In the reckonings of most worlds. Humans are the youngest of the common races. late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races. and that's why they build their mighty empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them. humans are the innovators. the achievers. and the pioneers of the worlds.
Basic Information
With their penchant for migration and conquest; humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can
stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from
black to blond (curly. kinky. or straight males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. A lot of humans have a dash of nonhuman blood. revealing hints of elf.
ore, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.
Humans are the most adaptable and ambitious people among the common races. They have widely varying tastes, morals, and customs in the many different lands
where they have settled. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An
individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves traditions with origins far beyond the reach of any single human's
memory. They live fully in the present-making them well suited to the adventuring life-but also plan for the future, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and
as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.
Civilization and Culture
Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents give their children names from other languages, such as Dwarvish or Elvish (pronounced more or less correctly), but most parents give names that are Iinked to their region's culture or to the naming traditions of their ancestors.
Where a single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarf clans and halfling elders pass on the ancient traditions to each new generation, human temples, governments, Iibraries, and codes of law fix their traditions in the bedrock of history. Humans dream of immorlality, but (except for those few who seek undeath or divine ascension to escape dealh's clutches) they achieve it by ensuring that they will be remembered when they are gone.
Although some humans can be xenophobic, in general their societies are inclusive. Human lands welcome large numbers of non-humans compared lo the proportion of humans who live in nonhuman lands.
RPG Datasheet
HUMAN TRAITS
It's hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.
Ability Score Increase. Your ability scores each increase by I.
Age. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.
Alignment. Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.
Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range. your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 fee!.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically
learn the languages of other peoples they deal with,including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling
their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish
military phrases, and so on.
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