Pool of Radiance/Characters creation

Character classes and races
There are six different races and four different classes in Pool of Radiance. The party is made of six characters.

You might decide to make a party with one each of the six races, and different combinations of classes (as highlighted in green in the table).


 * Any race can be a good thief; a pure thief, though, is the most limited class.
 * Humans and dwarves make the best fighters; a dwarf fighter/thief is an excellent warrior who can get multiple attacks and backstab enemies.
 * Humans and elves make the best magic-users (mages); an elf mage/thief can be carried on to the next episodes.
 * Humans only can become good clerics; a half-elf cleric/mage can provide extra healing and magic, but would be unable to wear armor.

Exporting characters
Because of the level caps, the only characters that can sensibly be transferred to Hillsfar or Curse of the Azure Bonds are:
 * Any human;
 * Any pure thief (especially a halfling, whose maximum fighter level will be further limited to 5);
 * An elf mage or thief/mage;
 * A dwarf fighter or fighter/thief.

In the sequels, it would be pointless to play with a half-elf or a gnome.