<style> @media print { .phb { height: 279.4mm; width: 215.9mm; } } /* unvisited link */ a:link { color: black; } /* visited link */ a:visited { color: darkviolet; } /* mouse over link */ a:hover { color: blue; } /* selected link */ a:active { color: lightblue; } </style> # Dragonborn ### Dragonborn Traits Your draconic heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other dragonborn. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1. ***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 towards extremes, making a conscious choice for one side or the other between Good and Evil (represented by Bahamut and Tiamat, respectively). More side with Bahamut than Tiamat (whose non-dragon followers are mostly kobolds), but villainous dragonborn can be quite terrible indeed. Some rare few choose to devote themselves to lesser dragon deities, such as Chronepsis (Neutral), and fewer still choose to worship Io, the Ninefold Dragon, who is all alignments at once. \columnbreak ***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. ***Draconic Ancestry.*** You are distantly related to a particular kind of dragon. Choose a type of dragon from the below list; this determines the damage and area of your breath weapon, and the type of resistance you gain. | Dragon | Damage Type | Breath Weapon |:---:|:-----------:|:--:| | Black | Acid | 5' by 30' line (DEX save) | Blue | Lightning | 5' by 30' line (DEX save) | Brass | Fire | 5' by 30' line (DEX save) | Bronze | Lightning | 5' by 30' line (DEX save) | Copper | Acid | 5' by 30' line (DEX save) | Gold | Fire | 15' cone (DEX save) | Green | Poison | 15' cone (CON save) | Red | Fire | 15' cone (DEX save) | Silver | Cold | 15' cone (CON save) | White | Cold | 15' cone (CON save) ***Breath Weapon.*** You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. It deals damage in an area according to your ancestry. When you use your breath weapon, all creatures in the area must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your ancestry. The DC of this saving throw is 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increase to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th, and 5d6 at 16th level. After using your breath weapon, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. ***Damage Resistance.*** You have resistance to the damage type associated with your ancestry. ***Languages.*** You can read, speak, and write Common and Draconic. <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/yMflfY7.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:15px;left:28px;width:555px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/yMflfY7.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:15px;left:28px;width:555px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/yMflfY7.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:15px;left:28px;width:555px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> \pagebreakNum # Dwarf <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/EW6tRLy.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:25px;right:15px;width:465px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> ### 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. ***Dwarven Resilience.*** You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage. ***Dwarven Combat Training***. You have proficiency with the battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and warhammer. ***Tool Proficiency.*** You gain proficiency with the artisan's tools of your choice: smith's tools, brewer's supplies, or mason's tools. ***Stonecunning.*** Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and Dwarvish. Dwarvish is full of hard consonants and guttural sounds, and those characteristics spill over into whatever other language a dwarf might speak. ***Subrace.*** Two main subraces of dwarves populate the worlds of D&D: hill dwarves and mountain dwarves. Choose one of these subraces. #### Hill Dwarf As a hill dwarf, you have keen senses, deep intuition, and remarkable resilience. ***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. ***Ability Score Increase.** Your Strength score increases by 2. ***Dwarven Armor Training.*** You have proficiency with light and medium armor. \pagebreakNum # Elf ### 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 the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood around the age of 75, and can live to be 250 years old. ***Alignment.*** Elves love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly towards the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others' freedom as well as their own, and are good more often than not. 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. ***Darkvision.*** Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, 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. ***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 do not sleep. Instead they meditate deeply, remaining semi-conscious, for 4 hours a day. The Common word for this meditation is "trance". While meditating, you dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive after years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit a human would from 8 hours of sleep. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and Elven. ***Subrace.*** Ancient divides among the elven people resulted in three main subraces: high elves, wood elves, and dark elves, who are commonly called drow. Choose one of these subraces. <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/PrFRzyt.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:20px;right:-75px;width:465px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> #### High Elf As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Intelligence score increases by 1. ***Elf Weapon Training.*** You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow. ***Cantrip.*** You know one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it. ***Extra Language.*** You can read, speak, and write one additional language of your choice. \columnbreak #### 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. ***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. ***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. #### Dark Elf (Drow) Descended from an earlier subrace of elves, the drow were banished from the surface world. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Charisma score increases by 1. ***Superior Darkvision.*** Your darkvision has a range of 120 feet, instead of 60. ***Sunlight Sensitivity.*** You have disadvantage on attack rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of the 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 *faerie fire* once, and it recharges after a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast *darkness* once, and it recharges after a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. ***Drow Weapon Training.*** You have proficiency with rapiers, shortswords, and hand crossbows. \pagebreakNum # Gnome <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/nyGy2rJ.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:45px;right:55px;width:255px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> ### 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 as humans, and most are expected to settle into adult life around the age of 40. They can live to 350 years on average, but it's not too uncommon for them to reach 500 years of age. ***Alignment.*** Gnomes are generally Good. Those who tend towards Law are sages, engineers, researchers, scholars, investigators, or inventors. Those who tend towards Chaos are often minstrels, tricksters, wanderers, or fanciful jewelers. Gnomes are light-hearted, and even the tricksters amongst them favor harmless pranks over vicious schemes. ***Size.*** Gnomes are between 3 and 4 feet tall and weigh around 40 pounds. Your size is Small. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 25 feet. ***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. ***Gnome Cunning.*** You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saves against magic. ***Languages.*** You can read, speak, and write Common and Gnomish. ***Subrace.*** Two subraces of gnomes are found: forest gnomes and rock gnomes. Choose one of these subraces. #### Forest Gnome As a forest gnome, you have a natural knack for illusion and inherent quickness and stealth. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by 1. ***Natural Illusionist.*** You know the *minor illusion* cantrip. Intelligence is your spellcasting modifier for it. ***Speak with Small Beasts.*** Through sound and gestures, you may communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts. #### Rock Gnome As a rock gnome, you have a natural inventiveness and hardiness beyond that of other gnomes. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Constitution score increases by 1. ***Artificer's Lore.*** Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magical, alchemical, or technological items, you can add twice your proficiency bonus instead of any other proficiency bonus that may apply. ***Tinker.*** You have proficiency with artisan tools (tinker's tools). Using those tools, you can spend 1 hour and 10 gp worth of materials to construct a Tiny clockwork device (AC 5, 1 hp). The device ceases to function after 24 hours (unless you spend 1 hour repairing it to keep the device functioning), or when you use your action to dismantle it; at that time, you can reclaim the materials used to create it. You can have up to three such devices active at a time. \columnbreak When you create a device, choose one of the following options: *Clockwork Toy.* This toy is a clockwork animal, monster, or person, such as a frog, mouse, bird, dragon, or soldier. When placed on the ground, the toy moves 5 feet across the ground on each of your turns in a random direction. It makes noises as appropriate to the creature it represents. *Fire Starter.* The device produces a miniature flame, which you can use to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires your action. *Music Box.* When opened, this music box plays a single song at a moderate volume. The box stops playing when it reaches the song's end or when it is closed. \pagebreakNum # Half-Elf ### 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 each increase by 1. ***Age.*** Half-elves age at much the same rate as humans, reaching adulthood at 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 both value 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. They are good and evil in equal numbers, a trait they share with their human parents. ***Size.*** Half-elves are more or less the same size as humans, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ***Darkvision.*** Thanks to your elven 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. ***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 can read, speak, and write Common, Elven, and one language of your choice. <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/XGYhXcu.jpg' style='position:absolute;bottom:25px;right:15px;width:425px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> \pagebreakNum # Halfling <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/ykuZB1i.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:30px;left:1px;width:465px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> ### 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 the old ways. ***Size.*** Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is small. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 25 feet. ***Lucky.*** When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die. You must use the new result, even if it is a 1. ***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. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling. ***Subrace.*** The two main kinds of halfling, lightfoot and stout, are more like closely related families than true subraces. Choose one of these subraces. \columnbreak #### Lightfoot As a lightfoot halfting, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You're inclined to be affable and get along well with others. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Charisma score increases by 1. ***Naturally Stealthy.*** You can attempt to hide even when you are only obscured by a creature that is at least one size larger than you. #### Stout As a stout halfting, 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 Resilience.*** You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance to poison damage. \pagebreakNum # Half-Orc ### Half-Orc Traits Your half-orc character has certain traits deriving from your orc ancestry. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases 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. ***Darkvision.*** Thanks to your orc blood, 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. ***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 can speak, read, and write Common and Orc. <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/GhCRlK3.jpg' style='position:absolute;bottom:25px;right:-55px;width:575px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> \pagebreakNum # Human ### Human Traits It's hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your ability scores each increase by 1. ***Age.*** Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century. ***Size.*** Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on. > ##### Variant Human Traits > If your campaign uses the optional feat rules, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human's Ability Score Increase trait. > >***Ability Score Increase.*** Two different ability scores of your choice increase by 1. > >***Skills.*** You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. > >***Feat.*** You gain one feat of your choice. <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/qbSdC1z.jpg' style='position:absolute;bottom:25px;right:-52px;width:500px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> \pagebreakNum # Tiefling ### Tiefling Traits Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Intelligence score increases by 1, and 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. ***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. ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal. <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/AfiuyIm.png' style='position:absolute;bottom:25px;right:-100px;width:635px; mix-blend-mode:multiply;' /> \pagebreakNum # Changelog ##### *Summary of Changes from PHB, By Race* ##### Dragonborn - Stuff ##### Dwarf - Stuff ##### Elf - Stuff ##### Gnome - Stuff ##### Half-Elf - Stuff ##### Halfling - Stuff ##### Half-Orc - Stuff ##### Human - Stuff ##### Tiefling - Stuff <div style='margin-top:240px;'></div> > ##### What is this? > > This document is part of the *Player Options: Revised* project, a in-development project aimed at rehauling balance for races, feats, and classes. You can find the table of contents for this project by following [**this link.**](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-Lt7I_CNALsH1kQ6_dMV "Table of Contents") > >If you have any comments or feedback whatsoever, please send it along to the authors at their email: sigurdchalphy@gmail.com