Sign Discussion, Specific questions about Birthsigns Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Hey all. A brief search didn’t turn up a (recent) thread about this, but I wanted to talk about it. Please move it if there is a more appropriate category for it to go in.

Anyway, I am poised to exit the sewers with my new character. Earlier when the Emperor said “Yo, gurl, what’s your sign?”, we selected the Atronach sign because of the huge amount of magicka you get. So at the gate to the outside, I started rethinking our choice, because of the no magicka regen. Leveling minor spell schools will probably be a pain if I’m constantly having to replenish my magicka pool with potions or sleeping. Would Apprentice be a better choice? Almost as much bonus magicka but the awful 100% weakness to magicka. How bad is that weakness? Obviously against non-mage enemies we’ll be fine, but you fight a ton of Daedra who use magicka and then there is the Mages Guild quests which are going to be essential. Any thoughts? Which do you prefer?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Thanks for the opinions y’all. It’s been quite a while since I’ve made a serious start on a new Oblivion playthrough. There was a lot that I need to relearn.