The Spider
A stealthy vampire mage who toys with enemies using illusions, paralysis, and summoned minions before finishing them with a well-aimed life drain or fire spell.
I would join the College of Winterhold, the Thieves Guild, and the Dark Brotherhood early to help level your skills and acquire gear.
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Those under the sign of The Lady regenerate Health and Stamina more quickly.
Condition
Powers
Your Breton blood gives you 25% resistance to magic.
Absorb 50% of the Magicka from hostile spells for 60 seconds.
Health and Stamina regenerate 25% faster.
Your Vampiric blood gives you 50% resistance to Frost.
Your Vampiric blood gives you 50% weakness to Fire.
Your Vampiric blood gives you 100% resistance to disease.
Your Vampiric blood gives you 100% resistance to poison.
Illusion spells cast by a Vampire are 25% more powerful.
Vampires are 25% harder to detect when sneaking.
Health, Magicka, and Stamina do not recover while in Sunlight and are reduced by 60 points.
Improved night vision for 60 seconds.
Absorb 5 points of Health per second from the target.
Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds.
Creatures and people up to level 8 won't fight for 30 seconds.
Vampire is invisible and has improved night vision for 180 seconds.
Transform into a Vampire Lord. Use the Revert Form power to change back.
Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 3 days.
Increases Magic Resistance by 15%.
You do more combat damage to the opposite sex.
Anywhere gems might be found, members of the Thieves Guild always seem to find a few more.
While Ethereal, you recover Health 25% faster.
Instantly absorb 100 points of Health from the target.
Summons the ghost of the legendary assassin Lucien Lachance to fight by your side, until he's defeated.
Your Frost Breath Shout encases foes in ice for 15 seconds.
Do 10% more damage to and get 10% better prices from people of the opposite sex.
All spells cost 10% less Magicka. Enchantments are 10% more powerful.
Spells cost no Magicka for 30 seconds.
Fully restores your Health, Magicka, and Stamina.
Summons a Dremora butler for 15 seconds to carry your excess items.
Loadout
A blast of fire that does 25 points of damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
Absorb 40 points of health per second from target, for 4 seconds.
You move more quietly for 180 seconds.
A blast of fire that does 60 points of damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
Summons an Ayleid Lich for 60 seconds.
Caster is invisible for 30 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell.
Targets that fail to resist are paralyzed for 10 seconds.
Summons a Storm Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
Summons a Bone Colossus for 60 seconds. While active, conjured skeletons regenerate health and you can summon 2 additional skeletons. Only 1 colossus can be summoned at a time.
Creatures and people up to level 20 flee from combat for 30 seconds.
Creatures and people up to level 14 will attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.
Improves the caster's armor rating by 100 points for 60 seconds.
All spells cost 5% less to cast.
Double sneak attack damage with One-handed weapons.
All spells cost 15% less to cast, and Magicka regenerates 100% faster.
Wearer is muffled and moves silently.
Carrying capacity increased by 75 points.; Increases your Magicka by 20 points.
While wearing this ring, you will receive 100 extra Magicka as well as regenerate Magicka faster.
Increases your Magicka by 50 points.
Shouts
The Thu'um reaches out to the Void, changing your form to one that cannot harm, or be harmed.
Your Voice bends the very stones to your will. As it gains power, animals, people and even dragons must do your bidding.
Speak, and let your Voice herald doom, as an opponent's armor and lifeforce are weakened.
Shout at time, and command it to obey, as the world around you stands still.
Your Thu'um cuts through flesh and shatters soul, commanding the will of the fallen.
The Thu'um is heard, but its source unknown, fooling those into seeking it out.
Your Voice is raw power, pushing aside anything - or anyone - who stands in your path.
The Thu'um rushes forward, carrying you in its wake with the speed of a tempest.