Race

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All creatures have a race. Races consist of two parts; type and sub-type. Type is usually a species, while the sub-type is a variety of the species. For example, if you choose to play as a Higher, your type will be "Human", and your sub-type "Higher". This will be displayed as "Human/Higher" in the game.

Type and Sub-type are used for certain abilities, most notably for telepathy. The cursed's Predator talent tree also heavily relies on this concept.

Playable Races

There are nine playable races in ToME, six available by default, and three unlockables.

Bold numbers are bonuses.

Italic numbers are penalties.

Racial stat modifiers do not change your base stats.

Race	Str	Dex	Con	Mag	Wil	Cun	Luck	Exp Penalty	Life Rating	Racial Talents
Cornac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0%	10	(no racial talents, but gain +1 category point on start instead)
Higher	+1	+1	0	+1	+1	0	0	+15%	11	Gift of the Highborn	Overseer of Nations	Born Into Magic	Highborn's Bloom
Shalore	-2	+1	0	+2	+3	+1	0	+25%	9	Grace of the Eternals	Magic of the Eternals	Secrets of the Eternals	Timeless
Thalore	+2	+3	+1	-2	+1	0	0	+35%	11	Wrath of the Woods	Unshackled	Guardian of the Wood	Nature's Pride
Halfling	-3	+3	+1	0	0	+3	+5	+20%	12	Luck of the Little Folk	Duck and Dodge	Militant Mind	Indomitable
Dwarf	+4	-2	+3	-2	+3	0	0	+25%	12	Resilience of the Dwarves	Stoneskin	Power is Money	Stone Walking
Ghoul (*)	+3	+1	+5	0	-2	-2	0	+25%	14	Ghoul	Ghoulish Leap	Retch	Gnaw
Skeleton (*)	+3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	+40%	12	Skeleton	Bone Armour	Resilient Bones	Re-Assemble
Yeek (*)	-3	-2	-5	0	+6	+4	0	-15%	7	Dominant Will	Unity	Quickened	Wayist

(*) Race must be unlocked.