I usually go for Redguard because I find the Adrenalin Rush ability very helpful in the beginning. My preferred star sign would be Atronach because I don't use magic that much. It has one major downside though and that is it leaves your character unable to restore magic points when resting.
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whatever race has the best stats and abilities/powers to whatever type of class im going to be playing. however, my main in oblivion is a khajiit i believe, and my main in skyrim is a nord.