RP Races Comparisons/Tables

[xegewrath]

Hey, I'm thinking of setting up a chart that lists the advantages and disadvantages of each race over the others. If you are the creator of the race, please post here on how much stronger/weaker it is compared to the other races.

Physical Attributes

Physical Strength	Physical Speed
Seraphim	Seraphim
Gnome	Cherubim
Unborn	Troll
Undead	Gnome
Human	Undead
Wildman	Human
Nephilim (f)	Demonborn
Moreaux (b)	Wildman
Vamphir	Nephilim (f)
Moreaux (p)	Nephilim (s)
Lycanthrope	Moreaux (b)
Nephilim (s)	Vamphir
Cherubim	Moreaux (p)
Demonborn	Lycanthrope
Troll	Unborn

Magical/Supernatural Abilities

Race Name	Abilities
The Unborn	Teleportation, Phase through walls, Transform into wraith-like creatures for a period of time
The Vampirs	Immortality, Feeds On Blood
Lycanthropes	Morph into wolf humanoid form, gains: Heightened senses, increased strength and speed, large claws and fangs, howl can cause momentary paralysis in those weak in the mind.
Moreaux	Potential for any of the following (no standard abilites): Increased physical & mental capabilities, animal senses, defenses, and abilities, or physical mutations.

Currently Approved Races[/u]
Moreaux
- (b)aseline, (p)eak
The Godsent
- Cherubim, Seraphim, Nephilim (f)ire, (s)trength
Trolls
Gnomes
The Unborn
Daemonborn
Undead
The Vampyr

[Nihtgenga]

The amount of variation between members of various races EG Moreaux would make it a bit difficult to compare, I reckon.

[sonnywalker]

That is true; however I can give you a sort of baseline to work from, and/or the extremes

now, if I understand it correctly, Gnomes are average human strength, so for that aspect at least, they make a good starting point.

I was thinking about them, and if someone were trying to push against one with one arm; they'd be using less of their strength, but they can put their weight behind it, and the gnome doesn't have that; it's interesting

[sonnywalker]

This was my guess based on the entries - color represents strength groupings, further down the list is stronger (even within color groups)

a lot was hard to guess based on the various adjectives used

rather than bother with pointing out the weakest possible within each race, I went with average, and also strongest if there is a significant variability (Nephilim's two 'strains' and Moreaux)

Physical Attributes

Physical Strength	Physical Speed
Seraphim	Seraphim
Gnome	Cherubim
Unborn	Troll
Undead	Gnome
Human	Undead
Wildman	Human
Nephilim (f)	Demonborn
Moreaux (b)	Wildman
Vamphir	Nephilim (f)
Moreaux (p)	Nephilim (s)
Lycanthrope	Moreaux (b)
Nephilim (s)	Vamphir
Cherubim	Moreaux (p)
Demonborn	Lycanthrope
Troll	Unborn

Currently Approved Races[/u]
Moreaux (b)aseline, (p)eak
The Godsent
- Cherubim, Seraphim, Nephilim (f)ire, (s)trength
Trolls
Gnomes
The Unborn
Daemonborn
Undead
The Vampyr

[Archdevil Relm]

Yeah, well, I'm thinking Christina would definitely apply as an extreme case. Not sure where she would fit in exactly, but based on that, I'm guessing Yellow, right under Vampyr. Its respectable in itself, but for a Daemonborn, she's effectively crippled. She might gain a little more, and move up a bit more as she grows up, but I can easily see her being made fun of by other Daemonborn for being a weakling. Speed is unaffected by this defect for the most part though.

((I had more, but I decided it merited its own topic))

[sonnywalker]

another thing we could try is to do a numerical system - just 'cuz I like bar graphs



0 No Ability
01 Rudimentary
012 Weak
0123 Below Average
01234 Human Average
012345 Competent Human
0123456 Talented
XXXXXXXX Olympian
XXXXXXXXX Master
XXXXXXXXXX Paragon
XXXXXXXXXXX Threshold
XXXXXXXXXXXX Inhuman
XXXXXXXXXXXXX Superhuman
0123456789ABYZ Godly





003 vs The Mailman

--- Strength --- Speed --- Fighting Ability --- Literacy

003 --- XXXXXXXX --- XXXXXXXX --- XXXXXX --- X

TMM --- XXXXXXXX --- XXXXXXXX --- XXXXXX --- XXXXXXX




1234567890ABYZ
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[xegewrath]

Hey, great list, I updated the first post with it.

Edit: Added the magical and supernatural abilities table

[sonnywalker]

It's a good starting point. Our Head Honcho can probably help a little with Vampirs & Lycanthropes, etc, but judging the relative strengths of different peoples' ideas will be tough.

Moreaux: Potential for any of the following (no standard abilites): Increased physical & mental capabilities, animal senses, defenses, and abilities, or physical mutations.

[pickles]

Personally im a bit confused as to the "Stronger than a human" aspect of it perhaps you should make a baseline for the races gauged off the average human. Cuase I mean really everyone has seen those strong man competitions.

[sonnywalker]

Another aspect to consider is rarity - probably best expressed in PPM, or "parts per million" - about how many you could expect in any random population of 1 million people

Obviously this depends a lot on the environment/heritage etc; werwolves have/had packs/clans, vampires either cohabitate or even produce new vampires; one crazy scientist or dictator might have dozens of Moreaux, etc.

But it seems to me like something we should think about, both in terms of how often a certain PC class might be taken/how often we might deal with them on missions, etc

for instance, in a developed country, I would rate the number of Humanish Moreaux at roughly 13 PPM. Bestial moreaux would be closer to 3 PPM, though these would tend to come in groups and generally in hiding, or sequestered by the creators. Living, capable Freakish moreaux would number probably ~ .8 PPM - a large city PROBABLY has one, but might not.