I was thinking about starting a new character with patch 1.3 and an orc warrior sounded pretty fun. I was thinking sword and board style as opposed to dual wielding. How have some of you other sword and board players liked playing that style? I guess I kind of picture an Orc using a shield with his sword and thus it appeals to me from an RP perspective. What other skills might I mix in with it, without getting into magic to much?

I find it hard to drop the two handed weapons. I am running a 200+ damage battle axe. by tomorrow i hope to run a 300+ weapon. Help me get off my two handed addiction. i mean i just took on two giants and two mammoths in melee combat, it takes 3-4 hits to kill a dragon and almost every monster in the game is one hit so it is hard to give it up.

I'm doing something like this with a redguard, except it's more like "Mace and Face" (you come up with a term for a shield that rhymes with mace)

Quick Reflexes- This is another perk that is not completely necessary. If you have slow reflexes and can't see a power attack coming in time to shield bash it then by all means.

This is the setup I use as well. It's amazing! You really do need the perks to maximise the experience though.

Shield Wall- Very good perk but unless you literally want to take almost no damage when blocking; it's not necessary to max it out.
Deflect Arrows- Don't take this perk expecting to be completely safe from arrows. It does not work that way. Unless the arrow hits your shield it won't deflect it. It's mildly helpful.
Quick Reflexes- This is another perk that is not completely necessary. If you have slow reflexes and can't see a power attack coming in time to shield bash it then by all means.
Power Bash- This perk is a MUST when you go sword and board. Makes a great interupt against melee power attacks, dragon's breath, and caster spells.
Elemental Protection- So helpful against Dragons, Wisps, and most casters. Highly reccomend taking Block Runner along with this perk.
Deadly Bash- There's really no reason not to take this perk if you already have Power Bash. It increases the dmg output. You can also one-shot mudcrabs, wolves, and skeevers.
Block Runner- This perk coupled with Elemental Protection spells doom for casters. The mobility it gives while blocking is too good to ignore.
Disarming Bash- It sounds great which is why I took it, but I have had this perk for nearly 10 levels and I don't think I have seen it disarm once. Not sure if its a glitched.
Shield Charge- For a final perk in the block tree this is really "meh." My recommendation is to pass on this and take "Critical Charge" in the one-handed tree instead.

You have got to be joking re Quick Reflexes... Its hands down the best perk in the tree.

You get a free Slow Time effect every damn time someone power attacks, they start the attack you drop block sidestep the attack and throw your own power attack at their stumbling slow-mo joke of an attack.

I am not sure what end game weapon stats look like but if your axe is 300+ by using the potions, and whatever else it is to get ur enchanting to like 800% (exaggerated number) then I am not interested. I like to RP and stay within my bounds. I am not here to play the "l0l lets see how much armor and weapon damage I can stack by maxing x, using y potions, etc"

You have got to be joking re Quick Reflexes... Its hands down the best perk in the tree.
You get a free Slow Time effect every damn time someone power attacks, they start the attack you drop block sidestep the attack and throw your own power attack at their stumbling slow-mo joke of an attack.

Completely unnecessary. Power attacks are easily defended even without the slow time. There's no need for all that side-stepping when you can simply block, bash, swat, and power attack and ultimately wind up with the very same result only difference is you would saved a perk point. It's a preference perk but as I said, completely unnecessary.

Elemental protection is partially broken in that raising your shield after a spell has already started to hit you has no effect (e.g. dragon breath).

Power bash doesn't make it a better interrupt. You can interrupt just the same way without it. It just makes your shield bash do some amount of damage, as far as I can tell. I don't know if the damage is high enough to be worth getting. I seriously doubt that it scales well/at all.

Completely unnecessary. Power attacks are easily defended even without the slow time. There's no need for all that side-stepping when you can simply block, bash, swat, and power attack and ultimately wind up with the very same result only difference is you would saved a perk point. It's a preference perk but as I said, completely unnecessary.