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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints
Commands for Affecting Others
To do something to another person or item with the following commands, you must first select them so their internal codename appears up near the top of the screen.
* disable - use on anyone or anything to make it disappear * enable - use to get back the last thing you disabled (if it's still selected) * lock # - use on a door or container to lock it at lock level # * unlock - use on a locked door or container to unlock it * kill - use on living NPCs and monsters to instantly kill them * resurrect - use on dead NPCs and monsters to bring them back to life * moddisposition player # - adds # to the targeted NPC's disposition toward you * setbartergold # - changes the targeted merchant's base barter gold to # You can also use the "setav," "getav," and "modav" commands mentioned in the Editing Your Character section to affect others -- just don't put "player." on the front of the command. You'd rarely want to increase anyone else's attributes, but it might sometimes help to decrease them. Also, it can be fun to use "setcrimegold" to give people bounties of 500 gold or more so that city guards will attack them.
To get any hostile person or creature to stop attacking you, select him and then type the following two commands on the console line:
