Races

Dwarves are a short, stocky race; both male and female Dwarves stand around four feet tall and typically weigh around 120 pounds. Their long

Elves are a slender race, with both males and females standing around five feet tall and weighing around 130 pounds. Most have dark hair, wi

Halflings are small, slightly stocky folk who stand around three feet tall and weigh about 60 pounds. They have curly brown hair on their he

Humans come in a broad variety of shapes and sizes; the Game Master must decide what sorts of Humans live in the game world. An average Huma

Dokkalfar (dark elves) are a subspecies of Elves who believe themselves far superior to all others. Around five feet tall, ~130 pounds, mono

Gnomes are small and stocky — more so than halflings, less than dwarves; around three and a half feet tall, ~90 pounds. Hair and beards blon

Crossbreed of elf and human. Males ~5'6", females an inch shorter. Pointed ears, features favoring the human parent. Well tolerated by human

Human-ogre crossbreed, outcast among both peoples, often leading orc or goblin communities. ~7 feet tall, broad-shouldered, rangy; ogrish fe

Human-orc crossbreed, outcast among humans but sometimes rising to lead orcish communities. A bit shorter than humans, orcish features.

Descendants of the great Minotaurs of legend. Normally peaceful, nature-loving semi-nomads of the wilds; dangerous when threatened. Impressi

Dog-like humanoids (bulldog/boxer faces, jowls), legend of a wizard's enhanced guard dogs. Extreme loyalty to liege, friend, or family; knig

Turtle-like reptilian humanoids of rivers and lakes. Thick scaly skin plus a back shell; seldom taller than 5'. Content in their own societi

Fey-related goat-folk: human-like torso and head, goat legs and feet, ~4-5' tall, small horns or large ears. Share the Halfling love of agra

Beautiful fey kin (booka, pixie blood) with dragonfly/butterfly wings. No taller than a Halfling (3'), slight, seldom over 40 lbs. Twice as

Huge hairy goblinoids ~6' tall, dark brown eyes, move very quietly. Wild, fearless, bully smaller humanoids.

Stocky, heavily muscled kin of Humans with limited language — complex grunts and ape-like vocalizations (rudimentary concepts only, cannot v

Half man, half horse: human torso where a horse's head would be. ~7' tall, ~2,100 lbs. Haughty, aloof, honorable — would rather die than be

Hyena-headed nocturnal carnivores ~7' tall, 300 lbs, dirty yellow or reddish-brown fur. Prefer intelligent prey 'because they scream more.'

Small wicked ambushers ~3' tall, ~40 lbs, red-to-yellow crafty eyes, yellow-to-deep-red skin (uniform per tribe). Dark leather garb. Favor a

Larger goblin kin, human-sized. Dark reddish-brown to gray hair, dark orange/red-orange skin, yellowish eyes. Bright garb (blood red), polis

Small dog-faced reptilians, 2' tall, ~40 lbs. Distrustful of larger races, cunning, prefer ranged combat and ambushes near trapped areas.

6-7' tall scaled humanoids (green/gray/brown) with 3-4' balancing tails, 200-250 lbs. Indifferent loners, fearsome when roused; simple sound

9-10' tall, 600-650 lbs, dull yellow-brown skin, poorly-cured furs, repellent odor. Brutish, aggressive, inherently lazy.

Grotesque warlike humanoids: lupine ears, reddish eyes, upturned noses, black hair. Males just over 6', ~210 lbs. Vivid garb (blood red, mus

Very intelligent lizard-folk 5-6' tall with large red eyes and spiny leg/head/arm combs. Hostile to non-troglodytes; ambush hunters.

Duskbough Elves stand a head taller than their lowland kin, six feet and more, spare and long-limbed, built like people who climb. Their ski

The Valefolk are the valley's humans - millers, ferryfolk, toll-keepers, orchard farmers, and the wardens of its one good bridge. Sturdy, we

The Emberdeep are the valley's mountain dwarves - the deep path of their people: miners, smelters, and smiths whose halls run from the forge

The Cragtop are the valley's hill dwarves - the high path of their people: weather-keepers, goat-herders, and eagle-wardens whose round ston

The Millgear are the valley's tinker gnomes - the gadget path of their people: a workshop-warren dug into the banks of the millrace, where t

The Holt Gnomes are the valley's forest gnomes - the green path of their people: a hidden burrow nation under one great wooded hill, in an a

The Mirken are the valley's dark gnomes - the deep path of their people: tenders of the barrow downs and the dead of four peoples, traders i

The Starfall Pilgrims are the valley's strangers - a tall, wandering people who came over the mountains three generations ago following, by

The Wolfsblood are not a nation or a species but a curse in a bloodline: descendants of one famine-winter family who bargained with the Grey

The Sunstep are the valley's orcs - a brown-skinned, black-haired people of sun and rain who farm floating gardens below their Dry Mesa, kee

The valley's trolls as a river civilization of the Mirror Delta: seven to eight and a half feet tall, dark river-green skin, long arms and e

The valley's bull-folk: seven to seven and a half feet of horned, honor-bound strength from the high meseta, where their villages are whitew

The valley's dead, awake. Where the Corruption has touched the ground, the mind of a creature that dies there - any creature, any people - s