I'm kind of stuck. In Oblivion, I didn't really play a character with a pure class or anything, I just played as whatever fit the quest or guild I was in. So I was a mage, thief, assassin and warrior, not just one of them like most of you guys play as. This sounds stupid of me, I know, so I don't want to make the same mistake in Skyrim. This is why I made a thread to ask all of you to tell me what your favorite character was in Oblivion. Don't forget to tell me details and why it was your favorite character. Thank you for posting and voting, I really appreciate it! :tops:

You forgot Breton.. I played as a Breton in Oblivion, but in Skyrim I think I'll be an Imperial or Dark Elf.

I'm going to move this to Oblivion because it's actually about Oblivion, even if you're asking in the context of Skyrim.

I don't think it was stupid of you - you just adapted your gameplay style to fit the game, as the game is largely set up to let one character do everything, so lends itself particularly well to all-rounder characters. If you're really role-playing, then you can remind yourself "oh, I'm a stealth character so I'll do it this way", but it's certainly not essential for enjoyment of the game. Morrowind's a lot more of the type of game where you have to think about what character you want to be because it really will affect how the game plays for you. Skyrim will just adapt to how you are playing, so ideas of character class aren't really relevant to those purposes - you don't say "I think I'll be a ..." - the game just figures it out for you based on how you're playing (from what I've seen in the previews).

For Oblivion, battlemage-type characters gave me the best type of balance, but it really depends on your own personal playing style.

But it is kind of about Skyrim, because I'm asking about it for the way I'm going to play Skyrim. :sadvaultboy:

I picked Helper, as I′d like to see him that way. He helps those he thinks deserves it, or if he just is curious about their problem. I don′t think I need to mention what race he is ^_^

Mistake? How is it a mistake? It's a very good way to play, especially for a first character. It allows you to learn all different styles of gameplay and to really understand the game. If you're the type of person who only makes one character, then it's definitely a beneficial playstyle. If you make multiple characters, then it's good to learn everything--or as much as you can--with one character so that you know what to expect with future characters.

My favorite character in Oblivion has little to do with what race/class she was and more to do with who she was.

What my favorite playstyle in Oblivion might be the complete opposite of my favorite playstyle in Skyrim. Each game is different, so I don't think this poll is going to be helpful to you.

Thank you. You have some good points. But I want to experience a pure class like a lot of people do, to see how fun it is, and just want some suggestions.

I enjoyed and all rounder in Oblivion until I got used to how everything works. I also did all the quests so I no longer feel driven to do any particular quests or quest lines again if they don't suit my character now.

I now play a Mystic Archer. Mine is a Bosmeri no melee stealthy archer who uses magic (mostly illusion) to back herself up. She is, by design, very powerful and very fragile - a classic 'glass cannon'. I enjoy the satisfaction of elegant kills, but also want the danger and challenge of a very cautious, methodical and slow play style.

Argh! I can't decide. I like all the elves & humans about equally.

A Argonian Assassin who kills people silently and quickly but never kills a innocent unless attacked by one

Probably my favorite Oblivion chraracter so far is Kyla. She's a Dunmer fighter (see my sig for a screenshot).

She started out as most of my characters start out - as just a bare outline. In her case it was "female dunmer, claymore." I was leaning a bit toward putting her in heavy armor, but even that wasn't really decided when I started playing her. And nothing else was. As I do with all my characters, I worked out the details of who and what she is as I was playing her - as I got to know her.

She came to the IC to fight in the Arena. She grew up sort of aimlessly, in a formerly wealthy family fallen on hard times. She has an older brother whom she admired and emulated as she was growing up - he's a bitter and violent killer, and another of my characters. But where he simply indulged his lust for violence, she set about learning how to fight. She always had a streak of nobility and honor that she didn't even really suspect was there, and that led her away from violence for its own sake and toward the art of combat. And, eventually, to the IC.

An odd thing happened when she started fighting in the Arena though. She was extraordinarily good at it, and she didn't enjoy it at all. She just slaughtered her opponents, and she could never get past the thought that they were just like her - people who had grown up wanting to master the art of combat - people who had invested a great deal of time and effort and dedication into learning their skills - people who genuinely cared about what they were doing. And she left them bloody heaps in the dirt. It just didn't seem right to her, and she gave it up. While she was in the IC though, she had done a few minor quests for people here and there, and she had really enjoyed that. There was something about just helping people out that appealed to her. So she set out around Cyrodiil, looking for people in trouble and helping them however she could.

Along the way, she found herself in Bruma, and immediately fell in love with the mountains and the town, and she's now in semi-retirement in the house there.


Now - for the benefit of the OP - this is how that whole story (and that's just the barest outline of it all) actually came about =

create the character. Put her in iron armor. yeah... that looks good. heavy armor then, I guess. go to chorrol, drop off the Amulet. ummm... no. Not gonna do the main quest. so..... hey! let's try the Arena! She.... let's see.... she's trained since she was young and has always wanted to fight in the Arena. yeah - that works. okay... fight in the Arena.... fight in the Arena.... sheesh. this is lame. she's just tearing these poor saps apart. I'm bored. Um..... so she doesn't want to fight in the arena any more. So...... she feels sorry for the people she's killing? Yeah! hey! that ties in - she grew up training in combat because she comes from nobility, and that was the same reason she wanted to fight in the Arena, and it's also the reason that she ends up feeling sorry for the people she's killing. She's got too much honor and decency to just be a killer! I like that. Okay.... so... if she doesn't fight in the Arena, then..... I guess she'll go do side quests..... and that'll be because..... she's decent and honorable and she wants to help people! yeah - that all fits together.


All you have to do is look for reasons for the character to make whatever decisions s/he makes. You don't really have to plan things out (and I honestly believe that planning things out is the wrong approach, though it admittedly does seem to work for some people). There just has to be some reasons for whatever the character does, and once you establish those reasons, then that gives you a framework on which to build. Over time, the character will come to be more and more distinct, and it'll become easier to figure out what they'd do and have it make sense.

Or something like that.......

Mine wouls have to be my last character, a Breton Mage. I deliberately made my Mage physically weak, useless in a stand up fight with steel or fists, but made powerful in magic. Made for a different style of play for me, since before that I'd had hack and slash characters.

my favorite character is my first 1.
an argonian called: silver wind. he is a cleric of kynareth (warrior) and savior of the world (main quest). equipment: a claymore called: light cross (enchanted elven claymore), mithril boots and gaunlets, white monk robe