A visit to one of the great cities in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons - Waterdeep, the Free City of Greyhawk, or even uncanny Sigil, the City of Doors - overwhelms the senses. Voices chatter in countless different languages. The smells of cooking in dozens of different cuisines mingle with the odors of crowded street and poor sanitation. buildings in myriad architectural styles display the diverse origins of their inhabitants.

And the people themselves - people of varying size, shape, and color, dressed in a dazzling spectrum of styles and hues - represent many different races, from diminutive halflings and stout dwarves to majestically beautiful elves, mingling among a variety of human ethnicities.

Scattered among the members of these more common races are the true exotics: a hulking dragonborn here, pushing his way through the crowd, and a sly tiefling there, lurking in the shadows with mischief in her eyes. A group of gnomes laughs as one of them activates a clever wooden toy that moves of its own accord. half-elves and half-orcs live and work alongside humans, without fully belonging to the races of either of their parents. And there, well out of the sunlight is a lone drow - a fugitive from the subterranean expanse of the Underdark, trying to make his way in a world that fears his kind.

Standard Lineages

These races are included in the Player's Handbook, though variants exist for specific settings that may be used with DM permission, and are considered the standard races allowable for player use in any Dungeons & Dragons setting.

Dragonborn	Dwarf	Elf
Gnome	Half-Elf	Half-Orc
Halfling	Human	Tiefling

Custom Lineage

Typical character lineages in D&D include little or no choice. A Custom Lineage addresses that lack of versatility by allowing you to come up with your own combination of lineage abilities to create a unique lineage for your character.

Custom

Exotic Lineages

Aarakocra	Aasimar	Changeling
Deep Gnome	Duergar	Eladrin
Fairy	Firbolg	Genasi (Air)
Genasi (Earth)	Genasi (Fire)	Genasi (Water)
Githyanki	Githzerai	Goliath
Harengon	Kenku	Locathah
Owlin	Satyr	Sea Elf
Shadar-Kai	Tabaxi	Tortle
Triton	Verdan

Monstrous Lineages

Bugbear	Centaur	Goblin
Grung	Hobgoblin	Kobold
Lizardfolk	Minotaur	Orc
Shifter	Yuan-Ti

Setting Specific Lineages

Dragonlance

Kender

Eberron

Kalashtar	Warforged

Plane Shift

Aetherborn	Aven	Khenra
Kor	Merfolk	Naga
Siren	Vampire

Ravenloft

Dhamphir	Hexblood	Reborn

Ravnica

Loxodon	Simic Hybrid	Vedalken

Spelljammer

Astral Elf	Autognome	Giff
Hadozee	Plasmoid	Thri-kreen

Theros

Leonin

Unearthed Arcana

Lineage	Source
Autognome	Unearthed Arcana 80 - Travelers of the Multiverse
Giff	Unearthed Arcana 80 - Travelers of the Multiverse
Glitchling	Unearthed Arcana 85 - Wonders of the Multiverse
Hadozee	Unearthed Arcana 80 - Travelers of the Multiverse
Kender	Unearthed Arcana 82 - Heroes of Krynn
Kender Revised	Unearthed Arcana 83 - Heroes of Krynn Revisited
Owlfolk	Unearthed Arcana 77 - Folk of the Feywild
Plasmoid	Unearthed Arcana 80 - Travelers of the Multiverse
Rabbitfolk	Unearthed Arcana 77 - Folk of the Feywild
Revenant	Unearthed Arcana 15 - Gothic Heroes
Thri-Kreen	Unearthed Arcana 80 - Travelers of the Multiverse
Viashino	Unearthed Arcana 53 - Races of Ravnica