I finished Skrim with a pure fighter, so i thought i play oblivion in a different way. I thought id play as archer, and here is what i came up with.

Marksman - obvious

Sneak - for the damage bonus

Conjuration - have creatures harass and distract the enemy while i snipe away

Alchemy - make poisons and potions

Mercantile - making money by selling said posions and potions

Hand to Hand - in case i need to do some melee

Acrobatics - for getting to higher ground where i can snipe without being attacked

Does this sound like a decent enough character? I havent picked a race/sign yet. Cheers

Looks fine to me. Conjuration and Alchemy go up really fast, but both are also powerful skills. Just be ready for a character that levels quickly. Oblivions world levelling is on a bit of a steeper curve than Skyrim, and there are no smithing bonuses and the sneak bonus is not as much as it is in Skyrim. So, as you level, you will eventually loose your ability to one shot sneak kill things because the enemy health will outpace your sneak shot damage. Unless of course you turn to poison or something like that. Your alchemy skill will suit you well there. You can make some powerful poisons. I'd say give this build a go.

You have got no armor skills, but a sneak character with conjuration should not be getting hit much. And the armor skills go up pretty fast as minors anyway.

For race I might consider Khajiit. Obviously, I am partial to Khajiit, but they also get a nice bonus to hand to hand, so you can start wtih that skill pretty high as a major. They can also use nighteye whenever they want. But in Oblivion, nighteye is available as a spell and as a custom potion, so you can really pick any race you want.

Thanks a lot for your advice. Would this character be able to go through the arena and the fighters guild?