**Sorry for text wall..I never post, I'll work on not-text walling..**
Find what race fits your inner spirit animal...If there is indecision, do a trial run for an hour on 2 race candidates, and walk around city in barb & halfling warrior and see which feel you connect with. Don't choose for best stats, etc, warriors eventually end up with similiar items no matter the race eventually in the end anyways..so fashionquest/ spirit animal I agree, is paramount importance. Small races in brell religion have the best incentives from cultural armor.. 1 has sneak/hide, 1 has awesome clickies, 1 has best sum stats for good race + barrel roll. Woodelves/Darkelves are fun sometimes to go as dex builds and have fun benefits, along with Human/Barb eyepatch and look&feel of towns. Try out Qeynos atleast once if you've never done, worst case, you can get a port somewhere else.~~My first Warrior was small race Gnome, which i've enjoyed..dwarf next small race to try. Troll/Iksar/Ogre may have to work on rep a lil more to bank, but also come with great benefits. Its not too big of a deal, rep grind, after you have done a little research and have a plan set out.~~Warrior #2 was Ogre..which I liked as well, but want to try Iksar next of evil large. Figure out what starting city you like best, or what city you have never tried. Lots of quests people look over in starting cities that are still awesome, and really get you in the Lore/Look/Feel of being that race as a warrior.. (Ogre/Troll 50% reduc med 10slot bag, and early 2hers), (gnome city 6/20 ratio +2 stats 1hb by lvl 7, dwarves some great starting armor/weapon quests or drops near city)(gnome have super cheap toolboxes in windmill merchant (1g = 8slot giant)~saves you like 20plat*?* vs Large sewing kits to fill bank I think?)).
Barbarians are secluded from world mostly until 20; you can see it as a good thing, in a realm of their own in the tundra, or bad ~in which you port out lol. So, have a plan of either staying there or going somewhere else, i vote stay in Halas or even leveling in Erudin Warrens and especially Stonebrunt Mountains for totem farming is awesome and something rarely done (if you didn't know. all drops in stonebrunt are unable to get if they green out now...) can be fun/exploratory.
Don't forget that going the warrior religion instead of Agnostic will allow you later in Velious to instantly have amiable with Giant faction quest armors (believe its giants?)~[go warrior religion if not small race]~. .
Best wishes, ~Trys.
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