Let's Play The Elder Scrolls IV, Oblivion!
 

Welcome to Tamriel, seat of Imperial power. The year is 433 as the third era comes to a close. Emperor Uriel Septim rules from the Imperial City, his influence felt as far away as Morrowind.

or he did, at least.

You shall be thrust into the forefront of history as your destiny intertwines with the fates of nations and emperors, from whatever humble beginnings you shall make your mark and become legend, with you go all hopes of the empire and of Tamriel herself.

The game starts you off in a prison cell, for an undetermined crime. Therein you meet Uriel Septim and his cadre of personal bodyguards, the blades. You are tossed into a maelstrom of political intrigue and adventure from word one, but before any of this you must determine who you are.

So I shall leave it up to you fine people to decide who our hero shall be. There are 10 playable races, each with 2 genders to choose from. (male and female, for those of you scratching your heads) Here is a basic synopses of all 10.


I'd also like to present a few class ideas I thought up to make the game a bit more intriguing. Seeing as our hapless hero(ine) is without a past, we can pretty much come up with any occupation we want. Here are the one's I'd like you to consider when voting.


So, to sum it up, I need you to vote on a race, gender and an occupation prior to your imprisonment. Also, if you want to come up with a reason we're in prison in the first place go for it!

Hmm...

Race...

Let's say... Imperial. And let's make it a man, man.


As for class, I think I prefer Sailor, as far as those options go.

If you end up being female, though, go dancer.


Also: What mods do you have?

I'm running modless at the moment, any suggestions on mods that might make things more enjoyable?

Male Khajit Cook, can't think of a name though. Maybe Ramsay.
Because since when can fucking cats cook.

I'd also like to know what mods (if any) you'll be running.

e: Ninja'd, I'd say OOO at least. Plus the Unofficial Patch.

Definately second Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul. In addition get the AF Level Mod. It let's you alter leveling to happen after a set number of skill raises, and makes stats raise with conjoined skills. Basically it makes leveling much easier and smoother.

The rest of these are mostly optional, those two I suggest hard, though.

Natural Faces will make everyone look less fucktardly hideous, so I have to suggest that as well. This one I am also suggesting hard. The only reason it's not with the other ones is that it's purely cosmetic.

I'd also suggest Drokk's vampire, to make vampires non-retarded. Though it also makes it harder to not get infected (curing the disease before it 'takes' doesn't work so well), so take that as you will.

Quest award leveller might be a good idea, too. Let's you click an item in your inventory and all your quest items become your level. Will remove people's inclination to tell you to power play by doing quests in a certain order.

Might want to pick up Ren's Beauty Pack before char creation. Adds a lot of better hairs. Adds some eyes too, but no one cares about that.

Arcane archery might be something to look at as well. It's a bit OP in the beginning, but balances out later in the game and really helps bring archery into its own as a viable DPS alternative (Yes, sith, I know archery is already OP, but unless you're patient and enjoy backpeddling, it's also annoying to use)

Also--Knights of the Nine.

Not sure how I forgot Natural Faces, but two mods you really need I feel:

Saddle Bags: Lets your horse be a gear-carrying slave.

BTmod: Just generally makes the interface better.

I'll see if I can get some of those to work when I start playing fo reallies.
If Vista doesn't try to rip my balls off for my impudence.

(took me like an hour and a half to figure out a way to get screenshots to work with this stupid OS)

also

MOAR VOTES

Imperial male dancer.

You know you want to.

I happen to like Alive Waters, but it may require OBSE. I also use Ring of Wings, partly because I'm a cheating bastard, but mostly because it's nice to get a good view of all the pretty. Without OBSE, it acts as a water-walking ring that also gives you one of several wing types to cycle through. Alexander Wings may have a few more (and actually lends at least most of its models to RoW), but I think they go in the tail or maybe amulet slot, so depending on your cosmetic desires, one or the other might do you better, even depending on race (unless you dislike the tails for some reason).

A must-have is Better Hand-to-Hand or Claws and Monk Gear or both. It makes bare-handed fighting an actual option, which is great for anyone, but especially Khajiits.


At any rate, I say a male Khajiit dancer, since the dancer seems like the thiefiest option, and if it involves spells, those are also useful. Alternatively, a barkeep (Khajiits love Scooma) or cook ("Why do Khajiits lick their butts?"). XD

http://ui06.gamefaqs.com/1669/gfs_111460_2_2_mid.jpg

Since Quest For Glory II, that's when.

I'd say go for Argonian Barkeeper. Because that'd pretty much be me - a drunk lizard.