The Dungeon Master’s Guide provides guidelines for creating a new race (and subrace), which are great. If the race you’re considering designing doesn’t already exist and can’t be built by tweaking an existing one, it’s time to design your own.
Like previous Design Workshop articles, I’m going to go through the process of creating a race step-by-step.
Getting the balance right might seem daunting, but don’t let that stop you. You’re adding a big piece of to the game! Unlike a spell, feat, monster, or magic item that your players might ignore most of the time, an original race sets your game apart from all others. The same reasons to be careful while designing a race are also what make building a new one so fun and rewarding. The story and mechanics of a player character’s race come up multiple times during every session of play. When it comes to designing new elements of D&D, there are few pieces of the game as important to get right as new races.
If you want advice on how to build a background specifically in D&D Beyond, check out that version of the article. I’ve stripped most of the references to the D&D Beyond to keep the advice here more universal and streamlined. This article first appeared on D&D Beyond. Hey guess what? You can preorder my level 1 – 20 fifth edition adventure right now! Publisher’s Choice Quality Stock Art © Rich Hershey / Fat Goblin Games
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