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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9634192" data-attributes="member: 4937">Free People (Preapproved PC Races)-------------------------Sidhe, Pixie, ChanglingGoblin, HobgoblinElfHuman, Half-Elf, Half-GoblinDwarfOrine (homebrew)Idreth (homebrew)Either free peoples or close kin by not generally playable for balance or gameplay reasons.  Could be PCs if the player had proven themselves talented, trustworthy, had reasons more than power/ego and the campaign themes and level supported it, but has never happened.  PC races are generally expected to be able to talk with a wide variety of characters, able to travel, able to get along socially with other beings, and so forth, and often that's not the case in this category.----------------------------------------------------Bugbear, Ogre, Hill Giant, Sprite, Troll, Atomie, Brownie, Nixie, Dryads, various faeries, ghosts, elementals, genies, true giants, deities, animals and animal spiritsLesser Servitors (Basically resident outsiders) - Strictly not playable as they have little variation in personality and no real agency and often major gameplay issues.  Would be like playing an orc in an authentic Tolkien setting.  If they have true free will, you are doing it wrong.  -----------------------------Merfolk, Gnolls, Kobolds, Ghouls, Minotaur, Troglodytes, Lizardfolk, Sahaughin, True Dragons, Aarakocra, Gibberlings, Yuan-Ti, Bullywogs, Myconids, Trents, Ettercaps, Aranea, Centaurs, Satyrs, various hags, probably more but they would be rare single colonies usually guarding and maintaining some sacred space belonging to a deity that they were unswervingly loyal to.  I can imagine doing something like there are Tabaxi in this one temple in this one city and once a year they join the human priesthood in a procession through the streets, and those are the only Tabaxi in the universe.Greater Servitors------------------------Fiends, Celestials, Modron, Slaad, etc.Other (Aberrations)Aliens in a sense, in that they are beings of whole different universes brought into this one long ago by ill-advised magic, never being meant to exist in this one.  Inscrutable and dangerous.  Varelse.  ------ Mind Flayers, Beholders, Kopru, Aboleths, etc.</blockquote>

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