great fun for you and your online peeps!
there are 4 races, Human, Troll, Elf, and Dwarf.
Human: balanced, can use tech without essence penalties.
Elf: fast yet fragile, if they aren't under fire, they can heal without tree of life.
Troll: skin hardens when hit and can weild any weapon without speed penatly, slow and powerfull.
Dwarf: drains essence from anything, had a crapload of essence yet recovers it slowly, due to size they are hard to hit. (and they DON"T HAVE BEARDS!!!!)
i'd tell ya more but i'd be spoilen it for ya, well, have fun!