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Centaur

Swift, strong and bulky, they need more food than other species.
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Deep Dwarf

They live deep underground and cannot regenerate health naturally, but they are resilient and have tools to heal.
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Deep Elf

The most magic-affine elf, but also the most fragile.
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Demigod

They will never follow a god, but Demigods make up for this with divine attributes and health.
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Demonspawn

Demonspawn are half human, half demon. They acquire strong demonic mutations as they grow.
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Draconian

Draconians are versatile hybrids. They mature when reaching level 7 and develop a colour.
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Felid

These cats possess sentience, but are incapable of advanced item manipulation or the use of armour or weapons.
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Ghoul

An undead, damned to rot eternally. They are always looking for rotten food to eat, hacking away with their claws.
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Halfling

Small but hardy, they excel with slings. They have a limited resistance to mutagenic effects.
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High Elf

Proud elves, who can cast spells as well as they can fight with the sword.
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Hill Orc

Orcs are skilled in close combat, and often dabble in offensive magic. Hated by most, orcs are very proud and many of them feel superior.
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Human

Mundane and average.
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Tengu

Bird-people who love to fight, both with weapons and spells. They are quite fragile, but they learn to fly later on.
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Kobold

Small, mischievous and a little fragile, but multi-talented. They can and will eat any meat.
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Merfolk

Half fish, half human, the merfolk are citizens of both water and land.
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Minotaur

A large muscular human with the head of a bull. They excel at all forms of close and ranged combat.
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Mountain Dwarf

Sturdy, strong and not too intelligent, they love heavy weapons and armours.
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Mummy

An undead figure covered in bandages and embalming fluids, compelled to walk by an ancient curse.
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Naga

A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake.
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Octopode

A species of amphibious cephalopods. They can wear eight rings, but almost no armour fits them.
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Ogre

Large and strong, they're mostly seen as brutes. Ogres are very comfortable with the basics of magic, however.
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Sludge Elf

A depraved type of elf, who prefers cunning to fair fighting, and dark magic to other wizardry.
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Spriggan

Very small, very frail and very fast. Spriggans make highly competent stabbers and spellcasters.
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Troll

Large brutes, ready to maim anything with their claws, never thinking twice. They're always hungry.
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Vampire

Shifting between the states of life and undeath, they're accomplished stabbers and casters.
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