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===Humanoids===
[[Bugbear]]s resemble a cross between an anthropomorphic bear and a massive [[goblin]], whom they are considered related to. They are stealthy, vicious warriors with a voracious appetite for flesh and a culture that embraces cannibalism - the flesh of elves is a particular delicacy to them. As they're big enough and strong enough to be able to wield most two-handed weapons in only a single hand, fighting them isn't easy. Though not stupid, they are lazy, content to scavenge, raid and pillage. Their reproduction is notably odd: a female bugbear only becomes fertile after she eats a small child or baby from a sapient race, and even then she only remains fertile for three days, so male bugbears must constantly abduct babies to be able to father offspring. As a result, they are hated by pretty much everyone in Tellene.

[[Gnoll|Gnoles]] are humanoid hyenas, and follow the basic outline of old-school gnolls. The big difference is that Tellene gnoles are very much based on AD&D gnolls plus spotted hyena lore; they are matriarchal and technically [[amazon]]s, since females are the bigger, stronger, more aggressive sex who very much rule the roost, and even come complete with pseudo-penises. In addition to the common, or ''Savanna'' gnole, there is also the ''Arctic Gnole'' (white furred, black skinned, active hunters) and the ''Sand Gnole'' (also known as brown or striped gnole due to its coloration).

[[Goblin]]s are pure evil; vile, cruel, wicked, sneaky little humanoids who despise beauty and revel in inflicting cruelty and suffering. They are surprisingly industrious in digging, building and crafting stuff, but they are also absolutely rubbish at it, producing notoriously ugly, shoddy work. They breed like vermin and treat their women like crap.

[[Hobgoblin]]s are a larger, stronger, smarter version of the goblin with a well-organized, militaristic mindset. Unlike goblins, they actually do have a fairly advanced civilization, and even a strong cultural sense of honor... unfortunately, they view all non-hobgoblins as honorless savages little better than beasts. They sometimes cooperate with orcs, goblins or other humanoids, but mostly in the sense of rounding them up for use as slaves and cannon-fodder. Their fertility is much lower than that of the goblins, between a gestation period that is nearly twice as long and the fact their womenfolk are fully emancipated and tend to prioritize career over children.

[[Kobold]]s on Tellene resemble a cross between a humanoid dog and an [[imp]], combining the basic form of an anthropomorphic, hairless dog with imp-like horns and imp's devil-like tail. Most notable for their immense xenophobia, they are fairly skilled trap-makers, but largely have a social structure akin to a dog pack.

[[Lizardfolk|Lizard Men]] on Tellene comprise a wide array of subspecies, from small gecko-like critters to hulking crocodilian brutes, and culturally range from animalistic to fairly advanced tribal cultures. They are generally content to live and let live, but they often consider sapient mammalian life as something of a delicacy, so relationships can be tense.

[[Orc]]s are disgusting, brutish humanoid hogs, but their tendency to drag women of other races back to their lair as unwilling brood-sows means the race is extremely variable in its appearance. They're basically bigger, stronger, nastier goblins. They can also create an even nastier version called "black orcs" if they can create magical pools of slime empowered through human sacrifice. Other notable orcs are the underground-dwelling Gray/Deep Orcs, the arctic-adapted White/Highland Orcs, the desert-dwelling Brown Orcs, and the orc/ape crossbreeds known as Simian Orcs.

[[Troglodyte]]s are... basically identical to the D&D version; a super-primitive underworld-dwelling [[lizardfolk]] with a powerful noxious musk.

One humanoid race unique to Tellene is the '''Grevan''', a newly emergent intelligent, civilized, warlike race created by a powerful but fragmented magical artifact through a generations-long interbreeding program that united [[human]], [[elf]], [[orc]] and [[ogre]] bloodlines into a single race.

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