Before you play, you have to choose the name, race and appearance of your character. That's all you specify; everything else (your skills, abilities and alignments) is developed in the game.
Races[edit]
There are six races for player characters. There are 3 free races: Human, Dwarven and Elven and 3 pay-to-play races: Draegoni, Orcan and Gnomish. There are currently no advantages or disadvantages to any of them other than books being available to give a combat bonus while fighting any of the 3 races. However, player combat is only allowed in some areas of the world so this can be easily avoided.
Basic Attributes[edit]
Physique, Coordination, Reasoning, Will, Instinct & Vitality
Cross Attributes[edit]
Might, Matter, Toughness, Charm, Reaction, Perception, Rationality, Dexterity & Ethereality
Nexuses[edit]
Human, Animal, Vegetal, Inorganic, Artificial & Magic
Experience[edit]
Character will advance in experience through the use of skills. When enough experience points accumulate, the character will advance a level and gain a Pick Point to spend on their characters attributes or perks. All characters begin the game at level 5 to allow them some points to customize their character initially.
Perks[edit]
There are numerous positive and negative perks available in the game.
Positive Perks[edit]
Artificer, Body Piercing, Careful Guy, Conjurer, Evanescence, Excavator, Fast Regeneration, Fatal Man, I Glow In The Dark, Mirror Skin, Monster Magnetism, No More Tears, Powersaving, Self Destruction, There Is No Fork, I Eat Dead People
Negative Perks[edit]
Antisocial, Gelatine Bones, Godless, Hellspawn, I Can't Dance, Power Hungry, Harvesters of Sorrow, Scotty Died