Tiering? Deciding on a race for your character?
The first step to picking a race is deciding on your class/subclass. (Don't know which one to choose? Use gamestat 10 to view the most popular subclasses.)
Once you've decided on a class, the next step is to pick the right race. That's as easy as clicking on your desired class below:
Find best race for:| Mage (int, luck) | Warrior (str, con, dex) | Thief (dex, str, luck, con) |
Ranger (con, wis) |
| Psi (int, luck, wis) | Paladin (int, con) | Cleric (wis, int, luck) |
Once the table is sorted, take a look at the first few races that show up. Ideally, the first couple of rows will indicate races that provide the best stat modifiers for your chosen class. Be sure to consider any of the races's special attributes when making your decision.
| Race | Str | Int | Wis | Dex | Con | Luck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elf | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwarf | -1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Giant | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Centaur | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Half-griffon | 0 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sprite | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Dark elf | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 0 |
| Halfling | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Quickling | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Troll | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Vampire | -1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wolfen | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -1 | 0 |
| Ratling | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Diva | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -1 |
| Shadow | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Triton | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lizardman | -1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eldar | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hint: You can define your own sorting criteria by clicking on the stat column headers themselves. Hold Shift while clicking to sort by more than one stat.
All values were extracted from 'raceinfo all' and class help files on June 14, 2010.
Please send any errors or suggestions in a note to Mandorallen on the Personal forum. Thanks!
First released on June 14, 2010. View counts were last reset at 15:54:53 - Monday 20 Feb, 2017 MUD time.
fellow Aardwolfians have picked their races since then.