
The character's face and body may be altered by Galathil in The Ragged Flagon on for 1000 if The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard has been installed. This can be (slightly) alleviated by pausing the game, before naming the Prisoner, and looking through the smokescreen of the start menu.
Of note to many players is that the character creation screen is brighter than most areas of the game, which may result in some features looking darker in the actual game than intended.
Skin tone for different parts of the face (nose, forehead, laugh lines, etc.), making them darker, lighter, and different colors. Facial structure (nose, eyes, ears, jawline, mouth, cheekbones, etc.). An underlying complexion for the face whether to add dirt and in what color and density war paint, and its color and battle scars. Weight just affects how bulky the character model looks. The Warrior, Mage, and Thief Standing Stones, which boost experience gained for skills associated with each archetype, can be found on the way to the first objective after the game's intro mission.Īfter choosing one of the ten racial options, the following aspects can be customized: Only one can be active at once (unless one uses the Aetherial Crown). They can be activated at any time once the player discovers them, and confer various bonuses, such as increasing experience gained for certain skill types, or buffing stats. Instead, Skyrim has added Standing Stones, which are monoliths found throughout Skyrim that functionally replace both birthsigns and Doomstones. Players can now edit facial features in much greater detail, and add decorations like war paint, facial hair, battle scars, wrinkles, and dirt coverage. The process is thus centered almost entirely on the aesthetic aspect of character creation, which has been greatly improved over past games. The only aspects which the player will choose are race, gender, appearance, and name.
With Skyrim, the class system has been removed, and character creation determines very little about the capabilities of a character. In past The Elder Scrolls games, character creation was where the player decided their class, which would shape their character's strengths and weaknesses for the whole of the gaming experience ahead. For this feature in other games, see Character Creation.