Roleplaying in The Elder Scrolls

[Kurt Zisa]

What are some of the characters and custom classes (if applicable) that you've created in TES?

One part of the Elder Scrolls that I love (well I've only played Oblivion, but still ) is the level of customisation that you can do when creating a character and his or her class. After doing a bit of research into how the process works, like which abilities would benefit a Warrior or a Mage etc, I came up with a list of character's that I'd like to roleplay as in future playthroughs of Oblivion, and eventually Skyrim.

Here we go:

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Name: Bronn - A Game of Thrones

Race: Imperial

Class: Sellsword

Specialisation: Combat - Strength and Speed

Major Skills: Blade, Block, Light Armor, Armorer, Athletics, Acrobatics, Speechcraft

Notes: Doesn't carry a shield to simulate his fighting style in the books/show. Uses high speed to avoid enemy attacks and to deliver more strikes. Speechcraft isn't the best ability to major in, and Imperials aren't that great but they suit him better than any other ability or race.

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Name: Victarion - A Game of Thrones

Race: Nord, although any race could choose this class

Class: Ironborn

Specialisation: Combat - Strength and Speed

Major Skills: Blunt, Block, Heavy Armor, Armorer, Athletics, Acrobatics, ____

Notes: A true Ironborn only carries weapons and armor taken from those he has killed, so buying gear from merchants is off limits to this class. Victarion is a cautious man, so he wears a chainmail vest where-ever he goes in case of a surprise attack. If you decide to wonder around cities without your armor, a Chainmail cuirass must be worn at all times.

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Name: Orlandeau - Final Fantasy Tactics
Race: Nord (I like Nords)

Class: Sword Saint

Specialisation: Combat - Strength and Endurance

Major Skills: Blade, Block, Heavy Armor, Armorer, Athletics, Alteration, Destruction

Notes: Wears a cowl or hood instead of a helm to better emulate his look. Destruction gives him the Disintegrate Armor and Weapon spells, similar to his 'Crush' abilities in Tactics. The Knights of the Nine quests are pretty much perfect for this character.

Could be made into Gaffagarion, a Fell Knight, by changing Alteration to Restoration, to get the Drain Health and Magicka similar to his Shadowblade and Duskblade abilities in Tactics.

There's tons of characters that could be roleplayed in TES and It would be really cool to see what you guys have come up with, they can just be ideas for future playthroughs if you'd like. Also they don't have to be based off something, if there's a character you've created that you're proud of you can post it here too.

You can c/p this template if it makes it easier, although not all of it would apply if it's from Skyrim

Name: - Origin
Race:
Class:
Specialisation: (Combat, Stealth, Magic) - Attributes
Major Skills:
Notes:

This site is also a big help when making a custom class.

[Boxman]

Unfortunately this aspect has kept me from finishing games with this feature as I always have better ideas for characters and keep restarting. The stories of Fallout 3 and NV interested me enough to keep going but Skyrim's vanilla fantasy kinda bores me without a bit of creativity on my part.

Took up a challenge recently to try out a theif mage character in Skyrim, so I'll see how that goes. It should be more difficult at least. Don't have any real restrictions in mind, but so far I've kept it to robes, bow and arrows, and daggers. Would like to get a staff. Bow seems a bit overpowered but may be necessary. Plan on enchanting lots of stuff but don't know if daggers can be. Haven't thought up much of a story other than that he's an Argonian named Lizzy (short for Lazarus).

Have even less of an idea for a new Fallout NV character. Have sided with Yes Man and Caesar before, so now I want to see what can be done with the NCR despite liking them the least.

[Kurt Zisa]

Being a mage thief would be a cool thing to try out sometime. You get most of the tools you need to be a successful thief from spells like Open Locks and Chameleon/Invsibiltiy. You can even use Telekinesis to move items out of peoples line of sight so you can nick them without being seen.

I'm pretty sure you can enchant any type of weapon, armor or clothing, as long as it doesn't have an enchantment on it already. In Oblivion you get the option to make your own staff with an enchantment of your choice. If you pick 'Paralize for X seconds' you could stun your opponent, switch to a dagger enchanted with 'Absorb Magicka X points' and replenish your Magicka reserves while draining your oppontents.

[loaf]

The only character I got into like that was my Breton Illusionist Thief


She never used fast travel, she avoided almost everything, she was invisible and nobody knew who she was because I Snuck every where, I used illusion EVERYWHERE she rarely hurt anybody. If anything, they killed each other and she just walked by, unnoticed.

My most favorite part was following some guy for a Thief Missions. A Guard caught me but I turned Frenzy on him. He started to fight and fight everyone, I Frenzied another guy. Now I had 6 guys running around, 2 of them in a frenzy attacking his allies and the others trying to stop him. In the end one guy was left, the guy I had to follow. I jumped down and spoke with him. In my mind, he was scared and surprised to see her because he just witnessed this brawl and all of a sudden she shows up. It was great. The only problem with her was if someone hit her with basically anything, she would die in 1 or 2 hits. Her Armor level was like 15, her 1h was around 30 and her Archery was around 30-40 while, sneak, speech, illusion were at 100

[Michael Swayne]

Remember that the leveling system is different in Skyrim than it is in Oblivion. In Oblivion, leveling is tied in with the skills you choose at the beginning of the game; whereas in Skyrim every skill nets you experience points toward leveling up your character. So it is easier to switch your character's focus. As for me, I almost always go Breton with Destruction and Restoration magic classes in Oblivion. But in Skyrim, Restoration isn't needed as much because of the whole healing over time bit, so I go with Breton with Destruction and Conjuration (because necromancy is fine in Skyrim).

[Heartless Angel]

Shit, only reason I use resto in Skyrim is because of the talent that makes it work on stamina.

[Unknown Entity]

I enjoy making a story behind each character, and I spend far too much time RPGing than actually playing the damn games.

My favourite character so far has been Kahlan, the Mother Confessor, who travels to Skyrim from Cyrodiil to stop the Civil War between the Stormcloaks and the Imperials. I haven't experimented with her taking the side of the Stormcloaks yet, believe it or not, as I prefer the characters on the Imperial side. But she's a reluctant Imperial sympathiser - she only honours the White Gold Concordat because it's stopped war before, but continues to fight for the right to worship who you wish (in this case, Talos).

She's a dual wielder, with either swords or destruction magic. She can use a bow too, but I'm more of a run in there and slice 'em up or fry 'em person. As the books go, she learned from Richard how to "cut".


My other favourite character is a male Nord, Gaius, son of Elisif and Torygg, and seeks revenge for his father's murder. He left Skyrim for Cyrodiil as a teenager, after an argument, and had spent a few years in the Arena, becoming a honed warrior and champion. He favours swords, isn't a fan of magic, eats a lot of venison and is an alcoholic. On the way back to Skyrim, he happens to pass Ulfric Stormcloak, and before he can kill him on this chance meeting, the Imperials charge in and capture the lot of them. Despite telling them who he was, the Imperial soldiers don't believe Gaius, and took him to be beheaded under suspicion of aiding Ulfric escape Skyrim. Hadvar recognises him, but it takes a while for it to register that he almost allowed the Imperials to behead the heir Jarl of Solitude!

That's the beginning of that story. I won't bore you all with the rest, but my favourite part of the story is when he meets Serana, while out defeating the vampires that have been plaguing his home town. He falls in love with her, hopelessly, but discovers that she'd fallen for him too, but is reluctant as she's a vampire. When she turns him into a vampire to find her mother, she's hopeful that maybe that means she can get over her reluctance, but is heartbroken when Gaius reveals he'd like to find a cure after they're done in the Soul Cairn.

I haven't decided if I want to end it with her finding a cure, or remaining as a vampire. They're "together" though, even if they can't marry. Gaius will never marry another. It's pretty cool as they are though - the Warrior who fell for the tough, vampire lady.

I've put way too much thought into this story. Wow, I'm laaame.