Player Character Races[]
Dark Sun provides players with a unique pool of sapient species to choose for their character. Some stock Dungeons & Dragons races, including gnomes, goblins, and orcs, are entirely absent from the setting, while others - like the hairless dwarves and the cannibalistic halflings - have been unique characteristics that set them apart from their counterparts' appearances in other settings.
- Aarakocra
- Dray (Dragonborn) [1]
- Dwarf
- Eladrin [1]
- Elf
- Genasi [1]
- Kalashtar [1]
- Half-Giant (Goliath) [2]
- Half-elf
- Halfling
- Human
- Mul
- Pterran
- Thri-kreen
- Tiefling [1]
1. This race first appears in the 4th edition version of Dark Sun. Though, Dray appeared in 2nd edition as a non-playable race.
2. The half-giant appears in the original version of Dark Sun as a new character race. In 4th edition, it is a variant of the goliath race. 4th edition also mentions minotaurs as a potential variant of half-giants with beasthead giant ancestry.
Non-Character Races[]
These are races featured in Dark Sun as monsters, even though they might not be playable as characters.
- Anakore
- Belgoi
- Brogh
- Gith
- Psurlon
- Pyreen
- Silt Runner
- Ssurran
- Tarek
- T'chowb
- Tohr-Kreen (Mantis Noble)
- Thrax
- Villichi
- Yuan-ti
- Lizardfolk
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