Playing Oblivion.... as a pacifist

Hahahaha! That's cool.

And it's a testament to the game design that someone can do this.

This reminds me of the pacifist gnome on WoW...

I have the desire to write a fantasy story concerning a pacifist now...

In Nethack, a game that requires you to eat to live, you can earn a certain distinction if you can play the game as a vegetarian (never eat a slain animal), or fast through the entire game (use a ring of slow digestion and pray when hungry).


And I know you can get to 20th level soloing in Lord of the Rings online without ever killing something. If you were in a group and played as a minstrel, where your role was to heal, you could probably play the entire game without ever having to kill someone.

So much for all this "violent video game" malarkey. As an aside, I really enjoy Oblivion and can't wait for TES5.

I love it when people mess with games like this. It's wonderful.

There are two other examples from WoW off the top of my head: one person that leveled to max without ever dying, and another that leveled naked. Not even a weapon.

I really enjoyed Oblivion too. I did have a tendency to use the insta-kill console command whenever a monster scared me, though. Ooo, that reminds me -- I also spawned about 40 of those Adoring Fans. Then I had them follow me into a cave filled with vampires.

...Sometimes I think I enjoyed Oblivion too much.

Satsya said:

...Sometimes I think I enjoyed Oblivion too much.

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Don't worry, most people did.

efkelley said:

It's a testament to game design when bizarre character concepts can be attempted. I still have Oblivion on the hard drive. Tons of fun, even after all this time.

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I recall on the Elder Scrolls wiki there's an entire list of suggestions of bizarre/creative things to do in Oblivion once you've tired (or never even bothered) with the main quest. Some of the examples include taking the Adoring Fan to a tall cliff and gently nudging him off, wandering the forests with a bow & arrow to hunt, collecting and displaying rare items in your house, etc.

Fulk said:

I recall on the Elder Scrolls wiki there's an entire list of suggestions of bizarre/creative things to do in Oblivion once you've tired (or never even bothered) with the main quest. Some of the examples include taking the Adoring Fan to a tall cliff and gently nudging him off, wandering the forests with a bow & arrow to hunt, collecting and displaying rare items in your house, etc.

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Y'know, that's actually how I played Oblivion the first time through. And every subsequent time. I logged a couple hundred hours in the game, and never actually finished the main quest. But I modded the hell out of it, read all the in-game books, did all of the sidequests, tried a ton of different builds and playstyles, explored every bit of the map I could.

I reinstall it about once a year just to mess around and try a new build or mod.

I can't wait to lose myself for another few years in TES5.

I always save the main quest for last.

Well, I reinstalled Oblivion and got OOO 1.3 and Deadly Reflexes.

Cause those mods makes the game actually worth playing.

Well...those mods and "sexlivion."

Zoombie said:

"sexlivion."

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Damn, now I want to go and buy the complete Oblivion for my PC.
Must...resist...temptation...

Thread publicity.

Check posts 86+, 112, 115, 150, 158, 180, 204-206, and 212 when you get the chance. Freaking hilarious.
Sadly Discord seems to be on a hiatus, no updates since mid-July.

My favourite weird TES char concept is still the Druglord in Morrowind.

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I never finished Oblivion's main quest.

SPMiller said:

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I never finished Oblivion's main quest.

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Who bothers?

Oblivion: Deluxe GOTY on D2D: 34.95
The exact same game on Steam: 24.99
Hmmm, which one should I go with I wonder.

Oblivion is one of my favourite games. Long live Bethesda Softworks!

Apologies for the thread necromancy, just wanted to thank the participants for introducing me to AW. I'm Discord over at rpg.net, and this was my playthrough.

Additional apologies for the lack of a good ending. Once I got my Invisibility/Illusion efficient enough, a lot of the challenge disappeared.

ChaosFollowing said:

Apologies for the thread necromancy, just wanted to thank the participants for introducing me to AW. I'm Discord over at rpg.net, and this was my playthrough.

Additional apologies for the lack of a good ending. Once I got my Invisibility/Illusion efficient enough, a lot of the challenge disappeared.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuk-StWq0DQ

Great to meet ya!
Your play-through thread was one of my great comedy joys last summer. Great comedy and humor. I didn't know it could be done so well in such a format.
Just hilarious, and I can go back every once in awhile for a good chuckle.
My favorite parts are the guard company portions, the frost titan, and the infinitely-expanding dog.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuk-StWq0DQ

Great to meet ya!
Your play-through thread was one of my great comedy joys last summer. Great comedy and humor. I didn't know it could be done so well in such a format.
Just hilarious, and I can go back every once in awhile for a good chuckle.
My favorite parts are the guard company portions, the frost titan, and the infinitely-expanding dog.

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Thanks. Its always nice to know I can do comedy on some small scale, as my other "novel" writing is rather dark & gritty.

I might go back and finish the playthrough at some point, as I still have the save, but it'd probably be more productive to actually work on the novel instead. Or start another Play thread...been awhile since I did a Dwarf Fortress one.

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...Sometimes I think I enjoyed Oblivion too much.

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Impossible. I logged over 1100 hours on the game and still want to play it again. I hope ESIV: Skyrim is as good.

Amusingly, Skyrim comes out on my wedding day. It's like Bethseda made me a present, even if I won't actually play it for a little while after.

Off to try this in Fallout 3