Creature Type

Creature Type is a rule in the SRD 5.2.1 rules glossary. This rule is only in SRD 5.2.1 (2024).

SRD 5.2.1 (2024)

Creature Type

Every creature, including every player character, has a tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature it is. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. These are the game’s creature types:

AberrationElementalMonstrosity
BeastFeyOoze
CelestialFiendPlant
ConstructGiantUndead
DragonHumanoid

The types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways.

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