The D&D RACE Tier List

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[BlaineSimple]

What are your favorite D&D races btw?
(Also Centaurs aren't from the Player's Handbook, classical editing mistake lol)

[DigitalxGamer]

The fact that Kobolds are considered more reliable than Dragonborn is hilarious to me just in concept alone

[troperhghar]

Angry uncle larry: whats your favorite race?
Me: in game?
Larry: no

[HIIMROSS]

It was hilarious watching the chat riot about Grung not being included.

[achimsinn]

One downside of many of the more exotic races is that they are rarer to show up in human kingdoms and because of that people will remember that guy with a trunk, the weird catlady who they were trying to flirt with and that bird person who wasn't able to actually talk hanging out with basically a giant robot and a huge turtle walking on two feet. So basically if such a party was seen causing any kind of chaos or trouble, you can be sure that they will be identified and held responsible. At least that'S how play it on our table.

[gg-zivk]

To be fair, Gnomes are situational as fuck, but they make the best artificers and decent wizards

[tsnap]

To quote JoCat: "Locathah's a fish, literally just a fish … You still need water, you're still just a fish." Definitely a "D" for reliability as I can think of just one published adventure with consistent access to the needed water: Saltmarsh.

Also, and this is a nitpick, it's spelled "YouTube." The misspelling mark was bothering me.

[andromeda]

Huge cheat for Kenku: force your party to say every word in common tongue

[adviel]

I like playing humans the most. If you plan every level in advance that lev. 1 feat makes all the difference.
I played humans so much my friends called me a human supremacist.

[Bladedwind]

I feel like Gnome wasn't given enough credit. They have advantage on Wisdom, Intelligence, AND Charisma saving throws vs magical effects. That seems VERY powerful to me.

[LolDongs]

'None of the races are OP' immediately goes into S tier list of OP races... Umm?

[sniclops]

As a guy who's always wanted to try out a Kobold character, seeing Kobolds in S tier put a smile on my face

[Xero]

i do like the fact that the half elf can give up the bonus skills and take a trait from its elf parent

[OisEucalypt]

S Tier starts off with: Snek, Lizard, Turtle, and Kitty all being listed.
You have good viewers.

[erikwilliams]

The fact those people slept on gnome’s ADV against Wis, Int, and Cha is criminal.

Make a Barbarian Gnome and watch your DM piss themselves

[phosphollyte]

I'm confused on how the tortle gets the best ac, since when they are retracted they get 21, and no hands to hold shields, and 21 can be aqquired by plate armor, a shield, and the defence fighting style, not to mention that warforged artificers can get 23 ac at level 2/3, and 27 ac by level 14.

[duckthatmakesmovies]

Rock gnomes are amazing when the DM lets you make your own tools. I made a heated knife that dealt an extra 1d6 fire damage that was meant to toast bread while cutting it, and a bag that contains a randomly determined object.

[lolli_popples]

We did it lads, we made him put Grung is S

[mollymauktealeaf]

Big fan of Satyrs. Magic resistance and their type is fey, not humanoid, so they're pretty good at avoiding a lot of magic.

[Dexter]

Gnome. The race that gets advantage vs magic which which is a feature only yuan ti purebloods get, and people wanted to put it in D tier?

And don't even get me started on the superior darkvision deep gnomes get. It's the only race that get's that without sunlight sensitivity.