Race Info
Please see the in-game help files on races, and the excellent data on [Rodpedia] for full information on Races.
This page just provides some basic info and quick-reference tables I like to have.
If you're new to the game, I'd point you towards my Newb Guide for help picking your first character race/class.
Race Class Restrictions
Not all races can be all class's. Here's a chart of which races can be each class:
| Dragonborn | Drow | Dwarf | Elf | Gith | Gnome | Half-Elf | Half-Ogre | Half-Orc | Half-Troll | Halfling | Human | Pixie | Sea-elf | Tiefling | |
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| Dragonborn |
There is also an old class Lizardman which you can no longer create. There are still existing Lizardman characters in the game however.
Race Characteristics
Experience Modifiers Each race earns experience at a slightly different rate. Humans are the standard at a 1:1 whereas other races may earn slightly less or more experience per hit. The equation would be <experience> x <XP Rate> = XP. Bear in mind that these rates are fairly well adjusted to equalize xp earns due to different hit types, stats, class sizes, etc. They don't make a huuuuge difference.
Native Abilities
Each race comes with a unique set of characteristic abilities, resistances, susceptibilities. The abilities do not need practices/adepted like regular skills.
Racial Skills
Each race also has a special "race skill" that requires you to go out into the realms to find and learn.
| Race | XP Rate | Ability | Resistance | Susceptibility | Racial Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonborn | .90 | Detect Hidden | Fire 20% | Cold 10% | Dragonscale Armor |
| Half-Troll | .90 | - | Poison 10% | - | Treat Battle Wounds |
| Half-Ogre | .92 | Infravision | Pierce 10% | - | Bloodlust |
| Half-Orc | .94 | Infravision | - | - | Brawl |
| Tiefling | .95 | Infravision, Scry | Fire 10% | Holy 7% | Infernal Wrath |
| Dwarf | .97 | Infravision | Fire 10% | - | Patch |
| Human | 1.00 (no gain, no bonus) | - | - | - | Blindfighting |
| Halfling | 1.02 | Detect Evil, Sneak | - | - | Distract |
| Half-Elf | 1.04 | Infravision | Cold 10% | - | Chance |
| Gith | 1.06 | Detect Invis | - | - | Psionic Shield |
| Pixie | 1.08 | Fly, Dodge | - | - | Aerial Mobility |
| Drow | 1.08 | Infravision, Scry | Poison 10% | - | Web of the Ilythiiri |
| Elf | 1.10 | Detect Magic | Cold 10% | - | Guardianship of Irrybis |
| Sea-Elf | 1.12 | Aqua Breath, Detect Magic | Cold 10% | - | Siphon |
| Gnome | 1.20 | Infravision, Detect Magic | - | - | Tinker |
You can find more information on each race, including the actual effects of the racial skills, on [Rodpedia]
Base Stats
Each race has different base stats, and a different number of stat points available to add to that base by the 'train' command during character creation.
| Race | Training Points | Str | Int | Wis | Dex | Con | Cha | Lck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Dwarf | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Elf | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Halfling | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Pixie | 15 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| Half-Elf | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Half-Ogre | 16 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 11 |
| Half-Orc | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| Half-Troll | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Gith | 16 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Sea-Elf | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Drow | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Gnome | 15 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Dragonborn | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Tiefling | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
Hometowns
Each race its own home town, which is a little area only that race can enter. Very much like a guild house, they offer some typical items, donations chests, note boards, and sometimes fun puzzles, quests, or special crap.
You can again find directions to these on [Rodpedia]
| Race | Hometown |
|---|---|
| Human | Keep of Lomar |
| Dwarf | Qetag's Reach |
| Elf | The Island of Irrybis |
| Halfling | The Burrows |
| Pixie | Reomyr Village |
| Half-Elf | City of Eldestra |
| Half-Orc | Mount Krozloy |
| Half-Ogre | Opallinoc |
| Half-Troll | The Ruins of T'man |
| Sea-Elf | Mathlaan Lagoon |
| Gith | The Sands of Teracchei |
| Drow | The City of Iniquity |
| Lizardman | Tribal Swamplands |
| Gnome | Vale of Nidaros |
| Dragonborn | None |
| Tiefling | None |
That's about it. If you're reading this page, you might also be interesting the Class Info page