I've tried repeatedly, but I just can't embrace the Redguard!

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  • rotaugen454
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    My Redguard DK tank is all about honor and protecting others. It feels like a good fit to me.
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  • starkerealm
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    ErinM31 wrote: »
    I play mostly Elves, but the races I couldn’t see myself playing are Nord and Orc, although there have been many Orc NPCs that I like.

    It took me over five years to come up with a Nord I was actually happy with.
  • Raisin
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    As many have said, StamSorc is a good option.

    That said, I actually deleted my redguard nightblade just to remake her as a necro. >:) It's what fits her best. It's about working with the lore and using it smartly, not seeing it as something to hold you back.
  • Araneae6537
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    It took me over five years to come up with a Nord I was actually happy with.

    For me it’s just, well, how dumb all the Nord NPCs are. And the Nords hate Elves and magic, which are main thing so... :sweat_smile:
    Edited by Araneae6537 on October 9, 2019 3:36PM
  • xeNNNNN
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    Yeah, but the problem for me is the NB skills don't fit the Redguard theme IMO.

    Hm seems you're angling for a swordsinger class.

    Honestly, though idk how it would fit into the game I geuss, wind, desert and water? - Damage, Tank, healing in that order.

    I mean it wouldn't really make sense but yeah neither does necro or warden so
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  • JobooAGS
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    If racials were redone, I'd say make martial knowledge less pigeon holey. Like instead of 8% to weapon skills, say 4-5% to all skills or something along the lines.
  • hakan
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    i think DK templar and sorc stam variations fit pretty well.

    its all about feelings.

    but i kinda have the same issue like you with some races. my main is dunmer stamblade but i also want khajiit, argonian nb too. but dont wanna play the same stuff over and over again.

    made khajiit necro but it doesnt fit really?? i dont know...should i make it argo? hmm. but the khajiit i made looks pretty cool. cant buy char slots either...


  • rotaugen454
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    It took me over five years to come up with a Nord I was actually happy with.

    They are totally OP for RPing a dumb, silly drunk in a tavern. The race should come with a free Drunk personality, given how they portray them in game. Even so, Rigurt is one of my favorite NPCs and I’m always glad to see him.
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  • SeaGtGruff
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    I went with a Redguard for my main on EU PC. He's a NB but uses 2H battleaxe as his weapon of choice.

    I also have a Redguard NB alt on NA PC who's more of a traditional NB. He uses DW and blows away my EU main at DPS.
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  • stewhead2ub17_ESO
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    hakan wrote: »
    i think DK templar and sorc stam variations fit pretty well.

    its all about feelings.

    but i kinda have the same issue like you with some races. my main is dunmer stamblade but i also want khajiit, argonian nb too. but dont wanna play the same stuff over and over again.

    made khajiit necro but it doesnt fit really?? i dont know...should i make it argo? hmm. but the khajiit i made looks pretty cool. cant buy char slots either...


    as an aside I'm toying with the idea of a Khajiit necro. Not lore unfriendly, as I believe their culture is somewhat ambivalent regarding necromancy. With the Argonians, however, necros are few and far between, what with the reverence for ancestry and the quick decomposition of available corpses in the swamps.
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    as an aside I'm toying with the idea of a Khajiit necro. Not lore unfriendly, as I believe their culture is somewhat ambivalent regarding necromancy. With the Argonians, however, necros are few and far between, what with the reverence for ancestry and the quick decomposition of available corpses in the swamps.

    You could name him Baxilt-Gah and roleplay as a world boss. :D
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    that's a pretty op khajitt you got there could have the new meta right there make a goof nightblade innocently slides up to its prey before totally destroying it.
  • WeerW3ir
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    THEY GOT BIG CURVED SWORDS! BIG. CURVED. SWORDS!
  • kaisernick
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    Anyone else feel this way? I really enjoy TES lore, races, and classes. I'm an altoholic and I love to roll up a char of @ least one race and class but for the life of me I just can't seem to get behind the Redguard. None of the classes seem to fit organically with Redguard culture for me unless I forego using class skills and just use weapon skills. I've tried it but was somewhat boring for me. I've tried to reconcile it with my head canon regarding their general disdain for magic but the presence of some magic users (necro's in particular) but it just doesn't "feel right". lol what's a fella to do??

    I feel the same about Argonians.
  • Eruceninde
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    Darkstorne wrote: »

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    What armor is this?
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    A redguard would probably do well as a stamplar, to be honest you can easily just not use most class abilities besides ones you could imagine as some inner visualization of theirs. PotL and RoR seem explainable, otherwise use guild and weapon skill lines.

    Personally I prefer my crit cats so I don’t use redguard or orc for my stam toons, and my tank only looks like a redguard. He’s convincing though so there’s that.
  • Watchdog
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    My Redguard Stamina non-Pet Sorcerer is one of my favourite characters. No Daedric pets, mostly Two-handed/Bow skills (I used to have a double Two-hander build on her), but I am using some class skills too. She is effective even in dungeons, and able to solo some of them on normal.

    Alyona al-Elinhir is a Dwemer ruins explorer and I am having lots of fun doing exactly that with her. Exploring Dwemer ruins.
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  • starkerealm
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    They are totally OP for RPing a dumb, silly drunk in a tavern. The race should come with a free Drunk personality, given how they portray them in game. Even so, Rigurt is one of my favorite NPCs and I’m always glad to see him.

    Joking aside, the Nord stat spread is pretty legit these days.
  • starkerealm
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    Eruceninde wrote: »

    What armor is this?

    It's a mix of things. I'm not 100% certain of some of these.

    Shoulders look like Silken Ring
    Chest is Draugr light.
    The Legs kinda look like Assassin's League (but I'm not 100% sure)
    Bracers might be Wood Elf (but, again, I'm not sure.)
    Feet look kinda like Grim Harlequin.
    Head looks like Daedric light, but it's hard to tell at this angle.

    Can't see the belt, can't remember the name of that tattoo.
  • RavenSworn
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    The one who recommended stamplar is right, its the best fit lorewise.

    However if you wanna play an evil redguard, then a necromancer or sorcerer is best fit.
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  • TheShadowScout
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    I've tried to reconcile it with my head canon regarding their general disdain for magic but the presence of some magic users (necro's in particular) but it just doesn't "feel right". lol what's a fella to do??
    I'd also go templar stamina build, because then the magic is more akin of "holy prayer" and fits well enough with worship of Ruptgar, Tu'wacca, Leki and so on.

  • kind_hero
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    The swordsingers are very important part of the redguard lore in TESO, but unfortunately there isn't a swordsinger/swordmaster class to be played, not even a faction with some skills that will be fitting for a redguard. So this might be an issue, but otherwise, I don't see why the OP has a problem with playing redguard. When you start a new char, his background story is not known, so a redguard char could have been born in Elsweyr for example, captured and sold as a slave for house Dres, then captured by the Worm Cult and sacrificed by Mannimarco (as the story begins). The player gets to Alikr desert later in the game. Stros M'kai is a fun zone with a great adventurer/pirates vibe.

    Edited by kind_hero on October 10, 2019 7:49AM
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    Anyone else feel this way? I really enjoy TES lore, races, and classes. I'm an altoholic and I love to roll up a char of @ least one race and class but for the life of me I just can't seem to get behind the Redguard. None of the classes seem to fit organically with Redguard culture for me unless I forego using class skills and just use weapon skills. I've tried it but was somewhat boring for me. I've tried to reconcile it with my head canon regarding their general disdain for magic but the presence of some magic users (necro's in particular) but it just doesn't "feel right". lol what's a fella to do??

    Unless you want to min/max your characters, pick a race you like. I for one play only Khajiit. I tried others, but I cant either like you have with redguards.
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  • r34lian
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    Lol I can't seem to play any other race except for redgaurd and high elf.
    Out of my 7 stam toons 4 are redgaurds and was going to do the same for stamnecro but had to settle for orc cuz I didn't had an orc
    Similarly out of 7 mag toons 5 are high elfs I jusr like high elf and redgaurd , their lore their culture.
    The only races I don't like are beasts and bosmer for their cannible lore.
    Edited by r34lian on October 10, 2019 9:42AM
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  • p_tsakirisb16_ESO
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    Khajiit all the way.
  • Aelorin
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    Hello OP,

    I can feel your pain. Although I have made a tank Redguard Templar. I think that is the only class that fits a Redguard.

    On the other hand: I am an altoholic as well and I really can not make a Bosmer that I love. I tried a warden, but in the end I switched him to an Argonian, which is not the best race for a Stamden, but at least I enjoy playing him now.

    So in the end: Maybe Redguards are just not your thing. Get another race that you like :smile:
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  • stewhead2ub17_ESO
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    kind_hero wrote: »
    The swordsingers are very important part of the redguard lore in TESO, but unfortunately there isn't a swordsinger/swordmaster class to be played, not even a faction with some skills that will be fitting for a redguard. So this might be an issue, but otherwise, I don't see why the OP has a problem with playing redguard. When you start a new char, his background story is not known, so a redguard char could have been born in Elsweyr for example, captured and sold as a slave for house Dres, then captured by the Worm Cult and sacrificed by Mannimarco (as the story begins). The player gets to Alikr desert later in the game. Stros M'kai is a fun zone with a great adventurer/pirates vibe.

    Thanks for your response. I don't think you quite understood my post, It's not formulating a background or reason for the character's skills, it's just that, to me, none of the class skills feel organic to a Redguard.
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    shoutout to Lady of Scrolls youtube with awesome lore videos on the redguard (others have videos too)

    I really like the redguard, probably my second favorite race now (or at least tied for second) I like the lore of the various waves and the overall lore of them pretty much resisting and winning every war / invasion that happened, they even 1vX the aldmeri dominion of the 4th era after the empire crumbled.

    I also like their preference for small elite mobile sword singer / knightly orders devoted to combat and war rather then a conscript standing army, as its both interesting and how they have effectively held off invasion and continued to fight.

    I don't much care for the "oh don't kill undead" thing, but that is more specific to their own dead, rather then undead as a whole, so whatever.

    but there preference for skilled martial, tactical, and mental prowess and disdain for illusion and "cheesy" magic and tactics (my words not theirs) really spoke to me. where as imperials and Bretons are very classic and boring, and nords while Viking are often portrayed as brutish drunk "argggg lets go die wahhhhh!" warriors, redguards seem slightly based more on Japanese combat style and mastery. preferring the style of "if your going to be a swordsman, devote yourself to it and be the best."

    I also love classic fantasy deserts, as they invoke a very warm and adventurous nature to them.
    Edited by Wing on October 10, 2019 10:57AM
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  • EvilAutoTech
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    Give a Redguard a hug, you might like it. If the Redguard doesn't, you won't be around to have a problem with it anyway.
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