Diversity in Fantasy D&D has slowly grown in player race options over the years. D&D first edition with seven races to fifth with thirty-three available races and subraces. The first edition races where: human, elf, dwarf, gnome, halfling, half-elf, half-orc.Over time more races and subraces were created, and a pattern formed, those who can pass as humans and those who could not. At first only two race would jump back and forth between these two groups, Tieflings and Aasimars both native outsiders; latter, genasi were added in fourth edition. Dungeons and Dragons Fifth edition races can be classified into three categories; Human-like, Beast-like, and Extraplanar. The first category is Human-like, some races of similar phenotypes like human, elf, dwarf, halfling, gnomes, and half-elf. Some like gnomes, dwarves, and halflings differ only in height physically. Elves and half-elves have pointed ears and some have black skin, Drow; however, they can still pass as humans. These races easily mengele with human and are sometimes indistinguishable from humans. Even the most identical of each race can be mentally the farthest from like minded, with their own societies, languages, and religions. Half-elves are the only human-like race …show more content…
Aasimars are of a celestial line, from the positive sphere, and no two of them are the same. Tieflings are of a infernal line, from the negative sphere, and their marks can vary in type and visibility. Genasi are of a elemental line, from one of the four main elemental planes, and their appearance is affected by the plane they descend from. Eladrins are a type of elves that live in feyworld they look like high elves, but are outsiders and are more powerful magic users. Only eladrins have a society, language, and religion; all the others adopt their mortal parent’s