Well you pick your skills too. The only significant difference between a more traditional RPG system is the lack of a gold cost to respec. Though at max level there is supposed to be an opportunity cost to respec (but I'm a long ways away from max level to see how well it works).
Originally Posted by Thrasher 
Wut? This is nothing like Oblivion, there's no roleplaying here except picking your initial class and that's it, right?