Category:Races and Cultures: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:08, 9 October 2025

PC Races

At character creation, player characters may select any of the thirteen playable races:

For the effects of a character's race, see the list of race modifiers.

Cultures

Once a race has been selected, a character may optionally choose a culture, which indicates the shared background of various population groups. Some cultures are specific to the selected race, while others may be available to multiple races due to a common history.

If no culture was chosen at character creation, a character may at any time set it in game.

NPC Races

There are many other races that inhabit Elanthia. While player characters may not choose any of these as their background, they can appear as NPCs.

Terrestrial - Independent

Terrestrial - The Grimswarm

Subterranean

Aquatic

Extraplanar

Resources

Race capitalization guide
Saved posts (most are out of date)

Subcategories

This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.

Official Documentation‎ (3 C, 372 P)

A

Aelotoi‎ (3 C, 29 P)

B

Burghal gnomes‎ (3 C, 20 P)

D

Dark elves‎ (3 C, 35 P)
Dwarves‎ (4 C, 76 P)

E

Elves‎ (8 C, 93 P)
Erithians‎ (55 P)

F

Faendryl‎ (3 C, 33 P)
Forest gnomes‎ (3 C, 27 P)

G

Giantmen‎ (3 C, 52 P)

H

Half-elves‎ (1 C, 16 P)
Half-krolvin‎ (3 C, 27 P)
Halflings‎ (2 C, 30 P)
Holidays‎ (16 P)
Humans‎ (3 C, 68 P)

O

Origami‎ (4 P)

S

Sylvans‎ (2 C, 26 P)

T

Ta'Loenthra‎ (8 P)
Ta'Nalfein‎ (4 C, 15 P)

Pages in category "Races and Cultures"

The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total.

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Vylith

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-At character creation, player characters may choose any of the thirteen playable races:
+At character creation, player characters may select any of the thirteen playable races:
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 For the effects of a character's race, see the list of '''[[race modifiers]]'''.
+===Cultures===
-Once a race has been chosen, a character may additionally choose a '''[[culture]]''', which indicates the shared background of various population groups. Some cultures are specific to the chosen race, while others may be available to multiple races due to a common history. Culture may affect the [[language]]s that the character knows, but does not have other repercussions on game mechanics.
+Once a race has been selected, a character may optionally choose a '''[[culture]]''', which indicates the shared background of various population groups. Some cultures are specific to the selected race, while others may be available to multiple races due to a common history.
+If no culture was chosen at character creation, a character may at any time set it in game.
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