Taking Baurus's Suggestion

[pilaf]

Has anyone ever just taken the class Baurus suggests for you at the beginning? I was bored with my level 40 Breton Battlemage custom class and wanted to try something new and challenging, so I started a new character (an Imperial male who appears to be in his seventies) set the difficulty slider to 50% or so.

I sort of intended to have a stealth class chosen for me, but I never expected Baurus to tell me I was a Monk (I used light armor and a blade in the dungeon. I was going for Agent, Acrobat or Scout), but I sorta figured the challenge would be cool so I accepted the pregenerated Monk class with the sign of the Thief.

It's been a fun challenge so far. I'm at level 4 and I finished the Kvatch liberation mission as an unarmored, hand to hand Monk. It was the most challenging build I've finished that quest as so far, and if Dev interviews are any indication, it's the hardest build in the game with the possible exception of Bard.

Anyone else ever just taken Baurus's suggestion? It's a fun way to play and a challenge because it's random and not always easy to manipulate (as my failure to secure one of three classes I was shooting for indicates.)

[eek]

Nah, he was always waaaay off from my style of play. Usually the suggestion was either an assassin or a rogue.

[pilaf]

Well, when my mom first got the game (she owns a 360 and a copy, and I don't. I only play on the days I go visit relatives), he picked me as a Bard, despite me playing like a Battlemage. Also, the next three or four characters I started up were labelled as Bards for some reason.

I was fully expecting to be a Bard this time, but oddly enough he chose me as Monk.

Anyway, I don't really have a style of play that's set in stone. I prefer Battlemages, but I can play as just about anything, especially for a challenge. I once finished the Morrowind MQ as an Orc Mage (this was the most obscenely difficult time I ever had playing any game. It was more of a chore than an enjoyable game experience, but I did it for a challenge.)

I'm actually finding that I like the pregen Monk class. While some would suggest modding the class to wear light armor, I'm actually gonna roleplay him as an actual Monk, so it's tattered brown robes, a simple bow with arrows, and my fists.

I do use Alchemy and Restoration, despite them not being majors, because I feel they suit a Monk well enough as support skills, so I've been levelling them from the beginning.

[eek]

I tend to either play a sneaky assassin/thief type or a paladin. I find it harder to enjoy other classes, especially the pregen ones.

Anyway, good luck with the monk.

[pilaf]

eek said:

I tend to either play a sneaky assassin/thief type or a paladin. I find it harder to enjoy other classes, especially the pregen ones.

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Most FAQS agree that many of the pregen classes have fatal flaws. I was lucky to get one that didn't have two melee weapon skills, as I feel that's a waste of skill slots. (The most notorious example is Warrior, possibly the most nerfed class in the entire game.)

Only a few pregen classes are really decent and varied enough for long term play. Most character builders agree that Acrobat, Scout, Spellsword and Agent are among the best. Pure Mage is good for a challenge. According to one of the Devs, an unarmored Monk "will die often in the hands of an unskilled player."

Seems I was given a difficult class to work with, but like I said, I'll enjoy the challenge.

So...does anyone here ever take Baurus's suggestions? (This place is slow compared to the official forums :"P)

[lucia]

Hmm... I think he picked Knight and Scout for me. I chose Spellsword instead. I originally picked it using Morrowind logic, and then stuck with my character.

[pilaf]

lucia said:

Hmm... I think he picked Knight and Scout for me. I chose Spellsword instead. I originally picked it using Morrowind logic, and then stuck with my character.

What race are you?

[WitchBoy]

He gave me Agent, which wasn't far off from my custom class.

Blade
Alchemy
Acrobatics
Marksman
Speechcraft
Security
Sneak

Yeah, yeah, I know. I don't like armor, who cares about practicality!

[pilaf]

Haha....my mom never uses armor either, except she was picked as Spellsword by Baurus last time (she usually makes a custom class using magic and a blade but with no armor.)

She took his suggestion and is enjoying the different playstyle so far. Sometimes it's refreshing to try something new. Most of my characters in the past have relied on Illusion, Destruction and weapons, and my Monk only has his bow, his stealth and his fists, which is rather challenging and a nice change of pace. I'm up to level 8 with him already, and it's a decent challenge.

I'm kinda playing cheap though. I finished the "find the heir" portion of the MQ, but instead of taking Martin and Jauffre back to Cloud Ruler Temple, I'm doing all the Fighters Guild and Mages Guild quests with them as invincible bodyguards.

[WitchBoy]

My sexy twill shirt and sack pants match perfectly and give my Khajiit assassin that nice natury feel.

I also have a black something or other shirt and blacksmiths pants when I'm in stalk and kill mode.

I did Arena already, and since I ARPEE I'm gonna do Dark Brotherhood first, and then some sort of change of heart pacifism cliche and go for the thieves guild.