Races of Aabahran

The world of Aabahran is home to many races, each with unique strengths, weaknesses, and abilities. This page covers all playable races available during character creation.

Races by Anatomy

Twenty-six playable races and five quest races, grouped by lineage. Click any name to jump to that race's page.

Category	Race
Beast	Feral, Minotaur, Slith, Troll, Werebeast
Demihuman	Gnome, Halfling
Dwarf	Dwarf, Duergar
Elf	Drow, Elf, Lunareth, Wood-Elf
Flying	Avian, Faerie, Kaddar
Giant	Firbolg, Fire Giant, Frost Giant, Ogre, Stone Giant, Storm Giant
Human	Half-Drow, Half-Elf, Human
Unique	Illithid
Quest	Avatar, Demon, Lich, Undead, Vampire

Race Comparison

Race	Size	Exp Penalty	Str	Int	Wis	Dex	Con	Alignment	Ethos
Avian	Medium	250	19	21	21	23	19	Any	Any
Drow	Medium	400	18	24	20	24	16	Evil	Any
Duergar	Medium	300	21	18	20	21	23	Evil	Any
Dwarf	Medium	275	21	18	21	18	25	Good, Neutral	Any
Elf	Medium	375	18	25	20	23	16	Good	Any
Faerie	Tiny	325	14	25	20	23	14	Good	Any
Feral	Medium	175	19	18	21	24	20	Neutral, Evil	Neutral, Chaotic
Firbolg	Large	450	22	17	20	16	22	Good	Any
Fire Giant	Large	225	25	15	15	16	23	Evil	Any
Frost Giant	Large	225	25	15	15	16	23	Evil	Any
Gnome	Small	75	18	23	25	18	18	Neutral	Any
Half-Drow	Medium	0	19	20	21	23	19	Evil, Neutral	Any
Half-Elf	Medium	0	19	21	21	22	19	Good, Neutral	Any
Halfling	Small	350	17	17	21	25	20	Good, Neutral	Any
Human	Medium	100	20	20	20	20	20	Any	Any
Illithid	Medium	425	17	25	23	18	17	Evil	Any
Kaddar	Tiny	325	16	22	20	23	15	Evil	Neutral, Chaotic
Lunareth²	Medium	700	17	24	22	18	21	Good, Evil	Any
Minotaur	Large	200	23	17	18	17	22	Neutral	Chaotic
Ogre	Large	450	24	15	15	17	23	Any	Any
Slith	Medium	150	20	17	18	22	21	Any	Any
Stone Giant	Large	50	24	16	16	17	24	Neutral	Any
Storm Giant	Large	25	24	17	17	16	22	Good	Any
Troll	Large	450	23	15	17	19	23	Neutral, Evil	Neutral, Chaotic
Werebeast	Medium	125	21	19	19	21	20	Neutral	Any
Wood-Elf	Medium	375	18	23	20	23	18	Neutral	Neutral, Chaotic

Quest Races

Race	Size	Exp Penalty	Str	Int	Wis	Dex	Con	Alignment	Ethos
Avatar	As Base Race	As Base Race	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	Good	Any
Demon	Large	550	23	23	18	18	22	Evil	Chaotic
Lich	Medium	500	20	22	22	20	20	Evil	Any
Undead	Medium	475	22	20	20	21	23	Evil	Any
Vampire	Medium	525	23	20	20	22	22	Evil	Any

¹Stats shown are maximum trainable values. All races have a max Luck of 25. Exp Penalty is additional experience required per level beyond the base.
²The Lunareth are a female-only race. The chargen sex prompt is skipped when she is chosen.

Racial Attributes

Race	Vulnerable	Resistant	Immune	Skill Bonuses	Racial Bonuses
Avian	damage type: air	—	—	—	auto flying reduced chance to be hit by bash, bodyslam, etc.
Drow	materials: silver, mithril	damage type: charm	—	sneak, infravision, faerie fire blademaster only: dodge, meditation, vigil	autosneak duration/affect bonuses to Necromancer path/selectable spells bonus chance to land Blademaster critical strikes +1 bonus level to mental spells racial ability: spider summoning (female only)
Duergar	damage type: water -% proficiency to skills/spells on water	poison, magic	—	berserk, infravision	auto infravision Burrow (can squeeze into exits that larger races cannot) automatically benefit from the alcoholic perk
Dwarf	damage type: water -% proficiency to skills/spells on water	damage type: poison, magic (all types except water)	—	berserk, infravision	auto infravision burrow (can squeeze into tunnels that are too small for other races) automatically benefit from the alcoholic perk
Elf	materials: iron	damage type: charm	—	sneak, infravision, scout, quiet movement blademaster only: dodge, meditation, vigil	autosneak bonus chance to land Blademaster critical strikes
Faerie	—	—	—	sneak, fly, steal	auto flying, autosneak reduced chance to be hit by bash, bodyslam, etc.
Feral	damage type: fire materials: fire	—	—	dodge, parry, dual parry, sense motion, first parry, second parry	auto sense motion increased chance to dodge attacks increased chance to land extra attacks racial skill: fury - chance to cause casters to lose concentration
Firbolg	damage type: disease	materials: wood	—	infravision, quiet movement, herb, group herb	increased regeneration in forests
Fire Giant	damage type: mental, cold materials: ice	damage type: fire, physical (all bash, pierce, and slash damage)	—	bash, enhanced damage, bodyslam, two handed	increased damage and proficiency with fire weapons increased damage (not lag) dealt by bash, bodyslam, etc.
Frost Giant	damage type: mental, fire materials: fire	damage type: cold, physical (all bash, pierce, and slash damage)	—	bash, enhanced damage, bodyslam, two handed	increased damage and proficiency with ice weapons increased damage (not lag) dealt by bash, bodyslam, etc.
Gnome	—	—	—	identify, defuse, infravision, detect invis, ranger staff, fletchery, bowyer	—
Half-Drow	—	damage type: charm	—	infravision	increased learn speed for skills/spells/songs
Half-Elf	—	damage type: charm	—	infravision	increased learn speed for skills/spells/songs
Halfling	—	damage type: magic (all types)	—	pry	automatically benefit from the addict perk
Human	—	—	—	—	+1 to primary stat for selected class increased chance for haymaker to succeed increased power of flesh and stone golem spells
Illithid	damage type: light	damage type: mental, lightning	—	trance, cone of force, detect magic, meditation	increased hunger reduction from consuming brains cannot wield or learn how to use weapons increased proficiency in necromancy mastery spells shock passive, converts remaining mana to health at 0hp) racial skill: cone of force racial skill: leech
Kaddar	—	—	damage type: charm	sneak, fly, steal	auto flying, autosneak reduced chance to be hit by bash, bodyslam, etc.
Lunareth	damage type: negative	damage type: disease	—	infravision, detect magic	auto detect magic intermittent bonuses from moon phases
Minotaur	—	—	—	rage, charge, axe	can dual wield any axe, including 2h axes bonus horn damage on charge berserker only: bonus attack + lag to victim on charge
Ogre	damage type: pierce	damage type: bash	—	bash, bodyslam, mace, flail	increased damage and proficiency with maces + flails chance "roar in pain", nullifying high damage from spells or abilities
Slith	—	—	—	spear	auto infravision racial skill: shed racial skill: chameleon (good only) racial skill: swallow (neutral only) racial skill: spew (neutral only) racial passive: second eyelid (evil only, chance to unblind self) racial passive: tail attack, tail trip
Stone Giant	damage type: mental	damage type: physical (all bash, pierce, and slash damage)	—	bash, enhanced damage, bodyslam, two handed	increased damage and proficiency with physical weapons increased damage (not lag) dealt by bash, bodyslam, etc. racial skill: boulder throw
Storm Giant	damage type: mental materials: wood	damage type: lightning, physical (all bash, pierce, and slash damage)	—	bash, enhanced damage, bodyslam, two handed	increased damage and proficiency with physical weapons increased damage (not lag) dealt by bash, bodyslam, etc. racial passive: increased skill proficiency when fighting on water racial passive: increased skill proficiency during lightning storms
Troll	damage type: acid	damage type: disease, poison	—	fast healing, regeneration	increased regeneration at low hp (the lower your hp, the greater the increase)
Werebeast	materials: silver	—	—	mind link, beast call, probe	racial skill: transform racial skill: probe racial ability: werepower
Wood-Elf	materials: iron	damage type: charm	—	sneak, infravision, scout, quiet movement, camouflage, blind fighting	autosneak bonus chance to land Blademaster critical strikes

Quest Races

Race	Bonus Skills	Vulnerable	Resistant	Immune
Avatar	As Base Race	As Base Race	As Base Race	As Base Race
Demon	charge, enhanced damage, infravision	Summon	—	—
Lich	infravision	Holy	Cold	Poison, Disease
Undead	infravision	Holy	Cold	Poison, Disease
Vampire	infravision, vampiric touch	Holy, Light	Cold	Poison, Disease

The Lunareth also gain a moon-tied resonance not shown above. While Lysenties is high she heals roughly five percent faster, while Dyphrities is high she draws mana roughly five percent faster, and during an eclipse her healing falls by ten percent. See the Lunareth page for the full breakdown.

Class Availability

Race	War	Ber	Ran	Pal	DK	Cle	Mon	Inv	BM	Nec	Hea	Sha	Brd	Dru	Bla	Rog
Avian	x				x			x	x	x			x		x	x
Drow	x				x	x		x	x	x					x	x
Duergar	x	x			x	x									x
Dwarf	x	x		x		x									x
Elf	x		x	x		x	x	x	x				x		x	x
Faerie	x							x	x				x			x
Feral	x		x			x	x								x	x
Firbolg	x		x	x		x	x		x		x		x	x
Fire Giant	x	x			x	x
Frost Giant	x	x			x	x
Gnome	x		x					x	x				x
Half-Drow	x				x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x		x	x
Half-Elf	x		x	x		x	x	x	x				x		x	x
Halfling	x		x			x							x		x
Human	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x			x		x	x
Illithid										x
Kaddar	x					x		x	x	x					x	x
Lunareth			x			x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Minotaur	x	x	x
Ogre	x	x	x			x
Slith	x		x			x									x
Stone Giant	x	x	x
Storm Giant	x	x		x		x
Troll	x	x					x					x
Werebeast	x	x	x
Wood-Elf	x		x					x	x				x		x	x

Note: This table shows classes you can select at creation. All clerics can convert to shaman or healer from their respective guild between levels 25 and 30. Quest classes should apply as indicated in their respective requirements help file.