Ok, I'm new to this group and to playing EQ.

My questions may be redundant to those asked by others here or even
off the wall but her goes.

Does any one use begging?

I have built mine to 23 (not real hi I know but the character is only
9th level) so far all it has done is get me 2 copper and attacked
twice. Not good odds (one attack per copper).

Why do I have direction sense? And why would you buy a compass?

I have a compass on my screen. I already know what direction I am
facing. My direction sense is at 200 and it still only works about
60% of the time.

As a monk, how do I improve my safe fall skill without spending all
my points on it?

I keep jumping off tall things and taking damage but no improvement.

Why are all the characters white? What if I want to play a black
person?

Well that's about it for now. I look foreword (because my eyes are
in the front of my head :P ) to your answers.

Robert