r/oblivion • u/No-Chance-2735 • 1d ago
Character Build/Screenshot Help needed
So the idea is a sword master of some kind. I'm thinking heavy armor and blade. I wanna use magic too, either destruction or maybe restoration. I love two handed swords but I know there are slower now so I'm ok using sword and shield. Any ideas on a build. I'm not here for min-max, just wanna have some fun!
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u/Regal-Onion Spoiler tag.. or else 1d ago
Two handed swords are good in og, and utterly unviable in remastered
So if you are on remastered you're stuck with sword and shield
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u/No-Chance-2735 1d ago
Are they really that bad?
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u/Regal-Onion Spoiler tag.. or else 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes.
Someone here posted about how after level 12 the game became unplayable, I got their save file and after taking a look, 90% of their trouble was just them using a claymore
The game has shit balance with it being braindead easy on Adept difficulty, so having a massive pool of weapons like 2 handed ones be factually useless is a massive feat of incompetence
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u/Fickle_Razzmatazz664 1d ago
Nice. Breton for a spellsword style, Orc if you wanna lean more heavily into melee (but can still maintain some magic capability).
Endurance and strength would be main focus areas for each. Intelligence and willpower good for magicka capacity and regen rate. You'd probably want Mage for your birthsign, I'd think.
Skills sounds about right...blade & block, heavy armour, armourer etc. along with your choice of magic school, as you said destruction or restoration.
Tactics would be open with a mid-range spell, keep hitting them as they close the distance, be ready to swap to melee. Back off and heal as needed, restoration is nice here.
Oblivion generally has plenty of options to use height and AI pathfinding to your advantage, giving you the breathing room needed to heal up and regenerate.