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[Butterfly]

Asking just because I'm curious, really. Do you play as a different species with each adventurer, or prefer to stick with a certain species? What influences which adventurers you play as?

For example, my adventurers so far have been: A Moth person (dead), Snail person (dead), Butterfly person (alive), Crab person (alive) and a Slug person (alivedead, on a different world to the others). All of them are invertebrates, and in the game, they don't need to sleep and never get 'drowsy'. I chose them because I love inverterbrates a lot, even though Slug and Snail men are some of the weakest playable species.

So, what do you typically play as?

[peasant cretin]

I mainly play dwarf. Might test stuff as another species, but for actual Adv Mode runs just dwarven peasants.

I guess I like dwarf because they typify the idea of resilience, which is what an adventurer should be. Thematically they seem like they're willing to dig deep when they need to and grind something out, which I think makes the journey the goal in of itself. That's probably at odds with the conventional notion of dwarven greed though, pecuniary or otherwise.

Their shortcoming is their agility. Most vanilla dwarves will never beat another average creature on the fastest attack possible attack (4 ticks). They'll always be behind. Which is okay. Elves feel too overpowered given their speed buff, and their 5k memory/disease resistance.

[DMT]

I mostly play as humans

[DMT]

Lol moth man

[LordKnows]

I mostly play humans, but in my current world have had a lot of fun with a few Gorlak adventurers who with their bodies consisting of a giant head with tusks makes for very good biters in combat. Seem to move very slow though unfortunately. Also goblins can be nice for not having to care about food and boring stuff like that, and their ferocious nature makes cool poems and songs and stuff.

[Migrant]

I mostly play as humans because you can get free armor (and weapons and ammo etc) in every keep you visit.

Elves feel too overpowered

I always thought elves were underpowered  because they're small (can't use the free human equipment) and they can't see in the dark like dwarves (who are small as well). Occasionally I play as a plump helmet man.

[George_Chickens]

Elves used to be OP because of their high dodge chances and speed, but now they're one of the weakest non animal man sentients to play as. I usually go human.

[DMT]

I mostly play as humans because you can get free armor (and weapons and ammo etc) in every keep you visit.

Elves feel too overpowered

I always thought elves were underpowered  because they're small (can't use the free human equipment) and they can't see in the dark like dwarves (who are small as well). Occasionally I play as a plump helmet man.

I once played as a plump helmet man poet, not knowing they can't talk...

[Arthropleura]

Various Snake-Men usually. Ive been attempting to gauge the effectiveness of animal man syndromes. Turns out a gut punch is more effective as it simply takes too long for even the fastest syndromes to take effect.

[VoxelMush]

So far I've played as an Adder man, Aye-aye man, and Elephant man. Only the latter is still alive.

[Zyro_Falcon]

All of them are invertebrates, and in the game, they don't need to sleep and never get 'drowsy'.

I'm fascinated to learn that

I play the Peregrine Falcon Man; tricky terrain means nothing to me as I fly over them at 4.4 speed (or 6.3 if I'm in a short rush)

Now, if only fast travel would allow me to adjust speed, and allow movement through mountains and over water...

[SebasMarolo]

I usually go for axe-goblin or mace-goblin. Bashing in my noble's face is amusing. Throwing his butchered remains on the magma chute I use to dispose of garbage is even more amusing. Then I just  jump in there and un-retire the fort.

The whole ordeal is pointless because most of the time a new baron or something finds his way on the fort during the two weeks, but meh, that isn't my main fort anyway.

[RedDwarf]

For me I chose a dwarf due how resilient they are (Plus I think if you're a dwarf vampire, you become even more resilience(correct me if I'm wrong). For example, I remember going to a dark fortress so I could destroy it visit it with my Dwarven vampire then I fall into a giant ass hole in the floor but I still survive...kinda

[Untrustedlife]

Usually human, occassionally dwarf, and I have a mod I made myself for my game with a few more races with interesting abilities/skillsets.

[Halnoth]

Goblin, not having to eat or drink is amazing