You could make really sweet enchanted boots out of that.

Have you no respect for the Dead? :stare:

I'd avoid the lore forums, but not because of spoilers. I'd avoid it because everyone will inevitably complain about how the game "contradicts existing lore", and other various bull.

I'll be avoiding the whole set of forums, honestly. I remember Oblivion, not one of them was particularly hospitable in the first few weeks. So I'll let the hype backlash die down and play the game myself before coming here.

Mummy.....?

I didn't even realize it was part of a series until one of my friends brought it up after I had played Morrowind a ton.

Ah, see I was introduced to Morrowind as the sequel to Daggerfall.

I was introduced to both, sadly, as the prequels of Oblivion :'(

I played Morrowind first, then Oblivion, then tried to download Arena and Daggerfall...managed to get Arena to work on XP, but since I upgraded to Windows 7 I've failed miserably at playing Arena and Daggerfall. I'm not much of a tech person.

Have you tried using DOSbox? I found it works wonderfully for DOS games.

Not in particular. Of course, when the game does come out I will spend much more time on the game itself rather than the forums. I mainly just browse the lore section, but I doubt the lore will be bustling for a while after the games release. Fallout: NV for example is still pretty slow in the area of thorough, and thought out posts. Most of it is just forum newbies ranting about a small bug, asking help with an obvious quest, or wondering how some guy on PC got a mod and wondering how to get that mod on their console. I expect TES V section will be about the same for a while, though the general community here is a bit more serious, with respect to all elder Fallout people .

I'm pretty sure it was cut from vanilla, and that it was supposed to tie-in with the Crisis plot. Ideals will transform or die, in severe crisis.

Oblivion also introduced the Ayleid empire (and really most of the information on the Ayleids, with only one book from Daggerfall being the only pre-Oblivion source mentioning the Ayleids) , slavery of the Imperials, the Tamrielic invasion of Akavir (see "Report: Disaster at Ionith", which is easily one of my favorite books of the series), the Argonian account as well the Beggar/Thief/Prince/King book series, that bit with the Underking, Blade architecture, the method of opening an Oblivion gate (see "Liminal Bridges") , crossbreeding possibilities with Imperial vampires and Orcs, vampires of the provinces of Cyrodiil, Valenwood, and Skyim, and plenty more, all without even including Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles. I once made a list out of all the books introduced to the series through Oblivion and its DLC/KotN/SI:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:A_Life_of_Uriel_Septim_VII
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Rislav_The_Righteous
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ahzirr_Traajijazeri
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:History_of_the_Fighters_Guild
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Fire_and_Darkness
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Five_Tenets
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Followers_of_the_Gray_Fox
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Hiding_With_the_Shadow
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Manifesto_Cyrodiil_Vampyrum

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Necromancer%27s_Moon
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Pension_of_the_Ancestor_Moth
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Beggar
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Thief
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Warrior
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:King
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Argonian_Account,_Book_1
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Argonian_Account,_Book_2

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Argonian_Account,_Book_3
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Argonian_Account,_Book_4
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Beggar_Prince
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Exodus
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Knightfall
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Purloined_Shadows
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Refugees
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Thief_of_Virtue
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Adabal-a

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Amulet_of_Kings
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Battle_of_Sancre_Tor
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Before_the_Ages_of_Man
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Cleansing_of_the_Fane
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Daughter_of_the_Niben
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dwemer_History_and_Culture
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Fall_of_Vitharn
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Last_King_of_the_Ayleids
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Legendary_Sancre_Tor

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Lost_Histories_of_Tamriel
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Remanada
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_1
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_2
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_3
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_4
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_5
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_6
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Song_of_Pelinal,_v_7

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Treatise_on_Ayleidic_Cities
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Advances_in_Lock_Picking
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ayleid_Reference_Text
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Bark_and_Sap
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Calcinator_Treatise
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:De_Rerum_Dirennis
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:An_Elytra%27s_Life
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:From_Frog_to_Man
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Fundaments_of_Alchemy
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Heavy_Armor_Repair

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:History_of_Lock_Picking
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Immortal_Blood
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Light_Armor_Repair
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Liminal_Bridges
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Lithnilian%27s_Research_Notes
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Liturgy_of_Affliction
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Living_Woods
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mace_Etiquette
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Magic_from_the_Sky

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Manual_of_Armor
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Manual_of_Arms
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Manual_of_Spellcraft
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Manual_of_Xedilian
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Predecessors
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Proper_Lock_Design
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Reality_%26_Other_Falsehoods
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Saints_and_Seducers
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Shivering_Apothecary

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Shivering_Bestiary
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Souls,_Black_and_White
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Standing_Stones
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Varieties_of_Daedra
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Way_of_the_Exposed_Palm
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Agnar%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Amantius_Allectus%27_Diary
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ancotar%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:A_Bloody_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Brenus_Astis%27_Journal

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Cap%27n_Dugal%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Cindanwe%27s_Notebook
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dar-Ma%27s_Diary
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Diary_of_Springheel_Jak
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Doors_of_Oblivion
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Drothan%27s_Field_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Drothan%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Father_of_the_Niben

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Frostcrag_Spire_Memoirs
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Gelebourne%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Greywyn%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Grommok%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Journal_of_the_Lord_Lovidicus
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Log_of_the_Emma_May
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Path_of_Transcendence
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ramblings_of_Audens_Avidius
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Red_Kitchen_Reader
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Sacred_Witness
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Sir_Amiel%27s_Journal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Traelius%27_Journal

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Traitor%27s_Diary
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Macabre_Manifest
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Report:_Disaster_at_Ionith
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Warp_in_the_West_(book)
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mysterium_Xarxes
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Tome_of_Unlife
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Legend_of_Krately_House
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mannimarco,_King_of_Worms
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Ravings_of_Fenroy
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Song_of_Hrormir
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Black_Arts_On_Trial

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Myth_or_Menace%3F
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:16_Accords_of_Madness,_v._VI
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:16_Accords_of_Madness,_v._IX
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:16_Accords_of_Madness,_v._XII
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Bible_of_the_Deep_Ones
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Blessings_of_Sheogorath
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Divining_the_Elder_Scolls
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Heretical_Thoughts

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Modern_Heretics
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mythic_Dawn_Commentaries_1
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mythic_Dawn_Commentaries_2
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mythic_Dawn_Commentaries_3
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mythic_Dawn_Commentaries_4
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Myths_of_Sheogorath
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Opusculus_Lamae_Bal_ta_Mezzamortie
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Prophet_Arden-Sul
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Shezarr_and_the_Divines
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ten_Commands:_Nine_Divines
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Trials_of_St._Alessia

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Glories_and_Laments
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Anvil
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Bravil
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Bruma
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Cheydinhal
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Chorrol
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_the_Imperial_City
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Leyawiin
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_New_Sheoth
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Guide_to_Skingrad

^There you have it, Oblivion bashers. svck on that Skooma pipe and weep.

I'll try to avoid the forums and the wiki for a while, to avoid getting spoilers about the plot like with Morrowind and Oblivion. I'll succeed if I manage to get the game within 2 days of release, but any longer and I'll be drawn back.

I tried to avoid the forums when Oblivion came out. However, I didn't buy Oblivion until at least six months after it came out, and I couldn't resist all the juicy threads for that long.

Besides, I'm more likely to spoil my experience by playing prematurely with the TESCS than by reading the Forums. That's the one thing I hate about using the TESCS, a certain wonder is removed from the gameworld when you're already aware of what its capable of (or incapable of, in the case of Morrowind).