Each of the races has certain modifications to their starting stats
and skills and an experience penalty. The experience penalty is
designed to 'balance' the races with better starting statistics and
abilities by requiring them to earn more experience before
advancing a level.
--- Table 1 - Statistic Bonus Table ---
STR INT WIS DEX CON CHR Hit Dice Exp Penalty
Human 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 +0%
Half-Elf -1 +1 +1 +1 -1 +1 9 +10%
Elf -1 +2 +2 +1 -2 +2 8 +20%
Hobbit -2 +2 +1 +3 +2 +1 7 +10%
Gnome -1 +2 0 +2 +1 -2 8 +35%
Dwarf +2 -2 +2 -2 +2 -3 11 +35%
Half-Orc +2 -1 0 0 +1 -4 10 +10%
Half-Troll +4 -4 -2 -4 +3 -6 12 +37%
Amberite +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 10 +125%
High-Elf +1 +3 +2 +3 +1 +5 10 +100%
Barbarian +3 -2 -1 +1 +2 -2 11 +20%
Half-Ogre +3 -1 -1 -1 +3 -3 12 +30%
Half-Giant +4 -2 -2 -2 +3 -3 13 +50%
Half-Titan +5 +1 +1 -2 +3 +1 14 +155%
Cyclops +4 -3 -3 -3 +4 -6 13 +30%
Yeek -2 +1 +1 +1 -2 -7 7 +0%
Klackon +2 -1 -1 +1 +2 -2 12 +35%
Kobold +1 -1 0 +1 0 -4 9 +25%
Nibelung +1 -1 +2 0 +2 -4 11 +35%
Dark Elf -1 +3 +2 +2 -2 +1 9 +50%
Draconian +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 -3 11 +150%
Mind Flayer -3 +4 +4 0 -2 -5 9 +40%
Imp -1 -1 -1 +1 +2 -3 10 +10%
Golem +4 -5 -5 -2 +4 -4 12 +100%
Skeleton 0 -2 -2 0 +1 -4 10 +45%
Zombie +2 -6 -6 +1 +4 -5 13 +35%
Vampire +3 +3 -1 -1 +1 +2 11 +100%
Spectre -5 +4 +4 +2 -3 -6 7 +80%
Sprite -4 +3 +3 +3 -2 +2 7 +75%
Beastman +2 -2 -1 -1 +2 -4 11 +40%
--- Table 2 - Skill Bonus Table ---
Dsrm Dvce Save Stlh Srch Prcp Melee Bows Infravision
Human +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +10 +0 +0 None
Half-Elf +2 +3 +3 +1 +6 +11 -1 +5 20 feet
Elf +5 +6 +6 +2 +8 +12 -5 +5 30 feet
Hobbit +15 +18 +18 +5 +12 +15 -10 +20 40 feet
Gnome +10 +12 +12 +3 +6 +13 -8 +12 40 feet
Dwarf +2 +9 +10 -1 +7 +10 +15 +0 50 feet
Half-Orc -3 -3 -3 -1 +0 +7 +12 -5 30 feet
Half-Troll -5 -8 -8 -2 -1 +5 +20 -10 30 feet
Amberite +4 +5 +5 +2 +3 +13 +15 +10 None
High-Elf +4 +20 +20 +4 +3 +14 +10 +25 40 feet
Barbarian -2 -10 +2 -1 +1 +7 +12 +10 None
Half-Ogre -3 -5 -5 -2 -1 +5 +20 +0 30 feet
Half-Giant -6 -8 -6 -2 -1 +5 +25 +5 30 feet
Half-Titan -5 +5 +2 -2 +1 +8 +25 +0 None
Cyclops -4 -5 -5 -2 -2 +5 +20 +12 10 feet
Yeek +2 +4 +10 +3 +5 +15 -5 -5 20 feet
Klackon +10 +5 +5 +0 -1 +10 +5 +5 20 feet
Kobold -2 -3 -2 -1 +1 +8 +10 -8 30 feet
Nibelung +3 +5 +10 +1 +5 +10 +9 +0 50 feet
Dark Elf +5 +15 +20 +3 +8 +12 -5 +10 50 feet
Draconian -2 +5 +3 +0 +1 +10 +5 +5 20 feet
Mind Flayer +10 +25 +15 +2 +5 +12 -10 -5 40 feet
Imp -3 +2 -1 +1 -1 +10 +5 -5 30 feet
Golem -5 -5 +10 -1 -1 +8 +20 +0 40 feet
Skeleton -5 -5 +5 -1 -1 +8 +10 +0 20 feet
Zombie -5 -5 +8 -1 -1 +5 +15 +0 20 feet
Vampire +4 +10 +10 +4 +1 +8 +5 +0 50 feet
Spectre +10 +25 +20 +5 +5 +14 -15 -5 50 feet
Sprite +10 +10 +10 +4 +10 +10 -12 +0 40 feet
Beastman -5 -2 -1 -1 -1 +5 +12 +5 None