Rappelz/Races

Each of the three races in Rappelz has three classes: a melée-oriented class, a magic-oriented class, and a "summoner" class whose abilities centre around their pets. In a slight departure from form taken by other games in the genre, the a character's class is not chosen at the beginning of play: instead, characters are of a generic "all-rounder" class until level 10, whereupon the player can choose how to specialise. Players are also free to select their character's gender at creation.

All characters can have at least one pet or ridable creature summoned at a time, but only the Summoner-type classes gain skills that can improve their pets.

Players are free to adventure anywhere in the game world, regardless of their character's race.

Deva
The Deva are a light-based race. They are more defensive-oriented, focusing on the powers of healing and buffing.
 * Guide - The Guide is the starting class for the Deva. The skills Smite and Minor Healing are learned by this class.
 * Holy Warrior - The Holy Warrior is similar to a Paladin. It is a warrior which benefits from additional healing capabilities and defensive buffs.
 * Cleric - The Cleric is the main healer/buffer of Rappelz, sacrificing soloing abilities to aid allies. However, the Kahuna class also has some powerful buffs and a healing spell.
 * Can get a spell to bring dead players back to life, others must use a scroll item to do this.
 * Breeder - The Breeder is Deva's summoner. It concentrates more on creature defense buffs and raising creatures quickly.

Asura
The Asura are the dark race of Rappelz, concentrating more on fast attacks and evasion.


 * Stepper - The Stepper is the starting class for the Asura.
 * Strider - The Strider is an assassin-like class that uses high evasion and attack power.
 * Gets upgrades for the cross bow and good with fast attack weapons like duel wield daggers, but not as defensive as the fighter or holy warrior.
 * Gets cross bow upgrades.
 * Dark Magician - The Dark Magician uses spells that drain and weaken the enemy. Has a life drain spell, and gets ability to transfer their hp to others.
 * Sorcerer - The Sorcerer is a summoner that uses buffs that increase the attack power of their creatures.

Gaia
The Gaia are a neutral human race who generally have mix of defensive and attack skills.
 * Rogue - The Rogue is the starting race for Gaia.
 * Fighter - Fighters generally do heavy amounts of damage at slower rates than the Asura Strider, but have better defense. Along with Holy Warrior are the best at withstanding getting hit.
 * Charge shield skill allows them to attack over distances without warning.
 * They get long bow skill boosts.
 * Kahuna - The Kahuna is somewhat of a hybrid between a fighter and a spellcaster. Their attack spells  are mediocre when compared to a mage's and must rely on melee for most damage. It is more similar to the Deva Holy Warrior than the Dark Mage in terms of damage dealing. However, several buffs and a powerful healing spell allows them to sometimes replace Deva Clerics in the support role of large groups.
 * Spell-Singer - The Spell-Singer is a summoner that is halfway between Breeder and Sorcerer. Has poor damage taking ability and gets bow weapon bonus.