Shifter

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Shifters are one of the races to come out of the Eberron setting, alongside the Changeling and Warforged and oft-forgotten Kalashtar. The basic idea is that they are werewolves-lite, having similar shapeshifting into beast powers without being as utterly broken as true lycanthropes. It's commonly believed that they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes, hence the watered down shapeshifting power.

Initially, they weren't very popular, perhaps because the art made them absolutely butt-fuck ugly. Seriously, even your typical furry wouldn't bang the Eberron corebook shifters. Perhaps noting the attempts by fans to redraw them as monstergirls, WoTC prettied them up in subsequent art and they steadily grew more popular, though Warforged have always beaten them out.

Weren't in the 5e player's guide, but were part of the Eberron web-enhancement Unearthed Arcana, which can be found on the WotC website if you're willing to sniff around.

Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition races
Player's Handbook DwarfElfGnomeHalf-ElfHalf-OrcHalflingHuman
Monster Manual I AasimarBlink DogBugbearCentaurGiant, HillGnollGoblinHobgoblinKoboldLizardfolkMinotaurOgreOgre MageOrcPixieTieflingSatyrTroglodyteTrollUnicorn
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Aasimar • Dwarf, Gold • Dwarf, Gray • Dwarf, Shield • Elf, Dark • Elf, Moon • Elf, Sun • Elf, Sun • Elf, Wild • Elf, WoodGenasi, AirGenasi, EarthGenasi, FireGenasi, WaterGnome, DeepGnome, RockHalf-ElfHalf-OrcHalfling, GhostwiseHalfling, LightfootHalfling, StrongheartHumanTiefling
The Manual of the Planes BariaurCanolothGithyankiGithzeraiSpinagonUridezu
Oriental Adventures BakemonoDwarfElfGnomeHengeyokaiHumanKappaKorobokuruNaga, AspNaga, ChameleonNaga, CobraNaga, ConstrictorNaga, GreensnakeNezumiSpirit Folk, BambooSpirit Folk, RiverSpirit Folk, SeaTasloiTengu, Crow-headedTengu, Human-headedTsunoVanaraWang-LiangYetiYuki-onna
Epic Level Handbook Mercane
Monster Manual II Abeil, QueenAbeil, SoldierAbeil, VassalAvolakiaBladelingBraxatChaondDesmoduDurzagonFirbolgFomorianGiant, ForestGiant, MountainGiant, OceanGiant, SunGlimmerskinIxitxachitlIxitxachitl, Vampiric • LoxoNeogiOcean StriderScorpionfolkThri-kreenYak FolkZenythri
Book of Vile Darkness JerrenVashar
Savage Species Desmodu† • Half-OgreLoxo† • Thri-Kreen
Races of Faerun AarakocraBugbearCentaur • Dwarf, Arctic • Dwarf, Urdunnir • Dwarf, Wild • Elf, AquaticElf, WingedFey'ri • Gnome, Forest • GoblinGoblin, Dekanter • Half-Elf, Aquatic • Half-Elf, DarkHobgoblinKir-LananLizardfolkOrc, Deep • Orc, Gray • Orc, Mountain • TanarukkWemicYuan-ti Pureblood
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Unapproachable East Elf, StarGnollHagspawnNilshaiSpirit Folk, MountainSpirit Folk, RiverTaerTroll, IceTroll, DemonUthrakiVolodni
v3.5 revision
Shining South Cyclops† • LoxoTasloiThri-Kreen
Races of Stone DwarfGnomeGoliath
Frostburn Domovoi† • Glacier DwarfFrost Folk† • Ice GnomeNeanderthalSnow ElfSnow Goblin† • Tundra HalflingUldra
Races of Destiny Half-ElfHalf-OrcHumanIllumian
Races of the Wild ElfHalflingRaptoran
Sandstorm AsheratiBadlands DwarfBhukaCrucian† • Painted ElfScablands Half-Orc
Stormwrack Aquatic ElfAquatic Half-ElfAventiDarfellanHadozeeSeacliff DwarfShoal HalflingWavecrest Gnome
Races of the Dragon DragonbornDraconicHalf-DragonKoboldSpellscale
Dragon Magazine 339 (GiffInsectareScro)
Pseudo-Playable
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Races
Player's Handbook 1 DragonbornDwarfEladrinElfHalf-ElfHalflingHumanTiefling
Player's Handbook 2 DevaGnomeGoliathHalf-OrcShifter
Player's Handbook 3 GithzeraiMinotaurShardmindWilden
Monster Manual 1: BugbearDoppelgangerGithyankiGoblinHobgoblinKoboldOrc
Monster Manual 2 BullywugDuergarKenku
Dragon Magazine GnollShadar-kai
Heroes of Shadow RevenantShadeVryloka
Heroes of the Feywild HamadryadPixieSatyr
Eberron's Player's Guide ChangelingKalashtarWarforged
The Manual of the Planes Bladeling
Dark Sun Campaign Setting MulThri-kreen
Forgotten Realms Player's Guide DrowGenasi
Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Races
Player's Handbook DragonbornDrowDwarfElfGnomeHalf-ElfHalf-OrcHalflingHumanTiefling
Dungeon Master's Guide AasimarEladrin
Elemental Evil Player's Guide AarakocraGenasiGoliathSvirfneblin
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide DuergarGhostwise HalflingSvirfneblinTiefling Variants
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes Baatific TieflingsDuergarEladrinGithyankiGithzeraiSea ElfShadar-kaiSvirfneblin
Volo's Guide to Monsters AasimarBugbearFirbolgGoblinGoliathHobgoblinKenkuKoboldLizardfolkOrcTabaxiTritonYuan-Ti Pureblood
Eberron: Rising from the Last War BugbearChangelingGoblinHobgoblinShifterWarforged
Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica CentaurElfGoblinHumanLoxodonMinotaurSimic HybridVedalken
Mythic Odysseys of Theros HumanCentaurLeoninMinotaurSatyrTriton
Plane Shift: Amonkhet AvenKhenraMinotaurNaga
Plane Shift: Innistrad Human
Plane Shift: Ixalan GoblinHumanMerfolkOrcSirenVampire
Plane Shift: Kaladesh AetherbornDwarfElfHumanVedalken
Plane Shift: Zendikar ElfGoblinHumanKorMerfolkVampire
One Grung Above Grung
Astral Adventurer's Guide Astral ElfAutognomeGiffHadozeePlasmoidThri-kreen
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen Kender
Unearthed Arcana GlitchlingMinotaurRevenant