That awkward moment when...(Oblivion Edition)

[Neriad13]

You DON'T buy the horse armour dlc because you heard it was one of the biggest wastes of money in gaming history... Then your horse gets killed by a Minotaur.

Also Skyrim needs horse armour more than Oblivion did. I think they did it on purpose to see if they could make the fans actually ask for it.

Bahaha, yeah, now that mounted combat is actually included. And yet it is the huskies who get the armor.

 

[RY14NCE]

Bahaha, yeah, now that mounted combat is actually included. And yet it is the huskies who get the armor.

Haha I know... I put my husky in a dracula cape for halloween and she fidgeted so much it was almost not worth the effort. Seems huskies are brilliant escapists... Whoever managed to get a whole set of armour on two of them needs some sort of medal.

 

[Gowsh]

...you think, noticing it only after seeing his picture in the Wiki, "How the heck is Mankar Camoran wearing the Amulet of Kings?"

...you pull a lever hoping to pull a suffering prisoner out of a pool of lava but instead drop someone else in in his place.

...you're fighting your way through the daedra attack on the Imperial Palace alongside all of the palace guards and suddenly, you find yourself totally alone in the battle with a dozen dremora behind your shield.

...Martin decides to seek out and slay every single ogre along the way to Imperial City.

...a character you're attempting to safely escort out of Hackdirt somehow becomes even slower once she mounts her horse.

...you get a terrible sinking feeling when you finally realize that you must have accidentally sold your daedric longsword three towns back, Kynareth-knows-where.

You are just rolling through this one WAY faster than I am. I think I'm level 15 or so and am still working on getting into the Mage's Guild Academy so I can get stuff enchanted.

I just met Umbra while innocently strolling from the Imperial City to Basil, Nyquil, Drivel, whatever. A real moral dilemma for a char I decided to play as "good."

Let's just say that he was weighed in the balance and found wanting, although I guess he did relieve a burden. I hope Clavicus lets him keep it when the time comes.

On the positive side, he now has a classy new get-up and no hesitation about using magic weapons anymore. Now he can just fill 'em up as needed.

More pertinent to your post, Hackdirt left an awful taste in my mouth just being there. What an unpleasant place!

Best.

 

[Neriad13]

You are just rolling through this one WAY faster than I am. I think I'm level 15 or so and am still working on getting into the Mage's Guild Academy so I can get stuff enchanted.

I just met Umbra while innocently strolling from the Imperial City to Basil, Nyquil, Drivel, whatever. A real moral dilemma for a char I decided to play as "good."

Let's just say that he was weighed in the balance and found wanting, although I guess he did relieve a burden. I hope Clavicus lets him keep it when the time comes.

On the positive side, he now has a classy new get-up and no hesitation about using magic weapons anymore. Now he can just fill 'em up as needed.

More pertinent to your post, Hackdirt left an awful taste in my mouth just being there. What an unpleasant place!

Best.

Oh yeah. I've been off work for a couple of days and have been playing pretty much non-stop with breaks for meals and occasional socializing. I just finished the Main Quest last night, at somewhere around level 23. While I was somewhat bored with the constant fetching, the payout was absolutely glorious. And I must say, out of the three games from Morrowind to Skyrim, Oblivion gave me the absolute best endboss fight. And now after I tie up a few loose ends, I depart for the Shivering Isles!

Ooh, I haven't run into Umbra yet. In fact, I've never actually met him in Morrowind either. But if you really want a moral dilemma, play through the Arena and try to make it to 'Grand Champion,' having done the Grey Prince's quest beforehand. Let's just say that you're not the only one who's been found wanting. T.T

I completed the Hackdirt quest only having killed one of the Brethren - somehow managing to get slow-moving Blossom and Dar-Ma safely out of there under the nose of all the townspeople late at night. I then went back come morning, so freaked out by the experience that I was convinced that whatever was down in those tunnels had to be put to the sword before any more travelers were harmed.

 

[Gowsh]

I completed the Hackdirt quest only having killed one of the Brethren - somehow managing to get slow-moving Blossom and Dar-Ma safely out of there under the nose of all the townspeople late at night. I then went back come morning, so freaked out by the experience that I was convinced that whatever was down in those tunnels had to be put to the sword before any more travelers were harmed.

Yeah. I found myself thinking, "If these people had chainsaws..." I did Tamriel a favor as well.

I also felt a bit sheepish putting the Gray Prince to the sword. I found the moral sop, "They would've let only one of us leave," very effective.

 

[Neriad13]

Yeah. I found myself thinking, "If these people had chainsaws..." I did Tamriel a favor as well.

I also felt a bit sheepish putting the Gray Prince to the sword. I found the moral sop, "They would've let only one of us leave," very effective.

Haha, yeah.

True, true. But then I made the mistake of talking to the other Blue Team guy who hangs out in the Bloodworks. T.T And have you found the crumpled note next to the Blademaster? That whole place is just so sad. And yet, I could not stop playing until I'd finished it...

 

[Neriad13]

...you decide to refer to Maglir as "the elf-shaped turd" forever and for always.

...you wander up to Sheogorath's Shrine and find not a single person there wearing pants.

...you spend a night in a ramshackle inn in the middle of a forest and only after you wake up and come down the stairs do you realize that the innkeeper was never wearing pants to begin with.

...the porters of every single Fighters' Guild branch follow you around and stare at you with wide eyes as you dress and undress.

...you've played for 129 hours so far and have only just realized that lockpicking is actually feasible with auto-attempts.

 

[Gowsh]

...you decide to refer to Maglir as "the elf-shaped turd" forever and for always.


...the porters of every single Fighters' Guild branch follow you around and stare at you with wide eyes as you dress and undress.

Gods, yes! Every time I go to a FG, I want to just slap the little creeps silly. They even all look alike.

I long for the ability we had in Morrowind to insult someone until they attacked you. Of course, my Speechcraft is currently 6, so it might be a while until I could effectively insult.

Darn that 5 points per level training limit!

 

[Neriad13]

...Oreyn bravely says that he'll be the one to tell Vilena of her son's death and take the fall for it. After he's told you so, he boldly goes striding off down the stairs, a definitive purpose in his steps. You follow him all the way to Vilena, at the dinner table and listen with eager ears as the intrepid elf opens his mouth. He completely chickens out and has a conversation with her about entirely mundane things instead.

...you come upon two Imperial Legion Soldiers fighting one another on a path. When one finally succeeds in killing the other, you find yourself automatically telling him "You violated the law!"

 

[Neriad13]

...you accidentally summon Haskill when you think that you have a healing spell equipped. And then you do it again. >.<

 

[Grob]

... You're a convicted murderer and a creepy old man tells you that you're in his dreams.

 

[Neriad13]

...you accept advice from a crazy person and become strangely disappointed when it turns out that it wasn't good advice.

...you repeatedly dangle the promise of skooma in front of an addict's nose and cannot stop laughing as she berates you for being such an asshole.

...Sheogorath thinks your brain is delicious.

 

[Neriad13]

...you realize that you're taller than Sheogorath.

...you get arrested by your own palace guards.

...you don't know whether to be worried or proud of yourself when your framerate drops through the floor every single time you step into your bedroom, because of all the treasure you've got displayed there.

...you shove a suicidal guy off a high ledge after all.

 

[Neveraine]

that awkward moment when you are on an oblivion forum, but somehow have only played morrowind and skyrim completely skipping oblivion for absolutely no reason... I should really buy oblivion now.

 

[Jei El]

When you die.

 

[lolkhajiit]

... when you're in the lobby of The Tiber Septim Hotel and all of a sudden a deer is bounding wild and free around you

 

[Neriad13]

... when you're in the lobby of The Tiber Septim Hotel and all of a sudden a deer is bounding wild and free around you

Huh. Well, the wealthy do have a reputation for keeping odd pets.

 

[Grob]

...staring up Mehrunes Dagon's skirt to see if anything is there.

 

[Neveraine]

Having the imperial king walk into your jail cell and say that he has dreamed about you... very creepy and there's nothing you can do because you are in jail and he is the most powerful man in the world, but I guess I could do worse.

 

[Lizzifer]

That awkward moment when you spend an hour on a Sunday morning Google image searching "Oblivion character creation" and donkey laughing your ass off at all the wonderful things we used to be able to do with TES characters.