this is my first Elder scrolls game aswell. but i knew that i have always like rogue / stealthy characters. i chose the thief stone and have been leveling: Sneak, archery, one handed weapons, light armour, and a little in speak. the way i play is really working for me.. i basically walk around with a bow in sneak mode.. i shoot at an enemy and nearly always get a 1 shot kill. if they start searching for me and head my way i roll out the way to a new area and shoot.. roll away and shoot. but then i also enjoy my daggers and swords.. my daggers do 15x damage and now i have a dagger that has a small chance to instantly kill and armour that does double damage to my backstab so i now get 30x damage on my 20 hit dagger. dragons i usually run to cover and shoot arrows from covers and shout at them if they land i get to their side and dagger punch them or sword punch them. the only magic i use is the healing one. my sneak is high enough that if im in the shadows and an enemy stands right next to me a lot of the time they can't see me. i was going to go mage 'cos they seem to have a lot of variety. but being my first TES game i dediced not to. i will probably do a 2nd play through with mage and imperial and all the other sides i didnt go on this one.