Hi all,

I've done a search on here and indeed on Google and it's made me more puzzled:
I'm at one of the ancestral tombs just outside the start and I have a silver shortsword.
Try as I might I cannot kill the ghost in the tomb, I can't even hit it at all.

Is this because my skill is not high enough in shortswords, or am I just missing something else...?

Yours, puzzled,
Phon.

A Silver weapon will hurt a ghost, but yes... you do need to be skilled in the weapon type to wield it efficiently.
Keep in mind there is a difference between Short and Long Swords. (as well as all the other type of weapon Skills that Oblivion didn't have, like Axe and Blunt being separate)

You need at least a Skill level of 35-40 for a weapon to be used with any real efficiency. You also need to make sure your Fatigue is not empty... or it can be very difficult to hit anything (especially at low levels when your Agility is likely low.)

To clarify, Daedra and most Undead are immune to Normal weapons (Wood, Iron, Steel, etc). They can only be hurt with Enchanted weapons, or Silver, Glass, Daedric, Ebony.
- Make sure the weapon you're using is at a Skill of around 40, or you'll miss a lot.
- keep your Fatigue full

Ah excellent!
That answers that then!

Yeah I checked and actually don't even *have* the shortsword skill, lol. Time to sell that and look out a silver longsword I think!!

Cheers.

Just to clarify...you do have the shortsword skill, even if it's not major or minor, you still have it. And as was stated above, if you can get that skill to around 35-40, you can use it with some efficiency.

Yeah, it was in my misc skills list - sorry at the time I was still getting used to where everything was!
Got hold of a silver longsword in the end, seems to be doing the trick.