Oblivion talk:Mage Apprentice

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Contents 1 Location of mage apprentices 2 Uncertainties 3 Can only recruit one apprentice 4 Getting Multiple Apprentice Followers 101

[edit] Location of mage apprentices

Humm, why was the information regarding where abouts you can find apprentices removed? It seemed relevant enough to me. (then again, I was the one who added it) --Saruuk

Looks good. I guess I should just forget about starting pages until i know more. I mean if people can knock up pages like this in an hour or so what's the point of me doign it? Forlornhope 09:34, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

Not at all! Apart from anything else, if you hadn't started the Murderer page, I doubt if anybody would have got around to starting this one. Nobody expects new users to come on to the site and immediately start producing perfect pages, even if they've had previous experience on other wikis. The most important thing on the site is the content - there's even a policy about it (Content Over Style). You spotted a page that didn't exist and created it. Within a couple of days, the site had some nice new pages containing useful information. That's far better than the alternative of posting "Why don't you have this page?" on a talk page somewhere and expecting somebody else to do all the work. So please, feel free to do the same again should a similar situation arise. --Rpeh^Talk 10:37, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Uncertainties

1) I have been able to recruit upto 2 apprentices simultaneously, although not very often.

2) Sometimes dead apprentices respawn back the University and sometimes they respawn next to me(much like the Adoring Fan). The same holds true for DB murderers.

3) Don't the Breton apprentices(female) have 50% magic resistance as well?

--Sundaroct131088 14:29, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

I noticed that it is indeed possible to recruit 2 apprentices, but I notice it's always only the red haired Breton and the blonde haired Breton. The only times I've ever had an apprentice respawn next to me was when I used the resurrect command on them. --Saruuk 18:28, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

I've been able to recruit the Blonde and Black one. If I have two at once, they NEVER respawn next to me but if I have only one they seem to respawn next to me(sometimes), especially when I fast travel. --Sundaroct131088 12:06, 13 September 2007 (EDT)

Thanks Rpeh! Forlornhope 16:53, 16 September 2007 (EDT)

are apprentices respawning every 3 days or so or once all of them have fallen in the line of duty I can get no more? xx 129.67.17.233 16:38, 19 October 2007 (EDT)

They all respawn. But I've had a few problems in the past. Sometimes they never respawned, sometimes they respawned wherever they got killed(even though I never asked them to wait), and sometimes they never respawned at all. Since I always try to keep as many NPCs alive as possible in my game, I never take the risk these days. --Sundar 18:54, 19 October 2007 (EDT)

Also, if you tell one mage to wait can you then get another to follow you?

I've been able to recruit two apprentices also, but I can only recruit the Red haired breton and the black haried bretonand I can only recruit both of them at 1:00 a.m. or 2:00 a.m. when they are sleeping.

[edit] Can only recruit one apprentice

So earlier I tried to get two apprentices to come into the Shivering Isles with me. They wouldn't so I dismissed them right there and they started swimming towards the imperial city. A few game weeks later I went to recruit two of them for tasts I had to do in Cryodill, but I can only recruit one. Any ideas as to why? --Mole126 07:00, 11 February (EST)

• Well, as far as I know, you are only supposed to be able to recruit 1 of all alies... So you are just... not experiencing the bug.--Drake3555 00:06, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

(P.S. if I seem jerky it is not intended. I have been doing it often and not purposely)

[edit] Getting Multiple Apprentice Followers 101

Here is what I've noticed on my PS3 game of the year copy so it may be different for others. The order in which you ask is very important. If I ask the black haired Breton to follow me first then I can then ask another apprentice to follow me. I always pick another breton but asking and Imperial Apprentice seams to work fine. I also noticed that when you try and dismiss an apprentice they might follow you for another 10 before wandering off. This could give a brief illusion of having all the apprentices following you.

At any rate I have found consistently if I ask the black haired breton first I can then recruit any one of the other apprentices breton or imperial. So if your trying to get more then one to follow you do exactly that.

--Vukodlak 03:04, 8 July (EST)