I have been jumping back and forth between character races and skills. I thought it would be interesting and fun to generate random characters and then try to play them regardless of how goofy the setup was. I have assigned the races their own numbers and then the skills their own numbers as well. You go to http://www.random.org and on the right side set the max to 10. You press Generate and write down what corresponding race matches the number. Then you change the max to 18 and start generating numbers. If you get the same number then you can redo it. If you get something that doesn't match up tough cookies. Do this about 6 times and you may throw out up to 2 skills of your choosing. This isn't intended to necessarily be a forum game but rather a fun experiment to see if you get something you might want to try. Here is what I came up with from a few tries. Try it yourself, post what you got and whether or not you are satisfied with it or think it could offer interesting gameplay.

1.Altmer
2.Argonian
3.Bosmer
4.Breton
5.Dunmer
6.Imperial
7.Khajiit
8.Nord
9.Orsimer
10.Redguard

1.Illusion
2.Conjuration
3.Destruction
4.Restoration
5.Alteration
6.Enchanting
7.Smithing
8.Heavy Armor
9.Block
10.Two-handed
11.One-handed
12.Archery
13.Light Armor
14.Sneak
15.Lockpicking
16.Pickpocket
17.Speech
18.Alchemy

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Bosmer
Block
Two-handed
Sneak
One-handed
Heavy Armor
Restoration

(I think I will throw out Sneak and two-handed)
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Redguard
Lockpicking
One-handed
Destruction
Two-handed
Sneak
enchanting

(I think I will throw out Lockpicking and Two-handed)
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Imperial
Archery
Enchanting
Block
Light Armor
Speech
One-handed

(I think I will throw out Enchanting)
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Khajiit
Two-handed
Archery
one-handed
Alteration
Speech
Alchemy

(throw out two-handed and alchemy)

I practically got the character I have already planned somehow.

Dunmer

Pickpocket
Archery
One Handed
Speech
Light Armor
Lockpicking

Replace One Handed with Sneak, and Lockpicking with Alteration (Open spell) and you have my basic set up.

you know, even if that isn't your actual build that could still work! I find this random generator with Skyrim stuff addicting... I can't stop

Pretty awesome class.

Dunmer

Alteration
Sneak
Heavy Armor
Conjuration
Archery
Restoration.

Throwing out sneak, replacing it with one handed.

another: Orsimer.

Block
Restoration
Destruction
Enchanting
Pickpocket
Two-Handed.

It certainly could! Though it is too similar to my own for me to use it. Would be like playing the same character twice.

Second go:
Argonian

Alchemy
One Handed
Smithing
Block
Two Handed
Light Armor

I'd trade out Two Handed and Light Armor for Conjuration and Heavy Armor. Make a sort of tank with an off-tank summon build.

Third go:
Orsimer

Enchanting
Destruction
One Handed
Conjuration
Sneak
Speach

Interesting hybrid there.

It is pretty funny, because the random character was almost spot on to what I had in mind!

Nord

Speech
Sneak
Heavy Armor
Destruction
Enchanting
Alteration

(If I have to remove something, it would be Alteration.)

i noticed that the random generator hates altmer just as much as i do

Redguard

Destruction
Speech
Lockpicking (would take out or speech)
Block
Sneak
One handed

Altmer

two-handed/smithing/block/illusion/enchanting/lockpicking

sweet