Race

ToME Version:

1.4.4

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Defining Race

All creatures have a race: Monsters, NPCs, and players. 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. NPC examples include Demon/Major, Demon/Minor, Animal/Canine, and so forth.

Type and sub-type are used for certain abilities, most notably for telepathy. The Cursed class Predator talent tree also heavily relies on this concept.

Playable Races

There are fourteen playable races in ToME, six available by default, and eight unlockables (and/or require purchase). Additional races created by the player community also exist as add-ons. While they offer more options and flavor, some may have unresolved bugs or balance issues.

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	(start with +1 category point and +1 class/generic points per 10 levels)
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
Doomelf (# *)	-2	+1	+1	+3	+2	0	0	+25%	9	Haste of the Doomed	Resilience of the Doomed	Corruption of the Doomed	Pitiless
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
Drem	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a	n/a	Frenzy	From Below It Devours
Yeek (*)	-3	-2	-5	0	+6	+4	0	-15%	7	Dominant Will	Unity	Quickened	Wayist
Ogre (*)	+3	-1	0	+2	-2	+2	0	+30%	13	Ogric Wrath	Grisly Constitution	Scar-Scripted Flesh	Writ Large
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
Orc (&)	+2	+1	+1	-1	+1	+1	0	+25%	12	Orcish Fury	Hold the Ground	Skirmisher	Pride of the Orcs
Kruk Yeti (& *)	+5	-3	+4	0	+1	-1	0	+25%	13	Algrid Rage	Thick Fur	Resilient Body	Mindwave
Whitehoof (& *)	+3	-1	+2	+2	-3	+1	0	+30%	14	Whitehooves	Dead Hide	Lifeless Rush	Essence Drain

(*) Race must be unlocked.

(# Requires Ashes of Urh'Rok)

(& Requires Embers of Rage, and is only available in that campaign.)