Orc males of course!

But I do find the rugged aesthetic in Skyrim to be pleasing to the eye for the races except for Bosmer and Altmer.

This is pretty much the way I look at it. Even if I'm just trying to pick a race I find most visually appealing (without the whole six thing), I wouldn't know which one to choose because each race has individuals I admire and individuals that annoy the heck out of me.

Even Khajiit's and argonians? You don't just find them generally unattractive?

I think they're cute.

I do, too. But I find them cute in the same way that I find puppies cute.

And because they're cute, they inspire me to lighthearted play. I find it easier to play a humorous character who is either a Beast race or a Bosmer. One of my favorite Skyrim characters is a cowardly Argonian thief named Yellow-Boy.

This reminds me of an MMO character I have, currently in Everquest 2. She's a pink Sarnak. (a magically-created race between Iksar lizard folk and dragons) I find the Sarnak really cute in a reptile-like way, similar to Argonians. Well anyway, I have a dark elf rogue character who insists he is a mage and "borrowed" a friend's familiar, and then lost her when she escaped from him to do her own thing. He believes that my Sarnak character is this missing familiar in shapechanged form and pursues her relentlessly. She constantly brushes him off, avoids him, and makes comments about fooolisssh dark elvessss.

This is the type of way I like to RP races like Khajit and Argonians too, though it's been quite a while since I've played one.

Due to being an Ace, I'll have to say none.

However, out of all the races, I find a great attraction to Argonians. Not necessary a sixual one but an attraction is still there. Which is why I always make an Argonian first for every TES game.

I dunno about sixual attraction to the racial types but in terms of aesthetic fondness:

Morrowind: Redguard, Dunmer, Imperials (I should note that I don't have the game but have seen many hours worth of LPs).

Oblivion: Bretons, Imperials.

Skyrim: Dunmer, Bretons, Nords.

I can only use Skyrim as a reference, as the Oblivion and Morrowind character renderings weren't compelling enough.

On that note:

1. Nord women. OOOOOOOOOHHHH YYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!

2. Altmer women - there was one lass who was a mage instructor at the College in Winterhold. Quite a beauty.

3. Bosmer women - strangely enough, I found the bosmer woman who was a merchant in Windhelm to be quite fetching.

4. Redguard women - in particular, the one who was working at the Whiterun inn that was hiding from the Alik'r. Extraordinarily exotic. Just the kind of woman to make me write bad checks.

:-)

I see, good sir, that you have a large variety of women that you find attractive in Skyrim

I think what bekkilyn said earlier might apply here: it depends on the individual more than the race. I know it applies in my case. I could come up with a long list of individual NPCs in each game who I thought were attractive. By the time I was done I'm sure all of the races would be included.

I saw this thread as a "thought experiment" and that is how I approached it when I wrote my reply. But, in practice, I don't think in terms of race, I think in terms of individuals. This goes for my own characters as well as NPCs. When I roleplay a character I don't think, "I'm playing a Nord." I think, "I'm playing Aemyn Eawulf."

So I think it is perfectly natural to think a large variety of individuals are attractive.

I must be in a minority then

Don't worry, I'm in a minority on almost everything. I know how it feels.

I'm not too picky.

Though I don't find the Beast-races that hot.

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Also, Altmer are a bit too tall to my taste.

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On the other hand, Bosmer are bit too short.

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Not really a fan of those eyebrows the Dunmer have.

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Come to think of it, the Man-races are a bit too... man-ish.

Orcs... one called me a milk-drinker once.

So, uhhh... I guess, uhhh, Dryads are... okay?

Nord ladies, is there anyone else?

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For me it really varies from npc to npc. Speaking in general terms I like women that have strong personalities and those are found most often with Nords and Altmer.

You sum up my feelings pretty well. Well written characters (and there are indeed some well-written characters in all of the TES games) are memorable and believable, and race is nowhere near the first thing I think about, when I think of them.

So, in terms of game characters, I don't have a racial preference.

Having said that, though, in the last two games we've been able to "create" our own characters' faces. And certain races strike my individual aesthetic sense with either a "yes" or a "not quite." In Oblivion, for example, with some effort, I was best able to make a female face that appealed to me by working with a Breton; in Skyrim, Bretons are "not quite," and I find that I can get a more appealing face with a Redguard.

I'm attracted to individuals, not races. Even then I'm rarely physically attracted to anyone at all. I prefer brunettes, does it count?

But to try to answer your question: fire atronachs. Really. As for playable races (Skyrim onward, earlier games are too ugly overall), I find Imperials, Orc women, Dunmer, Khajiit and ESO Bosmer the most aesthetically pleasing. In real life Khajiit and Argonians would probably be too non-human for me to find them attractive. On the other hand, if it was real life, I'd be so used to them that it might not matter.

Yes, your point is perfectly valid

If we're talking about individual NPCs I'll start my list with the two Daggerfall necromancer dancers located in Scourg Barrow. I must have restarted at that save point a dozen or more time just so I could watch the hooded beauties shimmy. In Morrowind it was the enchanting Galbedir who kept me coming back for more soul gems and other things. Oblivion is strange where I found Sigrid outside of Kavatch, Signy Home-Wrecker and Falanu Hlaalu attractive. There are probably more I can't think of at the moment. Not sure about Skyrim. Something with Skyrim faces leaves with a neutral to cold feeling

similarly i liked the witch covens for their dancers, which were the same except skyclad, haha.

i liked elysana's dialog portrait in daggerfall, though her npc sprite sure left a lot to be desired...