What’s your go to race for your character?

I float between Nord and one of the beast races but have also been a dark wood and woods wild in my 12 years of Skyrimming. What’s your fave and why?

Obviously I’m always a stealth archer too.

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Kovari@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y (5 replies)

Khajiit. Every time.

Two hander berserker? Khajiit.

Bare claws brawler? Khajiit.

Stealth archer? Pssh, khajiit.

Mage? Alteration? Destruction? Any mage at all? Obviously Ko'vari the khajiit :)

balisada@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Khajiit each and every time. I don't know why. I just got a steam deck and started Skyrim after not playing a while and tried to select something else, but Khajiit was the only thing that seemed right.

I got tired of the stealth archer, so I am trying a mage. It's pretty fun. Hard, but fun.

Kovari@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I wish there was a better way to navigate the menus. Being a mage is SO time consuming honestly. As much as I try to give alteration a stronger shot, I almost always end up going full destro because the time it takes to buff up and attack vs just going nuts is kind of annoying.

Zoot_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

there is/was a mod called smart cast (its not updated for SE last i checked but you can make it work for se yourself) to auto cast based on a wide range of prerequisites like entering combat, health, stamina, magika meter %, on sneak etc. Makes all the buffs and what not no hassle.

Kovari@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

I'd love to mod mine out to hell. When I had a PC I had a running list of like 200 or so. Now I play on ps4 and Sony does not play kindly with mods. :(

Venicon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Have tried mage before but because of the lack of armour I get destroyed far too quickly by random bandits and lose interest.

Zoot_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Ive played all but breton and redguard. Anymore I play as a nord or altmer. Nord cause it's skyrim, ya know, and Altmer cause tall elf girls I guess

Sentau@lemmy.one · 4 pts · 3y

I go argonian. Waterbreathing + Histskin means that in I can hide underwater and heal or just escape using the waterways

zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

High elf. Any other race is just wrong, natch. Smart, powerful, and damn good looking.

Ace_Addams@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Dark Elf is usually my go to because they are naturally 50% fire proof

ShlorpianMafia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

My last character was an orc and I try to play a different race each playthrough. My favorite would be either khajit or agonian tho, I just like them more than the others.

4onTheFloor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I seem to gravitate towards Breton, Bosmer, and Imperial. Did a Stormcloak run as a Nord that used restoration to fight off undead and sided with Dawnguard. I like to roleplay my characters so depends on back story too.

JoshuaQuest@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I'm usually a Breton for the magic resistance. A Nord playthrough is also good fun.

TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I usually play as a Nord, I'm not sure why, but I'm always gravitated towards playing them

bunnyechoes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I'm usually a Nord but next time I'll go Khajiit.

Rottcodd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
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Skellymax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I have a very hard time not going Breton. They're a jack of all trades and their magic resist is hard not to pick.

It also doesn't hurt that a lot of the other racials are pretty useless and most of the rest are easily replaceable. Kajit claw damage is a notable exception for unarmed playthroughs (though that also is pretty niche), and there's just... something about playing a Nord in Skyrim.