What D&D Race Should You Play?

A whimsical illustration of various D&D races, including elves, dwarves, goblins, and other fantastic creatures in a vibrant fantasy landscape.

What D&D Race Should You Play?

Discover your ideal Dungeons & Dragons race with this fun and engaging quiz! Answer a series of quirky and thought-provoking questions to uncover the race that best matches your personality and preferences.

Explore a variety of races from classic to uncommon.
Find out if you're a magical elf, a cunning goblin, or something completely unique!
Perfect for new players or seasoned adventurers looking for fresh inspiration.

40 Questions10 MinutesCreated by ThinkingMage472

Yay! So why do you wanna play High Adventure Pop Fantasy?

I wanna go on adventures!

Can I be someone from Lord of the Rings or something?

I want to be a special snowflake!

Every hero is special. What makes you special?

What's on the inside... And also my sword

Uhh I'm an elf or something?

Alright, are you half-monstrous or half-pretty?

Yeah I still wanna be magical and pretty

Nah, give me some monster blood!

No, neither!! I want to be edgy and suck people's blood!!!

Okay, but consider: horny.

Alright, are you only a bit silly or extremely silly?

I would like to maintain some semblance of gravitas

EVERYTHING IS MAGIC AND GLITTER

Can I just be the worst? Like literally just a bastard?

Can I have a bit of dark humor?

Sounds like you want to be a halfling, a cool, off-brand hobbit. Do you wanna be slightly dwarfy or nimble?

Make me hardy

Make me nimble

Actually I'm vegan

NO I WANT TO BE EDGY

Sounds like you want a gnome, kinda like a magic hobbit. You can be a woodsy trickster or a steampunk tinkerer

I AM A MAGIC MUSHROOM

LET'S MAKE TOYS

FORGET THE TOYS WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

Great! Sounds like you want an elf. Now, which elf type best fits you?

Motherfucker I'm MADE of magic

Elves are and always will be badass treehuggers

Aren't elves faeries? Make me goddamn weird and fey

I wanna be weird and mysterious

When I said elf I meant, like, mermaids

I wanted to be dark and brooding

Can I be only KIND OF elf-y?

Perfect, looks like you want to be a drow, a race of underground dark elves.

All hail the spider queen

I SAID DARK AND BROODING

Sounds like you want a dwarf. So, are you hardier like the hills, or stronger like stone?

Hardy n hilly!

Stone is strength!

Neither, I'm angry and kind of an asshole

Wait I don't want to be short

Uncommon races! What sounds more appealing to you?

Sounds like you want to be an aasimar, a descendant of an angel. But, what kind of angel?

You know, light, gods, yada yada yada

And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee

Oh I wanna be an angel, but not like goody two shoes A BAD ANGEL

Sounds like you want to be a triton, who is more or less a fish person!

Hell yeah!

Wait, can I do this but more elf-y?

Yup! Do you want to go part of the way, or all the way?

Uh, just give it a touch, just enough to make things nuanced

Oh, let's go 100% monster

Ugh, FINE. What makes you so damn special then?

I'm DARK and MISUNDERSTOOD and there's no true RIGHT and WRONG

I want to be a motherfucking dragon

Uh, I dunno, just make me not an elf, dwarf, angel, devil, or something done 100 times before okay?

Seriously, you could just be like a dark and brooding straight white man

Yeah I guess you're right

No, I wear the darkness on my sleeve for all to see

Okay, well we got options. First off, are you actually kind of monstrous or just misunderstood?

No one gets me, especially my Mom

You know what, I was the monster all along

Alright, why do people misunderstand you

I'm the DARK and BADASS version of some pompous elf, dwarf, or other wussy fancy goody two shoes

One of my parents is a species that is thought to be brutish and cruel

I've got sinister horns and look like a devil

I am actually an emotionless lizard person

Yeah cool so we actually had those if you picked that path earlier you edgelord

I'm strong but instead of cheery dwarfness you got mean dwarfness

I'm quick and lithe, like an elf but DARK

I was once holy but now I've FALLEN FROM GRACE

Great! First off, how do you feel about comic relief?

Can't spell slaughter without laughter

Do you think this is funny?

Sounds like you want to play a goblin, a nasty little rat man!

I eat trash for breakfast

Can I cast magic too?

FINE PICK YOUR FAVORITE COLOR

One of the gay ones (red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple!!!!!)

One of the gay ones (Silver, Gold, any metallic color)

One of the gay ones (Amethyst, Sapphire, Topaz, any color named after a gem)

One of the straight ones (Tan, Beige, Peach, Khaki)

Fun fact the normal dragonborn doesn't have a tail for some reason??? Anyway I want a tail

Majestic Eagle, Intelligent Owl, or Obnoxious Corvid?

I just want to soar in the air, majestic and free

Uhmmm actually owls aren't really smart they're just dsiugiusdviadsibrg

CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER

Alright, rare races! These are really weird but also really fun!

One of my parents is a genie!

I'm a multiverse-dwelling Jedi space hopper!

I'm a blue and hairless perfectionist!

I'm a mad science experiment!

I'm a weird witch lady whose hair is falling out

I'm like danny phantom I think

Idk

Sounds like you want to play a genasi. Genies in D&D vary depending on what element they represent. Choose your element!

Air

Earth

Fire

Water

Gith come in two flavors!

WE ARE IMMORTAL WE ARE CONQUERERS WE ARE GITH

Zen as fuck, kung fu as fuck, forge chaos into reality

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