3) Choose a Race

Pick a race, applying any modifiers to your ability scores and any other racial traits. Each race lists the languages a character of that race automatically knows, as well as a number of bonus languages it may learn. A character knows a number of additional bonus languages equal to his or her Intelligence modifier.

Note: See the Linguistics skill for more information pertaining to Languages.

Race	Ability Bonus
Dwarf	+2 Con, +2 Wis, –2 Cha
Elf	+2 Dex, +2 Int, –2 Con
Gnome	+2 Con, +2 Cha, –2 Str
Half Elf	+2 to one ability score (your choice)
Halfling	+2 Dex, +2 Cha, –2 Str
Half Orc	+2 to one ability score (your choice)
Human	+2 to one ability score (your choice)