Tales of the Valiant verwendet das Konzept "Rasse" nicht und setzt statt dessen auf "Lineage" und "Heritage" (etwa: Abstammung und Kultur). Hier ist ein Template, um eigene Heritage zu kreieren:
"Lineage is what kind of being you are: an elf, a dwarf, a gnome. Heritage is your culture and learned traits gained during formative years: forest idyll, underground city, traveling merchant band."
"Developed since January 2023, the BFRD is an update to the 5th Edition #SRD and is published under the Open Resource Community (#ORC) license. The BFRD is a completely free, open, and #5E-compatible RPG designed to provide gamers with a comprehensive reference document that includes everything they need to create characters, write adventures, and publish their own content"