Browse ancestry options by size, source, movement, and universe. This is the compendium view for playable races and related Forge additions.
Gnomes are distant relatives of the fey, and their history tells of a time when they lived in the fey's mysterious realm, a place where colors are brighter, the wildlands wilder, and emotions more primal.
Goblins are a race of childlike creatures with a destructive and voracious nature that makes them almost universally despised.
Gripplis stand just over 2 feet tall and have mottled green-and-brown skin.
Optimistic and cheerful by nature, blessed with uncanny luck, and driven by a powerful wanderlust, halflings make up for their short stature with an abundance of bravado and curiosity.
Kobolds are weak, craven, and seethe with a festering resentment for the rest of the world, especially members of races that seem stronger, smarter, or superior to them in any way.
Ratfolk are small, rodentlike humanoids; originally native to subterranean areas in dry deserts and plains, they are now more often found in nomadic trading caravans.
In the dark below earth, svirfneblin protect their enclaves, keeping their small communities safe from the terrors of the lightless depths.
The wayangs are a race of small supernatural humanoids who trace their ancestry to the Plane of Shadows.