Customization

Final Fantasy XIV features a simple, yet comprehensive character creation system which allows players to customize their avatars. Once a race and clan have been selected, players can proceed to choose from a wide variety of face types and hair styles. From there, detailed adjustments can be made to hair, skin, and eye color, as well as mouth, nose, and eye shape. A character's sense of individuality may be enhanced even further with the addition of such features as scars and tattoos. The possibilities are almost endless.

Customization options currently known to date include:

Race
Clan or tribe
Sex
Hair style
Face type
Facial details - mouth, nose, and eye shape
Eye, skin, and hair color
Facial scars, tattoos, patterns, and band-aids

1 Face Types
2 Q&A
3 Speculation & Possibilities
4 Other Aspects of Game Mechanics
5 Source

Face Types

Five face types of Roegadyn are also released. There are variations in beards, scars on faces and hair style. Moreover, you can see something like tattoos and band-aids. It looks like their shape of noses and lips are slightly different.

This type has three scars on face. Maybe you can change size, place and shape of scars?
This type has a band-aid on face. Maybe there are items that you can put on your face?
This type has a unique looking hair style and patterns around eyes.

Q&A

Q: How much can you customize?

A: According to the info of female Hyuran’s whole bodies and Roegadyn’s faces, here are some settings that you can change when you do character making: