I was able to kill Umbra. I thought she would have this great magical armor and sword but her equipment doesnt have any enchantments on it other than the sould trap on her sword.
Is her armor supposed to be enchanted? If not what makes it so great then?
Maybe at a higer lvl her stuff will be better?
Umbra question SPOILER
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RavenBlackthorn
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Nih,
There is nothing particularly "special" about the armor that Umbra wears, other than the fact that she wears Ebony armor, which doesn't typically "drop" until your character is at a higher level.
What is however, special about defeating Umbra is the sword that she carries. It is argueably one of most powerful weapons in the game from a sheer base attack value. --Granted, it does not have any additional enchantments to raise/add to its attack strength, (say for example: Fire Damage, Frost Damage, Electrical Damage, Damage Health Enchantments etc) But with that in mind, the pound for pound base attack value of the weapon is (from what I've heard and from my limited experience thus far at my low level) one of the strongest, if not the strongest weapon in the game.
To answer the second part of your question. The Umbra sword is not a leveled weapon in the sense that its attack strength is determined at the time that you acquire it. This particular weapon differs from alot of the weapons in the equipment database, in the sense that it has 1 instance. There is only one version of the weapon in the game. With that in mind, its attack strength is based on a number of things. As I understand it, the primary contributers to the attack strength of this and other Blade weapons are: Your Blade Skill, Your Strength, and Your Armourer Rating (i.e. repairing it above 100% health)
To clarify, I acquired this weapon as a level 6 Mage. (I decided to acquire it outright as opposed to acquiring it as part of the Clavicus Vile Daedric Shrine Quest) At the time that I acquired it, the weapon had a base attack value of 9. I have now sloooowly leveled my level 6 Mage character to level 15 and the base attack value of the weapon has more than doubled. I've heard of higher level characters getting the base attack value of this weapon as high as the low to mid 30's. Now if I compare this weapon to any other weapon in my inventory, (and you can verify this yourself) it has almost twice the base attack value of any other weapon that I have picked up.
The only drawback to this weapon as I see it, is the fact that it feels like a "weapon charging/depleting treadmill" in the sense that for every time I use it to soul trap a soul (or whether I use it just for its sheer power), I have to recharge it. So, it almost defeats the purpose of the soul trap enchantment. Using the sword depletes its charge. To recharge the sword you need to use it. See where I'm going with this?
But, other than that, its an excellent weapon that should probably be in everyone's inventory. And since I never completed the Clavicus Vile Quest, its still considered a Quest Item and has no weight associated with it which is a definate bonus!!
There is nothing particularly "special" about the armor that Umbra wears, other than the fact that she wears Ebony armor, which doesn't typically "drop" until your character is at a higher level.
What is however, special about defeating Umbra is the sword that she carries. It is argueably one of most powerful weapons in the game from a sheer base attack value. --Granted, it does not have any additional enchantments to raise/add to its attack strength, (say for example: Fire Damage, Frost Damage, Electrical Damage, Damage Health Enchantments etc) But with that in mind, the pound for pound base attack value of the weapon is (from what I've heard and from my limited experience thus far at my low level) one of the strongest, if not the strongest weapon in the game.
To answer the second part of your question. The Umbra sword is not a leveled weapon in the sense that its attack strength is determined at the time that you acquire it. This particular weapon differs from alot of the weapons in the equipment database, in the sense that it has 1 instance. There is only one version of the weapon in the game. With that in mind, its attack strength is based on a number of things. As I understand it, the primary contributers to the attack strength of this and other Blade weapons are: Your Blade Skill, Your Strength, and Your Armourer Rating (i.e. repairing it above 100% health)
To clarify, I acquired this weapon as a level 6 Mage. (I decided to acquire it outright as opposed to acquiring it as part of the Clavicus Vile Daedric Shrine Quest) At the time that I acquired it, the weapon had a base attack value of 9. I have now sloooowly leveled my level 6 Mage character to level 15 and the base attack value of the weapon has more than doubled. I've heard of higher level characters getting the base attack value of this weapon as high as the low to mid 30's. Now if I compare this weapon to any other weapon in my inventory, (and you can verify this yourself) it has almost twice the base attack value of any other weapon that I have picked up.
The only drawback to this weapon as I see it, is the fact that it feels like a "weapon charging/depleting treadmill" in the sense that for every time I use it to soul trap a soul (or whether I use it just for its sheer power), I have to recharge it. So, it almost defeats the purpose of the soul trap enchantment. Using the sword depletes its charge. To recharge the sword you need to use it. See where I'm going with this?
But, other than that, its an excellent weapon that should probably be in everyone's inventory. And since I never completed the Clavicus Vile Quest, its still considered a Quest Item and has no weight associated with it which is a definate bonus!!
Teh 'Banshee Pwnzes.
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Frisco Kid
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I actually got this sword way early on, as a mistake. I think this is when I was level 3 or 4. I was just running around the wilderness, looking for dungeons so I could grind. Found this one place. Go into it and run around and start killing stuff. I get to the end and see there's this person in the center of this little encampment area. So I shoot him from stealth, he comes running up, and I finish him off. I had no idea who I was. So then I loot him and my eyes almost popped outta my head. His sword, Umbra, was ridiculously powerful. I took it, but had to leave the armor, as I was carrying too much as it is. I can't believe I have gotten what may be one of the most powerful weapons in the game at such at early level. Was I not supposed to? Oh yeah, you know, I actually think I wasn't supposed to, because now I have 1 assault and 1 murder haha.
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[QUOTE=RebelousDarkElf]This is sort of off topic, but I'm amazed that there is another Umbra. Is there another Umbra's Sword? I'm a bit of an old-school guy with Morrowind. This makes another reason on why I want Oblivion.[/QUOTE]
I thought about that too, maybe you should start a new topic about this.
I thought about that too, maybe you should start a new topic about this.
Flesh to stone ain't permanent, it seems.