thats completely up to you really . it was an example since Redguards got no real stats for magic and their magicka pools are very low at the beginning of the game and they also got slow regen . This means that you have to be very conservative in your spell choices . Either go with Alteration and cast Mage Armor spells only through out early to mid game , or do what I do Illusion all the way . Those spells are are quite costly or got upkeeps which diminish your magicka quite fast , but you can reap the rewards of an easier early game as an Assassintype character with Muffle , Illusion spells early and Hibernation , Nightmare etc . spells later . This however while being very effective against almost everything , is quite hard against Draugr no restoration focus and Dragons immunity against most status effectsdebuffs . If you want to play better Nightblade version stick to Bretons Dunmer however . Bretons have an easy time leveling their spells , already come with a huge bonus in Conjuration summons meh , Bound weapons YES and got arguably one of the best racials in the game againstfor MageVampireDragon fights . Dunmer on the other hand got innate bonuses in Sneak , Illusion , Destruction and a good stat distribution in general . Don ' t know how familiar you are with Requiem though since you ' ve still asked for racial tips . You might want to go for the Breton since they are one of the easier Races to play as in general . Just get summon Familiar OR Raise undead I and Bound Sword early to help in fights pick whatever you prefer and sink some points into the Bound Weapons perks as well as the duration increase for your summons early . Later get Summon Ghostly Hound and Bound Bow to have reliable sources of damage and good weapons without much gold investments for gear . Just make sure to level up and pick up some useful talents along the way to help with your playstyle . Meaning Alteration and Destruction if you like direct confrontations OR Illusion and Sneak if you want to play hide and seek and play mind games NOTE summoning bound weapons etc makes sounds and you will alert opponents so you want to get Rune of Dampening ASAP