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Posted by: mirocu Nov 1 2013, 11:03 AM

Some time ago I made this topic at Bethsoft and included a rather poor poll. This time I won´t do it so all you have to do is give me a number on how many characters you´ve made in total in Oblivion. And yes, I demand an exact figure! No "more than a hundred, mumble..." b-s here!

Kidding

I really don´t need to tell you how many I´ve made, do I?

Anyways. Give me your two cents Septims!

Posted by: Grits Nov 1 2013, 12:11 PM

I’m afraid there’s no way to know the exact number, but I can tell you that I have screenshots or pictures of fourteen characters. The ones I played Dead Is Dead are not all documented except in the DiD threads over at the Beth forum. I’m not inclined to go dig through all of those threads!

If you count games on different platforms for the same character the number would be higher. For example Jerric alone has I believe four Oblivion games (all started from scratch in the prison cell) across the Xbox, PS3, and my laptop. He may have had five at one point. But I just counted him as one character.

Also I didn’t count the characters I have made through the character creation process but not really played much. I wouldn’t count them since they were not intended to have a life independent of their out-of-game stories.

Posted by: ghastley Nov 1 2013, 02:23 PM

I make characters specifically for testing that I don't intend to play, but sometimes I keep them. That can mean that I start them over at the beginning, so do I count them twice? The first incarnation is usually made by taking an "out of the sewers" save and using the console to change everything, including upping the stats to simulate a late-game character, with some odd combo of skills.

Blossom was one I restarted, and completely inverted. I used a test Orc to check the effect of really low disposition in one quest, felt sorry for the reactions she got, and replayed her to max out Personality and Speechcraft.

I have no record of the really quirky ones that didn't have any appeal to make me keep them, so no count either, but you can be sure there was a male and a female of every playable race, plus Mazken, Aureal, Dremora, Xivilai, and of course Angeline and Diablita were both tested as PC's before they became NPC's. Most of the staff at Gweden have been played before they were hired. I have not played a Minotaur.

My two-handed axe-wielders have been a male Orc and a female Argonian. Archers have been Bosmer and Altmer (the latter refused to use magic.) The Mazken became Listener of the DB. My smallest character, a female Breton, became Arena Grand Champion without using weapons (and really had problems fighting Freija when I tested that quest, as it takes away all spells).

So my answer is "lots", and if you can think of a build I haven't tried, it will be "more than lots".

Posted by: Acadian Nov 1 2013, 02:45 PM

Short answer: Two (sort of). Acadian, then Buffy.

Long answer: I started Oblivion in the summer of 2007. In typical fashion (for me), I created Acadian as a jack of all trades to evaluate the game and assess whether it was fit for elven consumption. Being a new game, I rebuilt Acadian numerous times as I learned more of the game. Indeed, he played variously as a Nord, Redguard and Breton as he grimly set about both the heroic and disgusting tasks required to explore every aspect of the game from Champion to Madgod to master of guilds and more. When, after more than a year of play and digesting UESP wiki and asking dumb questions on the BethSoft forum, we pretty much learned to optimize what the vanilla game of Oblivion could provide. It became time to transition Buffy the Bowranger from Baldur’s Gate II, and Buffy the Bowazon from Diablo II into Oblivion. Our first attempt or two were failures, so we spent a couple weeks time pondering things. On April 19, 2009, we tried again and successfully birthed Buffy the Bowgirl.

After 500 hours vanilla, we added a few mods, including a light in-game makeover, and continued her game up to 1000 hours. At that point, computer problems forced us to restart her. We took advantage of how much mods had advanced and used the opportunity to give her a pretty extensive makeover in the process, rebirthing her in January 2012. Since then, she has happily played daily to add 1900 additional hours to her previous game’s 1000.

Buffy completely drives the show on when/if we do quests and there are more that she will wrinkle her nose at than accept. This is fine since, thanks to the extensive groundwork slogged through by Acadian, my own curiosity about quests that don't suit her does not influence her choices. She quite simply never ever tires of visiting friends and guildmates all over Tamriel, traveling by horse and clearing dungeons. Fortunately, those things, and the activities that support them, never ‘run out’ in Oblivion. Her's is definitely a life of 'the journey is more important than the destination'.

Posted by: King Of Beasts Nov 1 2013, 02:54 PM

Lets see, 1 2 3 4....


I don't [censored] know how many characters I made

Posted by: King Coin Nov 1 2013, 04:35 PM

On the Xbox, I had many. On the PC, only one.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 1 2013, 05:18 PM

By golly is it hard to get a straight answer out of you guys! King Coin comes somewhat close but in reality it´s only me and Acadian who answered the question with a straight answer!

And yes, I would count any character showing up several times as once, since it´s one "person" it´s about.

Posted by: SubRosa Nov 1 2013, 05:21 PM

Looks like 27. When I am finished playing a character I put all of their saves in a separate folder. That way my list of save games is not a mile long.

That is not counting characters I only made to take screenshots of for fan fiction. Like Acadian, it does not count restarts of the same character using new mods and the like.

Posted by: King Coin Nov 1 2013, 05:33 PM

What did you expect?

Posted by: mirocu Nov 1 2013, 05:38 PM

Yeah, I know With so many characters made over the years it must be basically impossible to keep track. Should have made a rule in the OP stating only those who knows the exact number may participate, but I guess that would make for a very lonely thread!

No problem, people! Keep talking about your characters Maybe you´ll even remember someone long lost in history?

Posted by: Lopov Nov 1 2013, 07:23 PM

Altogether I've created around 20, probably slightly less, but I dropped some of them immediately or very quickly and their names got forgotten. Let's see...

2006

1-a Khajiit whose name is forgotten-my very first character in OB back in 2006, I don't recall his name but I think that I started a new game as soon as he came out of the tutorial dungeon.
2-my second character was also my only CoC. His name was Amadeus Anchev and he was a Breton spellsword. Beside doing the MQ, he also did the DB. I abandoned Oblivion after him for looong time and only returned to it in 2011.

*time passes*

2011

3-Samjell - a Nord warrior, died in Arena.
4-Eldar - a Redguard fighter with whom I intended to do to the FG questline but he was devoured by a pack of mountain lions.
5-Gyevaheera - an Argonian assassin, boring to play, dropped.
6-K'hista - a Khajiit h-t-h fighter, I intended to do the Arena with him but he died during a battle with the Frost Atronach in the Frostfire glade.
7-White Bear & Lavimir Arda - the killer & the paladin, I've been planning for Arda to hunt WB, I even intending modding each other into their own games but I dropped the project because of a lack of time and motivation.
9-Dark Fist / Black Fist, I'm not sure of his name, an Argonian assassin, boring to play, dropped.
10-Irenei the White - one of my most funny characters, he was an Altmer noble, extremely rude and arrogant. With time he found it dishonorably to even visit any towns or chat with lowly people of Cyrodiil so he moved to his Frostcrag spire, where he still lives, reveling in himself and himself only.
11-Falador, a Wood Elf assassin, my longest-lasting character, retired in Crucible somewhere around 170 hours.
12-Raven, a Breton witchhunter, currently active, doing the MG questline most of the time but also a lot of random adventuring. My 2nd longest lasting character, currenly around 120 hours.
13-Sentza, a Redguard fighter, my newest character, only three days old.

There were probably some more that I either dropped or died very quickly, some were just test characters which I don't really count as official ones.

Posted by: Callidus Thorn Nov 1 2013, 11:22 PM

Well, not counting the ones from when I first started playing, which were just classes, I'd have to say dozens, maybe even a hundred.

I should probably take better care of them.

I've got another one brewing now, maybe he'll do better.

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Nov 2 2013, 08:29 PM

Wait, hold on, this is a trick-question, right?

I recently answered this over at Beth, so I can conveniently do a cut 'n' paste.. These are roughly in order, and I'll also try to include dates.


1. Lady Anne -- October 24, 2008 (she lasted 3 hours or so before I started all over with Char #2).

2. character #2 (forgot her name) -- October 24 - ? (She committed suicide after becoming a vampire, and I didn't have the patience to get her cured).

3. Renee Gade -- October or early Nov. of 2008 - Dec. 2008. (got frustrated with the out-of-control leveling, rage/quit RG1's game one day). RG's first incarnation was a Jill-of-all-trades. I was new to the game, so RG was the one who I did a lot of early gaming with.

4. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image007-1.jpg -- April 2009 'til Spring of 2010 (Dead). RG2 was a mostly-pure fighter. She only used the default healing spell, but no other spells. She did FG and most of Knights of the Nine. She died fighting Umaril the Unfeathered

5. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0032.jpg, Altmer Mage -- Probably May of 2009 to sometime in 2010 (another A-bomb casualty, I RP'd that Igodah died during the final phases of the Main Quest).

6.http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/armor_stand.jpg, Nord Paladin -- May 17, 2010 until Spring or Summer of 2011. (Retired) Dyan did Fighters Guild and Knights of the Nine.

7. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0002.jpg, Redguard Thief -- May of 2010 until ? (game saves accidentally got erased). Wanda spent most of her time in the Imperial City, breaking & entering wherever she could. She was contacted by Thieves Guild but refused to join.

8. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0051.jpg, Dark Elf Witch -- August 5th, 2010 to ? (Got killed by a bandit). Luci was my second questless character.

9. Lou Zehr-- sometime in 2010. Lou was doing TG, but I never saw this through with him

10. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0062.jpg, Breton Wizard -- September 12, 2010 to summer of 2011. (Retired). TGW became my CoC, and also is Arch Mage in my gameworld.

11. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/view.jpg, Breton Assassin -- July 3rd, 2011 (inactive)

12.http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0142.jpg, Redguard Thief -- September 3rd, 2011 (Active)

13. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/saga.jpg, Wood Elf Ranger (PS3) -- October 19, 2011 (Active, kinda)

14. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/annthraxx-1.jpg, Imperial Peasant -- February 8, 2012 'til present (Active).

15. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0138.jpg -- October 22, 2012 (game never got started, I created ST and added him in the Hot or Not Contest of 2012, but did no actual gaming)

16. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0199_zps610b36d3.jpg (Abwasserkanal Eidesche), Argonian Barbarian -- Spring of 2013 (Active)

17. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/cedd8640-350c-4844-9d53-6e69b03982b7_zpsc1630011.jpg, Breton Crusader -- May 29, 2013 (Active)

18. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0208_zpsfd018da5.jpg (Xbox)

19. Clea Vigge -- Some time in December 21, 2013 (my first PC character). Clea was supposed to be this buxom gal who I would experiment with modwise, and also explore Better Cities. But I only created her, never did any gaming.

20. http://i.imgur.com/TsrUZuM.png?2, Dark Elf Merchant -- January 2, 2014 (Active). Snaaty is a skooma salesman. He does no quests, and I rarely visit him these days.

21 http://i.imgur.com/iziFkaq.png?1 My third PC character, created February 8, 2014, (Active) though I consider LS3 to be a continuation of Lady Saga on PS3 and Xbox -- Lady Saga continues to roam wherever she wants to, all over Cyrodiil. She mainly focuses on Umbacano quests, and a few random mod-added quests as well.

22. http://i.imgur.com/oXmNXN8.png?1, Imperial Warrior -- March 25, 2014 (Active). RG3 is the daughter of RG2, my PS3 gal who died during KotN. She focuses on the Arena, and various mod-added quests.

23. https://i.imgur.com/LckLILP.png, Breton Servant -- 2015 (story concluded). Sarah was a servant, cook, scullery maid, but then became a vampire. Inspired from the Dark Shadows TV show. I spent a few months making a story about her while learning OB's Construction Set. Sarah eventually got cured of her vampirism, and then returned to her cooking/serving job at Twin Sisters Lodge in Skingrad.

24. https://i.imgur.com/v08odtU.png, Imperial Scholar -- 2019 (story concluded). The Goblin Lady had an extensive backstory, and actual story with its own thread. She was a scholar who originally lived in Morrowind, with the unique ability to communicate with goblins. She was actually aligned with most goblins in her gameworld.

25. Balztu Dahwaalz, Orc Warrior. Balztu was supposed to explore Valenwood, but I found VI to be so buggy I couldn't enjoy going there. I'd never, ever played an orc before when I rolled her. Reason I rolled an orc: I'd become bored of rolling all the other races!

So there. 25 in all.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 2 2013, 08:42 PM

And I very much remember Ann being the incarnation of yourself in Oblivion. I remember it because you didn´t take my advise of naming her Renee Gade III, but rather Ann Thraxx

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Nov 2 2013, 09:02 PM

Wow, I didn't know this.



She came from Baldur's Gate? Cool! .. That game's pretty tough, I gotta say.





I am able to give a straight answer only because I've been writing down character info in a notebook for years. I started this with Dyan, so it's amazing I've remembered all their names over these years, all except Character #2.

I include exact dates in many cases mostly because it's my goal to make a horoscope for each and every character of mine, but I've fallen far behind on this pursuit.



She's not an incarnation of me, but she is the most like me, when it comes to How would Renee react if she lived in Cyrodiil? I'd be fearful of everything and everyone (the way Ann is) and might also go insane, but she's not really an incarnation of me (or vice versa).

I actually will make a character named RG3 one of these days. Since I have a PC now, she'll be on PC. She's going to do my long-abandoned Sewer Patrol idea, and also compete in the Arena.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 2 2013, 09:14 PM

Awesome rundown, Renee! I remember Sir Tanley. Wasn´t he a participant in the Hot or Not contest?

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Nov 2 2013, 11:29 PM

Yes. He was going to be my 4th or 5th male overall in the game, and all I knew about him was that he would be a Crusader for class. He would be a teetotaling hall-pass monitor sort of character, who always chose right from wrong. The typical Hollywood knight. But I don't know.. I just never got into his head.

I suppose I could try again, but I have too many other extant games going on. I'll wait till I get my ES games running on PC, perhaps.

Posted by: Pseron Wyrd Nov 2 2013, 11:34 PM

I'd guess about 900 to 1000.

Many of these got no farther than the sewer exit. In fact I've made a few characters just to go through the tutorial dungeon and nothing more. What can I say, I like Oblivion's tutorial dungeon.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 2 2013, 11:36 PM

From what I can remember, so do I!

Posted by: Acadian Nov 2 2013, 11:47 PM

Renee, what a nice stroll down Renee Lane! I do recall that it has to be a rainy night for you to create a new character. Perhaps the fact that you are in MD and I am in NV helps account for my low character count? Nah, I'm just mono-game-ous.

Wyrd, 900-1000?!? I can imagine a touch or two of frustration there since I know how much time and effort you put into creating each one, complete with story, unique mod list and custom home. I think you are right though; if they don't really speak to you by the time you finish the tutorial, they probably won't.

Posted by: King Coin Nov 3 2013, 12:20 AM

Remember how long it took for Aravi to take off?

Posted by: Acadian Nov 3 2013, 12:32 AM

But she's a cat and you know how long they can take to adopt you. At least that's my story. . . .

Posted by: SubRosa Nov 3 2013, 01:00 AM

I love Oblivion's Tutorial dungeon too. When I figured out that you can save your game at the sewer exit, and start all of your new characters from that point, I did that for a while. Then I went back to going through the tutorial with all my characters, just because I like the dungeon. To me, it was a nice way to get to know a character. Like Acadian said, usually by the end I had a good feel for who they were and what they were like.

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Nov 3 2013, 02:38 AM

Pseron: That almost sounds like a Dark Secret, the way you've admitted that! For the record, I enjoy the Tutorial, too. It's epic and over-the-top, but it's also fun.

Acadian: Thank you. It was a pleasure strolling down Buffy Boulevard and Acadian Avenue as well.

Ha ha. You get rain in Las Vegas though, right? But it's probably not too often, huh? If I lived out there, I'd only create like one or 2 every year.

Actually, when I first created Lady Anne (and char. #2) it wasn't raining that night. I'm pretty sure it was raining, a nice soft spring rain, when I created RG2. That's where the habit started. And when I lived in Portland, Oregon years ago, I've got lots of fond memories of playing Tomb Raider games while it's drizzly outside. It drizzles a lot out there, too.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 3 2013, 09:42 AM

I´m not so sure about that. True, I kept on going with Lothran and I was happy with him but he actually didn´t really speak to me until that day in Bruma when he told me his name. Sometimes the best connections are made a long way down the road, so be careful ditching someone early on

@Renee -

I´m glad to see at least a few people liking the Oblivion Tutorial, so many bash it so hard over at Bethsoft and I think it´s a little bit unfair. It´s very well-done imveho

Posted by: Callidus Thorn Nov 3 2013, 10:54 AM

If we want Mirocu to start a new character, I think we'll have to break into his house and delete his save files, along with any backups. After all, he can't play Oblivion without a character...

Posted by: mirocu Nov 3 2013, 10:59 AM

Why do you all want ME to start a new character?? Go bug Acadian or something!

It. Will. Not. Happen!

Posted by: Callidus Thorn Nov 3 2013, 11:08 AM

Couldn't make Acadian start a new character, not after the fantastic Buffy the Bowgirl series.

But since you don't do anything like that, you're a much better target.

And Acadian has had more than one character. You haven't.

So get started

Posted by: mirocu Nov 3 2013, 11:19 AM

There. You just made me quote myself. Twice!

End of discussion

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Nov 3 2013, 01:24 PM

Probably about a dozen or so, but really there were only two that I stuck with. The first was a wood elf in light armour who went around punching everything (look, it just happened), who I did the main quests, Knights of the Nine and The Shivering Isles with. As my character couldn't sneak for love nor money and I wanted to try the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves' Guild, I then made a stealth-oriented dark elf and did those questlines. After that, I kind of lost interest in Oblivion and went on to other games.

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Nov 3 2013, 03:43 PM

this made me laugh for some reason.



This. I also feel that if Acadian modified his approach to the game that it would unbalance it, somehow. No, Acadian needs to stick to his usual blueprints.

Posted by: Acadian Nov 3 2013, 04:30 PM

Aww, thanks for the kind words about Buffy. I love you all for them!

mirocu - You're not allowed to take away Buffy's penpal! It's bad enough that you feel the need to play other games. Certainly for you though, Oblivion = Lothran.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 3 2013, 04:35 PM

Yeah, I think I´m as much associated with him as you are with Buffy I should be anyway. I´ve never had a wish to create another character and I wish this witch hunt on me would stop before I get pucking fissed.

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Nov 3 2013, 04:50 PM

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Posted by: mirocu Nov 3 2013, 04:59 PM

Seriously, stop it.

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Nov 3 2013, 05:05 PM

They're only bugging you because you're feeding them.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 3 2013, 05:11 PM

I´m not. They´re bringing it up whatever I mention about the game.

This has gone on long enough. One more jump on me making another character and I´ll have this f***ing thread locked.

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Nov 3 2013, 07:34 PM

Hey, Mirocu, I find a really interesting way to try and open world RPG like Oblivion or Fallout 3 is to try it with multiple characters to get the best perspective on it all.

Posted by: Acadian Nov 3 2013, 08:11 PM

Closed, per request of the thread's originator.

Edit: OP reports he has worked out any misunderstandings via PM while the thread was closed and now wishes it reopened. The trouble with written word is that interpreting meaning and intent can sometimes be subjective due to the lack of tone/body language cues that we would have if talking face to face. Since we’re all friends here, assuming the best of other members and reading their words carefully can be helpful.

This is a fun thread and I’m pleased to reopen it.

Posted by: mirocu Nov 10 2013, 11:02 AM

Thanks, Acadian

Yeah lets just look forward, shall we? I´d love to continue talking about characters and what goes on in everyone´s mind when making them. So anyone who wants to chime in, please do!

Posted by: PhonAntiPhon Jan 5 2014, 08:02 PM

I have not read all of this thread but I can see that there have been some issues. Whatever, evidently it's reopened and I hope everyone's friends again.

For me, I am now interacting with my second character in Cyrodiil, albeit a reluctant one - (she would rather be someplace else).
Personally I never thought that I would ever have more than one, so Eilidh is a pleasant surprise.

I do not lightly "create" characters in games as I think that once you bring them to life you owe them something until they end, but that's just me.
If you have one or many it should not matter, you get out what you put in and that's all.

Maybe you have multiple characters to explore different facets and dynamics. All good.
Maybe you have one, or a few, that you nurture and develop organically. Equally awesome.

Whatever works, works.
And that's it.

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Jan 5 2014, 08:23 PM

No worries, we've got that behind us.



This is awesome. I've always wanted to see what would happen if some of the 'married folk' decided to start dating, or go all the way and re-marry somebody else. :wink:

Posted by: PhonAntiPhon Jan 5 2014, 09:52 PM

Well it's early days for marriage, but I am having a good time getting to know her, so who can say?
Princess Grumpy could fill the hole left by You-Know-Who...

[edit] Niamh's story ended because it ended. She exists only in memory as an individual who once lived in Cyrodiil, for a time. Her impact on other inhabitants may continue, as tangentially Eilidh might notice, but she will not.
I will not lie, intellectually I found it "difficult" when she died as it was not what I expected, genuinely. But no one lasts forever; not me, not her, not anyone.
She is gone and the time for looking back at her is over. Now someone new has arrived in my imagination and in the gameworld. Will they fill that gap? Time will tell, but I am pretty positive they will; Eilidh is a spoiled Princess, but she is also a hardened and feisty warrior.
I have a feeling that she is going to to be a lot of fun.

Quite how, remains to be seen...

Posted by: mirocu Jan 5 2014, 10:47 PM

Princess Grumpy

So, your second Oblivion character. This was quite surprising I have to say, but not unwelcome I look forward to what she will do in Cyrodiil and I hope for my sake you decide to also make some shorter slam-bam thank you ma´m posts too

Posted by: PhonAntiPhon Jan 5 2014, 10:53 PM

Chuckle.
See the edited post for further elaboration.

Yeah, you may well get your wish, M. But who knows...?!

Posted by: mirocu Jan 5 2014, 11:03 PM

Good closing on Niamh there. You put it quite well; no one lives forever. Strangely enough though I feel like I needed to say goodbye to her while I could and now it´s too late... Oh well


I hope I do. I like a good story don´t get me wrong, but I find it easier to keep track of a character through shorter updates
Needless to say though, I don´t wanna be the guy who holds back your creativity or anything. Maybe Grumpy (I´m gonna call her that now! ) deserves her own fanfic thread like Niamh?

Btw, how in god´s name did you come up with her full name?

Posted by: PhonAntiPhon Jan 5 2014, 11:25 PM

We'll see, she is a different kettle of fish to Niamh; a different character entirely, so it's more than possible that updates could be briefer. She has baggage, but not in the same way - then again...
Time will tell
She will absolutely have her own fanfic thread yes indeed; Eilidh daughter of Mac Auley is a character whom I have every confidence in.

As for her name?
Well, at the risk of being a bit crass, that's her name. It genuinely is who she is: she is a Princess from across the Ocean. Daughter of a king. This is what her name reflects - (there's an upcoming update about this).
I think the two of us are going to have some interesting times...

Posted by: mirocu Apr 8 2014, 02:09 PM

I´m somewhat expecting an update from Callidus by now...!

Posted by: Callidus Thorn Apr 8 2014, 02:36 PM

Heh, if I dropped in here to update everytime I start a new character we'd be on page 13 by now

I think my current total of characters made is somewere between insane and ridiculous

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Apr 8 2014, 03:28 PM

One of these days we'll have to do an archeological dig through all the CU and Today threads to get an accurate answer of of CT's characters.

glargg probably has more characters in total, but most of these are inactive. CT's were mostly all active, at least.

Posted by: gpstr Apr 6 2015, 03:26 AM

All right... I started off just counting them off of the save manager on OBMM, but then I had to add a bit of detail, because I just have this compulsion to blather on about my characters, so, in chronological order:

1. Bob - Breton male, Jack of all trades. My first character - overleveled, did everything, no personality.

2. Jean - Redguard male, sword and board. Erratic and violent, went to the Shivering Isles and never left.

3. Claudia - Redguard female, stealth war axe fighter. My first female character - happy and enthusiastic, short attention span, genuinely loves people. Uses the Innocent voice set.

4. Tim - Breton male, destruction mage. Superhumanly powerful pure mage - nothing and no one in Cyrodiil can even come close to challenging him. Mostly retired to the AU.

5. Kyla - Dunmer female, claymore/heavy armor fighter. Retconned to be Dave's younger sister. The destruction of their family and home left her determined to uphold justice and protect the weak. She's noble, brave, kind and a bit sad. I respect her more than any other character I've ever played.

6. Bogmok gro-Lob - Orc male, pure mage. Woefully insecure and morose, mediocre skills, mostly retired.

7. Clive - Imperial male, mage/assassin. Thoroughly vile and despicable - arrogant, cowardly and cruel.

8. Dave - Dunmer male vampire, shortsword assassin. Kyla's older brother - the destruction of their family and home left him bitter, and he became very ruthless and very deadly.

9. Mindi - Bosmer female, battleaxe fighter. An intense ball of energy - alternately friendly and brutal. Probably not entirely sane. Uses Imoen's voice set.

10. Hale - Nord male. Warhammer fighter. Literally dumb as a post. Can't use magic, doesn't sneak, just blunders along until something hurts him, then he hits it until it stops, then he rests until he feels better.

11. Vorlin - Bosmer male, bow and axe hunter. Fearful loner, only comfortable in the wilderness. Doesn't do quests at all - doesn't even talk to people more than is necessary to sell the hides he collects and potions he brews.

12. Lydia - Breton female, sword and board. Charming and upbeat pale ginger. Used a bit of magic early in her career but always wanted to be a pure swordfighter. Never got very strong, but did get VERY skilled with the blade. Mostly retired and living in Cheydinhal.

13. Maelyn - Dunmer female, pure mage. A retired courtesan, fabulously wealthy, sultry, seductive and very powerful. And mute - not just in the sense that all player characters are, but literally mute - cannot, or at least does not, speak.

14. Tina - Imperial female, sword and board. Erratic personality with an overdeveloped sense of duty, torn between the desire to escape her bad decisions and the need to carry through on her commitments. Lost, lonely, sad, fascinating.

15. Sees-Two-Fish - Argonian male, dagger fighter. Carries a set of enchanted daggers and swaps between them depending on the situation, so plays sort of like an on-touch mage except that he delivers "spells" with daggers instead of his hands. Refuses to wear armor (or much for clothes for that matter). Probably not sane.

16. Jana - Nord female, destruction/mace battlemage/paladin. As close as a human can get to a goddess - very proud and very powerful.

17. Z'ren - Khajiit male, stealth melee. A pure sneak fighter - dual wields (to the degree that Oblivion allows) short swords and won't fight any other way. Doesn't care for armor much but isn't a purist about it.

18. Jeff - Breton male, pure pacifist. Pretty much unplayable, since he's a true pacifist. He not only can't kill, but can't even do anything that could lead to someone or something being killed, so he can't even leave the IC. If it was Earth instead of Nirn, he'd smoke a lot of pot and go to drum circles.

19. Lorl gra-Ornug - Orc female, battlemage. Surprisingly sweet and friendly for an Orc - is actually VERY intelligent and has cultivated that image.

20. Jibran - Redguard male, claymore swordfighter. Fiercely proud - refuses to wear armor because he believes that that would imply that he doesn't trust his blade skills. Very fast, very agile, very skilled, very deadly.

21. Henry - Dunmer male, stealth hand-to-hander. Very monk-like. My long-time avatar on the Bethsoft forums.

22. Lud gro-Dalum - Orc male, ex-adventurer turned thief - bow and mace. Scruffy and disreputable and a bit of a social climber, but not a bad sort really.

23. Arlowe Clanler - Imperial male - entirely random character - everything done with dice rolls. Middle aged petty thief and arena gambler.

24. Hanna - Little Elf female. Archer, conjurer (mostly animals) and a bit of blade. Quiet and stand-offish - just doesn't seem to like people much.

25. Cressida - Little Elf female, claymore/bow fighter. Cool and aloof golden-skinned blonde. Very competent, serious and self-contained.

26. Rydri - Redguard female, spellsword. Sweet but a bit rough around the edges. For some reason, is a target for bears (she was even attacked by one in the lobby of the Tiber Septim).

27. Dawn - Breton female, battlemage with a claymore. Spoiled "princess" - self-centered and difficult, but a decent person all in all.

28. Lemdel - Altmer barbarian - battle axe and bow. Disdains magic and prides himself on his physical strength. And his skill with women.

29. Dun - Imperial male, longsword fighter. Good natured, somewhat seedy, surprisingly competent when he wants to be. Travels with a female Bosmer archer named Sara who tries to keep him in line.

30. Ughoth gro-Sharam - Orc male, pure mage. Haughty, arrogant, very practical, very determined, very powerful.

31. C'mala - Khajiit female, sort of a stealth spellsword - mostly Illusion and a war axe. Quiet and intense - don't know much about her yet.

32. Mu-teel - Argonian female, bow, sword and destruction fighter. Kind to her friends - ruthless to her enemies. Just very straightforward and very efficient.

33. Belladonna - Little Elf female, illusionist/archer. Fiery redhead glass cannon. Uses the Annah voice set.

34. Elenin - Altmer female, I don't know yet. She looks so sad that it breaks my heart, but I have no real idea who she is yet. Included just because I know I'm going to play her.

So... 34.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 6 2015, 03:51 AM

Gpstr. . . Wow! I remember you talking about several on that list over on the BethSoft forums.

Posted by: mirocu Apr 6 2015, 08:25 AM

Pretty impressive to have history on all your characters like that, gipster

We are so similar...

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 6 2015, 05:22 PM

I remember a lot of those hall of famers gpstr! Especially Hale, Mindi, Dave, and of course Kyla, who I still think is swoonage material.

Posted by: Renee Apr 7 2015, 08:01 PM

Nice list there! I've got a list too somewhere. Gotta add to it. Oh there it is, on Page 1. Yeah, I have 20 made 20 characters (or maybe 21) now.

Posted by: ghastley Apr 7 2015, 09:02 PM

I checked the profiles in Wrye Bash, and I have 31 of those. They represent the characters I played long enough to justify keeping (average 100 hours or so) and there would be a lot more that lasted less. Most of the NPC's in my mods were played as characters for a time. There's at least one of each race, and both genders of most races.

Clark is two of them, as I started a new game when he got a name. There's also a profile just called "Reporter"

Posted by: Renee Jun 14 2015, 11:33 PM

I am up to 22 now, and updated my post on the first page of this thread. Added all 4 of my PC characters so far. I plan on making maybe a couple more this summer.

Posted by: mirocu Jun 15 2015, 11:15 AM

22 and more on the way??

Renee´s getting serious here!

Posted by: haute ecole rider Jun 15 2015, 09:15 PM

Ummm let's see --

Julian of Anvil (Redguard) - at least seven different times, including her current play through on the Mac Pro

Tallei (from Leyawiin- Breton) - four times

Alise Sudmeri (Morrowind via Cheydinhal, now my main Skyrim PC - Dunmer) - once (in Oblivion, that is. Not counting Skyrim incarnations.)

An Imperial Warrior

A Nord Sellsword

The last two were played through just once - the Imperial did the Thieves Guild, the Nord the Arena and Dark Brotherhood questlines, and both pretty much forgettable, which is why I don't remember their names . . .

Posted by: ghastley Jun 15 2015, 10:00 PM

Wow! I think I have more of the De Fault sisters in Skyrim than that! They're my generic test characters for my mods, and they're all red-haired Bretons, but that's about all they have in common. There's Flora, Fiona, Fanny, Floozie, Felicia, Faye, a Few more.

I'd made a save at the Helgen exit, who was a male Nord called Fred De Fault, who had nothing changed from what the game picks for you. Then I open the save, type "showracemenu" in the console, and make a real test character. The "De Fault" part says Breton, and I needed females for the mod I was testing at the time, but now they've become a habit.

Since my latest project is Argonian Hearthfires, I'll probably have as many Argonians soon.

Posted by: Renee Dec 5 2024, 05:27 PM

Thought I'd update my character count. Thing is, I'm not in the habit of making "tests" and I've been lucky over the years that most of mine were successfully played, rather than dropped after getting bored or whatever.


1. Lady Anne -- October 24, 2008 (she lasted 3 hours or so before I started all over with Char #2).

2. character #2 (forgot her name) -- October 24 - ? (She committed suicide after becoming a vampire, and I didn't have the patience to get her cured).

3. Renee Gade -- October or early Nov. of 2008 - Dec. 2008. (got frustrated with the out-of-control leveling, rage/quit RG1's game one day). RG's first incarnation was a Jill-of-all-trades. I was new to the game, so RG was the one who I did a lot of early gaming with. During this time there was no roleplaying! I was in the habit of approaching OB like Tomb Raider, which means: I tried to do EVERY quest thrown her way, find every "secret", which caused a very chaotic & distracted gameplay scenario.

By the time the glass bandits & minotaurs were showing up everywhere I actually quit Oblivion for many months. The world had become very 'inauthentic' in my opinion as weaker enemies were constantly replaced by stronger ones. Thank the Gods I gave OB a second try with....

4. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image007-1.jpg -- April 2009 'til Spring of 2010 (Dead). RG2 was a mostly-pure fighter. She only used the default healing spell, but no other spells. She did FG and most of Knights of the Nine. She died fighting Umaril the Unfeathered, but also the A-bomb struck her game, and at the time I had no idea what was going on.

Cool thing was, RG2 an actual roleplay. I treated her more like a person, less like a toon. I also began using a Minors for Majors approach so the game's leveling would not sprint forward so fast. RG2 got maybe to Level 7 after 350+ hours.

5. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0032.jpg, Altmer Mage -- Probably May of 2009 to sometime in 2010 (another A-bomb casualty, I RP'd that Igodah died during the final phases of the Main Quest).

6.http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/armor_stand.jpg, Nord Paladin -- May 17, 2010 until Spring or Summer of 2011. (Retired) Dyan did Fighters Guild and Knights of the Nine.

7. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0002.jpg, Redguard Thief -- May of 2010 until ? (game saves accidentally got erased). Wanda spent most of her time in the Imperial City, breaking & entering wherever she could. She was contacted by Thieves Guild but refused to join.

8. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0051.jpg, Dark Elf Witch -- August 5th, 2010 to ? (Got killed by a bandit). Luci was my second questless character, based on Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz. When I saw Oz I was really young, maybe 4 or 5, and she terrified me! Luci was my way of confronting these childhood fears, in a way. She was also my first-ever Evil character.

9. Lou Zehr-- sometime in 2010. Lou was doing TG, but I never saw this through with him

10. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Photo-0062.jpg, Breton Wizard -- September 12, 2010 to summer of 2011. (Retired). TGW became my CoC, and also is Arch Mage in my gameworld. He was partially based on my first-ever character in tablegames, circa high school/1983: The Blue Wizard.

11. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/view.jpg, Breton Assassin -- July 3rd, 2011 (inactive). Kate was doing Dark Brotherhood until she got the Purification order from Lucien, which she objected. Since she refused to continue DB, her story lost steam. She still lives in Bleak Flats Cave in my imagination, a sad vampire who rarely goes anywhere.

12.http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0142.jpg, Redguard Thief -- September 3rd, 2011 (inactive, though I shall return to him). Kahreem did all of Thieves Guild.

13. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/saga.jpg, Wood Elf Ranger (PS3) -- October 19, 2011 (Active). Saga is mostly questless, and is my explorer who's goal it is to plunder every fort, cave, ruins, dungeon (etc.) in Cyrodiil. To this day she still hasn't met this goal.

14. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/annthraxx-1.jpg, Imperial Peasant -- February 8, 2012 'til present (inactive due to my PS3 dying). I was writing my first fan-fic style story with her when my PS3 went kaput. She was supposed to be from Kvatch, and had lost her mind after watching her town get infiltrated by Daedra.

15. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0138.jpg -- October 22, 2012 (game never got started, I created ST and added him in the Hot or Not Contest of 2012, but did no actual gaming).

16. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0199_zps610b36d3.jpg (Abwasserkanal Eidesche), Argonian Barbarian -- Spring of 2013 (Kaput) My only beast to this day, Abwasserkanal Eidesche (German for Sewer Lizard) lived under the Imperial City, occasionally emerging to steal food and "shinies". He got chased around by the guards a lot!

17. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/cedd8640-350c-4844-9d53-6e69b03982b7_zpsc1630011.jpg, Breton Crusader -- May 29, 2013 (Active). I started her game on Xbox and transferred her to PC in 2019 or 2020. Joan is going to become my official Nerevarine in Morrowind, and is currently doing Vampire Hunting (mod).

18. http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad208/xenaclone/Image0208_zpsfd018da5.jpg (Xbox)

19. Clea Vigge -- Some time in December 21, 2013 (my first PC character). Clea was supposed to be this buxom gal who I would experiment with modwise, and also explore Better Cities. But I only created her, never did any gaming.

20. http://i.imgur.com/TsrUZuM.png?2, Dark Elf Merchant -- January 2, 2014 (Active). Snaaty is a skooma salesman. He does no quests, and I still game with him actively 3x a year. Even though he does no quests, his game is surprisingly addictive!

21 http://i.imgur.com/iziFkaq.png?1 My third PC character, created February 8, 2014, (Active) though I consider LS3 to be a continuation of Lady Saga on PS3 and Xbox -- Lady Saga continues to roam wherever she wants to, all over Cyrodiil. She mainly focuses on Umbacano quests (DONE; 2024), and a few random mod-added quests as well. I RP that her game started in the 4th Era, Year 5, my way of "explaining" all the mod-added differences in her world.

22. http://i.imgur.com/oXmNXN8.png?1, Imperial Warrior -- March 25, 2014 (Active). RG3 is the daughter of RG2, my PS3 gal who died during KotN. She focuses on the Arena, and various mod-added quests.

23. https://i.imgur.com/LckLILP.png, Breton Servant -- 2015 (story concluded). Sarah was a servant, cook, scullery maid, but then became a vampire. Inspired from the Dark Shadows TV show. I spent a few months making a story about her while learning OB's Construction Set. Sarah eventually got cured of her vampirism, and then returned to her cooking/serving job at Twin Sisters Lodge in Skingrad.

24. https://i.imgur.com/v08odtU.png, Imperial Scholar -- 2019 (story concluded). The Goblin Lady had an extensive backstory, and actual story with its own thread. She was a scholar who originally lived in Morrowind, with the unique ability to communicate with goblins. She was actually aligned with most goblins in her gameworld.

25. Balztu Dahwaalz, Orc Warrior. Balztu was supposed to explore Valenwood, but I found VI to be so buggy I couldn't enjoy going there. I'd never, ever played an orc before when I rolled her. Reason I rolled an orc: I'd become bored of rolling all the other races!

So there. 25 in all. There might be a couple others I've forgotten over the years, but not many!

Posted by: Acadian Dec 5 2024, 05:32 PM

Umm. . . that would be one. Sort of like mirocu.

Posted by: Renee Dec 5 2024, 05:34 PM

But you've had multiple versions of Acadian before rolling Buffy, right? You experimented with different races too, though all of them were named Acadian.

Posted by: Acadian Dec 5 2024, 05:37 PM

Shh. Don't let Buffy hear you say any of that.

Posted by: mirocu Dec 5 2024, 05:39 PM

Wow, 25 characters? And I remember basically all of them!

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Dec 5 2024, 06:14 PM

I honestly can’t remember how many characters I’ve made in Oblivion. That said, I have really bad “character add”. I’ll start playing one character, only to have an idea for a new character that I think would be fun. Baldur’s Gate 3 was especially bad for me, lol.

Posted by: Renee Dec 5 2024, 06:39 PM

Indeed. This One suffers from Restartitis like Callidus Thorn and so many others.