A female Survivor (start skills Lockpick & Identify, both useful) or female Mage(start skills Meteorestrike & Bless, also helpful), difficult to decide which one, but if I really must make a choice I take the Mage because I love the magical spells and the fact you can find or buy spell (skill) books
On the other hand I find Elemental Arrows very funny & powerful, so wearing a bow to use this skill is also nice playing a (ranger) mage, but then I isn't a pure mage .
And looking at the begin stats and how the "mana increase" by each point into intelligence for a mage ... I like that to have a big mama pool
