Character classes

When you create a character for Shartak, you are asked to choose what the character's background is, e.g. soldier, explorer, native villager, etc. This is known as the character class. The character class choice affects what items the character starts with, what skills are available for the character to acquire, and what the character's Hit Point maximum will be. All eight character types are listed below along with information pertinent to each.

Native characters

• Scout

Has 50 HP.

Starts with tasty berries and a gourd of water.

• Warrior

Has 60 HP.

Starts with a loaded blowpipe and a spare poison dart.

• Villager

Has 55 HP.

Starts with a banana and a healing herb.

• Shaman

Has 50 HP.

Starts with nothing.

Outsider characters

• Explorer

Has 50 HP.

Starts with a bottle of water and a GPS unit.

• Soldier

Has 60 HP.

Starts with a rifle and a spare rifle bullet.

Can learn rifle skills (others apparently cannot?)

• Settler

Has 55 HP.

Starts with a bottle of beer and a first aid kit.

• Scientist

Has 50 HP.

Starts with 10x gold coins.

• Pirate

Has 65 HP

Starts with a bottle of rum and a cutlass