Race   str/dex/con/int/wis/pow/cha

Elf        12/15/11/13/11/15/11 = 88
Half-Elf 13/14/12/12/12/14/12 = 89
Dwarf    14/12/14/12/13/12/12 = 89
Human  13/13/13/12/13/13/12 = 89

Elf : Elves are an agile race that specialise in spellcasting. As most elves spend their infancy in libraries reading books they are physically weaker than the other races. Elves were traditionally the fairest of all races until the gods grew jealous. As a result all elves have been cursed with ugliness hence they're the only race with 11 cha and have a stat point less than every other race along with a certain dislike of gods. Elves suffer much racial prejudice and are often discriminated against by shopkeepers who charge them higher prices.

Half-Elves: Contrary to common belief not all half-elves are half human. Depending on half elf in question they can be half dwarf, orc, drow, slime, dragon, beholder or whatever other race you can (or can't) imagine. As a result of their rather varied heritage they lack any special traits and are a fairly versatile race with slightly less magical affinity than elves but without their curse or weakened physique.

Dwarf: Dwarves from a young age are reared in the finest possible environment. From the age of 2 a dwarf is expected to work in the mines for up to 23 hours a day with a pickaxe in one hand and a bottle of booze in the other. It is universally known that booze is the drink of the gods due to it's grace enhancing properties and as a result most dwarves become much more attuned to gods. It is rumoured that a dwarf's worst fear is sobriety

Humans: Humans are distinctly average and are a jack of all trades and a master of none. Humans are given a well rounded education that allows them to excel in all subjects. While the other races rely on exploiting their own racial traits humans rely on hard work.

That's what you can use as a placeholder until someone with skill writes something

That's what he's saying. A half-elf has to be half-something else, in his example, dwarf/orc/drow. If you have only half of an elf that's more indicative of a dead elf.

Well I actually hadn't considered other option. Initially I assumed that a half elf was simply an entity of mixed ancestry. Although I guess it could theoretically be an elf that has been cut in half.

I would assume good names for half elves could be things like legs and torso. Head is a good name for a 1/4 elf

Practically I guess the way a half elf would operate is that you start off with an elf and then you cut it in half. You can either be a purist and have it hobble on it's remaining limbs or you can necromantically add additional parts like in half human below who was originally a peasant until he had top half replaced

i agree with clobs shroud  awesome though

So it's been a while since I worked on this feature and I don't remember exactly how it works. It's not 100% finished but IIRC I had the list hard-coded into the server at the point I was at. Make your own list and I'll deal with it when I have the chance.

For the past few weeks (and the next 4) I've been extremely busy. That'll get better around April but until then I really don't have time to finish that feature. I'll make sure it gets done ASAP but until then you'll just have to pretend it exists.

I like shroud's idea about half-elves, anyway i like this more and more, seems like it will be awesome.

I've made good progress with this today. In two days, I'll need someone proficient with the map maker to decorate and develop the starting areas for me, please

And then I'll start fiddling with the GH, SHC and SHV scripts. Following that I think we'll have a big old commit and a test. Any testers around in the next two weeks (MT)?