Failed characters thread

Post » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:53 pm

I think everyone has a few characters which they threw in the bin after just a little while (or if you're seriously unlucky, you had to trash a developed one) so I figured, why not make a thread dedicated to these characters? Perhaps even the character didn't work for you, but someone else may find it interesting and adopt that character :)

My first failed character was actually my first character ever LOL, it was a Breton mage inspired by my Mage in Oblivion. What I didn't count on was Destruction magic not being nearly as effective as Oblivion's, but I carried on, after all, a challenge keeps things interesting. What I didn't count on was that if I killed a chicken, the Civil War, the Great War and the return of the dragons would all be put on a quick haitus so that the residents of Tamriel could reign down death upon me. Time. And time. Again. I got fed up and deleted the character and started again as a Nord :D

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Wayne Cole
 
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Post » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:00 am

I am trying my darndest to think of a failed character, but I'm surprised to find I haven't had any in Skyrim. :shrug: I've had at least three in Oblivion though.

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james kite
 
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Post » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:42 am

Perhaps a thread should be made there? :P I can hardly ever come up with good Oblivion characters, maybe you'll provide the inspiration :)

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Ridhwan Hemsome
 
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Post » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:41 am

The thought crossed my mind, Anglo. Yeah, I might do that.

I've had really good luck making female characters in Oblivion, but have had a couple failed males. Overall I've made 4 females for every 1 male in that game. In Skyrim it's the opposite; I've got more males than females. No fails in Skyrim though, not yet anyway. :)

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Sista Sila
 
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Post » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:59 pm

If by "failed" you mean abandoned early on, that would've been the Nord I made, in a moment of madness.

I never liked stereotypes in Oblivion, there was no way I would like them in Skyrim. That character, was a mistake.

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LittleMiss
 
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Post » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:43 pm

I don't think I've ever had a failed character, or maybe I'm misunderstanding the concept. I've had a lot of abandoned characters. This usually happens because for one reason or another I lose interest in the character. Sometimes it's because I have another too-similar but more interesting character. And I never delete my characters, unless they die in a dead-is-dead attempt. So I can always go back and rejoin them at a later time, and I often do.

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