There are 6 races to choose from to create your character.
Each race offers different characteristics which impact on the gameplay.
After selecting your race you can select your affiliation to one of the two main cults oif the planet (AUTONOMIST,BELLICIST or Neutral).
Then according to your race and alignment you can choose your profession which will further alter your caracteristics.
Caracteristics
- FORCE : this affects among other things the damage you deal with melee or projectile weapons or blows.
- INTELLIGENCE : this affects among other things the total amount of mana you can use to cast your spells.
- KNOWLEDGE : this affects the knowledge you have of the ancient technologies as well as the level of trust that your God-AI places in you as a leader.Used for summoning the old technologies among other things.
- BODY : this affects your maximum health as well as your fatigue resistance.
- dexterity : this affects your accuracy with long range weapons as well as your speed and other things.
Affiliation
The alignment determines the loyalty of the players among themselves.
Unreal Adventures is primarily a coop game ,so players have to work together regardless of their affiliation (this is the result of the 'fragile peace' established between the two communities, outside of the main city-enclaves both parties have theoretically no reason to fight).
However at high levels the competition can sometime become extreme and sometimes the GOD-AI can order some of its subjects to eliminate the other faction when they can become a menace.
At low levels, the bots follow the human players regardless of their affiliation, at high level they start to regroup between characters of the same faction, high level bots will also be less likely to follow players of a much lower level and will rather explore the level by themselve.
Karma
The karma variable represents your behaviour in relation to one of the two affiliation.
When it is in positive numbers it means that your actions are compatible with the autonomist faction.
When it is in the negative numbers it means that your actions are compatible with the bellicist faction.
Karma varies according to the opponents that you kill and the actions that you achieve.
Experience / Level / Talents
Independantly of your karma,your EXPERIENCE (score) increase everytime you do something to advance the scenario or when you kill enemies.
Every time you reach a certain value your character LEVEL will increase.
Every 5 level you can increase your caracteristics.
Every 3 level you can potentially learn new TALENTS.
Some classes offer talents at the beginning of first level.
Talents give each player some distinctive abilities depending on their class and race.