SRD:Races

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About Races

Race Descriptions Character Size Race and Languages Favored Class Level Adjustment Vital Statistics Templates

Creatures as Races Races by LA, HD, and ECL Level Adjustment Hit Dice Effective Character Level

Races

Standard Races Humans Half-Elves Half-Orcs Dwarves, Hill Elves, High Gnomes, Rock Halflings, Lightfoot Sub-Races of the Standard Races Dwarves, Deep Dwarves, Mountain Elves, Aquatic Elves, Dark—Drow Elves, Gray Elves, Wild

Elves, Wood Gnomes, Deep—Svirfneblin Gnomes, Forest Halflings, Deep Halflings—Tallfellows

Other Humanoid Races Orcs Goblins Goblins—Blues Hobgoblins Bugbears

Gnolls Kobolds Troglodytes Lizardfolk Merfolk

Monstrous Humanoid Races Centaurs Minotaurs Gargoyles Gargoyles—Kapoacinths (aquatic gargoyles) Grimlocks

Giant Races Giants, Hill Giants, Stone Ogre Mages Ogres Ogres—Merrows (aquatic ogres) Trolls Trolls—Scrags (aquatic trolls)

Races of other types Sprites—Pixies Satyrs Doppelgangers Unbodied Archons, Hound

Azers Genies—Jann Rakshasas Planetouched—Aasimars Planetouched—Tieflings

Psionic Races Dromites Dwarves, Gray—Duergar Elans Half-Giants Maenads Xephs

Table of race information

Race Name

Str

Dex

Con

Int

Wis

Cha

speed

favored class

LA

alignment

environment

typical weapon(s)

typical armor, shield

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

30

any

+0

any

any

longsword, longbow, lance

scale mail, heavy shield

Elf, High

-

+2

-2

-

-

-

30

wizard

+0

usually CG

temperate forests

longsword, longbow

studded leather, light shield

Dwarf, Hill

-

-

+2

-

-

-2

20

fighter

+0

often LG

temperate mountains

dwarven waraxe, shortbow

scale mail, heavy shield

Gnome, Rock

-2

-

+2

-

-

-

20

bard

+0

usually NG

temperate hills

longsword, light crossbow

chain shirt, light shield

Halfling, Lightfoot

-2

+2

-

-

-

-

20

rogue

+0

usually TN

warm plains

longsword, light crossbow

studded leather, light shield

Orc

+4

-

-

-2

-2

-2

30

barbarian

+0

often CE

temperate hills

falchion, javelin

studded leather

Elf, Dark (Drow)

-

+2

-2

+2

-

+2

30

wizard (M), cleric (F)

+2

usually NE

underground

rapier, hand crossbow

chain shirt, light shield

Gnome, Svirfneblin

-2

+2

-

-

+2

-4

20

rogue

+3

usually TN

underground

heavy pick, light crossbow

banded mail, buckler

Aasimar

-

-

-

-

+2

+2

30

paladin

+1

us. G (any)

temperate plains

longsword, light crossbow

scale mail, heavy shield

Tiefling

-

+2

-

+2

-

-2

30

rogue

+1

us. E (any)

temperate plains

rapier, light crossbow

studded leather, light shield

Goblin

-2

+2

-

-

-

-2

30

rogue

+0

usually NE

temperate plains

morningstar, javelin

leather, light shield

Hobgoblin

-

+2

+2

-

-

-

30

fighter

+1

usually LE

warm hills

longsward, javelin

studded leather, light shield

Bugbear

+4

+2

+2

-

-

-2

30

rogue

+1

usually CE

temperate mountains

morningstar, javelin

leather, light wooden shield

Gnoll

+4

-

+2

-2

-

-2

30

ranger

+1

usually CE

warm plains

battleaxe, shortbow

leather, heavy steel shield

Kobold

-4

+2

-2

-

-

-

30

sorcerer

+0

usually LE

temperate forests

spear, sling

leather

Troglodyte

-

-2

+4

-2

-

-

30

cleric

+2

usually CE

underground

club, javelin

(none)

Lizardfolk

+2

-

+2

-2

-

-

30

druid

+1

usually TN

temperate marshes

club, javelin

heavy shield

Merfolk

-

+2

+2

-

-

+2

n/a

bard

+1

usually TN

temperate aquatic

trident, heavy crossbow

leather

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