| It doesn't really matter all that much as all chars tend to end up the same no matter what class you pick. I would go with a class that gives the best balance in the abilities represented in the mix of primary and secondary skills as these will give you more bonus points for the related abilities. You don't want a lopsided mix where half of these primary skills are associated with just one ability (like Strength). Don't pick axe, hammer, long sword, armorer and blunt as all primary skills as they are all related to the strength ability. You don't need that many and it will be harder to level up in the other abilities. So pick a pre-made class and examine the primary/secondary skills to see what the ability mix is. If you can't find one you like you can always make an Adventurer class and choose your own primary/secondary skills. As far as signs go some give nice starting temporary bonuses while others give permanent bonuses. I tend to choose the permanent bonuses like The Mage. Temporary bonuses to abilities like Personality or Agility will not increase past the 100 points you can get in them thru level ups while a permanent bonus like 50% increase to magicka is always there (and extremely handy). Hope this helps. This is not a very well balanced game when it comes to character development since both a tiny female bosmer thief and a huge male Orc barbarian will be equally strong eventually.
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