Monstrous Lineages

in Lineages

World Codex

Bugbear

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces.
Goblin

Species | Dec 1, 2022

A subterranean folk, goblins can be found in every corner of the multiverse, often beside their bugbear and hobgoblin kin.
Hobgoblin

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Hobgoblins trace their origins to the ancient courts of the Feywild, where they first appeared with their goblin and bugbear kin.
Kenku

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Feathered folk who resemble ravens, kenku are blessed with keen observation and supernaturally accurate memories.
Kobold

Species | Dec 1, 2022

Some of the smallest draconic creatures in the multiverse, kobolds display their draconic ancestry in the glint of their scales and in their roars.
Minotaur

Species | Dec 2, 2022

Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls.
Orc

Species | Dec 2, 2022

Gruumsh’s blessings have made orcs tireless guardians and mighty allies wherever they are found, even when they turn their devotion to other gods.
Ravenloft's Gothic Lineages

Species | Dec 2, 2022

One may find themselves physically and magically transformed by the dark forces in the world. The Dhampir, Hexblood and Reborn are results of this.
Shifter

Species | Dec 2, 2022

Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy.
Yuan-Ti

Species | Dec 2, 2022

Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. These snakelike people were blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them.

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