieces for one. You can also steal a few from the mages guilds if you have good lockpicking skills.
The power is called “reign of terror” or “eye of the night” or something. It’s a spell you get when you’re a vampire. You get really good night vision and detect life (so you can see opponents through walls) for about 3 minutes. I pick up a good stout blade, sneak up on people in the dark and whack them (similar to what you do I think but I’m not a ranged fighter). After that, I take out the heavy armoury (magical swords) and chop them to bits. The initial blow drains them of the most part of their health. If you poison your blade, you get an added advantage. The weight/loot problem is there with me too. I keep a lot of feather potions (flax + vension with second level alchemy) and keep drinking them to carry more than my actual limit.
– NoufalIbrahim 2008-01-30 09:51 UTC
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Also, if you enjoy sneaking, you should definitely join the dark brotherhood. Lots of stealth missions. I shall see you at the sanctuary brother.
– NoufalIbrahim 2008-01-30 10:04 UTC
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Be careful. There’s a sword you can find that’s called something like Souldrinker or somesuch. Whatever you do, *don’t* use the sword while you have grand soul crystals in your inventory. The sword automatically casts ’soulbind’ on your enemies, and oh-so-helpfully fills up all your grand crystals making them completely useless for the vampirism cure.
– Marco 2008-01-30 10:15 UTC