I'm joking! I think you guys look cute. I want to....be...her...friend.

I've ended up with two main chars. One is a Nord to be a Stormcloak, and the other is an orc to take part in the imperial side and kill the racist nords.

I don't view the Nords as being racist as much as xenophobic in general, though the Stormcloaks are just insane zealots. A true son and daughter of Skyrim would honor their commitments to the empire.

Poor choice of race if you're trying to take the moral highground in racism. The Orcs let any Orc into their strongholds no problem without having a clue who you are, if you try and do the same thing as any other race however you're likely to get your teeth kicked in unless you agree to do a stupid quest.

Always play Dunmer and Altmer. I guess you play the race that most attracts you lore wise and not so much one that resembles you. For some and a bit for me it's also picking something which is the complete opposite of who you really are. It's part of the fun of RPing.

I'm a well known elfophile and tend to play snobbish characters.

Maybe an Orc complements what you are?

The only time I've played as Orc in my entire gaming life was as a custom class Berserker in Neverwinter Nights, a pure brute. I find them totally uninspiring...

I have to say I have an usual attraction to Argonians >.>

i too play and stick to orcs mainly through out the game. but i do not think its because of my appearance, but more of my mind and how i think.
i just love the way of how orcs are so aggressive when it comes to combat and will not stop to tear your head off.

my next life, i wish to live life as an orc

no, that just means you are a furry

Scaley? I guess the whole furry comm is drooling over Khajit char creation.

I see myself as a Breton; however, I always seem to stray towards playing as a Nord. My longest lasting characters for any Elder Scrolls game are always my Nord characters.

I pick breton all the damn time for nearly all of my races and classes. That magic resist is so nice, and theyre humans basically, at least they don't look like mer-beasts

I play as argonians.

Because
1. Argonians are only found in the elder scrolls series.
2. Humans are boring.
3. elves are done to death.
4. they can breathe underwater, which saved me countless times.

Well, I certainly wouldn't want to play as an orc in Skyrim. Did you research how they organice theyr society? they have mostly the same organization apes use in real world!!!

Tbh if they weren't green I could probably tolerate using them. I'd just make a white Orc and RP being a half-breed. I guess I just like playing as a man and overcoming everything/ generally kicking ass.

Also, lycanthropy and vampirism only really seem 'right' when used with humans to me.

My reply to the OP? Why not play something that isn't like you IRL? It's called a role playing game for a reason.

Okay, if I go by IRL ancestry, I'm Danish & Russian on my father's side, mom's side is all over the British isles with the exception of Scotland. Makes me what, half Nord half Breton?

By looks...I'm not tall like a Nord but could pass for any of the Elder Scroll human races otherwise other then Redguard IMO.

By what I like to play? Usually some sort of elf, Elder Scrolls I lean toward Dunmers, D&D when I used to play that I'd not usually do a dark elf though. The one MMO I play, EQ2 my main is a High Elf, although I also have an Iksar (their "lizardman" race) and a Ratonga (Small 3 foot tall bipedal rat, pretty much) that I'm fond of as well.

My point is I tend to play a lot of Elves in RPG's both computer and pencil & paper games. And based on how I look IRL, I'd not pass for an elf even with pointy ears. Just what I tend to like.




Or the tl;dr answer: Some like to play someone who looks and/or acts like them in a RPG game. Some don't. If your inner RP Orc comes out OP in the Elder Scrolls game, go for it.

I never liked orcs in any of the tes games. However in Skyrim they look so good that I actually considered playing as one. However they look just a bit too barbaric so I started out with the Nord race. However I don't like playing any of the normal, [Breton, Imperial, Redguard] human looking races so I decided to stick with my favorite race, the dark elves . I find them the nicest of all elf races.

Lol. I really did roll an orc because of that screen, and haven't looked back.

Well to roleplay you need to feel connected to your character. I play Nord here for two reasons, I am scandi and can relate with my character and the other being that though I normally role play elves, the TES elves look like they have liver problems and are all jaundice, ick. It seems you just feel connected to orcs so embrace it and go grunt and kill.

I'm Hispanic but I play as a redguard. Puerto Rican with my ancestors from spain and an Indian tribe(Taino) but I'm a redguard. I always pick them because of their history. That and they are great warriors.
Redguards rule!!

I'm white (sort of) I was a Dark Elf in Oblivion and he was my only character. This time in Skyrim I'm a kick ass redguard with a Dreadlock mohawk and white war paint. I sort of look like a Zulu warrior, which is sort of what I was originally intending. I just need to level up high enough that I don't need to wear armour lol.

Although I probably look more like a Breton in reality. I usually pick Imperial for my main character. Long live the Emperor!

Besides of feeling the weird urge to watch a Harry Potter Movie I totaly understand that.
Couple of years ago I realised the ancestors of male characters in games fell from a tree flat on their face and suffered uncurable evolutionary damages.
Even if that got better, since then I pretty much only play female characters, Bretons or Imperials in TES that is.

Look for Forsworn around Markath, you may like it.

When I started the elder scrolls with Morrowind, I thought the humans looked boring and it was between an Argonian and a Khajit. I liked cats so I went with Khajit. I have never played as any other race. But if I had known at that point how useful water-breathing could be I probably would have picked Argonians. I kind of wish there were more beast races, for variety. I can't honestly tell the difference between any of the human races at a quick glance.