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10 Species

Aasimar

Mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their soulsPHB

Mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their souls

Aasimar are mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their souls. Whether descended from an angelic being or infused with celestial power, they can fan that spark to bring light, healing, and heavenly fury. Aasimar can arise among any population of mortals. They resemble their parents, but they live for up to […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Small, Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Celestial Resistance, Darkvision, Healing Hands, Light Bearer, Celestial Revelation

Dragonborn

Draconic humanoids with features reminiscent of their winged ancestorsPHB

Draconic humanoids with features reminiscent of their winged ancestors

The ancestors of Dragonborn hatched from the eggs of chromatic and metallic dragons. One story holds that these eggs were blessed by the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat, who wanted to populate the multiverse with people created in their image. Another story claims that dragons created the first Dragonborn without the gods’ blessings. Whatever their […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Dragon Ancestry, Breath Weapon, Damage Resistance, Darkvision, Draconic Flight

Dwarf

A valorous race raised from the earth by a deity of the forgeBR

A valorous race raised from the earth by a deity of the forge

Dwarves were raised from the earth in the elder days by a deity of the forge. Called by various names on different worlds—Moradin, Reorx, and others—that god gave dwarves an affinity for stone and metal and for living underground. The god also made them resilient like the mountains, with a life span of about 350 […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Darkvision, Dwarven Resilience, Dwarven Toughness, Stonecunning

Elf

Proud beings created by a god, now walking the mortal plainsBR

Proud beings created by a god, now walking the mortal plains

Created by the god Corellon, the first elves could change their forms at will. They lost this ability when Corellon cursed them for plotting with the deity Lolth, who tried and failed to usurp Corellon’s dominion. When Lolth was cast into the Abyss, most elves renounced her and earned Corellon’s forgiveness, but that which Corellon […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Darkvision, Elven Lineage, Fey Ancestry, Keen Senses, Trance

Gnome

Magical folk created by gods of invention and illusionsPHB

Magical folk created by gods of invention and illusions

Gnomes are magical folk created by gods of invention, illusions, and life underground. The earliest gnomes were seldom seen by other folk due to the gnomes’ secretive nature and their propensity for living in forests and burrows. What they lacked in size, they made up for in cleverness. They confounded predators with traps and labyrinthine […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Small

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Darkvision, Gnomish Cunning, Gnomish Lineage

Goliath

Distant descendants of giants blessed with a supernatural physiquePHB

Distant descendants of giants blessed with a supernatural physique

Towering over most folk, goliaths are distant descendants of giants. Each goliath bears the favors of the first giants—favors that manifest in various supernatural boons, including the ability to quickly grow and temporarily approach the height of goliaths’ gigantic kin. Goliaths have physical characteristics that are reminiscent of the giants in their family lines. For […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Medium

Movement: 35 ft.

Traits: Giant Ancestry, Large Form, Powerful Build

Halfling

A small-sized, cheerful folk with adventurous spiritsBR

A small-sized, cheerful folk with adventurous spirits

Cherished and guided by gods who value life, home, and hearth, halflings gravitate toward bucolic havens where family and community help shape their lives. That said, many halflings possess a brave and adventurous spirit that leads them on journeys of discovery, affording them the chance to explore a bigger world and make new friends along […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Small

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Brave, Halfling Nimbleness, Luck, Naturally Stealthy

Human

As varied as they are numerousBR

As varied as they are numerous

Found throughout the multiverse, humans are as varied as they are numerous, and they endeavor to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Their ambition and resourcefulness are commended, respected, and feared on many worlds. Humans are as diverse in appearance as the people of Earth, and they have many […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Small, Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Resourceful, Skillful, Versatile

Orc

Normadic folk who wandered the wide open spaces of the Material PlanePHB

Normadic folk who wandered the wide open spaces of the Material Plane

Orcs trace their creation to Gruumsh, a powerful god who roamed the wide open spaces of the Material Plane. Gruumsh equipped his children with gifts to help them wander great plains, vast caverns, and churning seas and to face the monsters that lurk there. Even when they turn their devotion to other gods, orcs retain […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Adrenaline Rush, Darkvision, Relentless Endurance

Tiefling

Beings linked to the devilish creatures of the Lower PlanesPHB

Beings linked to the devilish creatures of the Lower Planes

Tieflings are either born in the Lower Planes or have fiendish ancestors who originated there. A tiefling is linked by blood to a devil, a demon, or some other Fiend. This connection to the Lower Planes is the tiefling’s fiendish legacy, which comes with the promise of power yet has no effect on the tiefling’s […]

Type: Humanoid

Size: Small, Medium

Movement: 30 ft.

Traits: Darkvision, Fiendish Legacy, Otherworldly Presence