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Chapter 1: Race and Gender
To begin creating a character, this chapter
presents information on 2 of the 1 st considerations:
Race 1 and gender 2 . Race and gender may affect the
rest of character creation, opening some doors of
opportunity and closing others. The different races
and genders, while flexible to a certain extent, are
also more naturally suited for different things. For
instance, male anakim are likely to be more successful
as gladiators than female kobolds.
Race
Most importantly, consult with the Aedile
to see if Race is determined randomly or may be
chosen by the player. Random determination is
more realistic, since no one gets to choose their race
in reality. However, the random determination of
race is problematic if a group of players are involved
because the races may not get along with each other.
Therefore, the Aedile must choose whether Race is
determined randomly or chosen by the player.
If the Aedile declares that Race is determined
randomly, then roll 1d100 and consult the
following table:
Race: Random Determination
Roll
Race
01
Anakim
02-16
Bugbear
17-19
Dwarf, Black
20
Dwarf, Brown
21
Dwarf, White
22
Elf, Dark
23
Elf, Light
24-53
Human
54-73
Kobold
74-79
Ogre
80-81
Ogre, Cliff
82-84
Ogre, Gruagach
85
Ogre, Kinder-fresser
86-87
Troll, Borbytingarna
88-90
Troll, Hill
91-100
Troll, Subterranean
Chapter 1: Race and Gender
1. The races for players have been selected strictly from European mythology and folklore. Other criteria include that they
must be bipedal, mortal, smaller than giants, and have no special abilities such as invisible gnomes. For more information, see
the References section at the end of this book.
2. Though sex usually refers to biological differences and gender usually refers to environmental differences, gender is chosen for
this chapter because sex may be confused with sexual acts.
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