vampirism

[MeltedLemonade]

how the ♥♥♥♥ can you cure vampirism if you cant even go outside and do ♥♥♥♥ this is honestly the biggest ♥♥♥♥ up function as well as the fact that the only cure is to go through a gauntlet to get through getting 5 grand soul gems when you cant even talk to people because of vampirism

the amount of dumbass cat and mouse ♥♥♥♥ i have to do to cure vampirism just because i rolled the dice and got vampirism in my sleep is absolutely criminal

especially for someone who is entirely new to the game and only level 4

its almost like saying "to cure vampirism you need to play the game" but vampirism is just like "you cant play the game because you have vampirism"

EDIT: you can rinse and repeat feeding on the mages guild members sleeping if you get into the guild, which is a good fix

[Lasac]

or you can just run to the nearest church and pray instead of running around like a moron? lol

[Turtleswatter]

Yes, um, happened to me too. Didn't know the game and got stuffed. However level 4 is fairly small peanuts to start again. If you do here's what you look out for.

1. You don't get vampirism in your sleep. You catch a disease first and if you sleep afterwards (I think its 3 days) it develops into vampirism. Before that, a cure disease potion or visiting a shrine does it. After fighting vampires, always check your active effects (magic inventory) to see if you've caught the disease.

2. If you don't pick up on the signals, then you can keep the effects down by feeding. Sneak up on people when they're asleep or prey on the beggars. If you feed, sun doesn't damage you.

3. The quest to cure vampirism is seriously (imo) one of the most annoying quests in the game so I feel you.

4. If you've got access to Deepscorn Hollow then you can cure yourself there with no problem.

Link to page with almost too much info on it:

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Vampire_Cure

[armywannabe]

vamiprism is a little silly in this game, feeding actually takes away your greater abilities as well as your weakness to the sun, so just feed and you can go back outside

[Captain Skinny]

Yeah, dude, vampires can't go in the sun. This is well established.
The perks of being a vamp are fairly outweighed by the drawbacks. I played a game as a vamp til about halfway when I was powerful enough to not need the buffs.
However, being a vamp is decidedly more complex.
Find a feed source, or multiple, and stick near them. Beggars are the easiest if you don't mind drinking dirty street rat blood. My vampire was far too above that. Also, the buffs to sneaking and the like should allow you to break into people's homes no problem. Also, being a guild member is super useful and there are always dudes snoozing in guardhouses.
Don't let yourself get so blood frenzied (aka not having fed for 4 days) because then you can only operate at night and also can't converse with any NPC. However, by that time your buffs are so enormous that you'll crush anyone dump enough to stand up to you. So sometimes I would work my way up to that level if there was a complex cave/dungeon/boss I was facing.
Getting cured (without Deepscorn) is a pain in the neck GET IT?? but I seriously don't recommend it until you're 100% sure being a vamp won't work in the long run. If you have Deepscorn, you can almost go back and forth indefinitely, if you don't mind it sort of messing with the RP aspects.
Really, the buffs are crazy good.

[WingedKagouti]

Originally posted by Cynocephalus I:

Yeah, dude, vampires can't go in the sun. This is well established.

a) The original pop culture vampire, Count Dracula, could move around during daytime just fine. He just didn't have all of his powers during the day.
b) There are actually many different types of vampires in Tamriel, as detailed in the skill book Immortal Blood. They all have different strengths and weaknesses, though the versions that a player can become in the different Elder Scrolls games all take damage from sunlight.

[davidb11]

Yeah. And vampires before Count Dracula only had to worry about crossing running water. :P
So, it's not really fair to say it's well established.