Races

In the beginning of the world the Gods created many creatures. However, only two humanoids were created: The Ancients and the Primals, who were known as the Caretakers. The Primals, made of stone and earth, were tasked to care for the earth and its riches. The Ancients, intuitive with nature, were tasked to care for all things that live and grow. When Cerivus, The God of Chaos, sent the Chaos Meteor plunging toward the earth and was deflected by Gyante shards of the meteor rained down upon the world. This brought Chaos to the law and order of the world. Through this the Humans, Ogres, and may other monsters and creatures came to be in the world. As Chaos spread through the world it affected the Ancients and the Primals resulting a long war over control of the world. It changed them until finally in, an event known as “The Fall of the Caretakers”, they faced the wrath of the Gods for their fall from grace. This took place over a very long period of time and Primals and Ancients were split apart into many new people of the world.

The Races
All the races and people of the world are unique and special in their own ways. While Ogres may be dumb, they possess a strength unmatched by any other people in the world. Humans, the most adaptive of all the people have no weaknesses but possess limited capacity of specialization. Throughout this section, you will find the specifics to each of the playable races of the world. How they live and act in the world. In total there are 15 Races, 17 if you count the three sub-divisions of Half-Elves. The races are: Centaur, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Goblin, Half-Elf (available in half Human and Half Dark Elf, High Elf, or Sun Elf), Half-Orc, High Elf, Human, Kobold, Nai, Ogre, Orc, Sun Elf, and Troll.

Loose Factions
Although there are not clearly defined factions in Shadow Light, certain Races do tend to work together. This is referred to as Loose Factions. There are those who tend to fight for the purpose of Justice and Order, and those who fight for the purpose of Power and Chaos. In the middle are those who might be found on their side of this eternal struggle. The table below shows the most likely alignment of each race within these factions. Prior to making a character it should be established if the game will focus on the Order or Chaos faction. Meaning, which types of characters the players may creature. The table above provides the general guidelines for available races depending on which faction the game will focus on. This provides each character with up to 10 choices (12 including all the half-elf variants) to choose from for a game.

Reading the Entries
As you browse the many different Races, you'll found out all kinds of information about each one. Such as their different personalities, physical descriptions, and more. When it comes to the Game Rule Information and Racial Traits it can sometimes help to understand a bit more about what this information means.

Game Rule Information
Here you will find all of the attribute, skill, and discipline modifiers a particular race has. You will also find several other pieces of information that can be helpful at times throughout the game. The first piece of information is the racial attributes. Every race, except Humans have some racial strengths along with weaknesses. The next piece of information is about what classes are available to that particular race. After that you will see what Racial Specializations that race may gain access too. Each race, except Humans, have a racial specific Specialization. You will also find the races size, base land speed, what languages they automatically speak, and any discipline and skill modifiers the race may have.

Racial Traits
Racial Traits explain a bit more about some of the unique abilities a race may have. For example, dark vision allows a character to see in the dark, so you would find some more information about that ability in this section if the race has any.