Dungeons and Dragons Project the World of Selve Non-Human Races

The Non-human Playable Races of Selve 

Elves

Once a great race elves numbers have declined since the god like disease “Black Mucus” appeared during the Great War. The last victims of the “Black Mucus” died over a thousand years ago, but since the rise of man the elves never returned to full glory. Elves are either from nomadic tribes all over the World of Selve or the small city-states that lie on the west coast of the Dantic Ocean. Elves in the World of Selve appear and act the same the ones described in the PHB. The elves have a main language of common eleven but there also tribe based ones for the nomads. There is also low and high eleven mainly befitting one social status as an elf.

Dwarfs

The dwarfs are race that is well known for their mines and craftsmanship of many things including weapons and armor. During the Great War the dwarfs served as an ally to the elves supplying many goods including weapons and armor but once the disease “Black Mucus” appeared the dwarfs supplied less goods to elves out of fear they would get the disease and hid in their mines. The orcs captured and enslaved many dwarfs forcing them to fight or make goods for the Great War. The dwarfs that ran away or survived the orc enslavement before the appearance of the disease appeared were welcomed home with great honors. Those who ran away or survived the orc enslavement after the appearance of “Black Mucus” were rejected from returning to the mines and were forced to join other races. It is unclear from historical records if any dwarfs had “Black Mucus.” The primary mines of the dwarfs are North of where the Shun-Wen humans come from. Dwarfs in the World of Selve appear, act, and speak dwarven as described in the PHB.

    Half-Orcs

    Half-orcs are rather varied how they came to be. Before the Great War orcs and humans occasionally reproduced with each other making half-orcs this would be from tribes meeting each other, invasion, and enslavement. Back during the crisis of the “Black Mucus” disease Barnok an orc wizard, noticed that humans were not affected by the disease and he started creating a new race of orc that was resistant to the disease. Orc Queen Ushat found out about Barnok’s experiment and put end to it because she felt like mixing orc blood with lowly human blood was a disgrace for all orc kind. Much like the time before the Great War half-orcs produced by human and orc interactions. Orcs  in the World of Selve appear, act, and speak orcish as described in the PHB.

Gnomes

Gnomes are a small race that have various pockets of small towns across Selve. During the Great War gnomes were split on which side to ally with, so many groups choose their own side rather than a collective decision. Towards the end of the war a lot of gnome groups started to see that the orcs were using them and/or enslaving them. Gnomes  in the World of Selve appear, act, and speak gnomish as described in the PHB.