First toon, I'm considering cleric

[Drakborn]

I'm just noticing that there are a lot of things mentioned here that are overcome by gear... except for:

halfling for the 5% bonus exp, or dwarf for the sweet barrel roll.

Seriously, it doesn't matter. I suggest going here: https://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Fashion

and deciding what you want to be staring at for 60 levels. The one caveat being.. don't choose human or erudite. That night vision will annoy the hell out of you in no time.