A race that adds a lot of power to a Fighter will be rated higher than a race that adds less power to a Paladin, for example, even if you’d still rather have the Paladin. It assumes races are being played as characters that make their strengths as impactful as possible, by players that look for game styles that do the same, and attempts only to rate how much a race contributes to its best builds without considering how good those builds are against each other. This guide is designed for a table where players can access the Customizing Your Origin feature from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. So how do they all compare against one another now that they’re left to compete on features alone?
Many races that were formerly considered compatible only with certain classes solely on the basis of their ability scores can now be used in almost any race-class combo to create functional characters. With the release of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Wizards of the Coast has normalized floating racial ability score modifiers during character creation. Tortle, Dwarf (Mountain), Gith (Githyanki) (★★★★☆).Custom Lineage, Human (Variant) (★★★★★).Tiefling (Winged), Fairy, Aarakocra (★★★★★).Additional Skill Proficiencies/Other Skill Bonuses.
