Help Deciding Stamblade Race (Both PvE and PvP)

[MrHoward]

Hello! I'm trying to build myself a stamblade, a character that I plan to do all my crafting, PvP, and PvE on (I'm a completionist that loves to suck every last bit of content out of my games) but what has ALWAYS made me quit the game and come back a month later after getting a char to lvl 10 is race. I am a HUGE stickler for cosmetics and making characters look good, but I'm also a huge min/maxer, and when races have passives that can really affect your build... we don't work well together :P. Anyways, I've narrowed my race choice to the big three: Bosmer, Redguard, and Khajiit. Now, there's sticklers to ALL of these races that is making this decision so damn difficult for me.

BOSMER: I LOVE the passives. If I could just switch these passives onto any race, I would take these. They have great out-of-combat regen, the "Stealthy" passive, a bonus to max stamina, and disease/poison resist to top it off (although I don't really care about the poison and disease resist). However, what's stopping me from playing Bosmer is I just hate how the males look. They're way too short for my taste, it's hard to feel intimidating as one. I can tolerate the faces I guess, but it's the height that's really killing it for me. If the passives were on any other race, I would play that race.

KHAJIIT: Decent passives for stamblades. Their crit is supposedly not as good in PvP as it is in PvE, and their sustain is no where near redguard or wood elf, but they do have the "Stealthy" passive. I actually made a pretty decent looking khajiit stamblade that I've been playin for about 2 days, but what's making me question my choice is two things:
A) Khajiit look ♥♥♥♥ in helmets. Absolute ass. The little ear nub things in hoods look ridiculous, and any closed helm is stretched or squashed out of proportion. While I guess I could have "Hide your Helm" enabled all the time, a lot of fun for me is collecting armor and making my character look good. The rest of the body of khajiits look really good, but the helms put me off.
B) The passives aren't too desirable. While the Stealthy passive is something I want, the other 2 non-fluff passives aren't the greatest for PvP. Crit gets blocked by impen, and lower recov than other races.

REDGUARD: I made a pretty good looking redguard this morning before I had to redownload the game, and it seems redguards don't look as stupid in headgear as the khajiits do. What's putting me off from Redguard, however, is their passives AGAIN. You see, the other two of the big three stamblade races have the "Stealthy" passive, which supposedly makes PvP ganking a lot easier. I might want to gank on my stamblade, and it does't seem like redguards are built for ganking. Redguard's recovery only really kicks in when in long combat, and while PvE has long combat, PvP should have quick short bursts for stamblades (and I want short, bursty combat for PvP). Redguard's max stam boost does give some extra base weapon dmg, but I don't know if it makes up for the larger stealth detection radius and the lost recovery when not in long combat.

So, those are just a complete newb's thoughts as he tries to dive into the game. I honestly have NO IDEA what kind of build I want, cuz I haven't gotten a chance to try one out in PvP or PvE, although I think I want high burst damage in PvP. Now, several questions I have for you expert stamblades out there are:

1) Which race do you recommend for any stamblade of any build?
2) How important is race choice for stamblades?
3) Does Redguard's adrenaline rush passive help stamblades in PvP? Meaning, DO REDGUARDS MAKE GOOD GANKBLADES?
3b) When does Adrenaline rush activate? Meaning if I come out of stealth and hit someone, does adrenaline rush recover stamina just from the very first hit, or does it not activate because my stamina was full?
3c) How good is Adrenaline rush, really? When converting 792 stam per 5 sec to stam per 2 sec (meaning stam recovery), it only really equals 316.8 stam recovery. Is that a lot?
4) How good is the "Stealthy" racial passive? Though the weapon dmg bonus out of stealth might not be the best, how important is the stealth detection radius bonus? Is it that noticeable on a redguard?

Bonus: Are there any damn helms that look good on khajiit?

Sorry if this was way too long or if I got any information wrong, I'm a new player and I just really want to make sure that my first character is one I'm happy with. Thanks in advance.

[Sehkh]

i just read the title because im lazy.
2 things: -IF looking for top tier race is redguard (it is about 5% improvment on dps over others+good sustain)
-if dont choose wharever you want (on mine i choose orc because why not?)

[w.ruengdet]

This is your stamblade solution.

http://deltiasgaming.com/eso-stamina-nightblade-dps-build/

https://dottzgaming.com/category/build/nightblade-pve/

https://alcasthq.com/eso-stamina-nightblade-build-for-pve/

[sax5thave]

Regarding your "bonus" question. Via the outfit system, I've been happy with my khajit wearing a hood (no mask).

[Drake]

Dark brotherhood hoods work great with khajiits, thieves guild too.

Mine is a khajiit, mostly because I also use it for thieving stuff so the pickpocket bonus is too good to pass (if you want to play pickpocket, the +15% is very useful, you can get very high even on hard targets, making it way faster to fill your inventory while on a spree). Then the combination of sneak bonus damage and weapon crit is very good in pve (a bit less in pvp because of the nerf in stealth against players).
That said, a word about the impenetrable. You need crit, at least a decent amount. The thing with that passive is that since you have it as a passive you don't need to get that amount elsewhere, so you can use stuff with more stamina or weapon power or penetration, since in the end it's all about getting to capped stats, not just stacking blindly.

[Tove]

Orc.

[Trigger]

Orc's run 10% faster with passives=can save your butt=haul-a_s.