generally seem to be attached to 1 particular race per game, but nothing lasting between games. For example, in Morrowind, my main char was a dunmer, in Oblivion however, I must have made a dozen bosmer characters, even went back to morrowind again after and made a bosmer there too (though didn't have time to get through the main quest, got hung up with house hlaalu). So far in skyrim, i've played as a breton, and as a nord, the nord being the main char right now, though I do feel the call to play a bosmer again, so maybe I really am stuck playing a bosmer after all, still not sure about the weird eyes though.

ALTMER

I am an arrogant prideful elitist IRL so I felt strongly connected to them. I like the altmer because they realize that the powerful and beautiful should rule lesser people.

NORD!!!

I mostly play Nords, because I love Norse mythology, and I'm of Germanic descent for the most part, so I suppose it connects with me personally. But I also love elves in fantasy, but not the prissy sort, but the alien fay creature,...god of the woods sort of elves. And I love classic Norse dwarves, stout blacksmith archtypes.

Skyrim exceeded my expectations for actually making the different races unique and actually look cool, so I love them all, it's hard to stick with my main Nord, after I finish the main quest I'll have a lot of fun making different alts.

Argonians for me. I guess because I always really liked reptiles and am still trying to get a pet one. And because they're kinda mysterious and can both be calm and calculating and still ruthless assassins.
I don't like them in a sixual way though, so don't go calling me a scaly or whatever it's called.

Im always drawn to elven races. And the half-elven Breton.(That race really is half elf). Iwould like to se more.. whats it called.. Lines and pointers in the game that Breton is only half human. Shouldn't like the nords look down on them because of that? And the elfs too?

In Real Life I'm short fat, bearded and have a collection of battleaxes.
For some strange reason I tend to play Dwarven warriors. Not sure why.

Although Dwarves or Dwemer are a dead race in TES, so I have to go Nord.
Although to be fair I have altitis so play many different races and classes.

Nords and Imperials, are the only races I can get into. I blame it on the fact, they are Vikings (Nords) and Romans (Imperials).

I'm a guy and I play a female wood elf archer, I play wood elf for the whole "better at archery" thing plus wood elf and archery feels right. I play female for the "better prices with opposite gender merchants" perk since, as always, there are more merchants who are male. Not to mention that Elves look feminine anyway so I'd rather play a female than a guy who looks like a drag-queen.

My alts are:
Orc Heavy armor sword-swinging run into the fray type.
Dark Elf Mage

Your sould is connected to the Orcs.

You are only ever a tub of 'purest' http://youtu.be/TkZFuKHXa7w away from your Orcish inner self. No not belivin'!

Off-Topic.. that picture with you and your girlfriend is great, geek romance for the win!

Even though I'm like a hairy Nord in real life I always pick an Argonian as my character.

I've liked lizards my entire life, and my personality fits an Argonian. Also I'm not racist and like to fight for equality.

Reading up to this point I could totaly identify myself with op.

Favorite character to roleplay is an adventurous bard.
have restartitis for skyrim (like 8 characters so far all under level 30)
And like 4 of those are orcs, 3 dark elves and a nord.

No one in real life is an orc, an elf, an argonian or a kahjit. So, what's exactly your point? No one should then make a khajit/argonian/orc/elf character because of that?

I really don't understand. Being an orc is a non-issue, it's just roleplaying. Seems to me that, if you made this thread, there's something of a personal psychological burden hidden with it.

I mainly play Orc because of their lore I think. I find it really intriguing to play as a race, who was considered to be unintelligent and beast like, but ended up being one of the strongest warriors in the Tamriel and actually built their own city-state, have their own laws, and worship a god (Daedra) who actually does give a f**k about his worshipers.

When I am not an Orc, I'm a Bosmer all the time. I was always keen on the forest elves, or any other races who lives in forests, in various fantasy games, I think because of my heritage mainly.

Even though I have tried to play as other races, but I couldn't play it for more than a couple of hours, and then I would just restart or get back to my Orc or Bosmer. And it's the same in pretty much every game, I am always an elf or an orc.

Agreed - made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

On topic, maybe you just like the lore? I like the idea of playing someone who is generally a bit downtrodden and misunderstood by the rest of society. I just read that Pigchildren book in Skyrim and I'm thinking my next character will be an Orc - either that or a Dunmer, seeing as their getting the rough end of it in Skyrim too.

OP: You lie, I can make out those great big pointy teeth under that prosthetic mask!!!!1

In all seriousness: Orcs are cool, theres just a certain something about being a massive green wrecking ball...

So far in my Elder Scrolls playing history I've had 2 Imperials, 2 Orcs, 1 Breton and a short-lived Dunmer. My second Skyrim character will be a high elf. But hey, in this game Orcs have such an awesome racial power, its hard to resist them. :flamethrower:

This is the first character I've ever played for more than a few hours in TES that isn't a Nord or an Imperial. and I've played Morrowind and Oblivion for hundreds of hours.

Why do I play an Orc?

Double Output Damage, Half Incoming Damage.

Making a fortune weapon smithing.

And - gotta love the names.

~Thhhhhat said~

My first character in almost any TES game is khajiit.

Why do you play an Orc?

Cause fewer things are more bad ass.

Why am I playing as an archer thief? i've never even fired an arrow in my life.

I have a connection to Bretons, I just love magic so much. Thats why I am warrior Breton? I got bored of magic.

Bosmer here, at least in Oblivion. I don't know what it is about Wood Elves that attract me. My first character in OB was a Wood Elf (a Destruction Nightblade, killer character rofl) and since then I simply kept playing them. I only ever played Bosmer, Bretons and Imperials in OB. I chose an Imperial in Skyrim, however, since they're not as specialised and I didn't yet know how I wanted to play it.

I'm always ending up in a khajiits even if I try to get a breton character looking like me (yeah for some reason the closest race to my real me would be breton)
and I also think khajiits fit for some reason best to me O.o maybe because I love cats and how they "act" ....still I'm not playing it like any generic khajiit....more like a khajiit grown up in a big city instead of beeing in any way related to the southern lands....

also...I'm a magic player....and thats even more strange, that I keep playing a khajiit even if it's not good for magic XD specially the female ones.

In real life I'm possibly the friendliest least confrontational guy you'll ever meet, yet in games I usually play the most violent and hostile brute possible. Currently playing as an Orc Conjurer in Skyrim, one that looks insanely terrifying.