Category:Races

Choosing your first race

A prepared Quick Start character is a useful way to learn. If you choose a race yourself, read its vision and allergy information as well as its stats. A race that struggles with daylight or water can make everyday travel harder.

You do not need to optimize every training cost before playing. Reincarnation lets you rebuild later.

In the game, help races, raceinfo <race> and help race give further information. Individual race pages are listed below.

Your race affects stats, vision, size, allergies and access to racial guilds. Start with the table below to compare races, then read a race's own page for its abilities and limits.

Reading the race table

• STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS and CHA costs: How many advancement points it costs to train the corresponding stat. Lower costs make that stat cheaper to raise.
• MELEE and SPELL: summaries of physical or spellcasting stat costs. These compare costs, not total combat strength.
• HPR, EPR, SPR and PSPR: Base racial regeneration for health, endurance, spell points and psychic spell points.
• HRate: Heart rate which is how often regeneration ticks occur. A smaller interval means more frequent ticks.
• Exp: the race's experience modifier. Other bonuses or penalties may also apply.
• Size: physical size in centimetres; this affects what equipment fits.
• Specials: Any racial specials, see raceinfo <race> for a description of each special.

The table also lists which culture guilds (sometimes called race guilds) a given race can access; they are different from your main guild.