Pick Your Race

Strengths: Sheer Population Size. Advanced Weaponry.
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Weaknesses: Mortality, mostly. Low constitution mentally and physically.
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"Did you just call the demon a motherfucker?"
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Strengths: Exceedingly healthy both physically and mentally. Fiercely loyal. Relentless in pursuit of victory.
Weaknesses: Not often the best at diplomacy. Impulsive. Thrill seeker.
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"Is murder really illegal or immoral if they deserve it?"
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Strengths: Immune to most status effects. Not bound by the realms of the living. Access to connections beyond the grave.
Weaknesses: Often incorporeal without talisman. Can be banished or summoned against their will.
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"Dying, coming back to life, and other ways to avoid defining a relationship."

Strengths: Hyper aware of the greater context and the strings of fate at play in a situation. Can manipulate time if needed.
Weaknesses: Bound by a strict code of ethics regarding liminal manipulation. Can easily fuck up everything with one wrong move.
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"Sorry I'm late - I wandered into a liminal space."

Strengths: Extended longevity. Fewer weaknesses regarding physical harm. Exceedingly good at manipulating others to get what they want or need.
Weaknesses: Can succumb to madness if starved, rendering them feral. Subject to a nomadic life.
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"My love, please stop trying to carbon date me."

Strengths: Manipulation of the natural world. Well enmeshed in all realms. Resourceful.
Weaknesses: Possess the same physical constitution as humans. Prone to madness if they bond to dark entities. Can be too careful and thus fail to act when needed.
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"Listen, I only do unethical magic if it's really funny."

Strengths: Connections with the living and dead. A hypervigilance for the haunted and inhuman. Ability to summon and banish spirits at will.
Weaknesses: Prone to madness if they are not raised among other mediums who can help train abilities. More likely to be possessed or taken advantage of by spirits.
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"Oh, you misheard. I'm a paranormal INSTIGATOR. I'm here to cause hauntings."

Strengths: Physically strong both in strength and constitution. Naturally armoured skin. Keen sense of sight and scent. Natural predators.
Weaknesses: Their numbers are extremely limited due to being hunted for centuries. They are often forced to live in human-like forms and thus have lost touch with their draconic bodies.
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"I'm like 80% sure I won't lay eggs..."

Strengths: Keen to loopholes. Can blend in anywhere. clever and quick witted at all times. Nimble.
Weaknesses: Cannot lie, ever. A promise is an unbreakable vow. Generally squishy when it comes to constitution. Is prone to becoming jaded due to longevity and awareness of how often others lie.
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"In my defense, I was left unsupervised."
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Strengths: Able to blend into natural environments. Preternatural senses. Fiercely loyal. Survival skills to the max. Possesses an instinctual understanding of the true motives of others around them.
Weaknesses: Prone to emotional volatility. Often tied to solar or celestial bodies. Hypervigilance often leads to stand-offish behaviour. Often hunted for their pelts, furs, or scales. Suffer, like vampires and witches, from persecution against their race.
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"The moon made me do it?"
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Strengths: At their most powerful when surrounded by their element. Have the ability to speak to the natural formations of their element and the creatures therein.
Weaknesses: Find themselves physically weak when out of reach of their elements. Extended periods kept from their elements can lead to deterioration of health. Moods are dictated by their element and often hard to regulate.
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"I'm the seductive and malicious forest spirit your folks warned you about."

Strengths: Dependent on their racial make-up, they often take on both the best and worst of their parental lines.
Weaknesses: Struggle with fitting in physically, mentally, and emotionally. They are, often, a walking identity crisis.
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"I am more than my unethical career choice."
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