Rolling fresh as a necro, what race?

[CmaN]

Started as a DE necro, ended up rerolling half way through to create Iksar. When I was considering my next character class to create, it's evident that there are several 'good' race choices for most every class. For necromancers, hands down, it's all about Iksar.

The reasons are outlined simply in so many threads, it really shouldn't have to be repeated again - but here it is anyways: regeneration. -20% xp is a bit rough, but so what, the fun is in the journey. Kill one more thing for every 5 things you take down.

Faction hurts sometimes, but honestly isn't really that bad. Once you get call of bones, you can bank in Neriak. You can also buy and sell (allbeit at slightly junk prices) in freeport with no faction work required. You can feign death (don't even need to feign) and bank at Freeport effortlessly as well. Not to mention that as a necro, you will eventually be able to easily obtain your OT hammer, which gives you access to a bank (regardless of faction you can bank in outpost if you're careful), and a big porting hub on the server to get where you need to go. Field of bone/cabilis isn't very far away either.

I'm sure there are a bunch of other places you could sneak around in and bank at.. once you get higher level you can basically invis to alot of banks, pop out and eat a few hits, feign death and bank anyways. Keep an eye out for neutral vendors too, or vendors that will deal with you in skeletal form (Oggok vendors, alot of freeport) etc. Most of neriak is amiable to skeletal form (care of the SK back towards necro guild area). Finally, faction can always be repaired/gained which can be a goal to work towards if it is important to you.

Did I mention regeneration? Dozens of times I've been feigned while leveling in terrible spots and being able to regen health quickly has saved me more time then I can count (see below the difference in feigned regen). When you start losing 22/32 hp a tick with lich/demi lich, having it offset by regeneration keeps you efficient. Without it, you have to lifetap/drain (even standing to cast lifetap/drain is inefficient coupled with the exchange rate). There is a such thing as min/maxing, but I think the race choice for a necromancer goes beyond that. It's really just common sense. When you get going, look me up and I'll see if I can help you get some starting money for spells and equipment!

Edit (copy from wiki Iksar entry):

Both Iksar and Trolls have higher HP regeneration rates (per tick):

Level 01-19: 4 sitting, 2 feigned, 2 standing
Level 20-49: 6 sitting, 2 feigned, 2 standing
Level 50: 8 sitting, 2 feigned, 2 standing
Level 51-55: 12 sitting, 8 feigned, 6 standing
Level 56-59: 16 sitting, 12 feigned, 10 standing
Level 60: 18 sitting, 14 feigned, 12 standing

Comparatively, these are the HP regeneration rates (per tick) for all other races:

Level 01-19: 2 sitting, 1 feigned, 1 standing
Level 20-49: 3 sitting, 1 feigned, 1 standing
Level 50: 4 sitting, 1 feigned, 1 standing
Level 51-55: 5 sitting, 3 feigned, 2 standing
Level 56-59: 6 sitting, 4 feigned, 3 standing
Level 60: 7 sitting, 5 feigned, 4 standing