1 Specific Oblivion Question

Originally Posted by JuiceRocket

Sounds like you're hitting the overload issue in Oblivion for your character? I eventually dumped all of my stuff in Frostcrag Spire. I made a pile of deadric armor and weapons, a pile for all of the elven armor weapons, glass, etc. I put all of my staffs in a pile, all magic clothes in a pile, all plants/herbs in two chests, etc.

That way I could take what I needed with me and stay light. Your overall strength will let you carry more stuff - so if you can find a ring or necklace/amulet that adds strength, grab one of those.

Hopefully that'll let you stock upon the goodies and still be able to carry it back to wherever you'd like to in one trip.

You can also clear the dungeon and then head back to your "house", dump your heavy armor and weaponry for something very light, and then go back to the dungeon and pick up all the stuff sitting in the chests.

Just a word of caution - don't store your stuff in a local area. For example, a locker or chest of drawers in a fighters/mage/etc. guild. If you do, you run the chance of coming back to an empty locker, with no idea where your goods went.

Good luck!

-JR

Originally Posted by WilliamR

Why make piles in Frostcrag? In your own personal armory you have tons of chests, each one can store whatever you want so you can have one chest per item type if you wanted, plus it stores it nice and neat.

To the orginal OP, do you cast the burden spells? The best one in the game (or you can create your own) will allow you to carry a ton of stuff, enough to get everything in that dungeoun (if you create your own and have a high strenght already). They are very handy, and you move MUCH faster.

Originally Posted by JuiceRocket

Hey WilliamR, what personal armory? I didn't realize I had one? I bought homes, but I found it easier just to use the floor space in Frostcrag since I could see everything. I lined all the swords up, etc, so I'd just walk up and grab one.

It's a shame that when you drop stuff in Oblivion your character tosses it randomly. It was nice in Elder Scrolls that you had more control. I had armor, weapons, etc. lined up nicely on shelves in Elder Scrolls. It was neat to look at (for me) and easy to go in and grab stuff.

Even though I maxed out on strength I wound up enchanting a cuirass and a necklace to help me lift even more. As a sucker for heavy armor, I found that I'd often get close to maxing out on the load I could carry.

-JR

Originally Posted by Stewed

.....I have a massive piles of diamonds, emeralds, etc placed in silver bowls in my house, ......

Originally Posted by WilliamR

Go into your personal Frostcrige spire. You can go to different areas in the spire by clicking on the telporters on the first floor (just like in the mages guild main hall). One of them takes you to the basement, which is your own personal armory, with flying bat like creatures that are the armory's personal guards (they really don't do anything but look cool). There are like a dozen chests down there you can store stuff in as long as you like.

Did you also go upstairs to your personal room. If you do, go outside, there are teleporters outside lined up in a huge line around the spire. Each one takes you instantly to a specific mages guild. Sort of like a central teleporter location.

Also, did you create your own follower using the salts? On the first floor, go up the ramp and the things in front of you (looks like an altar) if you buy the candles from people in town (your quest tells you how) you can create any of the salt creatures (i.e. the oblivion creature that looks like rocks swirling around) when they die they have salts, collect enough (or buy) and by clicking on the altar you get a follower that will go anywhere with you, even stays around when you summon creatures, very handy.