YOU do not. But I do.

[theweaselking]

Bob help me, I'm thinking of restarting, because I've got *just* enough broken quests and missing triggers that I'm annoyed. I've capped all the skills I'm going to, I've completed the main quest and a good dozen of the other chains.... and I'm aware of at least three other full quest chains that I haven't even started.

So I might just store my Khajiit sneaky-bow thief/assassin/Rebel and start with, say, a High Elf Bard/Wizard/GO THALMOR WOOO! EMPIRE! EMPIRE! sort.

Things I have learned:
Damage comes from perks. Seriously, when I'm doing 250 with a bow and 36 with a Daedric Greataxe? There's a MESSAGE, there. And that message is "take the perks, they provide the damage".