A few questions on TES: oblivion

[Kratenser]

Ive had Oblivion for a few years now and have probably achieved 100% completion between several characters, and yet there are still one or two things i dont understand.

First of all, Unicorns. What do you have to do to ride them? Never managed it before, and yet when i made a spellcaster today, i was able to ride one. Also, once you ride one, do they become a permanent mount or do they run off as soon as you dismount?

Secondly, what would you call a class which sneaks around, uses daggers, picks locks (typical rogue), but also uses bows and a couple of spells? I like playing that class and i was wondering if theres a certain name for it

Thirdly, Which affects encumbrance more? Strength or endurance?

Fourth, is there a way to noclip? I know theres a mod for the PC version which lets you noclip but i was wondering if theres one for the xbox version?

Fifth, Why is it that if you assassinate someone indoors whilst sneaking, you dont get a bounty on your head, but if you do it outside whilst sneaking and nobody can see you, you still get a bounty?

sixth, why cant i do the paintbrush staircase anymore? :<

seventh, what is Umbra for? seriously i was told not to bother getting her sword because it messes up a fighters guild quest, but im now the master of the fighters guild and no one has mentioned her name, let alone involved her in a quest.

Eighth, does anyone know what the elder scrolls 5 will be called?

Edit: Ninth, why is there a skull and a ribcage in your prison cell at the start of the game??? What the hell has been going on inside the imperial prison?

 

[Mermonster]

I last played Oblivion 2 years ago, but it was one of my favorite games. Unfortunately, I am not as hardcore as you...I did play through a couple of times (usually with mods) but never got anywhere near to 100% completion.

seventh, what is Umbra for? seriously i was told not to bother getting her sword because it messes up a fighters guild quest, but im now the master of the fighters guild and no one has mentioned her name, let alone involved her in a quest.

Eighth, does anyone know what the elder scrolls 5 will be called?

7. The Umbra sword is one of the most awesome swords in the game, atleast it was for me . Aside from being a powerful sword, you can trap souls in soul gems each time you kill with that sword. Star of Azura + Umbra = win.

You can actually return it to one of the 'gods' as part of a quest, but the reward is quite lousy, so no point in doing so; better to keep the sword.

In the PC version I played (with OOO 1.3 IIRC), none of the quests were were broken.
Also, Umbra is very difficult to kill. You better have decent armor/weapons and attributes before confronting her in Vindasel.

8. Don't know. But I can't wait for it!

 

[CleverNickname]

1. Never draw a weapon in front of the unicorn. Which is kinda difficult, as it's surrounded by minotaurs, so it's difficult to keep both yourself and the unicorn out of combat. Once mounted it belongs to you, but it wanders off quickly because... well, it doesn't respect your authoritah, cuz it's a frikkin unicorn!

2. Bob

3. Strength determines how much you can carry. Because of that, strength spells/enchantments can raise your enc. just like a feather spell. The difference is, a feather spell also makes you walk faster (cuz you're lighter instead of carrying more)

4. Is it ironic that the consoles don't have consoles?

5. I'm pretty sure that's a coincidence. Are they 1-hit kills? Are all the targets equally likely to report a crime?

6. What do you need the paintbrush bug for if you can just noclip everywh- oh wait, hahaha

7. Yeah, Umbra is the target of a Daedric quest. There's probably a similar name that messes up the fighter's guild quest, because she is indeed entirely unrelated. Or they just meant that Umbra's powerful weightless sword breaks fighting in general early on.

8. Bob

9. It was your cellmate and you eated him, you swine!

 

[Lt. Dragunov]

1. Don't hold a weapon while they are around or they will flee. I don't think you can keep em.

2. Hybrid rouge

3. Strenght

4. I have no idea what noclip is. =/

5. Because if you kill someone in public no matter what you get tagged, but in the "privacy" of someone's house you don't. I guess.

6. A patch.

7. For soul traping enemys and it has high hit power. It does'nt mess with fighter guild quests from what i know of but it can make the game act "screwy" for some unknown reason.

8. Some say it's gonna take place in morrowind, some say in a differnt part of cyrodill, some say i like cheese. But no one knows for sure if elder scrolls 5 is really even gonna come out.

9. I often wonder that myself.