how can it be weird?
You know the same way that Uriel septim had a bastard child of Martin septim? Well who's to say that he didn't have another, only with a elf women or khajillt lady?

how can it be weird?
You know the same way that Uriel septim had a bastard child of Martin septim? Well who's to say that he didn't have another, only with a elf women or khajillt lady?

dont you all feel the same way?
the game puts u in a position of being this new legend reborned dragonborn
you are hereby the true legend of all ancient "Nords"
if you guys listen to one of the bard songs they sing about how the ancient nord hero the dragonborn will come to save us all
so it feels awkward to me when im slaying dragons, absorbing their power and even interacting with paarthumax, the greybeards etc when im like let's say a khajiit or a elf etc...
just how much out of place does it feel ? to be the legendary nord hero the ultimate dragon slayer..yet..you play as a female khajiit or a orc or a dumner or a female argonian..it feels so out of touch..
i mean this more in specifically to the non human races..but even as a breton or a imperial it kinda seems not to fit right well...do you all feel the same way I do?
I feel like this story has to be for a nord male only..maybe a female too but mostly a male nord..
yes i get it this is the land of skyrim the nord's home but why must it be all so self centered around the old nord's storyline? I feel so out of touch playing with a different race it almoust makes me wanna quit playing the main storyline..

It's the same with Morrowind. In TES III, I felt weird doing the MQ not being a Dunmer.

Atleast in Skyrim, it feels ok being either Breton, Imperial, or a Nord. It seems silly being anything else.

It's the same with Morrowind. In TES III, I felt weird doing the MQ not being a Dunmer.

Atleast in Skyrim, it feels ok being either Breton, Imperial, or a Nord. It seems silly being anything else.

Morrowind was much worse about this and I didn't have any problems making myself an orc. Skyrim though I do have trouble playing a non-nord. I don't really blame this on the way the Dragonborn is handled though. I mean, it makes sense why a Dragonborn wouldn't be a nord and this is explained to you in-game. That some silly stories of some provincial barbarians didn't work out like they imagined is something you can use to RP with. My problem with making a non-nord is that I don't like Skyrim itself(the land, not the game). I have trouble coming up with a reason for my non-nord characters to want to be here. All my characters, even my nord, have dreams of going to Cyrodiil.

But yeah, it does svck at times how the game doesn't react to you like you might hope it would. Thing is, if everyone were to freak out and make a big deal about you not being the "chosen" race it could limit your RPing options even more, so they have to tread very carefully. Going forward they might want to put deep thought into making the hero of prophecy less tied to racial lore. Oblivion did this really well.

This reminds me of playing a game called Arcanum where your character is supposed to be a reincarnation of a powerful elven hero. But of course you can play that game as dwarf, human, gnome or even half-orc or half-ogre. The game kind of pokes a little fun at itself when you talk to one of the other characters about this if you're a non-elf.

I think you guys are just disecting it too much. Sometimes you just play and have fun with it. Don't need to anolyze everything to death. It takes the fun out of a game. And games are supposed to be fun.

but then i feel like crap really..
when im playing skyrim i want to finish all quests..its stronger than me..i cant leave anythig without being done

I liked it better when you really started as a nobody and became somebody through how you wanted to play, instead of starting out as this hero from the beginning.

It doesn't feel right being anything other than a Nord Dragonborn in Skyrim truthfully... meaning it even feels weird to play as a werewolf or Vampire with this great gift and prophecy that your destined to do.

I liked it better when you really started as a nobody and became somebody through how you wanted to play, instead of starting out as this hero from the beginning.

But do you have to do that with everything character? I mean that makes as much sense as an Altmer Dragonborn.

When did that happen? In Morrowind you were the Neverrine. In Oblivion you were pardoned by the Emperor because he foresaw your destiny to save all of Tamriel and close shut the jaws of Oblivion.

that's another thing
when we roleplayers are playing this game we must make different choices on who we want to be
being a werewolf dragonborn AND vampire seems too much for one person only
i gotta choose only one thing, i could accept the blessing of a werewolf after the main quest is complete in order to kinda not clash amongst eachothers but i would still be svcking the souls of those fallen dragons i would encounter...
everything seems to be out of place. the game offers u alot to go through but to be soo many things, the archmage, the dark brotherhood listener, the thieve's guildmaster the dragonborn etc...there's soo many opportunities and soo much little space for a man/woman to take on soo many roles..it's all soo clashed put together and unonrganized...
it comes to my mind that sometimes..this whole thing just doesnt fit together properly..

Never played Morrowind, but yes even with with Oblivion and being pardoned (which is debatable, there were more concerned with getting out than you) you were still a nobody and the Emperor really doesn't come right at say your destined to save Tamriel... he just says you will remembered for great things... not saying if these great things will be good or bad, and to follow your own path.

In Skyrim it's different, I have this power from the beginning that I have access too even without starting the main quest... Shouts are still learned, dragons that are encountered in DLC or though some quest will still be adsorbed.