A good build

[Kareda (She/They)]

I just got this game from the sale today and I have had a character in my head that I have wanted to create for a long time now. Basically a Female Argonian Spear using light armor wearer. Is this a bad build for me since I am a beginner? If so please tell me I would like your input to good builds.

As a side note I started with Oblivion and went to Skyrim and so naturally I came here.

[feralgal]

if it's a character you've wanted to play for a long time, i'd try it.

i don't think the build is particularly easy but it's not a bad build. and, with time, you could make it a very good build. (most builds that concentrate on a few key skills can be very good builds FWIW.)

light armor is a very good skill to have. it fits in well with the Argonian's natural agility. (as a female Argonian, it's only 40 to start with, which is generally an average attribute stat, but many races start with 30 agility.) there's a lot of light armor in the game. glass armor is very good and more common than, e.g., daedric armor (the top heavy armor). unlike Oblivion and Skyrim, most loot is not leveled in Morrowind so you can find some really good armor (and weapons) very early in the game. but NPCs aren't scaled to your level either so you can face some impossible enemies in the beginning if you aren't careful (or very easy enemies late in the game).

i rarely use spears (and it's been quite a while since i've played Morrowind) so i can't tell you if that's a good skill. spears are good way to attack while keeping enemies from getting close enough to attack you, though, so that might work well, esp at lower levels. using spears also increases endurance, which IMO is the major weakness of playing an Argonian. you'll probably need to raise your endurance ASAP and using a spear would be a good way to do that.

just make sure you don't level up TOO quickly (at the expense of your other skills and attributes). you may want to read this page for tips on leveling http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Level . the info on efficient leveling is very helpful IMO, although it's pretty similar to leveling in Oblivion. (i wouldn't go overboard on trying to level in the most efficient way possible. for me, that would ruin some of the fun of playing. i just try not to be too inefficient when i'm gaining skills. and i try to initially design a character so i'll have a reasonable amount of control over my leveling and at least one major or minor easily controllable skill for each attribute.)

IMO Argonians make better battlemages/spellswords/other fighter-magic combo (female, with maybe some sneak but you can do that via magic too) or assasins/other fighter-sneak combo (male) than pure fighters. (fwiw, my favorite fighter-mage combo is either argonian or orc. and i always choose a custom class at character creation so by "spellsword" i just mean a fighter who is also good at magic, not Morrowind's definition of a spellsword.) but i don't think you have to optimize your character build in order to succeed or have fun in Morrowind. as an Argonian, you're immune to poison, which can be helpful. you can breathe longer underwater than other races, which is also helpful, esp in the beginning when diving for pearls can net you quite a bit of cash. (if you swim underwater, you'll see them anyway when looking for loot or traveling to some desitinations.)

however, you can't wear boots or some helmets, so you'll usually be leveling up unarmored when you fight and will usually suffer more damage than if you'd worn boots and a closed helm. (i didn't realize this at first but only your total "armor rating" number is important. i.e., if you get hit in the head, the damage is calculated on the the sum of the "armor rating" of ALL the pieces of armor you're wearing, not on the AR of your helm.) you also have low personality stats so you'll pay more (and get less when you sell), have less success in admiring/taunting others, and may not have some speech options other characters have (at least until you increase personality or the relevant skills).

(you probably know this but combat in Morrowind is stat based, so even if it looks like you're hitting someone with your spear, you may not be hitting them. the same is true if it looks like they're hitting you. fatigue is also important: you're less likely to hit or may do less damage, your spells are more likely to fail, etc. if you're fatigued.)

[polyakoviv]

just play mage and remember that alchemy is OP.

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An important thing about weapon leveling that isn't covered is that the weaker the weapon the faster you level. You must hit opponents more with a weaker weapon and, since weapons gain equal exp per hit the more you have to hit them the more exp (not the correct term but not sure how else to refer to it) you get for killing them.

Focus on one or two skills until you have mastered them, or you may come up against something too tough. I generally pick three attributes I want above all others and concentrate on skills that improve those attributes. You might want medium armor as a minor skill because it improves the same attribute that spear does.