[:plant:] TES: Skyrim

The problem with games like this is that no matter how much I try not to do it, I always try to figure out a way to create the "perfect" character, or how to best play the game. It's not at all conducive to the spirit of the game, obviously. I restarted New Vegas about fourteen times before I finally settled into the type of character I used to complete the game, for instance.

I'm an Imperial and I'm only at Level 6. =(

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Are there certain "archetypes" that work best with certain races? Or are races almost entirely cosmetic?

I mean, I'm an Imperial, like I said, which seems to place me in a certain non-magical capacity. But I don't know if there are actually boosts or not. And if there are handicaps/boosts, how detrimental are they really? I mean, could I overcome those obstacles?

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Originally Posted by Philia

The rest is pretty minor, and had a headstart on some of the skills that you can eventually get to 100 anyway on any sort of build you want to do. So you're fine in either class you want to do midway in the game. In fact you can roll all kind of build in this game if you want. The only thing that is not infinite is the perks. There's only 80 points, one per a level. So I'd spend them wisely in areas that you think would be beneficial to all builds. Thankfully you can save your perk points.

So this is most definitely a game where I can't be a god by the end who is capable of doing everything. Are there general rules of the three perks that are most useful for which build? I can see Magic (Magicka was it?) for mages and Stamina for thief-types, and I assume Health is good for all-around warrior types?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.