I've decided I may just try a wood elf savage from what I've read. I've been going back and fourth on which race to pick with a savage, and I think wood-elf will be best bet for first time ranger.

My questions are;

1. Is it true that wood elves get a bonus to ambush, entangle, and ranger staff/spear? All three of them?

2. If I pick a wood elf savage, does that mean that my ambush bonus from being a wood elf would be even stronger if I choose to become a savage? I think someone said savages get a bonus to ambush as well. So, in theory, would that kind of be 2x the ambush as a wood elf savage?

3. It's also said that a wood elf savage/swamp ranger would be able to put plague on a staff? Is this only if I choose the terrain of swamps? Can I only do this to my staff if it's in the swamps? Can you put poison and plague on your staff as a woodelf?

4. I dont know much of swamps, but my skills will only be effective within a swamp? Meaning, outside of a swamp, but still in the woods my skills are going to suck? If so, do you think it's better for me to pick another terrain expertise? Or, maybe the one where I dont get a bonus to attacks, but I am good in all terrains?

5. Wood elves are vulnerable to iron, and iron is a metal. So, if i'm a savage with protection from metals does that negate the vulnerability of being an elf?

6. My RP as a wood elf savage would be to attack all that do not belong in the woods, and maybe be weirded out or scared of each creature that enters the woods, and attack them on sight just because I feel threatened within the woods from them. Kind of like I attack them before they get the chance to attack me. That's just off the top of my head. But, a wood elf is a neutral. IF an imm thinks that I'm not being "neutral" and he decides to change me to evil, or however they do it, would I lose skills for that?

7. Regarding question #6; I've never RP'd a neutral, nor played an outlander before, but I kind of get the jist of it, but want to pk, and actually have with with with the game but do you think it'd be wise for me to pick an evil race just to be forsure that I dont break the role of a neutral?

p.s. I'm learning alot from the answers you are giving me, but I dont have all the help files to look up stuff. So, i'm just driven to ask these questions. Thanks for the help.