Race Rules (at long last)

Race Rules Updated.  Bear in mind, they were updated to the file provided.  Any errors (such as goblin having mage as a starting/penalized) are also in the Online Rulebook. 6/20/08
Roy S.

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The revised race rules are now available in the Rules Downloads section of the website - but you must say "revised race rules" five times fast in order for the link to work...

Here's the general advisory on these:

• Effective Date: The rules will be implemented for the 2nd April event (a.k.a. the Anniversary event).
• Prohibited Professions: If your PC currently has what is now a prohibited profession for her race, you will be allowed to keep that profession but will have to pay a five build penalty as though it were a penalized profession.
• Penalized Professions: You must pay the five build penalty for any profession your PC has that is now penalized for her race.
• Starting Professions: If you have a starting profession for your PC that is no longer permitted as a starting profession for her race, you will be permitted to retain that profession, but will have to pay the five build penalty if the profession is penalized or prohibited.
• Khitan: If your PC has been role-played as coming from a culture that is now represented by the Khitanese human race, you will be allowed to change your PC's race accordingly.
• Coast Haven:  If your PC has been role-played as coming from Coast Haven, you will be allowed to change your PC's race accordingly.
• Sylphs: Sylphs will be introduced via plot at a date to be determined. Until their plot introduction, they are not merely restricted but are off-limits.
• Branded: If your Dark Elf PC has been role-played as being branded, you will be assigned the skill Branded immediately.
• Refunded Build: If your PC has build refunded because of modifications to the racial skills, you will be required to respend that build on the racial list, if possible; if not, you will simply be refunded the build and can choose to respend it immediately or accept it in your unspent column.

What if a profession is not listed on any of a race's lists (starting/penalized/prohibited)?

For instance, in a totally hypothetical situation of course, Cavalier is not on any of the Dark Elf lists.  What would that, hypothetically, mean?

--Skimmel, who does not play a cavalier...

All that matters is that there is an explanation finally for dryads with wings.

But seriously, what about these penalties? Would respending the build into a suitable profession be plausible? In my case, losing 5 build for a profession I've had for a long, long time is harsh when taking into account a 1 build blanket per event. Can it be converted into a similar profession with comparable skills from the starting list?

I could swear it says this in the first couple pages, but not one seems to notice it, so maybe I'm crazy. But the answer to Skimmel's question is that if a profession doesn't appear as a Starting profession, but is not Penalized or Prohibited, you can acquire it as a secondary (tertiary, whatever) profession for the normal cost of 10 build.

I'll defer on answering the question about respending if you're stuck with a now penalized list. My inclination is to let that happen to make everyone happy, but I better check with James and others who will be affected by the potential extra paperwork before making such a promise...

What will happen with racial detriments that are no longer listed?  More specifically, will every Gypsy in game suddenly find their family curse lifted and discover a new willingness to use the bank on April 25th?

We are all (our characters) immediately aware of all of this information a la Harry Potter (Everyone knows about the tri-wizard tournament that we just made up, cause we've always known this, just never talked about it.)?  Or do we have to find out this information in game?