Races

Upsizing & Downsizing

Rules for how sizes other than Medium affects you are at the end of the document.

Weight = Base Weight + (Height roll x Weight roll)

Weight in kg

1 lb = 0,5kg

Height in cm

1' (foot) = 30 cm
1" (inch) = 2,5 cm

Aarakocra

Aarakocra Backgrounds

Backgrounds that are most appropriate for the aarakocra include the outlander, the hermit, and the sage.

The small colonies of aarakocra that exist are usually insular and remote, and few aarakocra live away from their roosts; no more than a few dozen aarakocra live away from the nests of their families. Those that do are usually fighters or rangers, constantly patrolling for outside threats.

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Homelands

Most aarakocra live on the Elemental Plane of Air. Aarakocra can be drawn into the Material Plane, sometimes to pursue enemies or thwart their foes' designs there. Accident might also send a nest of aarakocra tumbling into a world on that plane. A few find their way to such a world through portals on their own plane and establish nests in high mountains or in the canopies of old forests.

Once tribes of aarakocra settle in an area, they share a hunting territory that extends across an area up to 100 miles on a side, with each tribe hunting in the lands nearest to their colony, ranging further should game become scarce.

Great Purpose

Aarakocra enjoy peace and solitude. Most of them have little intrest in dealing with other people. For this reason, it takes an exceptional circumstances for an aarakocra to leave their tribe and undertake the adventurer's life. Neither treasure nor glory is enough to lure them from their tribes; a dire threat to their people, a mission of vengeance, or a catastrophe typically lies at the heart of the aarakocra adventurer's chosen path.

Two other circmstances might call an aarakocra to adventure. First, aarakocra have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aqaa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaos' monsterous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider. When plunged into Miska's body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its pieces across the multiverse. Recovering the pieces means gaining honor and esteem in the eyes of the vaati who forged it and could possibly restore a powerful weapon for defence against the agents of elemental evil.

Second, aarakocra are sworn foes of elemental earth, in paticular the gargoyles that serve Ogrémoch, the Prince of Earth. The Aarakocra word for gargoyle is loosely translated as “flying rock,” and battles between aarakocra and gargoyles have raged across the Elemental Planes of Earth and Air, occasionally spilling into a world on the Material Plane. Aarakocra on that plane might leave their colonies to lend aid to other humanoids committed to fighting earth cults and thwarting their efforts.

Aarakocra Names

As with much of their speech, aarakocra names include clicksand whistles to the point that other peoples have a difficult time pronouncing them. Typically, a name has two to four syllables with the sounds acting as connectors. When interacting with other races, aarakocra may use nicknames gained from people they meet or shortened forms of their full names.

Aarakocra Names: Aera, Aial, Aur, Deekek, Errk,

Heehk, Ikki, Kleeck, Oorr, Ouss, Quaf, Quierk,

Salleek, Urreek, Zeed.

Aarakocra Personality

The aarakocra rarely live a life outside their village, and it shows in the way they act around others. You can select, roll, or adapt a aarakocra-specific quirk from the Aarakocra Quirks table. Use the quirk to inform how you portray your character.

Aarakocra Quirks

d6	Quirk
1	You assume that anything anyone offers you is free. If they wanted you to pay for it, why would they hand it to you?
2	You hate sleeping indoors, and would much rather be perched in a sturdy branch.
3	You can't help but attempt to keep your friends clean, and are always brushing dust off them.
4	You often take small object and trinkets that you don't think others will miss.
5	You sometimes think that dwarves are blind because they live underground.
6	You believe no other race appreciates the wide, open air as much as you do.

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Aarakocra Traits

As an aarakocra, you have certain traits in common with other aarakocra.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2.

Age. Aarakocra reach maturity by age 15. Compared to humans, aarakocra don't usually live longer than 60 years.

Alignment. Most aarakocra are good and rarely choose sides when it comes to law and chaos. Tribal leaders and warriors might be lawful, while explorers and adventurers might tend towards chaotic.

Size. Aarakocra are about 5 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 80 and 100 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Peak Dwellers. You're acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet. You're also naturally adapted to strong wind, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master's Guide.

Talons. Your talons are natural weapons, which has the finesse property and you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Wings. Your wings are strong enough to fully support you in the air. You have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can't be wearing medium or heavy armor.

However, your wings are only able to properly support you. You can't carry another creature or move one grappled by you while flying. Furthermore, you can't wear any kind of armor that doesn't accommodate your wings, though armour can be made to accommodate your wings with the right tools and expertise.

Finally, your body is naturally adapted to the turbulent and fast winds of the Elemental Plane of Air. While on the

Elemental Plane of Air, the flying speed granted by your Wings trait is doubled.

Languages. You are fluent in Auran and proficient in Common.

Subrace. Aarakocra are loosly divided by their upbringing in their tribe, which are the braveheart and the sagesoul. The braveheart act as defenders of the tribe, while the sagesoul act as shamans and hunters. Choose one of these subraces.

Sagesoul Aarakocra

Sagesoul aarakocra are more in tune with the Elemental Plane of Air, and can call on limited elemental magic.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.

Breeze Callers. Your attunement to the air plane allows you to cast spells that reflect the elemental air. You know the gust cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the fog cloud spell and once you reach 5th level, you can also cast the gust of wind spell.

Spell-like Abilities

If you pick a race that can cast spells, choose if Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. Once you cast either of these spells with this trait, unless it's a cantrip, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using any spells slots you have.

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Conflicted Souls

Despite its celestial origin, an aasimar is mortal and possesses free will. Most aasimar follow their ordained path, but some grow to see their abilities as a curse. These disaffected aasimar are typically content to turn away from the world, but a few become agents of evil. In their minds, their exposure to celestial powers amounted to little more than brainwashing.

Evil aasimar make deadly foes. The radiant power they once commanded becomes corrupted into a horrid, draining magic. And their angelic guides abandon them.

Even aasimar wholly dedicated to good sometimes feel torn between two worlds. The angels that guide them see the world from a distant perch. An aasimar who wishes to stop and help a town recover from a drought might be told by an angelic guide to push forward on a greater quest. To a distant angel, saving a few commoners might pale in comparison to defeating a cult of Orcus. An aasimar's guide is wise but not infallible.

Aasimar Names

Most aasimar are born from human parents, and they use the same naming conventions as their native culture.

Aasimar Traits

Your aasimar character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 2.

Age. Aasimar mature at the same rate as humans, but they can live up to 160 years.

Alignment. Imbued with celestial power, most aasimar are good. Outcast aasimar are most often neutral or even evil.

Size. Aasimar have the same range of height and weight as humans.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Low-light Vision. Blessed with a radiant soul, your vision can cut through darker areas. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Celestial Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.

Healing Hands. As an action, you can touch a creature and cause it to regain a number of hit points equal to your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Light Bearer. You know the light cantrip.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Celestial.

Subrace. Three subraces of aasimar exist: protector aasimar, scourge aasimar, and fallen aasimar. Choose one of them for your character.

Radiant Soul. Starting at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to unleash the divine energy within yourself. The effects depend on your subrace. Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Protector Aasimar

Protector aasimar are charged by the powers of good to guard the weak, to strike at evil wher,ever it arises, and to stand vigilant against the darkness. From a young age, a protector aasimar receives advice and directives that urge to stand against evil.

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Scourge Aasimar

Scourge aasimar are imbued with a divine energy that blazes intensely within them. It feeds a powerful desire to destroy evil-a desire that is, at its best, unflinching and, at its worst, all—consuming. Many scourge aasimar wear masks to block out the world and focus on containing this power, unmasking themselves only in battle.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases
by 1.

Radiant Consumption. Starting at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing a searing light to radiate from you, pour out of your eyes and mouth, and threaten to char you.

Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, you shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet, and at the end of each of your turns, you and each creature within 10 feet of you take radiant damage equal to half your level (rounded up). In addition, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra radiant damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra radiant damage equals your level.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Fallen Aasimar

An aasimar who was touched by dark powers as a youth or who turns to evil in early adulthood can become one of the fallen—a group of aasimar whose inner light has been replaced by shadow.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Necrotic Shroud. Starting at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing your eyes to turn into pools of darkness and two skeletal, ghostly, flightless wings to sprout from your back. The instant you transform, other creatures within 10 feet of you that can see you must each succeed on a Charisma saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra necrotic damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra necrotic damage equals your level.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Falling from Grace or Rising to It

With your DM's consent, you can change your character's subrace to fallen aasimar if your protector/scourge aasimar turns to evil. To do so, replace your subrace benefits, including the ability score increase, with those of a fallen aasimar.

Similarly, if your faJlen aasimar turns to good, your DM might allow you to become a protector or scourge aasimar.

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Centaur traits

Your centaur character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution and Wisdom scores both increases by 1.

Age. Centaur typically live around the same length as humans, living to about 80 normally, with some living to be nearly 110 years of age.

Alignment. Centaurs are ultimately social creatures whom value group cohesion above all else, they tend toward lawful alignments, and have a propensity for neutrality- the wellbeing of their own clan being their primary motivation.

Natural Cavalry. You can't mount another creature but you may serve as a mount for a creature smaller than you. When you do so you always act independently of your rider. You also count as mounted at all times for the purposes of equipment, and any creature you carry in this way counts as half their normal weight for the purpose of determining whether or not you are encumbered.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and have 2 language points. Centaurs spend a lot of time trading with other races, and depending on what other people your herd regularly deals with, you might be versed in tongues such as Dwarvish, Elvish, or Sylvan.

Subrace. Centaurs are a race deeply in tune with the natural world, and while all Centaurs share a deep and abiding love for their Herd- different lands have given rise to different breeds: asinine centaur, cervine centaur, and equine centaur. Choose one of these subraces for you character.

Asinine Centaur as Mounts

The Natural Cavalry feature states that centaurs can function as a mount for a creature of one size smaller. The asinine centaur's Powerful Build feature is intended to qualify it to act as a mount for creatures of the same size as well.

Asinine Centaur

Asinine Centaurs are the smallest and toughest centaur breed. Asinine herds live picking their way through mountain passes and other high places and often try to help other friendly creatures find their way.

Regardless of conditions, their tough donkey-like bodies are ready to endure and adapt, and herds have been known to range the same mountains for generations, stubbornly clinging to the land regardless of whatever might threaten them.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Size. Asinine centaur are the smallest centaur at 5 feet tall, and weighing around 450 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Hooves. Your hooves are natural melee weapons, with which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Stubborn. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Sure-Footed. You ignore non-magical difficult terrain.

Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1 and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

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Cervine Centaur

As a cervine centaur, life for your herd is intimately tied to a mystical understanding of the natural world. The most prolific magic users among the different breeds of centaur, they possess keen minds and the slender, agile bodies of deer. Each cervine herd is led by a small cabal of druids whom guide their people wisely. Their herds live in large forests, where they spend their time protecting the natural way of life.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 1.

Size. Cervine centaur are on average 7 feet tall and weigh at most 900 pounds. Your size is Large. You gain -1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 45 feet.

Hooves. Your hooves are natural melee weapons, which has the finesse property and you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Hybrid Body. You have disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity checks associated with climbing. Additionally, you can't wield Large weapons or grapple Huge creatures.

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Low-light vision. Accustomed to twilight forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Mystical Culture. You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the protection from supernatural spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the misty step spell once per day. You regain the ability to cast both spells after a long rest.

Nature's Speech. You are able to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

Equine Centaur

Equine centaurs are the physically strongest type of centaur and together with their incredibly speed, they can build a frightful momentum. They are widely known for their combat prowess and often find themselves as caravarn guards. Their herds often find themselves among other races that live in the wild, such as elves, halflings, and ursine.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Size. Largest of the centaurs, at 8 feet tall and a weight of 2000 pounds. Your size is Large. You gain -1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 50 feet.

Centaur Weapons Training. You have proficiency with
the battleaxe, lance, and longbow. You may use a longbow even if Natural Cavalry makes you count as mounted.

Hooves. Your hooves are natural melee weapons, with which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

Hybrid Body. You have disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity checks associated with climbing. Additionally, you can't wield Large weapons or grapple Huge creatures.

Trampling Charge. If you move at least 30 feet straight toward a target smaller than you and you within 5 feet of it, you can use your bonus action to move through the creature and make one attack against the target with your hooves.

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Constant Search

Changelings feel a need to search something their whole life, though they don't know what. This longing drives them, whether they seek their true self, knowledge, or an ancestor. When a changeling takes up adventuring, it might be to fulfill this need. Some get distracted on the way by the fame and fortune, but sooner or later their desire will resurface.

Changeling Names

There are two kinds of changeling names, depending on the culture they're born into. Those born to non-changeling parents, and aren't abandoned, tend to have a name of befitting their parent's culture. Changelings have a fluid relationship with gender, seeing it as one characteristic to change among many others. Because of this, if it is up to them, they tend to take a simple and monosyllabic name, to avoid confusion while taking different forms.

A changeling might use a different name for each form and adopt new names as easily as they develop new faces.

Changeling Names: Bin, Cas, Dox, Fie, Hars, Jin, Lam, Mas,

Nix, Ot, Paik, Ruz, Sim, Toox, Vil, Yug.

Changeling Traits

Your changeling character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age. Changelings mature slightly faster than humans but share a similar lifespan — typically a century or less. While a changeling can shapeshift to conceal their age, the effects of aging still catch up to them.

Alignment. Changelings tend towards neutrality, and prefer to be more subdued in beliefs as a way of keeping attention away from them and their difference from typical society. However, changelings that are less used to discrimination tend to adopt alignments as easily as any other individual, usually similar ones to the society they were raised in.

Size. In their true form, changelings average between 5 to 6 feet in height, with a slender build. Your size is Medium.

 Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Divergent Persona. You gain proficiency with one tool of your choice. Define a unique identity associated with that proficiency; establish the name, race, gender, age, and other details. While you are in the form of this persona, you have expertise in the related tool.

Duplicity. You gain proficiency in the Deception skill.

Shapechanger. As an action, you can transform your appearance (including your race, gender, and the sound of your voice) to that of any humanoid you have seen, or back to your true form. None of your statistics change, you can't transform into a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same, if you're bipedal, you can't become quadrupedal, for instance. Your clothing and equipment does not change with you, and you revert to your true form upon death. Truesight reveals your true form.

Even to the most astute observers, your ruse is usually indiscernible. If you rouse suspicion, or if a wary creature suspects something is amiss, you have advantage on any Charisma (Deception) check you make to avoid detection.

Unsettling Visage. When a creature you can see makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the roll. You must use this feature before knowing whether the attack hits or misses.

Using this trait reveals your shapeshifting nature to any creature within 30 feet that can see you. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and have 2 language points.

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Dhampir

Born from the accursed union of a human and vampire, the dhampir is a strange being that dwells in the twilight of life and death. Their lives echo the overwhelming influence of their undead progenitor, a dark stain that runs through everything from their appearance to their soul.

Dhampir Traits

Your dhampir character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength or Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age. Dhampir are incredibly long lived, reaching adulthood in their late teens and normally living over a thousand years.

Alignment. A Dhampir is free to choose its alignment, but they often favor strict laws and powerful authority.

Size. Dhampir average a few inches taller and a bit lighter than humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base movement speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Your heritage lets you feel at home in the dark. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as though it were bright light, and in darkness as though it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Bite. Your fangs are a natural weapon with the finesse property, which deals piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier. You can only attack with it once per turn.

Sate the Hunger. When you hit an incapacitated or grappled creature with your bite, you can change the damage to necrotic and drain the target's life, regaining hit points equal to your Constitution modifier + your level and gaining enough nourishment to sustain you for a day. You can do this once and regain the ability to do so after finishing a short or long rest.

Undead Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage.

Night's Stride. You can cast either misty step or spider climb on yourself once with this trait, without using material components. You regain the ability to cast these spells after finishing a short or long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Common. You also gain 1 language point.

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Dragonborn

Born of dragons, as their name proclaims, the dragonborn walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and humanoids. A dragonborn’s color imparts many traits upon them, including varying types of breath weapon, as well as scales that closely match those of their dragon ancestor — bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze.

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 calling in life.

Proud Dragon Kin

Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the colors of their dragon kin, but generations of interbreeding have created a more uniform appearance, though usually there are one primary color to their scales. Their small, fine scales are usually brass or bronze in color, sometimes ranging to scarlet, rust, gold, or copper-green. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 6½ feet tall and weighing 300 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand.

The blood of a particular type of dragon runs very strong through some dragonborn clans. These dragonborn often boast scales that more closely match those of their dragon ancestor—bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze.

Self-Sufficient Clans

To any dragonborn, the clan is more important than life itself. Dragonborn owe their devotion and respect to their clan above all else, even the gods. Each dragonborn’s conduct reflects on the honor of his or her clan, and bringing dishonor to the clan can result in expulsion and exile. Each dragonborn knows his or her station and duties within the clan, and honor demands maintaining the bounds of that position.

A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate 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 for such help is the clan, and when a clan needs help, it turns to another dragonborn clan before seeking aid from other races—or even from the gods.

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Dragonborn Traits

Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other dragonborn, as well as unique aspects based on your color.

Age. Young dragonborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 80.

Alignment. Dragonborn tend to extremes, with chromatic taking on their ancestor’s cruelty and malice, and metallic dragonborn follow ideals of benevolence and justice.

Size. Dragonborn are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Breath Weapon. You can replace an attack during your turn with an exhalation of destructive energy. Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of it. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your draconic ancestry. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d10 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 3d10 at 5th level, 4d10 at 11th level, and 5d10 at 17th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Claws. Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Natural Armor. You have tough, scaly skin. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Draconic. Draconic is the ancient language of the dragons.

Color. In the same manner as true dragons, dragonborn are divided into a number of different colors. These colors fall into two categories, chromatics and metallics, though a dragonborn's ideals are their own.

Black

 Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals acid damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to acid damage.

Brutal and Cruel. You add your Constitution modifier to the damage of your breath weapon.

Blue

 Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores each increase by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals lightning damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to lightning

damage.

Mocking Tricksters. You gain the minor illusion cantrip and can ignore its material component.

Brass

 Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals fire damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to fire damage.

Boldly Talkative. You have proficiency in Persuasion.

Bronze

 Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Constitution, and Charisma scores each increase by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals lightning damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to lightning damage.

Dragon of the Coast. You have a swim speed of 30 feet.

Copper

 Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals acid damage in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to acid damage.

Good Host. You have proficiency in Performance and you have 1 language point which you can use to learn a new language or one improve one you already know.

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Gold

 Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals fire damage in a 15-foot cone and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to fire damage.

Reserved Companion. You have proficiency in Insight.

Green

 Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals poison damage in a 15-foot cone and imposes a Constitution saving throw. You have resistance to poison damage.

Manipulative Schemer. You have proficiency in Deception.

Red

 Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals fire damage in a 15-foot cone and imposes a Dexterity saving throw. You have resistance to fire damage.

Arrogant Tyrant. You have advantage on saving throws to avoid being charmed or frightened.

Silver

 Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals cold damage in a 15-foot cone and imposes a Consitution saving throw. You have resistance to cold damage.

Hoarding History. You have proficiency in History.

White

 Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Draconic Ancestry. Your breath weapon deals cold damage in a 15-foot cone and imposes a Consitution saving throw. You have resistance to cold damage.

Primal and Vengeful. You have proficiency in Survival.

Dragonborn Sorcerers

The natural armor of Dragonborn overlaps with the Draconic Resilience feature of Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers. Due to this, you can increase your sorcery point maximum by two.

If you chose the same Ancestry for both Dragonborn and Sorcerer, your breath weapon damage deals an additional d10; 3d10 at 1st level, 4d10 at 5th level, 5d10 at 11th level, and 6d10 at 17th level.

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Dwarf

Kingdoms rich in ancient grandeur, halls carved into the roots of mountains, the echoing of picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs — these common threads unite all dwarves.

Short and Stout

Bold and hardy, dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal. Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a human standing nearly two feet taller. Their courage and endurance are also easily a match for any of the larger folk.

Dwarven skin ranges from deep brown to a paler hue tinged with red, but the most common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth.

Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Male dwarves value their beards highly and groom them carefully.

Long Memory, Long Grudges

Dwarves can live to be more than 400 years old, so the oldest living dwarves often remember a very different world. For example, some of the oldest dwarves living in Bal-Bofgal can recall the day, more than three centuries ago, when orcs conquered the fortress and drove 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 mountains they love, weathering the passage of centuries with stoic endurance and little change. They respect the traditions of their clans, tracing their ancestry back to the founding of their most ancient strongholds in the youth of the world, and don't abandon those traditions lightly. Part of those traditions is devotion to the gods of the dwarves, who uphold the dwarven ideals of industrious labor, skill in battle, and devotion to the forge.

Individual dwarves are determined and loyal, true to their word and decisive in action, sometimes to the point of stubbornness. Many dwarves have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget wrongs they have suffered. A wrong done to one dwarf is a wrong done to the dwarf's entire clan, so what begins as one dwarf's hunt for vengeance can become a full-blown clan feud.

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Clans and Kingdoms

Dwarven kingdoms stretch deep beneath the mountains where the dwarves mine gems and precious metals and forge items of wonder. They love the beauty and artistry of precious metals and fine jewelry, and in some dwarves this love festers into avarice. Whatever wealth they can't find in their mountains, they gain through trade. They dislike boats, so enterprising humans and halflings frequently handle trade in dwarven goods along water routes. Trustworthy members of other races are welcome in dwarf settlements, though some areas are off limits even to them.

The chief unit of dwarven society is the clan, and dwarves highly value social standing. Even dwarves who live far from their own kingdoms cherish their clan identities and affiliations, recognize related dwarves, and invoke their ancestors' names in oaths and curses. To be clanless is the worst fate that can befall a dwarf.

Dwarves in other lands are typically artisans, especially weaponsmiths, armorers, and jewelers. Some become mercenaries or bodyguards, highly sought after for their courage and loyalty.

Gods, Gold, and Clan

Dwarves who take up the adventuring life might be motivated by a desire for treasure — for its own sake, for a specific purpose, or even out of an altruistic desire to help others. Other dwarves are driven by the command or inspiration of a deity, a direct calling or simply a desire to bring glory to one of the dwarf gods. Clan and ancestry are also important motivators. A dwarf might seek to restore a clan's lost honor, avenge an ancient wrong the clan suffered, or earn a new place within the clan after having been exiled, or a dwarf might search for the axe wielded by a mighty ancestor, lost on the field of battle centuries ago.

Dwarf Names

A dwarf's name is granted by a clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name has been used and reused down through the generations. A dwarf's name belongs to the clan, not to the individual. A dwarf who misuses or brings shame to a clan name is stripped of the name and forbidden by law to use any dwarven name in its place.

Male Names: Adrik, Alberich, Baern, Barendd, Brottor,

Bruenor, Dain, Darrak, Delg, Eberk, Einkil, Fargrim,

Flint, Gardain, Harbek, Kildrak, Morgran, Orsik,

Oskar, Rangrim, Rurik, Taklinn, Thoradin, Thorin,

Tordek, Traubon, Travok, Ulfgar, Veit, Vondal
Female Names: Amber, Artin, Audhild, Bardryn, Dagnal,

Diesa, Eldeth, Falkrunn, Finellen, Gunnloda, Gurdis,

Helja, Hlin, Kathra, Kristryd, Ilde, Liftrasa, Mardred,

Riswynn, Sannl, Torbera, Torgga, Vistra
Clan Names: Balderk, Battlehammer, Brawnanvil, Dankil,

Fireforge, Frostbeard, Gorunn, Holderhek, Ironfist, Loderr,

Lutgehr, Rumnaheim, Strakein, Torunn, Ungart

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Dwarf Traits

Your dwarf character has an assortment of inborn abilities, part and parcel of dwarven nature.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age. Dwarves mature at the same rate as humans, but they're considered young until they reach the age of 50. On average, they live about 350 years.

Alignment. Most dwarves are lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a well-ordered society. They tend toward good as well, with a strong sense of fair play and a belief that everyone deserves to share in the benefits of a just order.

Size. Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.

Darkvision. Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Dark Dwarf (Duergar)

Dark dwarves (more commonly known as duergar) see themselves as the true manifestation of dwarven ideals, clever enough not to be taken in by the treacherous deceptions of Moradin and his false promises. Their period of enslavement and the revolt against the mindflayers led by their god, Laduguer, purged the influence of the other dwarven gods from their souls and thus made them into the superior race.

Duergar have no appreciation for beauty, that ability having been erased from their minds by the mind flayers long ago and any thought of recapturing it obliterated by Moradin's betrayal. The duergar lead bleak, grim lives devoid of happiness or satisfaction, but they see that as their defining strength — the root of duergar pride, as it were — rather than a drawback to be corrected.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Superior Darkvision. Laduguer has blessed your people with the ability to see without light. Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet.

Duergar Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against illusions and against being charmed or paralyzed.

Duergar Magic. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the enlarge/reduce spell on yourself once with this trait, using only the spell's enlarge option. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the invisibility spell on yourself once with this trait. You don't need material components for either spell, and you can't cast them while you're in direct sunlight, although sunlight has no effect on them once cast. You regain the ability to cast these spells with this trait when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Extra Language. You are fluent in Undercommon.

Hill Dwarf

As a hill dwarf, you have keen senses, deep intuition, and remarkable resilience. The gold dwarves of Qodar and the ruling Bal-clan of Bofgak are hill dwarves.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.

Dwarven Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Mountain Dwarf

As a mountain dwarf, you're strong and hardy, accustomed to a difficult life in rugged terrain. You're probably on the tall side (for a dwarf), and tend toward lighter coloration, The shield dwarves of Revien, as well as the Fal clan of Bofgak, are mountain dwarves.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 2.

Dwarven Armor Training. You have proficiency with light and medium armor.

Out of the Darkness

A few duergar leave their underground strongholds, and even fewer head to the surface to find a new life. Some pick up their belief in Moradin in hopes that he will protect them from the unknown. Most find work as mercenaries or soldiers, or find their way into a criminal syndicate.

You can remove the Superior Darkvision of the duergar, and replace it with regular Darkvision. By doing so you also remove the Sunlight Sensitivity.

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Depthseeker

Depthseekers come from the darkest depths of the ocean, battling the sahuagin for survival. The origin of their religion has been traced down to sea floor, but the fighting to secure these religious sites seems never ending. All adults are trained for this holy mission, and taught to not question those of higher religious standing. Those few who do, are quickly exiled, often to the surface.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 2.

Superior Darkvision. Accustomed to the darkest depths of the ocean, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Attuned to the Depths. You are adapted to even the most extreme ocean depths and you ignore any of the drawbacks caused by a deep, underwater environment. You're also naturally adapted to cold climates.

Muscular Tail. Your well-developed tail is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier. If you are underwater, you can attack with it as a bonus action.

Slippery Scales. You have advantage on ability checks and saving throws made to escape a grapple.

Shoreseeker

Shoreseekers make their home on the vast shores and beaches lining the ocean, where they spend a lot of their time above land, dealing with other races. This lifestyle has developed their scales into a first line of defense, and also made them both great tradesmen and mercenaries, often working for anyone that pays enough gold.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity and Charisma scores increase by 1.

Land Dweller. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Low-light vision. Living below waters close to the shores have improved your vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Merchant's Insight. You have proficiency in Insight. You have advantage on ability checks made to determine the selling price or to haggle the price of an object or service.

Tough Scales. You have tough scaly skin. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

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Elf Names

Elves are considered children until they declare themselves adults, some time after the hundredth birthday, and before this period they are called by child names.

On declaring adulthood, an elf selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster might continue to use the child name. Each elf's adult name is a unique creation, though it might reflect the names of respected individuals or other family members. Little distinction exists between male names and female names; the groupings here reflect only general tendencies. In addition, every elf bears a family name, typically a combination of other Elvish words. Some elves traveling among humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version.

Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella,

Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin, Thia, Vali
Male Adult Names: Adran, Aelar, Aramil, Arannis, Aust,

Beiro, Berrian, Carrie, Enialis, Erdan, Erevan, Galinndan,

Hadarai, Heian, Himo. Immeral, Ivellios, Laucian,

Mindartis, Paelias, Peren, Quarion, Riardon, Rolen,

Soveliss, Thamior, Tharivol, Theren, Varis
Female Adult Names: Adrie, Althaea, Anastrianna,

Andraste, Antinua, Bethrynna, Birel, Caelynn, Drusilia,

Enna, Felosial, lelenia,jelenneth, Keyleth, Leshanna, Lia,

Meriele, Mialee, Naivara, Quelenna, Quillathe, Sariel,

Shanairra, Shava, Silaqui, Theirastra, Thia, Vadania,

Valanthe, Xanaphia
Family Names (Common Translations): Amakiir

(Gemflower), Amastacia (Starflower), Galanodel

(Moonwhisper), Holimion (Diamonddew), Ilphelkiir

(Gemblossom), Liadon (Silverfrond), Meliamne

(Oakenheel), Nailo (Nightbreeze), Siannodel (Moonbrook),

Xiloscient (Goldpetal)

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Elf Traits

Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of elven refinement.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2.

Age. Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Alignment. Elves love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others' freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not. The drow are an exception; their exile into the Underdark has made them vicious and dangerous. Drow are more often evil than not.

Size. Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Low-light vision. Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have improved vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Trance. Elves don't need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is "trance.") While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and Elvish. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires.

Subrace. Ancient divides among the elven people resulted in five main subraces: dark elves (who are commonly called drow), eladrin, high elves, sea elves, and wood elves. Choose one of these subraces. These subraces are divided even further, so if you wish, you can choose a narrower subrace.

Banished From the Dark

Drow rarely venture out to the surface for more than raiding, collecting slaves or killing the children of Corellon. Though it does sometime happen that drow are banished from their communities and cities, some of which head to the surface where they usually live a life among the gutters of the world.

You can remove the Superior Darkvision of the drow, and replace it with regular Darkvision. By doing so you also remove the Sunlight Sensitivity.

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Dark Elf (Drow)

Descended from an earlier subrace of dark-skinned elves; the drow were banished from the surface world for following the goddess Lolth down the path to evil and corruption. Now they have built their own civilization in the depths of the Underdark, patterned after the Way of Lolth. Also called dark elves, the drow have black skin that resembles polished obsidian and stark white or pale yellow hair. They commonly have very pale eyes (so pale as to be mistaken for white) in shades of lilac, silver, pink, red, and blue. They tend to be smaller and thinner than most elves. Drow adventurers are rare, and the race have made many enemies above ground.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 1.

Superior Darkvision. Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Drow Magic. You know the dancing lights cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the darkness spell once per day. You regain the ability to cast both spells after a long rest.

Drow Weapon Training. You have proficiency with rapiers, shortswords, and hand crossbows.

Extra Language. You are fluent in Undercommon.

Eladrin

Eladrin are elves native to the Feywild, a realm of beauty, unpredictable emotion, and boundless magic. The other elves have lost much of their connection to the fey, but not the eladrin, they are creatures of magic with strong ties to nature, eladrin live in the twilight realm of the Feywild. Their cities sometimes cross over to the Material Plane, appearing briefly in mountain valleys or deep forest glades before fading back into the Feywild.

An ability that sets the eladrin apart from other elves is their ability to step through the boundary between the planes, disappearing for a moment before reappearing somewhere else.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 1.

Fey Step. As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest. When you reach 3rd level, your Fey Step gains the following benefit:

After using Fey Step, choose a number of creatures equal to your proficiency bonus that you can see within 10 feet, they must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for 1 minute, or until they take damage. The DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier.

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High Elf

As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. There are two types of high elves. The sun elves of Ilnessel are haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves. The other type, moon elves, are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans and other races having no land of their own.

The sun elves (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blood. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves (also called silver elves or gray elves) are much paler, with alabaster skin sometimes tinged with blue. They often have hair of silver-white, black, or blue, but various shades of blond, brown, and red are not uncommon. Their eyes are blue or green and flecked with gold.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases
by 1.

Artisans. You gain proficiency with 2 artisan's tools of your choice.

Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

In Touch with the Arcane. You know one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Extra Languages. You have 2 language points which you can use to learn a new language or one improve one you already know.

Sea Elf

Sea elves fell in love with the wild beauty of the ocean in the earliest days of the multiverse. While other elves traveled from realm to realm, the sea elves navigated the deepest currents and explored the waters across a hundred worlds. Today, they live in small, hidden communities in the ocean shallows and on the Elemental Plane of Water.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases
by 1.

Sea Elf Training. You have proficiency with the spear, trident, light crossbow, and net.

Child of the Sea. You have a swimming speed of 30 feet, and you can breathe air and water.

Friend of the Sea. Using gestures and sounds, you can communicate simple ideas with any beast that has an innate swimming speed.

Languages. You are fluent in Aquan.

Wood Elf

As a wood elf, you have keen senses and intuition, and your fleet feet carry you quickly and stealthily through your native forests. This category includes the wild elves of Aerathiat, as well as the wood elves of Eleath. Wood elves (also called green elves, or forest elves) are reclusive and distrusting of non-elves. Wood elves' skin tends to be copperish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. Their hair tends toward browns and blacks, but it is occasionally blond or copper-colored. Their eyes are green, brown, or hazel.

Wild elves (often called grugach, sometimes jungle elves) are an offspring of the wood elves, are also reclusive and distrusting but their community is centered around a martial society. Wild elves' skin tends to be brownish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. Their hair are mostly black but with some streaks of brown or copper. Their eyes are green, brown, or hazel.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.

Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

Fleet of Foot. Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Friend of the Wild. You have proficiency in the Handle Animal skill.

Mask of the Wild. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.

Spell-like Abilities

If you pick a race that can cast spells, choose if Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. Once you cast either of these spells with this trait, unless it's a cantrip, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast these spells using any spells slots you have.

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Feytouched

Touched by the feywilds, feytouched have a certain aura of mystique and etherealness about them. Where the elves are direct descendants from the eldarin, and tieflings have the blood of devils running through their veins, the origin of feytouched are not that simple. They have been born of fey interaction with humans or elves but often unknowingly. They look like humans or elves, but on the shorter scale and most often showing no signs of aging after growing of age.

Feytouched Traits

Feytouched share certain racial traits as a result of their fey influence.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age. Fey Touched reach maturity at about 13 years for those with human parents or around 70 for those of elven descent and live to around 200 years old.

Alignment. Fey Touched are their own masters and usually live by their influences, often turning towards a Chaotic alignment.

Size. Fey Touched are generally towards the smaller scale and build of humans, or even smaller than that if they were born from elven parents. Your size is Small. You have +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

 Low-light vision. Your fey blood have granted you improved vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Fey Magic. You know the friends cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the suggestion spell once per day. You regain the ability to cast both spells after a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Heart Sight. Using an action, you can touche a creature and magically know its current emotional state. If the target fails a Charisma saving throw, you also know the creature's alignment. The DC is equal to 10 + half your character level. Celestials, fiends, and undead automatically fail their save.

Inconspicuous Presence. Growing up, you have been forced to hide your being from others. You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill and creatures have disadvantage on Insight checks against you.

Trance. Due to their fey blood, feytouched have no need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is "trance.") While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Sylvan.

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Outcast Adventurers

As guardians of the wood, few firbolgs would dream of leaving their homes or attempting to fit into human society. An exiled firbolg, or one whose clan has been destroyed, might not have a choice in the matter. Most adventuring firbolgs fall into this latter category.

Outcast firbolgs can never return home. They committed some unforgivable deed, usually something that put their homeland at risk, such as starting a forest fire or killing a rare or beautiful wild creature. These firbolgs are loners who wander the world in hope of finding a new place to call home.

Orphaned firbolgs are those whose clans or homelands have been destroyed. They become crusaders for nature, seeking to avenge their loss and prevent the further destruction of the natural world.

A few rare firbolgs are entrusted by their clan with an important mission that takes them beyond their homes. These firbolgs feel like pilgrims in a strange land, and usually they wish only to complete their quests and return home as quickly as possible.

Firbolg Adventurers

d8	Reason for Adventuring
1	Outcast for murder
2	Outcast for severely damaging home territory
3	Clan slain by invading humanoids
4	Clan slain by a dragon or demon
5	Separated from the tribe and lost
6	Homeland destroyed by natural disaster
7	Personal quest ordained by omens
8	Dispatched on a quest by tribe leaders

Firbolg Names

Firbolg adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the 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 whatever name the surrounding folk use, as a matter of tact and hospitality, but among their own kind they simply call it "home."

Sometimes firbolgs adopt the nicknames or titles outsiders give them under the assumption that those who need names can call them whatever they wish.

Firbolg Traits

Your firbolg character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Age. As humanoids related to the fey, firbolg have long lifespans. A firbolg reaches adulthood around 30, and the oldest of them can live for 500 years.

Alignment. As people who follow the rhythm of nature and see themselves as its caretakers, firbolg are typically neutral

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Blackleaf Firbolg

Blackleaf firbolgs have changed over countless generations, surviving the harsh conditions of the Shadowfell. After all this time, they still care deeply for nature and the forests they were born in. Touched by the very essence of the Shadowfell itself, these firbolg have become a fierce and savage people. Through the ages they have lost their fey magics but in exchange they have gained something else entirely.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1 and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Harvesters of Sorrow. You know the gloom cantrip. When you reach 3rd level you can cast the arms of Hadar spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the shadow blade spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast both spells using this trait after a long rest. Strength is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Superior Darkvision. The eternal darkness has forever changed your vision, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Whispering Shades. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport yourself up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Treesong Firbolg

The firbolg people hear about in the tales, or which has been sighted once or twice in a village is the treesong firbolg. Peaceful and friendly, they keep to themselves but make friends with everyone they meet. Few know they are capable of anger, but they are, and will protect nature fiercely.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 2.

Firbolg Magic. You can cast detect magic and disguise self with this trait, using Wisdom as your spell casting ability for them. Once you cast either spell, you can't cast it again with this trait until you finish a short or long rest. When you use this version of disguise self, you can seem up to 3 feet shorter than normal, allowing you to more easily blend in with

humans and elves.

Hidden Step. As a bonus action, you can magically tum invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack, make a damage roll, or force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Speech of Beast and Leaf. You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

Green Pilgrimage

All blackleaf firbolgs hear the stories of green forests that cover great swaths of land, but some have to see this for themselves. After seeing this, most return, but others find it impossible.

You can remove the Superior Darkvision of the blackleaf firbolg, and replace it with regular Darkvision. By doing so you also remove the Sunlight Sensitivity.

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Wild and Confident

Genasi rarely lack confidence, seeing themselves as equal to almost any challenge in their path. This certainty might manifest as graceful self-assurance in one genasi and as arrogance in another. Such self confidence can sometimes blind genasi to risk, and their great plans often get them and others into trouble.

Too much failure can chip away at even a genasi’s sense of self, so they constantly push themselves to improve, honing their talents and perfecting their craft.

Genasi Lands

As rare beings, genasi might go their entire lives without encountering another one of their kind. There are no great genasi cities or empires. Genasi seldom have communities of their own and typically adopt the cultures and societies into which they are born. The more strange their appearance, the harder time they have. Many genasi lose themselves in teeming cities, where their distinctiveness hardly raises an eyebrow in places accustomed to a variety of different people.

Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder time. People there tend to be less accepting of differences. Sometimes a cold shoulder and a suspicious glare are the best genasi can hope for; in more backward places, they face ostracism and even violence from people who mistake them for fiends. Facing a hard life, these genasi seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground.

Genasi Names

Genasi use the naming conventions of the people among whom they were raised. They might later assume distinctive names to capture their heritage, such as Flame, Ember, Wave, or Onyx.

Genasi Traits

Your genasi character has certain characteristics in common with all other genasi.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and another ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age. Genasi mature at about the same rate as humans and reach adulthood in their late teens. They live somewhat longer than humans do, up to 120 years.

Alignment. Independent and self-reliant, genasi tend toward a neutral alignment.

Size. Genasi are as varied as their mortal parents but are generally built like humans, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Primordial, which dialect depends on your subrace: Air (Auran), Earth (Terrran), Fire (Ignan), or Water (Aquan).

Subraces. Four major subraces of genasi are known: air genasi, earth genasi, fire genasi, and water genasi. Choose one of these subraces.

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Air Genasi

As an air genasi, you are descended from the djinn. As changeable as the weather, your moods shift from calm to wild and violent with little warning, but these storms rarely last long.

Air genasi typically have light blue skin, hair, and eyes. A faint but constant breeze accompanies them, tousling the hair and stirring the clothing. Some air genasi speak with breathy voices, marked by a faint echo. A few display odd patterns in their flesh or grow crystals from their scalps.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 1.

Unending Breath. You can hold your breath indefinitely while you’re not incapacitated.

Djinn's Legacy. You know the manipulate wind and shocking grasp cantrips. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the feather fall spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the warding wind spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast both spells using this trait after a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Wind's Grace. You gain proficiency in the Acrobatics skill.

Earth Genasi

As an earth genasi, you are descended from the cruel and greedy dao, though you aren’t necessarily evil. You have inherited some measure of control over earth, reveling in superior strength and solid power. You tend to avoid rash decisions, pausing long enough to consider your options before taking action.

Elemental earth manifests differently from one individual to the next. Some earth genasi always have bits of dust falling from their bodies and mud clinging to their clothes, never getting clean no matter how often they bathe. Others are as shiny and polished as gemstones, with skin tones of deep brown or black, eyes sparkling like agates. Earth genasi can also have smooth metallic flesh, dull iron skin spotted with rust, a pebbled and rough hide, or even a coating of tiny embedded crystals. The most arresting have fissures in their flesh, from which faint light shines.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Earth Walk. You can move across difficult terrain made of earth or stone without expending extra movement.

Dao's Legacy. You know the magic stone and mold earth cantrips. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Maximilian's earthen grasp spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the meld into stone spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast both spells using this trait after a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Set in Stone. You gain proficiency in the Athletics skill.

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Fire Genasi

As a fire genasi, you have inherited the volatile mood and power of the efreet. You tend toward impatience and making snap judgments. Rather than hide your distinctive appearance, you exult in it.

Nearly all fire genasi are feverishly hot as if burning inside, an impression reinforced by flaming red, coalblack, or ash-gray skin tones. The more human-looking have fiery red hair that writhes under extreme emotion, while more exotic specimens sport actual flames dancing on their heads. Fire genasi voices might sound like crackling flames, and their eyes flare when angered. Some are accompanied by the faint scent of brimstone.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Low-light vision. Your ties to the Elemental Plane of Fire grants you the ability to make the best use possible of the light you have. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Fire Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.

Efreet's Legacy. You know the produce flame and control flames cantrips. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the flaming sphere spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the Melf's minute meteors spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast both spells using this trait after a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Water Genasi

As a water genasi, you are descended from the intelligent but haugty marid. The lapping of waves, the spray of sea foam on the wind, the ocean depths—all of these things call to your heart. You wander freely and take pride in your independence, though others might consider you selfish.

Most water genasi look as if they just finished bathing, with beads of moisture collecting on their skin and hair. They smell of fresh rain and clean water. Blue or green skin is common, and most have somewhat overlarge eyes, blue-black in color. A water genasi’s hair might float freely, swaying and waving as if underwater. Some have voices with undertones reminiscent of whale song or trickling streams.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Call to the Wave. You have a swimming speed of 40 feet.

Marid's Legacy. You know the frostbite and shape water cantrips. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the armor of Agathys spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the water walk spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast both spells using this trait after a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

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Two Parts of a Whole

Githyanki are tall, gaunt humanoids averaging a little over 6 feet tall and typically weighing around 170 pounds. They have rough, yellow skin and russet hair, which they often pull back into a pair of topknots. Their noses are almost flat, their eyes have a sinister gleam, and their ears are sharply pointed. Githyanki favor ornate and complex clothing and weapons.

Githzerai closely resemble githyanki. Like their kin, they are tall, gaunt humanoids averaging a little over 6 feet tall and typically weighing around 160 pounds. They have rough, yellow skin and russet hair, although they habitually shave their heads. Their noses are almost flat, their eyes are dull yellow or gray, and their ears are pointed. Githzerai favor drab robes and avoid ostentatious dress.

Dragon Steeds

The relationship between githyanki and red dragons has remained basically unchanged since ancient times. Under the terms of the alliance with Tiamat, a small cadre of dragons serve as cohorts and mounts for knights, and other high-ranking githyanki. The dragons remain above githyanki politics. They obey the orders of their riders and fulfill their terms of service without offering opinions or advice.

Gith Names

Gith names originate from the names Gith gave to her followers. Many years has passed and the names have slowly changed with them.

They seldom use hard sounds in their names and when they do, they are spoken with a softness that surprises many.

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Githyanki, Male Names: Elirdain, Gaath, Ja'adoc, Kar'i'nas,

Lykus, Quith, Ris'a'an, Tropos, Viran, Xamodas
Githyanki, Female Names: Aaryl, B'noor, Fenelzi'ir, Jen'lig,

Pah'zel, Quorstyl, Sirruth, Vaira, Yessune, Zar'ryth
Githzerai, Male Names: Dak, Duurth, Ferzth, Greth, Hurm,

Kalla, Muurg, Nurm, Shrakk, Xorm
Githzerai, Female Names: Adaka, Adeya, Ella, Ezhelya,

lmmilzin, lzera, Janara, Loraya, Uweya, Vithka

Gith Traits

Your character shares the following traits with other gith.

Age. Gith reach adulthood in their late teens and live for about a century.

Size. Gith are taller and leaner than humans, with most a slender 6 feet in height.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You are fluent in Gith and proficient in Common. Gith is a language spoken both verbally and mentally, as one, making it very useful in both Limbo and the Astral Sea.

Subrace. There are two kinds of gith, githyanki and githzerai. Choose one of these subraces.

Githyanki

The brutal githyanki are trained from birth as warriors.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Alignment. Githyanki tend toward lawful evil. They are aggressive and arrogant, and they remain the faithful servants of their lich-queen, Vlaakith. Renegade githyanki tend toward chaos.

Decadent Mastery. You learn one language of your choice, and you are proficient with one skill or tool of your choice. In the timeless city of Tu'narath, githyanki have bountiful time to master odd bits of knowledge.

Martial Prodigy. You are proficient with light and medium armor and with shortswords, longswords, and greatswords.

Githyanki Psionics. You know the mage hand cantrip, and the hand is invisible when you cast the cantrip with this trait.

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Githzerai

In their fortresses within Limbo, the githzerai hone their minds to a razor's edge.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Alignment. Githzerai tend toward lawful neutral. Their rigorous training in psychic abilities requires an implacable mental discipline.

Mental Discipline. You have advantage on saving throws against the charmed and frightened conditions. Under the tutelage of monastic masters, githzerai learn to govern their own minds.

Fortified Mind. You have resistance to psychic damage.

Githzerai Psionics. You know the mage hand cantrip, and the hand is invisible when you cast the cantrip with this trait.

When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the shield spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the detect thoughts spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest.

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells. When you cast them with this trait, they don't require components.

Telempathic. You gain proficiency in the Insight skill.

Githzerai sayings

• Githzerai always talk about knowing, truly knowing things and places: "The city exists, but it does not know itself. In not knowing itself, its existence is flawed."

• Farewell: "Endure - In enduring, grow strong."

• Somber declaration: "In Zerthimon's name."

• There can be no compromise on this: "There cannot be two skies" (this is a reference to what Zerthimon told Gith after the rebellion).

• If someone hits on you: "Is it your will that our two paths become one?"

• None of your beeswax: "Our history does not need to be made known to you. We would bleed to death on time's blade before I recited a fraction of the histories of our people."

• What the githzerai do in Limbo: "There, we mold the matter of Limbo with our minds. We forge cities with our thoughts. In its chaos we dwell, with only our knowing to preserve us. We are the githzerai."

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Belligerent Outcasts

The perception of gnolls has slowly changed over time for the better, but few would welcome one into their home since they are often viewed as feral, aggressive, and untrustworthy. Gnolls start fighting among one another at a very early age, and most are brought up around the principles that might makes right. For example, a gnoll is more likely to demand answers than it is to actually ask a question. Gnolls, however, does not see this as an act of hostility, but rather a basic demonstration of strength.

Most gnolls befriend or at least peacefully interact with the members of other races, offering their services as trappers, hunters, or mercenaries. However, they generally prefer their own kind and except when on business rarely visit villages dominated by members of another race. Likewise, these gnolls remain aggressive and quick to anger, meaning visitors should be careful not to offend.

Insatiable Hunger

All gnolls retain the natural gnoll bloodlust but most try take no joy in torture or unnecessary cruelty, embracing hunting and tracking over outright slaughter. Some tribes choose to succumb to Yeenoghu, and a gnoll under his influence are almost entirely consumed by a single drive: to eat.

A warband of such gnolls will travel across the countryside killing and eating any living thing they can get their hands on. They revel in the kill and in the feast; the more violent the slaughter and the more indulgent the feast, the better. Their hunger is almost never sated; a warband may stop for a few days after consuming the denizens and livestock of a particularly large town, but they will inevitably be on the move again. In the absence of other food sources, gnolls will even eat each other in desperation.

Scavenging Survivors

Gnolls have a propensity for scavenging, a tendency that leads many gnolls to collect trophies that remind them of past victories, items sometimes grisly though just as often simple and mundane. Gnoll trackers use this to their benefit, keeping scraps of clothing or other objects with the scent of their prey on them, which they use to point them in the direction of their quarry.

This propensity extends to arms and weaponry since few gnolls have an interest in crafting. This gives gnoll armor a unique aesthetic where each suit is typically made of scavenged pieces of armor kitbashed together.

Unlike most races, gnolls have had few, if any, qualms about eating the dead of other races. When gnoll warbands strike a village they do not only leave no survivors but no corpses, eating most of those whom they don't take as slaves. There are even indications that some gnolls have taken this practice a step further, actually raiding graveyards for fresh corpses on which to feed.

Practical Belief

Most often worshipers of the demon lord Yeenoghu, the large majority of gnolls pay only nominal reverence. Few gnolls have any interest in rituals and there are few clerics or shamans to be found among their packs. Typically, gnolls see their very brutality as a sign of their devotion to the demon

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The Hunter's Chant

This simple declaration of Yeenoghu's power was devised by a small cult to the demon lord discovered deep in the forest. A group of woodcutters, facing starvation, turned to cannibalism to survive and ultimately fell under Yeenoghu's sway. Gnolls sing a similar chant in their language while they seek out prey.

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• The first gift is hunger.
• It is His blessing.
• It is our call to bring death.
• The second gift is death.
• Death proves our strength.
• Death purges our fear.
• The third gift is fear,
• We fear that we will fail him.
• We fear the onset of hunger.

Gnoll Names

Gnoll names often sound like growls to members of other races, featuring multiple "r" sounds. Gnoll tribal names, although not widely shared with other creatures, are usually compound words as in the following examples:

Gnoll Names: Arrna, Derror, Grerr, Mirrin, Remmar, Ryssa, Thrrae Thurrg

Tribal Names: Abysseye, Bloodfist, Deathmaw, Greatfang, Madhowl, Thunderdance.

Gnoll Traits

Your gnoll character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Gnolls reach adulthood by the age of 8 and can live up to 50 years, though due to their violent lifestyle, they rarely see their 20’s.

Alignment. Being nomadic raiders that live outside of general society, gnolls are almost always of a chaotic alignment, and tend to do what they want in the moment when they want to do it, disregarding the consequences.

Size. Gnolls are between 6 and 7 feet tall and weigh between 280 and 320 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

 Bite. Your bone-crunching maw is filled with razor-sharp fangs and is a natural weapon, which deals piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

You can attack with Bite once per turn.

Carrion Eater. Your body is well adapted to eating rotten and decaying meat. You have advantage on Constitution saving throws to resist the effects of spoiled food.

Darkvision. The ability to see in total darkness is an attribute of Yeenoghu which still lingers within your blood. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Dreadful Hunters. You have proficiency in the Intimidation and Survival skills.

Gnoll Weapon Training. You have proficiency with battleaxes, greataxes, longbows, and shortbows.

Rampage. When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you can use a bonus action to move up to half your speed towards a creature that you can see and make a bite attack against it.

Sensitive Nose. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. If you have been within 5 feet of a creature, you can discern their individual smell on a successful Wisdom (Perception) check.

Languages. You are fluent in Gnoll and proficient in Common. Gnoll consists of whines, cackles, and howls, and has no written form.

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Gnome

Art by Kim Van Deun

Gnome Names

Gnomes love names, and most have half a dozen or so. A gnome's mother, father, clan elder, aunts, and uncles each give the gnome a name, and various nicknames from just about everyone else might or might not stick over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who are "stuffy" about names, a gnome learns to use no more than three names: a personal name, a clan name, and a nickname, choosing the one in each category that's the most fun to say.

Male Names: Alston, Alvyn, Boddynock, Brocc, Burgell,

Dimble, Eldon, Erky, Fonkin, Frug, Gerbo, Gimble,

Glim,Jebeddo, Kellen, Namfoodle, Orryn, Roondar,

Seebo, Sindri, Warryn, Wrenn, Zook
Female Names: Bimpnollin, Breena, Caramip, Carlin,

Donella, Duvamil, ElIa, ElIyjobell, ElIywick, Lilli,

Loopmottin, Lorilla, Mardnab, Nissa, Nyx, Oda, Orla,

Roywyn, Shamil, Tana, Waywocket, Zanna
Clan Names: Beren, Daergel, Folkor, Garrick, Nackle,

Murnig, Ningel, Raulnor, Scheppen, Timbers, Turen
Nicknames: Aleslosh, Ashhearth, Badger, Cloak,

Doublelock, Filchbatter, Fnipper, Ku, Nim, Oneshoe,

Pock, Sparklegem, Stumbleduck

Gnome Traits

Your gnome character has certain characteristics in common with all other gnomes.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2.

Age. Gnomes mature at the same rate humans do, and most are expected to settle down into an adult life by around age 40. Surface gnomes can live 350 to almost 500 years, while svirfneblin reach maturity at 25 and live 200 to 250 years.

Alignment. Gnomes are most often good. Those who tend toward law are sages, engineers, researchers, scholars, investigators, or inventors. Those who tend toward chaos
are minstrels, tricksters, wanderers, or fanciful jewelers.

Gnomes are good-hearted, and even the tricksters among them are more playful than vicious. Unlike other gnomes, svirfneblin tend to be neutral.

Size. Surface gnomes are between 3 and 4 feet tall and average about 40 pounds, while svirfneblin weigh 80 to 120 pounds. Your size is Small. You have +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Gnome Cunning. You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.

No Time for Sleep. Gnomes doesn't need the same amount of sleep that other races do, instead they only need to sleep for 4 hours.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and Gnomish. The Gnomish language, which uses the Dwarvish script, is renowned for its technical treatises and its catalogs of knowledge about the natural world.

Subrace. Three subraces of gnomes are found in the world: deep gnomes, forest gnomes, and rock gnomes. Choose one of these subraces.

Deep Gnomes (Svirfneblin)

The deep gnomes (or svirfneblin), live in small communities scattered in the Underdark. Unlike the duergar and the drow, svirfneblin are as good as their surface cousins. However, their humor and enthusiasm are dampened by their oppressive environment, and their inventive expertise is directed mostly toward stonework.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Superior Darkvision. Darkvision is a necessity for life in the underdark. Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Denizen of the Underdark. Being unseen is one of the, if not the most, important skills for staying alive in the Underdark. You have proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Stone Camouflage. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in rocky terrain.

Stonecunning. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient and having expertise in the History skill.

Extra Language. You are fluent in Undercommon.

Stepping out of the Shadows

It is rare for Svirfneblin to leave the Underdark, but when and if they do, they find their talents appriciated but their social skills lacking.

You can remove the Superior Darkvision of the svirfneblin, and replace it with regular Darkvision. By doing so you also remove the Sunlight Sensitivity.

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Forest Gnome

As a forest gnome, you have a natural knack for illusion and inherent quickness and stealth. Forest gnomes are rare and secretive. They gather in hidden communities in sylvan forests, using illusions and trickery to conceal themselves from threats or to mask their escape should they be detected. Forest gnomes tend to be friendly with other good-spirited woodland folk, and they regard elves and good fey as their most important allies. These gnomes also befriend small forest animals and rely on them for information about threats that might prowl their lands.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 1.

Low-light vision. Accustomed to a life both underground and above ground, you have improved vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Natural Illusionist. You know the minor illusion cantrip. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.

When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the silent image spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the major image spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Speak with Small Beasts. Through sounds and gestures, you can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts. Forest gnomes love animals and often keep squirrels, badgers, rabbits, moles, woodpeckers, and other creatures as beloved pets.

Rock Gnome

As a rock gnome, you have a natural inventiveness and hardiness beyond that of other gnomes. Most gnomes in civilized lands are rock gnomes.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Low-light vision. Accustomed to a life both underground and above ground, you have improved vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Artificer's Lore. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magic items, alchemical objects, or technological devices, you can add twice your proficiency bonus, instead of any proficiency bonus you normally apply.

Tinker. You have proficiency with tinker’s tools. Using those tools, you can spend 1 hour and 10 gp worth of materials to construct a Tiny device (AC 5, 1 hp). A character can use this device to cast druidcraft, prestidigitation, or thaumaturgy at first level, with the Use an Object action, producing a set effect chosen from those cantrips upon creating the device (e.g. increase the volume of your voice, clean an object, or light a candle).

You can maintain up to three such devices at a time, and a device stops functioning after 24 hours away from you. You can dismantle the device to reclaim the materials used to create it.

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Goblin

Goblins are conniving, self-serving, and fierce beings. They're more aptly described as cunning and fierce than doltish and rash or intelligent and tactful. They commonly live amongst forest, bogs, and mountains in cabes, hidey-holes, or structures long deserted by races more skilled in architecture and construction.

Small and Shrewd

Goblin lairs are challenging to maneuver by design. They festoon their lairs with alarms designed to signal the arrival of intruders. These lairs are also riddled with narrow tunnel and bolt-holes that human-sized creatures can't navigate, but which goblins can crawl through with ease, allowing them to flee or to circle around and surprise their enemies. Goblins are taught from the day they're born to construct jury-rig traps from anything at their disposal and as such are able to engineer traps out of even the most minimal of materials. These contriances aren't always the most predictable or lasting mechanisms in existence, but they do the job well enough.

Worshippers of Maglubiyet

Maglubiyet the Mighty One, the Lord of Depths and Darkness, is the greater god of goblinoids. Envisioned by most goblins as an eleven-foot-tall battle-scarred goblin with black skin and fire erupting from his eyes, he is worshipped not out of adoration but fear. Goblins believe that when they die in battle, their spirits join the ranks of Maglubiyet's army on the plane of Archeron. This is a "privilege" that most goblins dread, fearing the Mighty One's eternal tyranny even more than death. Goblins that take up adventuring will rarely worship gods other than Maglubiyet, and it's even more uncommon they would make it publicly known if they do.

Malicious Leaders

Goblins are ruled by the strongest or the smartest among them. A goblin boss might command a single lair, while a goblin king or queen (who is nothing more than a glorified goblin boss) would rule hundreds of goblins, spread out among multiple lairs to ensure the tribe's survival. Goblin bosses are easily ousted, and many goblin tribes are taken over by nearby rival tribes. If ever a leader shows weakness in front of his clan, another ambitious goblin is there to take his place (after slitting his throat of course). Motivated by greed and malice, goblins can't help but exploit the few times they have the upper hand. They are quick to run when they cannot see a way to win, finding it better to give up and spend their energy on something else or at least try again once they have a better plan.

Goblin Names

A goblin's name consists of a given name and a tribe name.
A tribe name is of exponentially greater importance than a given name. A goblin who loses his or her tribe name is a shame to all around him or her.

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Sneaky and Devious

Goblins are not trustworthy, they cannot afford to be. They are suspicious of others and tend to look for any advantage they can. They will lie, cheat, and steal from others with little regard to consequences.

Dwarves. "Dwarves are always so angry and serious. And they are always looking to kill you over absolutely nothing! Kill them first or keep clear, unless you outnumber them by at least two to one. Be ready to run if you ever see them raech for their axe."

Halflings. "They are so boring! And dumb. At least they usually aren't out to kill us like everyone else. They can more or less take a joke, but they'll fall for every trick in the book and still keep that dumb smiled plastered on their faces."

Humans. "The nicest thing about these big bumbling oafs is that they make nice places for us to live. Every one of their cities has a dozen different places for us to carve out a den right under their feet. And they throw so much away that we can make use of! Their garbage heaps are full of treasure. Some humans are as quick to kill us as dwarves, others are as patient as halflings—and the problem is you can never tell which is which! It is better to keep your distance if they are old enough to be bigger than you."

Goblin Traits

Your goblin character has some qualities in common with all other goblins.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Goblins mature much faster than humans, reaching maturity around age 12. The average life span of a goblin is 45 years.

Alignment. Most goblins are neutral, tending to pursue whatever benefits themselves most and they can get away with. They also lean towards evil as well, believing personal gain is reason enough to justify any action.

Size. Goblins are more comparable to halflings than humans in size, being roughly 3 feet tall on average. Your size is Small. You have +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You are a bit faster than other small humanoids.

Low-light Vision. Accustomed to life dwelling in caves and dark forests, you have improved vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Fury of the Small. When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature's size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your level.

Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Natural Sneak. You have proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Nimble Escape. You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.

You can make one such hide check with advantage. Once you hide in such a way, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest, unless you have gained the Cunning Action feature from the rogue class, in which case you can do so any number of times.

Volatile Fascination. You gain proficiency with the artisan's tools of your choice: alchemist's tools, or tinkerer's tools, but only when you craft something which is flammable or explosive. If you are proficient in tinker’s tools from another feature, your proficiency bonus is doubled when crafting something which is flammable or explosive.

Languages. You are fluent in Goblin and proficient in Common. Goblin uses the Dwarvish script though the spoken language is more akin to Orc than Dwarvish.

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Goliath Names

Every goliath has three names: a birth name assigned by the newborn's mother and father, a nickname assigned by the tribal chief, and a family or clan name. A birth name is up to three syllables long. Clan names are five syllables or more and end in a vowel.

Birth names are rarely linked to gender. 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 the one tasked with doing it.

A goliath's nickname is a description that can change on the whim of a chieftain or tribal elder. It refers to a notable deed, either a success or failure, 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 identifying themselves, in the order of birth name, nickname, and clan name. In casual conversation, they use their nickname.

Birth Names: Aukan, Eglath, Gae-Al, Gauthak, Ilikan,

Keothi, Kuori, Lo-Kag, Manneo, Maveith, Nalla,

Orilo, Paavu, Pethani, Thalai, Thotham, Uthal,

Vaunea, Vimak
Nicknames: Bearkiller, Dawncaller, Fearless, Flintfinder,

Horncarver, Keeneye, Lonehunter, Longleaper,

Rootsmasher, Skywatcher, Steadyhand,

Threadtwister, Twice-Orphaned, Twistedlimb,

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Clan Names: Anakalathai, Elanithino, Gathakanathi,

Kalagiano, Katho-Olavi, Kolae-Gileana, Ogolakanu,

Thuliaga, Thunukalathi, Vaimei-Laga

Nomadic Justice

The system of punishment for goliaths is less structured than it is in many other societies. Because goliaths are nomadic, imprisonment isn’t an option, and fines rarely work in a society where many goods are owned jointly by the tribe. Goliaths who disobey the chieftain or are caught stealing, cheating, or committing other crimes are often simply beaten. Goliaths have a healthy respect for pain as a motivator. Their other primary punishment is social: To a greater or lesser degree, the rest of the tribe shuns the criminal.

Goliath Traits

Goliaths share a number of traits in common with each other.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Goliaths have lifespans comparable to humans. They enter adulthood in their late teens and usually live less than a century.

Alignment. Goliath society, with its clear roles and tasks, has a strong lawful bent. The goliath sense of fairness, balanced with an emphasis on self-sufficiency and personal accountability, pushes them toward neutrality.

Size. Goliaths are between 7 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 280 and 340 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Mountain Born. You're acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet. You're also naturally adapted to cold climates.

Natural Athlete. You have proficiency in the Athletics skill and you add double your proficiency bonus to the check when climbing, instead of your normal proficiency bonus. You can make standing long jumps and high jumps as if they were running long jumps and high jumps.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Stone's Endurance. You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage by an amount equal to 3d4 plus your level. After you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Giant.

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Grung

Grungs are aggressive froglike humanoids found in rain forests and tropical jungles. They are fiercely territorial and see themselves as superior to most other creatures.

Colorful Caste System

All grungs are a dull greenish gray when they are born, but each individual takes on the color of its caste as it grows to adulthood. From lowest to highest caste, grungs can be green, blue, purple, red, orange, or gold.

Green grungs are the tribe's warriors, hunters, and laborers, and blue grungs work as artisans and in other domestic roles. Supervising and guiding both groups are the purple grungs, which serve as administrators and commanders. Red grungs are the tribe's scholars and magic users. They are superior to purple, blue, and green grungs and given proper respect even by grungs of higher status. Higher castes include orange grungs, which are elite warriors that have authority over all lesser grungs, and gold grungs, which hold the highest leadership positions. A tribe's sovereign is always a gold grung.

A grung normally remains in its caste for life. On rare occasions, an individual that distinguishes itself with great deeds can earn an invitation to join a higher caste. Through a combination of herbal tonics and ritual magic, an elevated grung changes color and is inducted into its new caste in the same way that a juvenile of the caste would be. From then on, the grung and its progeny are members of the higher caste.

Toxic Coat

All grungs secrete a substance that is harmless to them but poisonous to other creatures, which they also use on their weapons to cause further harm. They also mix this with food and feed it to their slaves, since it keeps them lethargic and compliant. A creature afflicted in this way over a long period of time becomes a shell of its former self. Being amphibious, grungs keep their villages close to water, spending a large part of their time in water.

Grung Names

Grungi have simple gender neutral names consisting of basic, one-syllable sounds.

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Grung Names. Akk, Beb, Bec, Dop, Erg, Gahg, Galf, Grop,

Gilp, Grib, Hat, Hen, Ja, Jig, Kek, Lib, Lurt, Mahl, Mog,

Narg, Nak, Nin, Pasht, Pat, Pip, Plek, Ploo, Ran, Rug, Sib,

Slur, Slark, Sook, Snurk, Toog, Zoog.

Grung Traits

Your grung character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Grungs mature to adulthood in a single year, and have been known to live up to 50 years.

Alignment. Most grungs are lawful, having been raised in a strict caste system.

Size. Grungs stand between 2 ½ and 3 ½ feet tall and average about 30 pounds. Your size is Small. You gain +1 AC.

 Speed. You have a walking speed of 25 feet. Your sticky finger and toe pads give you a climb speed of 25 feet.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Arboreal Awareness. You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Perception, Stealth, or Survival.

Grung Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage. You are immune to poison produced by Grung.

Poisonous Skin. Your skin secretes a poisonous substance that can be used in a variety of ways to harm enemies. You can use the following traits a number of times equal to your Constitution bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest:

• You can use a reaction to expend a use when a creature tries to grapple you or otherwise comes into direct contact with your skin, to attempt to poison them. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become poisoned until the end of its next turn. The DC to resist this effect equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus.
• Once per turn, when you make a weapon attack, you can expend a use to apply poison to it. On a hit, the target takes 3d4 poison damage in addition to the normal damage. The damage increases by 1d4 at 5th (4d4), 11th (5d4), and 17th level (6d4).

Standing Leap. Your long jump is up to 25 feet and your high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.

Languages. You are fluent in Aquan and proficient in Common. Grungs speak a dialect of Aquan called Grung.

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Halfling

The comforts of home are the goals of most halflings' lives: a place to settle in peace and quiet, far from marauding monsters and clashing armies; a blazing tire and a generous meal; fine drink and fine conversation. Though some halflings live out their days in remote agricultural communities, others form nomadic bands that travel constantly, lured by the open road and the wide horizon to discover the wonders of new lands and peoples. But even these wanderers love peace, food, hearth, and home, though home might be a wagon jostling along an dirt road or a raft floating downriver.

Small and Practical

The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds.

Halflings' skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare among them and mustaches even more so. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright colors.

Halfling practicality extends beyond their clothing. They're concerned with basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering.

Kind and Curious

Halflings are an affable and cheerful people. They cherish the bonds of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers among them usually venture into the world for reasons of community, friendship, wanderlust, or curiosity. They love discovering new things, even simple things, such as an exotic food or an unfamiliar style of clothing.

Halflings are easily moved to pity and hate to see any living thing suffer. They are generous, happily sharing what they have even in lean times.

Blend into the Crowd

Halflings are adept at fitting into a community of humans, dwarves, or elves, making themselves valuable and welcome. The combination of their inherent stealth and their unassuming nature helps halflings to avoid unwanted attention. Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or communities are threatened.

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Pastoral Pleasantries

Most halflings live in small, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept graves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don't recognize any sort of halfling nobility or royalty, instead looking to family elders to guide them. Families preserve their traditional ways 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 communities travel as a way of life, driving wagons or guiding boats from place to place and maintaining no permanent home.

Exploring Opportunities

Halflings usually set out on the adventurer's path to defend their communities, support their friends, or explore a wide and wonder-filled world. For them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity.

Halfling Names

A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname. Family names are often nicknames that stuck so tenaciously they have been passed down through the generations.

Male Names: Alton, Ander, Cade, Corrin, Eldon, Errich,

Finnan, Garret, Lindal, Lyle, Merric, Milo, Osborn,

Perrin, Reed, Roscoe, Wellby
Female Names: Andry, Bree, Callie, Cora, Euphemia,

Jillian, Kithri, Lavinia, Lidda, Merla, Nedda, Paela,

Portia, Seraphina, Shaena, Trym, Vani, Verna
Family Names: Brushgather, Goodbarrel, Greenbottle,

High-hill, Hilltopple, Leagallow, Tealeaf, Thorngage,

Tosscobble, Underbough

Halfling Traits

Your halfling character has a number of traits in common with all other halflings.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2.

Age. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.

Alignment. Most halflings are lawful good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. They are also very orderly and traditional, leaning heavily on the support of their community and the comfort of their old ways.

Size. Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is Small. You have +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Halfling Luck. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Halfling Nimbleness. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

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Ghostwise

Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of the kin, found only in Eleath and a few other isolated forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.

Many ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that landmark with them at all times. Clan warriors known as nightgliders bond with and ride giant owls as mounts.

Because these folk are clannish and mistrustful of outsiders, ghostwise halfling adventurers are rare.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by l.

Natural Sneak. You have proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Silent Speech. You can speak telepathically to any creature within 30 feet of you. The creature understands you only if the two of you share a language. You can speak telepathically in this way to one creature at a time.

Lightfoot

As a lightfoot halfling (sometimes called hairfeet), you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You're inclined to be affable and get along well with others. Lightfoot halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety.

Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings. and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 1.

Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even when you are obscured only by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.

Quick Feet. Your base walking speed increases to 30 feet. Also, you have proficiency in the Acrobatics skill.

Stout

As a stout halfling (sometimes called stronghearts), you're hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Some say that stouts have dwarven blood.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases
by 1.

Stout Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Also you can use weapons with the heavy property without disadvantage.

Stout Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

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Half-Dwarf

Walking between the ambitious world of the human and the traditional world of the dwarf, half-dwarves are constantly torn by their dual heritage. Half-dwarves are rare, both due to the unlikeliness of a human and dwarf coupling and the fact that such couplings rarely produce offspring. Despite their rarity, most cities with blended human and dwarven population will likely contain at least a handful of half-dwarves.

Squats, Half-Bred, Muls

Depending on who you talk to, a half-dwarf look like short stocky hairless human, or like a tall, thin, and beardless dwarf. In human communities, half-dwarves are often called "Squats", in reference to their stout builds and mixed heritage. Among Dwarves, they are called "Muls" or, more derogatorily, "Half-Breds". In either case, the life of a half-dwarf is often filled with ridicule, disdain, and or worst of all, pity. As a result, half-dwarves tend to be loners and are ever focused on proving themselves through quiet deed rather than word. They tend to be hard-working, and self-sacrificing.

By Hammer, Axe, or Blade

Half-dwarves often find fulfillment through work that others might consider menial, and especially delight in excelling in crafts typically favoured by their dwarven heritage. They are consummate stone-workers, smiths, and brewers. Those that embrace their human side often find work as lumberjacks, woodcarvers, and carpenters. Many dwarves feel themselves drawn to the ranks of the town guard, where they can provide quiet dignified service to their community.

Half-Dwarf Names

Half-dwarves use human or dwarven naming conventions, depending on where they were raised, though it is common for them to acquire nicknames in either dwarven or common, depending on which heritage they gravitate towards, as they grow older.

Half-Dwarf Variants

Some half-dwarves have a racial trait in place of the Dwarven Resilience trait. If your DM allows it, your half-dwarf character can forgo Dwarven Resilience and instead take the trait Dwarven Combat Training, Darkvision or a trait based on your dwarf parentage:

• A half-dwarf of hill dwarf descent can choose the hill dwarf's Dwarven Toughness.
• A half-dwarf of mountain dwarf descent can choose the mountain dwarf's Dwarven Armour Training.
• A half-dwarf of duergar descent can choose the duergar's Duergar Resilience or Duergar Magic.

Half-Dwarf Traits

Your half-dwarf character has some qualities in common with dwarves and some that are unique to half-dwarves.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age. Half-dwarves mature the same as humans. They reach adulthood around the age of 20, and often live over 200 years.

Alignment. Half-dwarves are mostly lawful, with a great respect for authority and order.

Size. A Half-Dwarf is taller than a Dwarf, and bulkier than a Human. They are completely hairless, and are incredibly muscular. As tough as any Dwarf, Half-Dwarves are more durable because of their extra size. Fully grown Half-Dwarves stand at around 5'6" tall and weigh between 240 - 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armour.

Low-light vision. Your dwarven blood grants you the ability to see well in low-lit areas. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Dwarven Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Dogged Skills. You gain proficiency with a set of artisan's tools of your choice: smith's tools, brewer's supplies, or mason's tools. Also, you gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Tireless. You only need to sleep for 4 hours. You also have advantage on Constitution saves against exhaustion.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Dwarvish.

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Art by Eric Belisle

Half-Elf Names

Half-elves use either human or elven naming conventions. As if to emphasize that they don't really fit in to either society, half-elves raised among humans are often given elven names, and those raised among elves often take human names.

Half-Elf Traits

Your half-elf character has some qualities in common with elves and some that are unique to half-elves.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age. Half-elves mature at the same rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. They live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 180 years.

Alignment. Half-elves share the chaotic bent of their elven heritage. They value both personal freedom and creative expression, demonstrating neither love of leaders nor desire for followers. They chafe at rules, resent others' demands, and sometimes prove unreliable, or at least unpredictable.

Size. HaIf-elves are about the same size as humans, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Low-light vision. Thanks to your elf blood, you have improved vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Skill Versatility. You gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Elvish. You have 2 language points which you can use to learn a new language or one improve one you already know.

Half-Elf Variants

Your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:

• A half-elf of wood elf descent can choose the wood elf's Elf Weapon Training, Fleet of Foot, or Mask of the Wild.
• A half-elf of moon elf or sun elf descent can choose the high elf's Elf Weapon Training or Cantrip.
• A half-elf of drow descent can choose the drow's Drow Magic or Darkvision 60 ft.
• A half-elf of aquatic heritage can choose a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Half-Orc Names

Half-ores usually have names appropriate to the culture in which they were raised. A half-orc who wants to fit in among humans might trade an orc name for a human name. Some half-orcs with human names decide to adopt a guttural orc name because they think it makes them more intimidating.

Male Orc Names: Dench, Feng, Gell, Henk, Holg, Imsh,

Kelh, Krusk, Mhurren, Ront, Shump, Thokk
Female Ore Names: Baggi, Emen, Engong, Kansif.

Myev, Neega, Ovak, Ownka, Shautha, Sutha, Vola,

Volen, Yevelda

Half-Orc Traits

Your half-orc character has certain traits deriving from your orc ancestry.

Ability Score lncrease. Your Strength score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age. Half-orcs mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

Alignment. Half-orcs inherit a tendency toward chaos from their orc parents and are not strongly inclined toward good. Half-orcs raised among orcs and willing to live out their lives among them are usually evil.

Size. Half-orcs are somewhat larger and bulkier than humans, and they range from 5 to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Menacing. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Orc. Orc is a harsh, grating language with hard consonants. It has no script of its own but is written in the Dwarvish script.

Half-Orc Variants

Your half-orc character can forgo Menacing and instead take the orc trait Brave, Survivor, or a trait based on your orc parentage:

• A half-orc of plains orc descent can choose the black orc's Powerful Build.
• A half-orc of mountain orc descent can choose the grey orc's Strong-willed.

Depending on your lineage, you can also forgo Savage attacks in exchange for the following:

• A half-orc of desert orc descent can forgo Savage Attacks for Aggressive.
• A half-orc of mountain orc descent can forgo Savage Attacks for Ambusher.

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Exemplars of Ambition

Humans who seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power, wealth, and fame. More than other people, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups.

Humans Names

Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents give their children names from other languages, such as Dwarvish or Elvish (pronounced more or less correctly), but most parents give names that are linked to their region's culture or to the naming traditions of their ancestors.

Desertborn, Male Names: Askari, Bakad, Caamir, Mahdi,

Rushdi, Saabiq, Taqi
Desertborn, Female Names: Atifa, Iltani, Kema, Maisah,

Nameera, Qadira, Zahra
Desertborn, Surnames: Attali, Benzadi, Khadra, Madjer,

Rahal, Safar, Tarik

Forestborn, Male Names: Agnar, Eadwin, Guthred, Oslac,

Thordar, Turold, Volund
Forestborn, Female Names: Aedwen, Anne, Cerys, Efa,

Elise, Idina, Rowena
Forestborn, Surnames: Buggir, Gaster, Hrilk, Resvonn,

Thall, Troth, Varhig

Mountainborn, Male Names: Asmund, Erik, Gundulf,

Grimald, Herbert, Jakob, Sten
Mountainborn, Female Names: Fride, Grete, Helen,

Kaja, Lena, Sonja, Vilde
Mountainborn, Surnames: Buer, Haug, Jorstad, Karlstad,

Monsen, Ohlsen, Strom

Plainsborn, Male Names: Ayden, Carel, Jerrit, Kale,

Landen, Rick, Stenvel
Plainsborn, Female Names: Arlette, Caitlin, Cherine, Ita,

June, Loriana, Marisa
Plainsborn, Surnames: Bayne, Ferner, Hulett, Kern, Meister,

Pernick, Reinsel

Seaborn, Male Names: (Male) Audey, Buckley, Derwin,

Knoll, Norwell, Orson, Radford
Seaborn, Female Names: Addison, Atha, Eleanora, Janie,

Joyce, Lindsay, Zetta
Seaborn, Surnames: Antone, Brent, Drace, Gresham, Hale,

Reid, Wadhley

Winterborn, Male Names: Arnvid, Brusi, Folkmar, Gorell,

Hrogvar, Norryn, Styrolf
Winterborn, Female Names: Agala, Astrid, Bera, Regima,

Sibbe, Svadis, Yri
Winterborn, Surnames: Askel-, Bodvar-, Kar-, Mak-, Orn-,

Torsten-, Ulfar- (-sson for males, -dottir for females)

Human Traits

It's hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase. Increase an ability score of your choice by 1. You cannot increase the same ability score given by the subrace you choose.

Age. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment. Humans do not tend towards any particular alignment as a group. The interplay of their ambition and empathy sees all alignments represented among them.

Size. Humans vary wildly in size and shape from under 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.

Human Determination. When you fail a saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll. Once you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and you have 1 language point which you can use to learn a new language or one improve one you already know.

Subrace. Humans are divided by the environment where they live: desertborn, forestborn, mountainborn, plainsborn, seaborn and winterborn.

Desertborn

As a Desertborn, you come from a martial culture of nomadic warriors. Most of the desertborns travels for days through the desert with light equipment to be fast and agile while moving, scouting and fighting. Their skin can range from light brown to black and they are known for being well muscled.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2.

Agile and Strong. You have proficiency in the Acrobatics and Athletics skills.

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Forestborn

As a Forestborn, you come from a wild but wise culture. Forestborns lives in small communities among the trees, hunting and gathering food that nearby forests provides. Most of them are tanned by living in the outdoor, with brown or black hair.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 2.

Children of the Wild. You have proficiency in the Nature skill and you gain proficiency with the herbalism kit.

Fleet of Foot. Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Natural Resistances. You have advantage on saving throws against poison and diseases, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Mountainborn

As a Mountainborn, you come from a culture of artisans and warriors. Most of the mountainborns lives in rugged terrain, building their towns and cities as close as possible to a mountain. Thanks to this, mountainborns have good relations with dwarves, and they are called sometimes as "tall dwarves". They are smaller than the average human, but very muscular, with a hair tone that goes from dark brown to black.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 2.

Dwarf Friend. You gain proficiency with the artisan's tools of your choice: smith's tools or mason's tools. You have proficiency with the light hammer and warhammer.

Mountaineer. You ignore difficult terrain when moving through rocky terrain. Whenever you make a Strength (Athletics) check to climb rocks, you are considered proficient in the Athletics skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Strong as a Rock. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

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Plainsborn

As a Plainsborn, you come from an old culture of talented craftsmen and inventors. Most of the plainsborns are settled and established in places to improve their agriculture, animal husbandry and architecture and share their knowledge with others. They are slender with tawny skin, with a hair tone that goes from fair to black.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2.

Basic Training. You can choose one of the following; a cantrip from the wizard spell list (intelligence is your spellcasting modifier), proficiency with a weapon of your choice, or proficiency with one armor of your choice (though you require proficiency with the previous armor).

Far Travelers. You gain proficiency in vehicles (land).

Old Knowledge. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to ancient kingdoms and historical events, you are considered to have expertise in the History skill.

Versatile Culture. You gain proficiency in two skills and one artisan's tools of your choice.

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Seaborn

As a Seaborn, you come from a mercantile culture. Seaborns live in the coast near the seas, they are excellent sailors and they are known for their skills as shipbuilders and tradesmans. They are lightly built, with dark hair and naturally light in skin tone.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 2.

Appraiser. You can determine an item's approximate value based on its appearance, and whenever you make an Intelligence check on an item, you can also know if that item is magical.

Masters of the Seas. You gain proficiency with vehicles (water). You have a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Natural Trader. You have proficiency in the Deception and Persuasion skills. Whenever you make a Charisma check to negotiate with others, you have advantage on that roll.

Winterborn

As a Winterborn, you come from a culture based on honor and glory. Winterborns are light skinned and fair or red haired, taller and more muscular than other humans thanks to generations having endured the harsh, cold climates.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Courageous. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Race by u/AeronDrake
Art by kekai kotaki
& jb casacop

Kobold

Kobolds are meticulous creatures with sorcery in their blood, a variety of reptile with a strong work ethic. Discounted as pests or worse by many others, kobolds are a long-suffering race with many talents and clever tricks. Only the foolish overlook the threat that kobolds actually pose.

For kobolds, awakening the potential of sorcery within themselves is a birthright. Nothing could be more natural.

Cold-blooded Reptiles

Kobolds are short, cold-blooded reptilian humanoids with bony frames, small tails, and scaly skin. They stand approximately 2 to 2-1/2 feet tall and weigh 35 to 45 pounds. Sinewy, double-jointed legs, naturally bent and poised for sudden speed, contribute to their height.

Kobolds have strong teeth, and their hands and feet have long digits tipped with very small claws. A kobold’s face is like a crocodile’s, with a jaw that can open wide enough to hold a whole melon. Constantly alert and wide, the eyes of a kobold range in color from burnt ochre to red. A ridge of small, hornlike bone juts above each brow and sweeps backward, the protrusions growing larger and more pronounced toward the rear of the skull.

Most kobolds of the same tribe tend to have similar coloration. Two tribes that merge eventually, crossbreed enough to create a new look, although occasional outliers and throwbacks are born that bear the appearance of one of the original tribes.

Use the Scale Color table to randomly determine the predominant appearance of kobolds in a tribe.

Scale Color

d100	Scale Color
01-05	Black
06-10	Blue
11-25	Brown
26-30	Gray
31-35	Green
36-40	Orange
41-55	Orange-brown
56-60	Red
61-75	Red-brown
76-85	Tan
86-90	White
91-00	Patterned (roll twice, ignoring duplicate results and results of 91 or higher)

Race by u/SwEcky
Art by WotC

Scale Pattern

Strength in Numbers

Kobold society is split into workers and experts, the vast majority being workers and only a few become experts. Despite having specialized skills, kobold experts are treated the same as any other worker. They enjoy different challenges than a miner might but are expected to serve the tribe like any other member. In times of warfare, all adults are expected to fight.

Kobold society is strongest when work is abundant and their labor forces are a marvel to behold. When fast at work, kobolds function like a hive of ants. Despite the swarming masses of bodies devoted to one task, they rarely trip over each other, instinctively knowing where to apply their help most efficiently, using their tails to help avoid collisions.

Arcane Magic Users

Unlike some other humanoids, kobolds don't fear or shun arcane magic. They see magic as part of their connection to dragons, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield such power. Young kobold sorcerers are trained by elders, and the training has an almost religious significance. Most kobold sorcerers are of the draconic bloodline origin and specialize in either damaging magic (which can also be used in mining), augmentation (of materials or allies), or divination (to find raw materials and foresee threats to the tribe).

The main reason why kobolds depend on arcane magic rather than divine is Kurtulmak's imprisonment, which makes it difficult for him to grant spells to mortals and for those mortals to receive his favor. Furthermore, kobolds are so frail that a single hit from a human's weapon can kill one of them, so a tribe has little use for healing magic, and a sorcerer can meet most of the tribe's other magic-related needs. Kobold shamans are very rare; priests of Kurtulmak, when they reveal themselves, are easily recognized by orange garb (usually just a roughly torn sash or cloak) decorated with an image of a gnome's skull.

Deadly Art

The only experts who receive special attention for their efforts are kobold trapmakers. These inventors are highly valued because their creations protect kobold lairs and tribal lands without the need for open warfare.

Among kobolds, traps are an art form and few artisans are as obsessed with the minute details of their work as a master kobold trapmaker. These creatures revel in the intricacies of their inventions. Kobolds rarely indulge in creativity over function, but exceptions are made for a cunning trap. One-upmanship is definitely present among kobold trapmakers. They find ingenious ways to incorporate bizarre spells, technological advances, and unexpected twists into their traps. In fact, the inventive ways in which kobolds defend their lairs compares favorably to the technological and magical marvels created by their hated foes, the gnomes.

Kutulmak: God of Kobolds

The god of kobolds was a vassal of Tiamat. When the gnome god Gari Glittergold stole a treasure from Tiamat's hoard, she sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity.

Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises all life except for kobolds. He especially hates Garl Glittergold, gnomes, and fey creatures that enjoy playing pranks. He taught the first kobolds how to mine, tunnel, hide, and ambush. He is dominated by his emotions-intelligent, but not wise. Arrogant and prone to gloating, he carries grudges, has a huge chip on his shoulder, and spends a lot of time fashioning elaborate revenge scenarios against those who have disrespected him.

Kobold Names

Kobold names are derived from the Draconic tongue and usually relate to a characteristic of the owner, such as scale color, distinctive body parts, or typical behavior. For example, "Red Foot," "White Claw," and "Scurry" are Common translations of often-used names. A kobold might change its name when it becomes an adult, or add additional word-syllables after important events such as completing its first hunt, laying its first egg, or surviving its first battle.

Names: Abu, Akra, Arix, Dalbe, Digge, Gan, Gulti, Hahzi,

Hipli, Katla, Kelo, Kott, Kovlo, Nila, Okku, Sak, Sibu,

Sidre, Sivlo, Snett, Snin, Snubla, Snupu, Soss, Tik,

Tuks, Vix, Zatre, Zihze

Kobold Traits

Your kobold character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2.

Age. Kobolds reach adulthood at age 6 and can live up to 120 years but rarely do so.

Alignment. Kobolds are fundamentally selfish, making them evil, but their reliance on the strength of their group makes them trend toward law.

Size. Kobolds are between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh between 35 and 45 pounds. Your size is Small. You gain
+1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Evasive Skitter. If you are forced to make a Dexterity saving throw due to an area of effect you can use your reaction to move 5 feet, provoking opportunity attacks as normal, before the spell effect is concluded. Possibly making the effect miss you. You can't use this feature if your movement speed is reduced to 0.

Languages. You are fluent in Draconic and proficient in Common.

Subrace. Once a kobold egg is hatched, the infants are divided and then raised by fosterers. Depending on their strengths and weaknesses they are raised to either become an expert or a worker. Very rarely a dragonwrought kobold is hatched, which causes celebration, due to their strong draconic blood. Choose one of the following subraces.

Dragonwrought Kobold

Some kobolds are born a dragonwrought kobold, proof of the race’s innate connection to dragons. Their scales become tinted with a color that matches its draconic heritage. These are the largest kobolds, and step outside the regular kobold society, being hailed as proof and as messengers of their dragon ancestors.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 1.

Draconic Heritage. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Heritage table. You gain damage resistance to the type associated with this type of dragon, and you have advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks made to influence them.

Draconic Heritage

Dragon	Resistance
Black	Acid
Blue	Lightning
Green	Poison
Red	Fire
White	Cold

Power Within. You know one cantrip of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Draconic Rite of Passage

If a dragonwrought kobold decides to tap into their blood and awaken the draconic powers within, they must undertake a draconic rite of passage, unlocking the powers of their draconic blood.

If you pick the Draconic Sorcerer subclass and choose the same damage type for Draconic Ancestry and Draconic Heritage you can increase your sorcery point maximum by two.

Race by u/SwEcky
Art by That Art Jack

Kobold Expert

Kobold experts are the specialists of kobold labor forces. Such individuals are responsible for development and research in a kobold tribe. They are most often the smallest of the tribe since they don't have the physical labor of the workers and not the build of the dragonwrought. They are most often seen picking apart their enemies at range, either with wit or with a trusty crossbow.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Ingenuity. You gain proficiency in Artisan's tools of your choice.

Additionally, you gain advantage on any ability checks to make, disarm, or disassemble mechanical traps.

Meticulous. You have proficiency in the Investigation skill.

Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even when you are obscured only by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.

Kobold Worker

Most kobold workers are miners, the group that makes up the vast majority of any tribe. They endure whatever they need to and are always ready to protect their tribe. Alone they are weak but together they can do anything, which they proven time and time again.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Kobold Weapon Training. You have proficiency with spears, and their damage die changes to d8(d10). You can also treat them as Finesse weapons, as long as you use them with one hand.

Opportunistic Teamwork. If an ally attacks a target during their turn, you may expend your reaction to make a single attack against the same target with advantage as long as the creature is within range.

You can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.

Race by u/SwEcky
Art by Wizards of the Coast

Utility and Survival

The lizardfolk mindset might seem unnecessarily cruel, but it helps them survive in a hostile environment. The swamps they inhabit are filled with a staggering variety of threats. Lizardfolk focus on survival above all, without sentiment.

Lizardfolk assess everyone and everything in terms of utility. Art and beauty have little meaning for them. A sharp sword serves a useful and good purpose, while a dull sword is a dead weight without a whetstone.

Lizardfolk see little need to plan more than a season or so into the future. This approach allows them to maintain their current level of influence in the world, but it limits their growth. Lizardfolk have no interest in developing writing, making long-term plans, or cultivating other methods to progress beyond their simple existence as hunters and gatherers.

Hapless Soft Ones

At their core, lizardfolk view other humanoids with an indifference verging on pity. Born into the world lacking stout scales and sharp teeth, it's a wonder they have managed to survive for so long. The typical human would barely make it through a day in the swamps.

Still, if other creatures prove useful to lizardfolk, those creatures can trigger a protective response made all the stronger by their apparent weakness. The lizardfolk assess such beings as hatchlings, young ones incapable of protecting themselves but who might prove useful in the future if they receive care.

Lizardfolk Personality

You can use the Lizardfolk Quirks table to determine a personality quirk for a lizardfolk character or to inspire a unique mannerism.

Lizardfolk Quirks

d8	Quirk
1	You hate waste and see no reason not to scavenge fallen enemies. Fingers are tasty and portable!
2	You sleep best while mostly submerged in water.
3	Money is meaningless to you.
4	You think there are only two species of humanoid: lizardfolk and meat.
5	You have learned to laugh. You use this talent in response to all emotional situations, to better fit in with your comrades.
6	You still don't understand how metaphors work. That doesn't stop you from using them at every opportunity.
7	You appreciate the soft humanoids who realize they need chain mail and swords to match the gifts you were born with.
8	You enjoy eating your food while it's still wriggling.

Art by Daarken

Lizardfolk Names

Lizardfolk take their names from the Draconic language. They use simple descriptives granted by the tribe based on an individual's notable deeds or actions. For example, Garurt translates as "axe," a name given to a lizardfolk warrior who defeated an orc and claimed his foe's weapon. A lizardfolk who likes to hide in a stand of reeds before ambushing an animal might be called Achuak, which means "green" to describe how she blends into the foliage.

Lizardfolk make no distinction between male and female in their naming conventions. Each example name includes its translation in parenthesis.

Lizardfolk Names: Achuak (green), Aryte (war), Baeshra

(animal), Darastrix (dragon), Garurt (axe), Irhtos (secret),

Jhank (hammer), Kepesk (storm), Kethend (gem), Korth

(danger), Kosj (small), Kothar (demon), Litrix (armor), Mirik

(song), Othokent (smart), Sauriv (eye), Throden (many),

Thurkear (night), Usk (iron), Valignat (burn), Vargach

(battle), Verthica (mountain), Vutha (black), Vyth (steel)

Lizardfolk Traits

Your lizardfolk character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age. Lizardfolk reach maturity arqund age 14 and rarely live longer than 60 years.

Alignment. Most lizardfolk are neutral. They see the world as a place of predators and prey, where life and death are natural processes. They wish only to survive, and prefer to leave other creatures to their own devices.

Size. Lizardfolk are a little bulkier and taller than humans, and their colorful frills make them appear even larger. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Bite. Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which deals piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

You can attack with Bite once per turn.

Cunning Artisan. As part of a short rest, you can harvest bone and hide from a slain beast, construct, dragon, monstrosity, or plant creature of size Small or larger to
create one of the following items: a shield, a club, a javelin, or 1d4 darts or blowgun needles. To use this trait, you need a blade, such as a dagger, or appropriate artisan's tools, such as leatherworker's tools.

Hold Breath. You can hold your breath for up to 15 minutes at a time.

Hunter's Lore. You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival.

Natural Armor. You have tough, scaly skin. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Lizardfolk Speech

Lizardfolk can master Common, but their mindset results in a speech pattern distinct from other humanoids.

Lizardfolk rarely use metaphors. Their speech is almost always literal. They might pick up idioms, but only with some difficulty.

Names confuse them, unless they are descriptive. They tend to apply their own naming conventions to other creatures using Common words.

Lizardfolk use active verbs to describe the world. A lizardfolk in cold weather might say, "This wind brings cold" rather than "I feel cold." Lizardfolk tend to define things in terms of actions, rather than effects.

Coastal

Coastal merfolk generally have yellow chests and pale green faces, shading to dark blues and purples on their backs and limbs. The patterns on their skin suggest the colors of the tree frogs common in the rain forest, as do their eyes of orange, lime green, or sky blue. Their fins are relatively short and thick. They have an uncanny ability of disappearing from sight, and are born with a natural knack for primal magic.

Among the Waves. While in the water you can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by sea weed, mud clouds, stone or other natural objects and phenomena.

Cantrip. You know one cantrip of your choice from the druid spell list. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for it.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Lithe Form. You gain proficiency in the Acrobatics skill.

Swim Speed. You have a swimming speed of 35ft.

Deep Sea

Deep sea merfolk often have burgundy or magenta on their faces and chests, with lighter shades of blue and purple elsewhere. Their eyes are red, orange, or blue, and their long, thin, and elegant fins resemble scarves or veils of fine fabric. They swim easily, even upstream, and clamber over rocks and through rapids with ease. Living in the depths means dangers aplenty, and thus each merfolk are taught at a young age how to handle themselves in combat.

Deep Lure. You know the dancing lights cantrip. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for it.

Merfolk Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the net, shortsword, spear, and trident.

Remarkable Swimmers. Whenever you make an Strength (Athletics) check related to swimming against currents, you can add twice your proficiency bonus, instead of any proficiency bonus you normally apply.

Superior Darkvision. Accustomed to the darkest depths of the ocean, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Swim Speed. You have a swimming speed of 40ft.

Race by u/SwEcky
Art by Lie Setiawan

Bestial Urges

Minotaurs vary widely in appearance, incorporating features from a range of horned beasts into a humanoid form. Bovine creatures are by far the most common template, but hooves or feet, the number of fingers, and the presence of a muzzle all depend purely on the bloodline in question.

One common factor is a minotaur's violent temperament. In addition to a strict adherence to honour, each minotaur culture develops communal ways to bleed off this aggression. Berserk performances, passionate festivals, and even simple pit fights. Others resort to hermitage and ritual, regarding bloodthirst as something to be ruled, not bled off.

Aloof, Not Alone

Minotaurs become adventurers for a variety of reasons, most of which boil down to having something to prove. Questants try to outdo their ancestors, young bulls are bound into unwise oaths, and behooved nobles venture forth to settle bets and dares. Those who break the mould tend to be mercenaries or missionaries, rejecting the brutish honourcode of their home for better or worse.

Firstborn minotaurs raised in the shrines of horned gods have less diverse attitudes. Some are loyal to their home, sent forth as agents of prophecy or revenge. The rest fled from holy captivity, escaping their labyrinth homes in search of something greater.

Minotaur Names

Minotaurs usually name their offspring after themselves, or a great hero in their ancestry, whose code the young minotaur must strive to honour. Clan names work similarly, inherited from whichever horned paragon first forged the bloc.

Minotaurs raised by a cult tend to take its name, or the name of its leader, in place of a family name. Those with an even bigger ego than normal (or less attachment to those who raised them) will take the name of its god, instead.

Male Names: Asterion, Beliminorgath, Cinmac, Dastrun,

Edder, Galdar, Hecariverani, Kyris, Tosher, Zurgas
Female Names: Ayasha, Calina, Fliara, Helati, Keeli, Kyri,

Mogara, Sekra, Tariki, Telia
Clan Names: Athak, Bregan, Entragath, Kaziganthi,

Lagrangli, Mascun, Orilg, Sumarr, Teskos, Zhakan

Cults of the Horned King

Minotaurs are the dark descendants of humanoids transformed by the rituals of cults that reject the oppression of authority by returning to nature. Inductees often mistake these cults for druidic circles or totemic religions whose ceremonies involve entering a labyrinth while wearing a ceremonial animal mask.

Unknown to all but their highest-ranking leaders, these mystery cults are creations of the demon lord Baphomet, the Horned King, whose layer of the Abyss is a gigantic labyrinth.

Minotaur Traits

Your minotaur character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 2.

Age. Minotaurs reach adulthood at around the same age as humans, but a mature minotaur shows no sign of aging until the day it drops dead. Due to their unnatural origins, this time may come at age 40 or age 140: each minotaur simply does not know how long it might live.

Alignment. Their brutal physicality and disdain for weakness causes most minotaurs to trend toward evil, while their codes of honor or cult lore dispose them toward law.

Size. Minotaurs are far larger than humans at 7 to 9 feet and weighing around 700 pounds. Your size is Large. You gain -1 AC and use Large weapons.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Mighty Horns. Your horns are natural melee weapons, with which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier. If you move 10 feet before using your horns to shove another creature, you have advantage on the Strength (Athletics) check.

Rushing Trample. If you take the Dash action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to attempt to shove a creature with your horns. On a success, they take damage as if you hit them with your Mighty Horns.

Languages. You are fluent in Common.

Subraces. A minotaur's origins have a great impact on their prowess. Choose one of the following subraces.

Sacred Minotaur

Not all minotaurs are the product of dark, secret cults. Those reared by more acceptable faiths will sometimes bear the heads of horned beasts other than bulls, with fur of their god's sacred color. Taught from birth that they are the very image of their god, such minotaurs can be overbearing company.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 1.

Divine Presence. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill and have advantage on Intimidation checks against fiends and undead.

Touched by the Gods. You know one cantrip of your choice from the cleric spell list. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the bless spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the calm emotions spell once per day. You regain the ability to cast both spells after a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Extra Language. You are proficient in Celestial.

Race by u/revlid
Art by BabloFernandezArtwrk

Mousefolk Names

When a Mousefolk is old enough to read, they are taken by an elder to the clan's archives to study the lore and histories of their people. After several years, the individual is allowed to pick their own name, either adopting the name of a past hero, or inventing a new name for themselves.

Male Names: Aengus, Ashwin, Aynselle, Boris, Byrnstan,

Celanawe, Colin, Demitri, Elric, Esegar, Finn, Gregory,

Joseph, Luke, Martin, Matthias, Mattimeo, Odric, Seyth,

Thom, Waldwin
Female Names: Baeylie, Caley, Clove, Daewn, Dalla, Eda,

Elis, Gale, Ingrid, Kearra, Mariel, Millicent, Moira, Nola,

Rona, Rosalee, Sayble, Serra, Sylvia, Veira
Historical Names: Abershaw, Bluebell, Dalgill, Faolan,

Garrow, Gamilon, Grimwold, Hannidy, Larkin, Sloan,

Taryn, Tenny, Tinble, Toller, Vidar, Walmond

Mousefolk Traits

Your mousefolk character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 2.

Age. A Mousefolk reaches adulthood at the age of 5 and lives to be about 40 years old.

Alignment. Most mousefolk are neutral, and tend towards good. They try to keep the conflicts of the other races at arm's length, but display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or communities are threatened. A reverence for nature and life is close to the heart of Mousefolk, and they are loath to take a life if it can be avoided. They prefer to live quiet and unassuming lives, giving honest work for honest pay.

Size. Mousefolk grow between 2 and 2 1/2 feet tall and weigh about 25 pounds. Your size is Small. You gain +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even when you are obscured only by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.

Nimble. You have advantage on saving throws against being grappled or restrained. Also, when a creature you can see makes an Opportunity Attack against you, you may use your reaction to impose disadvantage on that attack.

Underfoot. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and Squeak Speak. You have 1 language point which you can use to learn a new language or one improve one you already know. Mousefolk place great value on the written accounts of their legends and histories, and encourage everyone to keep journals and records of their deeds. Almost all Mousefolk speak Common to converse with the people on whose lands they dwell or through which they are traveling.

Subrace. The two main kinds of mousefolk, softpaw and meadowgard, are more like closely related families than true subraces. Choose one of these subraces.

Meadowgard

As a Meadowgard Mousefolk, you make your living in the wilds. You have keen senses, deep intuition, and a connection with nature that few other races can boast. The Meadowgard stand staunchly at the edge of civilization, knowing that their eyes are the first alarm and their body and blade are the last bulwark of countless others. They have an unwavering sense of duty and a lifetime of experience which keeps them sharp against the dangers of the world. With an elder's blessing some Meadowgard leave the service of their clans to travel the world and record their journeys.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.

Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Speak With Small Beasts. Through sounds and gestures, you can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts.

Virtuous and Headstrong

Despite their generally flighty appearance, mousefolk are a very honorable people. They believe strongly in personal honor, less so in the idea that the actions of others can impugn that honor. When a mousefolk makes a mistake, especially one that causes harm to others, they will work hard and at long lengths to correct that mistake.

Race by u/skybug12
Art by StuArtStudios

Orc Names

Orc names doesn't always have meaning in the Orc language, and noteworthy orcs are given epithets by their tribe mates.

Male Names: Abzug, Bajok, Grutok, Jahrukk, Lortar, Mobad,

Mugrub, Rhorog, Ruhk, Shamog, Shugog, Urzul
Female Names: Baggi, Emen, Engong, Myev, Neega,

Ovak, Ownka, Shautha, Sutha, Vola, Volen
Epithet: Bone Crusher, The Brutal, Death Spear,

Doom Hammer, Elf Butcher, Eye Gouger, The Filthy,

Flesh Ripper, Iron Tusk, Skin Flayer, Skull Cleaver,

Spine Snapper

Orc Traits

Your orc character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength and Constitution scores each increase by 1.

Age. Orcs reach adulthood at age 13 and live up to 70 years.

Alignment. As varied as the orc tribes are their ethics and morals. However, most orcs have in common, that they see the world as a harsh and deadly place in which only the strongest are fit to survive. Therefore, most orcs are either neutral or evil, as helping the weak and unfortunate would mean disturbing the natural order.

 Size. Orcs are usually over 6 feet tall and weigh between 230 and 280 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Survivor. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill.

Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Languages. You are fluent in Orc and proficient in Common.

Subrace. Three subraces of orcs are found in the world, each very distinct: plains orcs, desert orcs and mountain orcs. These subraces usually form separated tribes, but several mixed tribes are known to exist. Choose one of these subraces.

Mountain Orc (Gray Orc)

Gray orcs are often more spiritual, reclusive, and cunning than their orc cousins. They prefer to keep to themselves, but will respond tenfold to any aggression, often through covert operations. They can be trusted advisors as well as dangerous assassins.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.

Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, you have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't taken any actions yet.

Strong-willed. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Race by u/Dracodruid
Art by unknown artist

Plasmoid

Plasmoids are amorphous beings with no typical shape. Among regular folk, they often adopt a similar form, but there’s little chance of mistaking a plasmoid for anything else.

Disputed Origin

The origin of plasmoids are disputed, some believe they were created in an experiment on oozes or slimes, but the primary belief is that they all originate from one singular gigantic, intelligent ooze. This prime ooze, would grow and divide, each split creating a new plasmoid. These new creatures were basically clones of the prime, but over a few centuries, the genetic material has changed drastically.

A plasmoid slowly gets larger and after about twenty years, it is able to create a smaller plasmoid by splitting off a part of itself. After this first division, it requires another ten years before it can do so again. The newly created ooze needs to be cared for a year before it is able to survive on its own.

Impressable Blobs

Plasmoids consume food by osmosis and excrete waste through tiny pores. They breathe by absorbing oxygen through another set of pores, and their limbs are strong and flexible enough to grasp and manipulate weapons and tools. Although most plasmoids are translucent blue or green, or somewhere in between, they can alter their color and translucence by absorbing dyes through their pores.

Plasmoid bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and vibrations. Plasmoids can stiffen the outer layers of their bodies to maintain a humanlike shape, allowing them to wear clothing and accessories. When they sleep, they lose their rigidity and spread out and are sometimes hard to differentiate from the environment in the dark. Plasmoids speak by forcing air out of tubular cavities that constrict to produce sound.

Food Culture

Plasmoids have no taste and can basically eat any biological material they can get their hands on, but their genetic makeup slowly changes depending on what they consume. This makes some fixate on what they eat to shape themselves into something grand, while others just go with it.

Plasmoids have small close-knit communities in cities and often take odd jobs other races doesn't care for.

Plasmoid Names

Plasmoids have simple names and generally only change one letter when they give the name to their offspring.

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Plasmoid Names: Blip, Blob, Boop, Drab, Drop, Falp, Flapp,

Flub, Hobb, Mlob, Plip, Plop, Qwop, Sapp, Selp, Soob

Plasmoid Traits

Your plasmoid character have the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Plasmoids reach maturity after only a year, but rarely

becomes much older than 30 years old.

Alignment. Plasmoids generally try to fit in wherever they go, favoring a true neutral or neutral good alignment.

Size. Plasmoids cover between a 3 and a 5-foot diameter sphere, and weigh on average 60 pounds. You are Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Amorphous. You have advantage on ability checks you make to escape a grapple. You can also squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide, provided you are wearing and carrying nothing.

Darkvision. Your nerves allow you to detect things in total darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Natural Resilience. You have resistance to acid and poison damage, and you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Shape Self. As an action, you can reshape your body to give yourself a head, one or two arms, one or two legs, and makeshift hands and feet, or revert to a limbless blob. While you have a humanlike shape, you can wear clothing and armor made for a Humanoid of your size.

As a bonus action, you can extrude a pseudopod that is up to 6 inches wide and 10 feet long or reabsorb it into your body. As part of the same bonus action, you can use this pseudopod to manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, or pick up or set down a Tiny object. The pseudopod contains no sensory organs and can’t attack, activate magic items, or lift more than 10 pounds.

Languages. You are proficient in Common.

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AI Art generated by u/GMHolden (DALL-E)

Lovers of Story and Song

A satyr would say that it loves beauty above all things. Most memorizes hundreds of stories and songs, and many invents hundreds more. Anything can be inspiration to a satyr, from the morning mist to a blossoming flower to—especially—an attractive maiden.

Playing an instrument comes naturally to a satyr, it is something that they know how to do even before they can speak or walk. The melodies that satyrs produce haunt forest glades throughout the Feywild, and their tunes are inherently magical.

The Art of the Revel

Humans think of satyrs' revels as raucous bacchanals, where anything and everything might happen. This picture isn't wrong, but it's incomplete: there's more to a revel than debauchery. For satyrs, revelry is a way of life. It's the delight in small things: the song of a bird, a warm breeze, the smell of a tasty pie, relaxing by a river in the sunshine.

Life freely offers these gifts, and for a satyr, they are more valuable than gold or glory. To revel means to forget the constraints of time, to let go of the future and past, and to be wholly in the present moment. For satyrs, encountering life with all the senses honors the gods, and-most importantly- it feels really good. Driven by instinct and intuition, most satyrs prove unpredictable, following their sense of wonder wherever it leads.

Satyr Names

A satyr's name is as playful and mischievous as they are, and each one is given when a satyr's personality shines through. Most satyrs also give each other nicknames.

Female Names: Aliki, Avra, Chara, Dafni, Eirini, Elpida,

Irini, Kaiti, Lia, Niki, Tasia, Xeni, Yanna, Zoi
Male Names: Alekos, Dimi, Filippos, Ilias, Kyriakos,

Neofytos, Omiros, Pantelis, Spyro, Takis, Zenon
Nicknames: Bounder, Bristlechin, Clip-Clop, Dappleback,

Hopper, Nobblehorn, Orangebeard, Quickfoot,

Scruffiebutt, Sunbeam, Skiphoof, Twinkle-Eyes

Satyr Traits

Your satyr character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Satyrs reach adulthood at the age of 24, and live to be 400 due to their fey ancestry.

Alignment. Satyrs tend to have chaotic alignments, and most are good if not neutral. However, evil satyrs do exist, taking what they want from others to feed their insatiable appetite for pleasure.

Size. Satyrs are usually around 5 feet in height and weigh around 170 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Low-light vision. Your fey blood grants you the ability to survive the dim forests of the Feywild. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

 Masterful Balance. You have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks made to balance while on your feet.

Natural Performer. You gain proficiency in Charisma (Performance) as well as a musical instrument of your choice. Performing and playing an instrument comes as naturally to a satyr as breathing.

Ram Horns. Your curved horns is a natural melee weapon, which deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier. If you move 10 feet towards a creature before attempting to shove it, you have advantage on the Strength (Athletics) check.

Unnatural Charm. You can cast the charm person spell as a 1st-level spell once with this trait without using any somatic and verbal components. Once you cast it, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and Sylvan.

Race by u/SwEcky
Art by Tyler Jacobson

Call of the Shadowfell

Although shadar-kai leave the Shadowfell to seek fortune in the world and among the planes, a few needs and wants drive a shadar-kai to return home from time to time. Most shadar-kai feel a basic need to visit the enveloping dimness of the Shadowfell at least intermittently. The plane is unlike even the darkest reaches of other planes. Obtaining new adornments and equipment in the proper style often requires a return to the Shadowfell. Shadar-kai also return to their gloomy settlements to spend time among those who see extreme, weird, or even deviant as normal. And they come home to brag.

Shadar-kai Names

Shadar-kai have similar names to their human counterparts, though they did change slightly due to their isolation in the Shadowfell, with the only real influencing force being the will of the Raven Queen. Their names are often merely the inventions of their parents, though some common names do exist.

Male Names: Albrek, Baden, Codren, Emul, Horiam,

Hutahn, Ioan, Lucyan, Mahahn, Niku, Ovid, Petru,

Razvahn, Serbahn, Shathys, Teodahr, Vasylay, Zahar.
Female Names: Afyn, Anka, Bahnka, Codruta, Doru, Dyon,

Floahr, Ghita, Helayna, Ioana, Jenit, Katryn, Lucya,

Markella, Nadya, Roduka, Sahyeh, Tabita, Yalda, Zyna

Shadar-kai Traits

The weight of existence in the Shadowfell has shaped the physical qualities of the Shadar-kai, granting them traits unique to their native realm.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age. The Shadar-kai reach physical maturity at the same rate as humans, but they generally live far longer. A shadar-kai may live up to 800 years.

Alignment. Shadar-kai society is often seen as cruel and apathetic. The shadar-kai generally strive to create chaos and death, bringing death for both purposes of evil as well as good.

Size. Shadar-kai are generally a tad below 6 feet in height and they weigh between 110 and 170 pounds. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Superior Darkvision. Accustomed to the black skies and eternal shadow of the Shadowfell, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Doomspeaker. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Necrotic Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage.

Shadow Jaunt. On your turn, when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you can use your bonus action to teleport up to 15 feet.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and have 1 language point which you can use to learn a new language or one improve one you already know.

Leaving the Bleakness

Very few Shadar-kai leave the Shadowfell for more than a few hours at a time, but some leave to never return. Most do this to escape the bleakness and constant hunt for strong emotions and peak experiences, making the years it take to adapt worthwhile.

You can remove the Superior Darkvision of the shadar-kai, and replace it with regular Darkvision. By doing so you also remove the Sunlight Sensitivity.

Race by u/Jonoman3000
Art by kekai kotaki

Shardmind Traits

As a Shardmind, you have the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. No one knows the exact time of the Fracturing, when all Shardminds were born, but many speculate that it was several centuries ago. A Shardmind's body can be replenished with new crystals, and therefore does not age. However, their consciousness can grow old and decay.

Depending on how well they keep their minds, they can live anywhere between a few centuries, to several millenia.

Alignment. Most Shardminds maintain neutrality, focusing on the experiences to be had rather than on the moral consequences of their decisions.

Size. Ranging from 5 to 7 feet tall, Shardminds can weigh anywhere between 150 to 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Shardminds must maintain their physical form at all times. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

 Alignment. Silva tend to be lawful good as they want to help the world but also know that there is an order to things.

Size. Silva are about 6 feet tall. Their bodies are lightweight, weighing 100-130 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Call of the Forest. You know the druidcraft cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the entangle spell once. Once you reach 5th level, you can also cast the plant growth spell once. You regain the ability to cast them this way when you finish a long rest.

Photosynthesis. You do not need to sleep while in sunlight. If you spend 4 hours traveling or doing light activity in sunlight, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep, and you are considered fully nourished for the rest of the day.

If you do not get the opportunity to sunbathe, you can still sleep and eat normally. When you do so, you consume the same amount of food and sleep for the same length as a human.

Plant Bodies. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Treewalker. You have a climbing speed of 30 feet and as long as it is made of a plant matter, you are able to move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings, while leaving your hands free.

Languages. You are fluent in Sylvan and proficient in Common.

Subrace. As the silva spread across the realms, they settled in both jungles and forests. As time has gone on, these two sects of silva have gained their own sets of unique traits derived from the hardships of their terrain.

Forest Silva

As a forest silva, you have inherent quickness and stealth, and you are able to blend into the background of forested environments. Rarely are forest silva anywhere but in the largest sylvan forests, far from civilization. Their body is tall, thin, and covered in a thin bark.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 1.

Plant Camouflage. When standing still, you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks you make while obscured by plants.

Race by u/Jonoman3000
Art by kekai kotaki

Thri-Kreen

The thri-kreen are an insectoid race who roam the deserts and wastelands. Hunters and guerillas, they are respected and feared by those who dwell near their hunting grounds.

The kreen are not given to emotional displays, and what sentiment they do show is obscured to other races by their impenetrable body language. To most, they seem as empty and merciless as the desert, leaping from the sands to wreak havoc or slay a monster before vanishing as quickly as they came, caring nothing for what is left in their wake.

In some ways, it's not far from the truth.

Friends and Family

Many races divide the world into "us and them". Few do so as sharply as the kreen, who actively shun contact with those outside of their tightly-knit hunting packs, even fellow kreen. Many mantisfolk have trouble considering outsiders to be "people" at all, much less individuals worthy of concern.

Instead, each thri-kreen pack treats the world around them as a solipsistic garden, to be cultivated or trimmed as suits their needs. If goods are desired, they will protect merchant caravans from the hazards of the desert. If outsiders encroach on their hunts, they will turn on those same traders without a word of explanation or warning.

Mantis Warriors

Kreen have exoskeletons with six limbs protruding from their thorax: two legs and four arms, each arm ending in four-fingered claw-like hands. Their insectoid heads had two black, multi-faceted compound eyes; two small antennae sprouting from the top; and a complex jaw structure with large mandibles.

The carapace of a thri-kreen is typically a sandy yellow in hue, but can vary from a sandy brown to a pale green color, as best suited the environment. This enables thri-kreen to blend in with the dry savannas and grasslands they dwell in.

A Worthy Pack

While it's rare for the isolationist clickers to integrate into a larger society, they are sometimes found as guides, traders, and mercenaries. Those who truly settle among other peoples range from packless nomadic criminals to lone survivors of an overambitious hunt, from stranded ex-slaves to young mantisfolk determined to satisfy their curiosity.

Most kreen who settle into a foreign culture do so alone, and try to form a new pack from those around them. This process is often awkward, as they are forced to deal with the bewildering tendency of non-kreen, where they care about events and people far beyond their immediate social circle.

Kreen Names

Kreen names are made of dry clicks, buzzes, and rustles, suited to their mandibles. Translating such names reveals a hidden and flowery poetry at play. Their names aren't gendered and due to their small social circle they have no need for family names.

Thri-Kreen Names: Chak-tha, Chit'al, Drik-chkit, Gulnik, Kacht-ta, Kat'chka, Kiktul, Klaktuk, Krik, Pak'cha, Pik-ik-cha, Pok, Ptekwe, Tak-tha, Tal'tich, Tilnak, Tik-tik, Ze-ra

Thri-Kreen Traits

Your thri-kreen character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Strength or Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age. Thri-kreen grow quickly, moulting their childish carapace, and reach adulthood at 5 years. However, their average life expectancy is just 30 years.

Alignment. Thri-kreen prefer tightly-knit groups to grand societies. They tend toward Chaotic Neutral.

Size. Thri-kreen have the same slender build, though their height varies between 4 to 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Chameleon Carapace. While unarmored, your carapace gives you an Armor Class of 13 + your Dexterity modifier. As an action, you can change the color of your carapace to match the color and texture of your surroundings, giving you advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in those surroundings for 1 hour. Once you changed color, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Secondary Arms. You have two slightly smaller secondary arms below your primary pair. This pair can manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, pick up or set down a Tiny object, or wield a weapon that has the light property.

Telepathy. You can speak telepathically to any creature within 30 feet of you. The creature understands you only if the two of you share a language. You can speak telepathically in this way to one creature at a time.

Torpor. Rather than sleep, you enter a torpid state. In this state, you remain aware of your surroundings and only require 4 hours of torpor (rather than 8 hours of sleep) to gain the benefit of an extended rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Thri-kreen and proficient in Common. You can’t speak the non-thri-kreen languages you know. The thri-kreen language is incomprehensible to outsiders, a mixture of mandible clicks and antennae twitches that only a dedicated linguist could mimic.

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Art by JasonEngle

Tiefling Traits

Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 2.

Age. Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer.

Alignment. Tieflings might not have an innate tendency toward evil, but many of them end up there. Evil or not, an independent nature inclines many tieflings toward a chaotic alignment.

Size. Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Thanks to your infernal heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Hellish Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Infernal.

Subrace. There are several tiefling subraces, choose one of the following options- whichever one corresponds to the infernal being connected to the tiefling 's family.

Mutual Mistrust

People tend to be suspicious of tieflings, assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. Shopkeepers keep a close eye on their goods when tieflings enter their stores, the town watch might follow a tiefling around for a while, and demagogues blame tieflings for strange happenings. The reality, though, is that a tiefling's bloodline doesn't affect his or her personality to any great degree. Years of dealing with mistrust does leave its mark on most tieflings, and they respond to it in different ways. Some choose to live up to the wicked stereotype, but others are virtuous. Most are simply very aware of how people respond to them. After dealing with this mistrust throughout youth, a tiefling often develops the ability to overcome prejudice through charm or intimidation.

Asmodeus

The tieflings connected to Nessus command the power of fire and darkness, guided by a keener than normal intellect, as befits those linked to Asmodeus himself.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Infernal Legacy. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the hellish rebuke spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Baalzebul

The crumbling realm of Maladomini is ruled by Baalzebul, who excels at corrupting those whose minor sins can be transformed into acts of damnation. Tieflings linked to this archdevil can corrupt others both physically and psychically.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Legacy of Maladomini. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the ray of sickness spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the crown of madness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Dispater

The great city of Dis occupies most of Hell's second layer. It is a place where secrets are uncovered and shared with the highest bidder, making tieflings tied to Dispater excellent spies and infiltrators.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 1.

Legacy of Dis. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the disguise self spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the detect thoughts spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Fierna

A master manipulator, Fierna grants tieflings tied to her forceful personalities.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases
by 1.

Legacy of Phlegethos. You know the friends cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the charm person spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the suggestion spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

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Glasya

Glasya, Hell's criminal master mind, grants her tieflings magic that is useful for committing heists.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases
by 1.

Legacy of Malbolge. You know the minor illusion cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the disguise self spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the invisibility spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Levistus

Frozen Stygia is ruled by Levistus, an archdevil known for offering bargains to those who face an inescapable doom .

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Legacy of Stygia. You know the ray of frost cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the armor of Agathys spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Mammon

The great miser Mammon loves coins above all else. Tieflings tied to him excel at gathering and safeguarding wealth.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Legacy of Minauros. You know the mage hand cantrip. When you reach 3rd level , you can cast the Tenser's floating disk spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you fin ish a short or long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the arcane lock spell once with this trait, requiring no material com ponent, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Mephistopheles

In the frozen realm of Cania, Mephistopheles offers arcane power to those who entreat with him. Tieflings linked to him master some arcane magic.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Legacy of Cania. You know the mage hand cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the burning hands spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the flame blade spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

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Zariel

Tieflings with a blood tie to Zariel are stronger than the typical tiefling and receive magical abilities that aid them in battle.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 1.

Legacy of Avernus. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the searing smite spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the branding smite spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Tiefling Variants

Your tiefling might not look like other tieflings. Rather than having the physical characteristics described above, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goatlike legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.

Adventurers at Heart

Tortles have a saying: “We wear our homes on our backs.” The shells they carry around provide all the shelter they require. Consequently, tortles don’t feel the need to root themselves in one place for too long. A tortle settlement is primarily used as a kind of moot, where tortles can socialize with one another, share useful information, and trade with strangers in the safety of greater numbers. Tortles don’t regard these settlements as places worth defending with their lives, and they will abandon a settlement when it no longer serves their needs.

Most tortles like to see how other creatures live and discover new customs and new ways of doing things. The urge to procreate doesn’t kick in until the end of a tortle’s life, and a tortle can spend decades away from its native land without feeling homesick.

Tortles embrace a simple view of the world. It is a place of wonder, and tortles see beauty in the ordinary. They live for the chance to hear a soft wind blowing through palm trees, to watch a frog croaking on a lily pad, or to stand in a crowded human marketplace.

Tortles like to learn new skills. They craft their own tools and weapons, and they are good at building structures and fortifications. They marvel at the works of other civilized creatures, humans in particular, and can lose themselves for years in a city, studying its architectural wonders and learning skills they can put to use when building forts to contain their offspring.

Although they spend a considerable portion of their lives in isolation, tortles are social creatures that like to form meaningful friendships. They have no inbred animus toward people of other races. In fact, a tortle will often seek out friendships with non-tortles to learn new customs and new points of view.

Tortle Names

Tortles prefer simple, non-gender-specific names that are usually no more than two syllables. If a tortle doesn’t like its name for whatever reason, it changes it. A tortle might change its name a dozen times in its life.

Tortles don’t have surnames or family names.

Male and Female Names: Baka, Damu, Gar, Gura, Ini, Jappa, Kinlek, Krull, Lim, Lop, Nortle, Nulka, Olo, Ploqwat, Quee, Queg, Quott, Sunny, Tibor, Ubo, Uhok, Wabu, Xelbuk, Xopa, Yog

Tortle Traits

Your tortle character gains traits that enable it to cope with the perils of a savage world.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age. Young tortles crawl for a few weeks after birth before learning to walk on two legs. They reach adulthood by the age of 15 and live an average of 100 years.

Alignment. Tortles tend to lead orderly, ritualistic lives. They develop customs and routines, becoming more set in their ways as they age. Most are lawful good. A few can be selfish and greedy, tending more toward evil, but it’s unusual for a tortle to shuck off order in favor of chaos.

Size. Tortle adults stand 5 to 6 feet tall and average 450 pounds. Their shells account for roughly one-third of their weight. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Claws. Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Hold Breath. You can hold your breath for up to 1 hour at a time. Tortles aren’t natural swimmers, but they can remain underwater for some time before needing to come up for air.

Natural Armor. Due to your shell and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your shell provides ample protection, however; it gives you a base AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn’t affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield’s bonus as normal.

Shell Defense. You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to AC, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you are prone, your speed is 0 and can’t increase, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, you can’t take reactions, and the only action you can take is a bonus action to emerge from your shell.

Survival Instinct. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill. Tortles have finely honed survival instincts.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and proficient in Aquan.

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Strangers to the Surface

Given their isolation, most tritons have never been to the surface world. They struggle with the idea that they can't easily move up and down out of water, and the changing of the seasons mystifies them.

Tritons also find the variety of social institutions, kingdoms, and other customs bewildering. For all their proud culture, they remain innocent of the surface world. The typical triton protectorate is tightly regimented, organized, and unified around a common cause. A triton on the surface becomes easily confused by the bewildering array of alliances, rivalries, and petty grievances that prevent the surface folk from truly unifying.

At its worst, a triton's arrogance compounds the tendency for the triton. not to understand the ways of the surface world. It's easy for a triton to blame baffling social practices on what the triton perceives as the barbarism, weakness, or cowardice of surface folk.

Triton Personality

Far from flawless, these champions of good mean well, but they are easily frustrated by others. You can select, roll, or adapt a triton-specific quirk from the Triton Quirks table. Use the quirk to inform how you portray your character.

Triton Names

Most triton names have two or three syllables. Male names typically end with a vowel and the letter s, and female names traditionally end with an n. Tritons use their home protectorate as a surname, with the name formed by adding a vowel followed by a "th" to the end of the protectorate's name.

Female Triton Names: Aryn, Belthyn, Duthyn, Feloren,

Otanyn, Shalryn, Vlaryn, Wolyn
Male Triton Names: Corus, Delnis, Jhimas, Keros, Molos,

Nalos, Vodos, Zunis
Triton Surnames: Ahlorsath, Pumanath, Vuuvaxath

Triton Traits

Your triton character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength, Constitution, and Charisma scores each increase by 1.

Age. Tritons reach maturity around age 15 and can live up to 200 years.

Alignment. Tritons tend toward lawful good. As guardians of the darkest reaches of the sea, their culture pushes them toward order and benevolence.

Size. Tritons are slightly shorter than humans, averaging about 5 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 40 feet.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Darkvision. You are able to see in the darkest reaches of the ocean floor. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Eternal Foes. As part of growing up, every triton learns to utilize frost magic to catch their foe. You know the ray of frost cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Emissary of the Sea. Aquatic beasts have an extraordinary affinity with your people. You can communicate simple ideas with beasts that can breathe water. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return.

Guardians of the Depths. Adapted to even the most extreme ocean depths, you have resistance to cold damage, and you ignore any of the drawbacks caused by a deep, underwater environment.

Languages. You are fluent in Aquan and proficient in Common.

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Ursine Traits

Ursine have racial traits common with their bear cousins and some unique to the Ursine people.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution scores increases by 2, and Strength scores increases by 1.

Age. Usine mature quicker than humans, reaching adulthood around age 16. Despite this, they live as long as humans.

Alignment. Most Ursine follow a personal code. Because of this, many Ursine are lawful, though it may not seem as such if the law of the land conflicts with their personal code. Many Ursine are kind, though they value their race's well-being above that of outsiders.

Size. Ursine are larger than humans in both height and width. They range from 5½ feet to 7 feet tall and weigh between 250 and 400 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet if you walk on your hind legs and 35 feet if you are walking on all fours.

Once per turn, you can swap between walking on two and four legs. You cannot wield weapons while on all four, but you can use your natural weapons.

Thick Hide. Your hide acts as natural armor. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Bite. Your snout is filled with razor-sharp teeth and is a natural weapon, which deals piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

You can attack with Bite once per turn.

Grizzly Maw. If you have grappled a creature you may use your bonus action to make a bite attack towards them.

Claws. Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Menacing. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Strong Nose. You gain advantage on any Perception check that benefits your powerful sense of smell. This perception bonus is not granted to any sense other than smell. Anything that would nullify this sense would disable this ability until long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Ursine and proficient in Common. Not many people know Ursine, as it is a difficult language for outsiders to learn. Though the language sounds harsh, it is capable of expressing beautiful sentiments.

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Vegepygmy

Vegepygmies, also called mold folk or moldies, are fungus creatures that live in simple tribal units, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores from which they reproduce. Spawned by a unique mold called russet mold, Vegepygmies infest forests, caverns, and ruins where this strange mold grows. Reddish brown in color, russet mold grows only in places that are dark, warm, and wet. This in turn means that Vegepygmy settlements are also in these same conditions.

No one knows for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a forbidding mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the jungle nearby.

Vegepygmy Traits

As a Vegepygmy, you have the following traits:

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Vegepygmies are short-lived beings that are born fully

grown. While most don’t live long enough to see old age, those that do end up dying after about 30 years.

Alignment. Vegepygmies are simple creature that don’t tend towards good nor evil; lawful nor chaotic. They are most often true neutral.

Size. Vegepygmies are on average 3 feet in height and they weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is Small. You gain +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Superior Darkvision. Accustomed to life in the dark conditions that russet mold prefers, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Grounded. You have resistance to lightning damage.

Perceptive. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Plant Camouflage. When standing still, you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks you make while obscured by plants.

Wild Regeneration. At the start of each of your turns, you regain hit points equal to your Constitution modifier if you have taken damage since the end of your last turn. This feature has no effect when you are unconscious.

Languages. You are proficient in Common. Vegepgymies communicate with each other through smells but some learn Common to be able to communicate with other races.

A Life Above

A few colonies of Vegepygmies have adapted to a life above ground.

You can remove the Superior Darkvision of the vegepygmy, and replace it with regular Darkvision. By doing so you also remove the Sunlight Sensitivity.

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Warforged Traits

Your warforged character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength or Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age. A warforged is built complete and considered fully developed after construction, at least physically. They do not age, though no one is certain how long they can live for, they are believed to be immortal.

Alignment. Most warforged take comfort in order and discipline, tending toward law and neutrality. But some have absorbed the morality – or lack thereof – of the beings with which they served.

Size. An average Warforged stands between 5 and 7 feet tall and a medium sized warforged weighs between 200 and 400 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Built for a Purpose. You gain 7 upgrade points, which you spend on Warforged Upgrades when you first create your warforged character. You can take Downgrades to gain more upgrade points.

Integrated Armor. You can integrate armor on to your body as long as you are proficient with it. Donning and Doffing integrated armor is done over a period of long rest, requiring Tinker's tools. Integrated armor does not count towards your carrying capacity.

Living Construct. Even though you were constructed, you are a living creature. You are immune to disease. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish.

Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal.

Languages. You are proficient in Common.

Warforged Upgrades

Agile

Your body was designed to traverse terrain with ease. You can select this upgrade more than once, each time you do so you must pick a different option.

Swimming. You gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed. This option costs 2 points.

Climbing. You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. This option costs 2 points.

Walking. Your base walking speed increases by 5 feet. This option costs 2 points.

Charger

You were designed to charge into the fray. As a bonus action, you can move up to your speed toward an enemy of your choice that you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.

This upgrade costs 3 points.

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Fortified

Your armor was built to last. Your hit point maximum increases by an amount equal to your level. Whenever you gain a level thereafter, your hit point maximum increases by an additional hit point.

This upgrade costs 5 points.

Hardened Fists

Your fists have been reinforced to allow you to slam your enemies. They are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

When you choose this upgrade, you can add the finesse property to your fists. Doing so reduces the damage die by one step (minimum 1d4).

This upgrade costs 2 points.

Internal Storage Compartments

You were created with one or more internal storage compartments of varying sizes. Objects can be stored and retrieved with a bonus action, as long as they could reasonably fit within you. You have advantage on any checks made to hide the existence of these compartments, and they can't be forced open while you are conscious. You can retrieve ammunition from your storage compartments as part of your Attack action with a ranged weapon.

This upgrade costs 1 point. You can spend 1 additional point to select the Integrated Armaments option.

Integrated Armaments. When you retrieve an object from your storage compartments, you can instead retrieve up to two objects, placing up to one in each hand. When you do so you can store any objects held in one or both hands.

You cannot be disarmed of either of these retrieved objects while conscious if they are either a weapon without the heavy property or a shield, and they cannot be dropped.

Juggernaut

Your body is an imposing war machine built for close combat and raw might. You stand between 6 and 7 feet tall and weigh between 400 to 1,500 pounds. Your Size is Large.

This upgrade is free and can only be selected when you create your Warforged.

Lantern

You are capable of emitting light like a lantern. The source of light within you could be emitted from an area such as your eyes, palm, chest, or the general cracks between the armor plating that covers your body.

You can shine a wide bright light in a 15-foot radius, and dim light for an additional 15 feet. You can switch to shining a focused bright light in a 30-foot cone, and dim light for an additional 30 feet. You can control your lights during your turn without using an action, such as dimming them, turning them off, or switching between wide and focused. This light is innate and does not require fuel.

This upgrade costs 1 point. You can spend 1 additional point to double the range of your lights.

Layered Plating

Your plates allow you extra protection at the cost of mobility. You gain +1 AC but your speed is reduced by 5 feet.

This upgrade costs 6 points.

Magical Construct

You were built with the innate ability to perform incredible feats that can only be rivaled by magic. You learn one of the following cantrips: jolt, lightning leash, magic arrow, message, puff of smoke, or shocking grasp. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these cantrips.

This upgrade costs 2 points, and can be selected twice.

Powerful

Your body was constructed for great feats of strength. You count as one size larger for the purpose of carrying, lifting, pushing, and dragging.

This upgrade costs 2 points.

Resistant

Your body was enhanced to be resistant to a specific type of damage. Pick one damage resistance from the following options:

Rare. You gain resistance to radiant or thunder damage. This option costs 2 points.

Uncommon. You gain resistance to acid, cold, lightning, or necrotic damage. This option costs 3 points.

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Xotl

The small xotl rarely travel to cities as they enjoy their carefree lives in or close to lakes and rivers. At the same time, they love meeting new people and quickly make new friends.

Changeable Ways

Xotls are flexible and adaptive to most situations, going with the flow like the rivers and lakes they tend to call home. If someone has to lead, xotl come together and vote for who they think are the most qualified person for the task. When the task is completed, or the person is no longer needed, they go back to their previous task.

Xotls are eager to make friends with any they meet and are accepting of others faults thanks to a live and let live attitude. Many xotls have a strong sense of found family, caring more for those they live with and spend most of their time with then those of their own blood who they don’t see all that often. They often see their closest friends as brothers and sisters, as such they tend to be extremely loyal to those they care for.

Xotl Names

Xotl have some distinct names, which are usually granted by the village elder. Sometimes they get a name that turns out doesn't really fit and they exchange it for a new one. This can happen even at later ages.

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Xotl Unisex Names: Atl, Cualli, Eztli, Icnyotl, Mextli,

Nahuatl, Toltecatl, Xipil, Yoatl, Zuma
Xotl Male Names: Coyotl, Icnoyotl, Montezuma, Necalli,

Ohtli, Tenoch, Yolotli
Xotl Female Names: Citlalli, Ichtaca, Izel, Mazatl, Patli,

Quetzal, Tochtli, Xiuhcoatl, Yaretzi, Zyanya

Xotl Traits

Your xotl character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age. Xotl mature faster than humans and reach adulthood at 5. They often live to be around 30-40.

Alignment. Xotl are peaceful creatures that like to help others, making them tend towards a good alignment.

Size. Xotl are smaller than humans, standing around 3 feet tall and weigh on average 40 pounds. Your size is Small. You gain +1 AC.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Low-light Vision. With a little light you can discern things with ease. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Sensitive Frills. The frills of Xotl are very sensitive, which allows them to sense their surroundings better. You have advantage on Perception checks underwater.

Regenerative Factor. You can heal from almost any wound in no time at all. When you regain hit points, you can add your proficiency modifier to the amount regained.

Additionally, your severed body members (fingers, legs, tails, and so on), if any, are restored after a long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Aquan and proficient in Common.

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Yuan-ti Traits

Your yuan-ti character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Yuan-ti mature at the same rate as humans and have lifespans similar in length to theirs.

Alignment. Yuan-ti society value individuals that are devoid of emotion and are able to use others as tools to manipulate. They care little for law or chaos and are typically neutral evil.

Low-light Vision. The gods have granted your race perfect vision in gloomy areas. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Poison Resistance. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Shapechanger. As a bonus action, you can transform into a constrictor snake (abomination) or a giant poisonous snake (malisons and purebloods). When you transform, you gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) but you retain your ability scores and proficiencies. You cannot use other abilities than the ones stated. This transformation lasts for 1 minute, until you lose your temporary hit points, or until you revert to your normal form as a bonus action. Once you transform, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Languages. You are fluent in Common and Yuan-ti. Yuan-ti is a language that was born out of Abyssal and Draconic, loaning several words from both languages.

Subrace. Yuan-ti divide their society by likeness to their gods: abomination, malison, and pure blood.

Abomination

Abominations are large, hulky creatures that are mostly ophidian, but with humanlike arms that can wield weapons and use tools. According to Yuan-ti society, abominations closely resemble the perfect form that the serpent gods envisioned and are therefore amongst the highest ranking in their society.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases
by 2.

Size. Abominations tower over the battlefield as they are a lot larger than most humanoid races. Your size is Large. You have -1 AC and use Large weapons.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Bite. Your fangs are a natural weapon which deals piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.

You can attack with Bite once per turn.

Constrict. You can constrict creatures smaller than you. To do so, you must have at least 5 feet of movement remaining and make a grapple check against them. On a success, you moves into the creature's space and grapple it. This grapple doesn't use your hands but you can only constrict one creature at a time. At the start of the constricted creature's turn, it takes bludgeoning damage equal 1d4 + your Strength modifier. This damage increases by 1d4 at 5th (2d4), 11th (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

Serpentine Body. Your body ends in a snake tail. Your speed is not reduced due to being prone and you only have to spend 10 feet of movement to stand up.

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Constrictor Snake

Large beast

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• Armor Class 10 + Dex mod
• Temporary Hit Points Level + Con mod
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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• Senses - blindsight 10ft.

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Second Form. You can use your Bite and Constrict features while in this form.

Malison

Malisons, also known as halfbloods, form the warrior caste of the yuan-ti. Their appearance vary a lot since each individual is the result of a unique mutation within their DNA. The two most common mutations are the snake-headed variant and the one with the lower body of a snake.

Malisons tend to be receptive to religion, seeking insight about how they can improve toward the serpent ideal, and many of them become leaders in the worship of one of the serpent gods.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom and your Strength or Dexterity score increases by 1.

Size. Most malisons are slightly larger than humans in both size and weight. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Bite. Your venomous fangs are a natural weapon with the finesse property, which deals piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier and plus an extra 1d4 poison damage.

You can attack with Bite once per turn.

The poison damage increases by 1d4 at 5th (2d4), 11th (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

Spit Venom. You have a special ranged weapon attack that you can use with the Attack action. The attack has a range of 60 feet, you are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack rolls. It deals 3d4 poison damage.

This damage increases by 1d4 at 5th (4d4), 11th (5d4), and 17th level (6d4).

Malison Variant

You can swap out your bite and spit venom features for the following features:

Constrict. You can constrict creatures smaller than you. To do so, you must have at least 5 feet of movement remaining and make a grapple check against them. On a success, you moves into the creature's space and grapple it. This grapple doesn't use your hands but you can only constrict one creature at a time. At the start of the constricted creature's turn, it takes bludgeoning damage equal 1d4 + your Strength modifier. This damage increases by 1d4 at 5th (2d4), 11th (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

Darting. Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Serpentine Body. Your body ends in a snake tail. Your speed is not reduced due to being prone and you only have to spend 10 feet of movement to stand up.

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Pureblood

Pureblood is not a positive term in Yuan-ti society, since it alludes to that the gods have not touched the blood of the individual. Purebloods closely resemble humans, yet can't pass for human under close scrutiny because there's always some hint of their true nature, such as scaly patches of skin, serpentine eyes, pointed teeth, or a forked tongue.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases
by 2.

Size. Purebloods match humans in average size and weight. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Bottom Caste. You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Sleight of Hand, or Stealth.

Innate Spellcasting. You know the poison spray cantrip. You can cast animal friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast suggestion with this trait. Once you cast it, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

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Weapons & Armor

Weapon, armor, and other clothing increase or decrease in weight in the same way creatures do, though their price only increases by four times for each size larger than Medium and lowers by half for each size smaller than Medium.

You only gain the beneficial properties of a weapon when the weapon is made for your size or smaller, though you can wield a weapon of one size larger effectively if your Strength score is high enough:

• Light. Can always be wielded in one hand but loses the light property unless you have 17 Strength.
• Neither Light nor Heavy. You need two hands to wield it unless you have 19 Strength.
• Heavy. Can be wielded with 21 Strength.

If you don't meet the Strength prerequisites, you make all attacks with disadvantage. Even if you have enough Strength, you still need to be proficient with the weapon to add your proficiency bonus to it.