

In addition, you have the following traits: Ability Score Increase.
#DUSTBORN 5E HOMEBREW RACE FULL#
*The guide has a full list of all features currently available to most races in the 5e system, including things like flightīy following this guide, you should have something fairly well balanced for a starting race. As a subrace of dwarves, Duergar have all the standard Dwarven racial traits. With the way I designed the following, +2 bonuses to ability scores are dominant, and +1 bonuses are recessive. Races get 2 languages for free: Common, and one other that is race-specific. If you want to make a hybrid of your homebrew race or a race not listed here, determine which features would be dominant and which would be recessive.All costs are weighed against ability score improvements. Selecting features* should work like a point-buy system using the costs listed.If a race has no subraces, simply assign a +1 to their Secondary Score.They live in large family groups, ruled over by a war leader and a great sage.


Theyre a resourceful and cunning folk who lack a concept of fair play and have developed ways and techniques of dirty fighting. Decide on Secondary Ability Scores for Subraces The hozu are a race of humanoid monkeys who live in dense forests and jungles of high elevation.JamesMusicus's 5e Guide to Homebrewing Races is very useful in that regard especially when it comes to Racial traits, etc. As bad as it sounds, each race is just a collection of numbers that have been assigned to specific things. If you want a strong, resilient, brutish build, start with an Orc. If you want a Dextrous build fast, light and agile, go with an Elf, for example. First things first, your best bet is to pick a race that has the same build that you want your homebrew race to be like.
