Races of Destiny is an accessory for the 3.5th-edition of Dungeons & Dragons® ruleset.
Hailing from towns and villages in every corner of the world, resourceful and resilient adventurers emerge from among the races of destiny: humans, half-elves, half-orcs, and illumians. With an unparalleled drive to explore and experience, these diverse individuals have created names to last throughout the ages.
This supplement for the D&D game provides detailed information on the psychology, society, culture, behavior, religion, folklore, and other aspects of the races of destiny, including the illumians—a new race presented here. In addition to new subraces and monster races playable as characters, Races of Destiny also provides new prestige classes, feats, spells, magic items, equipment, and guidelines for crafting memorable adventures within human settlements.Contents[]
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Humans
- Chapter 2: Half-Elves and Half-Orcs
- Chapter 3: Illumians
- Chapter 4: Other Races of Destiny
- Chapter 5: Prestige Classes
- Chapter 6: Character Options
- Chapter 7: Campaigns of Destiny
Description[]
Races of Destiny focuses on humans, half-elves, half-orcs, and illumians. Many of the resources in Races of Destiny deal specifically with urban settings and nearly all have racial requirements. It also includes seven new prestige classes, racial substitution levels for half-elves and half-orcs and sample NPCs and encounters. Races of Destiny has dozens of new spells, psionic powers, and feats and racial information for ten near-human or altered human species, including aasimar, tieflings, half-ogres, and more.
Index[]
Religions[]
- Human deities
- Urbanus • Zarus
- Illumian deities
- Tarmuid • Aulasha • Glautru • Soorinek • Syeret • Wathaku
- Other deities
- Meriadar
Gallery[]
Credits[]
- Design: David Noonan, Eric Cagle, Aaron Rosenberg
- Development Team: Andy Collins, Mike Donais, Andrew J. Finch
- Editors: Michele Carter, Andrew J. Finch
- Managing Editor: Kim Mohan
- Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
- Development Manager: Andrew J. Finch
- Senior Art Director D&D: Stacy Longstreet
- Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
- Art Director D&D: Dawn Murin
- Cover Artist: Adam Rex
- Interior Artists: Ed Cox, Wayne England, David Hudnut, Chuck Lukacs, Jeff Miracola, Monte Moore, Jim Nelson, Michael Phillippi, Eric Polak, Richard Sardinha, Ron Spencer
- Graphic Designers: Dee Barnett
- Cartographer: Todd Gamble
- Graphic Production Specialist: Angelika Lokotz
- Production Managers: Josh Fischer, Randall Crews
Appendix[]
See Also[]
External links[]
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following links do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki, nor does any lore presented necessarily adhere to established canon.
- Races of Destiny Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved on 2020-08-27.
- Jesse Decker (2004-12-17). The Finalveil Cabal (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Races of Destiny. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-10.
- Races of Destiny (HTML). Product Spotlight. Wizards of the Coast. (2004-12-02). Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved on 2021-12-27.
- Excerpts: Races of Destiny (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2004-12-03). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-12-27.
- Amazon.com product page
- Dungeon Masters Guild product page