Natural creature

Natural creatures are those creatures which occur naturally within Toril's landscape and which are neither from the Feywild like eladrin, the Shadowfell like shadar-kai, the Elemental Chaos like fire giants, the Astral Sea like devils, nor inherently magical creatures like dragons. This includes such creatures as deer but also larger or more powerful creatures like dire wolves or dinosaurs. Many of Toril's humanoid inhabitants are also natural creatures.

Oddly, some creatures which do have an extraplanar origin are considered "natural." These include tieflings, who are descendants of breeding between humans and fiends or genasi who are likewise descended from genies and other elementals. Similarly, some creatures exist in other planes but are considered "natural" such as githyanki. Exactly what makes a creature "natural" or not seems to depend on bloodlines then rather than actual location, since elves, which originated on Toril, are considered fey rather than natural creatures. Similarly, githyanki, in spite of having originated in the Astral Sea, are the descendants of humans transformed by illithid enslavery. Likewise, tieflings and genasi, inspite of their outsider heritage, are primarily human in blood.

Examples of Natural Humanoids

 * Dwarves
 * Genasi
 * Halflings
 * Humans
 * Tieflings