On families: No. Even if it's in I'll probably ignore it.

On my character: He has been very mapped out. I have a whole family history from my Arena Eternal Champion (Titus) to my Skyrim Dovahkiin (Solfirn) All of my main characters have been related, except my Nerevarine who was a Dunmer, but I have made several Morrowind characters that are a part of the family.

As a writer, this has given me plenty to write about. So Solfirn has a good background that's still in progress.

While i'd hate for it to be like the Sims, I think it could be interesting to have your own family...but only if there was a way to do it without making it like Sims. I don't have any suggestions as to how that would work, but I'm sure it's possible. :hugs:

I didn't know there were going to be children in Skyrim--it's about time, if you ask me.

While i'd hate for it to be like the Sims, I think it could be interesting to have your own family...but only if there was a way to do it without making it like Sims. I don't have any suggestions as to how that would work, but I'm sure it's possible. :hugs:

I didn't know there were going to be children in Skyrim--it's about time, if you ask me.

I have the basic concept of my character(s) background(s), but I prefer to fill the blanks while I play since that way background story ends up being much better.

Were not having kids becuse this isnt fable!
and were not really gonna fight dragons cause this isnt dragon age!
Let skyrim be its own game!

I'd like a child companion (like http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11874 mod for oblivion)

As for kids, that's actually one of my worries. Kids in Fable were crap, and implementing something so drastic in a new game can be worrying. I'm really troubled that they'll be done horribly and it'll kill the game for me. However if they're done well, I mean, really well, it could add a great new dynamic to the game.

As for families; NO! That is just the wrong direction to go.

And as for my first character, now that's a good question.

Race: Nord, I'm ALWAYS a Nord, I love em (partially why I think Skyrim'll be awesome, its main inhabitants are Nords)
Gender: Male, I'm a guy, playing a female just seems... odd.
Class(I know there are no classes, but my general 'role'): I can't decide. I think it would be cool to be a mage Nord, and apparently spells are really cool in Skyrim. However I also wanna be a Nordic barbarian, I mean, c'mon, what's better than that?

Yes my characters back story is all mapped out............. but a short synopsis is:

Karniest was born the youngest of 3 to one of the wilderness tribes chiefs, training in duel weilding axes and bows until at the age of 12 a wandering mage caught the young nords eye with his magicka and party spells. Taking an interest in the Magic arts Karniest secretly learnt everything he could about destruction and Illusion over the next 5 years. At 17 he was hunting with his brothers and after runingn out of arrows with still no prey to show he fired off a fireball at a deer burning it to death. His kin saw this and reported back to his father. Causing the Tribes elders, his father included, to shun the youngster, banishing him from the village instantly. After 2 years of wandering the wilderness villages and surrounding provences picking up odd jobs to feed and cloth himself he returned to the tribe hoping his family would forgive him. Unfortunatly with his father dead his brothers had him set up for the murder of one of the elders wives for the shame he has brought to the family and he was arrested and has been sentenced to death.

This is a cut down version as my longer story goes into more detail of the 2 years he spent wandering Cyrodiil, High Rock and Skyrim, but he will be a Nord Male around 20 years old, slim and athletic (not the bulky Nord) due to his concentration on Magicka. His skills will include Destruction, Illusion, Alchemy, One Handed, Marksman.

But fighting dragons is one of the big things in Skyrim

I have absolutely no idea what character I might play in Skyrim, nor do I have any interest in trying to figure it out. When the time comes, I'll do what I always do - come up with some rough idea for a character, put it together, then just dive in and watch the character and see what happens and figure out who and what s/he is from that. To me, it's sort of like watching a movie - when I first see the character, I know nothing about him/her aside from the basic details. Over time, as things happen and s/he responds to those things, a sense of his/her personality starts to emerge. In the long run, I end up with a complex character who's internally consistent - s/he is whoever s/he is because of the things that have happened and how s/he dealt with them, just like real people.

And I honestly couldn't care less about children or family. If I was interested in that, I'd play The Sims.

All of the "This isnt *blank*" arguments are pure fail.

On Topic: If they are done right, sure it could be cool. If they are done poorly, a feature skipped. If they arent done, meh.

My character will be Norrin (see avatar), my main from Oblivion. I realize Skyrim is 200 or so years after Oblivion, but I spent a lot of time with the character and would like him to live on in Skyrim.

I will likely be the mysterious mage wandering the province following clues and refining my skills until the time is right so to speak, probably making more enemies than friends in my quest for answers long lost.

I always wondered why there were never kids in Tamriel, and as long as they do it right, it should be a nice change....

I will most likely be a wood elf, or a khajiit. female. always female. I've tried being male once, but being a RL woman, I prefer to remain one in a game. Plus, it's the only RPG I've enjoyed that gave the option to be a female hero.

Having my own family in the game? I don't know if it would fit in with the demands of being the Dovakhin, but maybe...? But I am more inclined to say...no. :ermm:

I never try to static my character sets, that's the benifit of playing a SP game: you don't have to strive to have the best speced/geared/enchanted/ect. character or have to deal with elitiest douchebags trying to inflate their ego by telling you how much you svck for putting a point(s) into an ability or tree that looks the cool, or not having good enough gear. (Bet you can guess why I'm on a hiatus from WoW right now...).

I'm going to just wing it on my first game, and every game after that.

As for kids, HELL NO. It svcks enough that children are included in Skyrim (if thier confidence is set at 0, it will be tolorable), and the option to have your own kid would just be stuipid. Leave this to Lionhead Studios. Some ideas other games had are good, but this is DEFINATLY not one of them.

furthermore, in dragon age you fight, at most, 3 full grown dragons. In DA, dragons were rare, considered gods, as opposed to skyrim, where they aren't rare, and only one is considered a god.

I agree with you Mr. Bei...Besides...I'm already living that reality...

I want to pick pocket kids.

For what? lollipops? lunch money? toys?

all of the above.

You're a daisy...

the guy's the first vampire i like.