Demaris is a reader, writer, and gamer from Juneau, Alaska. She has been writing about games, movies, and other pop culture phenomena since 2015. Demaris has a particular fondness for fantasy and ...

D&D Beyond reflected on 2023 by unrolling their site data and unveiling the most popular races, classes, and character names among users, alongside a slew of other interesting tidbits about what ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

A Baldur's Gate 3 modder has introduced over 50 additional races to the game, from D&D, and beyond – the latter being particularly neat as it includes the likes of Final Fantasy 14. What this all ...

From now on player-characters will choose a "species" instead. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The next step, as explained in a ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

One of those consultants working on the new Player’s Handbook was James Mendez Hodes, who wrote a pair of articles in 2019 criticizing D&D for perpetuating racist stereotypes. In his work, Hodes ...

The role-playing game replaced “race” with “species” and divorced several character traits from biological identity. Some longtime players are upset (as is Elon Musk). Wizards of the Coast, the ...

Supplementary materials introduce unique playable races like Yuan-Ti, Tabaxi, and Firbolg. Each race offers special abilities and opportunities for gameplay and roleplay. Players can find exciting ...