Oblivion: What Race will you play first?

WHat race will you play first?

  • Argonian

    Votes: 4 5.1%

  • Breton

    Votes: 7 8.9%

  • Dark Elf

    Votes: 5 6.3%

  • High Elf

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • Imperial

    Votes: 25 31.6%

  • Khajiit

    Votes: 9 11.4%

  • Nord

    Votes: 11 13.9%

  • Orc

    Votes: 3 3.8%

  • Redguard

    Votes: 10 12.7%

  • Wood Elf

    Votes: 4 5.1%
  • Total voters
    79
  • Poll closed .
imperial - then i might either be somekind of "good" knight or copy Garret and be a thief.
 
I am gonna go for a dark elf assasin first off. Never really did that in morrowind because fighters kicked too much arse. Hopefully this time around it will be more than worth it.
 
Dark Elves appeal to me. It would just be cool being some kind of mysterious ranger. The only problem is that Dark Elves are pretty much outcasts.
 
The idea of rangers, northern barbarians, lone woodsmen, and the "noble savage" have always appealed to me. For that reason the Nords are going to be my race of choice for my primary character. Second after them would come the wood elves.

My favored class I will probably have to decide later once I know more about the game mechanics, but will probably be a combination warrior wearing light/medium armor and utilizing ranged weapons and some stealth. I will name the custom class "ranger".
 
Redguard thief all the way. My skin is dark so I can hide in the shadows better bitches!
 
I'll be Imperial, just like I were in Arena, Daggerfall and Morrowind.:p
Wannabe-Romans ftw!
 
Likely Imperial, whenever I create a character I drag the whole culture of the characters race into the concept.
 
If the Bosmer aren't irritating stunted New Yorkers like in Morrowind, I'll be a wood elf as I'm into archery and sneaking. Otherwise, it'll be Nord.
 
Imperial............eh¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
 
Argonian was my plan, some sort of shaman like class.

only problem is that they've seemed to have removed the unarmored skill which was a skill I wanted to see how usefull would be.
 
A Redguard knight of sorts, with a few modifications - just like I did in Morrowind
 
I like the look of the dark and wood elf races, and the imperial. I know very little about rpg's so i'll just go with whichever class seems like the most fun to me.
 
Orc baby! They may look stupid(they'd look awesome if they were like Warcraft II orcs, not world of warcraft or warcraft 3 orcs.)

Nobody can defeat the green skins!
 
Does your race affect which class you can choose?

I like the idea of being an inept Breton. After reading the IGN handson I was intrigued that luck was a stat in Oblivion. I'd like my guy to be born to a magic background, but pretty rubbish at it, and extremely lucky. His magic failings will be compensated for a little by small small weapons/armour training. Any stats that improve the chance of hiding, running away, bluffing/charming, would be good. A stumbling fool with a dagger - think Presto from Dungeons and Dragons :)

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Khajiit Thief probably first.

Sad that Orcs have gotten such a bad rap in fantasy games. No one voting for them yet! ;(
 
Samon said:
Dark Elf.
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THE Dark Elf? ;)

I'm going to start as my morrowind character - The Archer/thief Wood-Elf.
Don't like close range combat, and prefer to pick my foes off at range where I can calculate the best possible approach to winning. I just loved seeing loads of daedric enemies coming towards me with battleaxes, and I'd jump up to a high ledge and just take my time shooting arrows into their faces.

EDIT: Probably going to go for something unique to me and be Orc next, then Imperial.
 
Imperial - I seem to like the idea of been human, like been yourself in the game. If you get what I mean. :)
 
Warbie said:
Does your race affect which class you can choose?

I like the idea of being an inept Breton. After reading the IGN handson I was intrigued that luck was a stat in Oblivion. I'd like my guy to be born to a magic background, but pretty rubbish at it, and extremely lucky. His magic failings will be compensated for a little by small small weapons/armour training. Any stats that improve the chance of hiding, running away, bluffing/charming, would be good. A stumbling fool with a dagger - think Presto from Dungeons and Dragons :)

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Nope! It doesn't affect what class you can choose! Elder scrolls games are great in the sense you can be any class, with any skills. You can be a battle mage with heavy armor... you just might not be able to do both at the same time. You can do exactly what you want to... and I applaud you on creating a character with preplanned 'flaws'.
 
dammit, voted breton before I noticed the guide- I rememebr they had the highest sneak and stuff when you started ni morrowind, but it doesn't seem so now. And NOW I remember it wasn't breton, it was the bosmer...*grumble grumble*
 
Race does not effect the class no, but doesn't it affect the stats however?
Also, sure you can be a battle mage with heavy armor, however, the heavy armor adds a large penalty to your spells,
So I'd rather be a NAKED battle mage with ultra powerful spells that kill enemies with one hit <3
 
Gargantou said:
Race does not effect the class no, but doesn't it affect the stats however?
Also, sure you can be a battle mage with heavy armor, however, the heavy armor adds a large penalty to your spells,
So I'd rather be a NAKED battle mage with ultra powerful spells that kill enemies with one hit <3
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It affects the states I think. Certain classes have better predispositions, at least in morrowind.

And you dont need to go naked. Wear robes, goofbutt.
 
Maybe he wants to be naked. What would scare you more, a pretty normal looking mage dressed in a fine robe, or a jibbering naked magic user waving his wand about? :)
 
Warbie said:
Maybe he wants to be naked. What would scare you more, a pretty normal looking mage dressed in a fine robe, or a jibbering naked magic user waving his wand about? :)
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Which wand? His magic missile wand or his penis wand?
 
Warbie, what sort of wand are we talking about here..?;)

Edit: Damnit Raziaar, you beat me to it.. You bastard!
 
Gargantou said:
Warbie, what sort of wand are we talking about here..?;)

Edit: Damnit Raziaar, you beat me to it.. You bastard!
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:dork:
 
I'm leaving that up to you guys to decide :)

I was just reading about the factions you can join from the same site - http://www.oblivionportal.com/info/factions.php

Does anyone know if the faction you join has any bearing on the skills you can learn, or just on the quests you have access to? Could you be in the mages guild yet still focus soley on melee for example? I didn't play Morrowind enough to see how these things worked.
 
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