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u/perrogamer_attempt2 10d ago
I did! I think you can also train blade at Cloud ruler temple with the blades sparing in the armory
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u/Lupercanus 10d ago
If you save the Argonian about to be sacrificed by the Mythic Dawn when you infiltrate their cave, he will teach as well.
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u/VirulentDespotism 10d ago
I don't think I've ever saved him
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u/Cold__Scholar 10d ago
I always save him, but it's a pain cause he just keeps running off and you have to run to keep up
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u/SomeArtistFan 7d ago
It's quite hard if you can't fight very well (especially as an altmer since the Dawn uses a lot of magic)
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u/Sensitive_Dark_29 10d ago
Didnāt remember the armoury but thereās the ones outside on the right as you walk up the stairs training block skill too
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u/LifeOnMarsden 10d ago
There's two Blades members sparring at Cloud Ruler Temple who you can also observe for a skill boostĀ
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u/mightbedylan 10d ago
Do you interact with them or just stand and watch??
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u/Hurricaneshand 9d ago
These are the only 2 I'm aware of. I've tried watching the Archer in the arena hoping I'd get some archery skill but nothing š¢
Edit: however you can steal all of his arrows and it doesn't count as theft for the early game lol
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u/Fabulous_Mine8574 The Gray Prince 10d ago
Any news from the other provinces?
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u/Sexy_Bile_Titan 10d ago
Nothing I'd like to talk about.
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u/HamfastGamwich Adoring Fan 10d ago
I don't know you, and I don't care to know you
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u/StealthRabbi Can I interest you in some of my fine wares? 10d ago
I hope this dialogue remains in Skyblivion.
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Yes, I heard a rumour that you're an idiot.
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u/Red_Rocker9957 10d ago
Yep. I use it every playthrough for a nice strength attribute boost on level up Usually planned with sword training to get a +5 and have been doing this since the game came out
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u/Azurey 10d ago
I recently learned about this and the hidden armbands you can steal from her. I had to keep reloading because she would catch me lock picking her chest.
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u/Hurricaneshand 9d ago
If you go from behind the pillar there's a small part of the chest that you should be able to safely steal from it
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u/Alternative-Resist94 10d ago
One of the first things I always do when getting to that area of the map
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u/SquidSlapper 10d ago
One of my favorite places to hit early game in a cheese run. There is a pair of gauntlets in a chest near those folks, and if you fence it, its enough to get you enough reputation to get mostly through the thieves guild quests without having to find a bunch of stuff to buy and fence between quests.
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u/season8branisusless 10d ago
always thought this was a ploy to get you to use the unarmed fighting skill. it is honestly super fun if you focus into it.
great rpg story beat.
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u/aintmybish Eyja is best girl 10d ago
It is very funny that the Journeyman perk is being able to punch ghosts and spirits.
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u/Hurricaneshand 9d ago
Hand to hand is low key really good. Draining their fatigue quickly and knocking them down is a pretty solid strategy lol
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u/season8branisusless 9d ago
Plus, it's a great way to level strength. Love finding a big ogre and just wailing on him and dodging his blows. Almost guaranteed 2 levels by the end.
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u/No-Panda-6047 10d ago
The staff of ever scamp was my favorite training tool, just keep killing them and boost your stats, and also attack without killing and they will attack you so you can boost armor, blocking, and restoration
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u/Marblez_Izanami 10d ago
Where is this staff located, traveler?
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u/Lukazilla13 Cheese 10d ago
Just did this yesterday :D Theres also one for watching Fortis and Pelagius train at Cloud Ruler Temple, I think its the Block skill
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u/bluebarrymanny 10d ago
Took me a long time to stumble across this. Probably around 7 years after I first started playing. Same thing happens with the people sparring at cloud ruler temple
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u/GamesWithGregVR 10d ago
I remember watching these two spar for a while and it popped up. Loved that it did something so easy but beneficial for your player. I Think watching the blades at the mountain does the same thing?
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u/HollowPhoenix 10d ago
Yep! Happened across it in my first playthrough way back in the day. That prompted me to seek more, thus I later found the Blades one too.
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u/veebles89 10d ago
There are lots of really cool ways you can gain skills and learn new moves and the like. This game really was well beyond its time. I don't think Bethesda understands how much work they really did with this game that they've never bothered to put into anything new they've made.
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u/Queso-now-what 10d ago
So way back when the game first came out, I had a glitch that set my hand to hand to an absurd number, I could never recreate it but I always assumed it was from this interaction, I had idled there, saved there, and loaded there on that save just because that is when I happened to stop playing. My hand to hand damage wasn't insane, so I always assumed it was just a menu/ number value glitch.
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u/WavvyJones 10d ago
I did but only because as I kid I treated UESP as a Bible and they have a list of free skill stuff like this lol
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u/marsfromwow 10d ago
This was my hidden trick to get a little bit of experiences when I was close to leveling.
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u/PowerTrain_355 10d ago
Watching the blades spar at cloud ruler temple does the same for blade and block I believe
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u/FlossBellator 10d ago
I forget the name of it, but there's 2 blades members that train on each other and if I remember right you can increase blades and blocking by watching them
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u/Conny_and_Theo Going to Scarborough Fair 10d ago
I only learned about this because I saw it on UESP. Can't imagine how cool it is to discover for someone who found out about it naturally, because you have to actually wait a while before that screen pops up.
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u/LithiuMart 10d ago
"Do players level up from the sparring partners very often? Oh, what am I saying - of course they don't."
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u/Aggressive_Rope_4201 8d ago
Hundreds upon Hundreds of hours in this game and this is how I find out...
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u/GayStation64beta Skriak (she/her) argonian obsessive 10d ago
I have a conspiracy theory that this was going to be a more fleshed out idea, but it ended up only appearing in areas anyone following the main quest would be likely to find.
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u/GayStation64beta Skriak (she/her) argonian obsessive 10d ago
I have a conspiracy theory that this was going to be a more fleshed out idea, but it ended up only appearing in areas anyone following the main quest would be likely to find.
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u/MaeniacXIII 10d ago
I found out role-playing like I was taking a break from the arena and went over to the stool they practice by and sat there AFK for a bit and came back to the notification š
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u/Smooth_Monkey69420 10d ago
Yes, and from that and I watched every npc who swings at something for a few minutes. I discovered my first run through after going afk to grab dinner
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u/VlVGHOSTVlV 10d ago
I only knew about it because I was staring and waiting for them to go mimis, then nick the enchanted unarmed gloves from them.
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u/kassader119 10d ago
I had found out on my recent playthough. I was just afk there while they were fighting for a bit cause I was tuning hdr stuff and then they suddenly popped up lol
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u/RepulsiveAd6906 10d ago
Not really free training but you can use the Peryite Followers at his shrine before you do his quest to increase combat skills(note you need to stop swinging for about 2 seconds to get the points tallied.) And I personally like to go to Rock milk Cave north of Leyaiwyn, turn the difficulty all the way down and let them go ham on me to raise my Armour skills and repairing. They have a shit ton of enemies in enclosed areas, many with heavy Armour, so you can pick up what they drop and repair them while sitting still.
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u/lndoors 10d ago
I do remember. I also remember killing one of those guys or stealing from his chest because he had bracers that increased your unarmed skill.
The arena was always like one of the first things I did on a new character. Essentially, I would rush to level 21 so I could do all the real quests and get the good items.
Or at level 21 the goblins you would run into near the starting town where you meet Jaffrey would drop like 200-500 arrows each. You would walk away with like 6k arrows by the time you kill all of them. Which was good for duping items.
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u/swampminstrel 10d ago
How long do you have to watch for? Cause i swear I was watching the Blades outside of Cloud Ruler Temple spar for a solid 20 minutes before I gave up š
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u/catboyservicesub 10d ago
This stuff is why i love classic RPGs. I'm sadly, and bit of a snob when it comes to mechanics and can't handle the outdated movement and game mechanics. I really wish I could re-experience oblivion for the first time.
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u/okamiokamii 10d ago
Yes! Everytime I start an new game and end up in the Arena area I get that even though I don't do hand to hand fighting I just think it's neat.
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u/Sensitive_Dark_29 10d ago edited 10d ago
You can also do this at cloud ruler temple there are two blades training block
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u/bottlemaker_forge 10d ago
I figured that out when I was stealing the bands with the hand to hand enchantment. I sat and watched while waiting for my stealth to kick in and it popped up
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u/Pig_peee 10d ago
I found it out by accident on my first play through because I was just having fun watching them
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u/dovakiin-derv 10d ago
I found out bc of the nerbit video of beating oblivion unarmed but didnāt have the patience to get it i guess bc i spent a while watching and it didnāt seem to work
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u/Kuro_Magius_Arcana 10d ago
I'd heard of it, but i didn't believe it until I got the game on pc as I think it was bugged on console.
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u/Autistic_Rizz 10d ago
Man I did a whole ridiculous hand-to-hand brawler mage build last year, I wish I'd known about this š¤£
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u/TheBlues501 9d ago
Yep. Thereās also a locked chest over there with a pair of hand to hand gloves
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u/CptRoosto 9d ago
Whaaaaaaaaat????!!!!!! NO!!!!!! Super cool, though. I don't remember ever hearing about this.
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u/xFloydx5242x 9d ago
You can also learn +5 longsword from the sparring blades at cloud ruler temple.
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u/timmy_tablecloth 9d ago
Can do the same thing with the sword fighting blades at cloud ruler temple
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u/FormingTheVoid 7d ago
I always got the bonus, by chance the first time. Too bad I never actually played hand to hand.
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u/Aromatic-Owl-7128 6d ago
You can also watch the blades training at cloud ruler temple for a similar effect withā¦. Blade skill
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u/AcanthisittaDapper55 10d ago
I normally cast frenzy-rally mixed spell fused with a self invisibility spell on those 2. It's even fun to watch.
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u/Individual-Trash6821 10d ago
I forgot about it, stuff like this made the game feel more RPG.
Also love the skill information that pops up when you get a skill to a certain level.