D&D Race Options

Race/Ancestry options for Dungeons and Dragons 5e from Elemental Evil Player's Companion, Volo's Guide to Monsters, Player's Handbook, Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.

Race	Subrace	Ability Bonuses	Size	Speed	Features	Languages	Notes	Source
Aarakocra		Dexterity +2 Wisdom +1	Medium	Walk 25, Fly 50 (no medium or heavy armor)		Common, Aarakocra, Auran		EE 5
Aasimar		Charisma +2	Medium	Walk 30		Common, Celestial	Resistant to necrotic & radiant damage. Light cantrip.	VOLO 104
	Protector	Wisdom +1		Flying 30 when Radiant Soul	Transform to sprout wings for 1 minute and Deal extra radiant damage equal to level			VOLO 105
	Scourge	Constitution +1			Transform to unleash searing light to damage yourself for 1 minute and all around you 1/2 level, and Deal extra radiant damage equal to level			VOLO 105
	Fallen	Strength +1			Transform to frighten those around you and Deal extra necrotic damage equal to level			VOLO 105
Bugbear		Strength +2 Dexterity +1	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60 and Powerful Build	Common, Goblin	Proficient in Stealth, Surprise Attack.	VOLO 119
Dragonborn		Strength +2 Charisma +1	Medium	Walk 30	Breath Weapon	Common, Draconic	Damage resistance of dragon ancestor type	PHB 34
Dwarf		Constitution +2	Medium	Walk 25	Darkvision 60	Common, Dwarvish	Advantage and resistance against Poison damage	PHB 20
	Gray Dwarf (Druergar)	Strength +1			Darkvision 120 and Sunlight Sensitivity	Undercommon	Enlarge, invisibility once per long rest	SCAG 104
	Hill Dwarf	Wisdom +1						PHB 20
	Mountain Dwarf	Strength +1						PHB 20
Elf		Dexterity +2	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Elvish	Proficient with Perception	PHB 23
	Drow (Dark Elf)	Charisma +1			Darkvision 120 and Sunlight Sensitivity			PHB 24
	Eladrin	Charisma +1					Seasonally changing personality traits and flaws, 30ft teleportation 1 / rest with seasonal effect	MTOF 61
	High Elf	Intelligence +1				1 of choice		PHB 23
	Sea Elf	Constitution +1		Swimming 30	Amphibian	Aquan	Proficiency with spear, trident, light crossbow, and net.	MTOF 62
	Shadar-kai	Constitution +1					Cantrip of choice from chill touch, spare the dying, or thaumaturgy. Teleport 15 ft 1/rest.	MTOF 62
	Wood Elf	Wisdom +1		Walking 35			Hide behind anything natural	PHB 24
Firbolg		Wisdom +2 Strength +1	Medium	Walk 30	Detect Magic or disguise self 1/r. and Powerful Build.	Common, Elvish, Giant	Limited communication with beasts and plants.	VOLO 107
Genasi		Constitution +2	Medium	Walk 30		Common, Primordial		EE 9
	Air Genasi	Dexterity +1					Levitation once per long rest	EE 9
	Earth Genasi	Strength +1					Pass without trace once per long rest	EE 10
	Fire Genasi	Intelligence +1			Darkvision 60 and Fire Resistance		Produce flame, burning hands once per long rest	EE 10
	Water Genasi	Wisdom +1		Swim 30	Acid Resistance and Amphibious		Shape water cantrip, create or destroy water once per long rest	EE 10
Gith		Intelligence +1	Medium	Walk 30		Common, Gith		MTOF 96
	Githyanki	Strength +2				1 of choice	Proficient in 1 skill or tool of choice, proficient in light and medium armor. Mage hand cantrip. Jump and misty step once per long rest	MTOF 96
	Githzerai	Wisdom +2					+1 to AC in light armor or unarmored with no shield. Mage hand cantrip. shield and detect thoughts once per long rest	MTOF 96
Goblin		Dexterity +2 Constitution +1	Small	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Goblin	Proficient in Stealth, Surprise Attack.	VOLO 119
Goliath			Medium	Walk 30	Powerful Build	Common, Giant	Shrug off some damage, proficiency in Athletics	VOLO 108
Gnome		Intelligence +2	Small	Walk 25		Common, Gnomish	Advantage on all saves against magic	PHB 36
	Forest Gnome							PHB 37
	Rock Gnome						Advantage on History checks with magic, alchemy	PHB 37
	Deep Gnomes (Svirfneblin)				Darkvision 120	Undercommon	Advantage on Stealth in rocky terrain	SCAG 115
Halfling		Dexterity +2	Small	Walk 25		Common, Halfling	Reroll 1s	PHB 28
	Ghostwise Halfling	Wisdom +1					Telepathy	SCAG 110
	Lightfoot Halfling	Charisma +1					Hide behind Medium or larger creatures	PHB 28
	Stout Halfling	Constitution +1					Advantage and resistance against Poison damage	PHB 28
Half-Elf		Charisma +2 2 of Choice +1	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Elvish, 1 of choice	Proficiency with 2 skills of choice	PHB 39
	Half-Drow				Choice of Drow Magic or the elf trait Keen Senses in place of Skill Versatility			SCAG 116
	Aquatic Half-Elf			Swim 30	Choice of elf trait Keen Senses in place of Skill Versatility			SCAG 116
	High Half-Elf				Choice of High Elf’s Elf Weapon Training or Cantrip, or the elf trait Keen Senses in place of Skill Versatility			SCAG 116
	Wood Half-Elf				Choice of Wood Elf’s Elf Weapon Training, Fleet of Foot, or Mask of the Wild; or the elf trait Keen Senses in place of Skill Versatility			SCAG 116
Half-Orc		Strength +2 Constitution +1	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Orc	Proficiency in Intimidation, Relentless Endurance, Savage Attacks	PHB 41
Hobgoblin		Constitution +2 Intelligence +1	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Goblin	Proficient with 2 martial weapons and light armor	VOLO 119
Human		All Abilities +1	Medium	Walk 30		Common, 1 of choice		PHB 31
	Variant Human	2 of Choice +1			Choose a feat and Choose a skill to gain proficiency with			PHB 31
Kenku		Dexterity +2 Wisdom +1	Medium	Walk 30		Common, Auran, Speak only using Mimicry	Proficiency in 2 of: Acrobatics, Deception, Stealth, Sleight of Hand	VOLO 111
Kobold		Dexterity +2 Strength -2	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Draconic	Pack Tactics, Sunlight Sensitivity	VOLO 119
Lizardfolk		Constitution +2 Wisdom +1	Medium	Walk 30, Swim 30	Bite and Hold breath	Common, Draconic	Proficiency in 2 of: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, Survival	VOLO 113
Orc		Strength +2 Constitution +1 Intelligence -2	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60 and Powerful Build	Common, Orc	Proficient in Intimidation	VOLO 120
Tabaxi		Dexterity +2 Charisma +1	Medium	Walk 30, Climb 20	Darkvision 60 and Claws	Common, 1 of choice	Proficiency in Perception and Stealth	VOLO 115
Tiefling		Charisma +2	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60	Common, Infernal		PHB 43
	Asmodeus Tiefling	Intelligence +1					This is the default Tiefling in the PHB as well.	MTOF 21
	Baalzebul Tiefling	Intelligence +1					Thaumaturgy cantrip, ray of sickness and crown of madness 1/lr	MTOF 21
	Dispater Tiefling	Dexterity +1					Thaumaturgy cantrip, disguise self and invisibility 1/lr	MTOF 21
	Fierna Tiefling	Wisdom +1					Friends cantrip, charm person and suggestion 1/lr	MTOF 21
	Glasya Tiefling	Dexterity +1					Minor illusion cantrip, disguise self and invisibility 1/lr	MTOF 22
	Levistus Tiefling	Constitution +1					Ray of frost cantrip, armor of Agathys and darkness 1/lr	MTOF 22
	Mammon Tiefling	Intelligence +1					Mage hand cantrip, Tenser’s floating disk and arcane lock 1/lr	MTOF 22
	Mephistopheles Tiefling	Intelligence +1					Mage hand cantrip, magic missile and web 1/lr	MTOF 22
	Zariel Tiefling	Strength +1					Thaumaturgy cantrip, searing smite and branding smite 1/lr	MTOF 22
	SCAG Variant Tiefling				Choice of Devil’s Tongue, Hellfire, or Winged features to replace Infernal Legacy			SCAG 118
Triton		Strength +1 Constitution +1 Charisma +1	Medium	Walk 30, Swim 30	Amphibious	Common, Primordial		VOLO 117
Yuan-Ti Pureblood		Charisma +2 Intelligence +1	Medium	Walk 30	Darkvision 60, Poison immunity, and Magic Resistance	Common, Abyssal, Draconic	Poison spray and animal friendship (snakes only) cantrips, suggestion 1/lr	VOLO 120