I was sitting at the creation screen, and i could not decide on a character.

I mean, you have your basic Warrior, Thief, and Mage classes, but i was hoping for something new.

I thought of Witchdoctor, use Alchemy, Conjuration (dabbles in the undead), Restoration for a bit of healing, and maybe a bit of Destruction.
Dress him up in some enchanted Forsworn armor and tada, you now have a Witchdoctor.

Does anyone else have some not so cookie cutter classes?

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Have a good evening.

Ha ! Funny. I will have the game this week (at last, time !), and I was too kind of musing of making a kind of voodoo-lady. Raising the dead and making tons of weird potions. That'd be a change from my usual assassin type, I never actually took the time for magic or alchemy.

I wonder if I can make her short, old, round with tons of blue tatoos. Kinda like Pratchett's kelda. :mellow:

Sadly, not that i know of.

If you play PC im sure they will come up with something.

make an altmer barbarian.

Ah, well, I'll do my best and wait for mods. Indeed on PC.

I mean a named class lol

Ninja

Skills:

Sneak

One-handed (Only use duel swords.)

Light Armour

Illusion


Samurai

Skills:

Heavy Armour

One-handed (Only uses one sword.)

Blocking (Does not use shields; only blocks using his sword.)

I like the samurai idea

I usually base my characters on someone from a book/film/tv show/other game etc. That way the character kinda...makes itself for you. So as long as you don't pick a cookie-cutter character, you are going to end up with a range of perks/skills etc.

Atm I'm roleplaying someone who is meant to be like Callisto from Xena

Thats actually a good idea.

Though i must admit i dont know who Callisto is :/

Samuri is easy, just use Orc armor with Ebony great sword

Shaman -

Wears furs and the Stormcloak general head gear
Uses a staff and a sword for close encounters
Conjuration
Restoration
Speach
Enchanting

Be a barber! Shave Dragons, Werewolves, and Bar Patrons! Then give the dragons free touch-ups on their way out! Don't be too clumsy, though, if you want returning customers.

Keep them coming

Anymore?

1) Dragon Hunter

One-Handed

Two-Handed

Archery

Restoration

Block (only use large shields)

Heavy Armor

2) Monk

One-handed (Only use the Blades Sword and Knives)

Block (No shields)

Restoration (Healing spells only)

Light Armour (Boots and Bracers only)

Alchemy (Only make healing potions)

While a classic TES class I've always been a fan of a custom Nightblade;

One-handed sword
Light Armor
Sneak
Archery
Destruction
Alteration
Alchemy

And since its fun in Skyrim, Conjuration. Usually you'd use Illusion. Gives a nice kit for you to work with and can change your tactics depending on the situation. Ideally though you're going for sneaky killer.


My niece plays as an Alchemist of all things...
Alchemy
Restoration
Alteration
Illusion
One-handed (usually Axe)
Light armour

More often that not she keeps her blade poisoned and pacifies most wildlife that attacks her. She has a love for making potions ever since Morrowind* She'll happily spend hours hunting and collecting ingredients



*This is largely do to her playing Morrowind as a kid and being unable to effectively fight. She was terrified of everything so stuck to robbing cities blind and collecting flowers to make potions. That habit has stuck with her even though shes a far more capable player now.

Minus, thats awesome about your niece.

Opera Singer:

Skills:
Blocking
Heavy Armor
Smithing
Enchanting
Restoration

Playstyle:
Only offensive weapons used are shouts and shield bash. Use a shout whileentering combat, then heal/shield bash while waiting for recharge.

That would be hard. lol

I sound like the niece above, heh. Most all I did in Oblivion was make potions. Now I do that and cook. I have a lot of food...anyone want 153 carrots?

I personally want to see a Buccaneer class. I believe there was one in Baldur's Gate. Cool outfit, awesome hat, sweet swords.....not to mention the ladies love it.

Mystic Archer
Conjuration
Archery
Alteration or Light armor (maybe heavy)
Sneak and Illusion ( Illusion for stealth casting )

A Witchdoctor

Inquisitor

Druid

Crusader

Archaeologist

Farmer

Miner

Foreman

Courier

Pirate -previously mentioned-

Nobility

Monk -previously mentioned-

Astronomer

Naturalist

Trapper/furrier

Bar Wench

Town Drunk

Town Skooma Addict

Skooma dealer

Serial Killer

Spy

Private Investigator

Town guard, town command

Militia

Boxers

Bards (If Only we could play the damn instruments)

Librettist

Bar Hands

Shop Hands

Dock Hands

Shrimp and Potatoes

Shrimp Gumbo

Poachers

Outlaws

Con artist

Court Wizard

Court Jester

Court Composer

Alchemist -previously mentioned-



I could keep going...

A lot of it has to do with actual play style. more than any certain skills, although you can figure them out by the mechanics Skyrim lets you do. But I can go into any one particular on how I would envision they'd be played. Ill make all of them over the years anyway with Skyrim.

As for an actual Witchdoctor, http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/joniscrazy/Argo.jpg They are definitely viable, but Spell creation really helped out with 'Curses" and such. Hope you make something awesome. Cheers. :celebration:

The sneakiest Orc in the world, wearing plate armor.

Or a barbarian Nord...who uses magic. Never even touched a sword.