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Character race is a descriptor used to describe the various sapient species and beings that make up the setting in modern fantasy and science fiction.In many tabletop role-playing games and video games, players may choose to be one of these creatures when creating their player character (PC) or encounter them as a non-player character (NPC).
The half-elf appeared as a character race in the third edition Player's Handbook (2000), [10] and Monster Manual (2000), and in the 3.5 revised Player's Handbook [11] and Monster Manual (2003). The half-human elf was presented in the 3.5 revised Dungeon Master's Guide (2003).
The kenku most recently appears in the fifth edition in the Monster Manual, [13] the Dungeon Master's Guide (2014), [14] and as a playable race in Volo's Guide to Monsters. [ 5 ] [ 15 ] In these sourcebooks, kenku are rendered incapable of making sounds or developing ideas of their own, cursing them to steal everything from words to goods from ...
Monsters of the Multiverse was included on Kotaku's 2022 "The 10 Best Tabletop Roleplaying Books Of 2022" list — Claire Jackson commented that both the updated monsters and player race options make Monsters of the Multiverse a contender for "fourth core book". Jackson wrote that the player races is where the book "really earns its place.
Races of Faerûn was designed by Eric L. Boyd, James Jacobs, and Matt Forbeck, and published in March 2003.Cover art is by Greg Staples, with interior art by Dennis Calero, Dennis Cramer, Mike Dutton, Wayne England, Jeremy Jarvis, Vince Locke, David Martin, Raven Mimura, Jim Pavelec, Vinod Rams, and Adam Rex.
The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar. Other beings of Middle-earth are of unclear nature such as Tom Bombadil and his wife ...
The elf appeared as a character race in the third edition Player's Handbook (2000), [19] and in the 3.5 revised Player's Handbook. [20] Elves were detailed for the Forgotten Realms setting in Races of Faerûn (2003). [21] Elves were one of the races detailed in Races of the Wild (2005). [3]
Eberron Campaign Guide ― July 2009: Guide for a dungeon master to run the Eberron setting under the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules, providing the campaign specific rules and details on the continent of Khorvaire and the rest of the world of Eberron. It is designed to be used with other Eberron products, but is not required.