Poor Glarthir. He's one of the most memorable NPCs in Oblivion, and yet, he almost definitely dies in most playthroughs. In fact, there's usually no way to complete his quest, Paranoia, without him being killed at the end. Ultimately, he goes hostile against someone, whether that be the guards, one of his neighbours, or even the player, and gets into a fight he is not equipped to win.
However, one Oblivion Remastered player made it their mission to keep him alive, albeit without directly helping Glarthir murder people and attract the ire of the guards. As spotted by GamesRadar+, a Reddit user pumped Glarthir full of buffs, preparing him for the fight of a lifetime.
This absolutely wild way to approach Paranoia comes to us courtesy of Reddit user Plane-Session-6624. They documented their attempts to save Glarthir over on the Oblivion subreddit and asked the community for advice on how to perfect the method.
One of the first hurdles they had to get past was that there is no way to directly place something in someone else's inventory, meaning they had to rely on buffing his stats rather than improving his equipment. So, they got to work on...
