Korred

Korreds, also known as the Dancing Folk, were a small race of fey with a special connection to the earth. Korreds were grey-skinned humanoids with short hairy bodies and the lower-body of a goat. Their beards and hair were incredibly long and dense, snaking out in all directions. They were rarely known to wear more than a simple pair of leather britches. It was difficult to distinguish between the two Korred sexes, as the women grew similarly large beards and manes of hair.

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• N/a

Quickling

Quicklings were a small speedy species of fey. Quicklings were small humanoid fey of slender build, similar in appearance to an elf, but with sharper, more feral features. They were cruel, devious, and capricious. They were also quite hyperactive, preferring not to slow down. They constantly paced and shifted in place whenever they were forced to be “stationary.” They spent most of their time performing acts of mischief on creatures slower than themselves and delighted in causing suffering, especially when the blame fell on other creatures and caused further discord.

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Fey’ri

In a manner akin to the taint of tiefling’s infernal blood upon their physique, Fey’ri is warped by their demonic heritage in much the same way, albeit in a rather pronounced manner. Fey’ri appears as sun elves with a distinct demonic touch to their features, often bearing multiple arms, horns, varying numbers of wings, tails, and beyond. They value the purity of their corrupted blood, often viewing elves as lesser than themselves. Numbers of Fey’ri are few and far between, the result of nearly successful eradication of their bloodline by other elves, stoking that disdain further.

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Tanarukk

Tanarukk are the result of the crossbreeding of orcs and tanar’ri demons, with the initial population having evolved so much that these half-fiends are now considered their own race, having escaped slavery by their demonic masters and establishing settlements of their own. They resemble short, stocky orcs with infernal traits that denote their heritage, such as pronounced horns and two jutting tusks that breech their lower jaw, these being far larger than those held by their orcish ancestry. They enjoy indulging in savagery and, although they are often more intelligent than the orcs they originated from, still engage in brutalizing any whom they deem weaker than themselves.

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Ogre

Ogres appeared as giant humanoids with very muscular bodies and large heads, with black blood. Ogres were a lazy, brutish, avaricious race with notoriously quick tempers. Their avaricious nature would often lead them to distrust one another and incite squabbling over treasure.

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Troll

Trolls, also called the Spawn of Vaprak or the Undying Ones, were a ravenous, predatory species of giant humanoid found throughout almost all the regions and types of climates in Faerûn, from arctic wastes to tropical jungles, and came in several sub-species. They were uncivilized, monstrous creatures with voracious appetites that roamed from one area to the next feeding upon whatever they could.

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Verbeeg

Verbeegs were giant-kin and were also sometimes known as human behemoths because they resembled humans more than any other giant race, but had ganglier limbs and longer faces. Verbeegs were usually evil creatures without an ethical compass. While being conniving, these giants still possessed a certain sense of honor. They often followed their own rules: never give a sucker a break, and always keep your word. Verbeegs often worded their promises and turns of phrase so they were able to get out of pledging things they did not want to follow up on.

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Aquatic Elf

Aquatic elves were a subrace of elves adapted to living in and breathing water. Their thick skin gave them protection from the cold of deep water, keeping them comfortable at just above-freezing temperatures. Their fingers and toes were generally about twice as long as a human’s and had thick webbing between them. Their most distinctive feature was the gills visible in their necks and over their ribs. Aquatic elves were isolationist by both their nature and the physical location of their settlements. However, despite being extremely cautious, they were also extremely curious, and aquatic elves near the shore would often spend a significant amount time secretly observing the land-bound races.

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Bugbear

Bugbears resembled hairy, tall, feral goblins. They took their name from their noses and claws, which were similar to those of bears. Bugbears, like other goblinoids, had a reputation for being dim-witted and brutish. This claim was not unfounded, and like their kin, bugbears had easily provoked tempers and were prone to rages. Few bugbears overcame this flaw and their culture’s brutal nature.

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Bullywug

Bullywugs were a primitive race of frog-like humanoids found throughout the bogs and marshes of Toril, the self-proclaimed lords of the swamp. Savage and self-destructive, the bullywugs regularly tampered with forces beyond their understanding, threatening the safety of others and their own brutish, noisome, and wet lives. Unlike many other creatures of the wild, bullywugs either didn’t understand or didn’t care about the effect they had on their own ecosystems.

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Gnoll

Gnolls were a humanoid race that most closely resembled human-hyena hybrids within Faerûn. They were carnivorous humanoids, known for their savage culture and warlike ways. More so than many other humanoid races, primal instinct was a strong part of the gnoll psyche. Gnolls were natural predators and savored the thrills of the hunt. Almost all gnolls preferred the wilderness to the civilized enclaves favored by humans, dwarves, or other similar races and those that do take to cities have usually thought of them as just another kind of landscape.

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• N/a

Grimlock

Grimlocks were a race of monstrous humanoids that lived in the Underdark, the degenerated descendants of humans who had wandered into its depths centuries ago. They had slightly scaled, thick gray skin that was usually scarred from hunts through their constricted underground passageways. Those with a special status in their society often had decorative designs scarred into their skin. Grimlocks were very blunt and suspicious of other creatures. Those who wandered away from their kin often experienced culture shock, but felt some sense of gratification at how strange things were.

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Hagspawn

Hagspawn were outcast creatures, the sons sired from the mating of hags and humans. Often abandoned at birth, the all-male progeny of an all-female race inherited the worst traits of their mothers but received the moral malleability of their fathers. Evil or not, hagspawn were tirelessly laborious, working without fail to accomplish their goals regardless of risk and hardworking in the face of hardship.

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Koalinth

Koalinths were similar to hobgoblins in appearance, but were very brightly colored and possessed gills. Their coloration was generally lighter, and their skin tone was of a green hue. Other aquatic adaptions included webbed hands and feet, as well as a more slender form. Koalinth were known for a great ferocity similar to that of normal hobgoblins. They held a strong hatred of elves, deep enough to affect their decisions to forge alliances. They preyed upon any beings they came across, and were highly disagreeable.

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Kuo-Toa

Kuo-toa, also known as gogglers and men-fish, were a debased, piscine race of warm-blooded and amphibious creatures that dwelt in the Underdark. Sinister secrets lurked below the surface of their alien minds, for the kuo-toa were fanatics plagued by mental instability that saw things others couldn’t and worshiped gods that didn’t exist — at least until they believed hard enough.

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• N/a

Mongrel-folk

Mongrel-folk, or mongrel-men, were a strange race of hybrid humanoids known for their patchwork appearance and muddled lineage. Largely shunned by society and often enslaved by true horrors, the humble creatures survived the trials of their lives and the circumstances of their origins through tolerance and teamwork. Mongrelfolk were typically skittish, perfectly aware of their unwanted status in the wider world. Those who could hide the nature of their existence, would, disguising themselves as other races.

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Nerra

All nerras were humanoid in form with perfectly mirror-like skin. Nerras were enigmatic and naturally contrary creatures, constantly balancing between many different moralities and ethics. They strove to maintain a neutral outlook, but always saw themselves as naturally superior to the creatures they saw through their mirror-portals.

Varoot – Martially-inclined Nerras
Meerak – The more monstrous, blade-like Nerra
Sillit – Nerra possessing an inclination toward magic/the leaders of the Nerra race
Delphar – Military Commanders of the Nerra; possess armor-like protrusions embedded in their flesh

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Sahuagin

Sahuagin were a fish-like monstrous humanoid species that lived in oceans, seas, underground lakes, and underwater caves. Sahuagin were the natural enemies of aquatic elves and lizardfolk. Elves and sahuagin could not co-exist peacefully, and wars between them were often prolonged, bloody affairs that occasionally even interfered with shipping and maritime trade. Sahuagin tolerated the lizardfolk much more than they did the elves. Sahuagin had an only slightly less hatred for tritons. Exactly why the two races hated each other so much was unknown.

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Saurial

Saurials were intelligent bipedal humanoids who descended from dinosaur-like creatures of an unknown crystal sphere. On Toril, only four types of saurials existed (below) – all names given to them by the natives of the Realms. They befriended others with ease and only rarely made enemies, though they were quick to respond if there was an obvious danger.

Bladeback – Armored individuals with bone-hard scales jutting down their backs, herbivorous
Finhead – Named for the prominent fin on the back of their heads, most human-like in stature, omnivorous
Flyer – Lithe, delicate Saurials with leathery wings, carnivorous
Hornhead – Massive Saurials with three horns atop their faces, bulky and armored, herbivorous

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Thri-kreen

The thri-kreen were an insectoid monstrous humanoid race of nomads and hunters. They resembled a giant praying mantis with exoskeletons over their entire bodies. Thri-kreen had no clear or definable personalities as humans would know them. No emotions could be discerned from their insectoid faces or their patterns of behavior, though rapid twitching of their antennae or mandibles indicated agitation. Their alien thought patterns made it hard for them to understand the advanced concepts or sophisticated social rules of other races. They lacked ideas of devotion, honor, or loyalty, but they respected skill and strength and recognized the convenience of working with talented hunting companions.

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Tortle

Tortles were a race of intelligent tortoise-like humanoids indigenous to southern Chult. Most tortles had the notion of having their houses on their backs, which meant that they rarely felt homesick or the need to lay roots in any single place. They were eager to learn new customs and found beauty in the most ordinary things. Despite spending much of their lives isolated, tortles liked to form strong friendships.

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Chitine

Chitines were humanoids that resembled spiders and were found in the Underdark. Chitines hated drow and driders, and could sometimes be found as slaves of the former. As with many spider-like inhabitants of the Underdark, they were very prone to praising Lolth.

Perks

• RPR Perk – Sunlight Sensitivity 

Drider

Driders were drow that had been transformed from the waist down so they had the body of a spider. The transformation was typically a punishment for failing a test of Lolth. Driders were bloodthirsty. They kept their memories and personalities from their time as a drow but added to this came a sense of shame, hatred, and fear that made them violent hunters.

Perks

• RPR Perk – Sunlight Sensitivity 

Harpy

A harpy was a malign race of monstrous humanoid winged creatures. Harpies were notoriously malevolent and sadistic, taking enormous joy in hurting, torturing and killing their victims, and were always seeking more. They were fond of entrancing travelers with their songs and luring them to shockingly cruel dooms. When they were done playing with their captives, they slew them and finally devoured them. They were not particularly intelligent creatures, and were prone to cowardice in the face of superior power.

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Myconid

Myconids, also known as fungus ones, and fungus folk, were a race of ambulatory fungus creatures. They were known for their peacefulness and appreciation of quiet, making their homes in the darker corners of the world. Fungus folk were unique amongst the Underdark races for their complete aversion to violent behavior. A general distrust of outsiders was common among the myconids due to their experience with most other entities.

Perks

• RPR Perk – Sunlight Sensitivity 

Ophidian

Ophidia typically follow a Yuan-ti master, though freed Ophidia are known to gather in small groups led by the oldest female. They are odd in their stature, limbs protruding from their serpentine form in a manner that resembles a humanoid salamander, their visages paying them no favors in this regard. They are innately loyal, often following orders without question. Legends speak of how they are created, as a bitten humanoid will painfully transform over the course of a few weeks, losing their memories in the process. The completed process was irreversible, yet it could be halted and kept from progressing further. The Ophidia sighted in these lands are incapable of passing on this curse, however.

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• N/a

Pterfolk

While not all lizardfolk were evil, it was generally agreed that pterafolk were cruel and vicious as a rule. They were highly untrusting of anyone outside their own race. They had an innate predilection towards violent behavior, but those raised in other societies sometimes had the capacity to overcome this tendency and take on alignments beyond evil. Pterafolk appeared much like a tailless lizardfolk aside from their elongated cranial crest and long, lithe frames. Many also possessed beaks full of serrated teeth, and they possessed the innate ability to magically unfurl a pair of massive wings from their arms.

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Tlincalli

Tlincallis were terrifying monstrous humanoids with the lower bodies of giant scorpions. Instead of true chitin, their insectoid lower halves were constructed of bone plates, and their humanoid upper bodies held a handsome visage aside from their insectoid eyes and other scattered arthropod features. Their predatory nature shines through in their behavior and society, their demeanor calm and observant as they study those they meet in a manner not unlike a hunter. Their societies are heavily organized around their belief in omens and divination, and aside from their tendency to take other races as slaves, their behavior is stark in its detached and confident nature.

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Yak-Folk

Yak-folk were ogre-sized humanoids. Their heads resembled those of a yak and their bodies were covered in coarse fur. The only distinguishing feature between females and males was that the females were only slightly smaller. As a race, the yak-folk were a ‘malignant theocracy’, fanatically following their Forgotten God in all aspects of their lives. The entire race claimed to be descended from this deity. They were known to sacrifice slaves to appease this Forgotten God.

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• N/a

Eidolon (Corrupted)

Eidolons are formed by an archdevil or a deity binding a soul to a statue in order to protect a sacred location. As for their forms, they are humanoid and constructed of stone/crystal Their proportions vary, though each eidolon possesses a featureless, smooth face, with only a rune/symbol of their master carved into it; horns, antlers, and other jutting pieces of stone may also be present. Typically, an eidolon possesses no free will, existing to defend its charge, yet their being can grow corrupted, leading to their personality resurfacing, the eidolon going insane and being freed of its eternal duties. Due to their broken minds, they are unpredictable and dangerous.

Perks

• RPR Perk – Undead

Kir-Lanan

Kir-lanan, also known as black gargoyles, stalkers, and the godless, were gargoyle-like creatures that appeared on Toril during the Time of Troubles in 1358 DR. Appearing similar to the more common gargoyle, kir-lanan had huge bat-like wings and a muscular humanoid form that was covered in fine scales. Since their arrival in 1358 DR, the kir-lanan held an unrelenting enmity towards all deities. This dislike of the gods was such that the kir-lanan never worshiped any of them and consequently never made use of divine magic.

Perks

• RPR Perk – Undead

Wight

A wight is an undead creature reanimated through its sheer violence and hatred, arising again after having either been transformed by another wight, or after having stricken a deal with an evil deity to return to some semblance of life in exchange for seeking the destruction of all living things. Withered, twisted husks of their former selves, Wights are a grotesque sight that, in their reanimated state, crave the lifeforce of others in a manner akin to an addiction. They instinctively dislike sunlight, yet they are not harmed by it. Wights in these lands appear unable to drain an individual to the point of becoming a wight themselves.

Perks

• RPR Perk – Undead

Base Stats for Unique Races:

• Ability Score Increases:  +1 of Choice
• Speed:  Your base walking speed is 2 foundations
• Languages:  +1 of Choice

~For the purposes of RPR, some races function identically to undead in our system, so they will have the ‘undead’ perk to reflect this.~