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Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

So I give this information as both a guide, and as a warning. Playing the mage char is pretty tough. You get killed pretty easily. So I found a way (without cheating) to not get killed. But be warned! this makes the game REALLY easy, even on hardest difficulty.

Choose a Breton, with sign of the mage (or atronach) Specialize in conjuration, illusion, destruction,  and sneak. And play through the mages guild to become archmage (I actually became immortal about 1/2 - 3/4 through the mages guild). Becoming a vampire helps.

Find some absorb magica, and resist magica items. My char (at level 10) already had 100% resist and 20% absorb (as mage, not atronach). Enchant these items yourself if you don't find them, using azura's star.

Practice summoning monsters. You can get them REALLY cheap if you get up to master level. Summoning a zombie only costs me 9 magica. I can cast zombies forever, as fast as they appear, just summon a new one, and NEVER run out of magicka. My current prefered summon is the wraith, but I might go find a xivali or atronach spell.

Buy an invisiblity spell, or become a vampire (but the vampire is only once a day, the spell I cast over and over. Vampire is usefull anyway for the skill and stat boost tho).

For me, the game now cojnsists of : Become invisible, run past all monsters, except those that I choose to kill because of loot or plot.  When I choose to kill, summon a wraith. Either go invisible again, and let the wraith kill the mob (summoning and going invis again occasionally) or help out with 70+ point fireballs.  I have 400+ magicka. I can cast 4-5 fireballs without using any magicka potions. Not many creatures can tank the fireballs and the wraith. This works for all the oblivion gates (where you dont have to fight at ALL, just run past and grab the sigil), all the dungeons, everywhere pretty much.

So far none of the creatures can see invis, or bother to cast detect life. I have found that zombies will occasionally see me while invis, but only if I have been fighting that particular zombie already, they will never find me as I walk past.

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left by Obion at 5/26/2006 3:49 PM Gravatar
Well I bet you had a really enjoyable game playing like that - NOT.

What's the point exactly?

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left by Lord Q at 8/30/2006 4:31 PM Gravatar
I used a simmilar strategy ultil around 20th level, when I could kill ANYTHING using Invisibiliy and a sneak attack with the Dark Brotherhood quest weapon. Now I just run at them and hold the block button: Return Damage 23% & Reflect Spell 50%. They hurt themselves more than me.

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left by shrapnel at 10/29/2006 12:38 AM Gravatar
Amazing guide... if it works. I haven't actually got down to playing this game yet... going to start today evening.
I hope the author hasn't forgotten to mention anything important, since I'm going to try his strategy straight off!
Obion, the point is that if one can beat this Game without using cheats, as I'm sure many do, what is the harm?
As for the fun factor, I'll be the judge of that while I play. If its no fun, I can always stop following his strategy, but surely beating a game without cheats is also a lot of fun.
shrapnel

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left by MoodyOscar at 1/5/2007 6:42 PM Gravatar
Wow! At last I can complete the game with no skill and minimal effort. Hurrah! Hmmmm.. I wonder if running around invisibly slaying everything in my path will become boring after a few hours... nah.




what a buttmonkey.

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left by ..... at 1/8/2007 5:58 AM Gravatar
mage probably is the best sign for your *guide*, because atronach totally sux...oblivion gives a good and sensible regen rate, just not like morrowind...it may be a good way to fight without getting hurt, but i don't think everybody enjoy this way...sometimes being in danger makes the game funnier...and also -> this is not a cheating way to play at all, because if it does work with your efforts, it is never cheating.

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left by N0cturnal Mage at 1/11/2007 5:09 AM Gravatar
How do u want to lvl up while no fighting and only using 2 skills????
this realy sucks...just train destruction and alteration and you can beat every thing with taking no damage....

Tip: Be a High Elf en choose Apprentice as Birthsign train en get your restoration up so you don't have to be less of your weakness

# Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by winner at 1/27/2007 11:56 PM Gravatar
i am already basically invulnerable, have an entire suit of 20% damage resistance along with rings and amulet, as well as the same but with 50 points fortify magicka - these enchantments can be found in oblivion gates as sigil stones - and now i have 800 magicka and can destroy anything i want in a single hit, as i am level 100 in all major skills, which are mage ones.

(this can eventually get boring though, but then just take off the armour)


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left by The best at 2/6/2007 9:26 AM Gravatar
how do you know wt lvl ure summoned creature is ?

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left by shotokan4christ at 3/15/2007 11:51 AM Gravatar
what is the name of the quest where u get get azura' s star? when u do the quest is there a chance that u cant get it?

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left by Canadian at 3/15/2007 12:22 PM Gravatar
Dont worry I'll help you.Azura's shrine is located north-northeast of the Lake Arrius Caverns you visit
in the Dagon Shrine quest part of the main story. It is usually the first
shrine mentioned in the game. The offering, glow dust, is a by-product of the
will-o-wisp, which can be difficult to find. The easiest way to get glow dust
is to go to the Bruma Mages Guild and ask to join (if not already a member).
Go to the basement and pick some glow dust up from a table in the alchemy
room. You may also be able to find some in one of the alchemy shops in
Imperial City.

During the hours of dawn (roughly 5 - 7am) or dusk (roughly 5 - 7pm), Activate
the statue of Azura with some glow dust in your pocket. In times past, Azura
sent five followers to kill a vampire lord. They succeeded, but at the price
of becoming vampires themselves. They sealed themselves in the cave of the
vampire lord. Azura wants you to grant them "eternal peace".

Joy. Azura marks a "Gutted Mine" on your map to the southeast. Stock up and
head out. The cavern is small, and contains only the five vampiric followers
of Azura. Advance very slowly and try to take them on one at a time. The first
three tend to be close together (they are marked on your map), so separating
them can be difficult.

Fire works well on vamps, so use that if you have it. You will almost
certainly get infected with porphyric hemophilia (the vampire disease). Don't
worry about it until you've finished the task. The last two vampires are
located in a secret chamber opened with a pull cord in the first large room
you come to.

After all five are dead, return to Azura and she'll reward you with a
re-useable grand soul gem, Azura's Star. If you're heavily dependant on
enchanted weapons, this may be a very useful item. On the other hand, you can
get enchanted weapons recharged at any Mages Guild hall, and regular soul gems
are found quite frequently.

Once you're done, use a Cure Disease potion or visit a temple in a city to
cure your porphyric hemophilia. And no there i no way you can Syuck this up.

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left by Steve at 4/17/2007 10:29 PM Gravatar
How were you able to get 800 magica?

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left by Ultimate Mage at 5/23/2007 6:38 AM Gravatar
what a noob stratgey! I have 1496 magicka at any one time cast master level Finger of the mountain twice at a time! your "sneak kill" in not only weak but sad. I can kill anything!

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left by how do u get so much magicka at 5/24/2007 11:52 AM Gravatar
i want lots o magicka

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left by hehehe at 7/13/2007 1:37 AM Gravatar
udick ma u realy need a life all of u

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left by your mother at 7/23/2007 4:35 PM Gravatar
wow that makes the game so boring, at least play it properly instead of going around killing things with icredible ease.

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left by Dark Borrelnoot at 7/23/2007 4:51 PM Gravatar
rofl, i knew that when i was level 5 ,however my spells can do unlimited dmg^^ (not unlimited but at least 1000000, in this game that destroys everything ^^)

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left by bojo at 7/28/2007 1:03 AM Gravatar
i have no clue how to get my magika up. please help me this is so frusturating

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left by Boz at 8/17/2007 1:27 PM Gravatar
True, it's not cheating. At least not by the rules of say taking advantage of a glitch, or using cheat codes. However, I think it's a spirit of the game violation, and I would not enjoy playing the game as suggested in this article. But hey, if it works for someone else, you're entitled to play the game as you wish, I just hope I never run into someone who plays like that online.

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left by why would i give u my name??? at 8/18/2007 2:10 PM Gravatar
hehehe - u dick (watever it means) - Ultimate Mage - so we don't rule as much as u (sarcastic) - to get lots of magika u need to enchant armour. either do it with soul gems or get the sigil stone which fortifys it by 50 points - i got 300 magiek by enchantign my armour with it - there is a even mor efun way of killing monsters than by using invisibility - become immortal - look it up - u need the chorrol shiled and a ring and a neclace - look it up on the internet to find it - it lets u reflect 101% damage - also the Mundane Ring resists 50% spells and reflects 35% spells - if ur a breton u don't need anything else but otherwise u enchant armour to do another 50% - this lets u walk around visible and anythign that attacks u literally kills itself. hope i helped

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left by SLAYER at 9/4/2007 5:27 PM Gravatar
my immortal character in oblivion haz 110% reflect melee damage ,105% resist magic AND 50% reflect spell!!! havent any of you gotten that yet? its boring to use in the long run but its kool fer a laugh every now and again

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left by Farting Champion at 9/12/2007 12:44 AM Gravatar
why bothering with enchantments while you can create an fortify willpower spell that boosts your magicka just to power up yourself to perform a much mightier fortify-willpower-spell? Gives you thousands of magicka with two single spells and gives you powerfull spells which seem to shatter dagons healthbar a little more ;)
but after all, it is gonna get boring after a short while...

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left by dunno at 9/30/2007 5:44 AM Gravatar
This is so pointless, hiding and striking is a weaklings way out of fighting, just play the game normally fighting whatever you can whenever you can. For Magicka enchant armor with fortify magicka 24 with grand soul gem.

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left by magezownsomebals at 10/21/2007 2:01 PM Gravatar
this is not cheating, but it is a very boring way to win the game. i dont really see the point if you do not have to work to get anything. all you have to do is go invisible and kill it with a summone monster. how lame is that?

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left by Corporal Rodgers at 11/5/2007 11:26 PM Gravatar
Numero Uno. Dunno, it's not a weakling's way of fighting, it's smart. Wow, the arrogance.
Numero Dos. 'why would I give u my name??!' (Nice moniker...btw.) You're right about the reflect stuff...that's totally awesome to use, especially inside Oblivion realms. :D

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left by hatesnoobs at 11/18/2007 8:13 PM Gravatar
MY mage has 65000 magicka and 25000 health and does 600=damage/sec untill it dies, plus constant resist and reflect everything without anyt enchanted items. how? well if u are gonna make an ubrly tough toon you might as well use onsole commands.

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left by FoX at 11/24/2007 7:48 AM Gravatar
the first time i played oblivion i enchanted all my armor with charmelion(sp?) till i had 100%...
was fun coz no1 could hit me or anything and it took me bout an hour to finish it after that, but it became boring afterwards...
now im re-playing it as a full mage and its so much harder...
alot more of a challenge...

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left by Anatopsis at 12/14/2007 11:18 AM Gravatar
What scroll gives Magicka?

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left by Neilmeister at 1/12/2008 5:54 AM Gravatar
There is a way to get over 100 per cent reflect damage (using items like Escutcheon of Chorrol, Amulet of axes and another one which I can never remember) so no-one can hurt you in melee and 100 percent resist magic (Being Breton gives you half of this then a ring easily gotten later on gives you the other half) so no-one can hurt you (except archers). And that hardly makes you invulnerable if you just make yourself invisible and run past people! Also another way to increase your magicka is to use a fortify magicka spell but make several ones and make them last 120 seconds each but you'll also need to increase your will power up 100 for 120 seconds so you can actually make use of that massive store of magicka. And sneaking through the game isn't a cheating way of completing the games it is ridiculous to say that. Thats the whole point of oblivion to choose what you want to be a mage, warrior or thief/assassin character.

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left by Murdok at 2/15/2008 12:06 AM Gravatar
I think what u did was really cool this is crapp that people are down playing your character the game is all about custom characters and playing styles this is your way of playing the game. I feel that it is a good thing to do this to a character u dont care about inopinion and use their god like power to search the game for hard to get items and heavely defended places that way you can know what u are up against when u go there with your main character. on seperate saves of course

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left by bob at 2/27/2008 12:31 AM Gravatar
TGM = god mode
TMM 1 = all map markers,

All you need, rave all caves

Player.additem 00000192 (xxx) gives u X of azures star
player.additem 00000193 (xxx) gives u X of black soul gems!

Have fun!

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left by SoulStealer at 3/28/2008 1:18 AM Gravatar
hey, has anyone but me ever gone into the imperial city and just killed everything, and then when there are no gaurds chasing you just gone into the next city and done the same thing? it's pretty nubish, but it's fun if you want to test yourself (i'll bet you can all kill as easily as i can if not easier, but still fun)

One more thing, for people in need of money

if you need money i have the perfect strategy (without cheating) simply become a vampire, do the quest for the cure for vampirism (should be long and boring, but worth it in the end) at the very end of the quests, you give the cue to the counts wife and she is better for about two seconds and then she dies.....................rofl..............but then after the count has had time to grieve, you will talk to him for a reward (i think wether or not you take the cure will effect how much you get, i had and only got 500g) you will recive your money (hover much it is) and yay! all better now! but, if you keep talking to the count over, and over, and over, and over again you will keep getting the same amount of money over and over again! (catio tho, once you stop talking to him he goes back to his room and locks himself in) i got over 1,000,000g doing this (took me like a half and hour but i am so glad i did! (i think you might be able to open the lock and talk to the count again if you need to, but i haven't so im not sure)


HOPE THIS HELPS!!!!!!!!!!

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left by ... at 3/29/2008 4:23 PM Gravatar
becom lvl 17, save b4 u take the sigil stone in n obliv g8, keep reloding until u get the siil sone which has 30%charmeleon, dupe 4x, then ur 120% invisble and you can attack ect;...simple

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left by .... at 3/29/2008 4:32 PM Gravatar
extra:
90% is better if you want a fair game play, also you use the sigil stones on preferably rings & necklases....
do hope this helps =) also uesp is a good game elp site for oblivion, google it....

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left by ..... at 3/29/2008 4:41 PM Gravatar
extra:
also if you lvl up to lvl 20 go and visit roxy in, to find it just trave up from the imperial prison sewer... ppl there have full glass & deadric armor, excuse my spelling mistakes lol...also umbra is the best sword on the game, it is found in a ruin located sw of the imperial city waterfront.. go down and to the end of the ruin, it has umbra(a lady worrior lvl 50) she is very very hard, after she is dead, pick up her sword, also she has her own set of ebony armor, umbras ebony.....ect. some ppl attack her then run back and to imperial city and let the gauds finish her off, but b care full, she can run quicker then most horses...have fun....

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left by nemissis3 at 4/17/2008 8:36 PM Gravatar
if you become a vampire do you loose anything for becoming it like abilities or something

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left by mrbillthenotsoqueer at 4/18/2008 9:33 AM Gravatar
no nemissis you do not lose any abilities when you become a vampire. however, with every stage of vampirism you gain increases in certain stats and gain spell-like abilities such as embrace of shadows. however, you are penalized with weakness to fire and sun damage and once you reach the final stage of vampirism, most people will not talk with you. I hope that clears that up.

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left by goodgodnow at 4/23/2008 2:09 AM Gravatar
everyone has their own way huh. the invisibility thing is lame, the only time you should ever use invisibility constantly is if your turned the difficulty way above normal. And honestly, its all about buffs. But here's what my mage set up is, without cheesy bullshit trying to avoid battles... why would you wanna do that? the battles are the best parts.

Race: High Elf; Sign: the Lady; Class: Pink whatever you want but def. include (Illusion, Conjuration, and Restoration -- best skill in the game. and obviously destruction.)

I enchanted my boots and gloves with +50 magika sigil stone, and wear the bladeturn hood and robes. Cruelty's Heart - 20st and 20will. and Ring of Lordship, and a +50 magika ring.

Total Magika: 454, (Scales of Pitless justice add 4.)

Now the buffs are what makes him the shit. since magikas not an issue. you can make em last long, and powerful.

Self Buffs:
Arcance Brilliance: Fortify Intelligence 25pts, Fortify Destruction 50pts, Shield 50pts all for 45 sec. Cost: 250+ Magika.

Blessing of Faith: This one takes a mastered Restoration and Alteration skill combined. Not to mention 288 magika. But its awesome.
Spell Absorbtion 12 pts for 60 sec, fortyify willpower 50pts for 60 sec, fortify magika 50pts for 60 sec, fortify restoration (or destruction) 20pts for 60 sec, Shield 15% for 60 sec.

for about 58 seconds (if your wearing armor) you will rock the fucking house and nothing will hurt you, your magika will come back mad fast, and your healing (or destruction)spells will be cheaper.

Attack Spells:

Arcane Fury: Weakness to Magic 100% in 10ft for 10 sec, Weakness to fire 100% in 10 ft for 10 sec, Fortify Destruction for 10 sec on self.

Then hit them with the Mage's Guild given spell Wizard's Fury and it does triple the damage.

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left by Lorry at 5/4/2008 4:08 AM Gravatar
U r all fuking noobs my char is lvl 135 Dark Elf count of Kvatch with full dark crimson hashashin armour . Mages suck anyway .

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left by lol... at 5/7/2008 6:12 PM Gravatar
all that tells me is u have no life ....
this is why they didnt make oblivion multyplayer...

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left by lol... at 5/7/2008 6:14 PM Gravatar
all that tells me is u have no life...
& people wonder why they didnt make oblivion multyplayer...to much boasting

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left by douche dude at 7/5/2008 12:34 PM Gravatar
yeah i did the same thing, some interesting items to get the reflect damage up: iron fist ring (last monk in the moth caverns for theives guild mission), chorrol shield (the jermain brothers quest), ring of namera (daedric quest), and the mind+body ring. my personal favorite is the mind+body ring because it has a +8 strength affect allowing u to carry more booty :)

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left by Steve Johnson at 7/26/2008 1:03 PM Gravatar
Hmmm...While it does sound like a good strategy, it sounds like it makes the game really boring. I like it where you play it for months and it is still challenging.

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left by Nuke at 7/29/2008 11:15 AM Gravatar
hmm..i prefer wacking everything with Goldbrand in full Daedric armour (plus 2 rings/necklace) with 85% shield (max) and 100% magicka resist.......

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left by brandon at 8/2/2008 5:30 PM Gravatar
uhh fuck that dude the best character is heavyarmour with bow and even if this is a glitch i dont care my charater is lvl 21 cause i just started him and i can already kill almost anything cause i got the arrows of cleansing arrows of the north winds and arrows of stormcall and duplicated all of them and i have like 200 storm call and 200 north winds and 800 arrows of cleansing cause they all do 60-80 damage in 10 ft so im pretty much invincible

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left by hi at 8/3/2008 8:07 AM Gravatar
how do i get my magicka to 1,000 like how some people do? thanks

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left by hi at 8/3/2008 8:21 AM Gravatar
oh and i am not talking about potions.

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left by Pc noobs at 8/5/2008 7:46 PM Gravatar
The only way most people get their health, magick, and other stats up in the thouslends and are lvl 100 only means that own the pc version and mod their stats up that high cause the fuckin noobs and can't even make their charcter up to lvl 10 so they mod so they can call everyone else a noob. Hell i own the xbox version and my guys lvl 43,mages are realy good if you want lvl fast but i like to mix it with blad or marksman rather then your intire character revolving around a blue bar.

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left by Derek at 8/22/2008 2:23 PM Gravatar
My strategy = enchant a few items (2 rings, a cloak, and a hood for me) with 20% chameleon. IF you're sneak is above 100 like me you'll be undectable to most creatures in dungeons, but in the off-chance that something happens to see you at 80% chameleon - cast a cloak spell (shroudwalk works too) to push your chameleon over 100%... then slay all that approaches with your 3x or 6x sneak attacks, depending on whether you're using a bow or a blade. Thats how I breezed through the Arena Grand champion dead in 3 hits - master of sneak ignores armor while sneaking... Also, conjuration is by far the easiest of the magical disciplines to gain mastery in - just make a 1 sec summon zombie spell, and then cast it for a long ass time. It won't take forever like destruction (self damage 3 pts), restoration, or alteration will. Remember - its FREQUENCY that counts, not total magicka use.

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left by Newb Extreme at 9/7/2008 1:08 PM Gravatar
Okay, this whole "You have no life" thing is dumb. You're playing Oblivion, and you'e probably doing it for HOURS a day, don't say you don't with level 50 characters, cause you do..

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left by UNr34L at 9/8/2008 12:00 AM Gravatar
Well i actualy kinda played that way with my 1st character.I was new in oblivion and screwed up while i leveled him up...It was the only way i could finish the game.Then i made another fighter who ended up at level 44 to be imortal...Now i play as a mage i am level 17 with 464 magica but...The mage is a weakling shit and you have to play the game perfect in order to pull it off, luckily i do cause its the 3rd time i am playing oblivion.Still the mage ISN'T BY ANY MEANS recommended for beginers.

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left by QueenHedge at 10/12/2008 10:00 PM Gravatar
I've nearly reached level 30 as a brenton mage. I am the highest rank in the brother hood, thieves guild and mages guild. I had began with mages guild and found that the easiest way to get through it is be unlike what my build intended. Since every person you battle lacks armor, hacking and slashing with an enchanted weapon saves you time and summoning a "punching bag" helps keep your foes eye on a different target that isn't you.

To level up your spell casting quickly, create one spell for each attribute. A summon spell that lasts no longer than one second and while you're goofing off in town or running to find a cave, casting non-stop helps you gain a skill in no time. It is also wise to summon the lowest level skeleton (and use stronger skeletons as your armor skill progresses) and slash them three times. From there, they will attack you. Heal yourself as they attack and within 25-40 seconds, they vanish. You may than repair your armor and go again. Summoned creatures are also great for working on your block (or other defensive skills) and your offense of choice.

Agility and speed are vital for a mage (assuming mana comes first). I have always relied on jumping around and avoiding characters (while my summons kills whomever/whatever), rather than getting down and dirty myself. Very helpful. If you can think quickly enough and move your character out-of-harms way, you needn't worry about those "reflect mele/magic" items/spells/potions.

Being a mage forces you to take much more time killing something, vs your "tank cousin", but the benefits are much more rewarding.

I have never used chameleon/invisible. Sneak is a beautiful thing.

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left by Bo at 10/30/2008 8:10 AM Gravatar
Well, if you want to be TRULY invincible, try a 100% Chameleon spell or Enchantments. Easier to do than Derek's Idea, especially if you use
1. Hood
2. Shirt
3. Trousers
4. Shoes
5. Ring 1
6. Ring 2
7. Necklace

Give each one at least 15%, and you're Invincible.

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by rofl at 12/11/2008 6:40 PM Gravatar
dude this fucking sux

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by penis at 12/28/2008 6:28 PM Gravatar
eat a squirrel

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by Mage =) at 1/27/2009 7:09 AM Gravatar
Heres my Mage
Race, High Elf
Sign, The Aprentice
Class, "Mage", Skills, Alchemy, Restoration, Conjucation, Destruction, Illusion, Mysticism, Alteration.

Lvl 6 now ^^ Arch Mage in Mages Guild =) Really funny to play whit these skills especially when u get up to the higher lvls and skills just dont forget to lvl the destruction way before the other skills or else youre screwd if u dont got really nice Summons and Heals.

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by Z-Slasher at 2/13/2009 5:13 AM Gravatar
Well every1 have thier own style of playing..If u become bored with melee try range or magic..My personal style is camo glass 100% then use glass dagger with paralysed effect(uber fun and funny)..with sneak atk Master lvl u can kill everything in sight.

Funny n Enjoyable (without playing cheat):
1.Water walking
2.Dmg STR+Absorb STR+ Burden
3.Silence spell/enchament
4.Paralyse
5.Disintergrate Armor+Disintergrate Weapon ^^
6.Telekenesis

p/s i think deadric 100% reflect melee +100% reflect spell dmg would b nice n fun..but i dun think so it's possible to get both 100% without using cheat^^.Anyway..play the game as a game was meant to be..ENJOY! on ur own way.

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by pie!!!! at 2/28/2009 6:12 AM Gravatar
silly people the best part off oblivion is kicking the adoring fan off a cliff it roks ownage pie =P

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by pie!!!! at 2/28/2009 6:14 AM Gravatar
ps. youtube search: triumphant execution of adoring fan best vid ever!!!

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by elitepkxpertz at 3/25/2009 10:47 AM Gravatar
The way i do things is use high elf under atronach, get about 850 magic plus have some absorb magic items on you, added with you're already 50% gives you 100% absorb magic so the weakness doesnt matter anymore. MAX ALL MAGIC STATS, IF YOU DONT THIS IS USELESS! If you want to get your magic back up without fighting you can just use pots, they're one of the easiest things to find. After magic is all settled get your heavy armor up with summoned monsters attacking you so you can defend against range and melee. Get one of your weapon types up using the same summon technique only attacking your summon not it attacking you,(i upped blunt so i can easily knock people backwards.) and summon a bound weapon. (use university so you can up the time you get to use it.) So now you have full magic range and melee defense along with magic and melee attack.<--This is what it's like when you're maxed. Downside is, before you get most of the stuff the game is pretty difficult, especially near the beginning after you're done with the tutorial.

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by Chuck Norris at 4/11/2009 10:29 AM Gravatar
i made my first battlemage ages ago, breton, apprentice and i cant remember class. i got him to lv 22 (and at that point i was overjoyed as that was my highest overall lv ever) then i gave him 120 CHAMELEON PERMANENT ENCHANTMENT GLITCH. i deleted him soon afterwardrds. too easy ^.^

# re: Oblivion : How to make an unbeatable, invulnerable, immortal mage.

left by Matt at 5/29/2009 12:41 PM Gravatar
If you don't have anything nice to say.. Why say it at all.. Seriously, how does spreading anger help you in any way.

I personally thought it was a pretty decent way to play the game.. What's the point? Well it's a roleplaying game with fps elements not the other way around. If I were in this world, that's exactly what I would have done... Because personally I'd want to make sure I lived first and foremost.

If a challenge is what you want.. Well make an unarmed character play on max difficulty and level up your alchemy as a major skill right away. Have fun with that..

In my opinion the 100% chameleon is overpowered.. Monsters should be able to adapt, or wizards at least should be able to sense your life. So I consider it a glitch and don't use.. Gaming the system to get perfect stats is Metagaming and not immersive so I don't use that either... But his archtype is just roleplaying, it's not invincible either and personally I would try it on max or just under to give a bit more of a challenge.. Maybe with permadeath. What's lame about that?

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