A character's Race determines their base Attributes and Special Abilities. The exact abilities of each Race are given in Chapter 3, page
. With a character concept, the race should be predetermined, but without, it can give a good guide to the type of character to play.
Example: Nate looks over the list, but doesn't have many points to spend. He briefly contemplates being a Grey One, but decides to stick to being a normal Human. He checks the Human entry, and records all his Attributes as 2, and his Size as 0.