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I've been playing Skyrim pretty much non-stop for the past couple of months and have decided to go back to Oblivion and make a new character just to take a little break from slaying dragons and the like.

The problem is that i've created nearly every type of character thinkable in Oblivion and, after taking a look at the roleplaying guide, i was wondering if anyone had any 'alternative' roleplaying ideas for Oblivion that branch away from the standard thief, assassin, warrior, mage etc

Roleplay as a beggar.

Red Guardian wrote:Roleplay as a beggar.

Not sure how much game time I can get with that to be perfectly honest

Priest/priestess, cleric, monk, healer, etc?

Necromancer, warlock, witch, etc?

Alchemist, beggar, bard, pilgrim, etc?

I don't know. XD I tried to play Oblivion after Skyrim, and it just seems so . . boring. . to me.

Roleplay as a cleaner or farmer.

Role play as a prhphet of Aduin

Good merchant travelling from city to city, raiding dungeons and selling the loot for profit until he/she has every house and expensive item.

Evil merchant: the same, only kill the good NPCs

100% completion char (my current): Use the wiki to complete 100% of the game

Role-play as Jesus, or a non hostile character. If you've ever heard of Vash The Stampede, role play as if you were him.

Mad Scientist: Wander the world as a nature rambler trying to collect examples of every known Alchemy ingredient. Spend hours locked away in your "lab" experimenting with them to brew up 3 and 4-effect potions and poisons. Emerge bleary-eyed to conduct experiments on "live subjects" (including yourself) to see how your brews perform in the field. You can go "Mwahahahahahar!" if you want.

Museum Curator: Wander the world dungeon delving a la Indiana Jones in search of at least one example of every known weapon and armour piece. The rarer and more unique, the better. Tip: Don't level up until you've collected everything possible at your current Level. This becomes easier once preferred skills are at Master level, as using them means NO levelling progress.

Research Mage: Do the Mages Guild Recommendations, then spend time buying up all spells and Soul Gems, trapping souls and collecting the best-looking weapons/armour to use for research into high-end Spellmaking and Enchanting. The aim is to create the ultimate weapons and apparel for the discerning adventurer with money to burn. The equivalent of the "top-of-the-range 200mph Lamborghini with ALL the features" that only the fithy rich can afford.

Village Idiot: Create the most deliberately crippled weak custom character class you can (birthsign The Atronach, badly chosen Major skills which make it difficult to level up and DON'T include any weapon/armour skills at all). Then roleplay the biggest accident-prone kludge of a Village Idiot in Cyrodiil who gets unwillingly roped into saving the world then becomes obsessed with succeeding against all the odds. Gives the game a completely different strategical cast, forcing you to THINK your way through by learning the game mechanics and exploiting them "legally" in ways you'd never normally contemplate.

Role-play as a dude from the future, from the time of skyrim!

Or as the Dovahkiin that went back in time, but is obviously unknown back then? Are you on PC? If you are then use mods for shouts/wearing the amulet of kings etc.

OblivionDuruza wrote:Why not try to build on something you've enjoyed from Skyrim?

What about a Thalmor agent, sent to weaken the Empire before the comming invasion?!

I've been playing Skyrim since it came out, but after having Oblivion for 3+ years, I have yet to finish the main quest. I'll need to do it someday.. I imagine Skyrim will be much the same for me.