Dogfolk

Coming from the Eastern Lands of The Alabaster Shrub, you sport dog-like bodily features and an unsettlingly strong sense of loyalty to your friends, as well as the cursed strength of the oasis.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength Score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1.

Bite. Your canine teeth are a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Keen Smell. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Oasis Vigor. Whenever you fail a death saving throw, you can instead choose to succeed it. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you complete a long rest.

Shride's Blessing. You have proficiency in the Athletics skill, and are immune to extreme heat from hot climates.

Uncanny Devotion. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened as long as an ally creature is within 10 feet of you.

Frogfolk

Raised above and below The Emerald Glade, your upbringing has made you a master of traversing dangerous waters with your trusty tongue and innate hydromancy powers.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom Score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1.

Small. Your size is Small.

Hydromancy. You know the shape water cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the create or destroy water spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the water walk spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Frog Mobility. You have a swimming speed of 30 feet, and you can add up to 10 extra feet whenever you jump.

Tongue. Your long tongue is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes that have a reach of 10 feet. If you hit with it, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Dexterity modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Catfolk

Trained to strike against the ever threatening wilds of the Torrential Bloom, you are armed with feline characteristics honed with a hunter's experience.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity Score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Cat's Claws. Because of your claws, you have a climbing speed of 20 feet. In addition, your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Feline Reflexes. You ignore the first 10 feet you fall when falling from a dangerous height.

Hunter's Training. You have proficiency with the blowgun, javelin, shortbow, longbow, spear, and sling.

Nyamaturgy Lore. You have proficiency with Woodcarver's tools. additionally, you can spend one minute with woodcarver's tools and a Small or larger deceased creature to turn its bones into one of the following items: 2 javelins, a spear, 5 arrows, 10 blowgun darts or sling bullets, or a musical instrument. Weapons and ammunition made from Nyamaturgy break after damaging a target.

Ruby

Your bloodline is related to the Dragon Queen's youngest daughter, giving you red scales and a maw of burning flames.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Fire Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.

Breath Weapon: Fiery Cone. Your breath attack spews intense fire in a 15 foot cone, forcing each creature in the area to make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases by 1d6 for every two levels you gain.

Treasure Hoarder. You can detect the presence of valuable metals, coins, and gems within 60 feet of you, although you do not know the exact location of them. Additionally, you can consume half a pound worth of gold or treasure, treating it as 1 day's worth of food.

Sapphire

Your bloodline is related to the Dragon Queen's second youngest daughter, blessing you with blue scales and a frigid heart.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Breath Weapon: Permafrost Beam. Your breath attack blows an icy gale in a 5 foot wide, 30 foot long line, forcing each creature in the area to make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 2d6 cold damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails the save has its speed reduced by 20 feet until the beginning of it's next turn. The damage increases by 1d6 for every two levels you gain.

Relic Archiver. You have proficiency in the Arcana and Religion skills, and have advantage on checks related to holy magic items or holy spells when using these skills.

Jade

Your bloodline is related to the Dragon Queen's middle daughter, yet you've abandoned her army to avoid a caustic undeath.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Plague Resistance. You have resistance to acid and poison damage, and have advantage on saving throws against poison. Additionally, you are immune to damage from your own Breath Attack.

Breath Weapon: Ruinous Haze. Your breath attack forms a 10 foot radius cloud of smoke of acid or poison (your choice) within a point you can see 20 feet away from you, forcing creatures that start their turn or enter the smoke for the first time on a turn to make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes acid or poison damage equal to your Constitution modifier on a failed save. The cloud lightly obscures its area and lasts for 1 minute. The damage increases by an addition +1 for every two levels you gain.

A Friend?... You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or driven to madness.

labyrinth Dwarf

Your kin hail from maze-like passages of the Labyrinthian Mines, toughened by years of work digging for riches.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Dwarven Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Thicket Dwarf

Having somehow drunkenly stumbled out of the afterlife and back into the mortal world, you still are prepared for the world's end.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Dwarven Armor Training. You have proficiency with light and medium armor.

Dworc

Long since traveled to the Orphan Islands, the Dwarves of The Earthen Forge work through frost and fire to impress their one eyed princess.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Natural Herder. You have proficiency in the Animal Handling Skill.

Dawn Elf

Empowered by the rising sun, your closer ties with the fey in your homeland has improved your innate magic and artistic skills.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma Score increases by 1.

Fey Magic. You know the message cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the sleep spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the misty step spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast these spells when you finish a long rest or when the sun dawns. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Artistry. You gain proficiency with one of the artisan's tools of your choice: calligrapher's supplies, glassblower's tools, or painter's supplies.

Dusk Elf

Drawing strength by the moon's ascent, Your kin have long since distanced themselves from the fey, choosing a more grounded life instead.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom Score increases by 1.

Druidic Lore. You know the druidcraft cantrip, and can speak, read, and write Druidic

Dusk Craftsmanship. You gain proficiency with two of the artisan's tools of your choice: carpenter's tools, cobbler's tools, leatherworker's tools, or woodcarver's tools. Whenever you use any artisan's tools during dusk, you add 1d4 to the check.

Stitchwork Mastery. You have proficiency with weaver's tools, and whenever you make a check to use weaver's tools, add double your proficiency bonus to the check instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Twilight Elf

Long since been driven to the seas by vile fey despite your kin's magical prowess, you have learned to coexist with the waterkin under the waves.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence Score increases by 1.

Sea Bearing. You have a swimming speed of 35 feet, and you can hold your breath for up to 20 minutes at a time.

Twilight Surge. Whenever you land an weapon or spell attack on a creature, you can cause it to deal extra force damage equal to your level to it and one creature within 15 feet of it. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until when the sun dawns or dusks.

Ruins Lore. You have proficiency in the Arcana and History Skills.

Half Amazon

The spawn of an Elf and a Amazon, you are of both a mighty and magical kinship that The Jungle Colosseum has the right to fear.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength Score increases by 1.

Amazon Blood. You have proficiency in the Athletics skill, and you count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Jungle Magic. You know the thorn whip cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the jump spell once with this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the pass without trace spell once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast these spells when you finish a long rest. Strength is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Giant's Tongue. You can speak, read, and write Giant.

Warning

While the mechanics of D&D 5e never address the idea of a player character that is Tiny sized, various rules in both the Player's Handbook and the Dungeon Master's Guide do handle some game mechanics for creatures of various sizes that this rule block is based on. Do note that some spells and other effects clearly are not suited for Tiny players. Consult with your DM before making a Tiny character to ensure that your character does not conflict with the campaign, and to make sure that appropriate items can be found for your character (such as undersized gear).

Amazon

The apex creatures of The Jungle Coliseum, your kind are a purely female breed of swarthy giantkin.

Ability Score Increases. Your Dexterity Score increases by 1.

Hunter's Training. You have proficiency with the blowgun, javelin, shortbow, longbow, spear, and sling.

Jungle Lore. You gain proficiency with one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival.

Longpig Griller. You have proficiency with cook's utensils. Amazons are often mistaken for cannibals.

Primal Aggression. Whenever you make a melee weapon attack, you can add 1d6 to the roll. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Ogre

Despite the brutish horns and slow uptake, your kin is well versed from centuries of traveling the farthest reaches of the world.

Ability Score Increases. One score of your choice increases by 1, and your Intelligence score is reduced by 2.

Dull Savant. Whenever you spend your downtime to learn a new language or tool proficiency, you only require half as many workweeks.

Foreign Training. You gain proficiency with either two artisan's tools or two weapons of your choice, and know one extra language of your choice.

Thick Skin. Your skin is dense and hard to pierce. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 12 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your thick skin to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your thick skin.

Factory

Having been raised to revel in The Fertile Factory, you know your way around that funny set of beakers just as well as a cuffed person.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Alchemy Experience. You have proficiency with alchemist's supplies.

Subjugator. Whenever you grapple a prone creature, it becomes restrained until it breaks the grapple or if you move them.

Hobgoblin

Broken free of slavery from your greener cousins, you are left only with your labored body to save your from whatever the world throws at you.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Hardy. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Slave's Tenacity. You have advantage on saving throws against being exhausted.

Blossom

Twisted by fairy folk, you have developed a more wild appearance and the ability to cast mischievous magic.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Fey Touched. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Fey Magic. You know the dancing lights cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the catapult spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the blur spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Variant Rule: Steiners

Not quite alive or undead, Steiners are golem-like people from The Midnight Mansion region. To make a Steiner, remove Charging Key and Clay body from the base traits and use following subrace traits:

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Biologist. You have proficiency in the Medicine skill..

Electromancy. You know the shocking grasp cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the witch bolt spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the elemental weapon spell (lightning only) once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Dwarf-Born

Your design was made by Dwarven methods, their mastery in rune magic practically making you one of them.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Reinforced. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Dwarven Lore. You gain proficiency with the artisan's tools of your choice: Smith's tools, brewer's supplies, or mason's tools.

Wizard-Born

You were manufactured haphazardly by wizards to fulfill their selfish deeds, although you've managed to avoid such a fate.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Wizard's Touch. You have proficiency in the Arcana skill.

Golem-Born

A rare miracle, you where born not by Dwarves or wizardry, but rather by the hands of your own people

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Golem Artifice. You gain proficiency with one tool of your choice. This tool is internally built into you, allowing your body to be used in place of said tool.

Curious. You have proficiency in the Investigation and Perception skills, and can take the Search action as a bonus action.

True Harpy

Your kin come from cliffs of the Ivory Skytop, and possess the best of your race's ability to soar.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Strong Wings. Your base flying speed increases to 50 feet.

Mountain Roost. You're acclimated to high elevations, and are immune to their effects.

Siren

Although weaker than your larger cousins, your kind have the ability to beguile others with song.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Small. Your size is Small.

Siren Song. You can cast the charm person as a 3rd level spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. A target hat cannot hear you automatically succeeds the saving throw if it can't hear you. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Puffpy

Surviving the cold wastes of the Frozen Church has left your breed hardy and unflinching to the cold.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Sea Bird. You have a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Hill

Whether it be from where the moon knights dwell yonder or where mere men wrestle giants, you are a human who stands for justice and honor.

Courage. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Battle Ready. You are proficient with three martial weapons of your choice and with light armor.

Guardian. Whenever an ally you can see within 15 feet of you is damaged by an attack or spell, you can use your reaction to move up to half your movement speed towards the creature that harmed them and make a single weapon attack against it.

Forest

Birthed in the center of The High Forest Kingdom, your ancestors have done unspeakable evils that your abilities reflect.

Treachery's Legacy. You have proficiency in the Deception, Intimidation, and Stealth skills.

Deft Footwork. You can take the Disengage action as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Dark Impulse. Whenever you damage a creature that is incapacitated with a weapon attack, you gain 1d4 temporary hit points until the end of combat

Field

Being from The Endless Fields, you are naught but a simple farmer human... Perhaps a little too simple to be just normal.

Farmer's Experience. You have proficiency in the Animal Handling, Medicine, and Nature skills.

Tools Of The Trade. You gain proficiency in three tools of your choice.

Needlepoint Fury. Whenever you score a critical hit against a creature, your deal additional damage to it equal to your level.

Antfolk

As the most common folk of the Insect races, your the backbone of The Long Hive's workforce.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity Score increases by 2, and your Strength Score increases by 1.

Four Armed. You have an additional two arms that can be used for object interactions, holding items, or grappling creatures. These arms do not grant you any additional attacks actions or attacks from two weapon fighting. If you wield a weapon with the heavy property with all four arms, you ignore that property.

Tunneler. You have a burrowing speed of 25 feet. You cannot see creatures above ground while burrowing unless you have external senses, like tremorsense.

Swarm. You have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

Beetlefolk

Titans among other Insects, your kin of The Glorious Horn are both living weapons and armor by birthright.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength Score increases by 2, and your Constitution Score increases by 1.

Medium. Your size is Medium.

Zeradeus's Shell. Instead of a mere exoskeleton, your body is well protected by a thick carapace, you giving you a base AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn't affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield's bonus as normal.

Horns. Your horns are natural melee weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Beetle's Rhythm. You have proficiency with musical instruments (drums).

Beefolk

You and your kind are a mellow and fluffy race of Insects, exploring the world for new flowers for alchemy.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity Score increases by 2, and your Intelligence Score increases by 1.

Flight. You have a flight speed of 25 feet. While airborne, you must use an action to stay aloft, or else you harmlessly fall 30 feet downwards at the end of your turn. To use this speed, you can't be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Stinger. Your tail's stinger is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Additionally, whenever you damage a creature with a sting attack, you can choose to have the attack deal extra poison damage equal to your level. Once you use this poison, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Florist. You have proficiency in the Nature skill.

Ambersmith. You have proficiency with your choice of either alchemist's supplies or glassblower's tools.

Canopy

Accustomed to life under the Canopy Cave and its stony trees, you are familiar with both the rainforest and the bounty of minerals it holds.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Stone Tree Lore. You have proficiency in the Animal Handling and Nature skills.

Gem Mastery. You have proficiency with jeweler's tools, and whenever you make a check to use jeweler's tools, add double your proficiency bonus to the check instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Knocker

Having been bred by human nobles in a past age, your ancestor's pedigree has granted you a small pair of wings and an ill temper.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength Score increases by 1.

Flight. You have a flight speed of 20 feet. While airborne, you must use an action to stay aloft, or else you harmlessly fall 30 feet downwards at the end of your turn. To use this speed, you can't be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Aggressive. As a bonus action, you can move up to your movement speed toward a hostile creature you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.

Monoloke

Tainted by the the influence of the Unseelie Court, your hide has long since become pale and waxy with fey magics.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma Score increases by 1.

Fey Touched. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Fey Magic. You know the minor illusion cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the color spray spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the mirror image spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Furbold

Hailing from the Maiden's Spine, you have not only survived the cold of the Permafrost Basin, but also wield its numbing power.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution Score increases by 1.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Ice Magic. You know the frostbite cantrip, and can cast the spell Snilloc's snowball swarm once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell

Acidic

Your ooze is hazardous and eats through things, like people, easily.

Corrode. The grappling damage from your dissolve trait becomes 1d6, and you can use it to eat through nonmagical metal at a rate of 1 inch per 10 minutes.

Threatening. You have proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Sweet

You taste as good as you smell, and also are good at talking.

Diplomat Skills. You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion, and Performance.

Trader's Tongue. You learn two languages of your choice.

Sterile

Your insides are unaffected by your natural acids and biomass, making you a walking(?) laboratory.

Internal Brewery. You have proficiency with alchemist's supplies and brewer's supplies. Additionally, your body can be used in place of these tools.

Living Tank. You can store up to 10 gallons of nonhazardous liquid inside yourself.

Centaur

A warrior from birth, you charge forth from your birthplace of The Stamping Moorlands, wise with the knowledge of many weapons.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength Score increases by 1.

Centaur Battle Training. You have proficiency with the glaive, halberd, shortbow, and longbow.

Unwavering. You have advantage on saving throws against being knocked prone or forcibly moved.

Unicorn

A scholar by heart, you have read hundreds of books from The Spiraling Library since you were but a mere horned foal.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence Score increases by 1.

Well Versed. You have proficiency with any combination of two skills, tools, or languages of your choice.

Magic Horn. You know one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list. When you reach 3rd level, You learn one 1st level spell of your choice from the same list and can cast it once with this trait. Once you cast the spell, you can't cast it again this way until you complete a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Skeletons

You are the bony remains of some other creature that have been resurrected by The Haunt's influence.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Collapse. As an action, you can collapse yourself into a pile of bones that is one size smaller than you. While collapsed, you can't move, and the only action you can take is to reform yourself.

Zombies

You are a walking corpse, risen by The Haunt or Goerica's blessing.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1.

Necrotic Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage.

Zombie Bite. Your undead teeth are natural melee weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Additionally, whenever you damage a creature with a zombie bite attack, you can choose to gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1). Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Ghosts

Still clinging to the mortal world, you are a literal ghost of your former self.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and one other score of your choice increases by 1.

Incorporeal Waltz. As a bonus action, you can give yourself a flight speed of 20 feet until the end of your turn. While having this flight speed, you can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, taking 1d10 force damage and being shunted into the nearest empty space if you end your turn inside either.

Once you use this trait three times, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Unburdened. Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Weapon (trident) Very Rare (Requires Attunement)

You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

As an action, you can touch this trident against a creature in an attempt to transform it into a more humanoid form. An unwilling creature can make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw to resist the effects, and is only transformed for 1 hour if it's unwilling. A creature that is a shapechanger or has legendary actions cannot be unwillingly changed.

Upon being transformed, a creature transforms into a Medium or Small humanoid race that the DM deems fit for it (For example, a Catoble would become a Holstaur). If the creature's true form is a humanoid race, it instead becomes a human (A fairy would become a colorful, short human for example).

A creature transformed into humanoid retains any abilities it had as long as its new anatomy allows it (A Catoble might still retain its metal hide, while a Hulking Cerebellus may not be able to consume intelligence).

Using the trident on a transformed creature reverts it back to its true form.