In the PC version of the game, you'll play as one of five fantasy races in the colorful realm of Vana'diel. These include the well-rounded humes (humans, essentially), the tall and slender elvaan, the hulking galka, the feline mithra, and the diminutive, dog-nosed tarutaru. At the beginning of the game, you'll choose your race and your profession from a list of basic character classes, which include Final Fantasy standbys such as fighter, monk, white mage, and black mage, though you'll be able to follow different professions later on in your career and in so doing, you'll be able to advance to a more-advanced profession, similar to the job system in Final Fantasy Tactics for the PlayStation and the advanced fifth-level classes from Dark Age of Camelot.