Choosing your first class

These classes offer several practical starting choices:

Class	Starting health	Magicka	Strengths
Warrior	45	half your INT	No equipment restrictions; strong weapon skills.
Barbarian	50	half your INT	High starting health and poison immunity; cannot wear plate.
Knight	43	half your INT	Paralysis immunity; can wear chain and plate, but not leather.
Ranger	43	half your INT	Archery and Long Blade are primary skills.
Spellsword	37	1.5 × INT	Combines sword skills with healing magic.
Battlemage	35	1.75 × INT	Destruction, Long Blade and Axe are primary skills.

Your class determines starting attributes, class skills, health gains and equipment restrictions. Race does not set your starting attributes. See Classes and Races to compare the details.

Choose a class with primary or major magic skills if you want starting spells. A class without increased Magery has only half its Intelligence in spell points, which limits early spellcasting.

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