Picking a Class given your Culture

Culture and class prevalences are not absolute, but are useful in understanding what cultures are like. They also imply familiarity with your class (or not) when you encounter a culture.

Picking a "rare" match, or especially a "none" match, is something for you and your GM to think and talk about. How and why did your character come to be such an unusual character class, given the culture you are from?

Note that Raios is a game-system-agnostic setting, so that people can play in Raios no matter the game system they are running. Because of this, the classes listed below don't exactly match the character classes of specific games. But we went with general descriptors of professions which are hopefully distinct and comprehensible enough that you can map them to specific classes in the game you are playing. Also, of course, there can be large differences between cultures even within these professions. An Arn longbowman is very different from a Sareisi horse Archer. Valtauri Elf spear fighters are very different from Valmyrri Elf fencers or Kharg Dwarf heavy infantry.
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Ansharri Human

Very common: Archer, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Divine Caster, Scout
Uncommon: Arcane Caster, Barbarian, Bard, Knight, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Shaman
Rare: Druid, Elementalist, Scientist
None:

Arn Human

Very common: Archer, Fighter, Knight, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Arcane Caster, Bard, Divine Caster, Scout
Uncommon: Druid, Scientist
Rare: Barbarian, Elementalist, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Shaman
None:

Ceodari Human

Very common: Archer, Druid, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Bard, Scout
Uncommon: Arcane Caster, Barbarian, Elementalist
Rare: Divine Caster, Knight, Occult Caster, Scientist, Shaman
None: Martial Artist

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Chuuli Human

Very common: Archer, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Arcane Caster, Bard, Divine Caster, Knight, Occult Caster, Scientist, Scout
Uncommon: Martial Artist
Rare: Barbarian, Druid, Elementalist
None: Shaman

Draorn Beastman

Very common: Barbarian, Fighter, Ranger
Common: Scout, Shaman
Uncommon: Divine Caster, Rogue
Rare: Archer, Druid, Elementalist
None: Arcane Caster, Bard, Knight, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Scientist

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Garuun Gnome

Very common: Bard, Rogue
Common: Arcane Caster, Archer, Divine Caster, Elementalist, Fighter, Occult Caster, Ranger, Scientist, Scout
Uncommon: Druid
Rare: Barbarian
None: Knight, Martial Artist, Shaman

Half-Ghruz Orc

Very common: Barbarian, Fighter, Rogue
Common: Ranger, Scout, Shaman
Uncommon: Archer, Divine Caster
Rare: Arcane Caster, Bard, Druid, Elementalist, Knight, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Scientist
None:

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Herukh Human

Very common: Elementalist, Fighter
Common: Arcane Caster, Archer, Ranger, Scout
Uncommon: Bard, Divine Caster, Druid, Occult Caster, Rogue
Rare: Knight, Martial Artist, Scientist, Shaman
None: Barbarian

Kharg Dwarf

Very common: Divine Caster, Fighter, Rogue
Common: Knight, Ranger, Scout
Uncommon: Archer, Scientist
Rare: Arcane Caster, Barbarian, Bard, Druid, Elementalist, Martial Artist, Occult Caster
None: Shaman

Kharz Dwarf

Very common: Divine Caster, Fighter, Rogue
Common: Knight, Scout
Uncommon: Archer, Ranger, Scientist
Rare: Arcane Caster, Barbarian, Bard, Druid, Elementalist, Martial Artist, Occult Caster
None: Shaman

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Kishari Human

Very common: Archer, Fighter, Rogue
Common: Arcane Caster, Bard, Divine Caster, Knight, Ranger, Scientist, Scout
Uncommon: Occult Caster
Rare: Barbarian, Druid, Elementalist
None: Martial Artist, Shaman

Movori Human

Very common: Arcane Caster, Fighter, Rogue
Common: Elementalist, Occult Caster, Scientist, Scout
Uncommon: Archer, Divine Caster, Martial Artist, Ranger
Rare: Bard, Druid, Knight
None: Barbarian, Shaman

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Mu Human

Very common: Fighter, Rogue
Common: Archer, Occult Caster, Scout
Uncommon: Barbarian, Bard, Divine Caster, Martial Artist, Ranger, Shaman
Rare: Arcane Caster, Druid, Elementalist, Scientist
None: Knight

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Ranfaroth Centaur

Very common: Barbarian, Fighter, Ranger
Common: Archer, Druid, Scout, Shaman
Uncommon: Bard, Divine Caster
Rare: Arcane Caster, Elementalist, Occult Caster, Rogue
None: Knight, Martial Artist, Scientist

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Sareisi Human

Very common: Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Archer, Divine Caster, Scout
Uncommon: Arcane Caster, Barbarian, Bard, Druid
Rare: Elementalist, Occult Caster, Shaman
None: Knight, Martial Artist, Scientist

Shenn Halfling

Very common: Archer, Bard, Ranger
Common: Divine Caster, Druid, Fighter, Scout
Uncommon: Rogue, Scientist
Rare: Arcane Caster, Elementalist
None: Barbarian, Knight, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Shaman

Valaeri Elf

Very common: Arcane Caster, Archer, Fighter, Ranger
Common: Bard, Divine Caster, Scout
Uncommon: Druid, Rogue
Rare: Elementalist, Scientist
None: Barbarian, Knight, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Shaman

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Valmyrri Elf

Very common: Arcane Caster, Archer, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Bard, Divine Caster, Elementalist, Occult Caster, Scientist, Scout
Uncommon: Knight
Rare: Druid, Martial Artist
None: Barbarian, Shaman

Valtauri Elf

Very common: Arcane Caster, Archer, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Bard, Divine Caster, Druid, Scout
Uncommon: Elementalist
Rare: Barbarian, Knight, Martial Artist, Occult Caster, Scientist, Shaman
None:

Varynn Halfling

Very common: Archer, Bard, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Scout
Uncommon: Divine Caster, Druid, Occult Caster, Scientist
Rare: Arcane Caster, Elementalist, Shaman
None: Barbarian, Knight, Martial Artist

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Veng Human

Very common: Fighter, Ranger, Rogue
Common: Archer, Barbarian, Occult Caster, Scout
Uncommon: Bard, Divine Caster, Elementalist, Martial Artist, Shaman
Rare: Arcane Caster, Druid, Knight
None: Scientist

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