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Not putting up a light in the dark while adventuring is great for using Stealth to get the jump on enemies, saves precious gold at low levels because torches and lanterns become unnecessary, (although Bullseye Lanterns are still great to get for their huge, one directional range,) and prevents the party from “aggroing” the entire dungeon with bright light. Players clamoring to mention their Darkvision whenever they enter a new area has become a bit of a meme these days, but there’s a reason why it sticks around. They also don’t account for house rules, though we’ll attempt to note interactions with especially common ones anyway.īefore we get into the races themselves, we will evaluate the impacts of some common racial features, because they will come up repeatedly going forward. In accordance with our Core Tenets, these ratings assume an adventuring day with a high number of encounters that, when summed up, are difficult enough to meaningfully challenge the players (and make them short rest more than once). Similarly, a race won’t be lowered solely because its benefits are shared by a different one, though comparisons will be drawn. A race that adds a lot of power to a Fighter will be rated higher than a race that adds less power to a Paladin, for example, even if you’d still rather have the Paladin. It assumes races are being played as characters that make their strengths as impactful as possible, by players that look for game styles that do the same, and attempts only to rate how much a race contributes to its best builds without considering how good those builds are against each other. This guide is designed for a table where players can access the Customizing Your Origin feature from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.

So how do they all compare against one another now that they’re left to compete on features alone? Many races that were formerly considered compatible only with certain classes solely on the basis of their ability scores can now be used in almost any race-class combo to create functional characters. With the release of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Wizards of the Coast has normalized floating racial ability score modifiers during character creation.