
Each race has a class or two which synergizes well with their innate abilities to give them an edge in combat, social situations, and/or exploration. Each entry gives a snippet about the flavor you can expect from each race, and a rundown of that race’s unique characteristics. This article will give you a look at the races as they appear in the various sourcebooks and supplements. Depending on your campaign, you can play any one of these myriad races to create a truly unique character. A campaign book such as Eberron: Rising from the Last War contains setting-specific races that some DM’s may not want intruding into their classic setting, but will be important to a game set in Eberron. Veteran players, and those looking for more flair in their game can look to other sources, such as Volo’s Guide to Monsters which describes several monstrous and fantastic races. The Player’s Handbookcontains enough for any game group to get started. There are selections of races available in different supplements. With over 35 races available, the numerous options ensure there are flavorful characters for everyone at the table, regardless of preference or play style. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.Dungeons and Dragons is the world’s greatest role-playing game. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable.

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