The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Character Build-up & Development Guide

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V.1.3.3 2006/04/04
      - Location of Summon Ghost for Atronach players
      - Added explanation for resistances/weaknesses
      - Changed Athletics description and rating 
      - Some typos, different wording (by Duncan)
      - clarified 100 % Magic resistance does not apply 
        to elemental magic - fire, frost, shock (by Priyesh) 
      - even better mana batteries by Daman Bouya
      - lockpicking while sneaking by The Admiral
      - Added improved Speechcraft Training by NightStik
      - Dodging fines by Scheherazade
      - Jumping out of sticky situations by LtKerensky

V.1.3.2 2006/04/04
      - Added improved Acrobatics Training by chris raine
      - Another way for Acrobatics Trainig by Brett Johnson
      - Added improved Mercantile by Ender
      - Alternation should be Alteration typo by john
        (i thought it was derived from alternative, thanx!)
      - light armor gets a 50% boost at master level, i wrote 
        150% in the heavy armor description (fixed by Aerenel)    
      - example for useful high acrobatics (by Aerenel)    
      - changed The Mage birthsign rating (by Aerenel)
      - expanded Atronach Example (by Aerenel)
      - enchantment capacity light vs. heavy (by Aerenel)
      - expanded payed trainer section (by Aerenel)

V.1.3.1 2006/04/03
      - fixed some typos, most glaring Atronach = 0% spell 
        absorbtion (corrected by Gar Hong) 
      - High Elf Magica is 100 (corrected by Comazon)
      - Explanation Spell Absorbtion
      - Corrected Atronach Example
      - Added Sneak Training by vitamin dew

V.1,3 2006/04/01
      - Translation to English, first publication on gamefaqs
      - tuned down bad language for general public

V.1.2 2006/03/31
      - Added Appendices B, C, D

V.1.1 2006/03/29

      - added quick jump to table of contents
      - indenting for better overview 
      
      Fixed errors: 
      - High Elf Magicka bonus is 50, not 100 
        (this is an error, no fiy see 1.3.1
      - fixed Level Up Game Mechanics example   

V.1.0 2006/03/28
      German publication 

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|                      CREDITS                                    |
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Contributors to this guide: 

Bethesda - they made the game
Me - precious hours outside Tamriel were sacrificed for this
The guy - who created the ascii-art aeons ago in IRC
Daniel - he showed me how good alchemy is
Cat - she told me to translate it, and I cannot say no to her.
      Actually she just mentioned it casually. 
Brett Johnson - better way for training arcobatics
Chris Raine - a different better way for training acrobatics
Ender - better way for training mercantile
Aerenel - lots of major and minor points on HtH/Blade/Blunt, 
          secrets with acrobatics, skill training...
Pryesh - brought attention to the magicka / elemental resistance 
         difference - resistance section
Daman Bouya - wraith/gloom wraith for high level atronach 
NightStik - better way for training speechcraft
Scheherazade - different way to dodge fines
LtKerensky - jumping in fights


Friendly Typo Monkeys: Gar Hong, Jonathan Mann, Duncan       
Error fixers: Comazon, Aerenel, Duncan, Priyesh, The Admiral



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|                     COPYRIGHT                                   |
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I don't care about copyright. This file is all my own work unless 
otherwise noted in credits, but you can use it in whatever way 
you like - would be nice if you give credit where credit is due.