Oblivion:Roleplaying/Family Member

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Live life as it should be. Get a job have a son, be successful.

Create a quick character and find out the surname of someone you want to be your relative, then create a new character with their name. For example, to be the brother of Reynald and Guilbert Jemane, put your name as Jacobyth Jemane (or something).
A good and easy family is, A female Bosmer (your character), Erthor and The Adoring Fan as your son.
Start in the Imperial City Waterfront, alone and unwanted.
Get a job. For example, join the thieves guild and sell stolen goods to Ongar, your fence in Bruma, but do not advance in this rank. It is not your career, just a way to make money.
Eventually, you will have earned enough money to move to Bravil. Take about 5000 gold, therefore you have enough to get by, and buy the house.
Proceed like this in every town in this order- Imperial City > Bravil > Leyawiin > Anvil > Bruma > Cheydinhal > Chorrol and finally Skingrad- your ultimate goal in life.
Maybe you don't like the Anvil house because it's haunted. Don't complete the quest and leave it like that, you're not a fighter.
If you plan on starting a new character try the commoner on NPC Classes.
Look at the list of jobs by town roleplaying idea to get a job in each town.
Only move town when you have enough money to move and have fully upgraded your current house.
For real authenticity only move house every couple of months or even years!
Have a schedule, work on Morndas, Turdas and Fredas, go shopping on Lordas- be creative.
Make sure there is enough food on the table for you, husband and son.
On weekends you could perhaps go on a small vacation. If you have done the Leyawiin quest 'Mazoga the Orc', you could use the White Stallion lodge as a holiday cabin. (Mazoga will be there though)
Take time from your busy schedule to go to church. Have your son meet all the church people.
Being men, Erthor and the Adoring fan won't want to set the table. So it's your job to make sure meals are there each day.
Oblivion has a twelve month calender, so why not let Erthor and your son have a birthday? Prepare them a special meal, buy them clothes, books, weapons, be creative. Christmas could be a good idea too.
Perhaps you could have a family loss? The Adoring fan could have a tragic death? Give him a funeral at the chapel, and leave flowers on a tombstone in the church graveyard, pretend it's your son's grave. Don't worry though; the fan always comes back.
In Bravil you could get your son 'hooked on skooma' and have him put in jail for several months. Visit him every few days. This could even happen to your husband.
Make sure, like any other family, you and your husband have rows. Maybe Erthor has been spending too many hours in the tavern, so you make him sleep outside on the bridge. Or perhaps he is tired of you nagging him to get a job, because your neighbor has a new fence and you want one. He could storm off to the inn and not come back in days.
Visit your relatives in the Imperial City Waterfront. Tell them how your job is going, how Christmas was, your neighbors annoying you. The choice is yours.
Make sure every time you move up in life so does your career. You don't want to own Rosethorn Hall and be a grape picker do you? No, instead own a vineyard and make wine through alchemy (Works best if you're a master as no other ingredient is needed).
If you have Shivering Isles installed, get the Skinned Hound and treat it as your dog. Sure, it's a bit gross-looking, but it's the closest thing to having a dog. Set out a bowl and some meat or a bone for it in your house. If you use PC, give it a name with the console.
But suppose your not a city person, there are plenty of farms and settlements scattered around Cyrodiil. You could live in Border Watch, a ways north of Leyawiin and work as a farmer/shepard.