Humanoids

in Creature Types

The humanoid creature type is defined by the presence of the spirit as a bridge, connective tissue, and exchange medium between body and soul, rather than the soul simply being embedded in the body as with other creatures.

World Codex

Human

Species | Jun 22, 2023

Eponymous to the humanoid creature type, humans are considered by informed scholarship to be the first spirited life to arise on Droswal.
Dwarf

Species | Jun 25, 2023

Dwarves are subterranean humanoids that appear to be made of earthen materials.
Halfling

Species | Jun 22, 2023

Halflings are the enchanted bloodline of a human who gambled with a goddess, most visibly defined by their loss of half their height.
Elf

Species | Jun 22, 2023

Elves are a humanoid race from Emain that are born as "changelings" who can shapeshift at will.
Half-Elf

Species | Jun 22, 2023

A half-elf is a hybrid of an elf and a human. Despite the elven taboo against it, they show up every so often.
Gnome

Species | Jun 22, 2023

Gnomes are a small humanoid race from Emain. Their bodies are formed around a magical gemstone.
Orc

Species | Jun 22, 2023

Orcs are large green humanoids with a reputation for belligerence that they're slowly breaking away from.
Daybeast

Species | Jun 28, 2023

Daybeasts are humans with some permanent animal traits due to their hybrid nature as the descendants of nightbeasts.
Jiaoren

Species | Jul 4, 2023

The aquatic humans reclaiming their sunken homeland. Also known as merfolk.
Dragonborn

Species | Jan 6, 2024

Dragonborn are humanoids who have gone through draconic transmutation or are descended from those who did.
Kobold

Species | Jul 11, 2023

Kobolds are small humanoids created by dragons from inorganic ingredients.
Tiefling

Species | Jun 22, 2023

Tieflings are fiendish humanoids bearing an infernal mark. They're some of the most feared humanoids in Droswal, and to a certain extent that can't be helped.
Nightbeast

Species | Jun 28, 2023

Nightbeasts are humans that become monstrous animals when darkness falls.
Ore Gnome

Species | Jun 26, 2023

Sedimentary descendants of gnomes that were cut off from Emain.
Helminth Dwarf

Species | Jun 25, 2023

Outcast "parasitic" dwarves clad in shells of flesh rather than earth.

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