On this play through I am trying a bit of everything otu and hoping to make some final decisions about what my favorite character would ultimately be. This is just my way of keeping track of my own thoughts, and you all can comment as you like.

All options from beginning of game:

Race:
Altmer
Argonian
Bosmer
Breton
Dunmer
Imperial
Khajiit
Nord
Orc
Redguard

Birthsign:
Apprentice
Atronach
Lady
Lord
Lover
Mage
Ritual
Serpent
Shadow
Steed
Thief
Tower
Warrior

Specialization:
Combat
Magic
Stealth

Attributes:
Agility
Endurance
Intelligence
Luck
Personality
Speed
Strength
Willpower

Skills:
Acrobatics
Alchemy
Alteration
Armorer
Athletics
Blade
Block
Blunt
Conjuration
Destruction
Hand to Hand
Heavy Armor
Illusion
Light Armor
Marksman
Mercantile
Mysticism
Restoration
Security
Speechcraft
Sneak

1st Update, gut reactions/what I know I dont want.


Key:
Red=Unsure
Yellow=Most Strongly Considering


Race:
Orc


Birthsign:
Apprentice
Lady
Lover
Mage
Ritual
Serpent
Shadow
Steed
Warrior

Specialization:
Combat
Magic
Stealth

Attributes:
Endurance
Speed
Strength
Willpower

Skills:
Acrobatics
Alchemy
Alteration
Armorer
Athletics
Block
Blunt
Conjuration
Destruction
Heavy Armor
Illusion
Light Armor
Marksman
Mercantile
Mysticism
Restoration

Update 2: After reading the Wiki again.


Race:
Orc DECIDED my fav. Race


Birthsign:
Apprentice Tempting what do you guys think?
Lady Boosting the Willpower up to cast a lot of cheap spells more rapidly ?
Mage So conservative, but diferent for an orc.
Shadow Would this give me the ability to use invisibility at novice/apprentice with a custom spell?
Steed Speed is always nice but is it this important?
Warrior Another conservative choice, but man starting with that is really nice.

Specialization:
Magic Decided because its the only specialization where I consistently use every associated skill.

Attributes:
Endurance Pair with Warrior or Lady for Max Endurance.
Speed Pair with Steed for Maximum Speed
Strength Pair with Warrior for Max Strength
Willpower Pair with Lady for Max Willpower
*What do you guys think of these options?

Skills:
Armorer Decided, I will use this and I like to repair my enchanted gear early
Athletics Decided, I always take speed.
Blunt Decided, My Melee skill of choice
Conjuration Decided, Favorite skill in game
Destruction Decided, Best offense in game.
Heavy Armor This, Light, or go Robes?
Illusion Decided Useful and very cool.
Light Armor This, light, or Robes?
Mercantile This is globally useful throughout the game, and levels slowly

Character at this point:

Race: 1/1
Orc

Birthsign: 6/1
Apprentice
Lady
Mage
Shadow
Steed
Warrior

Specialization: 1/1
Magic

Attributes: 4/2
Endurance
Speed
Strength
Willpower


Skills: 6/7
Armorer
Athletics
Blunt
Conjuration
Destruction
Illusion

Questions I need your help with?


Birthsign and Attribute Pairings:
Apprentice-Willpower and End/Spd/Str?
Lady-Willpower and Endurance?
Mage-Willpower and End/Spd/Str?
Shadow-??? (would it allow me to use Invisiblity custom spell at Apprentice level?)
Steed- Speed and Wp?
Warrior-Endurance and Strength?

Final Skill:
Heavy Armor, Light Armor, or ROBES and take Mercantile?

It seems you have a pretty in-depth concept of the character anyway, by sieving whatever is least wanted. If you go with Heavy Armor then some kind of restorative magic is ideal, hence willpower points. You have not even considered Intelligence, and the concept is an Orc so that would be pretty solid (cue Orcish lynch-mobs branding totems of Malacath.) Personally I couldn't bear to see a Heavy-armor sporting mage, and if so then the only thing I'd really consider is working on magic to buff my stats. Willpower and Strength based Orc, freewilled freelancer psycopath...

Im actually thinking more along the lines of a full on Mage, and a female Orc. A Priestess type perhaps... but ya know a Malacath worshipping priestess so I can get out of taking restoration for RP purposes lol. I think I agree that the Armor should go and the final skill should be Mercantile.

So...

Character at this point:

Race: 1/1
Orc

Birthsign: 4/1
Apprentice
Lady
Mage
Steed


Specialization: 1/1
Magic

Attributes: 3/2
Endurance
Speed
Strength
Willpower


Skills: 7/7
Armorer
Athletics
Blunt
Conjuration
Destruction
Illusion
Mercantile

Still need to hear opinions on Birthsign and Attribute Combinations.