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The tiefling (/ ˈ t iː f l ɪ ŋ / TEEF-ling) [2] is a fictional humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game. Originally introduced in the Planescape campaign setting in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as a player character race for the setting, they became one of the primary races available for ...
In May 2003 Races of Faerûn landed on the Amazon.ca bestseller list at number 42. [2] In June 2021 D&D Beyond criticized the book's approach to diversity in a blog post, writing, "Books such as third edition's Races of Faerun went through great pains to detail the myriad of human ethnicities. Unfortunately, concepts like inclusivity and ...
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).
The elf appeared as a character race in the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977). In subsequent revisions, in order to streamline the game, the non-humans (including the elf) were presented as distinct classes. The elf class is often seen as a blend of the fighter and magic-user classes.
The kenku most recently appears in the fifth edition in the Monster Manual, [13] the Dungeon Master's Guide (2014), [14] and as a playable race in Volo's Guide to Monsters. [ 5 ] [ 15 ] In these sourcebooks, kenku are rendered incapable of making sounds or developing ideas of their own, cursing them to steal everything from words to goods from ...
D&D Beyond (DDB) is the official digital toolset and game companion for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. [1] [2] DDB hosts online versions of the official Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition books, including rulebooks, adventures, and other supplements; it also provides digital tools like a character builder and digital character sheet, monster and spell listings that can be sorted and filtered ...
[30]: 15 Carpenter opined that by explicitly incorporating "halfway-between racial categories", Dungeons & Dragons implies that a blend "of elven or orc blood with human (for human is always the referent of the unspecified 'half') constitutes something wholly distinct from its parent races" and this notion reinforces the boundaries of the "pure ...
A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by their class; choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes to create a Dungeons & Dragons player character. [1]