30 Mostly-Generic Fantasy Races

Roll on this table as a supplement to determine what relatively standard and widespread fantasy race you want to include in your fantasy setting- excluding the generic standbys of Elf, Dwarf, Orc, Halfling, Gnome, and Human.

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30 Mostly-Generic Fantasy Races

[1] The “Barbarian” Human. Taller, sometimes partially giant.

[2] The “Amazon” Human. Female only offshoot.

[3] The “Dark” Human. Something like Drow, or just unnaturally (pitch black) dark skin.

[4] Lizard people. Always from the swamp or desert.

[5] Plant people. Not treants- just have green skin and like leaves for hair.

[6] Multi-colored skin people. May be Genie born, or like Gensai.

[7] Treants. Actually playable sticks and branches, the Ents. May be “dryads” instead.

[8] Wolf people. May be “domestic dog” race instead, with many various breeds.

[9] Dhampir people. Vampire-like powers, white hair, can go out in the sun.

[10] Tieflings, or Cambions. Half demon type people.

[11] Kobolds. The less flighty and stupid variety for playable characters.

[12] Dragonborn.

[13] Gel/Slime people. Almost certainly a single amorphous mass in humanoid shape.

[14] Monstergirls and/or monsterboys. Looks like a human with animal ears and tails.

[15] Snake people. Most depictions are Naga like, with a long tail instead of legs.

[16] Cat people. Lazy, vain, good at being thieves.

[17] Mermaids. Possibly more like Aquaman, or maybe with little gils instead of ears.

[18] Warforged. Robot people, probably more arcane then mechanical.

[19] Puppet and/or Scarecrow people.

[20] Bat people.

[21] Mushroom people.

[22] Stone/Mountain people. May be the “trolls” or too big and not necessarily playable.

[23] Minotaurs.

[24] Centaurs

[25] Satyrs

[26] Monkey or Ape people.

[27] Goblins. Often these are monsters and not a normal “race”, but some crossover exists.

[28] Undead/Forsaken intelligent zombie and/or ghost people.

[29] Weird fluffy/furry monster with no recognizable animal origin. Like Gossamer. Or Yetis.

[30] Shapeshifter/changeling race.