Races

Your choice of race in Astaria determines three things:

• Your stats. These determine how well your character performs in the game.
• Your appearance. While this is optional, each race has a specific subset of bodily areas to customize the looks of. It is optional in that you do not need to complete this step to start playing the game, but also because using the setlook command will override what people see when they look at you.
• Finally, it determines what racial ability you have. Some of these abilities are "passive," they are always on and always doing something, while others are "active," requiring you to type in a command to use. Some are directly related to combat, some do not involve combat at all.

There are 15 races to choose from in Astaria, each with a unique racial ability, they are:

• Aldonian - Scribing
• Catfolk - Uncanny Reflexes
• Dwarf - Drunken Brawling
• Elf - Mystical Affinity
• Feigi - Precognition
• Gnome - Treasure Hunting
• Halfelf - Wild Magic
• Human - Moral Ambivalence
• Lacertain - Basking
• Lamia - Formshift
• Nereid - Waterbreathing
• Romanae - Bartering
• Salandrine - Firebreathing
• Sylph - Flying
• Waeccan - Provocation