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Early money:
Sell all this free alchemy equipment and those silver daggers from
the mage guild. Do some arena fights.
Pick any lock:
After the tumbler went up very fast, it will go up at constant
speed next time, so just click as soon as its up.
Another way is to listen for the additional click sound that only
happens if the tumbler is slow.
-> Very hard locks with one lockpick
Move while fighting:
If you see one of those sloow attack moves, thats a power attack -
move back to avoid it or sidestep and attack yourself. Blocking
is good to break an normal attack sequence, but enemy power
attacks should be dodged. Circling around an enemy also helps
if he is using slow weapons/attacks in general.
Resist the Guards:
But don't fight, just run like hell. After two or three areas
they will stop to run after you. Now travel to the Thieves Guild
and pay half price fines while keeping all your stolen stuff.
------Scheherazade writes------
Dodging fines doesn't require entry into the Thieves' Guild.
When you arrive at a city, make a point of fawning on all the
guards. When their disposition is in the eighties or nineties,
you're set. If you get caught stealing or such, guards who like
you will often waive the fine for you. It'll hurt their
disposition towards you, but it's usually cheaper to bribe them
than to surrender your stolen goods. In the off chance that a
guard decides to press the fine, resist arrest. You can yield
to them by blocking and activating them. It will buy you a few
seconds to make a getaway.
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Save on different slots:
Quick save can be too quick sometimes. If you didn't save for days,
don't forget you could temporarily turn difficulty down in
special situations (No Magicka/no potions to summon battery ghost
in Oblivion).
Utilize Alchemy:
Hard fights will get easy with the right combination of potions.
Trust me, as soon as you start to fight high, you don't want to
miss it. And you can use your magic for the important things
like testing whether your enemy will strip if you magically
burden him enough.
Take your time:
Oblivion is not just beautiful, it has really interesting and
well thought out quests for a change. E.g. the rat problem,
the painter, the dream. Good stats are nice, but don't miss
this other world called Tamriel.
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