Let's Play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

[Tony]

Well, I've been wanting to do this even since Random put up his Symphony of the Night LP, I hope this one doesn't die a quickly as that one.

Anyways, time to begin Let's Play...



Obligatory image of the title screen!

One important thing about this LP is that it is interactive. I'm letting you, the good people of Zero Virus, choose how I play this game! With that out of the way, time for the actual game.



Or... An introduction cutscene narrated by Patrick Stewart. That's also good... I guess.

And then we go right into character creation, and now it's time for your part in all this. I'm gonna need race, gender, and name for this character. Appearance doesn't matter because we're not gonna be looking at them that much. Here is a bit about each race to help you make you decision.

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Altmer (High Elf)


Attributes
Male
+10 Intelligence
-10 Strength and Speed
Female
+10 Intelligence
-10 Strength and Endurance

Skills
+10 Alteration, Destruction, and Mysticism
+5 Alchemy, Conjuration, and Illusion

Traits
High Elf Enhanced Magicka: Fortify Magicka 100 points on Self, constant
High Elf Disease Resistance: Resist Disease 75% on Self, constant
High Elf Elemental Weakness: Weakness to Fire, Frost & Shock 25% on Self, constant

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Argonian


Attributes
Male
+10 Agility and Speed
-10 Willpower, Endurance, and Personality
Female
+10 Intelligence
-10 Endurance and Personality

Skills
+10 Athletics and Security
+5 Alchemy, Blade, Hand to Hand, Illusion, and Mysticism

Traits
Argonian Disease Resistance: Resist Disease 75% on Self, constant
Argonian Poison Immunity: Resist Poison 100% on Self, constant
Argonian Water Breathing: Water Breathing on Self, constant

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Bosmer (Wood Elf)


Attributes
Male
+10 Agility and Speed
-10 Strength, Willpower, and Personality
Female
+10 Agility and Speed
-10 Strength, Willpower, and Endurance

Skills
+10 Alchemy, Marksman, and Sneak
+5 Acrobatics, Alteration, and Light Armor

Traits
Beast Tongue greater power: Command Creature up to level 5 (20 points) for 60 seconds on Target, once per day
Wood Elf Disease Resistance: Resist Disease 75% on Self, constant

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Breton


Attributes
Male
+10 Intelligence and Willpower
-10 Agility, Speed, and Endurance
Female
+10 Intelligence and Willpower
-10 Strength, Agility, and Endurance

Skills
+10 Conjuration, Mysticism, and Restoration
+5 Alchemy, Alteration, and Illusion

Traits
Breton Enhanced Magicka: Fortify Magicka 50 points on Self, constant
Breton Magic Resistance: Resist Magic 50% on self, constant
Dragon Skin greater power: Shield 50% for 60 seconds on self, once per day

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Dunmer (Dark Elf)


Attributes
Male
+10 Speed
-10 Willpower and Personality
Female
+10 Speed
-10 Willpower and Endurance

Skills
+10 Blade and Destruction
+5 Athletics, Blunt, Light Armor, Marksman, and Mysticism

Traits
Ancestor Guardian greater power: Summon Ancestor Guardian for 60 seconds on self, once per day
Dark Elf Fire Resistance: Resist Fire 75% on Self, constant

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Imperial


Attributes
Male
+10 Personality
-10 Agility and Willpower
Female
+10 Personality
-10 Agility and Speed

Skills
+10 Mercantile, Speechcraft and Heavy Armor
+5 Blade, Blunt and Hand to Hand

Traits
Star of the West greater power: Absorb Fatigue 100 points on Touch, once per day
Voice of the Emperor greater power: Charm 30 points for 30 seconds on Target, once per day

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Khajiit


Attributes
Male
+10 Agility
-10 Willpower and Endurance
Female
+10 Agility
-10 Willpower and Strength

Skills
+10 Acrobatics and Hand to Hand
+5 Athletics, Blade, Light Armor, Security, and Sneak

Traits
Eye of Fear greater power: Demoralize up to level 25 (100 points) for 30 seconds on Target, once per day
Eye of Night lesser power: Night-Eye for 30 seconds on Self (0 magicka cost)

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Nord


Attributes
Male
+10 Strength and Endurance
-10 Intelligence, Willpower, and Personality
Female
+10 Strength
-10 Intelligence and Personality

Skills
+10 Blade, Blunt, and Heavy Armor
+5 Armorer, Block, and Restoration

Traits
Nordic Frost greater power: Frost Damage 50 points on Touch, once per day
Woad greater power: Shield 30% for 60 seconds on Self, once per day
Nord Frost Immunity: Resist Frost 50% on Self, constant

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Orc


Attributes
Male
+10 Willpower and Endurance
+5 Strength
-10 Intelligence, Speed, and Personality
-5 Agility
Female
+10 Endurance
+5 Strength and Willpower
-15 Personality
-10 Speed
-5 Agility

Skills
+10 Armorer, Block, Blunt, and Heavy Armor
+5 Hand to Hand

Traits
Berserk greater power. All of the following for 60 seconds on Self, once per day:
Fortify Fatigue 200 points
Fortify Health 20 points
Fortify Strength 50 points
Drain Agility 100 points
Orc Magic Resistance: Resist Magic 25% on Self, constant

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Redguard


Attributes
Male
+10 Strength and Endurance
-10 Intelligence, Willpower, and Personality
Female
+10 Endurance
-10 Intelligence and Willpower

Skills
+10 Blade, Blunt, and Athletics
+5 Light Armor, Heavy Armor, and Mercantile
Traits
Adrenaline Rush greater power. All of the following for 60 seconds on Self, once per day:
Fortify Agility 50 points
Fortify Endurance 50 points
Fortify Speed 50 points
Fortify Strength 50 points
Fortify Health 25 points
Redguard Disease Resistance: Resist Disease 75% on Self, constant
Redguard Poison Resistance: Resist Poison 75% on Self, constant

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If you don't understand what some of that stuff means, don't worry about it. I'll explain it later.

[FDSuprema]

Khajiit, Male, Tony.

[Nightmare]

Breton Male, Sleezy McDouche. Yessss.

[Goku Goku Gadget Saiyan]

Breton Male, Dr. Zoidberg.

Or Zoidberg McDouche.

[Cem]

Argonian, Male, Majeh

?

[Sorrum]

Nord, Male, Dr. Victor Fries.

[Reaver]

Nord male. Windswept Willy. Naked run!

[Tony]

Chapter 1: The Adventure Tutorial Begins

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, too bad I was only able to pick one. And now to introduce our hero for this LP... Zoidberg McDouche!



A Breton sentenced to the Imperial Prison from an indeterminate amount of time for a crime that that is never properly explained. So, let's just say he punched an Orc in the face.



And that is Valen Dreth. A Dark Elf that has also been sentenced to the Imperial Prison from an indeterminate amount of time for a crime that that is never properly explained. So, let's just say he got arrested for being the biggest douche bag in all of Cyrodiil.

"Go ahead, try your magicka in here. Let's see you make those bars disappear. No? What's the matter? Not so powerful now, are you Breton? You're not leaving this prison 'til they throw your body in the lake. Oh, that's right. You're going to die in here, Breton! You're going to die!"

Probably not too far from the truth.

After he finally shuts up, just wait around for a little while. And...



There was an Orc... He had one of those puchable faces... that's about all I know.



What? It's not like Orcs are people or anything!

They enter your cell, threaten you a bit more, then this old guy starts talking to you.



I've seen you to, during that cutscene! You're Patrick Stewart!



Crazy old guy has been dreaming about me... that's creepy on so many different levels. What the f**k is going on?




That's one hell of a coincidence... who are you exactly?



I'm gonna call you "Captain". So what the hell do I do now?



Sound like a normal weekend to me.



Did I just get pardoned? Kick ass!



So, you have nothing against me following your around then? At least until I found a way out of-... why do you have your swords drawn?



WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?!?! KILL IT! KILL IT DEAD!!!

The assassins aren't really all that tough, especially with the emperor's guards helping out. Except one of them that seems to die in one hit.



Hey, one of your guys is dead.



Shouldn't you say a few words or something. Moment of silence. Anything?



Really? Nothing? Damn, you are f**king heartless! I guess I'll do it... no one else wi-



Awesome! Free sword! ... What was I gonna do?
(I didn't get a screen shot of this, but don't forget to search Captain Renault's corpse for a steel shortsword. Trust me, you're gonna want to do this if you want a character that uses Blade.)

Unfortunately, the door that the emperor and his guards went through is locked.



But a hole in the wall to the right of it opens up. I'm gonna be skipping most of this, as it's mostly just boring battles with rats and goblins in dark hallways. I will however be showing some interesting things you'll want to pick up along the way, plus some gameplay info.



In the very first room, you find a shield and a bow. Very handy. You can search the skeleton they're next to for some arrows. Also next to them is a locked chest. Time to explain lockpicking.

In order to pick a lock, first thing you'll need is lockpicks. You'll find plenty in random containers in this area. When you try to open a locked container or door with at least one lockpick in your inventory, you'll be taken to this screen.



It's a pretty simple mini-game. Just move the lock pick around with the mouse, push the tumblers up and set it in place by clicking. Easy.



You can test lockpicking on this door here, or...



If you don't really feel all the comfortable with it, you can get a key of this goblin corpse just to the left of it.

And while I'm explain things, I guess I should explain magic. No matter what, you're going to start the game with at least two spells. Flare and Heal Minor Wounds.



If you look at the icon on the bottom... just to the left of the compass. That is your equipped spell. Mine is currently Flare. With it I can...



Fry up some tasty rat. Heal Minor Wounds is what would you expect it would be, cast it, get a small bit of HP. You can also change what spell you have equipped when ever you please.



A few rooms later, you can find an iron helm and shield with some food scattered around it. I wouldn't eat it if I were you. At this point you should have two shields, one iron and the other leather. Just to explain it quickly, The leather shield is considered light armor while the iron shield is heavy armor. Pick what ever one you want based on what skill you want your character to have.



And in the same room, just a few feet away, you can get yourself a big f**king hammer.

One last gameplay tip to cover... stealth.



When stealthed, an "eye" icon will appear over your crosshairs. If it's faded, you can't be seen. However, if it clearly visible, so are you.



Aslo, if you attack something while stealthed...



You do extra damage.

After following the hall of tutorials for a bit, you'll get to the exit.



And find some familiar faces.



You sure? All I've really killed is some rats and few goblins. And there might of been a zombie as well.



I'm not really sure I understand either.



So... you're some kind of crazy stargazer? Not sure if that's a good trait for an emperor
(A bit of lore: The Nine Divines, or just simply "The Nine", is the name given to the gods worshiped in Tamriel. Akatosh, Dibella, Zenithar, Mara, Stendarr, Kynareth, Julianos, Talos and, Arkay.)



This better not be going where I think it's going...



It is... isn't it?



It is! More character creation! Now we have to pick Zoidberg's birthsign. They have their advantages and their disadvantages. What he have to pick from is...

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The Apprentice


The Apprentice ability confers a 100-point bonus to your Magicka attribute, but gives you a 100% Weakness to Magic.

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The Atronach


With the Atronach ability you don't regain Magicka over time. Instead you have a 50% Spell Absorption to recharge your Magicka. Your base Magicka is also increased by 150 points.

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The Lady


The Lady's Blessing confers bonuses of 10 points to your Willpower and Endurance attributes.

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The Lord


Being born under the Lord gives you the Blood of the North lesser power to regenerate up to 90 points of Health. However, you also gain the Trollkin curse, a permanent 25% Weakness to Fire.

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The Lover


Use the Lover's Kiss power once a day to Paralyze an opponent for 10 seconds at the cost of 120 points of Fatigue.

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The Mage


The Mage ability confers a permanent bonus of 50 points to your Magicka.

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The Ritual


Those born under the Ritual use the Mara's Gift power once a day as a powerful Restore Health spell. The Blessed Word can turn the undead.

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The Serpent


Gain the Serpent spell to cause a slow but potent poison on touch, while simultaneously curing yourself and dispelling magic on yourself. Casting this spell costs 100 points of Fatigue.

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The Shadow


Use the Moonshadow power once a day to become Invisible for 60 seconds.

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The Steed


The Steed ability grants a bonus of 20 to your Speed attribute.

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The Thief


The Thief ability grants a 10-point bonus to your Agility, Speed, and Luck attributes.

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The Tower


With the Tower Key power, once a day open a door or container of Average lock level or less. The Tower Warden reflects five points of damage for 120 seconds once a day.

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The Warrior


The Warrior ability grants a bonus of 10 points to your Strength and Endurance attributes.

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When it comes time to make the next update, I'll take all the votes and pick one at random just like I did with the race/name.

[Cem]

Atronach

Golems ruuuuule. And hit regen is nice.

[Nightmare]

The Lover. I wanna see Mr.McDouche kiss dudes then stab them in the head in the confusion!

[HZ]

DEAR GOD, MAN! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?!

Oh, er...*ahem*

The Shadow.

This way, you can take advantage of the double attack bonus for stealth attacks and easily steal stuff that you need to continue on.

[Reaver]

Atronatch.
No Magick for you.

[FDSuprema]

The Shadow.
lolatronach

[Goku Goku Gadget Saiyan]

The Steed because horses yeeeees

[Tony]

Chapter 2: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?



The Shadow knows!



Wow... That's pretty depressing. Hope it doesn't say the same about me.



Thank the Nine! Dying with some old man in some ruins is not how I want it to end. Wait... are you fine with all this?



"Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour. In this I am blessed to see the hour of my death... To face my apportioned fate, then fall."

Seriously. Stop being such a downer. Can we just get going already?



Great, don't want to get lost down here. Would probably be wandering around for months if I was on my own.



I'd have to survive on rat meat. Have you ever eaten rat? It's absolu- are you even listening?

Still a pretty straight forward path. Some assassins will pop out every now and then, but nothing to really worry about.



Insert obvious reference here.



I suggest not leaving me in here with the emperor.



Yup... they're not listening.



You want me to fight a guy called "The Prince of Destruction"? Yeah... I'll get right on that.



MAIN QUEST GET!



Oh no! Some guy just came out of the wall is going to kill the emperor! There is no way anyone could have seen this happening! [/obvioussarcasm]



And you will soon learn a very important lesson. Don't f**k with Patrick Stewart!

Just kill this guy and one of the most useless guards in the world will finally return.



Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have left a complete stranger that could possibly have little to no combat experience in charge of protecting him. Also, he gave me this necklace thing. "The Amulet of Kings" or something...



Yeah, he was probably senile.



Wait... what? Dragon blood? If he had dragon blood why couldn't he like breathe fire or something useful?



Selective listening at it's finest.



Yeah, I have to give it to some guy... uh... Jeffery, I think it was.



Yeah, that guy. Apparently he knows something about a possible illegitimate son, or something. I still think the guy was senile.




Yeah, that's great. Can I go now?



A sewer level this early? Just trying to get it out of the way, I guess.



Wait... what?



SON OF A BITCH!

And here it is people, the final part of character creation, picking a class. While there are plenty of class to pick from, 21 in fact, picking one of them wouldn't be fun. So instead, we're going to create a custom class for Zoidberg!

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First off, we need a specialization. This will give a +10 to all related skill and cause them to increase faster. We can pick from...



Combat...



Magic...



And Stealth.

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Next, we need to pick two attributes. This will give +5 to them. The choices are...



Strength...



Intelligence...



Willpower...



Agility...



Speed...



Endurance...



Personality...



And Luck.

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Finally, we need seven major skills. There will give +20 to them, they will increase faster, and increasing them is how you level. We have a lot of choices, and they are...



Acrobatics...



Alchemy...



Alteration...



Armorer...



Athletics...



Blade...



Block...



Blunt...



Conjuration...



Destruction...



Hand to Hand...



Heavy Armor...



Illusion...



Light Armor...



Marksman...



Mercantile...



Mysticism...



Restoration...



Security...



Sneak...



And Speachcraft.

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You can also name the class if you wish to, but it is not required.

You are free to make what ever class you wish. The only limitation I'm adding is that it must have either Blade, Blunt, or Hand to Hand as one of the major skills. Other than that, doesn't matter in the slightest.

Also, to make this a little more hellish for me, feel free to add restrictions to what types of armor I can and cannot equip. No Shields, No Greaves/Boots, Only Gauntlets, Only Helmets and Cuirasses, whatever you want. Please note, if you want me to play with out armor, then do not give me Light Armor or Heavy Armor as a major skill.