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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).
Other Indo-European languages name man for his mortality, *mr̥tós meaning ' mortal ', so in Armenian mard, Persian mard, Sanskrit marta and Greek βροτός meaning ' mortal, human '. This is comparable to the Semitic word for ' man ' , represented by Arabic insan إنسان (cognate with Hebrew ʼenōš אֱנוֹשׁ ), from a root for ...
Argonians, a race in The Elder Scrolls series; Bangaa, a race in the game series of Final Fantasy; Drell, a race in the Mass Effect series; Dinaurians from Fossil Fighters and Fossil Fighters: Champions; Iksar, a race from the EverQuest franchise. Lizalfos from the Legend of Zelda series. Lizardmen from the Warhammer fantasy tabletop games.
Giant, metallic skinned, and horned people whose name comes from their religious text, the Qun. Rito: The Legend of Zelda: A race of bird-like humans distantly related to the Zoras. In order to fly, Rito must obtain and consume a scale from a sky dragon as a rite of passage. Ronso: Final Fantasy X: A species of blue furred, lion-like humanoids.
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The tiefling (/ ˈ t iː f l ɪ ŋ / TEEF-ling) [2] is a fictional humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game. Originally introduced in the Planescape campaign setting in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as a player character race for the setting, they became one of the primary races available for ...
Elves are a humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, one of the primary races available for player characters, and play a central role in the narratives of many setting worlds of the game. [11] Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic [11] [12]: 58 and weapons such as the bow [12]: 15, 58 and sword.
Turians from the Mass Effect series, a warrior race with avian features. [39] The winged people of Normnbdsgrsutt in Robert Paltock's utopian fantasy Peter Wilkins (1750), including Youwarkee, whom Peter marries. [40] The Flock from James Patterson's Maximum Ride novel series, who are artificial human-avian hybrids and have wings.