Teen or elderly character : V - Skyrim

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:54 pm

Usually young. My current oblivion character is also young, but looks old (24, but looks 40+).

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:42 am

I always move the age slider in oblivion as far to the left as possible. Moving it to the right is like turning up the ugly. hrbleh.

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:15 pm

I always move the age slider in oblivion as far to the left as possible. Moving it to the right is like turning up the ugly. hrbleh.

HAHA

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:33 am

That's the good thing about Altmer, move the slider to as young as possible, you can still say they are 30 or 40 years old.

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:35 pm

i play usualy as a young man looking for his place in the world

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:46 pm

That's the good thing about Altmer, move the slider to as young as possible, you can still say they are 30 or 40 years old.

Well excuse me princess!!!

On a side note has anyone put the slider to as old as possible for a Khajiit? I did it a very long time ago but I forgot what it looked like.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:28 am

Sure you should definitely be able to play characters of all ages. I personally tend to play 'younger' characters, well, middle-aged and under usually.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:53 am

Well excuse me princess!!!

On a side note has anyone put the slider to as old as possible for a Khajiit? I did it a very long time ago but I forgot what it looked like.

I don't know about Khajiit, but Argonians look kinda mouldy :laugh:

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:35 am

I don't know about Khajiit, but Argonians look kinda mouldy :laugh:

haha I remember their face spots change in certain place when you keep on moving the slider,

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:08 am

On a side note has anyone put the slider to as old as possible for a Khajiit? I did it a very long time ago but I forgot what it looked like.

I have a level 50 Khajiit barbarian at the maximum age. I don't think Khajiit really change that much when altering the slider. An 80 year old seems to look exactly the same as a 30 year old... well to me anyway. :smile:

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:22 am

My mage characters are are always reali old, then if u get vampireism an leave tht for 3days they look ancient... My other characters tend to be around 30 - 40.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:46 am

I usually make characters close to my own age (late twenties), but I have a plan for a grumpy Orc barbarian adventurer, forced out of retirement by the revelation that he is Dovahkiin. He'll probably be in his mid-to-late fifties. I might make a teenage character as well, but I don't know what the specifics of that one might be...

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:27 pm

I think young advlt (about 18) should be the lowest age. A teen would be too young.

I make characters of all ages. I'm going to roleplay them all differently.
1. A middle aged experienced warrior
2. A young unexperienced thief/assassin
3. An old mage/wizard

haha I remember their face spots change in certain place when you keep on moving the slider,

The Argonian face colors are there to attract the opposite six in the right age.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:24 am

In Oblivion I made an elderly Imperial man named Grigory Dracone, a former Imperial Legion soldier. He was about 75 and looked it, in the face anyway. He had the body of a 20 year old fitness instructor though.

But that face was great. Really ragged and old. I hope I can get the rest of the body to look as old in Skyrim.

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:25 pm

I think young advlt (about 18) should be the lowest age. A teen would be too young.

I make characters of all ages. I'm going to roleplay them all differently.
1. A middle aged experienced warrior
2. A young unexperienced thief/assassin
3. An old mage/wizard

The Argonian face colors are there to attract the opposite six in the right age.

In Fallout 3 and New Vegas the youngest people you could kill were 16. I think that's a bit better personally.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:59 am

I have a level 50 Khajiit barbarian at the maximum age. I don't think Khajiit really change that much when altering the slider. An 80 year old seems to look exactly the same as a 30 year old... well to me anyway. :smile:

Yeah I thought something like that. I've played with the same Khajiit Character for over like a year or 2 and I remember making him super old but since it's been so long I kinda forgot and it never really struck me as looking ancient. I haven't made a new character since.

My mage characters are are always reali old, then if u get vampireism an leave tht for 3days they look ancient... My other characters tend to be around 30 - 40.

I remember my first character was a super old Imperial looking guy and after he contracted vampirism, he looked like Keith Richards after being left out in the sun.

The Argonian face colors are there to attract the opposite six in the right age.

Just curious, is that from lore?

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:51 am

My characters in Skyrim will be either early 30's late 20's and well.... Ehh... one of my characters will be like 170. :teehee:

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:45 pm

Yeah the age slider for khajiit in oblivion was kinda off, also no matter how I adjusted it my khajiit would always have a luminous green mustache thing whiich pissed me of to no end. Btw does anyone know what the average lifespan of khajiit argonians and orcs is ?

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:15 pm

In Skyrim, I'm going to create first a young Nord warrior... in his late 20s or early 30s.

For my second character, I'm going to play as a veeery old Bard, probably Breton, that will look more or less like Old Snake from MGS4.

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:40 pm

I'm just hoping that the game recognizes your age. I hated how it seemed everyone thought you were a young adventurer ready for awesome adventure when you turned the age slider all the way to the right. I would like to see some of the people say "Hey there, old timer," if I was actually playing as an old person.

On a side note, I'm hoping they remove the slider and put in an actual number. It would definitely help people be able to see how long a specific race can usually live for, but I can live without it.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:39 pm

Who else is excited that the age slider may actually work this time?

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:12 am

I used to be a fan of the über-cliché Gandalf-style wizard with the big freakin' beard and everything. Lately, not so much, but for Skyrim I'm certainly gonna make one of those characters again.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:10 pm

Always makem the youngest.
Fits their strength,endurance, and etc.

» Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:53 am

Yeah going for a typically younger character, going into maturing or beginning to be his prime age and physically best state. ( I'm rolling with dual swords/warrior type :toughninja: ) Plus hes learning to be a dovakhiin and that'll enter him into his heroic age/time thingamabob x3

» Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:07 pm

Yeah going for a typically younger character, going into maturing or beginning to be his prime age and physically best state. ( I'm rolling with dual swords/warrior type :toughninja: ) Plus hes learning to be a dovakhiin and that'll enter him into his heroic age/time thingamabob x3

I totally agree.
Everyone starts out somewhere.

If it was a old character.
The role-playing wouldn't be as nice.

How about a story that starts off with a 16 year old boy who finds out he is a Dragonborn?