since the start of march i started to look for interesting playtroughts for the game.
1. tried a merchant style, but didnt get too far on it (mostly because it was a bit boring, maybe another time, it was basically no armor, trying to maximize speechcraft and get the whole speechcraft skill tree, and having restoration and illusion for buffing and healing my bodyguards). the gameplay was the same up to entering Helgen Keep, trying to loot all from the corpses even whem encumbered and then selling it all en masse on riverwood to get some initial coin. then it was to get a bodyguard in Whiterun (Uthgerd was the first one, but you have to keep going on changing servitors due to the leveling caps). then it was just to travel along the roads, most loot came from hostiles which was later sold in the holds, sometimes trading with the Khajiits.
2. tried a full college of winterhold gameplay, with a little bit of Solstheim stuff. got as far as getting the master lvl spells for Conjuration. but the grind was driving me crazy. so i scrapped it, was thinking on trying to get all the master lvl spells for all the magic schools before doing the final missions of the College. so i could say i earned the title of Archmage. but anyways.
right now im doing or planning to do the following gameplays:
3. Ronin Orc. the idea is basically to get mastery in heavy armor and two handed. playing around the Blade's Armor and the Ebony Blade. maybe carry the Dragonbane along with the shield. but the idea was to go for a two handed Akaviri-like blade.
4. Vampire Slayer. nothing much, nothing less. get a race and do the whole Dawnguard stuff. maybe not to the finish, but at least get to the point of doing daily missions and all the crossbow related stuff (gotta love dem crossbows). oh, and get max skill in sneak and archery.
5. Master of Poisons. want to try to get max skill in pickpocket, alchemy and stealth in order to kill people without having to fight.
6. the real assasin. never have tried the asassin branch tbh, but i want to see how good is to get on stealth and kill someone with a dagger.
7. a thief. maximize pickpocket and lockpicking to see how much difference is that.
8. a monk. the only heavy armor your gonna wear are your gloves, maybe invest some perks in alteration so you dont get killed but still. just hit people with your hands.
9. a priest. full restoration guy, i dont see the use for it. if there was work for healers in Skyrim it would be cool. but i bet it would require a mod or something to get money healing people.
10. a death knight. get full power in one handed swords, heavy armor and conjuration to subdue the dead into servitude. i dont know about other magic schools. maybe Destruction, but with emphasis only on Frost Damage.
11. a paladin. get perks on one handed for maces, heavy armor and restoration. it explains itself.
12. a humble hunter. dont use more armor apart from fur and a hunting bow. try to get a living killing animals and then selling their meats and other products in the cities.
13. real werewolf. finish the Companions questline and spend the rest of your life the same way as Sinding. being a savage werewolf hunting in the wilds.
14. vampire run. never did the other side of the Dawnguard content, mostly because i dont like how it ends for some characters. if there was a way to get a truce between the Volkihar people and the Dawnguard it would be cool. but oh well...
15. Conan style. something about wearing no armor or clothes and just charge at the enemies with weapon in hand. well, maybe some boots for protecting the feet, and jewelry.