IWD 2 Races

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Races:
   You have about 7 different races you can choose from, not including the subraces. One thing about subraces, I will add though, some of them are not as great as you would think.Yeah I admit, I always want to play a Drow on a comp RPG but thinking rationally, the level adjustments can be damaging.
     The Drow for example: gain pretty good racial traits: +2 Charisma (which I think all elves should recieve), +2 Intelligence, and +2 Dexterity, but then there is a level adjument of 2. Think of it this way, when your other characters reach 5th level your drow is still at 3rd level.
    However, the Subraces such as: Tiefling and Aasimar, I think are really good, good racial bonuses, and the level adjustment is moderate. I find these subraces make for great spellcasters: Divine and Arcane.
                     I rated each race in accordance to it's contribution to the Game
                                                                                   (5 Stars is excellent)

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Humans:

-Very Versatile

Pretty dependable race, especially now that they can multi-class. Although they have no real racial bonus, such as any additions to Str and so on. They recieve extra feats and skill points, which in turn are incentives for playing a Human. Also another good thing with Humans, their current class becomes their favored class, so you don't have to worry about that damn multi class penalty.
Sub-races : Tiefling and Aasimar, in my opinion are the best sub races in the Game.

Dwarves :

IWD Heavy Hitter -

Great fighters with their +2 Constitution. Also I think they have really good racial attributes, like +1 againts orcs and gobliniods and +2 bonus on saving throws against magic base attacks. And the list continues.
Sub-races: Gold Dwarf- Identical to shield dwarf, no penalty for CHR and +1 against abberations is good, but be advised the duergar aren't worth your time.

Half Orcs:

- The IWD Power House

Yeah, I know they don't get the award for best personality, but I tell ya, these dudes are the tanks of IWD II, with +2 Strength they can deal out alot of melee damage. Nothing really bad about them, just don't let them be the front men of your group, with -2 Intelligence and -2 charsima, they aren't great conversationlist.

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