Species

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There are 23 different playable species (previously known as races) in Dungeon Crawl. All species are humanoid to some degree, although some are human-animal hybrids.

Gender is irrelevant in Crawl, and the game does not ask for the player to specify one.

Contents 1 List of species 2 Table of aptitudes 2.1 0.7.x (most recent version) 2.2 0.5.x (?)

List of species

More information can be found at the pages for the individual species.

• Humans: the basic species against which all others are measured. Average aptitudes across the board, no special abilities. They gain levels at the fastest possible rate.
• High Elf: a species of tall, long-lived elf, with many enhanced aptitudes. Levels very slowly.
• Deep Elf: an underground species of elf, smaller and weaker than others, but with incredible magical ability. A very good choice for spellcasters.
• Sludge Elf: a degenerate elf better at magic that other elves shun, such as Necromancy, Transmutations, and Earth Magic. Dangerous with its fists.
• Mountain Dwarf: resembles a short, stout human. Quite tough, with great aptitudes for melee combat.
• Deep Dwarf: a cousin of the Mountain Dwarf, unable to regenerate but with a strong empathy for the earth and the ability to intrinsically resist small doses of damage.
• Hill Orc: a brutish species, related to the cave orcs who can be found all over the Dungeon and in the Orcish Mines. They make excellent warriors and have their own god.
• Merfolk: an aquatic, magical race of half-humanoids, half-fish that thrive in the water. Great aptitudes for Transmutations, Polearms and Ice Magic.
• Halfling: a small humanoid. Cannot use large weapons and is poor with most magic, but otherwise quite hardy and stealthy.
• Kobold: a tiny, hateful lizard-like being with a powerful stomach.
• Spriggan: a very small fairy-like humanoid. They move swiftly, have high aptitudes for many schools of magic, but cannot eat meat or wear most forms of armour.
• Naga: a humanoid with a serpentine lower half. Has many of a snake's qualities, but moves very slowly.
• Centaur: a humanoid with a horse's lower half. Its four hooves allow it to run very quickly, but it is poor at most things and must eat frequently.
• Ogre: enormous and bloodthirsty, its interests include hitting things and throwing things.
• Troll: even larger and stronger than the ogre, with huge claws, incredible regeneration and near-infinite hunger.
• Minotaur: a brawny, bipedal bovine species. Great at all forms of both ranged and hand-to-hand combat, but bad at everything else.
• Kenku: a bird-like species with a beak, talons and a propensity for violence. They eventually learn to fly.
• Draconian: a humanoid dragon, which eventually matures into a random adult form, with different aptitudes based on its colour.
• Demigod: a human with divine heritage that prevents them from worshipping any god. They have excellent statistics, but need more experience for both their skills and their leveling.
• Demonspawn: a person with a demonic heritage. Unlike Demigods, they may lend their services to all gods except the good ones. They acquire powerful mutations as they mature.
• Mummy: animated by an unholy magic, this dry and bandaged corpse needs no food to survive.
• Ghoul: a terrible undead corpse which must eat the flesh of others to maintain its life force.
• Vampire: a sneaky, undead humanoid which gains life by drinking fresh blood.

Table of aptitudes

Your choice of species affects several important characteristics, in particular the speed at which you learn different skills, which are referred to as aptitudes. Some species are also limited in their choice of background.

The following table describes the aptitudes of the various species for each skill.

0.7.x (most recent version)

	Arm	Ddg	Sth	Stb	Shd	T&D	Inv	Evo	Exp	Fgt	SBl	LBl	Axs	M&F	Pla	Stv	UnC	Thr	Slg	Bws	Crb	Spc	Coj	Enc	Sum	Nec	Trl	Trm	Fir	Ice	Air	Ear	Poi
Human	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
High Elf	-1	1	1	-1	-1	0	0	0	150	0	2	2	-2	-2	-2	0	-2	1	-2	3	0	2	1	2	-1	-2	1	1	0	0	2	-2	-2
Deep Elf	-2	2	2	1	-2	0	0	1	140	-2	0	-1	-2	-3	-3	0	-2	1	-2	1	-1	4	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Sludge Elf	-2	2	1	0	-2	0	0	0	120	1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	-2	-2	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	1
Mountain Dwarf	3	-1	-3	-2	2	1	0	1	130	2	1	0	2	2	-1	-1	0	-1	-1	-2	1	-3	-1	-2	-2	-3	-2	-1	2	-2	-2	2	-2
Halfling	-2	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	100	-1	3	0	-1	-2	-3	-2	-2	3	4	2	1	-1	-2	0	-1	-2	0	-2	0	0	1	0	-1
Hill Orc	1	-2	-2	2	1	0	0	0	100	2	0	1	2	1	1	-1	1	0	-1	-1	-1	-3	0	-1	0	0	-2	-3	0	0	-2	0	-1
Kobold	-2	2	3	2	-2	0	0	2	100	1	3	-2	-1	0	-2	-1	0	3	2	1	1	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Mummy	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	140	0	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	0	-2	-2	-2	0	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2
Naga	-2	-2	5	0	-2	0	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ogre	-2	-1	-2	-2	-1	-2	0	-2	110	2	-4	-3	-3	1	0	-1	-1	1	-3	-3	-3	2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3
Troll	-2	-2	-5	-2	-2	-4	-2	-3	150	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-2	-2	0	-1	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-4	-3	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-1	-3
Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
White Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Green Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Yellow Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grey Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Purple Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mottled Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Pale Draconian	-4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Centaur	-3	-3	-4	-3	-3	-2	0	-1	140	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	3	1	3	1	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2
Demigod	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	160	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Spriggan	-3	4	4	4	-3	3	-1	3	130	-2	1	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-2	1	2	2	0	3	-3	4	-2	-1	4	3	-2	-2	-1	-1	0
Minotaur	1	1	-2	0	1	-1	-1	-3	140	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3
Demonspawn	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	2	0	160	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0
Ghoul	-1	-1	1	0	-1	-1	0	-1	120	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-2	1	-2	1	0
Kenku	1	1	0	1	0	0	-2	0	130	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	-3	2	1	-2	-2	1	-1	1	-1	0
Merfolk	-3	3	1	2	0	-1	0	0	120	1	2	1	-2	-2	4	-2	1	0	-2	-2	-2	0	-2	1	0	-2	-2	3	-3	1	-2	-2	1
Vampire	-2	1	4	1	-1	0	-2	-1	150	-1	1	0	-1	-2	-1	-2	1	-2	-2	-2	-2	0	-3	1	0	1	-2	1	-2	0	0	-1	-1
Deep Dwarf	1	1	2	-1	1	1	2	3	130	-1	-1	0	1	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	1	-3	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	1	1	-1	-1	-1	-3	3	-2
	Arm	Ddg	Sth	Stb	Shd	T&D	Inv	Evo	Exp	Fgt	SBl	LBl	Axs	M&F	Pla	Stv	UnC	Thr	Slg	Bws	Crb	Spc	Coj	Enc	Sum	Nec	Trl	Trm	Fir	Ice	Air	Ear	Poi

0.5.x (?)

	Arm	Ddg	Sth	Stb	Shd	T&D	Inv	Evo	Exp	Fgt	SBl	LBl	Axs	M&F	Pla	Stv	UnC	Thr	Slg	Bws	Crb	Drt	Spc	Coj	Enc	Sum	Nec	Trl	Trm	Div	Fir	Ice	Air	Ear	Poi
Human	100	100	100	100	100	100	75	75	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	130	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
High Elf	110	90	90	110	110	100	75	75	150	100	70	70	130	150	150	100	130	80	140	60	100	90	91	90	70	110	130	90	90	110	100	100	70	130	130
Deep Elf	140	70	65	80	140	100	75	67	140	150	100	105	150	165	165	100	130	80	135	75	75	75	71	80	50	80	70	75	75	75	90	90	80	100	80
Sludge Elf	140	70	75	100	130	100	75	82	120	80	110	110	130	140	140	100	80	70	100	100	100	100	91	130	130	90	90	100	60	130	80	80	80	80	80
Mountain Dwarf	60	110	150	130	70	80	75	67	130	70	80	90	65	70	110	120	100	120	120	150	90	120	208	120	150	150	160	150	120	130	70	130	150	70	130
Deep Dwarf	90	90	70	110	90	80	60	45	130	110	120	100	90	100	120	110	120	120	90	180	90	120	156	120	120	110	80	85	120	120	110	110	170	60	130
Hill Orc	90	140	150	100	80	100	75	75	100	70	100	80	70	80	80	110	90	100	130	120	120	130	195	100	120	120	100	150	160	160	100	100	150	100	110
Merfolk	160	60	90	70	100	120	75	75	120	80	70	90	140	150	50	130	90	100	150	140	140	100	130	140	90	100	150	140	60	80	160	80	150	150	80
Halfling	150	70	60	70	130	100	75	67	100	120	60	100	120	150	160	130	140	60	50	70	90	50	169	130	100	120	150	100	150	140	100	100	90	100	120
Kobold	140	70	60	70	130	100	75	60	100	80	60	140	110	100	150	110	100	60	70	80	90	50	143	110	110	105	105	100	110	130	100	100	100	100	100
Spriggan	170	50	50	50	180	60	97	52	130	150	90	140	150	160	180	150	130	90	70	70	100	70	78	160	50	150	120	50	60	70	140	140	120	120	100
Naga	150	150	40	100	140	100	75	75	120	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	60
Centaur	180	170	200	170	180	150	75	97	140	100	120	110	110	110	110	110	100	60	75	60	85	80	182	120	110	120	120	120	120	130	120	120	120	120	130
Ogre	150	120	150	150	120	150	75	120	110	70	200	180	180	90	110	120	110	80	180	180	180	180	91	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160
Troll	150	130	250	150	150	200	112	135	150	140	150	150	150	130	150	150	100	130	180	180	180	180	260	160	200	160	150	160	160	200	160	160	200	120	160
Minotaur	80	80	130	100	80	120	97	127	140	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	80	90	90	90	90	90	234	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170
Kenku	90	90	100	80	100	100	120	75	130	100	75	75	75	75	75	75	80	90	100	80	80	90	130	60	160	70	80	150	150	180	90	120	90	120	100
Draconian Red	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	70	135	100	100	100
Draconian White	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	135	70	100	100	100
Draconian Green	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	70
Draconian Yellow	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Draconian Grey	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Draconian Black	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	70	135	100
Draconian Purple	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	67	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	91	100	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Draconian Mottled	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	75	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	100
Draconian Pale	200	120	120	100	100	100	75	67	130	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	120	120	120	130	100	120	100	100	100	100	100	90	100	90	100	100
Demigod	110	110	110	110	110	110	82	82	160	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	143	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110
Demonspawn	110	110	110	110	110	110	60	82	140	100	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	130	100	110	100	90	110	110	110	100	110	110	110	100
Mummy	140	140	140	140	140	140	105	105	150	100	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	130	140	140	140	100	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140
Ghoul	110	110	80	100	110	120	82	97	120	80	110	110	110	110	110	110	80	130	130	130	130	130	156	130	130	120	100	120	120	120	150	90	150	90	100
Vampire	140	90	50	90	110	100	120	90	150	110	90	100	110	140	110	140	90	140	140	140	140	140	130	160	90	100	90	140	90	120	140	100	100	120	120
	Arm	Ddg	Sth	Stb	Shd	T&D	Inv	Evo	Exp	Fgt	SBl	LBl	Axs	M&F	Pla	Stv	UnC	Thr	Slg	Bws	Crb	Drt	Spc	Coj	Enc	Sum	Nec	Trl	Trm	Div	Fir	Ice	Air	Ear	Poi