Have Calm, Frenzy or Paralyze on hotkey in case they run. (Whether or not you join, he'll give you the Blade of Woe, which has no weight and is therefore pretty useful.)Īs for the actual murderin', start off with a sneak attack with your poisoned blade, draw the target away from anyone else, and switch to touch Destruction spells. You can join the Dark Brotherhood at his behest, and you'll have access to these later - or you can skip the DB, kill him, and take his clothes. He's wearing Black Hand Robes, which are lightweight and enchanted with Illusion, Blade, and Marksman fortifications.

A good way to get good assassin clothes is to commit murder and meet with Lucien Lachance. Besides, you can't be an assassin without Sneak, and you don't get critical Sneak damage with spells.Īthletics and Acrobatics, just because those are pretty good for anyone who spends a lot of time on their feet.įor your equipment, I'd say get enchanted Light Armor or clothing.

You can go for targeted spells or spells that work on contact I prefer the latter because it feels more assassin-y.īlade and Alchemy because you may want to supplement your casting with poisoned weapons. It also has Calm, which makes the target chill out for a while Frenzy, which makes the target attack the nearest enemy Rally, which will stop the target from fleeing and Paralyze, which puts the enemy in a 'ragdoll' state for a few seconds.ĭestruction is basically any spell with damage output. Illusion has an Invisibility spell for getting through tight spots (but you can't attack while it's on), and a Chameleon spell which is weaker invisibility, but you can attack. Skills: Assuming you're going for initial boosts and not good level-ups (something I'm not very good at), you might look something like this: Built-in invisibility is nice (although you'll still want an actual spell for this, so you can do it more than once a day), poison touch is just cool. Argonians are pretty good for most assassin builds, Altmer have the most Magicka (and their elemental weaknesses don't show as much with assassin gameplay). So assuming you're not going for power-leveling, a good build is:

Oblivion light armor trainer