Guilds
A guild in Astaria is what a class is in a MMO. It is your lifelong profession and what determines how you damage, and eventually kill, your foes in battle. Each shares a communal area (with rooms, boards, and in some cases, stores), a communal "lower" vault in which traditionally lower-level and quality items were placed for the newer members of the guild, an "upper" vault in which higher-level and quality items were placed, and a communal chat channel or "line." Some guilds have specialty rooms or functions, it is up to you to discover what these are and what they do.
There are 9 guilds in Astaria which you may choose to join: Bards, Clerics, Druids, Elementalists, Fighters, Magi, Paladins, and Psions, but under absolutely no circumstances may you join the Thieves.
Finally, each guild has restrictions by statistics. Below are two tables, showing the statistics.
Stat Restrictions
Str Int Wis Dex Con Cha Luck +----------------------------------------------------------------+ Bard any 14 any 12 any 16 any Cleric any any 12 any any any any Druid any any 12 any any any any Elementalist any 12 12 any any any any Fighter 15 any any any 10 any any Mage any 12 any any any any any Paladin 15 any 12 any 10 10 any Psion any 12 12 any 14 any any Thief any any any 12 any any 8 +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Starting statistics by race
Statistic Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha Luck +--------------------------------------------------------+ Aldonian 6 10 6 20 21 10 20 Catflok 10 22 6 19 6 10 20 Dwarf 22 6 20 6 19 10 10 Elf 6 10 6 21 20 20 10 Feigi 6 20 10 21 20 10 6 Gnome 10 22 10 20 6 6 19 Halfelf 10 20 6 20 10 21 6 Human 20 21 10 6 20 10 6 Lacertain 22 19 20 6 6 10 10 Lamia 10 6 20 10 19 6 22 Nereid 6 20 10 10 21 20 6 Romanae 6 10 6 19 10 21 21 Salandrine 10 21 20 6 10 20 6 Sylph 6 22 6 20 10 19 10 Waeccan 6 19 6 22 10 10 20
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