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I decided to try to compile a list of animalistic races, sorted by world (either where they debuted or which they're most associated with), in 5e. Took a look at a numbger of settings for 5, both official and third party, may expand it in the future if you have a setting I missed worth mentioning. Tried to not double the species, so I only mentioned them again if they were vastly different.
Also, race, species, lineage, trible are being used by me interchangeably here. Each position also mentions which anime it's based on
Wizards of the Coast
Also, race, species, lineage, trible are being used by me interchangeably here. Each position also mentions which anime it's based on
Wizards of the Coast
- Amonkhet
- Aven (bird)
- Khenra (jackal)
- Naga (snake)
- Dark Sun
- Thri-kreen (mantis)
- Dragonlance
- Minotaur (bull)
- Eberron
- Shifter (various)
- Elemental Planes:
- Aarakocra (bird) tied in the lore to Wind Dukes of Aaqa
- Triton (fish)
- Feywild
- Centaur (Horse)
- Harengon (rabbit)
- Owlin (owl)
- Satyr (people with goat traits)
- Forgotten Realms
- Dragonborn (dragon) originalyl from Abeir
- Firbolg (not actually animalistic race, but often potrayed as cow people)
- Grung (frog)
- Halfling (suggested in PHB option to reflavor them as Mousefolk)
- Kenku (raven)
- Kobold (Dragon)
- Locathah (fish)
- Tabaxi (cat)
- Yun-ti (snake)
- Greyhawk
- Lizardfolk (lizard)
- Ixalan
- Merfolk (fish)
- Siren (bird)
- Mystara
- Tortle (turtle)
- Ravnica
- Loxodon (Elephant)
- Simic Hybrid (human-animal hybrid)
- Spelljammer
- Giff (Hippo)
- Hadozee (Monkey)
- Theros
- Leonin (lion)
- Animal Adventures
- Albatros
- Baby Kraken (squid/octopus)
- Boar
- Cats
- Dogs
- Fox
- Goat
- Orangutan
- Rabbit
- Red Panda
- Battlezoo
- Bannog (Rabbit)
- Cerberus (three-headed dog)
- Cerebrophage (nauthilus)
- Dragon (guess) with 45 different ancestries
- G'mayun (parrot)
- Hardiggan (ram)
- Lamia (lion or snake)
- Meleagris (turkey)
- Minotaur (bull)
- Orpok (pig)
- Sphinx (eagle and lion)
- Stheno (snake)
- Werecreatures (various)
- Beastworld
- Bats
- Bovines (cows)
- Canines (dogs)
- Celerine (rabbits)
- Cervine (elk)
- Dragons
- Equines (horses)
- Felines (cats)
- Jackals
- Kobolds
- Laetines (ferrets)
- Ligonines (armadillos, moles, sloths)
- Murines (rodents)
- Ovines (sheep)
- Tenebrines (racoons and possums)
- Ursines (bears)
- Vulpines (foxes)
- Blue Rose
- Rhydan (psychic animal template you can add to animals of low enough CR)
- Rhy-cat (cat)
- Rhy-fen (dolphin)
- Rhy-horse (horse)
- Rhy-wolf (wolf)
- Rhydan (psychic animal template you can add to animals of low enough CR)
- Historia
- Avians
- Anseri (ducks, geese, pelicans, swans)
- Corbei (crows, magpies, ravens)
- Graconi (cranes, herons, ibises, storks)
- Pici (nightingale, robin, sparrow, woodpecker)
- Rapax (eagles, falcons, vultures)
- Ruspei (chickens, peacocks, pheasants)
- Strigi (owls)
- Mammals
- Canidi (dogs)
- Edenti (anteaters, armadillos, pangolin, sloths)
- Eulipi (hedgehogs, moles, shrews)
- Felidi (felines)
- Licali (coyotes, foxes, wolves)
- Mustacci (badgers, martens, otters, raccoons, skunks, wolverines)
- Rodenti (beavers, mice, porcupines, rabbits, squirrels)
- Ruminisi (bovinae, deer, goats, moose, sheep)
- Sauti (pigs)
- Urcidi (bears)
- Vespertili (bats, rosetti)
- Avians
- Humblewood
- Birdfolk
- Corvus (raven)
- Gallus (rooster)
- Luma (pidgeon)
- Raptor (hawk or other bird of prey)
- Strig (owl)
- Humblefolk
- Cervan (deer)
- Hedge (hedgehog)
- Jerbeen (mouse)
- Mapach (Racoon)
- Vuplin (fox)
- Birdfolk
- The Lost Lands
- Coprophagi (cockroach)
- Gwyne (Pig)
- Islands of Sina-Una
- Carabao Tiefling (deer or carabao)
- Umalagad Dragonborn (dragon)
- Midgard
- Alseid (deer-centaur)
- Bearfolk (bear)
- Catfolk (cat)
- Centaur (horse)
- Erina (hedgehog)
- Gnoll (hyena)
- Kobold (dragon)
- Lizardfolk (multiple variants, lizards)
- Minotaur (bull)
- Ratatosk (squirrel)
- Ratfolk (rat)
- Ravenfolk (raven)
- Satarre (snake)
- Tosculi (wasp)
- Werelion (lion)
- Mists of Akuma
- Enjin (Ape)
- Hengeyokai
- Hebu (snake)
- Inu (dog)
- Itachi (weasel)
- Kitsune (fox)
- Koi (cap)
- Kumo (spider)
- Kuren (crane)
- Mujina (badger)
- Nezumi (rat)
- Neko (cat)
- Saru (monkey)
- Usagi (rabbit)
- Kappa (turtle)
- Pyon (frog)
- Tanuki (racoon)
- Tengu (bird)
- Odyssey of the Dragonlords
- Thyelan Centaur (horse)
- Thyelan Medusa (snake)
- Thyelan Minotaur (bull)
- Thyelan Satyr (goat)
- Thyelan Siren (bird)
- Planegea
- Saurians (dinosaur)
- Ptolus
- Assarai Lizardfolk (lizard)
- Litorians (lion)
- Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos
- Dreamland Cat (actual cat, not even a humanoid cat, just a cat)
- Ghoul (dog or hyena)
- Gnorri (serpent or undersea creatures)
- Zoog (bush rat or another marsupial mammal)
- Scarred Lands
- Asaatthi (snake)
- Ironbred (horse, but in a way opposite of a centaur)
- Manticora (lions)
- Slitherin (rat)
- Talislanta
- Azarq (lizard)
- Beastmen (wolves or bears?)
- Drakken (Dragon)
- Shaka (Lion)
- Yann (Armadillo)
- Dungeon Dad
- Lupin (Mystara)
- Mr. Rhexx's monsters classes (race and class as one)
- Dragon (duh)
- Gnoll (hyena)
- Lycanthrope
- Werebear (bear)
- Wererat (rat)
- Werewolf (wolf)
- Serpentfolk (snake)
- Mr. Welch's Mystara Player Handbook
- Lupin (dog)
- Phanaton (lemur with philiphine lemur's gliding ability)
- Rakasta (cat)
- Tortle (turtle)
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