What race are you playing as and why?

[ConjuringFire]

Breton Nightblade - Breton's are a cool race being half elven, the magic resist is excellent and being an Illusion Assassin is super fun.

 

Also as a Breton, I can RP that my character is a decedent of Hjati-Early Beard (Talos), who some people believe wasn't Nord but Breton

[damon8r351]

For the people new to it and don't know: the resistance to magicka ability is capped at 85% and Bretons are the only race who can reach it permanently without contracting vampirism or equipping enchanted equipment. Resistance to magicka gives you blanket resistance to all magic attacks. The way you do this is:

• Bretons begin with a natural 25% resistance to magicka.
• Taking the Lord's Stone standing stone blessing gives you another 25% resistance to magicka and also +50 to your armor class. This can be found in the hills north of Whiterun and northwest of Loreius Farm.
• Completing The Book of Love quest that starts in Riften gives you another 15% resistance to magicka. You start this travel-intensive quest by speaking to the priestess at the Temple of Mara.
• Putting 2 points into the Magic Resistance perk on the Alteration skill tree gives you another 20% resistance to magicka.

You may wonder why this is particularly useful, and it's because dragon's breath attacks are magicka attacks. You can shrug off the brunt of a breath attack (taking slightly more than 50% of the damage you'd normally take from it) and charge a dragon head on. All you'd have to worry about is their melee attacks then.

Edited November 21, 2016 by damon8r351

[LinuxSteven301]

I've done mostly WoodElf / thief / Archer, through Morrowind , Oblivian and Skyrim.   felt I needed to try something different so went Nord with 2 handed hammer with heavy armor. Melee has  completely changed how I play, more head first ask questions later rather than snip from afar never getting my hands dirty. 

[RabbiAndy]

Orc, mostly due to my love for Lord of the Rings and the game Shadow of Mordor. I enjoyed the mechanic of how regular, no named Orcs can rise in power and become war chiefs in that game and now in Skyrim I can do just that myself.

[Novemberian]

I did three "playthroughs" on PS3 and the first two characters were Nords. I come from a Nordic country myself so... I guess Nords were kind of relatable for me. But then I decided to pick a Breton as my third character because the Breton in that ESO cinematic trailer was so cool, I kinda wanted to "recreate" him in Skyrim.  And then I ended up liking my Breton character so much on PS3 that I wanted to bring him with me on PS4. 

[TheSowIsMine]

I'm a sneaky, bow wielding, light armour wearing wood elf.

[Bulex007]

I played a Nord on PS3 Because the story is based in Skyrim.

I do the same on PS4

[EvenstarII]

I'm playing a Nord for nostalgic reasons. I played a Nord character on my very first Skyrim playthrough and I decided to remake that very same character. I really wish I could play as a snow elf. I play on the PC (heavily modded) as well and my current character is a snow elf. 

[dadoudelidou]

I picked a Wood Elf thinking to build a sneaky assasin with a bow.

 

And.... i shot approximatly 20 arrows and disliked the bow..

 

So i got myself a wood elf with a heavy armour, a shield and a mace bashing everything around Skyrim

[Nicolae-TR]

I created Dark Elf. Cause i love magic stuff i'm trying mix one handed & mage.

[MAUSZX]

Argonian, I always choose argonian I think humans is Boring choice, also i like reptiles so that's another reason and it mames more sense antes argonian yo he a dragonborn.

[DeathNyx]

Right now, male Imperial (sword and shield with also healing magic and archery) on my first playthrough on PS4 then i'll bring back my others that i created on PS3. 

[Cellcrash1991]

I honestly should start with this game. On my brother's x360 i played as a Dark Elf in Oblivion because at the time that was the "coolest" for me, lol. I guess i will try to remake that character again, so i will be a Dark Elf in Skyrim too. Never played Morrowind tho. 

[RabbiAndy]

My first save file I picked an Orc who joined the Imperials and ended up turning very evil and feared character as he becomes a servant to the Daedric princes.

 

My second file I made a Nord who joins the Stormcloaks and, in my role-playing, ends up being a reincarnation of Talos and a hero to mankind.

[Thrillhelm]

I play an Argonian in my PS4 playthrough who lives in a homosexual relationship with another male Argonian, just because I can and to add seomthign new to my second playthrough of this game.

[Magic_Pumpkin12]

Imperial, as I want to get the "100,000 gold held" trophy quicker.

[antigin]

Played on X360 as High Elf (started as a mage).

Now I'm playing on PS4 as Argonian (started as a two-handed warrior and archer at the same time)

[kevomode]

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Edited June 19, 2022 by kevomode

[Precise--Rhythm]

Bosmer is the superior race. Jesus told me in a dream.

[DARKB1KE]

On 3/22/2017 at 0:50 AM, Zozobobo57 said:

Bosmer is the superior race. Jesus told me in a dream.

 

Okay that's comedy gold, you win  

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

I was an Argonian when I first played the game (on X360), played many hours but never actually finished the game. I'm playing a Wood Elf on the new run I started a few days ago(on Switch).

 

I like how these races (can) look, don't feel like playing a human and didn't feel like playing an Argonian again after I played one for so long already, figured I'd mix things up.

Edited November 20, 2017 by Cubone

[Tesla_Rules]

Definitely a High Elf Sorcerer.  I mean, who can resist all the magic spells and that wicked stave?  Was using a Deltia build, but now I find Alcasthq works pretty well with my playing. Still trying to hone in my own rotation during battle.

[MrDelDante]

Being in Skyrim I had to go Nord.

 

Big, bearded, Ginger Nord. Called him Tormund. He's a heavy armor wearing, Sword and Dagger wielding, shouty Dragonborn.

[dakk55]

17 minutes ago, MrDelDante said:

Being in Skyrim I had to go Nord.

 

Big, bearded, Ginger Nord. Called him Tormund. He's a heavy armor wearing, Sword and Dagger wielding, shouty Dragonborn.

 

A shame you can't get the title of Giantsbane, along with a companion that apparently knows nothing. 

 

Normally I go Nord on first playthrough, although I've played Dark/High Elf if I ended up rolling classes with that relies mostly on magic.

[Champ147]

I'm a sneaky predator that lurks in the shadows and stealth kills via bow and arrow. It's kinda sad my prey can't at least see that they were just killed by a hot Bosmor (wood elf)  in light armor.