UC MUD Races
One idea is to have basic races and have a bunch of sub-races based on location. This presents a problem with humans, so maybe we'll just leave them out. Entirely. (Hey baby, want to kill all humans?) Additionally, only a subset of races are playable. Some of those are "elite" and require a quest or some amount of time in game with a basic character before they can be unlocked.
Racial group | Race(s) | Size | Language Capability | Player Option | Description | Bonuses |
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Elf | Cavern, Forest, Plain, Mountain, Desert, Tundra | Medium | Sentient | Player Race. Some Elite | Elves are named for the region they're most found in. | |
Dwarf | TBD | Medium | Sentient | Player Race | All dwarves have beards | |
Halfling | Gnome, Hobbit, Kender | Small | Sentient | Player Race | Gnomes have increased magic and big ears. Hobbits are charismatic. Kender are nimble. | |
Fae | Brownie | Small | Sentient | Player Race | No wings, frail, increased magic | |
Fae | Satyr | Medium | Sentient | Elite Player Race | Mostly male, got legs, reaction adjustment | |
Fae | Nymph | Medium | Sentient | Elite Player Race | Mostly female, very pretty, inherent spells, reaction adjustment | |
Fae | Pixie | TBD | Sentient | NPC | ||
Fae | Sprite | TBD | Sentient | NPC | ||
Fae | Sidhe | Small | Sentient | Elite Player Race | Brownie with wings | |
Fae | Naiad | TBD | Sentient | NPC | Water fae | |
Reptite | Kobolds | Small | Sentient | NPC | Little Lizardfolk | |
Reptite | Naga | Medium | Sentient | NPC | Snake people | |
Reptite | Lizardfolk | Medium | Sentient | Elite Player Race | Lizard humanoids | |
Reptite | Troglodytes | TBD | Sentient | NPC | ||
Reptite | Kappa | Small | Sentient | NPC | Water reptites | |
Anurans | Rana | TBD | Sentient | NPC | Frog people. Anurans are amphibious humanoids | |
Anurans | Bufonid | TBD | Sentient | NPC | Toad people | |
Anurans | Hylids | TBD | Sentient | NPC | Tree Frog people | |
Anurans | Dendrobs | TBD | Sentient | NPC | Poison Dart Frog people | |
Goblin | Orc | Medium | Sentient | Elite Player Race | ||
Goblin | Gremlin | Small | Sentient | NPC | ||
Goblin | Troll | Medium | Sentient | NPC | ||
Goblin | Hobgoblin | Small | Sentient | NPC | ||
Goblin | Kol'ksu | Small | Sentient | NPC | Water goblins | |
Giant | Storm, Ice, Fire, etc. | Large | Sentient | Elite player race | Adjustment to alignment and reaction based on type. | |
Giant | Ogre | Large | Sentient | Elite Player Race | ||
Dragon | Chromatic and Mettalic? | Large | Sentient | NPC | ||
Elenae | Lion, Tiger, etc. | Medium | Sentient | NPC | Like a centaur but with a cat instead of a horse. | |
Aeryn | Hawk, Raven, Heron | Medium | Sentient | NPC | Winged humanoids, bird wings | |
Golem | Material type | Medium | Sentient | Elite Player Race | Moving statues | |
Demons | TBD | TBD | Sentient | NPC | ||
Angels | TBD | TBD | Sentient | NPC | ||
Human | Half-elf, Half-orc, Half-ogre | Sentient | Player Race | Humans are not playable. Long ago, they were the largest single race on the planet. They could interbreed with just about anything, and they had a god named Bruce. Bruce was an asshole, and encouraged his followers to also be assholes, so the other gods ganged up on him and killed all the "pure" humans. There's a legend that Bruce was allowed to shelter one colony of humans (off on some island, somewhere, and everything on that island is lethal, except maybe some of the sheep), but none have been seen in ages. |
Contents
- 1 Other Elite Races
- 2 Race changing
- 3 Aging
- 4 Racial prejudices
- 5 Interbreeding
- 6 Non-sapient races
- 6.1 Animals
- 6.1.1 Canine
- 6.1.2 Feline
- 6.1.3 Avian
- 6.1.4 Reptiles
- 6.1.5 Amphibian
- 6.1.6 Insect
- 6.1.7 Rodent
- 6.1.8 Ursine
- 6.1.9 Fish
- 6.1.10 Shark
- 6.1.11 Whale
- 6.1.12 Dinosaur
- 6.1.13 Mustelidae
- 6.1.14 Lagomorph
- 6.1.15 Pinniped
- 6.1.16 Arachnid
- 6.1.17 Crustacean
- 6.1.18 Molluscs
- 6.1.19 Echinoderms
- 6.1.20 Marsupials
- 6.1.21 Monotreme
- 6.1.22 Chiroptera
- 6.1.23 Xenarthra
- 6.1.24 Tubulidentata
- 6.2 Magical Monsters
- 6.1 Animals
Other Elite Races
Half-Dragon
- Standard size
- Breath attack
- Inherent AC
- Boost to stats
- Pick a dragon kind
- Adjustment to alignment
- Adjustment to reaction based on type
- Wings?
- What's the other half?
Half-Angel/Demon
- Standard Size
- Bonus to appropriate cleric powers
- Adjustment to alignment
- Adjustment to reaction based on type
- Wings
- Inherent spells
Race changing
Vampire
- Based on existing race
- Infection
- Curable
Lich
- Ritual
- Uncurable
- Requires magic
Mechanoid
- Ritual
- Uncurable
- Requires severing limbs
Were
- Wolf, Cat, Rat, etc.
- Uncontrollable change
- Curable
- Also able to learn to control change
Ghost
- Happens each time you die
Aging
- Do characters age? Will they eventually need to be retired? Do different races age differently?
Racial prejudices
The things listed below are to be used as guidelines for how NPCs react to certain races:
- Some races are "Evil": Half-orcs, half-ogres, half-chromatic dragons, half-demons, drow, ogres, orcs, lizardfolk, evil giant types, liches, vampires, weres.
- This does not apply within their own race, though it might apply across to other "evil" races: Orcs mistrust half-demons, for instance.
- Heck, even half-demons mistrust other half-demons.
- Pixies and Fairies are "flighty". Even the ones without wings.
- Small races are patronized by larger ones
- Weres and Vampires are infected. Might be treated as contagious
- Ghosts can't be seen except by clerics with the right skills
- Mechanoids might also be considered infected
- Golems are treated as machines
- Satyrs, Nymphs and Wild Elves are "interesting"
- Dwarves like beer
- Elves like trees
- Humans liked ~everything~ *eyebrow waggle*
- Half-elves are "lucky"
Specific interactions to consider:
- Who likes each other? Who doesn't?
- What kind of bonuses does this give them? Combat?
Interbreeding
- Humans and anything close to their size Thus all the half-things.
- Half-gnomes? Half-halflings? Half-giants? What's too small or too large?
- Are all these playable?
- Dragons, Angels, Demons breed with any standard race and modify that.
Non-sapient races
No interbreeding here. Just a list of animals/monsters that don't have language or civilization. Each super-category will have a size range to limit the subcategories
Animals
Canine
Dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes
Feline
Lions, tigers, house cats, lynx
Avian
Eagles, owls, ravens, crows, sparrows, hawks, herons, flamingos, dodos
Reptiles
Turtles, crocodiles, alligators, lizards, snakes
Amphibian
Frogs, toads, salamanders, caecilian
Insect
Mosquitos, ants, bees, flies, cockroaches, fleas, beetles
Rodent
Rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters, squirrels, beavers, chipmunks, capybara, guinea pigs, voles
Ursine
Panda, polar bear, grizzly, brown bear, black bear
Fish
Freshwater and saltwater
Shark
Whale
Dolphins, orcas, baleen, blue
Dinosaur
Mustelidae
Wolverines, ferrets, otters, honey badgers. This family is the shit.
Lagomorph
Hares, rabbits, pika
Pinniped
Walrus, sea lion, fur seal, earless seals
Arachnid
Spiders, scorpions, ticks
Crustacean
Crabs, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, krill, barnacles
Molluscs
Squid, octopus, cuttlefish, snails, slugs, oysters, clams, mussels, scallops
Echinoderms
Starfish, sand dollars
Marsupials
Kangaroo, koala, possum, sugar glider, thylacine, wallaby, bandicoot, Tasmanian Devil (need to rename), wombat,
Monotreme
Echidna, platypus
Chiroptera
Bats
Xenarthra
Anteaters, sloths, armadillo
Tubulidentata
Aardvark