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Character race is a descriptor used to describe the various sapient species and beings that make up the setting in modern fantasy and science fiction.In many tabletop role-playing games and video games, players may choose to be one of these creatures when creating their player character (PC) or encounter them as a non-player character (NPC).
Related to modern German leiche or modern Dutch lijk, both meaning 'corpse') is a type of undead creature. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "The Empire of the Necromancers" , had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games.
The gnome appeared as a character race in the second edition Player's Handbook (1989). [13] The gnome also appeared in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989). [14] Four gnomish races – forest, rock, tinker, and deep (svirfneblin) – were detailed as player character races in The Complete Book of Gnomes and Halflings (1993). [15]
In 5th Edition, the skills are more tightly tied to the ability scores, with each skill being seen as an area of specialization within the ability. Any skill check may be attempted by any character, but only characters that have proficiency in the specific skill area apply their proficiency bonus (a flat bonus tied to character level) to those ...
Warforged are also capable of modifying their bodies to some extent after construction, represented by prestige classes such as the warforged juggernaut [10] (an aloof warrior who becomes more like a golem), the reforged [8] (a socialite who becomes more like a living creature) and the landforged walker [9] (a druid who coaxes the growth of ...
D&D co-creator Gary Gygax credited the inspiration for the alignment system to the fantasy stories of Michael Moorcock and Poul Anderson. [4] [5]The original version of D&D (1974) allowed players to choose among three alignments when creating a character: lawful, implying honor and respect for society's rules; chaotic, implying rebelliousness and individualism; and neutral, seeking a balance ...
The elf was included as a player race in the 5th edition Player's Handbook (2014). [23] Three subraces were introduced with it: the high elf, the wood elf, and the drow (dark elf). [ 24 ] The Player's Handbook connects the high elves to the gray elves and valley elves of the Greyhawk setting, the Silvanesti and Qualinesti of the Dragonlance ...
In the video game World of Warcraft, the Spriggan are a race of fae loyal to the Drust, a dark and twisted version of the fae. In the Sword Art Online series, the Spriggans are one of the nine races in ALfheim Online, known to have a darker skin tone compared to the other races and are typically associated with the color black.