Class that suit Argonian ? (Roleplay)

david_m_18b16_ESO · February 2019

Class and weapon/stats wise I meant. Im rolling an alt and Im the kind of dude who like match my toons with the lore.

I was thinking maybe a warden tank? Well Id like to hear your opinions.

SydneyGrey · February 2019

I made one of my Argonians a magicka dragonknight, with a fire theme. She's my dragon lady.

I've been having a huge amount of fun with her.

It's a shame she'll be nerfed a bit later this year.

Oreyn_Bearclaw · February 2019

Bearzilla is my Argonian, fire breathing, DK tank. Meta at the moment. Race changes might make others slighly better options next patch, but Argonians still have amazing resource management. Play to that. Great for any magic PVP toon, tanks, and healers. They are also far and away the best choice if you have your heart set on the "master angler" title. haha

Hotel6 · February 2019

Soul Shriven slave

MaxJrFTW · February 2019

Nightblade, shadowscales and whatnot.

Oreyn_Bearclaw · February 2019

MaxJrFTW wrote: »

Nightblade, shadowscales and whatnot.

I made a forum post about that ages ago, back when argonians were arguably the worst race in eso. I wanted Khajiit style passives but magic based for argonian, as it fit the shadowscale lore. Unfortunatly, the passives and lore just dont add up here other than the swim speed. You could certainly make a very viable argonian mageblade for PVP, but as a pure damage dealer, argonian is just not a great race.

susmitds · February 2019

Leather Bag Master Class.

MaxJrFTW · February 2019

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

MaxJrFTW wrote: »

Nightblade, shadowscales and whatnot.

I made a forum post about that ages ago, back when argonians were arguably the worst race in eso. I wanted Khajiit style passives but magic based for argonian, as it fit the shadowscale lore. Unfortunatly, the passives and lore just dont add up here other than the swim speed. You could certainly make a very viable argonian mageblade for PVP, but as a pure damage dealer, argonian is just not a great race.

If you want to go by racials they aren't good for anything other than healing, especially not after the Wrathstone changes. Doesn't fit the lore at all because they're not healers lore wise, but that's what we got.

RavenSworn · February 2019

I'd say Nightblade or Dragon Knight. You can also base your argonian on the lizard boss for Fighter's Guild, basically a Meridia's Guardian aka templar.

Aliyavana · February 2019

susmitds wrote: »

Leather Bag Master Class.

as a dunmer rper, I fully support this

david_m_18b16_ESO · February 2019

Hotel6 wrote: »

Soul Shriven slave

Lol

TheShadowScout · February 2019

My argonian alt is a dragon-wannabe tanky dragonknight. Always reminds me of a Kapak draconian...

But lorewise... stamina nightblades as "Shadowscales" would be just as fitting as magica wardens as "Treeminder"...

Sorcerors and templars... maybe a bit less so, neither the daedric princes nor the eight divines are all that big in argonian culture... those might be more for argonians that did not grow up in black marsh (which are plentiful as well)

Ydrisselle · February 2019

TheShadowScout wrote: »

My argonian alt is a dragon-wannabe tanky dragonknight. Always reminds me of a Kapak draconian...

But lorewise... stamina nightblades as "Shadowscales" would be just as fitting as magica wardens as "Treeminder"...

Sorcerors and templars... maybe a bit less so, neither the daedric princes nor the eight divines are all that big in argonian culture... those might be more for argonians that did not grow up in black marsh (which are plentiful as well)

There are very strong Argonian spellcasters in the ES lore, so I think sorcerer is also a good choice. The Argonian army which helped defeat the Akaviri before the Pact was born was led by three battlemages.

david_m_18b16_ESO · February 2019

Ydrisselle wrote: »

TheShadowScout wrote: »

My argonian alt is a dragon-wannabe tanky dragonknight. Always reminds me of a Kapak draconian...

But lorewise... stamina nightblades as "Shadowscales" would be just as fitting as magica wardens as "Treeminder"...

Sorcerors and templars... maybe a bit less so, neither the daedric princes nor the eight divines are all that big in argonian culture... those might be more for argonians that did not grow up in black marsh (which are plentiful as well)

I dont know a whole lot about argonians lore but it seems like many of them are mytic/ shaman a like. Personaly I think that mytic should had been the new class rather then a third pet user.

Also thanks to everyone Ill make a NB as I have already made an orc stam DK

Yedax · February 2019

An Argonian Nightblade, born under The Shadow. The moment he birthed out of his egg, he was send off to the Dark Brotherhood. He will be trained to be a ruthless assassin and spy. Once he is of age and his training has been completed, he will return to the Marsh and serve as a Shadowscale. Hail Sithis.

Recremen · February 2019

Lorewise there is absolutely nothing stopping you from making an Argonian be any particular class. You can do pretty much anything with it and have it be "in the lore" because the races aren't a collection of stereotypes. You want to be a Warden tank? Absolutely go for it. There's even some culturally-appropriate institutions if you want your character to be a Black Marsh native or something. Look into the Argonian Shellbacks for example. Really there's a whole lot of Argonian warriors out there.

TiZzA93 · February 2019

Making an argonian stamblade and playing stealth (shadowscales) OR warden mag healer (treeminder etc)

bluebird · February 2019

As others said, Shadowscales are an important part of Argonian lore

'Shadowscales are Argonians born under the sign of The Shadow in Black Marsh. They are trained from childhood in the art of stealth and combat. Shadowscales serve their province as assassins.' So Stamina Nightblades would be perfect.

Tree-minders also important, they tend the Hist trees which are of the highest cultural significance to Argonian culture as 'Argonians are known to have deep connections with the Hist, calling themselves "people of the root", and licking the leaking sap of their trunks in religious rites.' So a Healer Warden would also fit extremely well due to their plant-connection. If you don't like healing, you could be a stam warden who masters the beasts of the wilderness, but feel free to play the spec you like, although the frostiness of tank and magdps wardens is unusual for the climate of Black Marsh.

The Dragonknight that others mentioned is Akaviri in nature and has little to no ties to Argonian culture (or any other race really

) but games have to make room for mechanics regardless of lore.

That said, if you're interested in RP it is just as interesting to come up with a non-culture-typical character as it is to pick the 'mainstream' occupations of your race

So you can be an Argonian vampire who is cut off from the Hist and summons daedra, or an Argonian templar who became the champion of Meridia, or an Argonian ex-slave who rose in the ranks of the Telvanni and specializes in frost magic, or an Argonian alchemist who joined the mages guild and is now throwing fireballs around on the Pact warfront

In any case, play what you like and what makes sense to you, as you can RP-explain most combinations anyway.

Ravena · February 2019

Warden - connection to nature and trees.

Sorcerer - In the main games, Argonians have been shown to be very capable spellcasters. They're in every mages guild.

Nightblade - Shadowscales.

Dragonknight - Honestly, the Hist could probably morph Argonians into little dragons if they wanted to. There are even flying Argonians out there which sadly we didn't meet in Murkmire.

TheShadowScout · February 2019

Ydrisselle wrote: »

There are very strong Argonian spellcasters in the ES lore, so I think sorcerer is also a good choice. The Argonian army which helped defeat the Akaviri before the Pact was born was led by three battlemages.

Ah, but not every "spellcaster" or "battlemage" has to be a sorceror!

A "spellcaster" is generally any magica character.

And in TES history, a "Battlemage" was most often a hybrid magica/stamina character, sometimes in medium armor, sometimes in heavy armor that could wield both powerful destruction magic and melee weapons. Sometimes it was simply a destruction specialist; but in any case it was a spellcaster that specilized in destruction spells and general combat ability... and you can do that in many flavors.

And if you think of the many spellcasters in argonian scales... you will find way more nature themed shamans, treeminders, druids and such then arcane casters with their nose in the books and the occasional daedric contract to call upon, yes?

I mean, sure it works! As would an argonian templar praying to the divines (especially for those argonians grown up in other lands)
But not -quite- as "argonian-themed" as a hist-loving treehuggin shaman type character, yes?

MartiniDaniels · February 2019

Well, given that argonian is slave race, and argonian dk tanks are basically buff-bots on steroids, choice is obvious

(joking)

validifyedneb18_ESO · February 2019

Maid class

IzzyStardust · February 2019

david_m_18b16_ESO wrote: »

Class and weapon/stats wise I meant. Im rolling an alt and Im the kind of dude who like match my toons with the lore.

I was thinking maybe a warden tank? Well Id like to hear your opinions.

susmitds wrote: »

Leather Bag Master Class.

Took the words right outta my fingers!

Lyserus · February 2019

Any class really
nightblade-shadowscale
templar-hist worshipper
warden-living in the wild swamp
necromancer-old sithis believer
dragonknight-ep veteran learned enemy's fighting skill
sorc-your daily can-be-any-race daedra worshipper

Ydrisselle · February 2019

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Ydrisselle wrote: »

There are very strong Argonian spellcasters in the ES lore, so I think sorcerer is also a good choice. The Argonian army which helped defeat the Akaviri before the Pact was born was led by three battlemages.

Ah, but not every "spellcaster" or "battlemage" has to be a sorceror!

A "spellcaster" is generally any magica character.

And in TES history, a "Battlemage" was most often a hybrid magica/stamina character, sometimes in medium armor, sometimes in heavy armor that could wield both powerful destruction magic and melee weapons. Sometimes it was simply a destruction specialist; but in any case it was a spellcaster that specilized in destruction spells and general combat ability... and you can do that in many flavors.

And if you think of the many spellcasters in argonian scales... you will find way more nature themed shamans, treeminders, druids and such then arcane casters with their nose in the books and the occasional daedric contract to call upon, yes?

I mean, sure it works! As would an argonian templar praying to the divines (especially for those argonians grown up in other lands)
But not -quite- as "argonian-themed" as a hist-loving treehuggin shaman type character, yes?

I absolutely agree

My point was that any magicka damage dealer or healer character could be justified for an Argonian since there are many examples in TES lore; and there are obvious stamina choices too.

Scythe_Mercer · February 2019

Aliyavana wrote: »

as a dunmer rper, I fully support this