In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion , there are eight basic attributes that define your character's capabilities, each affecting different skills and stats:
- Strength : Increases melee damage (longswords, maces, axes, hand-to-hand), maximum encumbrance (carrying capacity) by 5 per point, and slightly raises maximum health
- Intelligence : Raises your maximum magicka, which is your resource for casting spells
- Willpower : Improves magicka regeneration rate and increases maximum fatigue (stamina), which affects how much physical action you can take
- Agility : Enhances damage with daggers, shortswords, and bows; increases maximum fatigue and fatigue regeneration rate; also affects balance and movement
- Speed : Affects movement speed including walking, running, sprinting, and swimming
- Endurance : Greatly increases maximum health and health regeneration; determines how much your health improves when leveling up
- Personality : Influences how likable you are to NPCs, affecting their willingness to help, enemy aggression, and merchant prices during trading
- Luck : Affects all skills slightly and influences random events; having Luck above 50 provides a general buff, while below 50 causes penalties
Additionally, there are four derived attributes calculated from these basics:
- Health : Total damage you can take before dying, mostly affected by Endurance and Strength
- Magicka : Magical energy pool used for casting spells, influenced by Intelligence and Willpower
- Fatigue : Physical energy for actions, affected by Willpower, Agility, and Strength
- Encumbrance : The maximum weight you can carry, directly increased by Strength
Each attribute also governs three specific skills (except Luck, which affects all skills slightly), influencing how well you perform related tasks
. Attributes can be temporarily modified by spells or effects such as Fortify, Drain, or Damage Attribute, which alter their current values during gameplay
. In summary, attributes determine combat effectiveness, magic capabilities, stamina, social interactions, and overall character performance in Oblivion
