D&D General Crisis on Infinite Subraces! Suggest a plausible subrace that doesn't exist

[Tonguez]

Wolfman
Dogman
Doberman
Chihuahua Kobold (its 1991 theyre not lizards yet)

Savage Brownie Gnome
Blue Gnome (to avoid Smurf copyright)
Redcap Gnome
Stone Gnome
Leprechaun

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Chihuahua Kobold

This fits way too well.

 

[ichabod]

Subraces for Warforged, for ones designed for different tasks. Like Scoutforged, Calvalryforged, maybe even Protocolforged?

Firbolg subraces for different terrain.

Lizardfolk subraces for chameleons, geckos, and other odd lizards.

Snapping tortles.

 

[darjr]

The multi-planar.

They exist in multiple planes of existence simultaneously. However not all of them are in the same plane at the same time.

 

[bedir than]

Glider halfings, little lovers of flavor who live in the trees and can stretch their arms out to parachute and glide

 

[Grinton]

Beetle-folk

 

[ichabod]

Beetle-folk

With a tick subrace that carries battle spoons.

 

[RangerWickett]

Dungeonborn. It's Dungeons and Dragons, and we have characters descended from dragons. Well we need characters awoken from parts of dungeons.

Pittrapfolk.
Spikewallfolk.
Living sumps.
Jailbarmen.
Sphereofannihilationborn.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

For my "I'm not actually trying to design this, it's just ideas I have" pseudo-heartbreaker, I wanted to go for giving every race four subraces, except humans where I was only able to justify three.

0. Human aka "wanderfolk": Earthfast, Starbound*, and Dual-Blooded (covering all the various half-something hybrids.)
1. Belua aka "beastfolk": Minotaur, Tabaxi, Lupin, Cervid. A people defined by their diversity of form, while still being one species.
2. Dragonborn aka "drakefolk": Imperial (city), Austral (desert), Tropical (jungle), Littoral (coastal/waterside.)
3. Dwarves aka "stoutfolk": Gold (mountain), Copper (forest), Tin (ocean), Iron (cavern.)
4. Elves aka "feyfolk": Sun/eladrin, Moon/(wood) elf, Star/drow, Void/shadar-kai.
5. Forgeborn aka "metalfolk": Warforged, Envoy, Archivist, Sower.
6. Halflings aka "hinnfolk": Lightfoot/arboreal, Stoutheart/plains nomads, Cragstep/caves, Ghostwise/deeps.
7. Orclings aka "stormfolk": Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear. A similar diversity of form to belua.
8. Planetouched aka "pithfolk": Aasimar/celestial, Tiefling/fiendish, Genasi/elemental, Deva/astral.
9. Satyrs aka "mirthfolk": Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.

*"Earthfast" would cover literally all IRL humans and their fantasy equivalents. Humans that live on ordinary, Earth-like planets or planes. "Starbound" is for things like slann/elan: humans Weirded™ by exposure to the eldritch powers of the far reaches of space or otherwise made a bit alien by various energies, while still being properly human.

I would have liked to come up with a fourth human option, but I racked my brain for hours and hours and never hit on anything interesting, let alone passable given the many, extremely fraught implications.

 

[Grinton]

Dungeonborn. It's Dungeons and Dragons, and we have characters descended from dragons. Well we need characters awoken from parts of dungeons.

Pittrapfolk.
Spikewallfolk.
Living sumps.
Jailbarmen.
Sphereofannihilationborn.

Oh and their mortal enemies the Tenfootpolers.