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I want to know what the funnest play style is. I'm thinking either a Spellsword or a Thief/Assassin. What skills should I major in, what race, and what birthsign should i pick?

There are no birthsigns in Daggerfall. Instead of that silly system, if you choose a custom class you get to choose up to seven advantages and seven disadvantages for your character. The more advantages you take, the more difficult it is to advance your skills, and the more disadvantages you take, the easier it will be to advance your skills. You can create a ridiculously overpowered character who will have a difficult time leveling up, or a severely crippled character who gains levels quickly, and everything in between. A much nicer way of doing things, if you ask me. You can also kind of exploit the system by giving yourself disadvantages that don't really hurt your character very much and then taking advantages that significantly lower the difficulty of the game, but I wouldn't advise this as the game is really most fun when you create a character that will provide some sort of challenge to play.

As for what type of character to play, that's really entirely up to personal preference. The first time I played the game, I chose one of the pre-made classes and beat the game as a Breton healer. The second time I went through the game with an Argonian custom-class assassin type character with some skill in the magic schools of illusion and destruction. Really, there is no wrong way to create a character, unless you create a character with no combat skills whatsoever who also has phobias of every type of creature and critical weakness to paralyzing...that might make the game a little too difficult...but other than that, play whatever type of character you would like to play as. I can assure you that both the spellsword and the thief/assassin will be enjoyable characters to play. If you ever decide to make a custom class pure mage character, though, I really advise that you choose 3x increased magery as one of your advantages.

Thieving is quite fun in Daggerfall - a Wood Elf Thief (not the stock class but a modified variant) is my main Daggerfall character.

I can't say that the stuff you can steal is that great in the game, but you get to do things such as catburglary in stores, plus you're just downright awesome in terms of maneuverability. Climbing, jumping, and the dagger has to be the best-rendered weapon sprite in the game, if you ask me (the mace/flail makes me want to puke).

Your standard Spellsword class would be a good option too. It's up to you. Play with the custom class creation system and see how things go.

Ok here's my Thief/Assassin character I made.

Primary:

Short Blade
Stealth
Lockpicking

Major:

Archery
Backstabbing
Critical Strike

Minor:

Running
Climbing
Jumping
Dodging
Swimming
Pickpocketing



Look good?

That's good, but most people would tell you not to take Running, even as a minor skill, because it's one of the easiest skills to advance in the game. Some good replacements might be Streetwise, Medical, or Illusion, though taking Running certainly won't hurt you.

Kinda funny. I almost always stick running, jumping, and climbing as misc skills.

For my part, I often have climbing and jumping as either major or minor skills, although this is always because, from a roleplaying perspective, these skills fit my character concept. Same thing with other skills like, say, mercantile, streetwise, or the various language skills. If your goal is merely to create a powerful character who can kick daedra butt with little effort, I can see why you would choose other skills, but I think that sort of thing adds depth to your character and is one of the things I really like about Daggerfall.

Ah, oops, I meant to say I put them as Minor skills, not Misc. That is to say I do select them as skills for my character. Mostly because I use them a lot, especially climbing, but also because I like to specialize in a fewer skills so I use them to take up space.

That was very lucky - the best I've seen on Ebay was a used copy at about ?30 (~$50).

I would just try experimenting with different characters to get used to the game, then make a character you like to continue playing with.