Oblivion, but I'm an NPC
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- I wouldn't say The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is my favorite Scrolls game, but I always have fun when I play it.
What mods am I using? Nothing gamechanging. DarnifiedUI is a major one, Toggleable Quantity Prompt for easy buying and selling, and the various unofficial patches to fix bugs and such.
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The reason _why_ Tiber Septims and his decedents can wear the amulet of kings isn't because he ascended to godhood and became Talos. It's because they are (probably symbolic) decedents of Alessia, who entered into a Covenant with Akatosh where, in return for her and her decendents wearing the amulet of kings, he would keep the dragonfires lit and thus oblivions influence from Mundus (which contains Nirn, the mortal plane.) Her, Reman Cyrodill, and Tiber Septim were all approved by Akatosh to sit on the Ruby Throne, and thus their decedents could wear the Amulet of Kings. Basically, Septims can wear the amulet b/c of the Covenant with Akatosh where he would keep the dragonfires lit and thus Oblivion and Mundus seperate as long as Alessia and her decedents wore the Amulet of Kings. IDK if Tiber Septim being Dragonborn, where he had the Aedric Soul of a Dragon, had any influence over it all but he sits on the Ruby Throne and Akatosh likes him, so his kids can wear the amulet.
Sorry for the lore dump, trying to not *UM ACKSHUALLY* you, I just genuinely think tES lore is fascinating and I like to go thru the UESP wiki and like. learn about all this. It's so cool. tES has some really neat lore. Sorry if there's anything I got wrong.
TES lore is such a tangled web, I'm more than happy to be UM ACKSHUALLY'd.
To extend this, I've thought a lot about the deal Akatosh made for the past few years. Really a very good deal for him and maybe not so good for mortals.
"I'll protect you so long as you uphold an empire that worships me as it's primary diety", essentially??
And this at the tail-end of a humanity which saw Shezzar / Shor (you-know-who literally fought Akatosh at the head of the first ever war) as the God of Man in a lot of ways.
FYI the biggest reason why AKA and Lorkhan aren't buds (according to Kirkbride at least) is that Lorkhan's whole deal is for someone to achieve Amaranth, start a new dream. Which would mean no more Akatosh.
So Akatosh uses Pelinal, certainly a Shezzarine, to shift humanity's scales in his favor, simultaneously making the Shezzarines a force for himself. He has Alessia create a new religion with him at the head, designed to make elvish gods more palpable for a group that was just enslaved by elves for hundreds of years.
Then later on in a weird twist, Talos shows up, probably Mantling Lorkhan, restoring the Dragon's other half (they're two sides of the same coin ultimately, Time and Space). What that means in the grand scheme of things might never be even hinted at, since all the interesting writers at Bethesda are gone. Maybe it's all part f Lorkhan's plan in the end.
I think you mean descendants. Decedents means people who passed away (died).
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All the emperors were dragonborn. The covenant with Akatosh is what being dragonborn means
Conjurer Adepts that you encounter in the world can sometimes spawn with staffs in their inventories, and will use them. So staffs would 100% be usable in this run.
Honestly, you say you made her as ghastly looking as possible. Before you said that, I was like "Wow , she's not bad for an Oblivion character. He worked on her a lot."
One of the most attractive citizens of 3rd Era Cyrodiil
Yeah, Oblivion NPCs do look like final stage alcoholics
I seriously wonder whether they got this reception when the game came out.
@@Bloodlyshiva I'm pretty sure they did. Those models looked like shit even for the time.
Oblivion models genuinely scare me, and she's not any less scary, but she's definetly less ugly.
Sean Bean Dies at the End.
It’s basically his special move.
Sean used Suicide
*it's very expected*
That’s not even a spoiler that’s just facts for whatever media hes in 😭
Sean Bean dies in 3 years from now for real.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2:45 This is the Conjurer from the Spell Tomes DLC. He's always coming for you at the start of the game, no matter where you are..
So the ancestor to Malcom Holmes
Sounds like a good video idea
It'd be terrifying if he was an actual threat.
This is correct. Though getting some way of learning spells outside of the MG was great, it's infuriating Bethesda game design repeats the DB attacks from the Morrowind expansions.
I see the conjurer and all I can think is "hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello" while the cliffracer song plays and Jauffrey and Sean Bean keep hitting each other.
In Morrowind I did a small mod that unlocks the NPC-only classes for the player and added little class descriptions to them too. I just thought it would mesh well with alternative start mod, since you could then make a character who has never even heard of the Nerevarine prophesies and can live his normal life as a pauper or a rare books collecting merchant, an Ashlander tribal or an escaped slave.
I can't believe you got the legendary "Mage's Chilly Robes brrr so cold". Truly one of the NPCs of all time.
As well as the elusive "Fix Follower Double-Face Bug" spell. Prepare your Janus!
"You wont beat the game with alchemy"
Have I got news for you
It's funny to me because I just found this and to my right is a suggest for busting morrowind with alchemy. Also, I'm certain there was a brit that did something with alchemy at some point..
Oblivions lock pick game is actually very easy once you know the trick. When the tumblers will stay in place, the attempt you make that WILL stick when you press the button if it makes a very distinct double click sound. All the bad attempts give a single click sound. Your character skill will only really scale the chance to get the double click sound per attempt and the speed the tumblers fall/how man fall/how fast you can force the lock
I actually close my eyes and just go off sound ques. The visuals are a bit deceptive
I could listen to this guy read me every last word of elder scrolls lore on repeat until i know it in and out
7:45 I support the theory about us being water elementals, hell, we are in fact 60% water and secrete various fluids like nobodies business.
“When you think about it, humans are water elementals” stealing that for my D&D campaign 😂
14:37 The quicksave moment is the deciding factor in determining if the intrusive thoughts won. And I gave in to it so many times. The second the second the sword was drawn I knew it was coming and I was dying from laughter. Love your content.
A conjurer using alchemy is definitely not a deal breaker, because something like half of the alchemy apparatus I've ever picked up were stolen from conjurer and necromancer lairs, and there's something like a 1/3 chance each conjurer spawns with a random potion (although those are obviously store bought potions, considering the restorative effects are instant)
I think the random conjurer attack in the beginning of the game comes from the spell tomes dlc which is included in many copies
Correct. Once you leave the prison sewers he spawns randomly in the world just to track you down and is trying to kill you.
@@weaeqI think it's one of the forts, but i can't remember which one.
I recently had him show up right after beating Umaril. The whole Knight's of the Nine order ganged up on him and killed him in seconds.
The zoom in at 14:45 was great. Very fun video. Nice work!
Edit: Your knowledge of this series is impressive and adds to the viewing experience.
God damn that slow close up to the goofy merchant in the background legit cracked me up
In this run, alchemy is your "Hobby Skill!" It doesn't help you in combat, and it's not in your background, but your character has a vested interest in it, and is using it for fun and profit! I'd say that's within the rules, so long as you only have one such "Hobby Skill."
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I mean, as of the events in Oblivion, the Tribunal has basically lost their powers. Even if they hadn't, Sotha Sil and Almalexia are both dead, and Vivec has disappeared. So, there's nobody around who could possibly enforce the Coldharbour Compact.
That's a good point. I guess I assumed it was more metaphysical than just a multi-dimensional treaty. You'd think the Planemeld would be a violation, but the Tribunal didn't seem to care very much.
Y'know, that might be why he has to rely on mortals opening gates. Not only do the dragonfires keep him out, which are weakening through the course of the game, but his punishment following his attack on Mournhold might have sealed him away more strongly than other gods.
Or maybe the compact only applies to Princes forcing their way into Nirn, not mortals opening up passage ways into Oblivion.
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I figured that the Tribunal had to enforce it, since Sotha Sil and Almalexia actually stepped in to stop Mehrunes Dagon when he violated the Compact. But that does raise the question of why the hell they just let Molag Bal run amok during the Planemeld.
I dunno. I honestly don't think there _is_ a solid answer.
@@NarlepoaxIIIvivec still had feelings for him, I guess
As someone who loves watching TES videos as much as RS vids, I was straight up bamboozled hearing your voice when the video started lmao
Oblivion's lockpicking is also my favorite of the bethesda games, skill based and not skill gated with minimum levels required to even attempt to open locks. And the minigame itself is more fun than the stupid 'turn pin/key sideways, then turn screwdriver/other pin and hope your main pin doesn't instantly shatter'. The circle lockpicking minigame is just tedious to do
To this day i do not know how to do the lockpicking in oblivion
But nothing feels better than completing the hardest locks
This and ESO's lockpick mini game are much better than Skyrim's/FO 3+ mini games.
are you implying the oblivion lockpicking isnt tedious? also not being skill gated is a bad thing. it makes the skill completely unnecessary, and just means every character will be forced into a stupid minigame hundreds of times throughout their lives
@@ImperialCaleb it is far less tedious to me than the FO3/Skyrim lockpicking minigame, and all 3 games force you to do the minigame(s) many, many times over your run if you want to get most of the loot locked in chests and other locked things.
I also much prefer at least having the *option* to attempt locks that are 'too hard' for my character's current lockpick/hacking skill, rather than the game just going 'no, you don't even get the chance to even attempt this lock' if you don't meet the skill floor-most of the time unless you're able to use skill magazines/temporary boosts to clear the skill floor on the spot to be able to attempt the lock, you're very unlikely to ever come back and try the lock when your character's lockpicking/hacking skill is high enough. And there not being a skill floor to attempt locks doesn't mean the skill is useless-each increase does make it so there is more leeway in the timing to pick the locks/the unlock sweet spot, and the auto attempt chance gets higher with the skill for the games that have the auto attempt option
@@ImperialCalebThe Skyrim lockpicking minigame is far worse. You can pick any lock with minimum skill, except now it's less player skill based and involves more guesswork.
I've picked Master locks in both Skyrim and Oblivion with minimum skill and no perks. Oblivion's system is far less tedious and far more engaging.
13:25 He'll follow me. You follow him. I follow you.I've been trained for this following thing my whole life.
vex has the best arc and is my favorite anime character, from being a crocodile man in oblivion to being sassy thief brat in skyrim
Oh shit. I totally forgot about her.
I was thinking Vector from Sonic who I now realize isn't called Vex. Coulda sworn he was called Vex in some games. I'm getting Mandela Effect'd by a goddamn Sonic character.
Dude me too!! That is so weird!@@JustBackgroundNoise
You're literally like the first video that's acknowledged you can check the Tomb without waiting the forever and a half days for Tar Meena to tell you the solution. It's so odd how many creators I've seen go over how frustrating it is waiting for her when it's like, skippable man.
In their defense, I didn't return to her because I didn't realize the game wanted you to.
It's only really necessary on the first playthrough
Tbh I figured it out myself after reading the books and noticing the pattern of if you took the first letter of every paragraph it spelled out the location and time, then it was just a matter of figuring out which tomb to watch (wasn't too hard it's the only one with a map of Cyrodiil on it) and waiting for it to light up at midday
Completely skipped over Tar-Meena's 2 day wait without meaning to lol
"When you think about it, humans are water elementals."
Gosh, that was actually profound.
First time I did this, when infiltrating the mythic dawn cult in the caverns, i decided to sleep and I was visited by lucien lachance, he then proceeded to murder everyone.
2:54 "why wont you eugh"
This video is like so informative (which is all explained briefly but with enough detail to tell me all I need to know) as well as funny and just super chill idk I just love this video man
Love your commentary and editing. Your humor is very much to my liking.
[ @19:30 ] the earliest one is actually sheogorath. You can activate his shrine at LvL 1.
His shrine is also easier to get to than azuras
I believe the reason why conjurers have heavy armour as a skill is because they can summon bound armour, which is daedric, which is heavy.
18:45 I freaking love your humour man and the way you deliver the jokes with self awareness
loving the new content mr noises! looking forward to the next one!
You're so funny. I love these videos.
Some npcs have birthsigns! Wiki says Mancar Camoran and necromancers have birthsigns!
Attacking conjurer is from spelltomes dlc. Why he runs to you and attacks, nobody knows :p
Oh, didnt use one of the best summons, clanfear? They are really strong, 50 con I think.
I also like to jump when someone speaks, it looks so goofy!
Conjurer's do too, apparently. It's a special birthsign unique to the class itself, but in the case of Conjurers, it seems to be the same as the Mage sign.
To be fair, if I want to be a real NPC, I'd have to walk into walls a good 50% of the time, but that probably wouldn't have made for a good video.
If you ever try this again, we need to see the all consuming power of the mighty OSTLER
Most underrated Channel so far! Loving it so far, watched that alchemy mw video before 😂
Just found your channel through the Morrowind without the main quest, time to binge all of your videos.
I like to have your content on in the background while i grind in MMOs.
You're doing a good job at being @JustBackgroundNoise
That is probably the most attractive character I have seen in Oblivion, so...
I have played this game for at least 1000 hours but I still watched this whole video
A good trick when "joining" the mythic dawn is to drop all your stuff to the ground, talk to the door guard to join, then pick your stuff back up. He only takes what you have on you.
Your Videos are fantastic!! Only problem I have with em is there aren't enough of em! Keep up the good work boss!
I remember seeing a theory that Marune Dagon wouldn't care if he won the events of the oblivion crisis. He is a God of many things, but change is one of his domains. By forcing change, he gets what he wants. From my memory, nothing really stops him from causing another oblivion crisis
I don't know how I stumbled onto this channel but I'm glad I did
It's the city of Chorrol in that context. The county Chorrol is the city, the surrounding villages, and the land in that corner of the map.
This was hilarious. Thank you for doing this.
this is how i love making my video games, so that every entity is equal to one and other
Amazing video - love the humor.
I'm guessing the Conjuration pool has heavy armor as bound armor is technically heavy, although giving light armor experience it is daedric and I believe some of it counts as heavy? Probably just to simplify things down the line even if it ended up being more convoluted.
In vanilla Oblivion the bound cuirass and greaves are flagged as heavy armor while the helmet, gauntlets and boots are flagged as light armor. The unofficial oblivion patch, which a lot of people will use for bug fixes, makes the entirety of bound armor into light armor.
"voiced my jean luke picard of the uss enterprise"
I would love to see more oblivion content 😊
Enemy Conjurer: "Why won't you... Ugh..."
He was demonstrating what he wanted us to do.
@@JustBackgroundNoise Only for them to do that.
I liked this video. The combination of your knowledge of the game's jank mechanics and the comedy was a lot of fun!
Zoom at 14:42 was great hahaha
Never let them force you to wear pants
LOL that scene with Baurus gliding in the sewers...the very same thing happened the last time I played Oblivion!
He's only gone and done it.
the easiest way for cash is to just sell all the alchemy equipment from the mages guild halls. should get you 5k or so. if you like cheese you can also lure umbra to the temple district and have her scrap a dozen guards which should get you another 3k or so. but you may need to reload since the guards attack sometimes attack you.
the standard summons most people take are scamp at apprentice, headless zombie at journeyman, daedroth/frost atronach/clannfear at expert and lich/gloom wraith at master.
also, the easiest daedric quest is sheo's since it only requires level 2 as well and no combat. it's useless too.
also, if you ever plan on playing through the oblivion campaign again, you can just ignore everything outside during the light the dragonfires quest. just run to the temple of the one and wait inside for martin.
Technically there are three NPC’s with a birth sign, Teinaava and Ocheeva of the Dark brotherhood are born under the sign of the Shadow.
The third is also a shadow born argonian, Scar-tail.
Please do more of this
You're far from the only one the jumps then talks xD
This video made me realize Daedroths and Deathclaws have the same animation skeleton, lmao
'when ya think about it humans are water elementals'
When i tell you i nearly choked on what i was eating from chuckling
I wonder how many people learned that that is the origin of The word county...
I also jump before talking to people in Oblivion lol, the jumping in general is so fun in this game.
Using the staff doesn't make you not a conjurer. If you put one in the NPC inventory they'd use it.
Conjuration is how you beat Oblivion on the hardest difficulty.
Difficulty changes how much damage you deal and how much damage you take. If NPCs fight each other, they still deal the same damage across all difficulties. So the creatures you summon are equally as effective on easy as they would be one hard.
"Get him, Vex!"
Nah I don't feel like it
The non lethal cure for vampirism is just a pain in the ass to get for just one.
13k subscribers congrats man!
19:16 I always do that in Bethesda games, when the world freezes around you when speaking to a NPC I love to jump and talk to them from the air above.
The staff is like a Wizard Gun it has _ammo_ thsts rechargeable . It's part of the kit if you find it .
Whaff if staff just increased casting all together?
Just like how not wearing gloves is makes spells more effective
Damn, you did one of the most succinct explanations of Obliv's janky levelling system I've ever heard, well done.
These challenge run videos are great. Looking forward to seeing this channel grow.
The county would be the region of the map associated with each count, but their cities would just be cities. The capital cities of each county, technically.
As much as I enjoy your Morrowind runs, I grew up playing Oblivion (literally, I played this game from childhood well into my teens, always sucking at it bad enough that I never beat it) and would love to see more Oblivion challenge/silly runs like you do with Morrowind.
"Even though it totally is" shh! Free food I don't do jail time for!
the conjurer attacks you at the beginning because of the spell tomes dlc, he always drops one.
I wonder if everyone who lives to old age in Tamriel ends up with 100 alchemy just from eating every day.
Hey man I discovered your channel a few days ago and I love watching your videos while playing Skyrim. I was wondering if you play Skyrim as well or only make Morrowind videos?
Given these tend to be low level runs, I don't know how relevant this is, but if you kill Raven Camoran (the Mythic Dawn you meet in the sewers) at a high enough level (25, I think?) his ring becomes the absurdly powerful Mundane Ring, with 50% Magic Resist. Very rare find normally.
Also funny thing about that mission, no matter where you are when Baurus comes looking for you to start that part of the mission, he WILL find you eventually, and then walk all the way back to the Imperial City at normal walking speed. I found that out the hard way. XD
Respect for using a Daedroth, I'd consider it to be pound-for-pound the best summon in the game. It's cheaper than a lot of the other great summons and highly aggressive, with a high flinch rate. :)
Humans really are water elementals!
That conjuror is part of the spell tomes DLC I believe. The moment you get out of the tutorial he makes a B line for you.
''Just Background Noise'' is the perfect name for a channel like this, cause I'm watching this while grinding on my PS5!
5:48 Out of all voice actors, they chose Sean Bean for Martin.
"Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself."
-The Senate
I've seen Oblivion's ending multiple times yet I did not know that other NPCs can enter the room for the final fight cutscene. Huh.
I was rewatchign this video the other day and I can't believe you went and fisted mannimarco like promised at the end of this one lol. your videos are not only very entertaining but you live up to your namesake and they're great to play and replay in the background while working.
I used to put my least used skills as the major picks to slow levelling, however towards the end game over level 30 you'll start to notice you're weaker than a lot of enemies but that just adds another challenge to the playthrough.
From runescape to poonscape these vids are poppin off good shit
An interesting followup could be doing it as specific NPC, including copying their names, stats and playing the game how that NPC would do.
Yes, play as Glarthir the paranoid wood elf. "Just as I suspected!"
1:02 my friend spotting me from across the room
Also when you grab a sigil stone you can jump off the top and it will let you out faster, gotta time it right
You can get some funny enchanting setups using sigil stones. Like 100 percent chamelion on armor and clothes. Shield too, never need armor again. Start atronach, and you'll find yourself in a very tanky spot.
This is a amazing video.
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The spell tomes DLC spawns a conjurer with a spell tome at game start to hunt you down. This is consistent - waiting means he has time to catch up to you.
Oh, that's what the sigil stones are for
havok physics makes every death funnier.
never knew npcs had their own classes!
Good job Tony, in save Tamriel
Skyrim's lockpicking is pretty much skill based, its only when you're doing master locks with a low level that your lockpick breaks literally instantly making it impossible to do the whole skillful part of it