I always like to start off desperate. I'm a petty unaffiliated thief... fighting in the Arena for small payouts.

I get through those "gritty quests" until I got a comfortable sum of money... then I start to develop a more "reputable" persona... but I retain that darker, "secret" side. If I build it right... I get a great RP experience, but still get to play as a renaissance man.

What about hand to hand?

I already answered this look at posts below my original post.

Well, I plan on being a Nord the first playthrough, but afterwords, I think I will be that Mage trying to delve deep into the secrets of magic. That typical crud.

I will be a breton.

I will wear the rags I was given in jail.

I will steal a bow.

I will hunt, I will sleep, I will use my spells to murder and steal from others.

I will have fun.

A sneaky Nord.

Harry Potter

please include throwing darts

I'm playing an Argonian psycho assassin like Dexter, so please include named soul gems so I could display my trophies

As a fellow player with alt-itis I already have two characters in mind.

1st, a stealth mage. Sneak around with a bow (poisoned using alchemy) to take out or weaken my enemies at range then switching to magic for close combat. Dual-wield spells and flamethrower as well as setting a well placed rune before using the bow.

2nd, a dual-wielding handaxes, race undecided, light armored warrior.

I would assume if it's a bit of an OCD thing everything is urgent. You just can't leave stuff lying around uncompleted to get back to later.

I'm gonna play a Crusader:
Heavy Armor, blunt weapons(one-handed with perks in maces), healing magic, smithing and maybe destruction. Basicly a heavily armored, spellcasting warrior with a good cause.

One thing I always used to suggest to my players suffering from altitis was to take an existing character in the new direction(s) they would normally create a new character for.

So let's say you're playing a dark elf spellsword who's mostly following the main quest, a few sidequests, general gameplay. The next day altitis strikes and you think to yourself, "hey, I want to make an archer!" STOP. Load up your spellsword guy, and buy him a bow.
A few days later altitis rears its ugly head again and you think to yourself, "hey, I want to play a pure mage!" STOP. Load up your spellsword guy, sell his melee weapons, go looking for some new spells, and get casting. Your character's progression will adjust accordingly, and your skills and perks will come to better resemble those of the new archetype you're playing as. That's the beauty of a classless progression system.

Alternatively, you can of course view Skyrim as a piecemeal RPG experience; play one character who just hunts monsters, another who just does mage quests and alchemy, another who hoards treasure and artifacts, another who pursues the main quest, and so on. And that's the beauty of an open world RPG.

Batman is not cool

This. 100%.

Name: Daiyus gro-Dyyg
Race: Orsimer (Orc)
Gender: Male
Birthsign: The Mage

Class: Spellsword (Custom)
Major Skills: Armourer, Blade, Block, Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration
Minor Skills: Athletics, Heavy Armour, Enchanting,Mysticism, Light Armour, Mercantile, Speechcraft

Specialisation: Melee Combat and Fire based spells.

I do have a backstory stretching to Morrowind but I won't write it out. Just a few things to note really. I tend to wear what armour suits me (hence the minor skills) and use enchanting to make it useful. I kinda latched onto Orcish traditions and infused it with an academic edge. So while I uphold the traditions of manufacture and brutal combat I've taken on magical areas of that too (most of my magics are touch based). Also the blade is a more refined weapon in my opinion, and I like that as a scholar.


I don't know man, either look at what you yourself are like and base a character from that, or roleplay an archetype with a twist (like me), or just build a "survival" machine focussing on truly essential skills and allow other skills to naturally develop at your whim.

Hopefully, no classes/major skills in Skyrim will help alleviate this. Your suggestion is good, but when (In MW/OB) my major/minor skills didn't fit the new idea, it didn't sit well and I had to change it.

I'd suggest that you don't think about making a character. Think about making *you.* I make someone that reflects me or who I'd like to be if I was in the city and place I'm playing. I make her smart, honest, strong in skills she'll need to survive, as pretty as I can tweak her , as lady-like as she can be in a gown or robe and as tough as nails in armor. That's a good place to start for me. I like the contrast of those things. So, what do *you* like or how do you see yourself? Don't disassociate yourself from the character and maybe that will help? Good luck.

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Im not alone!!!! YAAAY!
Seriously its a condition.
Oblivion - 50+ characters.
FO3 = 20+ characters
FONV = 15 + characters
I hope V breaks this curse with its unrestricted "Class" system.
Thats been my happiest news so far!

why is this the best idea ever....i can see it now, grappling hook right in a cliffracers ass and flying all over the map bataranging everything in sight!

I can't really say anything since the game hasn't come out yet. But I think I might try to be an Argonian or a Dark Elf like in TES: Oblivion.
I never only stay in one fraction or type. I try to do ALL quests and reach maximum in every skill.
:P

This is what I was going to say.

For me, Altmer because I love using magika and they so far have had the most magika out of every race. Maybe I will do Argonian this time as well. I did them in Arena and Daggerfall. Not in Morrowind because of the restricions of helms and boots.

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Multi quote is not working for me. Dang.


I don't think it's OCD, otherwise I have it as well. I call it restartitis. I keep restarting all the time as well. In fact I believe almost 99% of TES players have that.