find the races

Princess Serissa

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

thrust into power. Unable to find her father and fearing that he might be dead, Serissa can imagine her political influence evaporating quickly. Several giant lords previously under her father’s

thumb have abandoned her court and set out to impress the gods in ways that could all but destroy the civilizations of the small folk. Serissa fears warfare among the six giant races as they strive to

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn. Though

best attributes of dragons and humanoids. Some dragonborn are faithful servants to true dragons, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear

Mark of Finding Half-Orc

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

My ancestors used their gift to track beasts in the swamps. I use mine to find fugitives in the slums of Sharn. I’m still a hunter. I always find my mark. — Hondar’Aashta

, Tharashk bounty hunter The Mark of Finding sharpens the senses, guiding the hunter to prey. Alone among the dragonmarks, the Mark of Finding is carried by two races: humans and half-orcs. It first

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

friend. In spite of the added discomfort, the dwarf’s long, pointed, often-broken nose and gray-streaked though still-fiery red beard came as a welcome sight to Drizzt. “Knew I’d find

them into an exile that lasted over 250 years. This longevity grants them a perspective on the world that shorter-lived races such as humans and halflings lack. Dwarves are solid and enduring like the

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

of many other races. They are slightly shorter than humans on average, ranging from well under 5 feet tall to just over 6 feet. They are more slender than humans, weighing only 100 to 145 pounds

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

Mark of Finding Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

My ancestors used their gift to track beasts in the swamps. I use mine to find fugitives in the slums of Sharn. I’m still a hunter. I always find my mark. —Hondar’Aashta

, Tharashk bounty hunter The Mark of Finding sharpens the senses, guiding the hunter to prey. Alone among the dragonmarks, the Mark of Finding is carried by two races: humans and half-orcs. It first

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

hiring out as mercenaries to whoever in the North would pay them. Since then the mercenary company has broadened its membership to other races, but every member is an exile, criminal, or misfit of some

company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak

Aereni Wood Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

master of these skills? Do you have ancestors in the Undying Court, and if so, what’s your relationship with them? Do you find dealing with the short-lived races to be a challenge, or are you patient with them?

are too mired in the past, and need to find a way forward? Elves of Aerenal Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Court, a council of undead elves sustained by positive energy. The Undying Court wields

Aereni High Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

master of these skills? Do you have ancestors in the Undying Court, and if so, what’s your relationship with them? Do you find dealing with the short-lived races to be a challenge, or are you patient with them?

are too mired in the past, and need to find a way forward? Elves of Aerenal Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Court, a council of undead elves sustained by positive energy. The Undying Court wields

Uthgardt Tribe Member

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

abandoned that path, you find yourself adrift. Or you might come from a segment of the Uthgardt that adheres to tradition, but you seek to bring glory to your tribe by achieving great things as a

only your tribe’s territory, but also the terrain and natural resources of the rest of the North. You are familiar enough with any wilderness area that you find twice as much food and water as

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

despite the rise and fall of empires. Many halflings live among other races, where the halflings’ hard work and loyal outlook offer them abundant rewards and creature comforts. Some halfling

, go talk to the farmers and herders and you’ll find good, solid folk. Not that there’s anything wrong with the barons and soldiers—you have to admire their conviction. And by

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

unlikely to find the burrows in the first place. Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils

know that most races don’t share their sense of humor, but they enjoy anyone’s company just as they enjoy everything else they set out to do. Subrace Choose one of the subraces below

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

back into the air. Those that make it to a world in the Material Plane find it a strange place. They sometimes forget or ignore vertical distances, and they have nothing but pity for those earthbound

versa. The idea of ownership baffles most aarakocra. After all, who owns the sky? Even when explained to them, they initially find the notion of ownership mystifying. As a result, aarakocra who have

Thri-kreen

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

speak by clacking their mandibles and waving their antennae, indicating to other thri-kreen what they are thinking and feeling. Other creatures find this method of communication difficult to interpret and

member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability

The Mark of Finding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

The Mark of Finding “My ancestors used their gift to track beasts in the swamps. I use mine to find fugitives in the slums of Sharn. I’m still a hunter. I always find my mark.” — Hondar’Aashta

, Tharashk bounty hunter The Mark of Finding sharpens the senses, guiding the hunter to prey. Alone among the dragonmarks, the Mark of Finding is carried by two races: humans and half-orcs. It first

Harengon

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and powerful legs of leporine creatures and are full of energy, like a wound-up spring. Harengons are blessed with a little fey luck, and they often find themselves a few fortunate feet away from

of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live

Changeling Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

in stable communities where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever

The Mark of Finding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

, Tharashk bounty hunter The Mark of Finding sharpens the senses, guiding the hunter to prey. Alone among the dragonmarks, the Mark of Finding is carried by two races: humans and half-orcs. It first appeared in the Shadow Marches, where clan hunters used it to find their prey.

The Mark of Finding My ancestors used their gift to track beasts in the swamps. I use mine to find fugitives in the slums of Sharn. I’m still a hunter. I always find my mark. —Hondar’Aashta

Character Origins August 18, 2022

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana

document presents rules on character creation, including options for Races, Backgrounds, and Feats. You will also find a glossary of new or revised meanings for game terms.

Race and Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Race and Class Each guild description in chapter 2 provides suggested races and classes for characters belonging to that guild. Some races have strong traditions that direct them toward certain

the guild. This chapter describes new races you can choose from: centaurs, goblins, loxodons, minotaurs, Simic hybrids, and vedalken. It also presents two new subclass options: the cleric’s Order

Humans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Humans Humans dwell in every corner of Toril and encompass a full range of cultures and ethnicities. Along the Sword Coast and across the North, humans are the most pervasive of the races and in

Great Glacier to the fertile shores along rivers and seas. Humans find ways to survive and to thrive almost anywhere. In locations where elves and dwarves have withdrawn, humans often move in and build

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

extended their stewardship over the sea floor from their initial settlements and built outposts to create trade with other races. Despite this expansion, few folk know of them. Their settlements are so

the tritons’ role as the world’s true protectors. Staunch Champions Despite their off-putting manners, tritons are benevolent creatures at heart, convinced that other civilized races

Chapter 3: Races of Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Chapter 3: Races of Eberron The Bazaar in Sharn is flooded with merchants and customers. An Aereni elf scowls behind a golden deathmask as she argues with a dwarf merchant. As a Talenta halfling

mounts. This chapter provides an overview of the common races and their role in the world. It also presents four new races that were originally developed for the Eberron campaign setting. Changelings

Self-Sufficient Clans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same

commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn. Though all dragonborn strive to be self-sufficient, they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. But the best source

A Hidden People

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever knowing another like

Shield Dwarves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

their walls, clans of shield dwarves are spread thinly throughout the North, to the extent that it’s hard to find a settlement that doesn’t include at least a handful of dwarven residents. The dwarves

’ affinity for trade brings them in contact with other races; beyond that, there’s also a sense among shield dwarves that all of the North is their land, as evidenced by the ruins of long-lost dwarven kingdoms scattered throughout.

Izzet Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Izzet Creatures Izzet laboratories are staffed with attendants (commoners) and chemisters (mages). Pixies and sprites (called ratchet faeries) find employment among the Izzet working on projects that

are too small for other races. The Izzet League employs elementals formed from the combination of two or more elemental forces, including mephits of the smoke, steam, ice, and magma varieties. Izzet

The True Threat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

, but against a much more sinister presence: the sahuagin. Just over a year ago, a colony of lizardfolk were driven from their home by an invasion of sahuagin. Forced to find a temporary home, they

aquatic races. The lizardfolk’s main purpose is to form an army to expel the sahuagin from the area. In so doing, they hope to discourage the sahuagin from ever again intruding on the region. The

SHA'SAL KHOU

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

Coast as well. The characters participating in this adventure are members of this fortification, and work with the other races of the Realms to further their goals. While in the pursuit of their

objectives or even simply as training to pursue them, they find themselves participating in all sorts of expeditions and adventures alongside the factions. As a general note, the Sha’sal Khou isn’t a

Hidden People

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

where changelings are true to their nature and deal openly with the people around them. Some are orphans, raised by other races, who find their way in the world without ever knowing another like

Self-Sufficient Clans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

to fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same

commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn. Though all dragonborn strive to be self-sufficient, they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. But the best source

Rock Gnomes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

wanderers travel between communities across Faerûn in order to trade with or learn from outsiders, including members of other races. Rock gnomes who leave their communities often find work by using their

regularly with individuals of other races, especially if those individuals have something to teach them. Rock gnomes prefer to live on the edges of other settlements in their own enclaves, though the

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

. Goliaths see females and males as equal in all things, and they find societies with roles divided by gender to be puzzling or worthy of mockery. To a goliath, the person who is best at a job should be

, committed by the goliath. Goliaths assign and use nicknames with their friends of other races, and change them to refer to an individual’s notable deeds. Goliaths present all three names when

Firbolg Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

We spent three months tracking the green dragon before locating the forest in which it sought refuge. On our second day in that place, we woke to find the dragon’s head placed in the center

forest’s children by their deeds, habits, and other actions. By the same token, their tribe names merely refer to their homes. When dealing with other races, firbolgs refer to their lands by

Loxodon

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

structures. Relentlessly Loyal Loxodons believe in the value of community and life, and thus are most often found in the Selesnya Conclave. Some find fulfillment in the cause of order by joining

often translate them into titles, such as Hierarch, Revered, Grandmother, Healer, or Saint, when interacting with other races. Male Names: Bayul, Berov, Brooj, Chedumov, Dobrun, Droozh, Golomov, Heruj

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