I thought against it for a second. The theme of the trailers was survival. Each trailer also taught a story of the beta-testers. Most testers died, some where left in precarious positions, and one made it to the end of the beta-test with an established shelter and the basics of earth magic. "Yes" I thought to myself. The game was meant to be unforgiving yes, however, with a little knowledge it could go from insanely hard to very.

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  I thought to myself for a moment. A dwarf would probably be the best start, as the easiest shelters are created with earth magic. However, until a method of character revival is created they would be very vulnerable to fast monsters. Humans were a choice, albeit boring. The bonus luck was a bit of a wasted stat. You should make your own luck, after all. A elf could be a strong choice but.

  In the end beastman would be the best choice. The best way to survive a hostile environment when you have the skills to avoid starvation is to avoid the hunters. Thus, if I chose a hybrid where I have good abilities to flee or detect enemies they would be much less of a problem.

  Ill go with a beastman then.

  A slider appeared with all possible hybrid forms. It wasn't just mammals there either. I saw snakes, frogs, birds, and everything in between. I guess being a naga is entirely possible.

  For detection, however, a dog would be a strong choice.

  When I checked the traits of the dog, the increased smell and hearing required a high amount of beast blood. I was going to keep my blood to around 10%. Any higher may suffer intelligence penalties. I checked out the bat next. Echo-location was available with 20% but going that far caused the beginning of useless wings. You need a large concentration of blood for the wings to work, and you cant fly long with them either. The owl had the same issue, although was a bit better due to intelligence gains. Cat's and rat 's were up next. Rat's, I excluded for looking a bit ugly even with a low amount of blood. I almost went with cat, seeing as it received good hearing and +3 to agility and dexterity at the cost of 3 strength. However, next to the cat I saw the rabbit. Stronger hearing, +5 agility, -2 Strength, and a 30% bonus to jumping. Losing the strength wasn't a major issue, as it didn't give a percentage reduction like the winged hybrids suffered. The big issue, which was circumvented with a low amount of blood, was vegetarianism. With 10% blood I ignored the penalty (although lost the ability to just eat grasses) and still made off with the base stats.

  In the end, I was a human-rabbit hybrid. The only features I got from the rabbit blood was drooped rabbit ears. I could exchange the ears for body fur or bucked teeth, but the ears were mostly covered by my hair. Aside from that the only thing I changed was my hair color from blonde to brown, seeing as standing out too much is a death sentence. I could have shaved my beard, but without tools to cut it, it would just regrow. Besides, gruff survivalists were much better for this world. I didn't spend 19 years eagerly awaiting for a beard to just cut it off.

  How about... Dren.