Are you looking to play a Hadozee in Dungeons & Dragons? We're here to help you hit the ground running.

Dungeons & Dragons is a game full of a vast array of fantastical races for players to choose from when creating characters. Whether a player chooses a classic option like a Dwarf or a more recent addition to the game like a Harengon, each race in D&D provides both useful features and additional lore to a character.

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Within the Astral Adventurer's Guide featured as part of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space are six fully playable races native to Wildspace. Among these races making their Fifth Edition debut is the Hadozee, a simian people that hasn't been seen since D&D's 3.5 Edition. As this race opens up a significant degree of mobility unlike that of any other race in the game, we're going to explore everything you need to know about playing a Hadozee.

Easily the most notable mechanical feature of the Hadozee race is their ability to glide through the air. While they can't quite fly in the manner of an Aarakocra or Owlin, for every foot that a Hadozee falls, they may glide five feet horizontally.

Though this may seem situational at first glance, this can provide a massive degree of additional movement, as even an innocuous ten-foot fall allows you to travel fifty feet with no movement expended. The risk of substantial fall damage is completely subverted by this feature, as whenever a Hadozee would sustain any amount of damage from a fall, they may use their reaction to reduce that damage to zero instead.

It's important to note that while a Hadozee's gliding capabilities are excellent, like the Flight of an Aarakocra, a Hadozee can't make use of this feature when wearing heavy armor. However, this is a small restriction to abide by for such a stellar ability.

As a Hadozee's gliding capabilities are easily their most dynamic perk, not only can you build a Hadozee in a way that allows you to make the most of it with ease, but the race has a built-in trick up its sleeve to help you reach greater heights by default.

First and foremost, it should be noted that all Hadozee have climbing speeds equal to their walking speeds. This means that if you used thirty feet of movement to climb a wall or tree, and then simply let go, your Hadozee would be able to glide 150 feet in a single turn. This truly rewards Hadozee who are always aware of their surroundings, so they can always be where they need to be in combat.

Other great options for spells that can grant you additional altitude for gliding are Jump and Misty Step, as both can allow a Hadozee to magically position themselves upwards to make the most out of their glide — even when there's nothing to climb.

In addition to having access to a great mobility option, the Hadozee are also a race capable of reliably taking a hit, making them a strong choice for those who want to get up close and personal with their foes.

Comparable to the Goliath's excellent Stone's Endurance reaction, which can reduce the damage they'd sustain by 1d12 plus their Constitution modifier, Hadozee have access to a reaction called Hadozee Resilience. This can reduce the damage they'd sustain from any source by 1d6 plus their proficiency bonus.

This reaction can be used a number of times per day equal to your Proficiency Bonus, meaning it grows increasingly reliable as you gain levels. While this Hadozee reaction may use a smaller die, the Goliath's reaction grows in usefulness proportional to the character's Constitution. The Hadozee reaction relies on your proficiency bonus, meaning it works quite well regardless of how you chose to allocate your ability scores.

As a simian people, Hadozee's feet are notably dexterous and nimble, closely resembling their hands. This grants them the additional flexibility of being able to use their feet as a bonus action to perform minor actions, such as interacting with an object, opening or closing a door or container, or picking up or putting down an object in the Tiny size category.

While Use Object is a specific action in combat that isn't listed as one of the available options available for this bonus action, it simply provides an additional degree of flexibility when in a pinch. For example, if a Hadozee had their hands full of important items, but still needed to quickly open a door or pull a lever, they'd be able to use their feet to do so.

Hadozee are an incredibly flexible race with a suite of abilities that characters of most classes would benefit greatly from. Below are various classes in which Hadozee excel, and things to keep in mind when playing a Hadozee character of the given class.

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