Races and Character creation - Broken down in the end of August

So it's been a long while since I wrote my article "Races and Character creation." So long that I decided to make a new one, with more info - Quantity and Quality improvement and all that stuff.

So to break it down, here in the end of August:

There are 10 character races to choose from and that would be

• Imperial
• Redguard
• Breton
• Orsimer
• Dunmer
• Bosmer
• Altmer
• Khajit
• Argonian
• Nord

You can of course choose either sex; male or female. Your race and gender will have little impact on the game, other than a change in dialogue. Although you should keep in mind that your race may have some unconfirmed changes, due to racism - Bethesda have however mentioned that no content will be locked based on our choices.

Like superman can fly, Piccolo can regenerate himself, and Batman can... ... Well, what I am trying to say is that each race has its own different advantages and spells, known as racial abilities - Argonians, for example, are resistant to poison and can breath underwater.

On the note of Argonians; They nor Khajits have beastial, but rather humanoid feet, like in Oblivion.

So in the character creation, we can make dope characters, as opposed to Oblivion where we could make fish-faced, silly characters. It works as usual - After you pick your race, you can tweek the facial features as you want, but with a few more additions beyond just beard (which is awesome) --> You can now add scars and tattoos, and not JUST on your face, but also on your body.

On that note, your body's size can also be tweeked, with the options of a Light build and a Heavy build (The way I understand it, you can choose anywhere in between, probably with the use of a slider.)

I guess that is it, so have a merry season for now.

Imperial and Breton is wrong, but beyond that we're good.

Screenshots... (Female Dunmer)

I'll add the next couple of screenshots here:

New HD screenshot by Bethesda

Here is the new HD screenshot of an Argonian that Bethesda promised us. Click it to enlarge.

Take the time to compare

Here is a pic from reddit, showing off several races and gender comparisons through Morrowind, Oblivion and then Skyrim. Click the pic to enlarge.

There are some misunderstandings. As far as I've gathered, the one this pic claims to be a Imperial male, is a Redguard and the one they claim to be a Breton (which I also originally thought it was) has evidently been confirmed to be a Nord.

100 posts!

Without me noticing, I've passed the milestone of 100 posts, which is a wonderful thing for me, and hopefully for all of you as well.

I've had this site since... Mid June I think and I whored ( <--I just coined that) through the first 50 posts like fat kid through the chocolate lake at the factory.After that I've been taking it a little slower and been doing other stuff - Dancing, singing, going to the movies; you know... Living. Given that I am writing this in the middle of the night, I'd say that this project is still fairly important to me.

But I've also taken time off to do other Skyrim related stuff than on this site. Just an hour ago I finished translating a Swedish hands-on preview from QuakeCon and posted it on the official TES forum.

Doing this whole thing have actually taught me how to use blogger more efficiently, as well as a thing or two about coding, not that I make great use of it, mind you. If I had the skill to create my own website, I'd had done so in the first place. Still, I even added a forum, not that anybody is using it, which I perfectly understand, given that there are a million others.

That aside, I do realize that there are some things I have yet to write about; Some enemies, some PoI's, some general info and so on, but I'll get there in due time, which hopefully means that we'll reach 150 articles soon.

As always, I invite you to subscribe to this site via google and or your email, at the bottom of the site and if that is not your thing, you can always look up "Skyrim Coverage" on facebook, where I keep people updated and where you are also welcome to ask questions. If you've got any time after that, take a look at iOblivionIV's channels on Youtube, sporting some of the best info out there.

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McBraas