Races Familiar and Strange

Shorter post today because I'm working full-tilt on the first draft of my own heartbreakery hack of the GLOG, Mimics & Miscreants. Here's the table of core races from it - the stuff that everyone knows and loves (or at least I know and love) from classic D&D. No halflings or gnomes because I don't. I'm letting these races reroll a choice of stat between 2, because I really don't like pidgeonholing them into one or two narrow archetypes - the GLOG already does a pretty good job of that by having rerolls instead of flat bonuses, but I felt like I'd help it along. First playtest, if all goes well, is Friday!

(edit: first playtest postponed for very important reasons i swear)

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Races (3d6)

3. Crustaceanfolk

4. Mushroom

5. Half-Giant

6. Kobold

7. Goblin

8. Orc

9. Dwarf

10-11. Human

12. Elf

13. Dragonborn

14. Tiefling

15. Aasimar

16. Dryad

17. Forged

18. Starfolk

Race	Reroll	Perk	Drawback
Human	none	Extra random skill	You don’t get to reroll any stats
Elf	CHA and DEX	Can hear as well as you can see, and move silently. Reroll both CHA and DEX at creation.	Wounds from iron and steel never heal
Dwarf	CON or WIS	Can speak with stone 1/day	Can’t run
Orc	STR or CON	Burn 1 HP for +1 to STR on roll	Animals fear you
Goblin	DEX or CON	Can smell as well as you can see, small	-4 encumbrance
Kobold	DEX or INT	Advantage on DEX saves, small	Step down hit die
Half-Giant	STR and CON	Reroll both STR and CON at creation	Disadvantage when moving in small spaces like houses
Tiefling	CHA or INT	Light candle-sized flame anywhere on body	Infernal heritage stigmatized
Aasimar	CHA or WIS	Radiate soft divine light that illuminates area and slows unholy	Can’t lie
Dryad	WIS or DEX	Speaks plant	Needs sunlight to get benefits from rests
Dragonborn	STR or WIS	Breath weapon (2d6 fire damage) 1/day	Save vs. greed to sell or give away items
Forged	DEX or INT	With materials, repair all wounds and HP in daily rest, even dismemberment	Can’t recover HP or heal wounds with rations or during short rests
Mushroom	CON or WIS	Can eat any organic matter as a Full Meal of rations	Double damage from fire