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1. Creating your character
Before getting in to the game you have to create a character. There are three basic choices you have to make: your race (and appearance), job and home nation.

Race
The only advice you really need about this is: choose the one you like the most! You can play any job in the game with any race. Keep this in mind while making the decision. Yes, there are differences in racial stats. I'll explain some of these shortly.

Before I try to explain the differences in racial stats, I'll explain the meaning of them.

AGI (Agility): Agility affects characters evasion and ranged accuracy and also shield and parrying skills. It also affects the critical hit rate of an enemy: the bigger agility a character has, the less he or she receives critical hits. Agility also affects the damage of a Trick Attack (a Thief job ability).

CHR (Charisma): Charisma affects Bard songs and the Beastmaster job ability Charm. It also affects characters ability to resist songs and charm.

DEX (Dexterity): Dexterity affects characters critical hit rate. It also raises characters accuracy (2DEX = 1ACC when using a one handed or hand-to-hand weapon and 4DEX = 3ACC when using a two-handed weapon). Dexterity also affects the damage of a Sneak Attack (a Thief job ability).

INT (Intelligence): Intelligence affects magic accuracy, black magic damage, black magic enfeebles and enhancing magic, ninjutsu and some blue magic. It also affects the damage taken from magic attacks.

MND (Mind): Mind affects healing magic, white magic enfeebles and enhancing magic. It also affects some blue magic and the damage of Monks job ability Chi Blast.

VIT (Vitality): Vitaly reduces the damage taken from a physical attack. It also raises characters defence (2VIT = 1DEF).

Ok, those are the basic stats. Now to different races.