Races

Race	Subrace	Base Race (D&D)	Language	Location	Class choices
Human	Nordling	Human	Common	Northern Kingdoms	Any except Wolf
	Ofier	Human	Ofiri	Nordling Ports (Far S)	Any except Wolf
	Nilfgaardian	Half-Elf (No DV)	Nilfgaardian	Vizima & Southern Empire	Any except Wolf
	Zerrikanian	Half-Orc (No DV)	Zerrikan	East of Vizima	Any except Griffon
	Skelliger	Goliath	Skelliger	Isles of Skellige	Any except Griffon
Elf		High Elf (No trance)	Elder Speech/Common	Scoia-tael / Cities	Manticore, Viper, Griffon
Half-Elf		Wood Elf (No trance)	Elder Speech/Common	Scoia-tael / Cities	Manticore, Viper, Griffon
Dwarf		Hill / Mntn Dwarf	Dwarven/Common	Mahakam / Cities	Bear, Wolf
Gnome		Rock Gnome	Gnomish/Common	Mahakam / Cities	Viper, Griffon

Note: All races have the Common language, plus their native language. Nordlings only have Common. Additional languages are only obtainable by class/background additions.

Additional languages

• Ancient - The language of some relicts, particularly giants. Available only to Mythslayers
• Primal - The language of some creatures beyond the veil of Chaos. Available only to Witchers ('Witch-Slayers')