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A racial class, also known as racial level, is an optional special class found in the RPG representing a specific playable race. A character from a race can choose to take up levels in the class when playing that race. Racial classes represent abilities based on that races culture or ethnicity. This ability represents members of these races becoming more in tune with their natural spirits, developing their inner potentials, focusing on their traditions and attaining the ancestral powers of their cultures and societies. Not all members of such a race take up their racial class, but many do.^[1] Other races are not allowed to learn another race's racial class. Even a character polymorphed into a member of another race cannot take the class of a "new" race; racial classes represent millennia of history, culture and legacy that infuse a new member of the race at birth and reverberate within her consciousness forever.^[1]

Humans and orcs did not initially have a racial class. This was partially to make orcs similar to humans, as these two races are the most important in the Warcraft world.^[2] Orcs were given a racial class in Horde Player's Guide. Races that are considered half-human, such as half-elves or half-orcs, are not given racial classes either.

More bestial, monster, or feral player races may have a creature class instead, which more or less functions in the same manner. Racial iconic classes are similar, they also represent characters who draw upon their races’ traditions, values, and techniques — though in these cases, the traditions, values, and techniques are those specific to a class.^[3]

Some racial class rules may be identical to another racial class, the only difference is the name. A racial class should not be confused with racial traits. A race may have racial traits regardless of having the racial class or not.

Racial classes

Blood elf^{[citation needed]}
Blue wyrmkin^[4]
Dark Iron dwarf^[5]
Drakkari troll (identical to jungle troll class with additional required level adjustment)
Dragonspawn^[6]

Wyrmkin (Wyrmkin given as example. Identical to blue wyrmkin class, but can be used for wyrmkin of other aspects.^[7])

Forest troll (identical to jungle troll class^[8])
Forsaken undead^[9]^[10]
Furbolg^{[citation needed]}
Gnoll^{[citation needed]}
Gnome^{[citation needed]}
Goblin^{[citation needed]}
Half-ogre^{[citation needed]}
High elf^[11]
Ice troll (Ice troll racial class levels are identical to those of jungle trolls.^[12])
Ironforge dwarf^[13]
Jungle troll^[14]
Makrura^{[citation needed]}
Murloc^[15]^[16]
Mur'gul^[17]
Naga^[18]
Night elf^[19]
Orc^[2]
Pandaren^[20]
Quilboar^[21]
Sandfury trolls (identical to jungle troll class^[12])
Satyr^[22]
Tauren^[23]
Trogg^{[citation needed]}
Tuskarr^[24]
Wildhammer dwarf
Zandalari troll^[25] (identical to jungle troll class with additional required level adjustment^[12])

References

^ ^a ^b World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 33
^ ^a ^b Horde Player's Guide, 12
^ Horde Player's Guide, 17
^ Lands of Mystery, 119
^ Dark Factions, 9
^ Monster Guide, 48
^ Dark Factions, 7-8
^ Horde Player's Guide, 10
^ Horde Player's Guide,
^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 53
^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 37
^ ^a ^b ^c Monster Guide, 138
^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 35
^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 50
^ Lands of Mystery, 138
^ Dark Factions, 11
^ Dark Factions, 201
^ Dark Factions, 14
^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 39
^ Dark Factions, 16
^ Dark Factions, 18
^ Dark Factions, 20
^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 48
^ Dark Factions, 23
^ Dark Factions, 167

[WoWRPG33-1] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 33

[HPG12-2] Horde Player's Guide, 12

[3] Horde Player's Guide, 17

[4] Lands of Mystery, 119

[5] Dark Factions, 9

[6] Monster Guide, 48

[7] Dark Factions, 7-8

[8] Horde Player's Guide, 10

[9] Horde Player's Guide,

[10] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 53

[11] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 37

[MG138-12] Monster Guide, 138

[13] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 35

[14] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 50

[15] Lands of Mystery, 138

[16] Dark Factions, 11

[17] Dark Factions, 201

[18] Dark Factions, 14

[19] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 39

[20] Dark Factions, 16

[21] Dark Factions, 18

[22] Dark Factions, 20

[23] World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 48

[24] Dark Factions, 23

[25] Dark Factions, 167

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+A '''racial class''', also known as '''racial level''', is an optional special class found in the RPG representing a specific playable race. A character from a race can choose to take up levels in the class when playing that race. Racial classes represent abilities based on that races culture or ethnicity. This ability represents members of these races becoming more in tune with their natural spirits, developing their inner potentials, focusing on their traditions and attaining the ancestral powers of their cultures and societies. Not all members of such a race take up their racial class, but many do.<ref name="WoWRPG33">''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 33</ref> Other races are not allowed to learn another race's racial class. Even a character polymorphed into a member of another race cannot take the class of a "new" race; racial classes represent millennia of history, culture and legacy that infuse a new member of the race at birth and reverberate within her consciousness forever.<ref name="WoWRPG33"/>
-{{RPG}}
-A '''racial class''' (aka racial levels) is an optional special class found in the rpg representing a specific playable race. A character from a race can choose to take up levels in the class when playing that race. Racial classes represent abilities based on that races culture or ethnicity. This ability represents members of these races becoming more in tune with their natural spirits, developing their inner potentials, focusing on their traditions and attaining the ancestral powers of their cultures and societies. Not all members of such a race take up their racial class, but many do.{{cite|WoWRPG|33}} Other races are not allowed to learn another race's racial class. Even a character polymorphed
-into a member of another race cannot take the class of a “new” race; racial classes represent millennia of history,
-culture and legacy that infuse a new member of the race at birth and reverberate within her consciousness forever.{{cite|WoWRPG|33}}
-Humans and orcs did not initially have a racial class. This was partially to make orcs similar to humans, as these two races are the most important in the Warcraft world.{{cite|HPG|12}} Orcs were given a racial class in the Horde Player's Guide.
+Humans and orcs did not initially have a racial class. This was partially to make orcs similar to humans, as these two races are the most important in the Warcraft world.<ref name="HPG12"/> Orcs were given a racial class in ''Horde Player's Guide''. Races that are considered half-human, such as [[half-elves]] or [[half-orc]]s, are not given racial classes either.
-More bestial, monster or feral player races may have a [[creature class]] instead, which more or less functions in the same manner. [[Racial iconic class]]es are similar, they also represent characters who draw upon their races’ traditions, values and techniques — though in these cases, the traditions, values and techniques are those specific to a class{{cite|HPG|17}}.
+More bestial, monster, or feral player races may have a [[creature class]] instead, which more or less functions in the same manner. [[Racial iconic class]]es are similar, they also represent characters who draw upon their races’ traditions, values, and techniques — though in these cases, the traditions, values, and techniques are those specific to a class.<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 17</ref>
+Some racial class rules may be identical to another racial class, the only difference is the name. A racial class should not be confused with racial traits. A race may have racial traits regardless of having the racial class or not.
 ==Racial classes==
-*[[Blood elf]]
+*[[Blood elf]]{{fact}}
+*[[Blue wyrmkin]]<ref>''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', 119</ref>
-*[[Dark Iron dwarf]]
+*[[Dark Iron dwarf]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 9</ref>
-*[[Drakkari]]
+*[[Drakkari troll]] (identical to jungle troll class with additional required level adjustment)
-*[[Dragonspawn]]{{cite|MG|48}} (not yet released)
+*[[Dragonspawn]]<ref>''[[Monster Guide]]'', 48</ref>
-*[[Forest troll]]
+:*[[Wyrmkin]] (Wyrmkin given as example. Identical to blue wyrmkin class, but can be used for wyrmkin of other aspects.<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 7-8</ref>)
-*[[Forsaken undead]]
+*[[Forest troll]] (identical to jungle troll class<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 10</ref>)
-*[[Furbolg]]
+*[[Forsaken undead]]<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]], </ref><ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 53</ref>
-*[[Ice troll]]
+*[[Furbolg]]{{fact}}
-*[[Ironforge dwarf]]
-*[[Half-ogre]]
+*[[Gnoll]]{{fact}}
-*[[High elf]]
+*[[Gnome]]{{fact}}
+*[[Goblin]]{{fact}}
-*[[Jungle troll]]
-*[[Naga]]
+*[[Half-ogre]]{{fact}}
+*[[High elf]]<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 37</ref>
-*[[Night elf]]
+*[[Ice troll]] (Ice troll racial class levels are identical to those of jungle trolls.<ref name="MG138"/>)
-*[[Gnoll]]
+*[[Ironforge dwarf]]<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 35</ref>
-*[[Gnome]]
+*[[Jungle troll]]<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 50</ref>
-*[[Goblin]]
-*[[Makrura]]
+*[[Makrura]]{{fact}}
+*[[Murloc]]<ref>''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', 138</ref><ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 11</ref>
-*[[Orc]]
+*[[Mur'gul]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 201</ref>
-*[[Quilboar]]
+*[[Naga]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 14</ref>
-*[[Satyr]]
+*[[Night elf]]<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 39</ref>
-*[[Tauren]]
+*[[Orc]]<ref name="HPG12">''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', 12</ref>
-*[[Trogg]]
+*[[Pandaren]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 16</ref>
+*[[Quilboar]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 18</ref>
+*[[Sandfury trolls]] (identical to jungle troll class<ref name="MG138"/>)
+*[[Satyr]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 20</ref>
+*[[Tauren]]<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', 48</ref>
+*[[Trogg]]{{fact}}
+*[[Tuskarr]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]], 23</ref>
 *[[Wildhammer dwarf]]
+*[[Zandalari troll]]<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 167</ref> (identical to jungle troll class with additional required level adjustment<ref name="MG138">''[[Monster Guide]]'', 138</ref>)
-*[[Wyrmkin]]
-*[[Zandalari]]
+== References ==
-[[Category:Classes]][[Category:RPG classes]][[Category:Racial classes]]
+{{reflist|2}}
+[[Category:Racial classes| ]]
+[[Category:Dark Factions]]
+[[Category:World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]
+[[Category:Monster Guide]]
+[[Category:Lands of Mystery]]