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>does race matter?
Not at all, just RP flavor.
>Also, do you recommend a specific religion?
Any is fine. I go Crom (none) for challenge usually, but Derketo and Zath have nice titty armors, and Ymir has a weapon which lets you cheese the volcano temperature last I played. As a tip, you can learn all the religions eventually, both painfully (spending knowledge points) and painlessly (taught for free by a trainer). Even if you feel you "wasted" knowledge points on something, like a religion you learn for free later, you can respec fairly early (lvl 10 or lvl 30, I forget which is which, but stat respecs and knowledge respecs are possible separately).