Oblivion:Roleplaying/Diseased Patient

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Remember Roderick from the quest Bad Medicine? Ever wondered what it would be like to have to take medicine constantly to survive? Well here it is!

A perfect example of a Diseased Patient. Roderick.

The first, most important step is to save before you try to do this because the effects are irreversible unless you use the console.
You'll need to get either a Poisoned Apple or if you have the Vile Lair plugin, you can also use a Chokeberry.
You will also need a very high Alchemy skill because you will need to make powerful healing potions to counteract the effects of the poison.
With 100 Alchemy and decent apparatus you should be able to make a healing potion that heals at least 10 points (the amount of damage the poison does per second) for a certain amount of time (mine healed 11 points for 36 seconds).
Make many of these potions or duplicate them until you have around 50.
It would also be easier to hotkey them so you don't have to constantly go into your menu.
Eat the Chokeberry or Apple and your health will start to drain.
You will need to take the "medicine" constantly so you don't die.
Depending how long your potion lasts, you will have to take it often (if it lasts 30 seconds, you will need to take it every 30 seconds).
You won't be able to fast travel while under the influence of the poison and there is no way to cure it (not even chapels).
Keep an eye on your health meter.
Don't sleep or use the wait function because chances are, you'll wake up dead.
If you have a low Alchemy level, you can still do this as long as you have high Restoration skill. Just make a long spell that heals 10 points for as many seconds as possible using the Spellmaking Altar.