Races and Gender

When you create a character you choose between two races. A Human starts as a Novice and later picks the class tree it wants. A Doram is a cat-like race that can only follow the Summoner line and can never change to another one.

The Doram come from Pasta, a continent across the sea from Rune-Midgarts, and their home village is Lasagna. A new Doram starts there as a Summoner, already in its class, with no job change quest. Before leaving, it can follow introduction quests with the Vigilante Corporation in the Ravioli Fields, which also give starting equipment.

• Skills come in three paths: Animal (physical damage), Plant (magic damage) and Seafood (healing and support).
• At base level 100 the Summoner becomes an Advanced Summoner on its own, with no quest, and unlocks new skill sets.
• At level 200/70 it can become a Spirit Handler, which goes up to the level cap of 260/55.
• Doram count as their own race. Effects that target Humans or Brutes generally work on them, but effects that target Demi-Humans do not.

Characters are male or female, and the sources describe two ways this has been set. The older official guide and the classic iRO Wiki say the gender was chosen when the account was registered, so every character on that account had the same gender. The current iRO Wiki ties gender-based job choices to the gender selected when the character is created.

The official guide presents gender as a social feature: characters of opposite genders can marry in the game, and there are wedding dresses. See Marriage and Adoption.

For a few jobs you do not choose between the two names: the game gives you one or the other according to your character's gender. The best-known pair, named in the official guide, is the Bard (male) and the Dancer (female), each with its own skills; see Bard and Dancer. The iRO Wiki marks these pairs: