This Khajiit appears to be, first of all, way more beast-like than Oblivion which I think is awesome; but the main point of the thread:

This doesn't look like the same species of Khajiit as has been in previous games. I've forgotten their names, but he looks like a fighter-type race. Yes? No? What are your thoughts? If yes, is this a positive change? I think it is. Looks awesome.

Poor thread title. :brokencomputer:

The stronger Khajiit race would be the Cathay or Cathay-raht (though the Cathay-raht are supposed to have spotted fur). So yes, this could be the case, or it could also be due to the fact that we are supposedly allowed to customize the body of our characters this time around.

i always imagined cathay raht to be buffer looking :/

It's possible that the Khajiit looking more muscular than we're used to seeing is just because this particular Khajiit is like that, after all, we've been told that body customization is in, so most likely, all races can have both skinnier and larger builds. What we see here may simply be an example of that rather thsn a sign that Bethesda has gone with a different type of Khajiit, obvious, since this is the only Khajiit we've seen, we have no way to know if all Khajiit are more muscular or just this one, however, it certainly seems like a possibility, and I think a likely one as I expect Bethesda to keep Khajiit as a stralthy race, because let's face it, when most people who have played Elder Scrolls games think of Khajiit, that's what they'll think of, I'm sure.

It's not even that dramatically more muscular.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1181030-cathay-khajiit/page__hl__cathay

That sounds pretty reasonable. I had forgotten that you could customize body appearance too. Anyways, either way I'm making my first character a buff Khajiit fighter. Or maybe a fearless Nord barbarian. Or perhaps a savage Orsimer berserker. That is to say, until the other races are released and I see how epic they look.

Dang, too many choices, and they're all so awesome!

There was a thread on this last night! He is definitely improved, and you should be able to change his musculature when you play the game. Can't wait to tinker with the character editor!

I think Beth might wish that they never had all the complex race stuff written about Khajits, all the games ignore it basically anyway. You don't see it.

Thanks, I hadn't realized. Moderator, please delete this thread.