Your starting stats depend purely on your selected race, so your character's specialty mostly depends on what skills you choose to use in the first place.Īfter the first prisoner is executed, just before your own execution can take place, a dragon will appear and knock everyone down with a Dragon Shout, then begin torching the place. You can still fully customize your character's appearance and name, but as for gameplay elements, you no longer choose a birthsign or a class. When the wagon arrives in Helgen and you get off, wait until after the scene, then step forward when called upon to create your character.Ĭharacter creation in Skyrim is simpler than in any Bethesda RPG before. Joining you is Ulfric Stormcloak, an infamous anti-Imperial rebel, along with two less important NPCs, the rebel Ralof and the thief Lokir. You'll be on a prison wagon and unable to move until you reach your destination.
The player begins the game as a prisoner, as is customary in Elder Scrolls games.
With a weapon, hold the attack button to perform a power attack, which consumes stamina but can break an enemy's guard and deal more damage.RS: Click to Toggle First-Person/Third-Person