Summary
- The Lady boosts Willpower and Endurance for Mages, vital for increasing Magicka and HP reserves.
- The Lord enhances physical and magical defense, crucial for mage classes in combat situations.
- The Mage's boosting of Magicka reserves is essential for casting spells, though potions are still necessary.
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered has an interesting approach when it comes to classes and how everything rolls out. Players begin in a dungeon and then slowly get offered more and more ways to customize their character, including looks, Birthsigns, class, and race. Once the tutorial area is within reach, the game will ask one last time if players want to make some changes, which is always nice to see from an RPG that offers choices.
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For those who want to play as one of several mage types in the game, these Birthsigns will help improve beginning stats or imbue special talents. Let's go through the best ones in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
7 The Lady
Boosting Willpower And Endurance
The Lady is a great Birthsign for Mage classes as it can boost the Willpower and Endurance stats. Willpower is the most important stat for Mages as it can boost how much Magicka players have. Magicka is like MP in other RPGs like Final Fantasy, required to cast spells.
Willpower also dictates Fatigue, which is like stamina in other RPGs, as running, jumping, swimming, or attacking enemies can drain it. Endurance, on the other hand, can increase HP and how fast it can naturally recharge, which is good for Mages who tend to wear lighter armor and are thus more vulnerable to attacks.
6 The Lord
Boost Physical And Magical Defense
As previously mentioned, Mage classes aren’t typically equipped to go head-to-head against most enemy types. Casting shells from a distance is a Mage’s best strategy, which applies to other RPGs as well.
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The Lord is a Birthsign that can help in the defensive department, as players can gain skills to increase physical and magical resistance. Boost physical defense even when casting spells from a distance on creatures like wolves or heavily armored knights. When dealing with other Mages, it’s best to go in for close-range combat as they can generally resist spells as well.
5 The Mage
Boost Magicka Reserves
The Mage is an obvious Birthsign to give to any of the seven Mage classes in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. It will boost the Magicka meter, giving players more allowance for casting spells. Even with Birthsigns like The Mage and The Lady, players need to stock up on Magicka healing potions as much as it is important to stock up on HP restorative vials.
Players can find an abundance of potions while exploring ruins in the open world, they can buy them from certain stores, or they can even craft them, so it’s important to gather materials. Just be sure to have a safe place to store materials and potions in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, like joining a Guild and getting a safe room like the Mage’s Guild in Chorrol.
4 The Ritual
Scare The Dead And Heal Yourself
The Ritual is a good Birthsign for players who like a good healing spell and a way to get rid of the undead. There are various types of undead that players will encounter in the game, from skeletal warriors to ghosts, both found in creepy old crypts.
Blessed Word is a costly spell, but it can cause the undead to flee, which is good if players are surrounded by zombie apocalypse-style. Mara’s Gift, on the other hand, is a powerful healing spell that can only be used once a day, but it should be able to cure HP completely, at least for the early hours of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
3 The Serpent
Poison Thy Enemies
The Serpent has a lot of drawbacks and is more of a Birthsign useful to a rogue or thief character in an RPG, but Mages in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered can get a bit of an advantage from using the attached special skill, too. Serpent Spell will poison an enemy for twenty seconds, and it can cure poison if players are affected in return.
There is a big drawback, though, as it can greatly drain Fatigue. Serpent Spell is the type of skill that players will want to save for boss characters or enemies that are at a higher skill level than them, but again, there are reasons why Mages would want to fall under this Birthsign.
2 The Steed
Run Faster While Exploring
Players should follow the story until they at least deliver the King’s amulet in Weynon Priory, as this is how players can get their first horse. This horse will not have armor, as that is STILL reserved for DLC, continuing the meme decades later, but overall, a horse will speed up exploration.
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That said, if players choose to give their Mage The Steed Birthsign, then maybe a horse is unnecessary. Players can gain a Speed advantage while walking around on foot with The Steed. So, if players find horses in games more cumbersome than helpful, then perhaps they should consider their options in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
1 The Warrior
Boost Endurance And Strength
Finally, The Warrior Birthsign is a good one to follow for a specific set of Mage classes in the game. For example, the Battlemage is a class reserved for players who want to be good at dealing physical damage along with magical damage, akin to Red Mages in Final Fantasy games.
To strike opponents hard, players will need Strength, which can be boosted under The Warrior’s skill set. Strength is also useful for increasing the weight limit of players, allowing them to loot more in the game before having to store it. The Warrior can also enhance Endurance, aka HP, like The Lady Birthsign.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Franchise
- The Elder Scrolls
- Number of Players
- Single-player
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure
- Platform(s)
- Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PlayStation 5, PC
