Remort races are those races which cannot be joined when a player starts playing on RetroMUD. Instead, once a character has reached level 100 and completed a special quest, that character will have the opportunity to "remort" into one of these special races. The races represent the various metaraces of the Retroverse, and there are also remort races which have no kinship to any metarace. Each race is stronger than an average non-remort race; as a result, each remort race will thus have a correspondingly low exp rate in exchange for having more advantages and not having some of the weaknesses that regular races carry. Some important notes for people wishing to take a remort race: 1) YOU MUST BE LEVEL 100 TO QUALIFY FOR A REMORT RACE. You can not complete the associated quest and remort until you have reached level 100. 2) YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TAKE REGULAR RACES ON FUTURE REINCS. Sorry, but because of the process required to become a remort race, you will no longer to be a human or xodar or any other regular race. You will, however, be able to take ascended versions of those races (help ascended races). 3) YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REINC AFTER REMORTING. The same rules apply to people who wish to reincarnate, regardless of their choice to remort or not remort. The difference is that people reincing from a remort race will only be able to choose a remort race, and people who reinc from a regular race will only be able to reinc into a regular race. 4) THE SAME GUILD CHOICES, WISHES, PATHS, ETC ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO YOU. What we envision here is that folks who have reached level 100, at least in theory, enjoy the challenge of 'making the numbers go up' but know the game well enough to appreciate the tradeoff of better racial boosts in exchange for a lower exp rate. (This does not mean in the future that there might not be special code put in-game for remort races, but you will not be limited in your choices because of remort status.) 5) THERE IS A BUILT-IN ADVANTAGE. While your exp rate is lower as a remort race, you automatically get the benefits of the 'stats max' wish as part of any remort race you choose. 6) THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL AUTOLOADING EQ SLOT FOR REMORT RACES. Yes, it's true! Every remort race gets a token that autoloads. A remort race character can sacrifice a piece of equipment to get that equipment's stats put into the autoloading token. This will destroy the piece of equipment, so be sure of what you want to imbue into the token before choosing what piece to sacrifice. 7) YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME WITH YOUR NON-REMORT FRIENDS. We have purposely not placed any limitations on who can party with whom because we recognize that not all players will want to take the remort option. However: 8) YOU WILL EXCHANGE MOST OF YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR THE REMORT RACE UPON COMPLETING THE REMORT QUEST. A player who completes the remort race option will essentially be starting over from an experience point basis. In exchange for becoming a remort race, every player needs to complete the remort quest and exchange most exp points. Each character, upon becoming a remort race for the first time, will receive 100k free-reinc exp and will start at level 4. So plan to start near the beginning if you choose to complete the remort quest. 9) THE FINAL STAGE OF THE REMORT QUEST WILL LEAD DIRECTLY TO CONVERTING TO A REMORT RACE. Make sure that when you complete the quest that you have chested your gear, as you will go through a reincarnation to become a remort race. (There will be an opportunity to chest before completing the remort quest). 10) THE REMORT QUEST IS ONLY REQUIRED ONCE TO BECOME A REMORT RACE. Once a character has completed the remort quest and become a remort race, there is no need to complete the quest again for oneself. However, anyone can participate in helping friends complete the quest. The races include: (Metarace: Race Name) Aquatic: Rusalka Celestial: Seraphim Classical: Harpy Classical: Naga Classical: Phoenix Construct: Chimaera Construct: Golemn Drakhen: Tianlong Drakhen: Tuatara Drakhen: Zmej Elder: Xlakun'ah Elemental: Efreeti Feline: Nekomata Infernal: Mephistacles Jotun: Vanir Lupin: Kitsune Nightbreed: Wendigo Seelie: Sidhe Sylvan: Dryad Unseelie: Sluagh Unliving: Poltergeist Unliving: Revenant None: Ahrimazda None: Valkyrie |