Review my character?

Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:11 am

Arathor- Werewolf Assassin, Thief, and Mercenary- http://skyrimcalculator.com/#32430

Major:
Sneak-To move
One Handed-To Kill
Archery-To Kill
Alchemy-To Kill

Dual Weapon user, Daggers, Dagger and Sword, or Dagger and Mace. Also is quite the Archer. Mehrunes Razor and The Mace of Molag Bal are favorites of his. Also a fan of the Blade of Woe.

Arathor was born in the province of Valenwood, near the Cyrodil border. His father was a Bosmer sellsword (more of a sellbow, really) and his mother was an Alchemist of the same race. He has a deep respect for both of these vocations, and considers himself to be both. He is more adept at sneaking up on an enemy and stabbing them, or taking them down with a poisoned arrow then your typical Nord or Redguard sellsword, but he respects these methods as well. He travels alone, exclusively, unable to trust that he will not cause a friend to become wounded in trying to protect him.

He feels kinship towards the Khajiit, the Argonians, and of course fellow Bosmer but holds great disdain for the Altmer and Dunmer. With these two races, his wild savagery is easiest to release. He enjoys companionship, and has friends in every city, many of whom would gladly die at his side. Not that he’d ever allow them to. Eventually he takes a husband, a poor oppressed Argonian Dockworker from Windhelm, who he gives a stately manor in Riften to. He comes home as often as he can to enjoy his company, but business for a free ranging mercenary of Arathor’s skill level is always booming.

Regarding the his destiny as Dragonborn, Arathor eventually accepts that he has to take up his bow against The World Eater in order to stop the world from being destroyed. His amicability in the face of war and the apocalypse is found quite disconcerting by all who behold him, but the savagery of the wild and the composure of an assassin meet in a deadly way inside Arathor. He’s the only kind of man who could save Tamriel. The Gods work in mysterious ways, when they choose a monster to be their champion. But it may have been the best choice they could’ve made.


Factions:
Companions, Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild (in that order)

Married to Scouts-Many-Marshes, Lives in Riften but is Thane in Falkreath, Dawnstar, Whiterun, and Riften.


So, what do you fine people think of this guy?
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:28 pm

Sounds roughly like my Imperial Assassin/Thief/Werewolf, favoring her dual wield daggers, other than that, seems like a nice character you've got there.
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Post » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:06 am

Dual-wielding you'll want to kill fast when discovered as the defence is non existant as far as blocking.Swords swing the fastest , and if you pick up the dagger perk in the sneak tree (this is how I built mine) then you can offhand the dagger and do your sneak attacks with it and have a nice sword for immediate backup if something else happens to see you or his freinds just come bounding around the corner even though you pulled off a silent kill , this happens to me frequently , but I spent points in onehanded and archery first.Probably wouldnt build that way again but it was my first attempt at a thief/assassin type of character.

honestly if you invest in marksman/alchemy/sneak , you'll rarely have the need to switch out and go toe to toe with anything with a well-layed plan.Like using paralysis poison or in the lower levels a fury causing poison I'd recommend the paralysis because if your target manages to survive the first bow-shot they will fall to the ground and not make any noise doing so , giving you an opportunity to finish the job.I'm at the point now with this sneak/archery character that I get a really good tank melee type companion , gear them out with alot of the stuff I never use , and especially give them a shield and a one-hander , as my goal is them not becoming disabled and mobs of enemies turning their attention to me.I've cleared entire dungeons this way , many deathlords and multiple plain draugr plus a boss , even a dragon priest thrown in sometimes.

Be warned , sometimes sneaking around and avoiding things can bite you in the @$$ , this style of play takes a lot more planning for almost anything you do especially in closed areas .Everything you may have bypassed (and sometimes not even known it) becomes an issue if you become overwhelmed and panic and retreat into everything you just snuck past.I'd say a pety good pemise , and yes, I have stopped using a companion at the higher levels because now they just bumble around getting us mobbed , get in the way etc.Starting out it can be a good tactic especially if said companion happens to be an archery trainer .... hint hint!Just give the guy the first massive 2hander you find and he'll prefer i over his bow alot more.I edited this last bit after re-reading your post and actually paying attention this time =P
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