Human

Adaptable and ambitious, humans are the most diverse and widespread of all the races. Their cultures, traditions, and talents vary widely, but their drive to achieve greatness unites them.

Human Traits

It's hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment

Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5ft to well over 6ft tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30ft.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.

name Human
languages
- Common
ability_score_increase
- - name STR
  - value 1
- - name DEX
  - value 1
- - name CON
  - value 1
- - name INT
  - value 1
- - name WIS
  - value 1
- - name CHA
  - value 1
speed 30
size Medium
choices
- - name Languages
  - type language
  - value 1
traits
- - name Variant Human
  - type selection
  - description Choose ability score increase or variant traits
  - values
    name Ability Score Increase
    description All abilities increase by `1`.
    type ability
    values
    name STR
    type ability
    value 1
    name DEX
    type ability
    value 1
    name CON
    type ability
    value 1
    name INT
    type ability
    value 1
    name WIS
    type ability
    value 1
    name CHA
    type ability
    value 1
    name Variant Traits
    description Choose two ability score increases, gain a skill proficiency, and a feat.
    type collection
    values
    name Ability Score Increase
    type choice
    description Choose two ability scores to increase by `1`.
    value 2
    values
    name Increase ability by 1
    type ability
    value 1
    name Gain Skill
    description You gain `Proficiency` in one skill of your choice.
    type choice
    value 1
    values
    name Increase skill by 1
    type skill
    value 1
    name Gain Feat
    description You gain one feat of your choice.
    type choice
    value 1
    values
    name Choose feat
    type feat
    value 1