Acrobat
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Agility, endurance
Major Skills: Acrobatics, athletics, marksman, sneak, unarmored
Minor Skills: Speechcraft, alteration, spear, hand-to-hand, light armor
Agent
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Personality, agility
Major Skills: Speechcraft, sneak, acrobatics, light armor, short blade
Minor Skills: Mercantile, conjuration, block, unarmored, illusion
Archer
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Agility, strength
Major Skills: Marksman, long blade, block, athletics, light armor
Minor Skills: Unarmored, spear, restoration, sneak, medium armor
Assassin
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Speed, intelligence
Major Skills: Sneak, marksman, light armor, short blade, acrobatics
Minor Skills: Security, long blade, alchemy, block, athletics
Barbarian
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Strength, speed
Major Skills: Axe, medium armor, blunt weapon, athletics, block
Minor Skills: Acrobatics, light armor, armorer, marksman, unarmored
Bard
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Personality, intelligence
Major Skills: Speechcraft, alchemy, acrobatics, long blade, block
Minor Skills: Mercantile, illusion, medium armor, enchant, security
Battlemage
Specialization: Magic Favorite Attribute: Intelligence, strength
Major Skills: Alteration, destruction, conjuration, axe, heavy armor
Minor Skills: Mysticism, long blade, marksman, enchant, alchemy
Crusader
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Agility, strength
Major Skills: Blunt weapon, long blade, destruction, heavy armor, block
Minor Skills: Restoration, armorer, hand-to-hand, medium armor, alchemy
Healer
Specialization: Magic
Favorite Attribute: Willpower, personality
Major Skills: Restoration, mysticism, alteration, hand-to-hand, speechcraft
Minor Skills: Illusion, alchemy, unarmored, light armor, blunt weapon
Knight
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Strength, personality
Major Skills: Long blade, axe, speechcraft, heavy armor, block
Minor Skills: Restoration, mercantile, medium armor, enchant, armorer
Mage
Specialization: Magic
Favorite Attribute: Intelligence, willpower
Major Skills: Mysticism, destruction, alteration, illusion, restoration
Minor Skills: Enchant, alchemy, unarmored, short blade, conjuration
Monk
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Agility, willpower
Major Skills: Hand-to-hand, unarmored, athletics, acrobatics, sneak
Minor Skills: Block, marksman, light armor, restoration, blunt weapon
Nightblade
Specialization: Magic
Favorite Attribute: Willpower, speed
Major Skills: Mysticism, illusion, alteration, sneak, short blade
Minor Skills: Light armor, unarmored, destruction, marksman, security
Pilgrim
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Personality, endurance
Major Skills: Speechcraft, mercantile, marksman, restoration, medium armor
Minor Skills: Illusion, hand-to-hand, short blade, block, alchemy
Rogue
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Speed, personality
Major Skills: Short blade, mercantile, axe, light armor, hand-to-hand
Minor Skills: Block, medium armor, speechcraft, athletics, long blade
Scout
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Speed, endurance
Major Skills: Sneak, long blade, medium armor, athletics, block
Minor Skills: Marksman, alchemy, alteration, light armor, unarmored
Sorcerer
Specialization: Magic
Favorite Attribute: Intelligence, endurance
Major Skills: Enchant, conjuration, mysticism, destruction, alteration
Minor Skills: Illusion, medium armor, heavy armor, marksman, short blade
Spellsword
Specialization: Magic
Favorite Attribute: Willpower, endurance
Major Skills: Block, restoration, long blade, destruction, alteration
Minor Skills: Blunt weapon, enchant, alchemy, medium armor, axe
Thief
Specialization: Stealth
Favorite Attribute: Speed, agility
Major Skills: Security, sneak, acrobatics, light armor, short blade
Minor Skills: Marksman, speechcraft, hand-to-hand, mercantile, athletics
Warrior
Specialization: Combat
Favorite Attribute: Strength, endurance
Major Skills: Long blade, medium armor, heavy armor, athletics, block
Minor Skills: Armorer, spear, marksman, axe, blunt weapon
Witchhunter
Specialization: Magic
Favorite Attribute: Intelligence, agility
Major Skills: Conjuration, enchant, alchemy, light armor, marksman
Minor Skills: Unarmored, block, blunt weapon, sneak, mysticism
There are two ways in which you can choose one of the above classes. The first way is simply to select one from the list. The other requires that you answer a series of questions. There are three possible answers for each question asked: stealth, combat, and magic. Depending on how many of each type of answer you give, you will end up with a different class of character. The following table shows the number of each type of answer you must give in order to become a specific class in the game.
| CLASS | STEALTH ANSWERS | COMBAT ANSWERS | MAGIC ANSWERS |
| Thief | 7 | - | - |
| Agent | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Assassin | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Acrobat | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Monk | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Pilgrim | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Bard | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Warrior | - | 7 | - |
| Barbarian | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Crusader | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Knight | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Scout | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Archer | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Rogue | 4 | 4 | - |
| Mage | - | - | 7 |
| Sorcerer | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Healer | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Battlemage | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Witchhunter | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Spellsword | - | 4 | 4 |
| Nightblade | 4 | - | 4 |