Michlo

I would but I'm already a paid member of Prime.

Thank you. Cheers.

Haha, that's funny because yes, the same thing happened to me. Well I shouldn't say "usually" since this is only my second character (I didn't get that far on my first because I wanted to see the game as it was meant and so waited for my beast of a gaming machine) but yes, my first was stealthy, a thief and of course, a member of the Dark Brotherhood. This time, he hasn't joined either the Thieves Guild or DB and I doubt he will. He only has 6 thefts, 0 infamy (even before this quest thanks to the Confession booths ) but unfortunately does have some murders thanks to glitches in the game. Cheers.

The biggest tip I can give any newcomers is one to do with leveling your character. Oblivion has an interesting system which has the mobs (enemies) level up WITH you in order to always give you a challenge. If you aren't knowledgeable about your character creation, however, this can lead to you leveling very quickly and being faced with powerful enemies before you've become used to your character and / or equipped them well. So, in a nutshell, when you choose your main skills (the ones your leveling with be based on), choose skills that you won't be using all the time. Not only does this help with the slower leveling skills (such as speechcraft) but will slow how quickly you advance. Cheers.

Michlo here, known as Lord to some since I founded Clan Walker a few years ago. heh. I'm from Wallasey, Merseyside (across the river from Liverpool) but I've lived in the USA for 16 years now, 15 of those in Los Angeles, CA. I'm late getting started with Oblivion because when I tried it on my old box, umm, it wasn't so good. heh. I treated myself to a new computer in May for my birthday and it is flying now. My aim is to provide some voice acting if and when I can find the time. Cheers.

I just finally completed this at the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very well done with an immersive story. Cheers.