Your parents will most likely be helpful and give you items and advice to help you progress. After all you are their child. Lumbering, mining, etc will be skills that will allow you to collect raw materials used for the creation of structures and items. There isn't room for OOC in this game. As long as you are in character you can basically do whatever you wish.
Many races dislike other races.
A drunkened dwarf may spout off sexist remarks to his wench. As long as things are done in character they are acceptable. We will not be punishing people who engage in harmless OOC conversations, but if you are running around spouting Tu-Pac lyrics, the gods might have bust a cap. We don t plan to degrade items unless we absolutely have to because of server problems. If you run away from every sign of conflict you may live longer, but you'll be missing out on the very best part of the game.