Races

Favored Class

A character’s favored class doesn’t count against him or her when determining experience point penalties for multiclassing.

Race And Languages

All characters know how to speak Common. A dwarf, elf, gnome, half-elf, half-orc, or halfling also speaks a racial language, as appropriate. A character who has an Intelligence bonus at 1st level speaks other languages as well, one extra language per point of Intelligence bonus as a starting character.

Literacy

Any character except a barbarian can read and write all the languages he or she speaks.

Class-Related Languages

Clerics, druids, and wizards can choose certain languages as bonus languages even if they’re not on the lists found in the race descriptions. These class-related languages are as follows:

Cleric

Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal.

Druid

Sylvan.

Wizard

Draconic.

Small Characters

A Small character gets a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks. A Small character’s carrying capacity is three-quarters of that of a Medium character.

A Small character generally moves about two-thirds as fast as a Medium character.

A Small character must use smaller weapons than a Medium character.

Humans

Dwarves

Also see the Dwarf monster listing.

Elves

Also see the Elf monster listing.

Gnomes

Also see the Gnome monster listing.

Half-Elves

Also see the Half-Elf monster listing.

Half-Orcs

Also see the Half-Orc monster listing.

Halflings

Also see the Halfling monster listing.