Breton VS High elf: pure mage

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[Captain Skinny]

High elf because then you can walk around a head taller than everyone else with an air of earned superiority.

[alexander_dougherty]

Race makes little to no difference in this game, choose whichever one you like the look of most.

[Rez Elwin]

It doesn't matter, High Elf might be a bit easier early game due to the 50 extra magicka and highborn but in the end it is whatever race you like the look of. In my opinion Khajiit make really good mages becuase when you run out of magicka, which is very likely to happen early on, you can rely on your claws which do considerably more damage than any weapon you'd be carrying at that point.

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Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Race makes little to no difference in this game, choose whichever one you like the look of most.

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[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by Pharnham:

The racial magic resistance of the Breton makes it the superior race for everything.

only at lower levels, ultimately it does not matter.

[Rez Elwin]

25% means very little, mages at low level are just as weak as the player is. The Lord stone and the Mara quest give 40% right there, more than enough early game. Once you progress to the point where magic damage becomes a threat you should be able to enchant your gear with magic resist.

It's better to have more magicka or a good fallback.

[stmpunk]

Originally posted by King Strange:

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depends on mods and what you are into.
High Elves lean more into the Tolken fantasy take of mystical creatures of power and grace. In Skyrim most are Thalmor or Thalmor-leaning (with a few exceptions like Faralda in the college for instance). To me most High Elves are complete a-holes that deserve a beating, but, therea are a few who I find incredibly awesome (Faralda, Runil, Quaranir, Viarmo)
All others are either taken by megalomania, are Thalmor, or Thalmor-leaning in behavior. Maybe I could give a pass to Cacelmo's nefew, but that character isn't flushed enough to make a proper judgement so I assume he is Cacelmo 2.0

As for Bretons, they are basically medieval merge of France, Germany, Italy, and Britain. If you like those cultures, to RP said cultures, they are the go-to.

As for META, depends on mods. With EnaiRim chosing between Breton and High Elf is very significant. In vanilla not so much but Bretons are the best of all races in vanilla due to inherent magic resistance.

[FauxFurry]

All races are the same if one shanks a mage with Silence poison coated weapon.

[Macro Tofu]

If you intend to get constant 100% spell absorb, choose high elf.