Talk:OAAAA Character Creation

--Edmiao 08:50, 15 July 2008 (MST) details requested: what is the racial makeup of our island? is there a class stratification by race, like are all the humans the grunt workers and the elementals are the merchant class?

BEN: in the central isles, most islands are primarily (say 60-95%) human, with a hodge-podge of all other races making up the remaining percentage. Your island is particularly diverse, since the Temple of the Goddess of the Forge (Regina Templum Camini) has made it fairly prosperous by attracting traders and merchants from all corners of Amora. The government is fairly tolerant towards non-humans because of this, although the nobility of the island does frown on them and, unless they come to the island wealthy and powerrful, it is rare for them to achieve such status on the island. There are exceptions to this: dwarves, because of their skill at crafts of all types, are highly regarded on the island as long as they pursue a manufacturing trade and typically find patronage almost immediately (although they are still seen as "loose-cannons" and often as thuggish simpletons). Because of the importance of trade to the island (and most islands, at that), Sea Elves are also treated exceptionally well, regardless of their rank or station.
An odd thing about your island: since the patron goddess is a Goddess of the Forge, essentially a goddess of fire, Blood Elves, the piratical corsairs of Amora, are treated more respectfully than almost anywhere else (much to the chagrin of many islands' law enforcement). They are of course not permitted to "set up shop", but they are not murdered regularly in back alleys either.
The nobility is primarily human. A Sea Elf trade representative can be counted as among the nobility, living in a splendid house-boat in one of the islands' lagoons. There is also a wealthy Imadigo prince, exiled from his country, who runs in the noble circles. But overall, there is no class stratification by race.