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Viconia's my personal favorite, so far: confident to the point of arrogance, beautiful, witty - Sulteric & Co. have really captured her essence. The OBSE integration in recent versions made her even better. Ruined-Tail is another excellent choice, in my opinion. Both CSR and CM Partners have strengths and weaknesses. I see the first as more appropriate when you're dealing with stable allies and retainers in-game, such as Oreyn or Eyja - so that they fit better with you and the world, and vice versa: I always make it a point to give poor Modreyn better gear while we're investigating Azani or the Blackwood bunch. CM gives you finer tuning in a few areas, and it's slightly more capable in terms of social options. Moreover, there are several high-quality companions for this platform, though they obviously lack quest components. In both cases, if you're looking into scenic play/staging scenes, a pose mod or two will probably come in handy for additional immersion.

There isn't always a solid answer for crashes. First off, make sure the game is patched up: Oblivion is huge, and may require a little fine-tuning. Disable the various autosave features, lest you end up with corrupt saves. Even like that, crashes will still happen every now and then, especially later on in the game: there's a lot of stuff to handle. Anyway, there's a tried-and-tested way to avoid crashes when you're exiting the game on your own: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21416 I've been using this on my system (Vista Home Premium SP1, by the by) for quite a while now, and it works like a charm.

If that's on Seven, chances are the UAC is still a little messed up. On Vista/Vista SP1 you might consider TweakUAC to keep its behavior consistent - I stick to Quiet Mode whenever I'm dabbling into the CS, myself. And Run as Administrator is a definite plus. Still, be warned that random crashes are still bound to happen no matter what. For me, they've been rare, but still... Keep backups of your ESPs and save often.

Well, perhaps not the toughest or the longest per se, but the quest for Brusef Amelion's armor (Fighters' Guild path) becomes a lot more interesting if you throw the Daemon Queen armor mod in the mix. Besides the armor, you get: - the titular character, who will be armed with at least dwarven weaponry at lowest levels - a lich specializing in higher-level skeletal warrior summons, and a rather annoying tendency towards casting self-healing spells - a female Daedra carrying a really large warhammer, and more than happy to show her skills with the thing - a rather stubborn Faded Wraith. It takes a little while to whittle the thing down. Oh, and they all attack you at once (except for the wraith, usually, but that can be easily remedied - just open a certain niche a little too soon...). Also, the opponents in the final chamber seem to get a little tougher. Upon closing in they naturally tend to swarm around, so you can hack away at 'em with gusto, but you'll have to keep track of those in the back - they'll either keep summoning reinforcements or snipe at you with lots, and lots, and lots of arrows. Nothing to worry if you're above average level, but keep that in mind if you're trying this out early on. It might take a while.

Heh!... Excellent work, Ran. This is something the pesky little fella won't forget, I'm sure. And as soon as he respawns we can put him through the Adoring Fan Tower. Repeat the cycle a few thousand times... :thumbsup:

Sharkolo, a few words in Italian... --- La scelta dipende essenzialmente dal tuo stile di gioco e da come vuoi affrontare le sfide che ti porrà dinanzi Oblivion. Inoltre, tieni conto che (almeno con il sistema standard) le abilità salgono di valore a seconda di quanto le si usa. Personalmente, se è il tuo primo personaggio ti consiglierei di valutare bene come vuoi iniziare a muoverti e di lasciarti un po' di spazio per "crescere" e approcci differenti. Sarà particolarmente importante se intendi portare avanti altre quest oltre a quella principale, come la carriera in una o più gilde e l'esplorazione intensiva del territorio di Tamriel. Questo vale anche se stai creando la tua classe personalizzata; sui classici, i miei preferiti in ordine sparso: spada incantata, esploratore, stregone, lama notturna, cavaliere. C'è comunque una pletora di oggetti ed effetti che potrai usare per personalizzare ulteriormente il tuo personaggio (diversi li otterrai come ricompense). Valuta bene anche il tuo segno. Per un principiante, può essere utile sceglierne uno che attribuisca bonus e stabilità ragionevoli (es. La Signora), senza sbilanciare l'esperienza di gioco. --- Hope this will help.

What about BOSS? http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20516 I'm more of an OBMM/OBSE person myself, but this is indeed a very solid helper application.

This is by all means only a partial listing, but let's see: Used him as a substitute for a garden gnome; setscale and derived spell effects are your friends. Launched him off various scenic cliffs, hilltops and mountainsides. Great way to test just how much punch your favorite fireball spell packs. Took a nice seat while the guards were having a chitchat with him. Ouch, that broadsword must've hurt. Had a refreshing little dip at the lake; just forgot to tell him about the resident mother slaughterfish. Played as monster bait in Scary Castle (also known as "The Adoring Fan Meets Ju-On"). Thrust him in a maid outfit and locked him in a scaryscary-- er, set up with a cute pose out of the zillions cute alternatives featured in Pose Thumbnail. And then he was left in care of Rosethorn Hall, while Eyja joined the rest of the party for some serious treasure-hunting. Evil beware the lady with a frying pan!

If I may add my two cents on the issues: the idiots and their commentary come and go, the real talent stays and shines. Also, T3H 1N73RW3BZ tends to bring together people with similar interests - or similar outlooks. This probably explains a lot about the dog-pack (or landslide, if you like) effect you sometimes experience with "i ra73z ur m0d at 1" or "this mesh is t3h sux0rz" threads - barely coherent english, oftentimes sprinkled in netspeak, cut-to-the-chase-speak-like-a-macho-bulldrek-man one-liners, and total disregard of constructive criticism. Cliques are easy. Blending in is easy. Being in tight with the normals is always easier -- it explains why my homeland is blissfully devolving into a very normal, very phobic and very dangerous autocracy: sincerely, I had hoped World War II cured us italians of that problem. But, since we're none the wiser... and this gets us back to topic: don't let the stupid win. That's all I can say. To all the skilled modders, coming and going, my best thanks.

I think so as well. OSR Pose also includes a few cool sword moves along with the social/artsy ones. Lera and Pizz made a thumbnailed index detailing the various options: http://obcos.blog109.fc2.com/blog-category-11.html

You're welcome. And that is one nifty piece of armor indeed! Must get it too, it would suit at least one of my female characters pretty well (and I don't have to wait for sales either!).