My Race and Class Recommendations
- I recommend an Imperial for race, since Imperials get +10 bonuses to both Speechcraft and Mercantile, and those are very useful skills to have high values in early in the game.
For class, I suggest you create a custom class with the following specs:
Specialization: Combat
Favored Attributes: Strength and Personality
Major Skills:
Sneak and Security (for thief-type business)
Mysticism (mainly for casting Telekinesis to steal stuff with, but also for Mark, Recall, and Soultrap)
Speechcraft (for admiring people's dispositions up and taunting people into attacking)
Mercantile (for better prices when buying and selling items, buying training, and paying for enchanting)
Minor Skills:
Long Blade (for using the Daedric Crescent and other great long blades)
Medium Armor (since you can get top-notch Indoril armor very early in the game)
Block (so you can use shields effectively from the start)
Athletics and Acrobatics (nothing is more annoying than a slow runner and clumsy jumper)
For birthsign, choose "The Lady" to get +25 to your Personality and Endurance attributes.