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The following table summarizes all character races included in Legends of Hyrule. When creating your character under normal rules, your character must be from a common or uncommon race. Please consult your DM before creating a character of a rare or weird race.

Common races

These core races should be suitable for any campaign, whether in Hyrule or the Forgotten Realms.

%PAGE%	Tall, powerful, beautiful, and brutal; this lineage of almost entirely women is both coveted and feared.
%PAGE%	Built like mountains, eat rocks, and wade through lava. Gorons are indomitable both as warriors and as friends.
%PAGE%	Widespread and influential, the Hylia-blessed race is comprised of social creatures relatively advanced in the ways of magic and technology.
%PAGE%	These avian folk are renowned for their valor and reliability. Most rito are capable of winged flight.
%PAGE%	Although sea zora and river zora are quite distinct, both are proud amphibious people of rich culture and innate magic.

Uncommon races

These peculiar races have unusual backstories or abilities. They should still be suitable for any campaign in Hyrule, even if they aren't as prominent as common races. For a campaigns elsewhere you might want to consult your DM before using them.

%PAGE%	Anouki reside in cold climes and have antlers similar to a reindeer's. They tend to be frivolous, prickly, and hard to please.
%PAGE%	Small, wooden, and plant-like, deku scrubs tend to be apprehensive and paranoid.
%PAGE%	Small, peaceful, immortal, and child-like plant creatures. Koroks can be hard to take seriously, but it's hard not to smile around them.
%PAGE%	The descendants of magically-inclined hylians who were banished to the Twilight Realm for their crimes.
%PAGE%	Zonai are an ancient people said to descend from the sky with magic and technology so advanced that it was thought to be divinity.

Rare races

These odd races often have extreme abilities. Some of them hail from lands or cultures that limit creative freedom. If you play one of these races as your player-character, you will probably need an original backstory for how they became an adventurer in the first place—or an explanation how they can work in a party. You should consult your DM before using one of these races.

%PAGE%	Brutes with porcine features, most blins are violent and cruel even to their own kind. Blins and hylians have been enemies since time immemorial.
%PAGE%	From a glance, kokiri are indistinguishable from hylian children. Protected by the Great Deku Tree, these innocent kids never truly age.
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%PAGE%	With the body of a stallion, the head of a lion, and the torso of a man, these monsters are known to be ferocious warriors.
%PAGE%	These cursed, magical children wander through forests for centuries, playing songs and tricks alike.
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%PAGE%	Primitive and esoteric, these friendly reptilians are known to inhabit tropical islands.

Weird races

The following races could theoretically work as player-characters. Any one of these races might be too weak, too strong, too unintelligent, too alien, too bizarre, or just too weird. Some weird races might not even believably cast spells or use items.

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%PAGE%	Constructs born of ancient, powerful, and long-forgotten magic—sentient weapons with a humanoid form.
%PAGE%	Spider-like quadrupeds of animal-like intelligence, tektites are typically considered to be mere beasts.