Oblivion question

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I am a imperial and I specialize in heavy armor/weaponry. Lately I have been interested in building up my magic and started the mages guild. I think I have run into an error in the game and I can't get a recommendation from cheydinhal. It says on quests falcar says I can't join the mages guild being a criminal or something like that. Well I somehow was able to get the quest completed by bringing back the ring to deetsan but I can't get a recommendation. Is there anyway to bypass this? I also want to know which mages guild recommendations I do have and is the mages guild necessary to build magic?

 

[Rike]

It's been a long time since I played, but I think your problem has something to do with your reputation or karma or whatever Oblivion calls it. In short, you're too bad.

 

[Martimus]

Originally posted by: OILFIELDTRASH
I am a imperial and I specialize in heavy armor/weaponry. Lately I have been interested in building up my magic and started the mages guild. I think I have run into an error in the game and I can't get a recommendation from cheydinhal. It says on quests falcar says I can't join the mages guild being a criminal or something like that. Well I somehow was able to get the quest completed by bringing back the ring to deetsan but I can't get a recommendation. Is there anyway to bypass this? I also want to know which mages guild recommendations I do have and is the mages guild necessary to build magic?

It is not necessary, but it is the only way I know to be able to make your own spells other than to buy the wizards tower DLC. All pre-made spells can be used by anyone with the skills to use them.

You need to get a recommendation from every mages guild (I think all the major towns have one) to get into the Mages guild. It has been a while for me, so I don't remember the specifics of what each guild asks you to do. But you do need to go to each and ask their leader for a recomendation, then do what he says you need to do.

You can force the quest complete with a command, but you will likely have to look up the commands on Google to figure out how. The Oblivion Wiki generally has those workarounds posted, so that would be a good place to start.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Spoiler Alert:

Read the quest details here: http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Cheydinhal_Recommendation. I'm not sure if you're running into a bug, or if you're just not taking the right actions to get the recommendation. Hopefully there's a piece of information in that link that will help you.

 

[2Dead]

After you get the ring, she tells you to search Falcar's room.

 

[lopri]

You may have killed a member of mages guild or something. Go to Arcain University and talk to Raminus Polus (?) if that's the case.

http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Mages_Guild_Suspension

Also make sure you have installed the latest patch for the game.

 

[shortylickens]

This is why I go straight for the Mages guild whenever I start a new character. And I try to buy all the essential spells as soon as I can. Even for warriors there are too many uses for magic to just ignore it for half the game.