Best race for Anti-Vampire?

[Astrea]

So recently ive been thinking of making a Anti-Vampire build and id like to know what race might be best :) I'm probably going to be using the crossbow most so im thinking Khajiit or Wood Elf.

[SpeedFreak1972]

wood elf probably due to disease resistance.

[Astrea]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

wood elf probably due to disease resistance.

Probably, thanks for the feed-back. i will probably work on one later.

[WALKaBOUT50]

i would very much like to get all of Skyrim back Back i fell like i am in the Soul Cam

[Nexim95]

Breton has natural magic resistance, which definitely comes in handy against the vampires' spells and drain attacks. :)

[Astrea]

Originally posted by Lion Ornstein:

Breton has natural magic resistance, which definitely comes in handy against the vampires' spells and drain attacks. :)

Eh, i don't know. I can always just enable the Atronach stone for 50% Magicka absorption but i probably wouldn't be using magicka.

[Nexim95]

Magicka absorption doesn't lower the damage you take, though...

[Astrea]

Originally posted by Lion Ornstein:

Magicka absorption doesn't lower the damage you take, though...

Oh, lol im dumb. Meh, might choose breton then. but i dunno yet.

[gnewna]

Originally posted by Lion Ornstein:

Magicka absorption doesn't lower the damage you take, though...

(This is my understanding of how it works and I may be getting some details wrong, brain fog is a pain in the bottom.) It does, at least in vanilla*. it gives you a fifty percent chance of absorbing any incoming spell, if i remember rightly. It's arguably better for a non-casting character, as they won't miss the magicka regen. It works on dragons, too (I have a Dunmer on the PS3 who has the Atronach stone and pretty much just laughs at fire breathing dragons in particular.) Absorbing the spell = you take no damage and your magicka gets replenished by whatever amount the caster used on it (not sure if this means Shouts don't do that part).

What it *doesn't* do (which is where any confusion may lie) is absorb 50% of all incoming spells. So, each time a spell (or Shout) is used on you, you've a 50/50 chance that it will do nothing at all to you if your magicka is full, or nothing other than replenishing some of your magicka if it's not.

*some mods change the effects of the stones, e.g. in Requiem it doesn't seem to work on Dragon shouts and it prevents magicka regen completely

[Astrea]

Originally posted by gnewna:

Originally posted by Lion Ornstein:

Magicka absorption doesn't lower the damage you take, though...

(This is my understanding of how it works and I may be getting some details wrong, brain fog is a pain in the bottom.) It does, at least in vanilla*. it gives you a fifty percent chance of absorbing any incoming spell, if i remember rightly. It's arguably better for a non-casting character, as they won't miss the magicka regen. It works on dragons, too (I have a Dunmer on the PS3 who has the Atronach stone and pretty much just laughs at fire breathing dragons in particular.) Absorbing the spell = you take no damage and your magicka gets replenished by whatever amount the caster used on it (not sure if this means Shouts don't do that part).

What it *doesn't* do (which is where any confusion may lie) is absorb 50% of all incoming spells. So, each time a spell (or Shout) is used on you, you've a 50/50 chance that it will do nothing at all to you if your magicka is full, or nothing other than replenishing some of your magicka if it's not.

*some mods change the effects of the stones, e.g. in Requiem it doesn't seem to work on Dragon shouts and it prevents magicka regen completely

Alright thanks, then i will probably use that.