NPC Racial Features

Humans and monsters can be revised to be members of another race by applying the ability modifiers listed below and granting the indicated features.

Note: Some of this table is from an Open Game License-based product, and some has been derived from the base SRD monsters using the following formula:

  1. The creature gets a +2 in its highest stat. In the case of ties, the tiebreaker is the one that occurs first in: Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha.
  2. The creature gets a +1 in its second highest stat (or if it tied in step one, the equally highest stat.) In the case of ties, the tiebreaker is the one that occurs first in: Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha.
  3. If the creature has any stats of 6 or below, it gets a -2 in that stat.
  4. Natural armor bonus is calculated based on an AC formula of 10 + Dex + Natural armor bonus.
  5. Movement speeds, racial traits, and languages are preserved.
Table: NPC Features
Race Ability Modifiers Features
Alseid* +2 Dex, +1 Wis Light Hooves, Woodfriend; darkvision 60 ft.; speed 40 ft.; speaks Common and Elvish
Bearfolk +2 Str, +1 Con, -2 Int, -2 Cha Frenzy, Keen Smell; bite attack action; darkvision 60 ft.; speed 40 ft.; speaks Common and Giant
Centaur* +2 Str, +1 Wis Humanoid Torso, Pike Charge, Quadruped; hoof attack action; proficiency in the Survival skill; monstrosity type; Large size; speed 40 ft.; speaks Centaur and one other language
Darakhul* +2 Con, +1 to one other score Humanoid Heritage, Hunger for Flesh, Sunlight Sensitivity, Undead Vitality; bite attack action; darkvision 60 ft., speaks Common and Darakhul
Derro* +2 Dex, +1 Con Eldritch Resilience, Insanity, Sunlight Sensitivity; Small size; darkvision 120 ft.; speaks Dwarvish and either Common or Undercommon
Dhampir* +2 Cha, +1 Dex Dark Thirst; Predatory Charm; Undead Resistance; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common
Dragonborn* +2 Str, +1 Cha Breath Weapon, Damage Resistance, Draconic Ancestry; speaks Common and Draconic
Dragonkin* +2 Cha, +1 to one other score Resilient Scales, one cantrip based on subrace, proficiency in the Persuasion skill; speed 25 (not slowed by heavy armor); darkvision 60 ft., speaks Common and Draconic
Drow +2 Dex, +1 Cha Fey Ancestry, Innate Spellcasting, Sunlight Sensitivity; darkvision 120ft.; speaks Elvish and Undercommon
Dust Goblin* +2 Dex, +1 Con Alien Mind; Strange and Deadly Surroundings; Twisted; Small size; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Goblin
Dwarf* +2 Con, +1 Wis Dwarven Resilience, Stonecunning; speed 25ft.; darkvision 60ft.; speaks Common and Dwarvish
Elf* +2 Dex, +1 Int Fey Ancestry, Trance; darkvision 60 ft.; proficiency in the Perception skill; speaks Common and Elvish
Erina +2 Con, Int +1 Hardy, Keen Smell; resistance to poison; defensive quills reaction; Small size; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Erina
Gearforged* +1 to two scores Constructed Body, Flesh of Steel, Solid Construction
Gnoll, Common +2 Str, +1 Dex, -2 Int Rampage; darkvision 60 ft.
Gnoll, Regional* +2 Str, +1 Con or +1 Wis Bully, Live to Fight Another Day, Scent, Obsequious or Scavenge; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Gnoll
Gnome* +2 Int, +1 Con Gnome Cunning; Small size; speed 25 ft.; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Gnomish
Gnome, Deep +2 Str, +1 Dex Gnome Cunning, Innate Spellcasting, Stone Camouflage; Small size; speed 20 ft.; darkvision 120 ft.; speaks Gnomish, Terran, and Undercommon
Goblin +2 Dex, +1 Con Nimble Escape; Small size; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Goblin
Grimlock +2 Str, +1 Dex, -2 Cha Blind Senses, Keen Hearing and Smell, Stone Camouflage; can’t be blinded; blindsight 30 ft. , or 10 ft. while deafened (blind beyond this radius); speaks Undercommon
Jinnborn* +2 Con, +1 Str or +1 Wis Desert Dependent, Siraati; proficiency in the Persuasion skill; Elemental Strike and Protection of the Jinn or Favor of the Jinn and Walker; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and one Elemental language
Half-Elf* +2 Cha, +1 two others Fey Ancestry; darkvision 60 ft.; proficiency in two skills; speaks Common and Elvish
Half-orc* +2 Str, +1 Con Relentless Endurance; darkvision 60 ft.; proficiency in the Intimidation skill; speaks Common and Orc
Halfling* +2 Dex, +1 Cha Brave, Halfling Nimbleness, Lucky; Small size; speed 25ft.; speaks Common and Halfling
Hobgoblin +2 Str, +1 Dex Martial Advantage; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Goblin
Kijani* +2 Wis, +1 to one other score Contained Fury; Plantborn; Roots of the Past; plant type; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Sylvan
Kobold +2 Dex, +1 Con Pack Tactics, Sunlight Sensitivity; Small size; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Draconic
Lamia* +2 Str, +1 Cha Serpent Strike, Snake Body; proficiency in the Deception and Intimidation skills; monstrosity type; darkvision 60 ft; climb speed 20 ft; swim speed 20 ft; speaks Abyssal and Common
Lizardfolk +2 Str, +1 Con Hold Breath; +3 natural armor bonus to AC; speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.; speaks Draconic
Merfolk +2 Dex, +1 Con Amphibious; speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.; speaks Aquan and Common
Minotaur, Regional* +2 Str, +1 Con Charge, Labyrinth Sense; horn attack action; Medium size; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Minotaur and one other language.
Orc +2 Str, +1 Con Aggressive; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Orc
Ramag* +2 Int, +1 Dex Arcane Heritage, Spell Damping, proficiency in the Arcana skill; speaks common
Ratfolk +2 Dex, +1 Int, -2 Str Nimbleness; Pack Tactics; proficiency in the Animal Handling, Arcana, and Perception skills; Small size; speed 25 ft.; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common
Ravenfolk* +2 Dex, +1 Cha Mimicry, Sudden Attack, proficiency in the Deception and Stealth skills; speaks Common and Huginn’s Speech
Sahuagin* +2 Str, +1 Int Blood Frenzy; Limited Amphibiousness; Shark Telepathy; bite and claw attack actions; +2 natural armor bonus to AC; swim speed 40; darkvision 120 ft.
Shadow Fey* +2 Dex, +1 Cha Fey Ancestry, Path of Shadows, Sunlight Sensitivity, Trance, Traveler in Darkness; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common, Elvish, and Umbral
Skeleton +1 Dex, +2 Con, -2 Int, -2 Cha Vulnerable to bludgeoning damage; immune to poison damage and exhaustion; can’t be poisoned; darkvision 60 ft.; can’t speak but understands the languages it knew in life
Tiefling* +1 Int, +2 Cha Infernal Legacy, resistance to fire damage; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Infernal
Tosculi, Hiveless* +2 Str or Dex or Con, +2 Int or Wis or Cha, -2 to any score Gliding Wings, proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills; claw attack action; +1 natural armor bonus to AC; speaks Tosculi and one other language.
Trollkin* +2 Con, +1 Str or +1 Wis Inhuman Vigor, proficiency in the Intimidation skill, Spirit Whispers or Thick Hide; bite and claw attack actions; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common
Werelion* +2 Wis, +1 Str Natural Shapechanger; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Sylvan
Zombie +1 Str, +2 Con, -2 Int, -2 Wis, -2 Cha Undead Fortitude; immune to poison damage; can’t be poisoned; darkvision 60 ft.; can’t speak but understands the languages it knew in life

* A playable race. None of this race’s features alter an NPC’s challenge rating.

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