This may include Unearthed Arcana content or non-official content published during official events (like One Grung Above), and very rarely may include 3rd-party content.

However, I occasionally make exceptions when numerous people make requests that I cover the same content. Dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans are the most common races to produce the sort of adventurers who make up typical parties. Your character's race does more than tell what. Your character's race determines their physical dimensions and traits, such as height weight, musculature, and other aspects of their physical appearance. Mechanically, also known as gamewise, your character's race is one of the most important things about them. Announced at D&D Celebration, as part of the ‘Future of D&D’ panel, the new book, Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse will be a good level setting guide for the upcoming rules changes. Race describes a character's physical features as a result of its species or heritage.

I typically don’t cover content beyond what has made it into official sourcebooks. One of the exciting new things about the upcoming rules gift set is the chance to dig into a new book that updates monsters and playable races. My race handbooks are written with an emphasis on the race and the class options which are viable for a player who has decided to play that race and may still be looking for a class which works for that race. My class handbooks are written with an emphasis on the class and the options which work well for the class. Note that the assessments of a class for a race may not match the assessments of a race for a class. This page is intended to serve as a collection for all playable races in D&D, regardless of their setting of origin.

All playable races in d&d 5e