Race based on a Weapon

[purist]

I only said Iksar because it's not a bad run to KC from Cabilis. Barbs can wear Jarsath too obviously. And yeah, rune etched ranges from slightly to moderately better than Jarsath in most cases but Jarsath is competent to rune etched in most slots and even better than it in some slots. More importantly it's far more obtainable. Like I said, you could get it at level 5 or so walking into KC.

If you really want to base your Shaman race on items I definitely say go for non-fatty races. Especially Iksar, which although not currently an option, their hate gear has more ac, double the wis and +11 more to each resist than any other shaman race iirc, and imbued granite spaulders and the tons of Velious handheld WIS items for medium races only.