Character creation RIFT Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

In order to create your character, you have to press the Create button in the main menu of the game.

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CREATE button

Choosing a faction

The next step is to pick a faction. Both factions have different races and starting locations. Guardians and Defiants are the factions that you can play as. To each one of them there is added a short story explaining the faction's origins.

Both factions have the same classes.

Choosing a race

Now you have to pick a race. Both factions have three races, and each race has its own two special abilities.

Guardians:

Mathosians - Special abilities: Motivational Roar (increase group movement by 30% for a short time) and Legacy of the Shade (+20 Death Resistance)
Dwarves - Special abilities: Dwarven Breakfast (restore health and energy over time) and Miracle of Hammerknell (+20 Water Resistance)
High Elves - Special abilities: Angelic Flight (soar briefly over medium distances) and Grace of the Forest (+20 Life Resistance)

Dwarf

Defiants:

Bahmi - Special abilities: Mighty Leap (vault quickly over medium distances), Shalstir heritage (+20 Air Resistance)
Eth - Special abilities: Agility (move 50% faster for short periods of time ), Desert Dweller's Birthright (+20 Earth Resistance)
Kelari - Special abilities: Camouflage (elude enemy detection, as a fox), Legacy of the Fire Islands (+20 Fire Resistance)

Choosing a class

If you have never played an MMO game, then this section will be the most useful to you. Picking a class will define the way you play your character later in the game.

It's time for the most important part of creating a character and that's choosing a class or a so called Calling. To each of the Calling there is five additional sub-builds. Those sub-builds are skill trees made of Souls and are created by the developers. Each calling has 9 Souls, but you can only have 3 at the same time. It's worth mentioning that those sub-build were made only to help new players in their adventures in the world of Telara (you can easily change Souls and buy new ones later in the game. Each Soul has a certain role that the players will have to represent:

Offensive (DPS) - responsible for eliminating enemies in every way possible, be it magic, melee, ranged or even pets
Healing (Healer) - responsible for keeping the other players alive, healing them or cleansing negative spells that were cast by the enemy
Defensive (Tank) - responsible for keeping the enemies attention on themselves and absorbing all their attacks in order to defend other members of the group
Supportive (Support) - responsible for supporting the other players by giving them powerful enhancements or paralysing the enemies, making them easier to kill

Sub-builds and their roles:

Warrior: Destroyer (DPS), Pathfinder (Support), Dark Thane (Tank), Hoplite (Tank), Shock Trooper (DPS, only available in the RIFT Store)
Rogue: Huntsman (DPS), Shadow Stalker (DPS), Planar Sentry (Tank), Battle Bard (Support), Flame Trooper (DPS, only available in the RIFT Store)
Cleric: Flame Keeper (Healer), Thunderer (DPS), Arbiter (DPS), Seraphic Guard (Tank), Deadwright (Healer, only available in the RIFT Store)
Mage: Gravelord (DPS), Sage (Healer), Pyromentalist (DPS), Corruptor (DPS), Spellblade (DPS, only available in the RIFT Store)

Souls and their roles:

Warrior Offensive (DPS): Beastmaster, Champion, Paragon, Riftblade

Warrior Healer: none

Warrior Defensive (Tank): Paladin, Reaver, Void Knight

Warrior Support: Warlord

Rogue Offensive (DPS): Assassin, Blade Dancer, Marksman, Nightblade, Ranger, Saboteur

Rogue Healer: none

Rogue Defensive (Tank): Riftstalker

Rogue Support: Bard

Cleric Offensive (DPS): Cabalist, Druid, Inquisitor, Shaman

Cleric Healer: Purifier, Sentinel, Warden

Cleric Defensive (Tank): Justicar

Cleric Support: none

Mage Offensive (DPS): Elementalist, Necromancer, Pyromancer, Stormcaller, Warlock

Mage Healer: Chloromancer

Mage Defensive (Tank): none

Mage Support: Archon, Dominator

All Souls can be bought at a Trainer of your Calling (20g for each), you can find him in all the smaller villages and both of the main cities - Character creation - Choosing a server and creating your character - RIFT - A beginners guide - Game Guide and Walkthrough

All Souls can be bought at a Trainer of your Calling (20g for each), you can find him in all the smaller villages and both of the main cities. The only exception are PvP Souls, which you can buy for Favor (2500). Each Calling has only one PvP Soul:

Warrior: Vindicator
Rogue: Infiltrator
Cleric: Templar
Mage: Archmage

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