I'm going to role play a paladin type character.

To me, a paladin could be of any race. He's a "holy warrior" who fights evil and loathes undead. I suppose he'd oppose most daedra since most are considered evil. He goes out of his way to help people. He has a weapons focus but also uses healing magic and magic tuned for fighting the undead. Since he is often away from cities in his fight against evil he is well versed in the arts of smithing.

Here is my idea for a paladin build
http://skyrimcalculator.com/175427

Looks good. Most Paladins use a mase but any weapon will do of course. Speech fits well into the RP as well. My main character is a crusader/paladin and I went to advanced armors in smithing, I like the look of steel plate and you can get there pretty early on.