Caves of Qud contains over 60 factions of NPCs that the player may interact with.
Antelopes
Apes
Arachnids
Baboons
Baetyls
Barathrumites
Bears
Birds
Cannibals
Cats
Children of Mamon
Consortium of Phyta
Crabs
Cragsmensch
Cultic Faction
Dogs
Dromad Merchants
Equines
Farmers' Guild
Fellowship of Wardens
Fish
Flowers
Frogs
Fungi
Girsh
Glow-Wights
Goatfolk
Grazing Hedonists
Hermits
Highly entropic Beings
Hindren of Bey Lah
Insects
Issachari Tribe
Mechanimists
Mollusks
Mysterious Strangers
Naphtaali Tribe
Newly Sentient Beings
Oozes
Pariahs
Putus Templar
Robots
Roots
Seekers of the Sightless Way
Snapjaws
Succulents
Swine
Tortoises
Trees
Trolls
Unshelled Reptiles
Urchins
Villages
Vines
Water Barons
Winged Mammals
Worms