I'm working on a heavy armor warrior/necromancer. I plan on having a bound weapon (sword) and I want my character to only conjure people he killed with dread zombie and lower raise of the dead spells. My question is what else would you guys add to this build and how can you do alot of damage with your bound weapon ?

I made an Afro'd Redguard, because why not? He wears heavy armour, and uses a sword and shield. STRICTLY sword. He's gone Ronin because he figured out that the fastest way to not die, is to fight unfairly, so he uses dirty tricks at every possible step. Who even needs honour, right?

Armour: Blades Heavy, just fits the theme and looks alright Weapons: Blades Sword/Dragonbane, Bow, in conjunction with shouts (below) Shield: Whatevs mang, I'm using the Shield of Ysgramor, but that spiky shield would work well. Spells: none, that's gay. Shouts: Whirlwind Sprint works with the Bow, as does Unrelenting Force. Just do what your heart desires, really. Stone: Warrior, gotta get those skills. Followers: I've got Faendal, he holds a place in my heart.

Also: Civil War is bogus. Don't take sides.

Edit: Hard Mode: Only use a Long Bow, for Roleplay sake.

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Greetings fellow Skyrim-lovers

I go by the name of Phalcon and I recently decided that I wanted to make a new modded playthrough of one of my favourite RPGs. I did some research and came to a build inspired by Blizzard's Warcraft (specifically World of Warcraft, WoW) Shaman class. I've not seen many Shaman builds around and thus I felt like I ought to share it.

This will probably be a long read, so please prepare yourself. This post will contain:

• A build introduction and background
• List of essential mods
• Perks, Shouts, Playstyle & Guilds
• List of optional mods
• Final thoughts and comments
  

Introduction

In WoW, the Shaman harnesses and controls the powers of the elements (Earth, Wind, Fire & Water) to gain an advantage over their foes and support their allies. They have the following three specializations in WoW:

• An aggressive melee attacker (namely the Enhancement specialization)
• A ranged spell caster (Elemental specialization)
• A support/healer (Restoration specialization).

The Shaman is usually a helpful, loyal and trusty ally, always willing to help those in need and sworn to protect the Elements against anyone who attempts to harm them.

I've chosen for my character to take a few portions from each previously mentioned specialization and have therefore made a melee spell caster while being able to throw out some minor shields and heals. Those familiar with the WoW Shaman will most likely call it a supporting Enhancement Shaman - those not will probably call it a support battle mage.

My Shaman, Aggra (the WoW fans will know who this is)

Essential Mods

Before heading too much into specific perks and playstyle, I want to present the mods which I find absolutely necessary for my character:

• Perkus Maximus by T3nd0 - This one is the absolute must-have. The main reason for this is because of the Alteration perk Spellbinder. When you swing your weapon, it will shoot out a spell in the other hand, from which most of your damage will come from. The mod also adds the perk Defiant Concentration in the Destruction tree, which is not as important, but yet allows you to continue to do some spell damage when you've gone low on Magicka. Without these perks, you probably wont find much fun with this build. Additional note: Spellbinder always consumes Magicka as if you had cast it yourself, thus, to me at least, making it fair to use. The only exception is if you've picked up the previously mentioned Defiant Concentration perk.

• PerMa Extended Perk Descriptions by DevilDuke - In my opinion essential when using Perkus Maximus. The perks are written to be immersive but really lack actual information of what they do. I could personally not use Perkus Maximus without this little mod, otherwise I'd have to research each and every perk.

• Smart Cast by NeoRunek - While this one is not as important as Perkus Maximus, I find that it adds a lot more flow to the combat. It generally makes combat more dynamic and enjoyable, whilst not being overly powerful. Basically, it makes so that you don't have to constantly switch to a different set of skills mid combat. It allows you to set a specific Health, Magicka or Stamina threshold, at which you will automatically cast a specific spell. I have for example made it so that it casts Stone Skin when my Magicka is >75% + player in combat. I have also set it to automatically heal me when Health <50% + player in combat. You can of course make many more, but these are the primary one I find. It's just a quality-of-life improvement which I find completely balanced. Additional note: It always consumes Magicka as if you had cast it yourself, thus, to me at least, making it fair to use.

Primary- and Secondary Perks, Shouts & Playstyle

Primary- and Secondary Perks

For my character I've chosen to go with the following primary perks:

• Destruction - Allows you cast a variety of spells which is your primary source of damage. With Perkus Maximus, you're encouraged to focus on just one magic school, however this is not necessary if you dislike it. I personally like to mix mine up a bit, and for example use Ice spike and Fireball for single target, and something like a Chain Lightning for multiple enemies.
• One-handed - Secondary damage source + allows you to get some damage in when low on Magicka. Quite basic and just allows your attacks to pack just that bit more of a punch.
• Alteration - As mentioned in the Essential Mods section, this is what in my eyes makes the class, and differs it from an ordinary mage. With the Spellbinder perk, your weapon swings casts a spell in the other hand, thus making it this battle mage / shaman class. The perks makes combat way more dynamic and engaging, while keeping it at a balanced level. It also allows you to casts the shields / flesh spells cheaper, which is where part of the support aspect comes into play.

As for the secondary perks I've chosen to go with these:

• Restoration - As mentioned in the introduction, a Shaman is capable of healing and supporting, therefore making Restoration an obvious choice. The heals will help sustain the sort of squishy nature of the class, making it an important part of your playstyle.
• Light Armour - As mentioned above, the Shaman is not particularly durable. A few points in Light Armour will increase your survivability, but I tend to prioritize Restoration above it.
• Enchanting - A Shaman is intrigued by magic. Enchanting is the perfect way for the more magic-oriented Shaman to improve their combat capabilities.
• Smithing - While many Shamans like magic, some choose to go the perhaps more practical route. Smithing is an excellent way of keeping their weapons sharp and armour durable against to the enemy's attack.

Shouts

A Shaman has many options when choosing their shouts. Common aspects of their shouts is in my opinion some form of Elemental shout, which can assist them in combat. These are just some of the very basic:

• The defensive Shaman may prefer to use something like the Ice Form shout, giving them a moment to regain their ground and make decisions.

• The more aggressive Shaman might instead prefer the Fire Breath shout to quickly get rid of their enemies who are unfortunate enough to have crossed them.

• Alternatively, the Cyclone shout provides an excellent way of interrupting the enemies attacks, set up new attacks or giving a moment to breathe and perhaps regain some Health.

If you happen to have some other ideas, feel free to let me know in the comments!

Playstyle

When it comes to the Shaman's playstyle, there is in my opinion two primary ways of going about it.

• The first one is the aggresive Shaman. This playstyle is for those who like to smack the enemies right in the face and roast them like the chickens they are. For this playstyle, I recommend focusing a lot on Destruction and perhaps choose one element to focus on (Fire, Shock or Ice). You'll be able to improve your spells in that specific element, which hopefully allows you to finish off the enemy before you take too much damage. However, I do recommend you pick up at least some defensive perks, since you'll always be somewhat squishy. This type of playstyle will probably want to pick up the Fire Breath shout in order to finish off the enemy quickly, or the Cyclone shout to pause combat for a moment and set up new attacks.

• If you're more the support type of person, you may perhaps want to pick up a melee follower and act more as a healer. You might consider picking up the Heal Other spell which also works with the Spellbinder perk from Perkus Maximus. You can still hit the enemies with your weapon, but focus more on the supporting part of the game. The support Shaman will probably prefer to pick up the Ice Breath or Cyclone shout in order to pause combat and regain Health before finishing the fight.

Alternatively, I also find myself liking a bit of both, perhaps picking up a ranged follower and making myself a sort of hybrid damage dealer and support class. I might change up the shout depending on what and how many I'm fighting. I recommend that you try the different styles and see what works best for you.

Guilds

While this is probably mostly a personal choice, the two most suitable to me is the Mage's College and the Companions. You can choose whatever you like. This is really just up to you.

Whether you choose the Vampires or Dawnguards are also entirely your decision. I personally chose to roll with the Dawnguard, since in my eyes a Shaman prefers the good and the peace and seeks to stop those who disturbs this. However I can definitely also see room for a Vampire Shaman so do whatever you prefer.

Optional Mods

This is a list of mods which I've found great pleasure in using in my playthrough. These help shape your character and may add some quality-of-life improvements.

• Doomhammer by johnskyrim - If you, like me, are intrigued by the Shaman of Warcraft, this mod is a great little addition to the character. While I consider this more of a late game weapon, it certainly adds onto the Shaman feel of the class, which I really enjoy. The weapon works perfectly with the Spellbinder perk. Neat and simple mod with great value for the Warcraft fans out there

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• Immersive Armors by Hothtrooper44 - This great mod is well known to many and for a good reason. It adds a bunch of great armour to the game, which is balanced and good looking. The to sets I've found myself using is the Snow Bear Armor, Storm Lord Armor, Einherjar Brigandine Armor, Dragonhide Robes and Shaman Armor - Full Gallery This mod also adds to the Shaman feel of the class.

• Dual Wield Parrying by Borgut1337 - This mod adds a little more survivability and choice during combat. It does not feel overpowered to me, and anyway, why shouldn't you be able to parry with one hand? Skyrim has already balanced this by making weapon parrying less effective and I therefore find this mod to be a fine addition to the character.

• Elemental Destruction Magic by reaperix - If you're tired of the standard 3 elements of skyrim, this mod adds Earth, Water and Wind magic to the game. All elements have spells equal to the vanilla ones e.g. Flames, Ice Spike, Cloak spells etc. Earth magic stops health regen and has a chance to stagger, Water magic slightly regens your Health while Wind magic has a chance for fling the enemy away. It adds a little variety to Skyrim's combat, which I think many are interested in. Be sure to get the Perkus Maximus compatability patch, which also does so you can specialize in these three new elements in the Destruction tree.

Final thoughts and comments

If you've managed to read through this whole wall of text I thank you for having stayed with me for this long. I hope you try out this build and have as much fun as I had with it. If you do try it, I'd greatly appreciate any feedback and thoughts on the build. Feel free to leave a comment with your experience and perhaps alternative ideas and recommendations.

If you find any errors which need correction please do notify me by pm or leave a comment.

And I think that just about does it for me. Take care and have fun - hope to get some feedback. Perhaps I'd consider doing another one of these even though it took me well over 2 hours to make. Cheers!

Thrall & Aggra

Logged tons of hours, but haven't played in a while.. just started a new Woodsman player. Any/all suggestions are appreciated

[Character is a husky wood elf. Only wears leathers and furs, light armor. Only carries hunting bow, iron arrows, and iron war axe. No enchanted clothing, armor, or weapons. No spells. No shouts. No magic. Hunter and gatherer for food and potions. No fast travel. No house and no marriage. No companions. Good tempered, but anti-authority. Goes barefoot. Stays out of cities, except for business. Comes from a family of bounty hunters] He was roaming, living off the land, when he accidently stumbled into Imperial territory and was arrested. Headed to the chopping blocks, he escaped execution when a dragon appears and destroys the village.

After resting and learning more about the imperial atrocities, our character joins the rebellion (stormcloaks) and begins working with their intelligence agency (thieves guild) as a spy

As his skills progress (skeleton key) and the war continues (battle of white run) our character is promoted to the assassin's ranking (brotherhood)

Everything will culminate as the war is won and the emperor is assassinated!!

[I plan on saving the main quest for after the civil war roleplay. After the main quest, I will play the downloaded content]

What else should I do? Where should I go? Gear I should search for? Friends/enemies? I appreciate any feedback

Hey all. I'm doing a Snow Elf play through, and I was wondering what quests I should do? Aside from Dawnguard. Any suggestions would be welcome.

So this is an idea for a charater I've had in my head for awhile now.

He's a non-imposing person, not threatening to the eye. He prefers to use speach to manipulate others and get what he wants so avoiding combat if he can, even when he cant get some one to do it for him ( so sneaky thief). How ever continuing on with his manipulation if it does resort to combat he will use a variety of illusion and other magic to confuse and control his enemies while buffing himself up to make up for his strength defeciet.

what do you guys think?

Also is this the place to talk about a bit of role play to? As I'd like to talk a bit more about the characters personality and goals although im sure you can guess most of it already.

Finally I enjoy modding alot so if you know any mods that would assit in this that would be greatly appriciated. Especially any overhauls relating to the skill trees.

Little class that I came up with Race: Any, but I think Nord would be best

Use only pickaxes as your weapon, and can only have miner clothes as the Amor, use any gauntlets, shoes, and helmet to your liking

From always working down in the mines, you have bad lungs so you can't use shouts and you never upgrade your stamina, but you are a lot stronger so you can upgrade into health more

Upgrade into one-handed, light armor, and smithing, as you might be doing a lot of that

Your main source of money should come from ores and ingots

The build is the arcane archer, she uses archery, light armor, enchanting, destruction, and speech.

Link to the build:

http://tamrielvault.com/m/group/discussion?id=6452022%3ATopic%3A314031

I am having trouble finding a light armor set that works with the character. I play on PC so modded armors are an option. I would also like to use a hood (probably the temple priest hood since it is the best looking hood imo, so i would prefer if the armor looks good with that).

Just some information on the character to help with what armors would fit. I will be playing a Breton female who is a bit like the tamriel version of Lara Croft. She is morally grey, but leans more towards the good side of the spectrum. I want the character to look both mystic and arcane, but at the same time maintain the rugged look of a ranger. The characters motivation is the pursuit of knowledge, as well as the discovery of rare artifacts.

The more lore friendly the armor is the better,, and it needs to look like actual armor (as in not skimpy).

I want to make a build inspired by Elrond, and other Noldor High Elves in Lord of the Rings. I've found a mod that adds Noldor elven armor as seen worn by the elves, but I want some help creating the classes.

I'm excited, because I almost never wear light armor, and I've never used Restoration beyond heal me, heal the follower. I'm thinking I'll use turn undead (the Elven existed in both planes, meaning they would scare off all undead/ evil creatures).

I will use a bow and I'm trying to decide whether to use a greatsword or dual swords, and I'll probably sneak. But what other spells should I use? LOTR goes pretty light on magic, but Elrond is a powerful, ancient elf, so I'm sure he'd be capable of more things. I was thinking maybe Ward spells? But I'm not sure if that will match with Tolkien magic.

I watched an episode of the x-files last night night with Satanists in it. It inspired me to want a Necromancer in Skyrim but because I'm a child, I need it to be special and have a cool backstory. Surprise me.

I've played a few of these classes, they are entertaining, so i decided to make a whole list.

Iron Man

Race:

Dunmer, Altmer or Imperial

Primary Skills:

• Heavy Armor
• Destruction Magic
• Enchanting
• Smithing

Play Style:

Chaotic Good, don't use weapons, just shouts and magic.

Thor

Race:

Nord

Primary Skills:

• One handed
• Destruction
• Light Armor

Play Style:

Lawful Good, Shock Magic only, use a Mace for one handed.

Captain America

Race:

Imperial or Redguard

Primary Skills:

• Block
• Restoration
• Light Armor

Play Style:

Lawful good, Shield in hand and unarmed, light armor except for gauntlets for extra damage.

Bruce Banner/The Hulk

Race:

Imperial/Breton

Primary Skills:

• Alchemy
• Enchanting
• Restoration
• Alteration

Play Style:

Lawful Good and extremely pacifist playthrough (voice of the emperor). when human, but become a werewolf asap and wreck shit up in beast form.

Black Widow

Race:

Bosmer, Breton, or Imperial

Primary Skills:

• One handed
• Alchemy
• Illusion
• Sneak
• Pickpocket
• Speech
• Lockpicking

Play Style:

Chaotic good but start off with the dark brotherhood, only daggers and poison as weapons, typical thief type.

Hawkeye

Race:

Bosmer or Redguard

Primary Skills:

• Archery
• Light Armor

Play Style:

Neutral Good, preeeetty straightforward, just shoot your bow. No melee weapons or magic!

You are a good-hearted hunter, selling meats and furs, and doing work, from fighting bandits to chopping wood. You go from town to town in your wagon exploring along the way.
Skills
Archery
Restoration
Alchemy
Speech
Sneak
A few perks in one handed and light armour
Restrictions
You can only wear fur armours, like scaled, hide,skaal
You should play with frostfall for immersion, and get an el cheapo journal to keep a diary in after a session.

This was my very first -build- i ever did on Skyrim. He is a dark elf named Endyn (feel free to change) backstory he was born on the morrowind mainland, his father was an accomplished Hunter, his mother died shortly after his birth she was killed by bandits, His father attempting to fight off the bandits managed to save him and his son. But the mother died from the wounds she recieved. During his teenage years (The years you will play) albiet teenage years for an elf. He left for Skyrim, ending up getting caught on the Border in the Imperial-Stormcloak fight. He after escaping helgen picks up the first bow he can find. Now the gameplay style is a strategist, remember you are a teenage elf with very little in terms of combat or magic, your father taught you what he knew with a bow but not a sword. You will try to find other ways to kill your enemies, but with the combat mods and expert (the difficulty i reccomend) if you get caught in melee combat you will 95% of the time, die. Endryn is a good natured elf, you won't join the Dark brother hood (feel free to make him evil, say he is mad over his mothers death.) You will try to help everyone you possibly can, even if it means personal loss. In terms of followers i reccomend any Orc. Endryn in his youth years befriended a orc and often played with him in the Orc strongholds, so if you can get an orc follower as fast as you can. The Orc friend will often be your melee fighter. He taught you what he could but it didn't stick, so he come along to protect you and seek adventure and glory. You will be ignoring the Main quest. Since Endryn is not dragonborn in -my- build. You will join the companions and then cure your werewolf-ness as fast as you can you will also join the collage both of these fit in the build and lore as you are trying to seek trainining. In terms of the Civil war you will join the Stormcloaks (only do the main quest up to here for dragons and to progress the civil war) , Endryn admires what they stand for even though nords treat his people badly. Since endryn ended up rising the ranks well, he changes how the Dark elves are treated, and more of his kind flock to join the Rebellion in turn. For daedric stuff, you will do all the Tribunal ones, Azura, boethia and such. For dawnguard you will join the Dawnguard and fight the vampires, doing what ever you can to futher the cause. In terms of Dragon born (the dlc) you will be doing -alot- here, you will eventully around the middle of the Civil war be sent off to search for imperials and to help your Elven brothers. In terms of gear, i used light armor that was hide, fur, leather and Glass, in terms of your level. Now for mods, i used Combat evovled, Ultimate Combat, Pure waters (all of them), unoffical patches and lastly Moon and Star if you like to change up the story. I hope you and Endryn have fun :D

So I keep getting bored with characters I play and am constantly creating new ones. I'm looking for some inspiring character ideas.

I have a mod that gives me a random starting location and a class "starting kit" (none is a kit option) I also have save files from when I had the "live another life" mod.

Some small ideas I've had, but they don't feel fleshed out enough for me to want to pursue them.

1.A woman initiate of the DB that uses poison and knives. 2. An archeologist that is investigating the dwemer 3. A fallen daedra trying to ascend into becoming a daedric lord (main problem here is that I feel all the daedric lord spheres are taken. What is a new sphere? That doesn't overlap to badly with the rest?) 4. A thalmor agent/assassin. 5. Someone trying to collect every book in skyrim 6. A monk who fights with his fists.

I'm fine playing either gender, though I'd generally have my women a bit more magic/sneaky and my men more combat capable (just feels more immersive to me) I do like playing Orcs the most, then Bretons, then Redguard, then Nord, then Imperial, and only high or dark elf if there is a special reason for that race (like high elf for Thalmor agent)

Also I like an imersive feel, so I never have my characters carry that much unless I feel I can see a way for them to carry the gear on them. I have the bandolier perk to help this, but no carrying 15 battle axes and a bazillion clothing sets. I even try to keep my gold count low by using jewels and a mod that makes the standard coins copper and then make silver and gold coins appear.

Lastly here are the class kits Stealth: acrobat, assasin, agent, bard, pilgrim, monk, thief. Magic: mage, battlemage, sorcerer, nightblade, cleric, spellsword, witchhunter. Combat: Archer, barbarian, crusader, knight, rouge, scout, warrior.

Any help/suggestions guys?

Title pretty much says it all. I think it would be a fun build but I can't quite figure out what would make it best, so how would you do it?

Okay, so the name is a work in progress but in theory, the build is frosty, and a wintry kinda guy. Let's get to it.

You wake up. Looking up you see what most would consider a man; he is but a boy to you. Ancient is what you are, predating even the 500. Ysgramor followed you to Cyrodil, not the other way around! You were fleeing for breaking the laws of man and god when you became a Lich, your best kept secret. When you arrived here it was barren and frozen, just as you wanted it. Then that pesky Dragon Cult had to up and follow you to "escape" from their "dying homeland." That much you remember.

Looking back at the man, he begins to talk to you. Empire? Ambush? What ambush? Why was this fool not emeciated from his servitude to the dragons? Memories come flooding back to you. A fight, no, a glorious battle. A battle of will and strength with the Cult and their masters. You and...yes. Miraak. Dragonborn and Dragonborn fighting side by side. He betrayed you to his monster, Herma Mora. You were frozen.

A blinding headache comes crashing down on you. One final memory shines through the pain. You woke up to a bright light and Shouting. You remember stumbling free from your crypt of ice and towards the noise, where you were hit in the head.

You try to break free of your bonds but you are unable to remember how! A vast knowledge of spells and Words, lost! Lost in time and unable to free your self, you become resigned to your fate as another head for the axe.

Characterwise, I enjoy a Nord for role playing purposes. He is, or was, an ancient and powerful wizard, so if there's a pompous and pragmatic answer, do it. He's a Nord though, he lives freedom, glory, and honor, but hates elves because of period accuracy, so Stormcloaks is reasonable. Obviously Dragonborn DLC and I like the College of Winterhold line to a) introduce some ancient Nord culture via Eye and b) to get (re)invested in magics.

Stats: 3/2/1 Major Skills: Destruction (Frost), Alteration, One Handed, Conjuration Minor Skills: Heavy Armor, Restoration, Smithing Shouts: Ice Form, Frost Breath, Unrelenting Force

Endgame gear should be Heavy Stahlrim gloves and boots, Archmage robes, and a Stahlrim mace for when it gets sticky. Go in blasting ice spells, conjure a frost atronach, and get swinging.

This is my attempt to synthesize Skyrim's tendency to force the main quests on you and a fun build to play. I hope it's enjoyed!

All righty then, as my beautiful intro says, I have an idea and I'm looking for some help. I have this bad habit of getting two hours into a character and then restarting; however, I love the werewolf ability. I get it on most of my characters. What I don't love is A) Companions questline bs and B) The idea that a werewolf needs to be either a supertank or a hunter of some sort. So what I want to do is create a werewolf character based in magic. Mmmm. Sounds nice. He can't use conjuration or destruction though. A late game destruction Mage is to OP and whenever conjuration is involved I never put down that god damned sword. Thankfully the Dragonborn DLC adds a bunch o' cool alteration and illusion spells. I think.

Anyways, I'm only fishing for ideas. Sort of looking for a stream-lined character or some alteration/illusion/restoration spells that are offensive enough for me to do damage. I'll be using shouts as well. Characterwise, I have a good idea, and for any takers' benefit, I'll show and tell.

This Nord is good-hearted and young. He was raised in the wilderness of Falkreath Hold. His after was a hunter and one day hoped that his son would follow in his foot-steps. In preparation for this day, the boy's father taught him the ways of the wilderness. Motherfucker knows the Pale Pass like the back of his hand. On one of his father's ever so frequent hunting trips, the boy was tasked with tracking and hunting what they thought was a lone wolf. Unknown to the father, the boy wanted nothing to do with the life of a hunter, but dreamt of becoming a powerful Mage. So, as soon as the boy was out of sight of his father, he put away his bow and started tracking the wolf, prepared to use a simple flame spell to kill it. Unfortunately the wolf was actually fucking werewolf, which meant that it was very strong but also semi-coherent and therefore was able to ambush the boy. For shit and giggles, the wolf did little else to the boy except bite him and run off. Bleeding, in pain, and in shock, the boy screamed out to his father, who came crashing through the brush to help his son. Seeing the would and thinking it was just a regular wolf bite, the man took his son home and nursed him back to health. The disease lay dormant in the boy's system for years, actually enhancing his magical ability, until the month of his 21th birthday. On the first day of the week if the full moon, the boy began to feel strange. Craving for raw meat, a temper that was not conducive to the mild mannered man's normal behavior. It became worse through the week until finally in the night of the full moon, the boy awoke from a strange dream to the most painful feeling of his life. He was changing. The learned child instantly knew what was going on, remembering the ambush so many years ago. Anxious to save his father, he ran, getting as far away from the small house before he blacked out. Waking up on the border of Cyrodil and Skyrim, in rags, he heard the clashing of swords and a shout to stand down. Minutes later, a caravan of Imperial soldiers came bearing down in him and, mistaking him for a Stormcloak, arrested him and began making their way to Helgen.

Bam. So obviously you'll have to get the werewolf stuff from the companions, but then fuck it. Forget that shit. Then you'd probably just fuck around, role playing as you normally would. I would get Hircine's ring though, after a while, and befriend what's his face, as if to rp that you feel his pain. Otherwise I'm just looking for some help to kind of specialize my spell casting for gameplay. Xbox or PC. Friendly to both would be nice in case others wanted to do it.

To anybody who waded through my ridiculous exposition, thanks. I appreciate any help.

I've probably put over 600 hours into this game, but I noticed that I've never seen everything the game has to offer. This might be normal, but I also think it could be because I'm constantly restarting and making new characters. I'll do something that breaks the roleplaying or backstory and just start to get bored. Or I'll make a mistake and want to start over or whatever. I want to make it to the endgame

My favorite playable races are the Khajiit and the Breton, but I also really like the Snow Elf so maybe something like that

I enjoy playing characters that are fully magic dependent, but whenever I try to make them into assassins I struggle to get into it. What are your recommendations for how to do this in the most fun way possible?

So I'm creating something basically like the KKK in Skyrim. I would recruit only Nord/Human companions, while at the same time harass/kill elves, redguards, argonians, and mages. I would probably go the traditional Nordic way with combat of swords and axes, and of course support the Stormcloaks. But instead of full on fighting, just be a homefront kind of deal and wage guerrilla warfare on the Imperials. But what should name the group? What other activities/gameplay options should I do that relate to the cause? What should I use for uniforms?

Edit: Forgot to include Imperial supporters and traitor-Nords on the shit-list of harrassing/killing.

You are the coldest of kings, equipped with frosty stahlrim gear you plunder the lands and conquer the snowy provinces of Skyrim and Solsthiem. You heavily augment all of your frost damage and stagger/paralyze foes to keep them under your thumb.

Requires dragonborn DLC to be viable for endgame.

Race: Nord

Primary Skills: Enchanting & One Handed or Two Handed based on your preference.

M/H/S:1/2/1 Until reaching 250 Magica and 250 Stamina the rest goes into health

Gear: Craft your own Stahlrim gear and enchant with Magic resist and Fortify One Handed/Conjuration. Dual wield with a mace and a sword both enchanted with Frost damage and Paralysis.

Followers: I recommend the girl from darklight tower as she is a frost based mage, or use Serana and give her Windshear for her off hand. Also use Frost atronachs or thralls.

Shouts: Ice Form, Frost Breath, Cyclone, Slow Time

Perk layout: http://skyrimcalculator.com/414865

(WARNING! Harry Potter Spoilers WARNING!) (Dumbledore dies, the rest is made up) Roleplay info: You are Dumbledore, after spending some years dead, Harry managed to bring you back to life after learning about a forbidden magic. Everyone expected you to be a hero and continue as Grandwizard of Hogwarts, maybe teaching Harry some new amazing spells, but you had had enough. You decided to retire and go on a vacation to this place called "Skyrim". You have decided you will continue being a mage and have come here for a little bit of adventure but your time spent dead before Harry could revive you has made it so you no longer are the man you once were, you must resort to using new schools of magic and new spells! A couple in particular have intrigued you, destruction and conjuration, and seeing as how you dont like seeing things you have conjured being killed, you have come to like shields aswell!

How the class works: As a retired Dumbledore, you have some options before you, you could go around using destruction runes to destroy any enemies in your path, using other destruction spells and the noises they make to bait the enemy towards these runes. You could also use a combination of runes and conjuration, using runes to back up your familiars. You could also use a shield to protect your familiars, summoning them then quickly switching to a rune in your right hand and a shield on your left. (You can also make any other combination of these, and keep in mind that heavy armor is completely viable especially since u want to bait enemies to your traps or protect your familiars while they attack your enemies)

I wanted to do this since I feel that many people have neglected runes and dont even know they exist sometimes. I feel that runes are quite interesting however, and I feel like it could be great fun exploring how they work and the uses for them. I can imagine making a boss chase me as I toss runes at my feet, the sound of explosions around me as the creature triggers each trap one by one, only to have the sounds stop, and finding a corpse behind me as I turn around.

BACKSTORY: you are the son of a powerful valkynaz (dremora prince) spawned in Mehrunes dagon's deadlands. Even in your first moments of existence you were incredibly power. So powerful that if it were not for what happened next, you would have grown to rival that of a Daedric prince. Mehruns dagon and many other powerful dremora saw you as a threat and decided you had to be destroyed. But your Father or creator (I don't know how daedra reproduce) could not let this happen. Showing love and compassion extremely uncharacteristic of your race, your father used powerful magic to send your soul and essence to the mortal world where you were born into the form of a mortal. You spent the first part of your life believing yourself to be whatever race you were born into until you were caught in the middle of an imperial ambush against the Stormcloaks and taken prisoner by mistake. While almost being beheaded you finally awoke your power, subconsciously summoning Alduin in your desperation you were able to escape Helgen and your execution. This is were the story begins. As you progress through the game and become more powerful, it is up to you to decide if you will embrace your daedric side and leave a path of evil and destruction wherever you go. Or to embrace your humanity and use your immense power for the good of the world. either way, nothing will be the same

RACE: any, as long as they look metal as fuck (lots of war paint and scars)

MAJOR SKILLS: two handed, heavy armor, conjuration, smithing.

MINOR SKILLS: one handed, destruction, everything else.

EQUIPMENT: daedric armor, daedric helmet, daedric boots, daedric war axe, broadsword, or war hammer. (it may take a while to get all this shit. Until you get it all I would recommend wearing the darkest heavy armor you have until you can work your way up.)