Ash Lael: I can't see how it is that hard to work out what I am saying. You do have an IQ greater than that of a PE teacher's, no?
"Either that, or he gives them human graphics and names, but makes them Sliths just for the stat bonuses."
Ah, now the interesting thing about that is that all you get is the equivilant of two level's worth of exp which are altomatically spent. Which sucks, considering the amount of extra epx you have to get to level up. Sliths aren't worth it unless you're planning on getting all your characters to level 50 (or of course you want a pole weapon at the start, but it's easy to get one - the place at the top where there's the shambler. Up 'til then, repeatedly cast bless whenever he gets into combat and he'll have a reasonable chance of hitting.).
The one good thing about having a slith character is that if you make him the third pre-fabricated character down the list (Frrrrrr) then you have enough exp to be able to give him 20 strenght, lots of health and a good few levels on dexterity and pole weapons. When you start, you then get +2 strenght (yay). This then results in your character's health going up more slowly than if you had 20 Strenght.