Argh, too many characters

Post » Sat May 19, 2012 3:19 am

After the demise of my last character (my fault) I decided to come up with a new one. But I made the mistake of looking around for info and ended coming up with three, and I can't decide which to play. All of them sound interesting to me, and could be fun to play, but I just can't choose.

Skulks-in-Shadows
Argonian
Mage
Eldritch Assassin
Magic
Used majors:Sneak, Marksman, Destruction
Unused majors: Blunt, Heavy Armour, HtH, Speechcraft
Planned residences: Thieves Den, Cheydinhal sanctuary

A cold, dispassionate, calculating killer. He doesn't kill for fun or sport, but won't hold back if he can gain by killing. Came to Cyrodil after hearing a woman whispering to him in his dreams, he thinks it feels like his mother, but the voice doesn't seem right. Kind of a dark, twisted reflection of the mystic archer.

Armion
Altmer
Thief
Battlemage(provisional)
Magic
Used majors: Blunt, Heavy Armour, Conjuration, Illusion
Unused majors: Blade, Light Armour, Marksman
Planned residences: Imperial city, Bravil

His younger sister was killed by a necromancer, who stole her body for his experiments. Armion swore vengeance, and eventually tracked him down. Cleaving through the necromancers undead servants, he came face to face with his sisters re-animated corpse, and was forced to hack it to pieces to get to the necromancer, who received the same treatment. He spent the next decade hunting necromancers and undead, reserving a special hatred for vampires, before heading to Cyrodil after the ban on necromancy, intending to offer his services to the arch-mage. Something of a beserker, relying on the psychological effect of a heavily armoured spell flinging warrior with a huge axe or hammer charging towards the enemy.

Gideon Draconis III
Breton
Apprentice
Spellsword(provisional)
Magic
Used majors: Blade, Heavy Armour, Destruction
Unused majors: Blunt, Light Armour, Marksman, HtH
planned residences: Frostcrag spire, Battlehorn castle, Benirus manor, White Stallion lodge

A cross between a warrior-scholar and a warrior philospher, Gideon travelled to Cyrodil looking to study the arts martial and arcane, and to find a solution to his magickal weakness, either through magic or understanding of combat. Takes a more measured approach to combat, scouting and fortifying rather than charging in.

I might well end up playing all three, I just can't decide which to pick first. Any suggestions?
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Pete Schmitzer
 
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Post » Fri May 18, 2012 11:09 pm

I go for Gideon Draconis III the Breton, but i will make blunt and hand to hand as minor, replace it with Alteration/Mysticism and Illusion, Destruction replace with Restoration, Light Armor replace with Sneak.

You might not use Marksman and Sneak, but it can come in handy in some situation. Apprentice level Sneak give x3 arrow sneak attack damage.

Destruction replace with Restoration because, as far as i play melee type of character, Destruction spells doesn't come into my mind while in combat because i am busy with my sword, but healing is important.

While you are using Blade, you want +5 strength in every level up, that is why it is good Blunt and Hand to Hand as minor....or else, better not playing melee at all, just focus on Destruction spell casting.

by the way, i find this one below is funny...


Came to Cyrodil after hearing a woman whispering to him in his dreams, he thinks it feels like his mother, but the voice doesn't seem right...

...because it turn out to be the voice of Emperor Uriel Septim lols
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JLG
 
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Post » Fri May 18, 2012 5:50 pm

All the characters are setup to stop leveling at a certain point, about 20 for Gideon and Skulks, and 30 for Armion. I generally find destruction magic way too fun to pass up, and supplementing melee combat with damage over time spells means strength isn't as much of a requirement. Although now I think of it, destruction does level quicker than restoration, and lowish health and weakness to magicka does mean he'll likely be using restoration alot.
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