I was just wondering, does the whole story premise feel disjointed as fuck for you? I'm a Dragonborn who can shout the language of the Dragons. All of the story so far seems highly Nord focussed (No shit, we're in Skyrim) so when I rock up to the big angry dragon as a skinny little Wood Elf with a bow and a quiver of arrows on my back I feel silly. When I shout "FUS RO!" in the deepest voice you can imagine, I feel silly.  
 
All of this talk of great Nordic tradition between NPC's whilst I'm stood there like "HEY GUYS, TREES AND SHIT" makes me regret picking Wood Elf, but I had to because I wanted to play Stealthy, Stabby, Shooty, Rangey, Steally guy and it's hard to do that as a hulking great Nordic barbarian badass. 
 
So, other Non Nords, how does it feel for you? 
 
EDIT: Also, I found the Dark Brotherhood so as long as I get plenty of cool contracts from them to keep me going, I'll be good. I practically bought this just to be a sneaky little Elven cunt anyway. Hooah.

Feels good man.

Yuo are going the same type of guy as me

I dont mind my elf just has a deep voice

I picked an Orc and I regret nothing.

As I said in another post, I liked the idea of picking a character who would be a stranger in a foreign land, because as a player I too am a stranger blindly wandering my way around the game world, so both me and my avatar are having the same experience. Maybe when I go through it again and know my way around the game I'll pick a Nord and see how different things are.

No it doesn't feel disjointed at all.

I'm an outsider who has to help out this nation of people whether I want to or not.

I think it would be weirder if I was a Nord and I had no idea what the fuck was going on and kept asking every 5 min. what an NPC meant.

All of this talk of great Nordic tradition between NPC's whilst I'm stood there like "HEY GUYS, TREES AND SHIT" makes me regret picking Wood Elf, but I had to because I wanted to play Stealthy, Stabby, Shooty, Rangey, Steally guy and it's hard to do that as a hulking great Nordic barbarian badass. 

Morrrowind had the saviour of the Dunmer people as any other race, people would just call you an N'Wai. The gods care not for race little elf!

No it doesn't feel disjointed at all.

I'm an outsider who has to help out this nation of people whether I want to or not.

I think it would be weirder if I was a Nord and I had no idea what the fuck was going on and kept asking every 5 min. what an NPC meant.

I picked an Orc and I regret nothing.

As I said in another post, I liked the idea of picking a character who would be a stranger in a foreign land, because as a player I too am a stranger blindly wandering my way around the game world, so both me and my avatar are having the same experience. Maybe when I go through it again and know my way around the game I'll pick a Nord and see how different things are.

I'm Breton which is an off-brand Nord, so it's fine.
Norms are Duke Nukem, magic is for pussies, Elves are pussies.

@themangalist said:

I picked a Nord and I fancy myself born in Bruma and was once drafted into the Cyrodiil Imperial Legion. My father died in a war, his last words were to spread his ashes in his homeland. That is why my character risked crossing borders and carries a bone meal with him all the time.

See, this is the kind of stuff I love hearing about. You actually put some thought into a backstory for your character, and even have an special item to go along with it. It's things like that that make role playing games great. Good job.

I can see how playing an elf would feel like that, but other humans feel fine. Honestly, playing a mage feels a little wierder in that context- Everyones all "Ooooh, Your mighty Dragon Shout knocks over your foes, Chosen One!" and I'm all " Hey guys wanna see a neat trick I just blew up the world with my hands!"

Im Nord. Cause of mother fucking Vikings! 

@kingzetta said:

I'm Breton which is an off-brand Nord, so it's fine. Norms are Duke Nukem, magic is for pussies, Elves are pussies.

@themangalist said:

I picked a Nord and I fancy myself born in Bruma and was once drafted into the Cyrodiil Imperial Legion. My father died in a war, his last words were to spread his ashes in his homeland. That is why my character risked crossing borders and carries a bone meal with him all the time.

See, this is the kind of stuff I love hearing about. You actually put some thought into a backstory for your character, and even have an special item to go along with it. It's things like that that make role playing games great. Good job.

@kingzetta said:

I'm Breton which is an off-brand Nord, so it's fine. Norms are Duke Nukem, magic is for pussies, Elves are pussies.

@Atlas said:

@themangalist said:

I picked a Nord and I fancy myself born in Bruma and was once drafted into the Cyrodiil Imperial Legion. My father died in a war, his last words were to spread his ashes in his homeland. That is why my character risked crossing borders and carries a bone meal with him all the time.

See, this is the kind of stuff I love hearing about. You actually put some thought into a backstory for your character, and even have an special item to go along with it. It's things like that that make role playing games great. Good job.

Can't wait to see your character's reaction when they accidentally mix their father's remains into a potion at an alchemy station.

(Just kidding, of course. Or am I?!)

I felt the same way when starting; there's something weird about a non-Nord doing dragon shouts, especially the more exotic races, always seemed weird to me. Ended up making a Nord who mostly wields sword and shield. Entirely unoriginal but that's what second and third play-throughs are for.

Havent played that much fo this game yet, but isnt there a elven city or soemthing in skyrim? though i heard something about that from an npc. !might be me confusing names of places though!!

I don't feel that way at all with my Breton. Although occasionally when he does one of those fancy finishing moves I swear the scream that accompanies it is female. Now that makes shit feel unusual.

Other than that, though, I just see my character as the guy from distant lands come to save this puny Skyrim. You know, kinda like a lot of earlier Schwarzenegger movies, except instead of charging in with my manly muscles I sneak around and shoot people in the back of their heads with arrows. And come stabby time, ain't nothing like going to town with some dual swords and roaring my womanly cry as I finish them off!

...Ok, seriously, that battle female battle cry thing kind of creeps me out...

I want to know why you where trying to sneak into Skyrim in the first place. I didnt really think about this until you brought it up, but it doesn't bother me i just believe that he has a deep voice because magic, and also he can speak dragon speak because of magic. but they said Tiber Sceptum was dragon born and he was imperial not Nord.

i'm an argonian, which to me seems like the obvious choice to be dragon-like.  however there doesnt seem to be a lot of argonians in skyrim which makes me feel like a stranger in a foreign land.  that fits too because you're supposed to be "the chosen one" after all and you're different than the others.   
 
the only gripe i have with being an argonian is the voice for the argonian is exactly the same as the voice for the nords and the other races.  i wish it sounded a little more reptilian.

I'm playing as an Imperial and I don't mind.

@Hailinel said:

@kingzetta said:

I'm Breton which is an off-brand Nord, so it's fine. Norms are Duke Nukem, magic is for pussies, Elves are pussies.

All I can think of when I see this is Duke Nukem saying "It's a dog-eat-dog world and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."

I want to know why you where trying to sneak into Skyrim in the first place. I didnt really think about this until you brought it up, but it doesn't bother me i just believe that he has a deep voice because magic, and also he can speak dragon speak because of magic. but they said Tiber Sceptum was dragon born and he was imperial not Nord.

anyone's character related to hardcore dave?

@Doctorchimp said:

No it doesn't feel disjointed at all.

I'm an outsider who has to help out this nation of people whether I want to or not.

I think it would be weirder if I was a Nord and I had no idea what the fuck was going on and kept asking every 5 min. what an NPC meant.

Yeah, it'd be pretty weird when you're from Skyrim and completely oblivious to the civil war brewing. I like the idea of being a Dark Elf caught crossing the border thrown into a world of politics and deceit that he had no reason to care about before.

@Doctorchimp said:

No it doesn't feel disjointed at all.

I'm an outsider who has to help out this nation of people whether I want to or not.

I think it would be weirder if I was a Nord and I had no idea what the fuck was going on and kept asking every 5 min. what an NPC meant.

Yeah, it'd be pretty weird when you're from Skyrim and completely oblivious to the civil war brewing. I like the idea of being a Dark Elf caught crossing the border thrown into a world of politics and deceit that he had no reason to care about before.

@Atlas: Also an Orc, I fucking love raging and kill everything! ARGHHHH

@Claude said:

@Dagbiker said:

I want to know why you where trying to sneak into Skyrim in the first place. I didnt really think about this until you brought it up, but it doesn't bother me i just believe that he has a deep voice because magic, and also he can speak dragon speak because of magic. but they said Tiber Sceptum was dragon born and he was imperial not Nord.

I read one of the books about being Dragonborn and it mentions that Dragonborn can be any race and should be respected no matter what because it's a gift from the god Akatosh. It says a bunch of other stuff, but I don't remember it all.

You're reading an illegal text. It will get you thrown in jail. Next you tell me to join the Cult of Talos!

@Claude said:

@Dagbiker said:

I want to know why you where trying to sneak into Skyrim in the first place. I didnt really think about this until you brought it up, but it doesn't bother me i just believe that he has a deep voice because magic, and also he can speak dragon speak because of magic. but they said Tiber Sceptum was dragon born and he was imperial not Nord.

I read one of the books about being Dragonborn and it mentions that Dragonborn can be any race and should be respected no matter what because it's a gift from the god Akatosh. It says a bunch of other stuff, but I don't remember it all.

You're reading an illegal text. It will get you thrown in jail. Next you tell me to join the Cult of Talos!

Elron had a deep voice.

All of the story so far seems highly Nord focussed (No shit, we're in Skyrim) so when I rock up to the big angry dragon as a skinny little Wood Elf with a bow and a quiver of arrows on my back I feel silly. When I shout "FUS RO!" in the deepest voice you can imagine, I feel silly. 

@Claude said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Claude said:

@Dagbiker said:

I want to know why you where trying to sneak into Skyrim in the first place. I didnt really think about this until you brought it up, but it doesn't bother me i just believe that he has a deep voice because magic, and also he can speak dragon speak because of magic. but they said Tiber Sceptum was dragon born and he was imperial not Nord.

I read one of the books about being Dragonborn and it mentions that Dragonborn can be any race and should be respected no matter what because it's a gift from the god Akatosh. It says a bunch of other stuff, but I don't remember it all.

You're reading an illegal text. It will get you thrown in jail. Next you tell me to join the Cult of Talos!

No way, I'm a free thinker, ok, I'll pay. I met some people on the road and they fought Daedra, Vampires and shit. I'm going there to join.

Godamnit, leave us Vampires alone, it's not like we hurt people. Well, the evil ones do. But really, sucking people's blood doesn't hurt them at all, most of the time they don't even realise it. And anyway, if a vampire wanted to become powerful, they WOULDN'T suck blood, so they'd be hurting nobody.

Bleh, vampirism in elder scrolls is sooooo stupid. Screw it, i'm becoming a werewolfcat.

Then again...Nyanpire...hrmm...

Well what's fun about this game is that race doesn't affect progression nearly as much as it used to. I'm a nord but I have very high sneak and archery skills. I'm mainly a battlemage, but I'm a very adept rogue in game.

Still I see your problem, it's kinda goofy if you're not a Nord.

@RiotBananas said:

@Hailinel:

That is EXACTLY what I wanted to see.

@Claude said:

@Dagbiker said:

I want to know why you where trying to sneak into Skyrim in the first place. I didnt really think about this until you brought it up, but it doesn't bother me i just believe that he has a deep voice because magic, and also he can speak dragon speak because of magic. but they said Tiber Sceptum was dragon born and he was imperial not Nord.

I read one of the books about being Dragonborn and it mentions that Dragonborn can be any race and should be respected no matter what because it's a gift from the god Akatosh. It says a bunch of other stuff, but I don't remember it all.

I'm glad they covered that. Praise Akatosh for having a cool name and being an equal opportunist!

I feel like Elder Scrolls games always have their "canon" races. I picked a Nord because it made the most sense.

not really but ill tell you this. As a wood elf i am totally joining up with the imperials you nords are such dicks.

Playing as an Imperial here. I don't think shouting in the Dragon Tongue should feel silly, no matter which race, because the language of the dragon's is probably so much more advanced than anything else on the continent, and it thus transcends race.

And stuff.

I'm a Breton, so it doesn't feel that weird. Perhaps if I was an elf or an argonian. However, it does feel weird to be a mage in Skyrim. Whenever I ask someone if anyone in the town knows magic, they just say "I don't trust magic. I don't have any use for it. If you're one of those friggin namby pamby mages, go to hell. Or I guess you could go across the map to the college of mages, but it's a long walk"

Kinda makes me want to just make a knight character, but I'll wait until I've finished hadokening people.

I was a little disappointed at first to find that Nords don't like elves, but when I think about it, it gives me justification for being the complete dick that Bethesda games all but beg me to be. Never mind that the first person I screwed over was a Redguard and not a Nord.

I'm playing a Breton necromancer. If these fools.want to believe I'm some story of favoured hero, then by all means.

UNLIMITED POWER!!!

Breton too, once in a while you meet other Bretons and get some unique dialogue think it's done fairly well.

This game sort of annoys me how there's only 3 main ways to play, which is Magic, warrior, and rogue.

Where's the business man option? I want to be a Skooma dealer who eventually becomes the Scar Face of the Skooma trade.

I wanna buy up entire towns, adjust the profits so high that the people revolt against me. I wanna buy up property in the wilderness, have it landscaped to be flattened. Then build a trading post near a road. Over time it gains money, which then can be turned into a small village, then a town.

Naw it feels fine to me. I managed to get my Kajiit looking awesome with the character creator, he looks so noble.

I'm glad I didn't pick Nord. They're all such huge assholes.

I nearly picked Nord but ended up going for an Imperial Amazon; haven't regretted this decision, but her initial power is pretty rubbish. Can't wait to find more powers. Next playthrough might be Nord. Or Dunmer. Probably Dunmer.