THe races
Of Shadowgate
Playable Races
Shadowgate allows players to become one of a large number of races, all of which bear a variety of ethos and abilities to help shape the character. All standard races/subraces are available on creation, but level-adjusted creatures can only be played by request. Beast races, and those of naturally evil inclination, should be carefully considered before play, as they will encounter many challenges (vision, language communciation, and general lack of acceptance in most civilized areas) beyond those of surface races. Also, large-size races may find equipment more difficult to find than other characters.
Any races not listed in one of the categories below, are not currently open to play, and will only be encountered in the game as coded creatures or plot NPCs.
Human
Classic human adventurer but with both planetouched ancestors and different ethnicities
Elf
The fey race in all it wonders. You can choose different subraces aswell.
Dwarf
The stout folk, lovers of metals and treasure. But stubborn as a mule. Few subraces to choose from
Orc
The infamous villains. Brutish and dangerous tribal race with their own subraces
Half-elf
The breed between a human and elf. Split between a human and elf world is difficult
halfling
The short folk or as we know them the halflings are a creative and loveable race. Fond of ales and food and all the good things in life
Half-orc
Normally a product of a orc ans a human, or other humanoid, brings these creatures to life. What are you orc or human?
Gnome
The inventors and great mages of the gnomes are intelligent and cunning folk. Ever felt the prank of a gnome? No? beware then!
Half-ogre
The breed between a ogre and humanoid. Big brutish and terrifying
Firbolg
Large giant-kin with fiery red hair. Smaller than hillgiants and more friendly
Beastkin
The mysterious beastfolk of the forest. More civilized than you imagine, or a brute?
Kobold
The small packlike dragon-kin kobolds. Can one rise above the tribe and become something more?
Goblin
The greenskin horde, ugly, evil and malicious.
Drow
The matriachial drows of the underdark. Sometimes few venture unto the surface to spread fear.
Half-Drow
The ultimate outcast. Hated by both the drows and the surfacedwellers.
Voadkyn
The rare forest giant of myth. Are they as jovial as legend tell?
Wemic
Where honor is the most important thing, in these desert folks life!
Bugbear
Giant-like goblins that lives in their underground lairs and prey on the surfacedwellers.
Hobgoblin
A military race that are in eternal war with the elves, and hated by all.
Gnoll
Half-hyena like giant-kin race, that is feared everywhere.
Ogre
Ugly, 9 feet tall, smelly and brutish. That is the ogre, the monster in bedtime stories.
Deva
The lowest of the angels, sent to the primematerial plane to aid mortals agaisnt evil.
Ogre-Mage
Intelligent ogres, even bigger than their cousin, who use guile and magic to gain power and wealth
Minotaur
Half bull, half giant. Brutish territorial beast of nightmares.
Centaur
Half horse, half elf who sees honor as life, and tends to be friendly at the common races.
Dhampir
Half-mortal- half-vampire, how will these have a normal life and not be hunted?
Planetouched
Human planetouched subraces are those who claim an ancestor of planar origin
Shade
The changed Shadovar who undergoes the ritual to become something else!
Satyr
A hedonistic half goat half human race who have venture out of the feywild
Vampire
The eternal bloodsucking, day hating vampires of legend
Yuan-ti
The ancient and secretive half-saurians with innate power to disguise themselves as humans.
Saurian
The two diffetrent breeds of the Saurian race. The massive Hon-ele or the lithe Lani-ele
Squole
A strange sentient para-elemental race
Undead
The living dead, not just raise, but intelligent beings out of a nightmare