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Races

Races of Gaia

The world of Gaia contains some familiar races, as well as some not seen in a typical D&D campaign.

• Aventi? - Water-breathing humans who descended from the victims of a natural disaster that sank their island beneath the waves.
• Azer?^{LA +4 *}
• Darfellan? - Strong, orca-related humanoids whose coastal tribes have been almost completely wiped out by conflict with the sahuagin.
• Elf?
  • High Elf?^†
  • Half-elf?
  • Aquatic Elf?^†
  • Illithyiri?^{LA +2 †} - The dark elves, pirates who it is said never set foot on land unless nefarious deeds are at work, and are said to only sail at night.
  • Grey Elf?^†
  • Wild Elf?^†
  • Wood Elf?^†
• Fay? - Mystical creatures with a strong connection to nature.
  • Dryad?^{LA +1 *}
  • Faen? - The evolved descendants of gnomes and some smaller fay creatures.
    • Loresong? - Magically apt and clever.
    • Quickling? - Swift and carefree, making excellent thieves.
    • Spryte?^†† - A tiny pixie, the result of a magical transformation undergone by a faen.
  • Nymph?^{LA +7 *}
  • Satyr?^{LA +2 *}
• Giant?
  • Dwarf Giant? - The evolved descendants of the dwarves. Smallest of all the giants at just shy of eight feet until a ceremony increases their height to ten feet. Strong, diplomatic, and excellent craftsmen. Very intricate ceremonial culture.
  • Cloud Giant?^**
  • Fire Giant?^**
  • Frost Giant?^**
  • Hill Giant?^**
  • Stone Giant?^**
  • Storm Giant?^**
• Gnoll?^{LA +1 *}
• Goblinoid?
  • Bugbear?^{LA +1 *}
  • Goblin?
  • Hobgoblin?^{LA +1}
• Hadozee? - Primate sailors from the southwestern parts of the world.
• Half-dragon?
  • Dracha? - Strong, able draconic humanoids who make excellent warriors. May develop flight and additional powers.
  • Mojh? - Sexless draconic geniuses who were once human, but exchanged their humanity for magical might.
  • Other Half-dragons?^{LA +3} - Standard half-dragon template, for cross-breeding with non-humanoids.
• Human?
• Korobokuru? - An isolated race of dwarves who did not evolve like the others. They are hardy farmers and make excellent adventurers.
• Kuo-toa?^{LA +3 *}
• Lizardling?
  • Kobold?
  • Lizardfolk?^{LA +1 *}
  • Troglodyte?^{LA +2 *}
• Locathah?^{LA +1 *}
• Lycanthrope?
  • Lupine?^a - A barbarian race of werewolves whose status in society depends on their transformation abilities. As they grow stronger they gain even more power over their form.
• Merfolk?^{LA +1}
• Minotaur?^{LA +2 *}
• Ogre?^{LA +2 *}
  • Merrow?^{LA +2 *}
  • Ogre Mage?^{LA +6 *}
• Orc?
  • Half-orc?
• Rakshasa?^{LA +7 *}
• Rishi?^a - The "aasimar" of this setting, direct descendants of major gods.
• Sahuagin?^{LA +2 *}
  • Sahuagin Mutant?^{LA +3 *}
• Spirit Folk
  • Bamboo
  • River
  • Sea
• Troll?^{LA +5 *}
  • Scrag?^{LA +5 *}
• Verrik? - Psionically gifted humanoids from a distant island empire. Strong sense of racial superiority that puts them at odds with the elves.
• Yuan-ti?
  • Pureblood?^{LA +2 *}
  • Halfblood?^{LA +5 *}
  • Abomination?^{LA +7 *}

^LAThis race has a level adjustment as listed
^*This race has racial hit dice
^**This race either has too many hit dice or is otherwise too unwieldy to be allowed as a player race, but is listed here because it is a subrace of a main race that may allow one or more subraces as player races.
^†All elves other than half-elves cannot be played until 7th-level. See the Elf? page for more information.
^††Spryte characters cannot be selected initially, but a quickling or loresong faen may undergo metamorphosis to become a spryte after gaining levels. See the Faen? page for more information.
^aLupine and Rishi must take Anima as their first class level, and must choose four specific Anima powers. See the Lupine? and Rishi? pages for more information.

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