Race and Monster List

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*NEUTRAL SPECIES MASTER LIST
*Neutral here means they can be played as any alignment, even if they naturally tend toward one alignment or another.

Humans
Humans are the standard characters. No benefits, but also no real downsides. Live up to about 100 years, but would likely retire from adventuring at about half that, aside from mages, who might stay their entire lives.

Merfolk
These characters must remain near a source of water at all times, and can only function outside of land as or nearby a water mage, and are not recommended for player characters because of this. Merfolk have insanely high swimming stats, can operate even in freezing weather so long as there is unfrozen water nearby. Merfolk will dry out in hot or dry environments like Aterra, Savannah Wildlands, or Qarsil, and may die from exposure alone. This race is best with spear-based weaponry. Merfolk have their own underwater lore, and are naturally suspicious of humans they don't meet underwater first, in order to judge them. Merfolk typically have hair that matches seaweed, or their scales. Merfolk have tails under water, and feet when on dry land. They can breathe above or below water.

* Lives from 50-60 years around land, up to 100 years farther from land
* Species ability: Omnilung. Can breathe above or below water.
* Species protection: Cannot be hurt by water-based attacks
* Species weakness: Weak to fire, cannot live in dry environments

Angels
Non-religiously based sorts, it is possible for an Angel to not worship at all. These are merely humans with wings, and are unrelated to bird creatures or altered humans. These beings will have wings with white feathers, black feathers, or feathers that match their skin tone. They will have natural hair colours, but may have paler eyes than most, and in a wider range of colours. No angel will have red eyes. Angels can, of course, fly. They cannot carry more than a passenger of their own weight, and have hollow bones, so they lose defence.
angels, are asexual. They can make friendships, and might be interested in love, but they don't care about gender. Despite not having genders, they can still be referred to as male or female based on name or appearance.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Species ability: Flight
* Species protection: Cannot be seduced
* Species weakness: Hollow bones (weak to blunt attacks).

Centaurs
Exactly what it says on the tin. Centaurs can be based on horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, unicorns, seahorses (for the wavelands), onager, or any hybrid. Their hair will match their coat, they will often have a hot temper, and cannot live in Aterra or the Cyber-Alliance. Often using polearms, staffs or other spear weapons, these types are definitely not the stealthy sort, and are more or less impossible to train as a sneaky class unless justified.

* Lives up to 60 years
* Species weakness: Cannot tumble, or navigate thin planks.
* Species ability: Rideable

Aliens
To be filled in in the future.

Robots
Starting solely in Aterra or the Cyber-alliance, a robot that has gained the will to do what it wants can be good to play as. They must be around a technologically-adept character, or be technologically-adept themselves, however, as they do not naturally heal on their own, but they also do not feel pain. A Robot can look like virtually anything it's designed for.
Robots generally do not pray, but can. They cannot be mages unless they are chronomancers or technomancers, and cannot be healing priests or shamen.

Robots, like angels, are asexual. They can make friendships, and might be interested in love, but they don't care about gender or sex.
* Lives up to 100 years or more, but becomes obsolete after three.
* Species ability: Cannot be seduced, thinks rationally.
* Species weakness: Cannot heal without stopping for repairs, or the aid of a technopath.

Animal-Human Hybrids (creatures)
Any animal crossed with any human in a way that doesn't fall into another category. These characters can be virtually any animal hybrid, with more human or more animal appearances, but they can only be a hybrid of one animal species. (No horse/bird/human hybrids or whatever.) The animal in question will have drawbacks equivalent to the character.
1. Bird-based characters will have hollow bones like angels
2. Amphibious characters will dry out when away from water
3. Fish-based characters will not function outside of water unless they are water mages
4. long-furred characters have the same drawbacks as werewolves
5. Horse-based characters have the same drawbacks and bonuses as centaurs
Etcetera.

* Lives to be about as old as the oldest their creature lives to.
* Drawbacks vary depending on creature
* Bonuses vary depending on creature

Fairies
Small, frail creatures. Fairies have virtually no strength since they are -at most- a foot and a half tall and a foot wide with wings at full extent. To make up for it, they have intense speed and wisdom. Fairies cannot be fighting classes, hunters, or plague doctors. Fairies have hollow bones, and cannot fly if their wings are injured until their wings are healed. Fairies cannot use weapons bigger than scalpels, but can use magic without needing a channeling item (such as a wand) if they have the appropriate scrolls.

* Lives to be about 30 at most, but would retire after about 18. (Becomes human equivalent of 18 at two and a half years).
* Species ability: Flight
* Species ability: Magic channeling
* Species drawback: Hollow bones
* Species drawback: tiny

Dragons
Big, scaly, and inteligent. Dragons player-characters can be only slightly bigger than horses or as small as housecats. They have hollow bones, and can carry as many player characters as their size will allow. They have plenty of strength, but cannot play as stealth classes, and have low charisma, so they are useless at entertainer classes. Dragons do not have thumbs, and therefore cannot use weapons. Magic-based dragons do not need to channel their magic through weapons like wands or staffs, and fighter-based dragons do not need to buy weapons because of their claws and fire breath. Dragons have natural immunity to heat, cold, and bladed weapons. Dragons cannot wear armor.

* Can live to be up to 1,000 years old or more
* Species bonuses: Scaly hide (protects against blades), Magic channeling, Natural weapons (claws, teeth, breath), Natural immunity to heat and cold, Ridable, Flight, Intimidating roar (See werewolf howl).
* Species drawbacks: Cannot wear armor/clothes (bags not included), Cannot hold weapons, No charisma, Little to No bardic ability, May be spontaneously hunted or attacked because of appearance.

Draco-humans
Draco-humans are dragon-human hybrids. Resistant to heat, cold, and bladed weapons, these classes have thumbs, so they can use weapons. They do need wands, staffs, or other channeling items if they are mages. They can fly, but cannot carry more than one human in their arms, and not while carrying a heavy pack. Draco-humans can wear armor. Draco-humans can be any class.
* Can live up to 300 years
* Racial bonuses: Resistant to heat, cold, bladed weapons; can fly
* Racial weaknesses: Low charisma, disliked by humans and dragons

Sphinx
Sphinxes have naturally high intelligence, and natural claws. Any time a sphinx asks a riddle, it has a fifty-fifty chance of entrancing any speaking character who has not been asked a riddle by that same sphinx before until it gets hit, is disturbed, or solves the riddle. Sphinxes cannot be healing classes, and can only start from locations ranging from small down to uncivilized areas, as they are very private characters. These types of characters may dislike most other characters, begrudging those who are smarter and getting easily irritated with those with less inteligence. Sphinxes automatically operate on blue-and-orange morality, under "obsessive" or "Obsessive compulsive". They will obsess about riddles, or might ask everyone they meet a riddle in order to see if theirs are challenging enough. They'll often play mind games. Sphinxes are NOT immune to other sphinx's riddles. Sphinxes are heat-resistant, but weak to cold areas.

Sphinxes can come in lion-with-human-head variety, or in catlike-human variety. Not the same as feline anthro.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Racial abilities: Incredible patience, Sphynx's Riddle, Natural weapons (claws), heat resistant
* Racial weaknesses: Cold weakness, Prefers Solitude, Low Charisma, Blue-and-Orange morality preference, Cannot be healing classes

Elves
Elves are like humans, but with weaker bones. They are less likely to be warrior classes, and if they are they will be mixed warrior-and-stealth or warrior-and-magic styles. They can live in any location, are fairly tall creatures, and prefer fineries, so they are less likely to live in underpopulated areas. Elves are high-and-mighty, often operating on blue-and-orange morality to some degree. They tend to have high charisma, though, so they make up for it. They are generally like humans, only taller, leaner, more magical.
* Lives up to 400 years
* Racial Bonus: Higher Charisma, High inteligence
* Racial Weakness: Blue-and-orange morality preference, Blunt weapon weakness, stuck-up

Dwarves
Dwarves are stout creatures, and are essentially humans. They are simply stronger sorts, and shorter. They are also better drinkers, generally, but that owes to their locational heritage, not their stature. Dwarves are cold-resistant, and can start in the Frozen Tundras, or any other location any other human or elf can start from.
* Same lifespan as humans
* Racial bonus: High strength, cold-resistant, Drinking talent, cold-resistant
*Racial weakness: Short temper, occasional Napoleon complexes.

Grunloch
Grunlochs are creatures from Meradil. They have bright hair that gets brighter as they get old enough to mate, pointy ears with tufts of fur on them, four dull scales on their foreheads that parts their hair, with matching dull scales around their eyes, like a dragon might have. They also have dull scales on their knuckles, as they like to fist fight. Their skin is often a more muted colour, with patches of the same bright colour as their hair, in various spots and styles. They have human dimensions, but dragon-like tails with tufts of bright fur on the ends. The scales are the same muted colours as their knuckle-scales and hair.

Grunlochs have scottish accents, generally. They can have any bright hair/eye colour (it will be the same colour), and love shiny objects and getting into fights. They're not bright enough or patient enough to read or learn magic, so they can't be healer or mage classes (except for Shaman class). They've got a strong sense of honour, but it's the "honour among thieves" kind of honour. They also tend to flirt with anything that moves, regardless of species, but they're easily rejected. Their attention spans are incredibly short, they love to be entertainers, can breed with most humanoid creatures, and love riddles.
Grunlochs can be hunters, but cannot train any animal that isn't reptilian or farm-related. Grunlochs are good swimmers, climbers, and can naturally fist-fight. They're quick to get into scraps, but can never hold grudges, so if you piss one off, you're likely to get a punch to the jaw, then share a drink over lunch.
Grunlochs don't tend to like heavy armor, but already have good defence, and will wear armor if they must. Can survive in hot or cold environments, but they prefer warm or moderate temperatures best.
A picture of a Grunloch: (Pardon the legs, they should be human-like legs, but with paws or lizard-like back claws without boots.)
i14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/pentharis/Grunloch.jpg

*Lifespan: 60-80 years
*Racial bonuses: Natural weapon (Scale knuckles), All-weather compatible, Swimmer, Climber, drinking ability, can't hold a grudge
*Racial weaknesses: Womanizing, Can't be magic-using classes except for Shaman, Loves shiny objects, bad with non-reptilian or non-farm animals

Unborn Children

Living entirely in the Black Lands, these beings were those that died before they were born, and have grown under the care of a mysterious fourth god. They seem to be benevolent, but those who have pets have Judas Goats, black goats the size of massive dogs with big horns and the headbutt of a bull. No matter how nice the owner, the goats are always in the Evil alignment category. What's up with these guys? Only traveling to the Black Lands will tell.

These characters have black, rocklike skin with red glowing from the cracks. Their eyes are red and their hair is frequently ashy black, but they are incredibly kind, almost to a suspect degree...(NON-PLAYER-CHARACTER RACE (for the moment).)

*Lives forever(?)
Racial Bonus: High Charisma (despite looking terrible), doesn't breathe.
Racial weakness: Weak to cold, cannot be raised from the dead (already raised).

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Magically-inclined species

Humans
Humans are the standard characters. No benefits, but also no real downsides. Live up to about 100 years, but would likely retire from adventuring at about half that, aside from mages, who might stay their entire lives.

Merfolk
These characters must remain near a source of water at all times, and can only function outside of land as or nearby a water mage, and are not recommended for player characters because of this. Merfolk have insanely high swimming stats, can operate even in freezing weather so long as there is unfrozen water nearby. Merfolk will dry out in hot or dry environments like Aterra, Savannah Wildlands, or Qarsil, and may die from exposure alone. This race is best with spear-based weaponry. Merfolk have their own underwater lore, and are naturally suspicious of humans they don't meet underwater first, in order to judge them. Merfolk typically have hair that matches seaweed, or their scales. Merfolk have tails under water, and feet when on dry land. They can breathe above or below water.

* Lives from 50-60 years around land, up to 100 years farther from land
* Species ability: Omnilung. Can breathe above or below water.
* Species protection: Cannot be hurt by water-based attacks
* Species weakness: Weak to fire, cannot live in dry environments

Angels
Non-religiously based sorts, it is possible for an Angel to not worship at all. These are merely humans with wings, and are unrelated to bird creatures or altered humans. These beings will have wings with white feathers, black feathers, or feathers that match their skin tone. They will have natural hair colours, but may have paler eyes than most, and in a wider range of colours. No angel will have red eyes. Angels can, of course, fly. They cannot carry more than a passenger of their own weight, and have hollow bones, so they lose defence.
angels, are asexual. They can make friendships, and might be interested in love, but they don't care about gender. Despite not having genders, they can still be referred to as male or female based on name or appearance.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Species ability: Flight
* Species protection: Cannot be seduced
* Species weakness: Hollow bones (weak to blunt attacks).

Centaurs
Exactly what it says on the tin. Centaurs can be based on horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, unicorns, seahorses (for the wavelands), onager, or any hybrid. Their hair will match their coat, they will often have a hot temper, and cannot live in Aterra or the Cyber-Alliance. Often using polearms, staffs or other spear weapons, these types are definitely not the stealthy sort, and are more or less impossible to train as a sneaky class unless justified.

* Lives up to 60 years
* Species weakness: Cannot tumble, or navigate thin planks.
* Species ability: Rideable

*Robots
Starting solely in Aterra or the Cyber-alliance, a robot that has gained the will to do what it wants can be good to play as. They must be around a technologically-adept character, or be technologically-adept themselves, however, as they do not naturally heal on their own, but they also do not feel pain. A Robot can look like virtually anything it's designed for.
Robots generally do not pray, but can. They cannot be mages unless they are chronomancers or technomancers, and cannot be healing priests or shamen.

Animal-Human Hybrids (creatures)
Any animal crossed with any human in a way that doesn't fall into another category. These characters can be virtually any animal hybrid, with more human or more animal appearances, but they can only be a hybrid of one animal species. (No horse/bird/human hybrids or whatever.) The animal in question will have drawbacks equivalent to the character.
1. Bird-based characters will have hollow bones like angels
2. Amphibious characters will dry out when away from water
3. Fish-based characters will not function outside of water unless they are water mages
4. long-furred characters have the same drawbacks as werewolves
5. Horse-based characters have the same drawbacks and bonuses as centaurs
Etcetera.

* Lives to be about as old as the oldest their creature lives to.
* Drawbacks vary depending on creature
* Bonuses vary depending on creature

Fairies
Small, frail creatures. Fairies have virtually no strength since they are -at most- a foot and a half tall and a foot wide with wings at full extent. To make up for it, they have intense speed and wisdom. Fairies cannot be fighting classes, hunters, or plague doctors. Fairies have hollow bones, and cannot fly if their wings are injured until their wings are healed. Fairies cannot use weapons bigger than scalpels, but can use magic without needing a channeling item (such as a wand) if they have the appropriate scrolls.

* Lives to be about 30 at most, but would retire after about 18. (Becomes human equivalent of 18 at two and a half years).
* Species ability: Flight
* Species ability: Magic channeling
* Species drawback: Hollow bones
* Species drawback: tiny

Dragons
Big, scaly, and inteligent. Dragons player-characters can be only slightly bigger than horses or as small as housecats. They have hollow bones, and can carry as many player characters as their size will allow. They have plenty of strength, but cannot play as stealth classes, and have low charisma, so they are useless at entertainer classes. Dragons do not have thumbs, and therefore cannot use weapons. Magic-based dragons do not need to channel their magic through weapons like wands or staffs, and fighter-based dragons do not need to buy weapons because of their claws and fire breath. Dragons have natural immunity to heat, cold, and bladed weapons. Dragons cannot wear armor.

* Can live to be up to 1,000 years old or more
* Species bonuses: Scaly hide (protects against blades), Magic channeling, Natural weapons (claws, teeth, breath), Natural immunity to heat and cold, Ridable, Flight, Intimidating roar (See werewolf howl).
* Species drawbacks: Cannot wear armor/clothes (bags not included), Cannot hold weapons, No charisma, Little to No bardic ability, May be spontaneously hunted or attacked because of appearance.

Sphinx
Sphinxes have naturally high intelligence, and natural claws. Any time a sphinx asks a riddle, it has a fifty-fifty chance of entrancing any speaking character who has not been asked a riddle by that same sphinx before until it gets hit, is disturbed, or solves the riddle. Sphinxes cannot be healing classes, and can only start from locations ranging from small down to uncivilized areas, as they are very private characters. These types of characters may dislike most other characters, begrudging those who are smarter and getting easily irritated with those with less inteligence. Sphinxes automatically operate on blue-and-orange morality, under "obsessive" or "Obsessive compulsive". They will obsess about riddles, or might ask everyone they meet a riddle in order to see if theirs are challenging enough. They'll often play mind games. Sphinxes are NOT immune to other sphinx's riddles. Sphinxes are heat-resistant, but weak to cold areas.

Sphinxes can come in lion-with-human-head variety, or in catlike-human variety. Not the same as feline anthro.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Racial abilities: Incredible patience, Sphynx's Riddle, Natural weapons (claws), heat resistant
* Racial weaknesses: Cold weakness, Prefers Solitude, Low Charisma, Blue-and-Orange morality preference, Cannot be healing classes

Elves
Elves are like humans, but with weaker bones. They are less likely to be warrior classes, and if they are they will be mixed warrior-and-stealth or warrior-and-magic styles. They can live in any location, are fairly tall creatures, and prefer fineries, so they are less likely to live in underpopulated areas. Elves are high-and-mighty, often operating on blue-and-orange morality to some degree. They tend to have high charisma, though, so they make up for it. They are generally like humans, only taller, leaner, more magical.
* Lives up to 400 years
* Racial Bonus: Higher Charisma, High inteligence
* Racial Weakness: Blue-and-orange morality preference, Blunt weapon weakness, stuck-up

Magically-inclined SUBspecies
(coming soon)

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Fighting-inclined species

Humans
Humans are the standard characters. No benefits, but also no real downsides. Live up to about 100 years, but would likely retire from adventuring at about half that, aside from mages, who might stay their entire lives.


Centaurs
Exactly what it says on the tin. Centaurs can be based on horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, unicorns, seahorses (for the wavelands), onager, or any hybrid. Their hair will match their coat, they will often have a hot temper, and cannot live in Aterra or the Cyber-Alliance. Often using polearms, staffs or other spear weapons, these types are definitely not the stealthy sort, and are more or less impossible to train as a sneaky class unless justified.

* Lives up to 60 years
* Species weakness: Cannot tumble, or navigate thin planks.
* Species ability: Rideable

Robots
Starting solely in Aterra or the Cyber-alliance, a robot that has gained the will to do what it wants can be good to play as. They must be around a technologically-adept character, or be technologically-adept themselves, however, as they do not naturally heal on their own, but they also do not feel pain. A Robot can look like virtually anything it's designed for.
Robots generally do not pray, but can. They cannot be mages unless they are chronomancers or technomancers, and cannot be healing priests or shamen.

Robots, like angels, are asexual. They can make friendships, and might be interested in love, but they don't care about gender or sex.
* Lives up to 100 years or more, but becomes obsolete after three.
* Species ability: Cannot be seduced, thinks rationally.
* Species weakness: Cannot heal without stopping for repairs, or the aid of a technopath.

Animal-Human Hybrids (creatures)
Any animal crossed with any human in a way that doesn't fall into another category. These characters can be virtually any animal hybrid, with more human or more animal appearances, but they can only be a hybrid of one animal species. (No horse/bird/human hybrids or whatever.) The animal in question will have drawbacks equivalent to the character.
1. Bird-based characters will have hollow bones like angels
2. Amphibious characters will dry out when away from water
3. Fish-based characters will not function outside of water unless they are water mages
4. long-furred characters have the same drawbacks as werewolves
5. Horse-based characters have the same drawbacks and bonuses as centaurs
Etcetera.

* Lives to be about as old as the oldest their creature lives to.
* Drawbacks vary depending on creature
* Bonuses vary depending on creature

Dragons
Big, scaly, and inteligent. Dragons player-characters can be only slightly bigger than horses or as small as housecats. They have hollow bones, and can carry as many player characters as their size will allow. They have plenty of strength, but cannot play as stealth classes, and have low charisma, so they are useless at entertainer classes. Dragons do not have thumbs, and therefore cannot use weapons. Magic-based dragons do not need to channel their magic through weapons like wands or staffs, and fighter-based dragons do not need to buy weapons because of their claws and fire breath. Dragons have natural immunity to heat, cold, and bladed weapons. Dragons cannot wear armor.

* Can live to be up to 1,000 years old or more
* Species bonuses: Scaly hide (protects against blades), Magic channeling, Natural weapons (claws, teeth, breath), Natural immunity to heat and cold, Ridable, Flight, Intimidating roar (See werewolf howl).
* Species drawbacks: Cannot wear armor/clothes (bags not included), Cannot hold weapons, No charisma, Little to No bardic ability, May be spontaneously hunted or attacked because of appearance.

Draco-humans
Draco-humans are dragon-human hybrids. Resistant to heat, cold, and bladed weapons, these classes have thumbs, so they can use weapons. They do need wands, staffs, or other channeling items if they are mages. They can fly, but cannot carry more than one human in their arms, and not while carrying a heavy pack. Draco-humans can wear armor. Draco-humans can be any class.
* Can live up to 300 years
* Racial bonuses: Resistant to heat, cold, bladed weapons; can fly
* Racial weaknesses: Low charisma, disliked by humans and dragons

Sphinx
Sphinxes have naturally high intelligence, and natural claws. Any time a sphinx asks a riddle, it has a fifty-fifty chance of entrancing any speaking character who has not been asked a riddle by that same sphinx before until it gets hit, is disturbed, or solves the riddle. Sphinxes cannot be healing classes, and can only start from locations ranging from small down to uncivilized areas, as they are very private characters. These types of characters may dislike most other characters, begrudging those who are smarter and getting easily irritated with those with less inteligence. Sphinxes automatically operate on blue-and-orange morality, under "obsessive" or "Obsessive compulsive". They will obsess about riddles, or might ask everyone they meet a riddle in order to see if theirs are challenging enough. They'll often play mind games. Sphinxes are NOT immune to other sphinx's riddles. Sphinxes are heat-resistant, but weak to cold areas.

Sphinxes can come in lion-with-human-head variety, or in catlike-human variety. Not the same as feline anthro.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Racial abilities: Incredible patience, Sphynx's Riddle, Natural weapons (claws), heat resistant
* Racial weaknesses: Cold weakness, Prefers Solitude, Low Charisma, Blue-and-Orange morality preference, Cannot be healing classes

Dwarves
Dwarves are stout creatures, and are essentially humans. They are simply stronger sorts, and shorter. They are also better drinkers, generally, but that owes to their locational heritage, not their stature. Dwarves are cold-resistant, and can start in the Frozen Tundras, or any other location any other human or elf can start from.
* Same lifespan as humans
* Racial bonus: High strength, cold-resistant, Drinking talent, cold-resistant
*Racial weakness: Short temper, occasional Napoleon complexes.

Grunloch
Grunlochs are creatures from Meradil. They have bright hair that gets brighter as they get old enough to mate, pointy ears with tufts of fur on them, four dull scales on their foreheads that parts their hair, with matching dull scales around their eyes, like a dragon might have. They also have dull scales on their knuckles, as they like to fist fight. Their skin is often a more muted colour, with patches of the same bright colour as their hair, in various spots and styles. They have human dimensions, but dragon-like tails with tufts of bright fur on the ends. The scales are the same muted colours as their knuckle-scales and hair.

Grunlochs have scottish accents, generally. They can have any bright hair/eye colour (it will be the same colour), and love shiny objects and getting into fights. They're not bright enough or patient enough to read or learn magic, so they can't be healer or mage classes (except for Shaman class). They've got a strong sense of honour, but it's the "honour among thieves" kind of honour. They also tend to flirt with anything that moves, regardless of species, but they're easily rejected. Their attention spans are incredibly short, they love to be entertainers, can breed with most humanoid creatures, and love riddles.
Grunlochs can be hunters, but cannot train any animal that isn't reptilian or farm-related. Grunlochs are good swimmers, climbers, and can naturally fist-fight. They're quick to get into scraps, but can never hold grudges, so if you piss one off, you're likely to get a punch to the jaw, then share a drink over lunch.
Grunlochs don't tend to like heavy armor, but already have good defence, and will wear armor if they must. Can survive in hot or cold environments, but they prefer warm or moderate temperatures best.
A picture of a Grunloch: (Pardon the legs, they should be human-like legs, but with paws or lizard-like back claws without boots.)
i14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/pentharis/Grunloch.jpg

*Lifespan: 60-80 years
*Racial bonuses: Natural weapon (Scale knuckles), All-weather compatible, Swimmer, Climber, drinking ability, can't hold a grudge
*Racial weaknesses: Womanizing, Can't be magic-using classes except for Shaman, Loves shiny objects, bad with non-reptilian or non-farm animals

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Sneaky-inclined species

Humans
Humans are the standard characters. No benefits, but also no real downsides. Live up to about 100 years, but would likely retire from adventuring at about half that, aside from mages, who might stay their entire lives.

Merfolk
These characters must remain near a source of water at all times, and can only function outside of land as or nearby a water mage, and are not recommended for player characters because of this. Merfolk have insanely high swimming stats, can operate even in freezing weather so long as there is unfrozen water nearby. Merfolk will dry out in hot or dry environments like Aterra, Savannah Wildlands, or Qarsil, and may die from exposure alone. This race is best with spear-based weaponry. Merfolk have their own underwater lore, and are naturally suspicious of humans they don't meet underwater first, in order to judge them. Merfolk typically have hair that matches seaweed, or their scales. Merfolk have tails under water, and feet when on dry land. They can breathe above or below water.

* Lives from 50-60 years around land, up to 100 years farther from land
* Species ability: Omnilung. Can breathe above or below water.
* Species protection: Cannot be hurt by water-based attacks
* Species weakness: Weak to fire, cannot live in dry environments

Angels
Non-religiously based sorts, it is possible for an Angel to not worship at all. These are merely humans with wings, and are unrelated to bird creatures or altered humans. These beings will have wings with white feathers, black feathers, or feathers that match their skin tone. They will have natural hair colours, but may have paler eyes than most, and in a wider range of colours. No angel will have red eyes. Angels can, of course, fly. They cannot carry more than a passenger of their own weight, and have hollow bones, so they lose defence.
angels, are asexual. They can make friendships, and might be interested in love, but they don't care about gender. Despite not having genders, they can still be referred to as male or female based on name or appearance.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Species ability: Flight
* Species protection: Cannot be seduced
* Species weakness: Hollow bones (weak to blunt attacks).


Robots
Starting solely in Aterra or the Cyber-alliance, a robot that has gained the will to do what it wants can be good to play as. They must be around a technologically-adept character, or be technologically-adept themselves, however, as they do not naturally heal on their own, but they also do not feel pain. A Robot can look like virtually anything it's designed for.
Robots generally do not pray, but can. They cannot be mages unless they are chronomancers or technomancers, and cannot be healing priests or shamen.

Robots, like angels, are asexual. They can make friendships, and might be interested in love, but they don't care about gender or sex.
* Lives up to 100 years or more, but becomes obsolete after three.
* Species ability: Cannot be seduced, thinks rationally.
* Species weakness: Cannot heal without stopping for repairs, or the aid of a technopath.

Animal-Human Hybrids (creatures)
Any animal crossed with any human in a way that doesn't fall into another category. These characters can be virtually any animal hybrid, with more human or more animal appearances, but they can only be a hybrid of one animal species. (No horse/bird/human hybrids or whatever.) The animal in question will have drawbacks equivalent to the character.
1. Bird-based characters will have hollow bones like angels
2. Amphibious characters will dry out when away from water
3. Fish-based characters will not function outside of water unless they are water mages
4. long-furred characters have the same drawbacks as werewolves
5. Horse-based characters have the same drawbacks and bonuses as centaurs
Etcetera.

* Lives to be about as old as the oldest their creature lives to.
* Drawbacks vary depending on creature
* Bonuses vary depending on creature

Fairies
Small, frail creatures. Fairies have virtually no strength since they are -at most- a foot and a half tall and a foot wide with wings at full extent. To make up for it, they have intense speed and wisdom. Fairies cannot be fighting classes, hunters, or plague doctors. Fairies have hollow bones, and cannot fly if their wings are injured until their wings are healed. Fairies cannot use weapons bigger than scalpels, but can use magic without needing a channeling item (such as a wand) if they have the appropriate scrolls.

* Lives to be about 30 at most, but would retire after about 18. (Becomes human equivalent of 18 at two and a half years).
* Species ability: Flight
* Species ability: Magic channeling
* Species drawback: Hollow bones
* Species drawback: tiny

Draco-humans
Draco-humans are dragon-human hybrids. Resistant to heat, cold, and bladed weapons, these classes have thumbs, so they can use weapons. They do need wands, staffs, or other channeling items if they are mages. They can fly, but cannot carry more than one human in their arms, and not while carrying a heavy pack. Draco-humans can wear armor. Draco-humans can be any class.
* Can live up to 300 years
* Racial bonuses: Resistant to heat, cold, bladed weapons; can fly
* Racial weaknesses: Low charisma, disliked by humans and dragons

Sphinx
Sphinxes have naturally high intelligence, and natural claws. Any time a sphinx asks a riddle, it has a fifty-fifty chance of entrancing any speaking character who has not been asked a riddle by that same sphinx before until it gets hit, is disturbed, or solves the riddle. Sphinxes cannot be healing classes, and can only start from locations ranging from small down to uncivilized areas, as they are very private characters. These types of characters may dislike most other characters, begrudging those who are smarter and getting easily irritated with those with less inteligence. Sphinxes automatically operate on blue-and-orange morality, under "obsessive" or "Obsessive compulsive". They will obsess about riddles, or might ask everyone they meet a riddle in order to see if theirs are challenging enough. They'll often play mind games. Sphinxes are NOT immune to other sphinx's riddles. Sphinxes are heat-resistant, but weak to cold areas.

Sphinxes can come in lion-with-human-head variety, or in catlike-human variety. Not the same as feline anthro.

* Lives up to 600 years
* Racial abilities: Incredible patience, Sphynx's Riddle, Natural weapons (claws), heat resistant
* Racial weaknesses: Cold weakness, Prefers Solitude, Low Charisma, Blue-and-Orange morality preference, Cannot be healing classes

Elves
Elves are like humans, but with weaker bones. They are less likely to be warrior classes, and if they are they will be mixed warrior-and-stealth or warrior-and-magic styles. They can live in any location, are fairly tall creatures, and prefer fineries, so they are less likely to live in underpopulated areas. Elves are high-and-mighty, often operating on blue-and-orange morality to some degree. They tend to have high charisma, though, so they make up for it. They are generally like humans, only taller, leaner, more magical.
* Lives up to 400 years
* Racial Bonus: Higher Charisma, High inteligence
* Racial Weakness: Blue-and-orange morality preference, Blunt weapon weakness, stuck-up

Grunloch
Grunlochs are creatures from Meradil. They have bright hair that gets brighter as they get old enough to mate, pointy ears with tufts of fur on them, four dull scales on their foreheads that parts their hair, with matching dull scales around their eyes, like a dragon might have. They also have dull scales on their knuckles, as they like to fist fight. Their skin is often a more muted colour, with patches of the same bright colour as their hair, in various spots and styles. They have human dimensions, but dragon-like tails with tufts of bright fur on the ends. The scales are the same muted colours as their knuckle-scales and hair.

Grunlochs have scottish accents, generally. They can have any bright hair/eye colour (it will be the same colour), and love shiny objects and getting into fights. They're not bright enough or patient enough to read or learn magic, so they can't be healer or mage classes (except for Shaman class). They've got a strong sense of honour, but it's the "honour among thieves" kind of honour. They also tend to flirt with anything that moves, regardless of species, but they're easily rejected. Their attention spans are incredibly short, they love to be entertainers, can breed with most humanoid creatures, and love riddles.
Grunlochs can be hunters, but cannot train any animal that isn't reptilian or farm-related. Grunlochs are good swimmers, climbers, and can naturally fist-fight. They're quick to get into scraps, but can never hold grudges, so if you piss one off, you're likely to get a punch to the jaw, then share a drink over lunch.
Grunlochs don't tend to like heavy armor, but already have good defence, and will wear armor if they must. Can survive in hot or cold environments, but they prefer warm or moderate temperatures best.
A picture of a Grunloch: (Pardon the legs, they should be human-like legs, but with paws or lizard-like back claws without boots.)
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*Lifespan: 60-80 years
*Racial bonuses: Natural weapon (Scale knuckles), All-weather compatible, Swimmer, Climber, drinking ability, can't hold a grudge
*Racial weaknesses: Womanizing, Can't be magic-using classes except for Shaman, Loves shiny objects, bad with non-reptilian or non-farm animals

Stealth-inclined subspecies:
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If you are a subspecies, you should list the species you were before being said subspecies on your character sheet.

NOTE: A werewolf's BASE SPECIES (so, what you were before you were a werewolf) cannot use its species traits while transformed.


Vampires
Vampires tend toward evil alignments, but can be played as player characters via "Blue and Orange morality" or "Stupid alignment"s. These characters SHOULD NOT worship the Big Brother deity, and cannot be fire dancers. These characters are naturally inclined to being more upper-class, and dislike werewolves on principal. Vampires have a natural fear of light, and therefore cannot be light mages without severe drawbacks. (Note: Sun vampires are capable of withstanding light, and in fact cannot be awoken unless an attempt on their life is made at night. Obviously this means that Sun Vampires are encouraged to worship the Big Brother deity, and are in fact looked down upon otherwise.)

* Live eternally, as long as they get blood and aren't killed.
* Species ability: Heals from drinking blood
* Species ability: Enslaving bite (When it bites a character, has a chance to enslave said character for a time. If the vampire drains a character, this turns into "Infectious bite", which takes effect the next night.)
* Species weakness: Weak to light
* Species weakness: Sensitive nose (Cannot stand to be around strong odours, such as garlic.)
NOTES: If used as a subspecies of Robot, they cannot have been infected by another vampire (meaning they were programmed vampires) and cannot heal from drinking blood.

Werewolves
Also tending toward evil alignments, but can be played with Blue and Orange Morality or Stupid Alignment. These characters also Should NOT worship the big brother deity, have a fear of fire, and therefore cannot be fire dancers or fire mages. Plague Doctor werewolves are encouraged not to perform surgery while transformed. The transformation process adds to strength, but detracts from either inteligence or dexterity just as much. Werewolves come in five varieties:
1. Those that transform when the big moon is full
2. Those that transform when the little moon is full
3. Those that transform when both moons are full at the same time
4. Those that transform when either one of the moons is full
5. Those that transform at will
The first four have the same benefits, those that transform at will do not have the added strength or decreased intelect or dexterity.

Werewolves may have orange or gold eyes (Or any of the natural colours), and their fur will typically match the hair colour of their base species. Any aboveground species with running blood in its veins can be a werewolf. (Not Vampires, Merfolk, Zombies, aliens, robots, dragons immune to piercing weapons, or any other being immune to piercing weapons).
Werewolves can also be weredogs, or if they infect another anthro, they become a were-whatever-they-already-are. Stats are effected in the same way.

* Lives as long as humans
* Species ability: Terrifying Howl (chance of terrifying opponent, preventing them from moving)
* Species ability: Infectious bite (Can turn others into werewolves with a bite, but only takes effect after the next full moon, allowing the infected species to look for a cure)
* Species weakness: Weak to fire
NOTES: Cannot be a subspecies of robot. (But theoretically, one could have a robot built that behaves similarly to a werewolf.)

Zombified Player Character

Oops! You got killed, and a necromancer brought you back! If you don't have "Not Dead Yet" you're outta luck, bro. A mindless, rotting servant to the necromancer. If you -do- have "Not Dead Yet", then you retain your alignment, intelligence, and every other stat. BUT. There is always a drawback to necromancy! Until the necromancer lets you free, you're in debt to them. Whether that's running menial chores for them for hundreds of years or just asking nicely, you're stuck like that 'till you're let go. If you can't bargain with your necromancer, it might be better to leave that zombified or not-dead-yet character to the necromancer's player, and use a new character. You might get lucky, though, and get a nice necromancer that lets you go early. In the event of you being raised by an evil necromancer, this still stands. Your character may want to refuse orders in either case, but you will still be forced to comply. There is no breaking free of it on your own. (In the case of 'not dead yet', Since the character can still want to refuse orders, and even make that known, this is not a case of mind-control, but it is a form of physical control. In the case of a Zombified player character, it is considered mind control.)

*Lives forever or until killed/dispelled
Bonuses: Doesn't breathe, strong against bladed weapons, can regenerate as long as a necromancer continues to raise or until bones are no longer solid.
Weaknesses: Weak to blunt weapons, mindless (unless the effect "Not dead yet" is in play), NO charisma, regardless of past class or ability list, and unless a spellcaster, no Intellect. )
NOTES: Cannot be a subspecies of robot.

Sally Stitches/ Patrick Patches

Some enthusiastic graverobber or Plague Doctor decided to stitch together some living beings with preserved organs. You may be some uncommon amalgamation of creatures, but you're still a living, thinking being! You owe your life to whoever made you, but otherwise, you're your own person. Be sure to list ALL creatures that the bodyparts come from. May have stitched-on mutations (extra arms, etc.) which will effect you as thus:

* Extra heads result in extra Inteligence
* Extra legs result in extra speed
* Extra arms result in extra dexterity
* Extra tails result in extra stealth
* Animal ears or modified vocal cords result in extra musical talent
* Modification of existing bodily properties for attraction/sensory purposes (changing eye colour, for example) results in extra charisma/modified sensory perception (racial).

Any change other than the last of those results in proportionately reduced charisma.

Racial Weaknesses: When hit with sharp objects, stitching may unravel, which requires a medic or character with Sally Stitches, Make Leather Armor, Make Cloth Armor, or Preserve Organ feats can repair them. Bodyparts from other species have the same weaknesses and strengths as those species.

NOTES: Cannot be a subspecies of robot. Dragons and Fairies can only take bodyparts from other dragons or fairies. Bodyparts from non-angels given to angels will result in hindered flight. Non-flying characters cannot have transferred wings that grant flight. (They would be purely aesthetic).

Altered Being

A normal species altered with mechanical parts. Mechanical parts must be treated the same way as a robot's parts would be treated. Fairies, Angels, and Elves must have lighter, flimsier mechanics or suffer speed/flight/agility losses.

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Bestiary

Inteligent species
Sun Vampires
Gorgons
Minotaurs
Trolls

Enslaved Species
These species are those that are raised/controlled by others.
*Zombies
*Zombies naturally tend toward "evil" naturally, but when raised by a necromancer, they are automatically the alignment of the necromancer, unless they are necromancer zombies or Hated Furies, when they come back as whatever alignment they used to be.
Shadow beasts
These are things raised by the Puppetmaster class.
*Hunter's pets
*Hunter's pets should be treated well, or else their pets might turn on them. However, if the hunter is talented enough and evil enough, the beasts may become more an enslaved species than anything.

Notable Beasts

Basilisk
Chimeras
Griffin
Manticore
Unicorn

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Gargoyles

Some scaly beast somehow unrelated to dragons, these creatures often have wings and can be quite vicious, though also very intelligent. Every day when the sun comes up you turn to stone. Your defence doubles during the day, but obviously you can't move. You -can- meditate on spells if you are a caster, and thus renew your spellcasting abilities each night. Obviously your inability to move and doubled weight will hinder your party. Either they will have to carry you, or they will have to settle next to you each time the sun comes up. But to pay back, despite your massive weight, you can still fly.

*No Charisma Loss for appearance
*Can fly without having hollow bones
*Can channel magic through their claws with half effectiveness.
*Can live eternally if they are not broken apart
*During the day, they have no saving throws, but the enemy must roll very well and be quite strong to destroy them
*Night Sight bonus
*Sinks in water, but doesn't need to breathe during the day
*Can be ridden in flight by one character of lesser size.
*Resistant to bladed weapons
*Cannot wear plate metal armor (but can carry and wield virtually any weapon).

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