Races

Standard Races

These are the most common races encountered in Zend, forming the vast majority of the civilized world.

• Human, subraces: human, dragonborn.
• Dwarf, subraces: mountain dwarf, Stribolg dwarf, duergar.
• Elf, subraces: high elf, wood elf, drow, gray elf, aquatic elf.
• Gnome, subraces: rock gnome, svirfneblin, forest gnome.
• Halfling, subraces: lyderan halfling, Alderian halfling.

Exotic Races

These races are very rare in civilized lands. Entries further down the list are more rare than entries near the top.

• Goblin, subraces: goblin, blue.
• Half-Blood, subraces: half elf, gray drow, half orc, war-kin.
• Merfolk, subraces: merfolk, siren.
• Xeph
• Orc, subraces: orc, darkland orc.
• Woodlander, subraces: maneki, kenku, wulver, tanuki.
• Elusinian
• Elan
• Warforged

Favored Weapon

Every race has an ingrained martial tradition and will naturally favor certain weapons. A favored weapon is treated as a martial weapon instead of an exotic weapon for members of that race.

Small Characters

A Small character gets a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks. A Small character’s carrying capacity is three-quarters of that of a Medium character.

A Small character generally moves about two-thirds as fast as a Medium character.

A Small character must use smaller weapons than a Medium character.

Races by Ability Scores

Following is a list of all races and subraces with their accompanying ability score bonuses.

Race	Strength	Dexterity	Constitution	Intelligence	Wisdom	Charisma
Human	-	-	-	-	-	-
Human, Dragonborn	-	-	+2	-	-	-
Dwarf, Mountain	-	-	+2	-	-	-2
Dwarf, Stribolg	+2	-2	+2	-	-	-2
Dwarf, Duergar	-	-	+2	-	-	-4
Elf, High	-	+2	-2	-	-	-
Elf, Wood	+2	+2	-2	-2	-	-
Elf, Drow	-	+2	-2	+2	-	-
Elf, Gray	-2	+2	-2	+2	-	-
Elf, Aquatic	-	+2	-	-2	-	-
Gnome, Rock	-2	-	+2	-	-	-
Gnome, Svirfneblin	-2	+2	-	-	+2	-4
Gnome, Forest	-2	-	+2	-	-	-
Halfling, Lyderan	-2	+2	-	-	-	-
Halfling, Alderian	-2	+2	-	-	-	-
Goblin	-2	+2	-	-	-	-2
Goblin, Blue	-2	-	-	+2	-	-2
Half-Blood, Half Elf	-	-	-	-	-	-
Half Blood, Gray Drow	-	-	-	-	-	-
Half Blood, Half Orc	+2	-	-	-2	-	-2
Half Blood, War-Kin	+2	+2	-	-	-2	-4
Merfolk	-	-	+2	-	-2	+2
Merfolk, Siren	+2	+2	-	-2	-	-
Xeph	-2	+2	-	-	-	-
Orc	+4	-	-	-2	-2	-2
Orc, Darkland	+4	+2	-	-2	-2	-2
Woodlander, Maneki	-2	+4	-2	-	-2	-2
Woodlander, Kenku	-	+2	-2	-	-	-
Woodlander, Wulver	+2	-	+2	-2	-2	-
Woodlander, Tanuki	-4	+2	-2	-	+2	-
Elusinian	-	-2	+2	-	-	-2
Elan	-	-	-	-	-	-2
Warforged	-	-	+2	-	-2	-2

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