Hiya, and welcome to PlaneShift! :)
PS is a constantly evolving, completely free, and always open medieval fantasy MMORPG. We are currently on version 0.3.013, so not even 1.0 yet - so yes, this is isn\'t a full version. We can drop the \"tech demo\" title for now - I think that stopped with Molecular Blue (we\'re playing Crystal Blue now), but this still is a very early (alpha, not beta) stage.
Not all models of the races are available right now, because they haven\'t been created yet. So some models that
are available (Ynnwn, Stonebreaker, Ylian, etc.) are used for those that aren\'t yet (Diaboli, Hammerwielder, Nolthrir, etc.). Once more skin choices and races are created and implemented, you will no doubt be able to change your choices - recreating a character just to get the right aesthetics doesn\'t seem to be too appealing of a choice.
Remember to read the
Player Guide and the Story section of the PlaneShift website, that offers information on both the setting and races (as well as some really cool art to go with them), and glance over some stickied (
Important) threads in the forums, particularly Newbie Help section :)