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NUO has seven exciting player races. Each comes complete with unique a appearance, their respective name appendage, exclusive items and skillsets, and more. The latter is of great importance when deciding upon a race. Only certain races may train certain crafting skills. However, each race has equal access to pvp skills. Of course, the roleplay potential in our race system is enormous and though not required, is supported. Regarding skill gain in NUO, I was never a fan of the infamous skill grind. I hate it more today. That is not what NUO character development is about. Upon Character Creation you will be granted five (5) Skillballs which grant you the ability to instantly GM any five pvp skills. You will next receive (2) +50 skillballs that may be used for any skill (pvp or crafting) within your Race guidelines. You will also be able to choose a warrior's (str100, dex100, int 25) or mage's (str 100, dex 25, int100) stat-set. Any fine-tuning is at your leisure and will be significantly quicker than OSI results, or most any other MMOG for that matter. One item of import, readers will note that each race has an exclusive proficiency in a craft or two. For instance, only an Elf can fletch bows and only a Half-Orc can mine ore. The ultimate intention of NUO design team is for players to have complete control of their own economy. Once their is a large enough group of crafters to support the consumption rate of our playerbase as a whole, the npc vendor product will be eliminated or have drastically high prices. Ie. Once there are a few Half-Orcs selling enough iron ingots to suit the needs of all the smiths and tinkers and such in the world, npc vendors will no longer sell iron ingots. Read below for more on each race. |
The Dwarves have long been a reclusive sort. Hiding in their mountain halls, pouring over their massive treasure hoards with great pride. Holed away in their private cities, they have mastered the skills of Blacksmithing, ItemID, and Arms Lore. With such a skillset, they excel in the crafting and use of all sorts of metal weapons and armor. Confined to such small spaces, and subsisting on limited resources in great numbers, Dwarves have founded their societies on strict adherence to Law and Order. Among the various clans, one may find both good and evil types. But all adhere to the laws and principles of the Dwarven way of life out of necessity. It is worth noting that Dwarves have a particularly ugly history with Half-Orcs, as detailed below. |
The Elves have lived a cloistered existence among the woods of our land for time beyond reckoning. The fact that they've only recently been recognized in any municipal record is testament enough. However, no one can deny that evidence of their magic has long infiltrated our societies through artifact and myth. Unlike their stouter, hairier cousins, the Elves have chosen a life removed for less antisocial reasons. Rather than distrusting the world at large, they simply recognize that their way of life would be ill matched for the more aggressive and expansionist cultures of the social majority. Steeped in tradition and a profound respect for Mother Earth and Life, the Elves have learned to master a lifestyle that embraces the organic and arcane. Fletching, Inscription, and ItemID are their skillset. |
Never has their been a more efficient race than the little red folk. Small in stature and large in aspiration, the Gnomish society knows nothing of the fear of failure or "cannot do". Their inquisitive minds and dextrous fingers lend to a propensity for amazing discoveries and creativity. They pride themselves on their inventiveness. These qualities are conducive to the chosen skillset of all Gnome characters, Alchemy, Tinkering, and ItemID. Ever the consumate haggler, the average Gnome prefers to barter much of their lesser work for raw material with the "more mundane" races, as they like to refer to everyone else. Their greatest inventions they keep to themselves, promoting their self-proclaimed dominance over others. Both good and evil, Gnomes tend toward Chaos over Order. Profit is King! |
As in all things, Humans have assumed mastery of the quick and quickly profitable. Living shorter average lifespans than most other races, they have developed into a much more aggressive society. One that is attracted to fast progress and faster payoffs. Tailoring, Cooking, Carpentry, and TasteID are their trade. Though rather amicable in most of their relationships, Humans are quick to pass judgement when their progress is threatened. In an effort to continue their pursuit of increasingly rarer resources, they've become excellent ambassadors. Through persuasive exchanges, they acquire all that is needed to maintain their trainwreck pace toward the ever elusive carrot called progress. |
Half-Orcs are more prolific than any other race. Bent and bitter, they have no higher aspiration than to establish complete and utter dominance over every other living thing. Once the enslaved miners of Dwarves, they extracted precious ore from the deep and dank bowels of the earth while their masters practiced more sophisticated crafts. There inevitably came a day when one Half-Orc realized that the masters could no longer recall the intricacies of the "dirty trade", however irrevocably dependent upon its fruits they were. This was the day that Azgrat the Terrible began to organize the revolution. Since, the Half-Orcs have been very secretive over their knowlege on deep ore Mining. In exchange for this most precious resource, they have negotiated acquirement of the Arms Lore and Spirit Speak skills. |
Dark and sinister, the Shade is the only creature that shares with the Half-Orcs a tendency for Evil naturedness. Organized or acting alone, all Shades harbor an eagerness for caustic and ill-gotten accruments. Poisoning, Stealing, Stealth, Lockpicking, and Spirit Speak are their tools. Trickery and deception are their game. Despite their unfavorable disposition, many a Shade can be found in the employ or partnership of other races in that their skills are utilitarian, however distasteful. Their lineage is constantly in question as more than one historical reference draws associations to the Vampires of old. Drawing twisted conclusions of abominable cross-breeding and tortured perversions. Whatever the case, no one can deny the innate hatred they share for and with Werewolves. |
Werewolves are universally known to adopt hermetic lifestyles. Prefering to live out their lives in the company of their (at least partial)animal kin, they shy away from most civilized establishments. Animal Taming, Spirit Speak and TasteID are their chosen passions. Shades are their destined adversaries. Werewolves are the greatest proponent of the common ancestry between Vampires and Shades. Living off the blood of livestock and wild beast from coast to coast, Vampires were deemed the greatest threat to all that the beastmen hold dear. By assumed association, Shades are regarded as equally abhorrible and are attacked on sight as often as they are tolerated. |
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Race related skills deal exclusively with non-pvp skills. It is important to
remember that with many skills, only one or two Races have a skillcap of GM or
the ability to train it at all. Below is a list of what each Race excels at.
Bold text signifies absolute monopoly on higher end product (Ie. Deadly poison, Valorite Ore, etc.). Italic text signifies skill that is a shared monopoly with other Race(s). *** NOTEWORTHY ITEMS RE: SKILLS *** There are many new artifacts and systems that require previously unimportant skills to employ, making these skills more valuable than expected.
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