Oblivion's Intuitive AI, Has an NPC surprised you? Options

[Ibis]

Have you noticed a lot of differences in the NPCs of Oblivion compared with those of Morrowind? I haven't actually played long enough for anything spectacular due to my waiting for adequate computer hardware to play at all.

But my hubby Cain had a weird thing happen. He was fighting guards at the gate with his Brawler Orc (who fights hand-to-hand wearing heavy armor) in order to level up fast. Some Orc citizen wearing a brown leather vest who was standing near his mod chest, suddenly reached into his mod chest and took out the uber fireball-staff and began hurling fireballs at Cain's character. He wound up getting killed by his own weapon that was in the mod chest for another character!

Weird, huh? Anybody else have an strange happenstances take place?

[Olav]

Thanks, but that is not what I mean. It happened sometimes when I was simply walking in the streets, and it has happened several times when I walk in the front door of an Inn. This was in my first game though, haven't happened yet in my current one. Maybe I've trespassed their homes earlier, when I didn't know about the trespassing 'rules'?

Anyway I had a strange happening last night: I was exploring an old fort (the tower, not the inside), when suddenly a man came running down the stairs, ran right past me and headed for the woods. I ran after him, and when I caught up with him and talked to him, I got the 'Give me your money!'-dialogue!

I'm only level 3 in this game as well (and 0 fame), so he shouldn't be very afraid of me...

[ShogunSniper]

Thanks, but that is not what I mean. It happened sometimes when I was simply walking in the streets, and it has happened several times when I walk in the front door of an Inn. This was in my first game though, haven't happened yet in my current one. Maybe I've trespassed their homes earlier, when I didn't know about the trespassing 'rules'?

somewhere along MQ random [insert spoiler name of secret society] members will attack you and they look like ordinary citzens.

i think its funny when im fighting someone in the streets and they accidently hit a guard with an arrow or something then the whole city gangs up on them. also i found a random dead guy in the lake, but i had seen him alive earlier that day....

or there was a DB quest were i had to kill a guy in a tavern, but there was a guard right there and he just wouldnt leave. so i cast frenzy on the guy and the guard killed him for me.

[Olav]

somewhere along MQ random [insert spoiler name of secret society] members will attack you and they look like ordinary citzens.

Ah thanks, that must be it then.

or there was a DB quest were i had to kill a guy in a tavern, but there was a guard right there and he just wouldnt leave.  so i cast frenzy on the guy and the guard killed him for me.

Good one! I've never used any of those 'psychological' spells like calm, frenzy, command, demoralize and rally. Do they really work like they should?