Playable Races

Malplenan is made up of 20 intelligent animal races. Each of the intelligent races has a non-intelligent counterpart found in the wild or domestacted throughout the world. There are plenty of other non-intelligent, smaller life forms on land, but no known larger lifeforms outside of these 20 races.
Of the 20 intelligent races, only four have full opposable thumbs (Vårdnad, Canviar, Foradar and Fisa). Two races are ungulates, and have no thumbs at all (Khünd Ajil and Molala). The rest either have dextrous enough paws or hands or talons that can somewhat function like thumbs.
Each race has a unique facet that drives and motivates the actions of each individual in the race. This unique facet shows up in the design of each race through its abilities and custom feats that you can choose as you level up in the campaign.
Note: Not all races are playable for all parts of the campaign. Please check the specific campaign notes for what races are playable when.

These races were designed using the Detect Balance race guide, however, have not been playtested. There has also been very little thought put into how they will work with the standard set of classes. I am not concerned about raw balance, as we can often work around that, but care more about fun and role playability. Feedback is much appreciated and all abilities are subject to change as we start playing with them.