It's at the top of the tower, just keep making your way up.....

 

Cheers mogsi done the first gate, gonna **** around a bit now and do some side quests

 

I never worked out what the sigil key is for.


OK, it's a slight spoiler (but not much): the sigil (stone) is at the very top of the tower which has the narrow vertical yellow strip at the top. I say this because most Oblivion planes (there are sixteen different ones) have more than one tower. The sigil stone looks like a fuzzy black ball surrounded by an aura. If you are in the correct tower then you will see a steam of light shining up inside the tower from the yellow pool in the centre of the base. Your route to the top will take you out into areas on the outside of the main shaft, and then back in. You will nearly always have to go inside at least one other tower for access reason. There is at least one exception where there is only one tower, but it takes forever to find the tunnels leading into it. One plane requires you to jump across lava for access. Once inside the main tower, there are only about four basic layouts, and the top section of them all is the same.

Nearly forgot: like the tower on the right:




The colour of the streak looks wrong in that screenie though.


M

 

Did anyone else stumble across the Arena 'exploit' that allows you to win the last fight without getting hit once?

 

Is it an exploit? I won fair and square without getting hit once, bloke was suicidal.

 

Yes. It's not really an exploit though. And since the Grey Prince is leveled like everyone else it's not a real help anyway.


M

 

Now on level 5 after 11 hours just got 122 slaughterfish scales and got a ring that lets you breathe underwater, and now im gonna rob the codger of his life savings

 

Just kill him - that's how I got into the Dark Brotherhood.

 

I'd never played this type of game before, well not since text based MUD's. If you just walk around people talk to you and tell you what to do

 

Can anyone explain why I sometimes walk into a room/pub/church etc etc, people just run over and start battering me !!! Only started happening this weekend...

 

Is it in Hackdirt?

 

Happens to me, they're members of the <can't remember> but anyway, they don't like you. If it's the same sorts they change into normal people once killed.

 

It can be in any village....

Even happened in a side mission yesterday, the one where you have to go and meet the countess in Bruma. I walked in the room and the countess and some other woman just came at me with swords !! I killed the woman and the countess was knocked out, when she came round she talked to me as if nothing had happened, all the while the other body was just on the floor..

 

Is there anyway of getting back into the mages guild got caught theiving and they threw me out

 

you need to go to the university and see romus(i think thats his name) in imperial city. he will want 20 redwort flowers and 20 dragon tounge. you can buy them but they also grow south of imperial city,West Wealand
Dragon tongue plant is located in Southeast of Bravil, West Weald, or South of Bawn. Redwort flowers are located in Nothern Blackwood, hope this all helps. he might want something else if he does it will be vampire dust and daedra hearts. the deadra heart are easy enough just go into a oblivian gate. you will find some in there. not sure about vampire dust but can find out if needed. let me know if you need more help.
bryan

 

Do they suddenly sprout daedric armour? If you have done part of the Main Quest then Mythic Dawn disciple will spring out of the woodwork and have a go at you.


M

 

Those are the ones I meant.

I found a levitating rock this evening. Just sat there up in the air. Doesn't do anything, but I spent a good while whacking it.

 

cheers w12xtc

Found a floating rock, and a flying skeleton also

 

Best I can manage is a flying fish, about fifty yards from the nearest water. And since there aren't usually slaughterfish in open water anyway, I don't know what it was doing there at all.


M

 

Found a weird glitch when i was riding my horse i got wacked by a troll and got scat 30ft in the air horse went through the ground and i landed dead

 

still no time to play it yet ..doh out of the caves found the first quests son RESULT then had to go to work .. she moaned turn it off most of the time ..

game seems awesome

 

I seem to have hit a sweet spot at the moment - I'm just harvesting dungeons for the goodies and picking up the odd side quest - although the hoops you have to jump through for some people.... 4 cups and a goblet for heavy armour training????

 

Everyone keeps mentioning joining guilds, but how do you do this???

 

Ask anyone in a Fighters Guild house and they will tell you (all big towns have one except the Imperial City. Do NOT go to Kvatch if you haven't already!

IIRC Mages Guild can be joined at any of the towns apart from the IC and Kvatch.

Blades is joined as part of the main quest.

The Dark Brotherhood will ask you to join if you murder someone (that's not a spoiler, some NPCs will tell you the same).

Thieves Guild: talk to beggers.

The Arena: go in the main gate, door on the left, talk to Owyn.


Those are the only proper guilds. There are three other minor organisations you can join:

Knights of the Thorn: you get membership via the Main Quest - and only that way AFAIK.

Knights of the White Stallion. Joined in Cheydenhal after a quest with an orc.

Order of the Virtuous Blood. If you are in the IC with a rep over 5 you will be approached.


M

 

Nearly 40 hours in and am level 22 closed 3 gate ,completed the arena,fighters guild and have just started the mages guild. dont think im even halfway through yet

 

I've got a few annoying sods who won't give me what I want because I'm "not famous enough". I'm a level 20-odd Knight who is built like a brick outhouse. What are they after and how would I get this fame? I've closed 2 gates and everyone's doing the "Hero of Kvatch" thing.

The guys I'm referring to are a couple of the counts for buying houses and a couple of the trainers (blade is one I think)

Thanks
Joolz

 

If you want to buy a house you have to use that speechcraft thing or bribe them
Are loads of people in the game that wont tell you certian imformation unless you bribe them

 

Been trying that - My speechcraft is over level 50 (one of my majors as I'm a Knight class) as I've been maxing everyone I meet. I'm wondering if the fame thing is something to do with the arena. Might go take a look now the post above tells me where to go.

As an aside, me raising my speechcraft so high has left me lacking in the "beating things with pointy sticks" department. Now I'm playing catchup and even wild monsters on the trails are giving me a hard time. As mentioned earlier in the thread, don't concentrate on too many of your majors - Go for 2 or 3 only and you'll have a much easier run.

Joolz

 

To find out your fame (if you are on a PC) hit f1, then choose the tab on the right. Scroll down and it will tell you. Note also the "infamy" value below it, because in some cases your fame is the fame value minus the infamy value.

Each victory in the arena nets you one fame point. IIRC each closed gate equals five points, and several steps of the MQ give you more fame. I ended one game (including all the MQ) with 101. Note that AFAIK Thieves and DB quests do NOT five fame - but may well give infamy. Each murder (detected or not) gives 1 infamy as far as I can tell, as does each time you are caught stealing.


You need (I believe) a fame of 25 to buy the house in Skingrad, but you need a disposition of 70 from the lady in Chorrol to buy there. Disposition automatically rises with fame and falls with infamy.


M