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02-18-2013, 05:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2020, 07:25 AM by Bertram Anders.)
Overview
First and foremost, it is important to point out and understand that Thay is a land ruled by elitist, racist, and evil human wizards. Humans, far and away, are the most predominant race. The population of Thay is humans 62%, gnolls 10%, orcs 10%, dwarves 8%, goblins 5%, halflings 4%, and all others combined 1%. Thay is not, and never will be, a place of extreme racial diversity. Therefore, to help ensure that the races of player characters are somewhat proportional to the racial makeup of Thay subraces in general are rare and, in some cases, restricted. Only subraces detailed in this topic are allowed in the Thay PW. Special requests for subrace PCs not in this post are no longer accepted. Period.
Thayan Subraces
A Thayan Subrace character starts as normal through the opening sequence and has all the benefits the mysterious allies provide to standard races. They will receive racial stat, feat, and ability modifications as per D&D rules. They have the option to advance on the Path to Power and can obtain all the benefits of gaining notoriety. However, subrace PCs will become notorious at a much slower rate than other PCs - especially humans.
To create a subrace character, make sure you choose the correct base class and then simply enter the subrace name in the Subrace field during character creation exactly as it is spelled out below.
The following is a list of available subraces for Thay from common to rare:
1. Gnoll
2. Orc
3. Goblin
4. Tiefling
5. Drow
6. Fire Genasi
7. Duergar
8. Svirfneblin
Restricted Subraces
To create a Tiefling, Fire Genasi, or Drow PC requires at least one other PC to reach a moderate-to-high level of notoriety to demonstrate you (the player) have spent time enough in the PW to have a good understanding of Thay. To create one of these subrace PCs, check under the Player Menu > Character Options > Subrace Availability when logged in with a PC whose notoriety you would like to use to see if the subrace is available to you.
Creature Templates
The follow templates may also be obtained in Thay, however these templates may only be applied to non-subrace PCs. Therefore, playing something like a Goblin Vampire is simply not possible.
Lycan
Vampire
Lich
Other Considerations
-Effective Class Level (ECL) is enforced for XP rewarded to subrace and special template PCs, making them level slower than standard PCs
-Any PC that does not have one of the 6 standard appearances (human, elf, half-orc, etc) may not own a mount. This is an engine limitation since only those appearances have the mounted phenotypes available to them. As a result, subrace PCs such as Orcs, Gnolls, and Goblins cannot own mounts
-Notoriety by any subrace PC is gained more slowly than any other PCs. As an approximate estimate, subrace PCs gain notoriety at roughly half the rate of human PCs
-Only one subrace or special template PC is allowed per CD Key. For example, if you create a subrace PC you will be unable to play a lycan. Or if you have a vampire PC, you cannot create a subrace PC. And so on. Only by deleting an existing subrace or special template PC can you create a new one
First and foremost, it is important to point out and understand that Thay is a land ruled by elitist, racist, and evil human wizards. Humans, far and away, are the most predominant race. The population of Thay is humans 62%, gnolls 10%, orcs 10%, dwarves 8%, goblins 5%, halflings 4%, and all others combined 1%. Thay is not, and never will be, a place of extreme racial diversity. Therefore, to help ensure that the races of player characters are somewhat proportional to the racial makeup of Thay subraces in general are rare and, in some cases, restricted. Only subraces detailed in this topic are allowed in the Thay PW. Special requests for subrace PCs not in this post are no longer accepted. Period.
Thayan Subraces
A Thayan Subrace character starts as normal through the opening sequence and has all the benefits the mysterious allies provide to standard races. They will receive racial stat, feat, and ability modifications as per D&D rules. They have the option to advance on the Path to Power and can obtain all the benefits of gaining notoriety. However, subrace PCs will become notorious at a much slower rate than other PCs - especially humans.
To create a subrace character, make sure you choose the correct base class and then simply enter the subrace name in the Subrace field during character creation exactly as it is spelled out below.
The following is a list of available subraces for Thay from common to rare:
1. Gnoll
2. Orc
3. Goblin
4. Tiefling
5. Drow
6. Fire Genasi
7. Duergar
8. Svirfneblin
Restricted Subraces
To create a Tiefling, Fire Genasi, or Drow PC requires at least one other PC to reach a moderate-to-high level of notoriety to demonstrate you (the player) have spent time enough in the PW to have a good understanding of Thay. To create one of these subrace PCs, check under the Player Menu > Character Options > Subrace Availability when logged in with a PC whose notoriety you would like to use to see if the subrace is available to you.
Creature Templates
The follow templates may also be obtained in Thay, however these templates may only be applied to non-subrace PCs. Therefore, playing something like a Goblin Vampire is simply not possible.
Lycan
Vampire
Lich
Other Considerations
-Effective Class Level (ECL) is enforced for XP rewarded to subrace and special template PCs, making them level slower than standard PCs
-Any PC that does not have one of the 6 standard appearances (human, elf, half-orc, etc) may not own a mount. This is an engine limitation since only those appearances have the mounted phenotypes available to them. As a result, subrace PCs such as Orcs, Gnolls, and Goblins cannot own mounts
-Notoriety by any subrace PC is gained more slowly than any other PCs. As an approximate estimate, subrace PCs gain notoriety at roughly half the rate of human PCs
-Only one subrace or special template PC is allowed per CD Key. For example, if you create a subrace PC you will be unable to play a lycan. Or if you have a vampire PC, you cannot create a subrace PC. And so on. Only by deleting an existing subrace or special template PC can you create a new one