Cool! Haha, you should write a story about your guy. Apparently there's mods for almost everything and I'm missing out (I usually only install the big ones because it's quite a hazzle).

This was what i was hoping for, the mod support being strong for a hardcoe/survival version (including making thievin worthwile if you like that).

Being a thief in Oblivion was the most useless thing you could ever do. The Theives Guild quests were fine, but just breaking into a shop to steal things was useless. There needs to be high priced art, sculptures, weapons and armor worth stealing. If you don't have those, then there is no need to even be a thief.