I HAVE RIGHTS TOO AAARGH!

Lat's not let this get ugly .

Kinky...

Anyhoo, I'll probably go with Nord in Skyrim firstly. I played a Breton (Brenton? Whichever) the most in past games, occasionally a Dunmer and had one pure mage Altmer at one point. Never played the Beast races as they've always looked silly imo, hopefully they look much more vicious and awesome in Skyrim.

Zing!

Though i still doubt khajiit lick their buts. Well, atleast the antrophomorphic ones

I see know reason why it should be. No one ever said the Dragonborn has to be a Nord, just as no one said the Champion of Cyrodiil or the Nerevarine needs to be Dunmer. In fact, the Nerevarine is specifically stated to be an outlander, but since Dunmer born and raised outside of Morrowind also qualify as outlanders, the plot still works.

I'll probably never play as a Nord, myself, or most likely any of the human or elf races. I wouldn't say I hate Nords but I just find them kind of boring, and really, I never quite saw the appeal of the cliched "Viking race" thing they have going for them. Though this certainly isn't to say I won't enjoy playing a game set in their homeland. I wouldn't be poating things like this if I didn't expect to, it just means they're hardly my favorite race in the game.

I'll probably play a Khajiit, Argonian or orc in the game. I'll likely play all three at some point, but I'm not sure which one first, either way, the barbarians can hail me as their savior, we'll see what they say about me then.



That Argonian in Leyawiin says otherwise. Though I wouldn't give what he says on the matter too much credit, what with it being intended as a joke and all.

Who says you have to play as the Dragonborn??

My first Khajiit is heading straight for the Theives Guild and ignoring the Main Quest.

This is TES.... thinking outside the box is encouraged.

No.

Just because you don't accept your fate doesn't mean you aren't the Dragonborn in the long run.

pretty much. i think beast races are silly to begin with so im a bit biased in those regards, but even if you took a non-human race that i do play with like orcs and predators it does seem a bit out of place. i have a cat and i cannot help but think of chloe whenever i see one of them ingame. as for argonians, they are just walking komodo dragons to me. makes me feel like im playing animal crossing.

If the races are as aesthetically distinct as they claim and if their foreign cultures are at least moderately touched upon (around the level of Imperials and Nords in Morrowind), it'll all feel fine to me. Not like Oblivion where I felt strange being the only Bosmer who wasn't mentally insane or a bandit.

You heard it here first folks. The real cannon Nerevarine is me. So, next time you play Morrowind you should play as me. :thumbsup:

I've been a redhead female Breton since day one (as a main anyway) in Morrowind. I've since based all my main characters after her (whenever possible to make your own character such as Mass Effect, Fable, Fallout, Oblivion, etc...). And she will reincarnated in Skyrim and save the world once again. Her name is Synok and the first thing she did as Nereverine (sp?) was become the Arch Mage. lol Anyone else make the same character in multiple games (that is not based on yourself)?

You just made me think of a wood elf giving a dragon shout.


...it was pretty annoying.



...then it struck me...


...if all the races have different voices [accents, styles of speech, whatever], then don't the dragon shouts need to be done in each race's voice?

My answer to the OP's question is no.

The dragonborn can exist as a result of blood, as in Martin from Oblivion, or they can be "...anointed by the gods...", as indicated in page 46 of the Skyrim article in the Game Informer.

This implies that the gods can choose the race and gender of certain individuals to be dragonborn. This allows for the possibility that any player character, regardless of gender or race, can, indeed, be dragonborn. Thus, in my humble opinion, with respect to being dragonborn, immersion for each player character is possible.

Yeah, i have the same three characters that i play in every game where it's possible. Battlemage (or in Fallout Scientist with Energy Weapons :hehe:), Assassin and a Heavy Armor -clad warrior.

This.

When I first watched the Skyrim trailer this past December, the very first thing that shot through my mind was, "Dunmer player-character."

Because, largely, of the fact that the series almost rewards you for playing an "outsider" race in virtually every single one of the Elder Scrolls games, and what the events of the J. Gregory Keyes novels have established, insofar as recent Dunmer history is concerned.

It'll almost be the exact, 180-degree reverse of the "Nerevarine" situation -- i.e., a foreign-born sent to an unfamiliar land, being forced to work with and integrate into another, wholly-alien culture, with little-to-no sympathy for your current predicament. And given the destruction of Morrowind a couple centuries previous, it'll be quite interesting indeed to experience interactions with the Nordic culture in Skyrim, essentially being a refugee there.

Typically, I tend to play as races foreign to the lands in which a given Elder Scrolls game is set, with the recent exception of being an Imperial Knight in TES IV not too long ago. And Skyrim looks like another opportunity for me to uphold this tradition.

Personally it doesn’t ruin it for me. Rather it makes your characters role playing story more interesting. I just pick my fav race/ class and GO!

I don't think so at least. I'm cool with my dude being an outlander.

the dragon born are dragon hunters :/ nuthin odd about a beastfolk or any other non nord fulfilling the prophecy also nerevar was to be reincarnated as an outlander i myself played as an argonian in morrowind something funny about a member of a race the dunmer hates with a passion being there savior

aka an Argonian

I will definately nord for most playthroughs.

But I wil then try Breton, Imperial, redgaurd, orc, khajiit, Bosmer(Adoring Fan reborn), Dunmer, Argonian, Altmer.

I thought of this myself, but I've already accepted that the Dragonborn bloodline have dirty minds and do nasty stuff with argonians on their free time.. o.O no I didn't just say that... Just.. Woot.

I always play a nord anyway so I don't have to worry about this

Right, that lizard guy making racist jokes, too bad i had to deal with him while being in Thieves Guild. Well, i can play that game too; "Why do khajiit lick their butts? To get the taste of argonians off their mouths!"

On topic, doesn't the the feline race of Akavir have some sort a close relationship with dragons? I've forgotten my Akavir lore :blush: If they have some sort of connection with khajiit too that could make things interesting.

newp. I played an amoral, crazy, slave owning, Nurgle worshipping Telvanni argonian in Morrowind, and boy was it fun! It's fun going against the grain, especially when you are a living contradiction!

Heh. Probably we'll get to see some more of the Bretons and Dunmer then, the other elves and beasts will probably take a backseat, like how there wasn't much of the Redguards or Altmer in Morrowind.