User blog comment:Potato Lube/What is the best race in Skyrim/@comment-5295416-20120715173426

I like the breton because I can develop my character in a more well rounded way. Being a lady, my characters are usually female. I prefer purplish hair, long & with wind braids. I make her look as much like a young me as possible, & get pretty close...(Vanity, thy name is woman!) The Breton is already resistant to magic, which is great early on & even better at higher levels. In Morrowind, she was a custom mix of Mage with battle skills & apothecary skills. In Oblivion, a custom Mage with apothecary, smith, sneak, lock pick & strong battle skills. In Skyrim, she's a warrior with strong smithing, enchanting, sneaking, lock picking, speech & restoration skills. She carries a potent enchanted one handed weapon on the right & healing on the left(also restores stamina). She can carry almost 800 pounds, thanks to extra pocket & the steed stone. I have tried many followers, but I keep going back to Aranea, for her excellent magic abilities. At this point (level 52) I give my followers dragon plate or dragon scale armor(legendary) & the weapon of their choice with double enchantments on everything. I let them keep it all, & can grab a fully equipped follower of any type whenever I want. I do like to go it alone at times, too. The beauty of Skyrim is that you can develop your character in any way you want-from very focused in one skill set to quite well rounded. You can make up for any "weaknesses" by picking a follower, or by picking perks to balance out your preferred skill set. I've played all the Elder Scroll games, and Skyrim is my favorite because of this flexibility.