If there were no racial perks, which race would you choose for a Holy Warrior type character?

Rodario

If racial bonuses did not exist, or if they could be chosen as a type of "Role Perk Sets" with any race, what would be your preferred race for a Holy Warrior type character?

What does Holy Warrior mean?

Basically an archetypical Templar/Paladin, but as classes and roles are separate in ESO, a role has to be described instead:

- Wears (mostly) heavy armor
- Uses melee weaponry
- Uses "holy magic" (Sun/Pure) both to deal damage and heal allies and him/herself

If you prefer more than one race for this role, please choose the one you like the most. If you cannot decide, choose one of them and comment on the other.

Unfortunately there are ten possible poll options and ten races, so there is no space for a squirrel option. If you just want to see the results, you will still have to vote for a race.

Also, note that for this poll it does not matter if you have access to the imperial race. If you like Imperials best, vote for them even if you can't play one.

I hope you guys enjoy this poll. I am eager to see the results.

See (hopefully) the first comment for additional information.

AlexDougherty

Redguard

Redguards actually have a history of Holy Warriors in a way none of the others do. The others have a few Holy Warriors, even Orders of them, But redguard have more, and they are more intertwined with redguard culture than the other cultures.

Rodario

Imperial

As polls cannot be edited, but of course have to be posted before they can be linked, there was no way to link to the other three polls on the subject within the poll text. Here is the complete set:

-Holy Warrior
-Dark Knight
-Rogue
-Mage

BBSooner

Imperial

Chose Imperial simply because I can see them as crusaders of sorts (Knights of the Nine expansion for example) who bring the Imperial pantheon to all corners of Tamriel.

Nox_Aeterna

Breton

Breton personally.

Rodario

Imperial

My choice here is Imperial. The only thing that appeals to me more than Paladins, *cough* I mean Templars, is the aesthetics of the Roman Empire, the two of which I feel go well together in a fantasy setting.

A close second to me would be Breton, because of the medieval Europe setting.

AngryNord

Nord

Nord. D'uh.

Marthenil

Altmer

Define "Holy". ES universe is not absolute in its approach to "Holiness".
There is no duality of Evil and Good.
There are just shades of gray (I feel dirty saying that )
A Holy warrior who worships Bal, is still a holy warrior, to Bal.
A holy warrior who worships Stendarr is still a holy warrior to Stendarr.

I guess you get where this is going.

Now, I know you mean the templar class but keep in mind that classes in ESO are rather...strange (with the exception of Nightblade and Sorcerer, perhaps) in their lore. As far as I'm aware there is no "sun magic" in Elder Scrolls lore as the Sun is Magnus, or rather a hole made by Magnus.

So basically Templar skills are:
Fire Destruction Magick
Restoration
Conjuration (Aedric spear).

In conclusion though, if you want to strictly worship the sun, the best race would be the Altmer or the Bosmer as Magnus worship is not uncommon among these races.

Otherwise, as a holy warrior of something else, you can be pretty much anything and justify it.



Useful link on Magnus.
Useful link on the Magna Ge (the stars)


EDIT: Now, if you mean a paladin in the strict DnD sense, then I'd have to ask which ES god (Aedra or Daedra) you're worshiping.

EDIT2: Guess I was wrong, as there's Sun Fire, a Restoration spell in Skyrim. I guess you can scrap away Destruction.

Rodario

Imperial

Marthenil wrote: »

Define "Holy". ES universe is not absolute in its approach to "Holiness".
There is no duality of Evil and Good.
There are just shades of gray (I feel dirty saying that )
A Holy warrior who worships Bal, is still a holy warrior, to Bal.
A holy warrior who worships Stendarr is still a holy warrior to Stendarr.

I guess you get where this is going.

Now, I know you mean the templar class but keep in mind that classes in ESO are rather...strange (with the exception of Nightblade and Sorcerer, perhaps) in their lore. As far as I'm aware there is no "sun magic" in Elder Scrolls lore as the Sun is Magnus, or rather a hole made by Magnus.

So basically Templar skills are:
Fire Destruction Magick
Restoration
Conjuration (Aedric spear).

In conclusion though, if you want to strictly worship the sun, the best race would be the Altmer or the Bosmer as Magnus worship is not uncommon among these races.

Otherwise, as a holy warrior of something else, you can be pretty much anything and justify it.



Useful link on Magnus.
Useful link on the Magna Ge (the stars)


EDIT: Now, if you mean a paladin in the strict DnD sense, then I'd have to ask which ES god (Aedra or Daedra) you're worshiping.

EDIT2: Guess I was wrong, as there's Sun Fire, a Restoration spell in Skyrim. I guess you can scrap away Destruction.

I was, as you guessed, going with the classic archetypes and did not give much thought to the ES pantheon. To answer your question, I guess I'd be following the god of light and righteousness, to which I think Stendarr or Meridia come closest.

Marthenil

Altmer

Rodario wrote: »

Marthenil wrote: »

Define "Holy". ES universe is not absolute in its approach to "Holiness".
There is no duality of Evil and Good.
There are just shades of gray (I feel dirty saying that )
A Holy warrior who worships Bal, is still a holy warrior, to Bal.
A holy warrior who worships Stendarr is still a holy warrior to Stendarr.

I guess you get where this is going.

Now, I know you mean the templar class but keep in mind that classes in ESO are rather...strange (with the exception of Nightblade and Sorcerer, perhaps) in their lore. As far as I'm aware there is no "sun magic" in Elder Scrolls lore as the Sun is Magnus, or rather a hole made by Magnus.

So basically Templar skills are:
Fire Destruction Magick
Restoration
Conjuration (Aedric spear).

In conclusion though, if you want to strictly worship the sun, the best race would be the Altmer or the Bosmer as Magnus worship is not uncommon among these races.

Otherwise, as a holy warrior of something else, you can be pretty much anything and justify it.



Useful link on Magnus.
Useful link on the Magna Ge (the stars)


EDIT: Now, if you mean a paladin in the strict DnD sense, then I'd have to ask which ES god (Aedra or Daedra) you're worshiping.

EDIT2: Guess I was wrong, as there's Sun Fire, a Restoration spell in Skyrim. I guess you can scrap away Destruction.

I was, as you guessed going with the classic archetypes and did not give much thought to the ES pantheon. To answer your question, I guess I'd be following the god of light and righteousness, to which I think Stendarr comes closest.

Well, archetypes exist only to serve story telling/ roleplaying, not to shape it
The archetype of the paladin gameplay-wise is the Crusader, a class in previous ES titles. The thing is though, they are not strictly bound to serving a specific god (as in other universes).

Now, Stendarr is the god of Mercy, Charity and Justice.
So it fits the more classical approach to the paladins.

However, not all followers of Stendarr are good. Many are so blinded by what they perceive as justice they are no better than the villains they pursue. (Shades of Gray).

More info on Stendarr here.
Also see Vigilants of Stendarr.

In conclusion, think of the skills your warrior has as mere tools. A necromancer could actually be a saint and a Crusader could be a horrible villain.
It's just tools. What your character DOES with them is a whole different matter.

For a Vigilant, any of the races goes, personally, I'd choose either an Imperial or a Breton. Generally, Men, not Mer.

Pseudolo

Altmer

I'd say an Altmer, because they are the most "more holier than thou" types...

AlexDougherty

Redguard

Pseudolo wrote: »

I'd say an Altmer, because they are the most "more holier than thou" types...

"Holier than Thou" isn't actually holy, just stuck-up.

PS. I'm not dismissing Altmer, they do have some genuinely holy types among them.

Rodario

Imperial

Bewilderingly, the other roles are getting much more attention.
Ultimately they should be balanced, therefore I'm requesting
More votes for this
Poll

kewl

I would be a Vigilant of Stendarr taking any of the human races or Dunmer.