I'm RPing a Dunmer thief.

When she arrived in Skyrim she became a beggar. I made her look like one too, with no makeup and dirt on her face. Her hair is also rather regular, no fancy braids or whatever. I feel that you get rich rather quickly so I invest all my money into skills.

Anyway, she's got a talent for thievery, sneaking, archery and swordfighting. So I eventually will make her richer because of these talents. So whenever I feel like she ''ranked up'', I do so and keep more gold.

Beggar (Wear ragged robes in city.) > Peasant (Wear any low end apparal in city, remove dirt and change hairstyle.) > Wealthy citizen (Fancy clothes like fine clothes or maybe Noble clothes. And makeup.) That said, I'm not only going to do crimes to get gold. When she's becoming a peasant she'll be doing more honest work aswell like hunting and helping farmers.

I will join the Thieves Guild at a rather early level (out of desperation), but truly dig into it at a much later level. So that Nightingale armour and weaponry will have better stats. I do this because eventually she'll become ''good'' of some sorts and be like a Robin Hood kind of figure. I will continue stealing, but mainly from the corrupt and wealthy which she will then give to poor citizens. (In RP atleast.) The Nightingale will thus become a symbol for the poor. I'll probably also make her a bounty hunter of some sorts.

And eventually I think she will also become a Vampire, but she will continue serving Nocturnal regardless. (Besides, falmer armour would probably look badass with the hood.)

I feel that this might make a thief RP more refreshing for me to do. It still includes crimes, but also plenty of combat and some honest work. Given my plans about her wealth, I will also feel more immersed in the story. From lowlife beggar to a ''heroine'' of the poor, and a rich woman herself.

Sure I could just be your regular thief that robs people just for the cash. But I feel that would lose it's touch quickly.

Great idea!

Sounds great but I'd add 1 thing.
Steal sweetrolls and stash them in a place that doesn't respawn.

Nothing fresh, but it's always very nice to see people trying out things they haven't done before! I hope you'll enjoy this RP.

Suggestion for an actual change from usual thieves- try playing one that's not a warrior.

I've always wanted to create a thief that doesn't kill but it's pretty much impossible to do in Skyrim.

For me it's rather refreshing, since I usually feel demotived to play a thief. While this here actually makes me rather excited. The skills itself aren't exciting, but the Roleplay for me is. I do prefer to use combat skills as that allows me to dig into the whole ''Nightingale'' idea. With the bow and blade and all.

Yeah, that's true. If you wish to finish the whole thing you can't avoind some fights. :/