Can a First Time Stealth Archer Beat Oblivion's Mages Guild Questline?
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024
- In today's video, I wanted to play through the mages guild quest line in the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and run it as a stealth archer. I've never really played through this game before utilizing archery or sneak as skill sets. So today, I thought I'd create my own custom class as a Nightingale, using the Thief Birth sign and the Wood Elf race, in order to try it out! Join me on my journey to becoming Arch Mage of Cyrodiil's guild, as I battle Mannimarco and his cult of Necromancer's. Starting out from the Guild Recommendations, working with Raminus Polus, and eventually moving on with Hannibal Traven! Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!
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Stealth archer is the elder scrolls equivalent of all those animals that start off as one thing, but end up like a crab.
Crab is most definitely final form 😤
We're all crustaceans in the end
By azura by azura it's another Bard's video!
Azura guided my hand for this one my friend! I hope you enjoy it!
I remember how excited I was right before Oblivions release. I remember theory-crafting my first character, an Imperial cavalryman; a scout with Spear, Short Blade, etc.
Then I got the game home.
“Spear” was my first tip off that you were going to be slightly disappointed 😂
@ABardsBallad man I came to love Oblivion, but it definitely took some time xD
i greatly appreciate the lack of random yelling in your videos
😂 yeah it isn’t really my style so I’m glad you enjoy it!
@@ABardsBallad I second this! I love watching your videos as I wind down for the day. Peaceful, relaxing, nostalgic, and fun! Keep up the great work!
YAAAYY so excited!! i play a wood elf stealth archer named trash in skyrim so this is awesome
Trash and Bringle would get along well!! I hope you enjoy this one!
My favorite way to play crossed with conjugation. The combo works so well. Alchemy does wonders as well. For all the usual reasons. Poisons come in handy for a stealth archer.
Conjugation or conjuration???
Can a First Time Stealth Archer beat Oblivion's Mages Guild Questline - Into my head?
I think yes.
Thank you for your hard work brother.
My friend you are way too generous!! I really appreciate it and thank you for the constant support!!
@@ABardsBallad Happy Holiday's brother, you are appreciated. 🤝
best vids to fall asleep to
I tried to stretch this one out as much as possible specific for the sleep folks! Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you, 🙏
I absolutely adore these challenge runs!!!
I’m really glad to hear it! I have lots of fun doing them!! :)
So happy to see another vid ❤
I hope you enjoy this one!!
Yo my suggestion! (I suggested a archer/thief for the mages guild) great vid, cant wait to fall asleep to this tonight!😊
Ayyy let’s goo! I remember you commenting it! I apologize, I lost all my screenshots of comment but I really appreciate you suggesting this one!
By Azura By Azura By Azura! It's a Bard video!
She guided my hand in this one 🫡 hope you enjoy it!
This is basically how i beat this quest line my 1st time. My Bosmer Theif was kept coming back because they paid in gold. He wasn't really invested in "necromancy bad," or other guild politics. Just enjoyed enchanting gear, and having access to more merchandise.
Spoilers:
Next thing he knows, the Archmage kills himself without barely any explanation or debate, and my character believes they'll be blamed for it. After all, last time anyone saw the archmage alive was before i went to see him, alone....
I like it! Definitely a fun and immersive way to play through things!
Absolutely love your videos ☺️ oblivion is my all time favourite game 😁
I really appreciate the support! Glad to hear your liking the vids and I hope you enjoyed this one!
The whole Delmar situation is one of the most Oblivion-coded things I've seen in a WHILE 😂
It was horrendous to have to go through that whole conversation with him 😂
Swish, money, clean fire content 💎
Haha P$$$! I appreciate it my friend!!
The first time I played Oblivion, I really wanted to play as a Paladin/Magic Knight of sorts, so I made a Dark Elf and gave her skills like Blade, Destruction, Heavy Armor, Restoration, and so on. I realized during the tutorial how weak Flare was, and how in-combat healing was nearly impossible. I soldiered on as a "warrior who heals herself after combat" but still only made it to Vilverin before realizing just how tanky and deadly bandits and undead are, compared to rats and goblins, especially when they have bows or spells, and you're dragging your heavily-armored self across an entire dungeon trying to get strikes in against enemies who keep kiting you.
So I didn't even bother making it out of Vilverin, I just made a new save and started as a Bosmer archer instead. I remember going for Marksman+Sneak with Restoration for heals, and didn't bother with Destruction again, or armor for that matter. I just went for Alteration and figured I could give myself a Shield spell if I was getting hit enough to warrant it. I probably kept Blade just in-case I ran out of arrows, but ended up never using it Sneak Attack + kiting enemies was just so effective.
My first Stealth Archer will always be one of my fondest memories, as I actually felt badass and did pretty much half the game before understanding what "efficient leveling" was lol
Bosmer is the first race I ever played in the elder scrolls. Its one of my favorite races because of that
Best first race to play as it seems 👀😂
@@ABardsBalladI don’t remember which mine was, but knowing all I know now, I think it’s definitely the worst haha. And no matter the race, archery is the worst offensive tool too 😮💨 gotta enjoy the challenge tho!
Loving these challenge videos!!!
Can you beat the Mages Guild as a Necromancer?
Necromancer would definitely be a fun one to do! Plus the reaction of all the guildmates would be perfect!! 😂
No you cant If you wear a necromancer Robe the mage guild will refuse too Talk to the player
My dude you're in for a treat once you try Tamriel Rebuilt out, let alone when their team releases Narsis
When's that?
I’ve been loosely keeping an eye on it! Very excited!!
@@willsmooth8826 no clear ETA but the current content is YUGE already
Stealth archer is usually my go-to! If I had to do a challenging one it would be a barbarian focused on blunt. Nice to see how this is challenging for others 😁
Yeah stealth archer is definitely lots of fun! I hear you, I think Blunt is a weapon type I haven’t really messed around with too much!
Finally a video into my recomended early!
I love to hear it! I hope you enjoy this one!!
I've saved Fithragaer before by paralyzing him a bunch and aggroing him on me until he got past the trap and then he just stood there at the other side doing nothing. I finished the quest normally even without the popup of his death, though I didn't check on him afterwards.
Bringle mentioned! :D
I remember I was six when I first played this game. I was a wood elf named Templeton after the rat from Charlotte’s Web
I got killed in the first Oblivion gate and forgot to save before that lmao
Literally just did this in the past month. It’s like Deja vu lol
A cursed mods playthrough is always a good time if you are looking for concepts
this is awesome
Im glad you enjoyed it! :)
Another one before Christmas!what a festive season
Plenty more to come before the 25th! 👀
@@ABardsBallad Merry Christmas 😃
Invisibility can level your stealth and it is 100% effective. That's true for all 3 elder scrolls games as well
30:57 Hold up. What was the ogre in the dungeon doing with the jumbo potatoes? Those are for The Potato Snatcher quest. The plot thickens!
What a great idea!!!
30:54 wait a minute, what the heck?! That was the Ogre from the Potato quest!!! You know, the one who stole the potatoes from the Khajiit lady? The lady who makes the famous potato bread?
To be fair, I checked the map and the two quests are very close to each other, but still, this is just incredibly funny to me lmao
That makes total sense 😂 it was way too obscure of a spot for an ogre to appear lol
My best sneaking grind i go under the bridge in cheydinhal and auto walk cause its right in range of a guard outside of a house lol
Pacifist dark brotherhood
Bard with another class video
I feel terrible for asking you to beat the Dark brotherhood without killing anyone. It was supposed to be a meme but now that I see you doing other recommended challenge video ideas I feel bad asking you to do a hellish almost impossible challenge
Feel like despite every other play style every Elder Scrolls Player does a stealth archer playthrough at 1 point or another
Haha for real! It’s a very tried and true method it seems!
All the min maxers are seething right now 😂
Ahhh, my khajiit feels a kindred spirit here -- the only magic I was actually good with was Alteration just so I could have access to the Feather spells.
Relating to this Hallingbury can you complete the main quest line using only the staff of worms ( kill to get first thrall is allowed)
That would be a really interesting one!!
Male bosmer is the most mechanically gimped race + sex in the game, as Bosmer men are the shortest out of all other races (including Bosmer women!) and character height factors pretty heavily into character movement. For example, a Bosmer with the Steed sign, speed specialization, and athletics as a major skill will still move slower than an Altmer (the tallest race) at 30 speed and athletics as a minor skill when both are at zero equip load. This is also lesser known but unless you’re using marksman Agility might be the #1 dump stat, tied with personality in its uselessness. Even lesser known IMO is that strength is not really all that important when it comes to the formula that calculates you weapon damage. Your weapon SKILL is always always always weighted much more heavily, to the point that unless you’ve maxed a skill, you will get MORE DAMAGE putting 1 point into Luck than you would putting 5 points into strength because Luck invisibly raises your skills
A lot of interesting information I didn’t know here! I appreciate the insight!
This all sounds really familiar….
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I’ve been watching your videos!
Really the only two play styles are stealth Archer and mage. You can make a tank build but you can't really do it without a shield because a stealth archer or a mage can easily hit the armor cap. After that there's no point in more armor beyond a shield.
A couple years ago actually was my first time playing as a full on mage! Fun times!
My guess about sam is your infamy wasn't high enough for him to trust you . He can smell a narc a mile away 😅😂
I welcome any and all Kalthar slander!
Can you beat shivering isles with only quest rewards?
Ouuu that’d be an interesting one! I like that!
No one believes me that I've never played as a stealth archer xD
😂 I’d believe you! I can’t be the only one who hasn’t played as them before!
IKR, it's either brute force or magic for me. That's why i swapped to playing as a spellsword @@ABardsBallad
Oh weird 45:38 I had the same thing happen on my most recently play through. And it was around that area too. I wondering if it’s a scripted thing.
After completing Skyrim and doing all achievemnts on steam recently I'm finally back into Oblivion it has been 18years! thanks to u mate. These videos are a retroperspective treasure. Started the game at the age of 13, did a 1000Gs on two Xbox360 accounts, enjoyed every minute of it but totally regret never playing Shivering Isles, paid 3,79€ on steam and ready to go. In fact when Skyrim first released in 2011 I actually stopped playing videogames till 2020. I came back for Skyrim and settled with Oblivion.
Oh Oblivion, you have the most bizarre leveling and scaling system of any game I have ever played. You are almost punished for improving your character, which is a bit counter intuitive. I still love it though in spite of all the jank.
Yes, very easily.
Never was a fan of stealth builds tbh unless it was with magic
I hear ya! It’s not always super fun to sneak around for me personally!
stealth archery in oblivion is a pain to play leveling archery is slow, arrows have weight unlike in skyrim and the experiens gain from sneak attacks is too low. dont get me wrong when maxed out the stealth archery is strong but good look getting it maxed out before you beat the game.
Totally agree! I wasn’t really noticing much in the way of skill increases and level ups!
35:50 stealth, misdirection, same difference. /s
hype
Hope you enjoy it! :)
30:54 what's the jumbo potato ogre doing in there lol
Dude I just posted this exact thing and then I saw your comment. I picked up on that too!!
early
Hope you enjoy it! :)
Glarthir was innocent.
All he did was approach me Dion I swear that’s it 👀
Indeed. A true follower of the mad god though. Shame we couldn’t get him to move to the shivering isles & meet the Lord Sheogorath .
Another banger video! Btw your wood elf looks nearly identical to Mitten Squad's wood elf when he did Can You Beat Oblivion Without Taking Any Damage?
Also one thing you forgot is that this build allows you to collect and sell a lot of items for gold! 🪙
I’ll have to take a look out for his Bosmer!! And that’s very true!! Lots of good loot to take and sell!
@@ABardsBallad According to a lot of players the sneaky archer build is one of those builds that make you play the game very differently 😃