Oblivion:Roleplaying/Detective

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[edit] Detective

Guards walk around occasionally straightening out drug dealers and terrorists. Being a detective means preventing those kinds of things from happening. Read this guide for an idea as to what a detective's life is like.

[edit] Character

• Imperial works best, but it's your choice.
• Make them short and stocky, tall and lanky, it's all up to you. Being a detective isn't based on your looks.

[edit] Job

• Your job as a detective is to investigate crime scenes and evidence, using the information to lead you to a suspect or group of suspects. Hopefully, with enough investigation and deductive powers, you prevent anything bad from happening.
• Decide on what kind of detective you want to be. Maybe a homicide detective, crime scene investigator, or even one who deals with drugs rings (Cheydinhal comes to mind). Make something up, this is where you get to be really creative.

Here are some other examples: You can invistigate the stealing of the Elder Scroll, or the killing of Faelian, or Adamus Phillida. Even helping (not realy) people that lost their money, or helping someone to find his/her lost horse, or husbend/wife will be good.

[edit] Specialties

Feel free to add to this list if you come up with other possibilities.

• Crime Scene Investigator---If someone in a town gets killed, investigate! Look around the body any clues, such as footprints and objects left behind. Maybe you find a 4-toed footprint in the ground and you know of only 2 4-toed citizens in town. Get a warrant from the count or countess, and barge right in! Pick up anything that looks suspicious (If you are a PC user use the console command "player.setcrimegold 0" to keep the guards from chasing you). If you think you've got enough evidence, try to get a witness testimony. Did anyone see the crime take place? Has anyone noticed the suspect acting weird all of a sudden? Take all that you have and confront the Captain of the Guard with it. His men will arrest the suspect. A Brotherhood Betrayed quest can be a CSI job. Maybe have your detective murder someone, then "solve" the murder himself/herself.
• Druggie Buster---Drugs are illegal in Cyrodiil. Yet, people are still stupid enough to use them. Get all the information you can about any possible Skooma dealers. Once you feel you have enough information for now, start some investigation of your own. Walk around, especially in dark alleys and sewers where dealers make a lot of there exchanges. Maybe you noticed the same people taking things out of a crate. Look inside, and if there's Skooma or payment, you've got a hot one! Stake out the container, making sure not to be seen. When you see the person responsible, run up and confront them. Maybe they run away, maybe the fight back, or maybe they even surrender. Whatever way, get as much information as you can. You could even be the guard known for his constant drug busts, kind of like Lex from the Imperial City. Only, you caught someone real.

• Stolen Item Finder--- do the Canvas The Castle quest as an inspiration and continue to search out cyrodill to find someone who has had an item stolen, do the heirloom quests such as When The Vow Breaks, Sins Of The Father or the Fighters Guild Quests Which need you to Bust a thief Such as Den Of Thiefs. Then go on to find other stolen items. if you see someone sneaking, watch them for some time, and if you find something incriminating confront them about it. Cast a frenzy spell on them and have them attack you. Return the item to the owner. Perhaps you find out that they stole the item and decided that they needed to be given over to the city watch.

[edit] Attire

• Detectives aren't usually seen walking around in a full suit of armor. Get some regular clothes, maybe a ratty shirt to show you've been doing this for a while, adding a sense of professionalism and poor hygiene.
• Again, you won't see an investigator running around with a giant battle axe. You will need defense, however. You never know when a suspect might crack and try to kill you. Keep a dagger hidden, or if you're feeling brave, a shortsword.
• Unfortunately, there are no fedoras in Oblivion. The closest thing you will come to that is a Leather Helm, so if you really want, sport it with pride. Otherwise, you'll probably have to go around helmless.

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