What Race Do You Use In Skyrim? [And Why]

[Wieke]

My first character is a Dunmer because as far as I can remember my first character in Morrowind was of the same race.

My second character is a Redguard because I realised I never played one in either Morrowind or Oblivion.

My third character will most likely be an Altmer so my wizard enjoys a nice magicka bonus.

 

[MrGseff]

Khajiit, because being a Cat by Day and a Wolf by night is THAT cool!

 

[ChocoFace]

i went Khajiit.
I knew since the start that i was going for a stealthy type character and once i saw that i could be a cat - well - i didn't hesitate.
So far having lots of fun with it.

Haven't even touched anything other than light armor, sneak, one handed weapons, bows, lockpicking.

 

[ThisJustin]

Redguard because I've never played one before and he's made a decent Spellsword. Since Daggerfall about 90% of my builds have been Bosmer. Only in Oblivion did I try some Breton and Imperial to break away from always being a thief.

 

[UnderCoverGuest]

Orcs are big and strong--two traits I've always held close to my hypertrophic heart and body. And they're green--but a nice dark shade of forest green that I like more than WarCraft's vibrant neon-raver green.

 

[Mordekaien]

Nord, with Axe and shield, playing for the stormcloacks...

And I've seen the loading screen with the Orc dual wielding axes... now i want that one too

 

[El Poncho]

I'm a Norde Warrior on my first play through, in Oblivion I played as a Norde so I thought, this is Skyrim and I want to run up to dragons and show them my feelings with my battleaxe, and I felt Norde was the best way to do that

Next will be a Khajiit because they look pretty cool in Skyrim.

 

[regalphantom]

Breton, partially because Bretons were my favorite class in both Morrowind and Oblivion because of the extra magic without any downside (I didn't like the Altmer weakness to magic), partially because I figured with all the fire-and-ice breathing dragons out there, resistance to magic would be useful. Right now I'm a Breton Mage who wears heavy armor with a 2-handed greatsword as a backup weapon (Right when I run of Magic when fighting a dragon, I jump in and lop it's head off. Also, being able to do melee damage is surprisingly useful against mages with ward up/dragon priests)

 

[irani_che]

Argonian
because if you are gonna be the dragonborn you might as well be scaly

 

[Eggsnham]

I'm a Breton because I wanted to make a human character, but I also wanted to shoot fire from my hands and melt people.

Although I've kinda turned into a sort of mage/tank-warrior/thief over time. It's pretty fun being able to switch up your play style midway through the game. Only problem is that I always find myself carrying two suits of armor 3-4 main weapons and a whole slew of enchanted jewelry and items at any given time just to supplement whichever skill set I'm embracing at the moment.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Imperial, because I'm cool and interesting.

 

[White-Death]

Nord.
I really like the new Race designs, and I love the voice actors for Nords.

 

[R3dF41c0n]

I'm playing a Dark Elf mace and magic user. The 50% fire resistance is great for fighting fire dragons. Plus it's been the traditional class\race combo I've played since Morrowind.

I sometimes play a Khajiit thief/assassin as a secondary character. However with the way Skyrim does skills I think I'll stick with the one character.

 

[Broken Orange]

I am a Breton Destruction Mage with a war axe. My trusty axe in one hand and a handful of ice in the other. Their bonuses to magic resistance makes them perfect madge killers.

 

[crop52]

Nord master race,

because,

Nord master race.

 

[yndsu]

As i am from the Northern Europe form a country that was ruled by Swedes and Danes at a certain time and i have some Danish blood even and i am very much a nordic person i am playing as a nord. And i am usually dual-wielding war-axes and sometimes with some spells on one hand.
But mostly those war-axes.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Dark Elf, because..... DROW ARE FUCKING AWESOME!

Seriously, they are my favorite species in all of fantasy.

Also, I love playing a stealth mage and Drow fit it perfectly.

(NO! They are NOT Dunmer! They are Drow, damn it!)

 

[Deathmageddon]

Dark Elf, because they have awesome fire resistance (though I have pondered trying a Nord because most enemies seem to use frost) and their racial power is badass. super powered fire cloak spell once a day? Hell, yeah! Also, powers and abilities aside, they're just awesome.

 

[Phototoxin]

Kharag gro-Tharak pities the fools who chose inferior races!