My characters tend to be pretty one-dimensional, and pretty much the same person with varying appearances...
Last night I started yet another character, and this time actually gave him a personality. I've only played for maybe three or four hours, but already like him better than any of my past characters.
He's got the skinniest body type, however I've installed a mod called "Pumping Iron - dynamic muscle growth", so he'll
slowly gain muscle for using skills like heavy weaponry and smithing.
He has a fondness for mild alcoholic beverages (ale and mead), but only rarely drinks more than one bottle at a time.
Stefan doesn't like the civil war; he thinks it's stupid and pointless and the reasons behind it petty. He agrees with some of the Stormcloaks' ideals (mainly that "Skyrim is Nord land, and we ought to rule it", to quote Solaf), but he cannot stand the man behind the rebellion.
He thinks that Nordic ruins are best left alone, since they are tombs. Not that he would ever admit it, but he is also slightly afraid of Draugr... especially ones that can use the Thu'um.
On that note, he is terrified of dragons. Not that he has ever seen one (alternate start for the win), but the stories are more than enough for him.
Anyway, this isn't the "Post your characters here" thread, so I'll just get to the "point".
Stefan's main skills are all combat skills minus light weaponry, plus wayfarer (SkyRe's specialty). I'm using "Character Creation Overhaul", so all his other skills (except racial skills) started at 5. That reflects his not being good with magic or the stealthy stuff (except wayfarer) - he doesn't like magic because he doesn't understand it and because he considers it a tool for those who are too weak or cowardly to use real weapons. He has never been good with words, and the initial speechcraft skill of 10 reflects that.
Stefan is very fond of horses, and mounted combat is his preferred way of fighting. That is why he doesn't much like caves or other dungeons. He feels clumsy and slow when he isn't on horseback (and he
is slow in his heavy armor, because of SkyRe's combat modifications), and wielding a two-handed battleaxe (his weapon of choice) doesn't help with agility or speed. That is mostly why he also carries a crossbow and a shortbow.
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Sorry about the length... I really like Stefan, and it shows.