Here are some notes on the standard D&Dish races (focused on the "how our [x] are different," as you do) for a world I've...

Art by Jason Sholtis The ythnat evolved from omnivorous, beaked homeotherms. They are smaller than most known sophonts being around 1 meter ...

Art by David Monge Bustista   O'omkaru are newcomers to interstellar civilization. They are often found accompanying other species from...

What's an elf? For a lot of people, it seems to come down to pointy ears. (See any discussion about the accuracy of Talislanta's &qu...

This post originally appeared in 2014. it's interesting what remained true and what got tweaked regarding the Land of Azurth from this c...

Another species in my 5e pulp sci-fi game, which will probably be somewhat familiar to those of you that remember Star Frontiers...   HADOZE...

Another species in my 5e pulp sci-fi game, which will probably be somewhat familiar to those of you that remember Star Frontiers ...  VRUSK ...

A species in my 5e pulp sci-fi game, which will probably be somewhat familiar to those of you that remember Star Frontiers ...  Art by Jason...

This is a follow-up to this post . The First Folk were the earliest inhabitants of the Western Lands, that is certain. Their tradition holds...

The original version of this post appeared in 2010, the first full year of this blog. It relates to the setting I briefly ran (and wrote abo...

This post first appeared in 2016... As presented in the original films, the apes are fairly un-ape-like in characteristics (because of cours...

I happened to see one of the old Ewoks cartoons on Youtube the other day. It was a pretty good fantasy cartoon of the era. It prompted me t...

This post originally appeared in 2018...   Art by Jack Kirby In the Country of Sang in the Land of Azurth, there are those born among t...

My kid has become a fan of Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom , a British animated series about the comedic exploits of a community of fai...

  This is not a Talislanta post. While D&D has added a number of new "races" to the game over the decades, it has remained st...

Venusians are a genetically modified strain of humanity, with smaller, closer set ears than is typical for humans of Earth, and a nictating ...

This post first appeared in 2017... Hwaopt are reptilian humanoids from a distant world. They have large eyes and their dorsal surfaces have...

The original version of this post appeared in August of 2018...   I bought these Japanese alien figurines about four years ago. Looking a...

The original version of this post appeared in 2016... Art by Jason Sholtis Hohmmkudhuk * are dwarfish beings resembling bipedal ante...

T he original version of this post appeared in May of 2012... The usual D&D races getting more than a little stale? Just give them a m...