Lets say you fall asleep tonight and you wake up just as you do in skyrim. what would you do? and i don't mean quest's i mean like if it were reality. I would escape then go live a quite life as a blacksmith and hunter in riverwood.

EDIT - YES YOU CAN BE ANY PLAYABLE RACE YOU WANT

Could I be an Orsimer?

Find transmutate spell tome, practice alteration till I can cast it. Buy iron, turn it to gold... repeat.... live a wonderful life as the richest person in Tamriel.

I'd become a bard, and eventually "invent" guitar, piano and some other instruments and make a fortune in Solitude. But a good few months/years before that I'd be crapping my pants. Oh yeah, I'd also invent a [censored] bathroom.

I would see is it actually possible to get up a near-vertical slope with only a horse...

But seriously I would probably just travel Tamriel(after getting all the gold I could ever need)

I really like this question. I'd say whatever role has the most Thalmor dead at the end of my dagger or bow. When i'm done with that i'll retire to the coast of Cyrodiil and practice illusion magic and fish.

Winterhold here I freaking come.
Seriously, I've always wanted to shoot lightining out of my hands and become invisible.

Contract Vampirism to become immortal, then enjoy my lifetime mastering magic.

I would not get out of my house! Here be dragons, you know.

Eventually I would try to master illusion so I could cast a invisibility spell for those scary moments.

...and I would do everything in order to stay away from vampires.

To think about it, I would probably end up beeing a thief. After all I need to eat and I'm not getting any gold sitting indoors casting illusion spells.

I rather doubt I'd become an adventurer. I wouldn't have a save button and I'm not going to go needlessly risk my life that like.

I might apprentice with a blacksmith or make my way up to Winterhold. Probably the latter.

Go south to find someplace warmer!

I'll assume the answer is yes! =P

I will also assume I woke up around Helgen....

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My first act would be to make my way to Riverwood, there, being a naturally strong orc, perform manual labor for a living. Once I've saved up enough I would start to purchase a few spell tomes from the general goods store, aswell as practicing Alchemy on the side. Once I've saved up enough money, and gotten a hang of the basics, I would purchase robes, and at last travel to Winterhold. There I would seek training from the court wizard, while I resided in the local inn. After several weeks, or months, I would become a Novice. Then I would make my way to Windhelm, to learn from yetanother court wizard, and eventually try to help the Dunmer of the city help themselves. Eventually I would reach the level of Apprentice and take my training into my own hands.

After having adventured, cautiously, I would learn my way around Skyrim. Next I would begin enchanting things for a living, so that I can further my training. After reaching the level of an Adept mage I would try and convince the Dunmer to leave Windhelm, starting a colony, if you will. There most Dunmer who feel out of place would flock to that small haven. Then after I feel they could sustain themselves, I would move on. By this point I would be around my thirties, and wish to settle down. I would give one attempt to try and get the Orc Strongholds to combine, becoming a small colony. From there I would find myself a nice Breton woman, moving to Riften to combat the thieves guild. There I would probably stay, training my skills, collecting books, and help with the orphanage. In my fifties I would leave Skyrim for High Rock where i would live out my days with my wife and the adoptive children we took on in Riften. Training them in magic and history.

At last I would pass, leaving behind my wife and children. My children, both Nords, pursue different life styles. One becoming a mage and the other a blacksmith. My son the mage would travel, passing on his knowledge, as his father did, but with students at the College. The blacksmith would marry, and take care of his mother in his Father's absence, instilling in his children the principles I instilled in him. Both leading happy lives.

That, or I'd die to a bear on my way to Riverwood! =D

I'd go to the College of Winterhold and train to be a master Mage. I'd like to be a master in all the schools of magic (including Mysticism).

I'd probably run out and start adventuring ... and end up dead pretty quickly.

Unfortunately, my real life abilities and physical prowess are pretty much at a -1, or lower, level.

Which is why I prefer video games where I can croak and then come back alive at the last save point.

I would immediately start shoving butterflies in my mouth.

Well since all crimes are cleared with a night in jail i'd see what it felt like to be a mass murderer.

i'd apprentice myself to a blacksmith if i could and learn from them then possible try and find deposits of iron/gold/ebony etc if i could and start a small colony by it.

Lol, first thing I was gonna say,
"Can I be a Khajiit?"

OT : I'd probably faint from utter awesomeness / confusion.
then wake up with a missing arm and a bear chewing on it.

Well, I'd cry if I wasn't a Dunmer.

But if I was... I'd immediately organize a resistance against the Lizards and try to take back what's left of Morrowind...

Ive actually had a couple very vivid dreams of being in skyrim. All my friends were there too and my dog was a follower with me. That's all I remember though.

Wow no one has said this, and this would be the first thing you would do. I would be wondering why the hell am I in Skyrim, and how the hell did I get here when I was just sleeping in the REAL world?

But seriously, I would join the Companions to become a werewolf.

Its called a dream....

He said what would you do if you WOKE UP in Skyrim? This normally means you aren't dreaming, so as I said I would wonder how the hell I am in Skyrim, a videogame world, and how did this happen? Then I would go join the Companions and become a werewolf.

Oh ok. Well in that case I would probably travel river wood and live with faendal and chop wood then when I earn enough money move to breezehome in white run then go hunting giants!

Problem, Tamriel?
That's it. I'm making a comic out of that.