Humanoid

Humanoid was a general term for the enormous variety of sentient species that made up the world's primary inhabitants, both savage and civilized. Capable of language, culture, and, in many cases, of learning magic.

Description
Humanoids were typically biped. Having two arms, two legs, and walking upright. But vary widely in terms of size and features. Most did not have innate spellcasting abilities (notable exceptions included the drow).

Sub-Families

 * Demihumans: This was the term used to collectively refer to dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings. What some humans viewed as being the "civilized", generally benevolent non-humans. The term "demihuman" was rooted in a humanocentric perspective, as some humans considered humans to be wholly distinct from other humanoids, some even going so far as to claim that humans predated most humanoid races.

Society
The most numerous humanoid societies were composed of dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans.

A few other humanoid races were far more primitive, generally evil or hostile, such as gnolls, goblinoids, kobolds, lizardfolk, and orcs. These species not considered demihumans often lived within clans or tribes.

Sometimes these humanoids would go against the norms of their societies and take up the life of an adventurer, often facing prejudice along the way. With inns having rules against serving them, shops refusing to do business with them, authorities watching them closely for signs of trouble, as well as unscrupulous humans and demihumans fearing them or wishing to exploit them. Some humanoids faced physical limitations, running into communities were built with smaller or larger humanoids in mind or those of a different body type. And could require weapons specially designed for someone of their size.