Exotic Lineages

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World Codex

Aasimar

Species | Nov 29, 2022

Whether descended from a celestial being or infused with heavenly power, aasimar are mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their souls.
Air Genasi

Ethnicity | Dec 1, 2022
Changeling

Species | Nov 29, 2022

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like.
Deep Gnome

Ethnicity | Nov 28, 2022

Deep gnomes, or svirfneblin, are natives of the Underdark and are suffused with that subterranean realm’s magic.
Duergar

Ethnicity | Nov 27, 2022

Duergar are dwarves whose ancestors were transformed by centuries living in the deepest places of the Underdark.
Earth Genasi

Ethnicity | Dec 1, 2022
Eladrin

Ethnicity | Nov 27, 2022

Eladrin are elves of the Feywild, a realm of perilous beauty and boundless magic.
Firbolg

Species | Nov 29, 2022

Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Centuries later, that magic still thrums inside a firbolg.
Fire Genasi

Ethnicity | Dec 1, 2022
Genasi

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Tracing their ancestry to the genies of the Elemental Planes, each genasi can tap into the power of one of the elements. Air, earth, fire, and water—these are the four pillars of the Material Plane and the four types of genasi.
Goliath

Species | Dec 1, 2022

The first goliaths lived on the highest mountain peaks—far above the tree line, where the air is thin and frigid winds howl.
Satyr

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Originating in the Feywild—a realm of pure emotion—satyrs thrive on the energy of merriment.
Shadar-Kai

Ethnicity | Dec 1, 2022

Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the Material Plane to forge their own destinies.
Tabaxi

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Created by the Cat Lord—a divine being of the Upper Planes—to blend the qualities of humanoids and cats, tabaxi are a varied people in both attitude and appearance.
Triton

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Originally from the Elemental Plane of Water, many tritons entered the Material Plane centuries ago in response to the growing threat of evil elementals.
Water Genasi

Ethnicity | Dec 1, 2022

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