Oblivion:Roleplaying/Desert Raider

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Tired of being an ordinary bandit/marauder? Bored of sneakiness and stealing without being noticed? Try out a Desert Raider!

Create a new savegame, (If you want, just use an existing one, but for full effect a new one is suggested), and pick the Redguard race, and create a Custom Class 'Deserter' or something like that. Pick Strength and Endurance for your attributes - you'll need to be strong to survive in desert! - and some skills like athletics, blade, block, light armor (You'd sink in sand probably with all that heavy armor), sneak (So you can sneak up on your traveling preys!), marksman and armorer. That's just a suggestion, just do anything you seem fit!
Get some fit clothing for a desert, something tan like tan robes and a hood. Anything but not fur armor -it's already hot in deserts. Get a scimitar (Elven shortsword would do, although you could use a mod to get one, like I did.), a bow and some arrows! You're done packin'!
Don't just come in and steal stuff! First, make sure to kill anyone inside a building - you don't want anyone to tell about you, just fancy rumors and fear! If possible, sneak-kill the first person, if there are more, go get them old-fashioned way! Then, take anything of value, and throw any other stuff without value around, you would leave a huge mess when browsing through everything!
Don't sell! You want to hoard your loot, and show it off to other bandits!
Hang out around Anvil, as the area is closest to a desert. Find a decent place for your character to live, and go kill any unsuspecting travelers, taking their stuff as loot.
Attack unsuspecting villages and settlements, leaving no survivors. If you feel like that, come up with your 'signature' and leave it after doing your job. My signature, for example, is a silver arrow.
Because you kill stuff, Dark Brotherhood should invite you. Don't join them, you're not an assassin. Better yet - kill Lucien, to show them that you don't accept the offer. Teach them what happens when they displease you!
Pretend to get caught and be punished to death, but break out violently so the city has something to talk about. For example, you snatched the key from a guard - don't let them miss your escape! Kill anyone you see! At first, be sure to put your stuff nearby, so you don't have to search for them.
Come up with your own ideas! Kill rival Highwaymen, get yourself a base - a fort/Ayleid ruin, etc.
Get as many followers as you can, and create a custom piece of armor, or custom modded leather colored a yellowish hue and give it to your followers, the better to blend in.
Acquire, via one way or another, either a tan horse, or a black horse, such as Shadowmere. Storm a village or town with it, and pillage it with your now desert raider followers.