Genesis Online:Races

Each alignment contains eight respective races, for a total of sixty-four races in the game. All races are humanoid (although they can have animal-like features), which distinguishes them from the beasts described below. Only one or two races are made-up, the rest are based on traditional mythological races (with some modifications). If you don't know what a certain race is, I suggest using Wikipedia to look it up. To keep things balanced, each alignment has at least one race that can fly, and at least one race that can swim well and breathe underwater. Also, each alignment contains a variety of differently sized races. Tiny races are 1-2 feet tall, small races are 3-4 feet tall, normal races are 5-6 feet tall (as are the denoted flying and swimming races), big races are 9-10 feet tall, and giant races are 15-16 feet tall. Lastly, players can choose to play as elementals, which can grow in size based on their experience and power. Elementals, however, are identical to beasts in many ways…they cannot equip items and lack certain other human traits and abilities.

You might be wondering if a disproportionate number of people would want to play as Giant races, due to their great strength. Giants, and other large races, are penalized in various ways. For example, they eat more food, they require more resources to build their items, and they are typically less intelligent and agile then their smaller counterparts. Additionally, they have trouble fitting in small spaces. Alternative names for the races are given in some situations, within the corresponding set of parentheses.