Hi all - just starting Skyrim for the first time. I've gotten the impression reading some of the wikis that life may be harder for me if I play as one of the elf races. But my favorite character type is an archer/sneak. Will I be fine?

Thanks!

Tom

Any race can be anything, Have fun with skyrim! (Anything will be fine btw)

Yes, yes it's fine to be an Elf.

Perfectly fine to be an Elf.

Archery/Sneak is considered to be very OP by some, so yes you'll be fine.

None of the racial skills make much of a difference at all, and skills tend to even out after a few levels anyways.

And if you're talking restrictions due to race interactions, then don't worry. Bethesda's always been about "tell, don't show" especially in Skyrim.

Be prepared to be looked down on by Nords, though, even if you're literally the one looking down on them. :T

Yup, it's just fine on both counts. One of my two main characters is an Altmer, and it's actually very enjoyable.

Any race can will do. You can anything you want.

Thanks everyone!!! Yeah it was primarily based on what I understood to be the other races' attitudes towards the elven races generally, whether bartering will be difficult, etc.

I've started as a wood elf and I'm really excited to finally play it. I'm enjoying the HUGE graphical (6 years later, it BETTER be better than Oblivion!) and GUI improvements.

Wood Elves are one of my favourite races. Enjoy Skyrim and let the forum know how you get on.

Sadly no, as that would make way too much sense and give the game world a dose of believability. This is Skyrim. Pick the color of your toon and have fun. Be the god of all! Why not.

Prior games did have reaction tables for races and factions. Skyrim just doesn't care. But, if you use your imagination you can pretend it does.

-female Argonian walks into Windhelm. "Oh hey Brunwulf!"

"You one of those.. Skyrim for the Nords types?"

Immersion = ruined.

Pro: You can acknowledge the guy's stupidity through the sarcastic dialogue option of "Of course. Outsiders like me don't belong here."

Con: His sarcasm detector's broken. Evidently he's gently [censored] and calls you an "ignorant Nord" from then on if you do go with that option.