D&D Race Options

Class options for Dungeons and Dragons 5e for all published books, Unearthed Arcana, and the Elemental Evil Players Companion.

Race	Ability Score	Alignments	Size	Speed	Features	Languages	Notes	Source
Aarakocra	DEX +2 WIS +1	Any Good	Medium	Walk 25, Fly 50 (no medium or heavy armor)		Common, Aarakocra, Auran		EE 5
Aasimar	CHA +2	Any Good	Medium	Walk 30		Common, Celestial	Resistant to necrotic & radiant damage. Light cantrip.	VOLO 104
DMG version	WIS +1				Darkvision 60		Lesser restoration and daylight 1/lr.	DMG 286
Protector	WIS +1			Fly 30 when Radiant Soul	Transform to sprout wings for 1 minute, deal extra radiant damage equal to level.			VOLO 105
Scourge	CON +1				Transform to unleash searing light to damage yourself for 1 minute and all around you 1/2 level, deal extra radiant damage equal to level.			VOLO 105
Fallen	STR +1				Transform to frighten those around you, deal extra necrotic damage equal to level.			VOLO 105
Bugbear	STR +2 DEX +1	CE	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60, Powerful Build	Common, Goblin	Proficient in Stealth, Surprise Attack.	VOLO 119
Dragonborn	STR +2 CHA +1	Most good, some evil	Medium	Walk 30	Breath Weapon	Common, Draconic	Damage resistance of dragon ancestor type	PHB 34
Dwarf	CON +2	LG	Medium	25	Darkvision 60	Common, Dwarvish	Advantage and resistance against Poison damage	PHB 20
Gray Dwarf (Druergar)	STR +1				Darkvision 120, Sunlight Sensitivity	Undercommon	Enlarge, invisiblelity 1/lr	SCAG 104
Hill Dwarf	WIS +1							PHB 20
Mountain Dwarf	STR +2							PHB 20
Elf	DEX +2	CG or CN	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Elvish	Proficient with Perception	PHB 23
Avariel				Fly 30 (no medium or heavy armor)		Auran		UA Elf Subraces 1
Dark Elf (Drow)	CHA +1	Evil			Darkvision 120, Sunlight Sensitivity			PHB 24
Eladrin	INT +1						Misty step 1/r	DMG 286
Eladrin (Alternative)	INT or CHA +1						Misty step 1/r, Shifting Seasons cantrip	UA Eladrin and Gith 2
Grugrach	STR +1					Sylvan instead of Common	Proficiency with spear, shortbow, longbow, net. 1 Druid cantrip.	UA Elf Subraces 1
High Elf	INT +1					1 of choice		PHB 23
Sea Elf	CON +1			Swim 30	Amphibian	Aquan	Proficiency with spear, trident, light crossbow, and net.	UA Elf Subraces 1
Shadar-kai	CHA +1						Cantrip of choice from chill touch, spare the dying, or thaumaturgy. Teleport 15 ft 1/rest.	UA Elf Subraces 2
Wood Elf	WIS +1		35				Hide behind anything natural	PHB 24
Firbolg	WIS +2 STR +1	NG	Medium	Walk 30	Detect Magic or disguise self 1/r. Powerful Build.	Common, Elvish, Giant	Limited communication with beats and plants.	VOLO 107
Genasi	CON +2	TN	Medium	Walk 30			Common, Primordial	EE 9
Air	DEX +1						Levitation 1/lr	EE 9
Earth	STR +1						Pass without trace 1/lr	EE 10
Fire	INT +1					Darkvision 60, Fire Resistance	Produce flame, burning hands 1/lr	EE 10
Water	WIS +1			Swim 30	Acid Resistance, Amphibious		Shape water cantrip, create or destroy water 1/lr	EE 10
Gith	INT +1		Medium	Walk 30		Common, Gith		UA Eladrin and Gith 2
Githyanki	STR +2	LE				1 of choice	Proficient in 1 skill or tool of choice, proficient in light and medium armor. Mage hand cantrip. Jump and misty step 1/lr	UA Eladrin and Gith 2
Githzerai	WIS +2	LN					+1 to AC in light armor or unarmored with no shield. Mage hand cantrip. shield and detect thoughts 1/lr	UA Eladrin and Gith 3
Goblin	DEX +2 CON +1	NE	Small	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Goblin	Proficient in Stealth, Surprise Attack.	VOLO 119
Goliath	STR +2 CON +1	LN	Medium		Powerful Bulid.	Common, Giant	Shrug off some damage, proficiency in Athletics.	VOLO 108
Gnome	INT +2	Any Good	Small	25		Common, Gnomish	Advantage on all saves against magic	PHB 36
Forest	DEX +1							PHB 37
Rock	CON +1						Advantage on History with magic, alchemy	PHB 37
Deep Gnomes (Svirfneblin)	DEX +1				Darkvision 120	Undercommon	Advantage on Stealth in rocky terrain	SCAG 115
Halfling	DEX +2	LG	Small	25		Common, Halfling	Reroll 1s	PHB 28
Ghostwise	WIS +1						Telepathy	SCAG 110
Lightfoot	CHA +1						Hide behind Medium or larger creatures	PHB 28
Stout	CON +1						Advantage and resistance against Poison damage	PHB 28
Half-Elf	CHA +2 +1 to 2 of choice	CG or CN	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Elvish, 1 of choice	Proficiency with 2 skills of choice	PHB 39
Aquatic				Swim 30			No skill choices	SCAG 116
Wood Elf					Elf Weapon Training, Fleet of Foot, or Mask of the Wild		No skill choices	SCAG 116
High Elf, Moon Elf, Sun Elf					Elf Weapon Training or cantrip		No skill choices	SCAG 116
Half-Orc	STR +2 CON +1	CN or CE	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Orc	Proficiency in Intimidation, Relentless Endurance, Savage Attacks	PHB 41
Hobgoblin	CON +2 INT +1	LE	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Goblin	Proficient with 2 martial weapons and light armor	VOLO 119
Human	All +1	Any	Medium	Walk 30		Common, 1 of choice		PHB 31
Variant	+1 to 2 of choice						Proficiency with skill of choice, one feat of choice	PHB 31
Kenku	DEX +2 WIS +1	CN	Medium	Walk 30		Read/write Common and Auran. Speak only using Mimicry.	Proficiency in 2 of: Acrobatics, Deception, Stealth, Sleight of Hand	VOLO 111
Kobold	DEX +2 STR -2	LE	Small	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Draconic	Pack Tactics, Sunlight Sensitivity	VOLO 119
Lizardfolk	CON +2 WIS +1	TN	Medium	Walk 30, Swim 30	Bite, Hold breath	Common, Draconic	Proficiency in 2 of: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, Survival	VOLO 113
Minotaur	STR +1	LE	Medium	Walk 30		Common	Horns are a weapon and can be used to charge and shove.	UA Waterborne 2
Orc	STR +2 CON +1 INT -2	CE	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60, Powerful Build	Common, Orc	Proficient in Intimidation	VOLO 120
Tabaxi	DEX +2 CHA +1	CN or CG	Medium	Walk 30, Climb 20	Darkvision 60, claws	Common, 1 of choice	Proficiency in Perception and Stealth	VOLO 115
Tiefling	INT +1 CHA +2	Any Chaotic	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Infernal		PHB 43
Abyssal	CON +1 INT -1					Abyssal, no Infernal	Random cantrips and spells 1/lr. Extra 1/2 * level hit points.	UA That Old Black Magic 2
Asmodeus							Identical to PHB Tiefling	UA Fiendish Options 1
Baalzebul							Thaumaturgy cantrip, ray of sickness and crown of madness 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 1
Dispater	DEX +1 INT -1						Thaumaturgy cantrip, disguise self and invisibility 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 1
Fierna	WIS +1 INT -1						Friends cantrip, charm person and suggestion 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 1
Glasya	DEX +1 INT -1						Minor illusion cantrip, disguise self and invisibility 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 2
Infernal							Identical to PHB Tiefling	UA That Old Black Magic 1
Levistus	CON +1 INT -1						Ray of frost cantrip, armor of Agathys and darkness 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 2
Mammon							Mage hand cantrip, Tenser’s floating disk and arcane lock 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 2
Mephistopheles							Mage hand cantrip, magic missile and web 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 2
Variant	INT +1 DEX +2 (replaces standard)						Devil’s Tongue, Hellfire, or Winged	SCAG 118
Zariel	STR +1 INT -1						Thaumaturgy cantrip, searing smiteand branding smite 1/lr	UA Fiendish Options 2
Triton	STR +1 CON +1 CHA +1	LG	Medium	Walk 30, Swim 30	Amphibious	Common, Primordial		VOLO 117
Yuan-Ti Pureblood	CHA +2 INT +1	NE	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60, Poison Immunity, Magic Resistance	Common, Abyssal, Draconic	Poison spray, animal friendship (snakes only) cantrips, suggestion 1/lr	VOLO 120

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