

Alteration spells can be used to open locked doors and chests. Our character for this walkthrough was a Redguard Adventurer, born under the sign of the Warrior, with specializations in Blade, Marksman, Sneak, Alteration, Restoration, Heavy Armor and Block we spent most of the game dispatching enemies with stealthy violence, and the Blade profi ciency let us hold our own once melee broke out. A strong melee class with stealth or magic as a fallback seems to be the most balanced, best way to make it through the game if you don t have Security, get Alteration, and if you don t have Sneak, get Illusion. For a newcomer to the game, we recommend playing a Redguard Adrenaline Rush is arguably the best combat buff in the game, and their Resist Disease/Poison abilities come in handy. Thus, if you intend to do the main quest at all, do it ASAP this ll also have the happy side effect of giving you the high Fame rating you need to take on some of the other quests.


If it s a bunch of Scamps or Dremora peons, it s no big deal whatever level you re at, but a bunch of conjurers and magic-wielding warriors will tear through you in no time fl at. With Oblivion s approach to level-scaling, some of the later battles become utterly lethal for a high-level character, as they involve hordes and hordes of monsters. It s simply challenging if you undertake it as a fi rst-level character, but if you put it off until later, you ll quickly regret it. It s also worthy to note that Oblivion s main quest seems to be designed with the assumption that you will take it seriously and accomplish it as soon as you can. For example, if you re planning to play a stealthbased character or a bow specialist, consider picking up Conjuration, so you can whistle up a few zombies or monsters as backup, or Blade, so you can defend yourself adequately once somebody closes to melee. Several battles will involve pitched infantry combat, which certain builds simply aren t very good at while there are ways to compensate, it s easy to get in over your head. 3 03 getting started CHARACTER CREATION If you re planning to go on Oblivion s main quest, you ll need a character that can handle it.
