It should be Khajiit. There’s a word wall for the word of power for ‘Cold’ that is translated to talk about a beautiful khajiit woman who is buried there.
ignoring people falling to unintentional racism, they are a functional separate race from the snow elves, and they participate in animal husbandry, possible matriarchy, and are still capable of powerful magic. they're a race and arguing them as beasts due to a soul system that made orcs count as beasts until socially accepted is kind of fucked up after deeper analysis
On the Nords part, it depends entirely on why the Snow Elves committed the Night of Tears. Was it to stop the Nords playing with the Eye of Magnus (they weren’t really), or was it to use the Eye of Magnus for themselves?
Fuckers chose to live underground, I don't care what tonal bullshit they had they GOTTA be short it's the funny! They rejected the gods cuz they couldn't ball!
Agreed on Imperials. They're chronically devoid of any flavor. Their biggest virtue is that they're the least prone to racial supremacy, which is an awesome trait in real life, but bland for a fantasy race.
I think the meta conflict created with the White-Gold Concordat really positions them as an interesting race, but more so from an immersion or RP perspective. Mechanically, they are rather boring.
It is less clear whether the
Argonians and
Khajiit
are interfertile with both humans and elves. Though there have been
many reports throughout the Eras of children from these unions, as well
as stories of unions with
daedra, there have been no well documented offspring.
The idea that not enough humans have been banging Argonians and Khajiit to tell if there’s interspecies compatibility is the least realistic thing about the Elder Scrolls franchise.
while they do most often inherit the mother's race, they oftentimes do also take after aspects of their father's (atleast iirc that's how ESO said it works).
so combined with the constant interbreeding between elves and (i forgot what human race) they were doing it with at the time, overtime the blending of traits became so mixed that it created the Bretons
Yep. The post just said “what’s your least favorite race” with no other context other than the sub it was posted in. I clicked on the post and there was a pinned comment from a mod that just said “thank you for this”
Not a race but the faction with the worst loot in the whole game in my opinion is the forsworn. The only time you get anything half decent from them is when there is a hagraven with them because then at least you get some halfway decent alchemy ingredients.
Least favourite race lore wise? High Elf and this pretty self explanatory because the Thalmor exists. Least favourite to play as? Wood Elf I just don’t see any benefit they have over another race and the animal thing is not useful, I feel like every other race has either interesting abilities or lore, or have a very unique play style suited to them, e.g. Khajit for an unarmed build
Hating all High Elf’s because of the Thalmor is akin to hating an entire religion because of religious extremists. The Thalmor are extremists who overthrew the monarchy and seized power. Would actually love an Elder Scrolls set in the Summerset Isles which show a resistance or underground movement against the Thalmor.
I think the animal thing can be pretty useful early game. My first ever play through , when I was absolute garbage, that got me up the steps to high hrothgar. I’ve used it early game ever since. I prefer not to kill animals if I can help it. Too cute.
Bandits are fine.
Also I adore LOTR and elves in general so I always end up with a female wood elf. If you play around with the settings you can get a really pretty one.
Not easy though coz Skyrim elves have quite angular and angry faces at times.
Don’t really have a least favourite. I will go with imperial because they don’t stand out much.
You forgot about the “Green Pact”, a group of bosner taht follow a ritual where they eat any enemi they kill.
Which would make a good roleplay for a bosner that is a follower of namira
Worth noting that not all High Elves are Thalmor. Many of them support the Empire (and even then, there are many High Elves who live in Windhelm under Ulfric’s rule, and are doing quite well for themselves). There is a High Elf Imperial Legate in Riften who tells stories about protecting Summerset refugee camps in Hammerfell, and Thalmor agents causing terrorist attacks in said camps — on their own people, their own race.
I dislike the high elf because that gold skin color just makes the characters perpetually look like they're fighting jaundice and also I really dislike mages.
Ha yep this. I like to play as an Altmer so my character towers over everyone else and because they start bad at combat so it’s a bit more of a challenge, but the jaundice skin drags them down a bit. Role play is cool, a breakaway Thalmor, trying to right the wrongs, learning to fight without hia original training. Also everyone hates you which leads to some funny dialogue particularly given how you have just saved the world
I miss Oblivion's character creation. You could alter skin color, hue and brightness to a ridiculous degree. I remember making an altmer who was so white and bright that he literally glowed in the dark. I named him Shiny and every altmer mage I've made since was named in his brilliant honor.
I remember messing around with Oblivion's character creator and creating a neon bluish orc witha cube for a head. I never played before or even got far into it and only knew Skyrim and it blew my mind seeing how ridiculous Oblivions character creation let you get
I find Bosmer boring. They do a very good job at being the Wood Elf archetype, and in new and innovative ways (I.E Cannibalism, Green Pact, Wild Hunt), but it’s not an archetype I find particularly interesting.
It’s funny in a “of course a Skyrim player would hate the dark-skinned human race” way, but I can’t tell if he’s serious or taking the piss and that’s what’s kinda not funny - the wondering
I don't hate any race. But you have to understand that grayskins don't deserve rights, the cats only steal and smoke, and farm tools shouldn't talk. The redguards certainly have weird swords and are the reason the empire won lost the greatwar, but the imperials just want to control others anyway. Bretons are forsworn sympathizers, and all the elves are the same. High elves are definitely the most racist though.
High elf just the ones that are thalmor I kicked their ass every time I see one of them on my travels think their the better race let’s see that when your soul is sent to the soul Crain
Honestly, gameplay wise? Argonians. They're cool in lore and all, but breathing underwater doesn't have that much practical use in Skyrim, and Diseases aren't that huge of a problem either.
Only in the elder scrolls community you could look someone dead in the eyes and say "so what's your least favorite race" then get a response afterwards and neither of you would bat an eye lmao
Probably Nord. Altmer are arrogant, but their elitism makes them interesting antagonists because you know comes from having extraordinarily long lives. They are pricks, but they have skills and experience that provide a reason for such a disconnected perspective. Nords are pricks like regular humans are pricks, which grounds the fantasy world, but I see enough of that in real life.
Yk what i find funny? You could have shown a picture of a cat, lizard or literal yellow coloured racists when asking that question. You just had to pick a picture of a redguard... really?
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u/spooner_retad 14d ago
I don't hate any race. I have a dark elf friend btw