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Overview

Generally speaking, a Character is the in-game manifestation of the live player. Once created, a character cannot be deleted for seven days. Each player account allows for at least five and up to seven character slots, depending on the used tokens and version of the game is purchased. The exceptions are Siege Perilous and Mugen shards, where only one character per player account is allowed.

Character Creation

Main Article: Create a New Character

There are four steps to character creation in Ultima Online:

Race

Main Article: Races

There are three playable races in Ultima Online each having unique racial abilities:

Humans

Main Article: Humans

Protectors of Britannia, Humans have adapted to their environment, improving many beneficial traits and abilities:

Strong Back

Years of hard work allow more weight to be carried on strong backs.

Humans have an increased carrying capacity above what is determined by their strength.

Carry an additional 60 Stones of weight

Tough

Adept at recovering from adversity, humans regain health more quickly than in times past.

Humans regenerate hit points faster than normal.

+2 Hit Point Regeneration

Workhorse

Enterprising techniques have led to breakthroughs in resource recovery.

Humans have a better chance at finding more resources while gathering hides, ore and lumber.

+1 Logs in Trammel
+2 Logs in Felucca
+1 Ore when mining at random
Additional hides

Jack of all Trades

Diverse inclinations attune humans to a base understanding of nearly all learned behaviors.

Humans have a basic ability in all skills, even untrained ones.

20 minumum level in all skills (does not show on Skill Menu)

Note - As of Publish 64, it no longer contributes towards mana discounts on Special Moves. If players do not have 200 or more modified points in various combat skills (Swordsmanship, Mace Fighting, Fencing, Archery, Throwing, Parry, Lumberjacking, Stealth, Poisoning, Bushido, and Ninjitsu), their special moves will use the full mana cost.

Elves

Main Article: Elves

Founders of Heartwood and attuned to nature, Elves have special traits and abilities:

Night Sight

Exceptional vision, even at night.

Elves always have the effect of a full strength Night Sight spell.

Night Sight is always on

Infused with Magic

Resilient skin has an increased capacity to resist damage from energy attacks.

Elves have an increased energy resistance cap. Elven players must still increase their actual resistances through normal means (i.e. through equipment and magical effects).

+5 to Energy Resistance cap (75 total)

Difficult to Track

Difficult to track.

Elves are more difficult to track than humans.

Perception

Increased perception of both hidden creatures and resources.

Elves gain an increased chance to passively detect hidden monsters and enemies.

Knowledge of Nature

and resources.

Elves receive an increase to their chance of acquiring special resources such as colored ore when mining or special boards when lumberjacking.

Wisdom

Wise in nature; harmonious affinity for casting spells.

Elves receive a bonus to their maximum mana.

+20 Mana Increase Bonus

Gargoyles

Main Article: Gargoyles

Presented as community-minded and strongly principled, Gargoyles have special traits and abilities:

Flying

A Gargoyle's powerful wings carry them over land as fast as a galloping horse and grant them access to special Gargoyle-only areas.

Flying makes it possible for Gargoyles to move at a speed equal to being mounted, or the equivalent being double the usual walking pace of Humans and Elves.

Berserk

In situations of great danger, a Gargoyle's natural ferocity will take over, granting speed and power at the cost of defenses.

15% Damage Bonus and +3% Spell Damage Increase for each 20% health lost from maximum health (60% weapon damage bonus cap and 12% spell damage bonus cap).

Master Artisan

A strong cultural emphasis on art and craftsmanship grants the Gargoyles an increased chance to imbue and unravel magical items.

Gargoyles have an increased chance to imbue and unravel magical items.

Deadly Aim

All Gargoyles are trained from childhood in the skill of Throwing, giving them a basic competence with missile weapons.

Minimum Gargoyle skill in Throwing is 20.0.
Gargoyles receive a 5% bonus to hit that stacks with HCI and skill bonus.
Gargoyle’s hit chance cap has been increased to 50%.

Mystic Insight

Gargoyles have an intuitive understanding of Mysticism, allowing them to cast basic Mysticism spells without further training.

Minimum Gargoyle skill in Mysticism is 30.0.
Gargoyles receive +2 Mana Regeneration which stacks with Meditation and Focus.

Profession

Main Article: Skills

Ultima Online has 58 different Skills currently in game and 3 different Statistics which determine the capabilities of your Character. However, since new players need some time to understand them all, there are also six advised templates.

Templates

Warrior

Warriors are physically the toughest of adventurers, battling their foes in all-out hand to hand combat. Such individuals require great strength to wear heavy armor and survive battles with dangerous foes.

Mage

The mage is an expert magic user. Though they have both defensive and offensive magic, mages are especially well-equipped to deal out damage in combat and are most effective at a distance.

Paladin

Paladins are the holy warriors of the realm. These protectors of the virtues have a number of defensive as well as offensive abilities available to them.

Necromancer

Necromancers wield the dark force of Death itself as a means to find ultimate magic power. They use the power of the other side to both attack their foes and to protect themselves.

Samurai

The Samurai is an elite warrior who seeks to achieve perfection through battle. They strike with great accuracy, can handle multiple opponents, and have mastered the art of parrying with weapons.

Ninja

The Ninja is an assassin who uses stealthy tactics and summons deadly magic in combat to confuse and weaken their enemy.

Blacksmith

The blacksmith's job is to locate and mine ore, smelt it into ingots, and forge the ingots into weapons and armor to sell at shops or to other players. A new blacksmith should first find a public smithy to use.

Customizing

If you want to try new skills, you can select the customize button to select up to three skills having no more than 120 skill points in total and adjust your statistics accordingly.