Choose A Race

The Maelstrom Isles    Player Handbook    Player Options    Playable Races      Choose A Race

Since this is my world, the race descriptions are going to be a bit different than what they talk about on D&D Beyond, however stats and features remain mostly the same. You can choose any race from the table below for this campaign.

Race/Subrace	Description	Difficulty*
Dwarf Mountain Dwarf Hill Dwarf Gray Dwarf	Short, stocky, durable humanoids with a culture centered around craftsmanship	easy
High Elf Cinder Elf	Tall, slender and beautiful humanoids with a culture focused on arcane magic	easy
Wood Elf	Nimble, lithe and keen humanoids with a culture based around nature	easy
Gnome Forest Gnome Rock Gnome	Small and lively humanoids with a culture focused on knowledge and growth	easy/medium
Half-Elf	Humanoids with the traits of their elven side and, most often, the culture of their other side	easy/medium
Halfling Lightfoot Halfling Stout Halfling	Small, quiet, and simple humanoids with a culture centered around farming and gardening	easy
Half-Orc	Large and hardy with a savagery from their Orcish side they have created a culture on improvement	medium
Human Variant Human Stat Block	Adaptable, driven, and diverse humanoids in culture and race	easy
Tiefling	Humanoids with fiendish features who are finding their place in the world	medium/hard
Genasi Air Genasi Earth Genasi Fire Genasi Water Genasi	Humanoids touched with power from the elemental planes of fire, earth, air, or water	easy
Goliath	Hulking giants among the other peoples Goliaths are tribal humanoids who worship their ancestors	easy/medium
Aasimar Protector Aasimar Scourge Aasimar Fallen Aasimar	Though they can be born into most humanoid races Aasimar differ in accordance to the blessing they received from a Divine being	easy/medium
Lizardfolk	A scaled and vicious beastial race with natural instincts in nature and with tastes and principals that differ from humanoids	Special Case
Tabaxi	A coanstantly wandering feline beastial race, Tabaxi’s natural speed and grace make them adept survivors in unknown lands	medium
Triton	Aquatic humanoids with the affinity to control water, Triton’s have developed a warrior culture from their constant war to reclaim the oceans	easy

*Difficulty is based on how the race is treated by the majority of the population living on the Maelstrom Isles (Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Halflings) as well as other possible role-playing requirements detailed more on that race’s page.