Races

The following are the playable "race" options in Legends of Duniya. The available options may be tailored for specific seasons and season arcs, depending on the location of the story and the time in Duniyan history. The list will also be expanded and changed as history progresses.

Options include ones designed by Wizards of the Coast as well as homebrews designed by KogumaTheChronicler and others. Sourced texts include, but are not limited to:

* The Player's Handbook
* Volo's Guide to Monsters
* Koguma's Guide to the Multiverse
* Assorted homebreweries

## Dwarf

Dwarves are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1, with two subrace options: the hill and mountain dwarves. General information on building a dwarf character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 18.

### Hill

Information on building a hill dwarf character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 20.

### Mountain

Information on building a mountain dwarf character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 20.

## Elf

Elves are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 2, with two subrace options: the eladrani and the wild elves. Drow are not yet a playable race. General information on building an elf character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 21.

### Eladrani (High Elf)

Information on building an eladrani character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 23, referring to the "high elf."

### Wild (Wood Elf)

Information on building a wild elf character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 24, referring to the "wood elf."

## Gnoll

Gnolls are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 3, with two builds: standard and lucky firstborn. General information on building a gnoll character can be found here in Koguma's Guide to the Multiverse.

## Gnome

Gnomes are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 2, with two subrace options: the forest and rock gnomes. Deep gnomes are not yet a playable race. General information on building a gnome character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 35.

### Forest

Information on building a forest gnome character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 37.

### Rock

Information on building a rock gnome character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 37.

## Goblinoid

Goblinoids are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 3, with three subrace options: bugbears, goblins, and hobgoblins. General information on building a goblinoid character can be found here in Koguma's Guide to the Multiverse.

### Bugbear

Information on building a bugbear character can be found in the above document on page 1.

### Goblin

Information on building a goblin character can be found in the above document on page 2.

### Hobgoblin

Information on building a hobgoblin character can be found in the above document on page 3.

*(The goblinoid builds put forward by Wizards of the Coast are still under review before being authorized for play in Legends of Duniya.)*

## Goliath

Goliaths are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1. General information on building a goliath character can be found in Volo's Guide to Monsters, page 108.

## Half-Elf

Half-elves are a playable race as of the second arc of Season 3. A half-elf character can be half eladrani or half wild elf, the differences being non-mechanical. General information on building a half-elf character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 38.

## Halfling

Halflings are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1, with two subrace options: the lightfoot and stout halflings. In Duniya, the halflings come in a variety of ethnic backgrounds, none of which are tied to being either lightfoot or stout builds. Two halflings of the same ethnicity can be of the two different builds, while two halfings of the same build can be of different ethnic backgrounds. General information on building a halfling character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 26.

### Lightfoot

Information on building a lightfoot halfling character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 28.

### Stout

Information on building a stout halfling character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 28.

## Half-Orc

Half-orcs are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1. General information on building a half-orc character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 40.

## Human

Humans are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1, with two builds: standard and variant. These two builds are purely for game mechanics and are not reliant on world lore. In Duniya, like halflings, humans have various ethnic backgrounds as options for player characters, none of which have a bearing on mechanics. General information on building a human character can be found in the Player's Handbook, page 29.

## Kenku

Kenku are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 3. General information on building a kenku character can be found in Volo's Guide to Monsters, page 109.

## Lizardfolk

Lizardfolk are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 3.

*(The lizardfolk build put forward by Wizards of the Coast is still under review before being authorized for play in Legends of Duniya.)*

## Orc

Orcs are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 3. General information on building an orc character can be found here in Koguma's Guide to the Multiverse.

*(The orc build put forward by Wizards of the Coast is still under review before being authorized for play in Legends of Duniya.)*

## Thri-Kreen

Thri-Kreen are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1. General information on building a thri-kreen character can be found here in Koguma's Guide to the Multiverse.

## Shifter

Shifters are a playable race as of the beginning of Season 1, with six subrace options. In Duniya, shifters come in twelve subraces, which do not exclusively correlate to any of the six mechanical subrace options. General information on building a shifter character can be found in Unearthed Arcana: Eberron, page 2.