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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Firearms Knowledge.The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of muskets and pistols.
Headfirst Charge. The giff can try to knock a creature over; if the giff
","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.Multiattack. The giff makes two Longsword, Musket, or Pistol attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Headfirst Charge. The giff can try to knock a creature over; if the giff moves at least 20 feet in a straight line that ends within 5 feet of a Large or smaller creature, that creature must succeed
on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or take 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the giff fails a saving throw, it can choose to
succeed instead.Multiattack. The giff makes two Morningstar attacks.
Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Morningstar"} to hit, reach 5
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Steady as She Goes. On the deck of a ship, the giff has advantage on ability
checks and saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone or shove it overboard.Multiattack. The giff makes two Longsword or Musket attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Headfirst Charge. If the giff moves at least 20 feet in a straight line and ends
","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.
Siege Monster. The giff deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The giff makes two Greatsword or Musket
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Firearms Knowledge.The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of muskets and pistols.
Headfirst Charge. The giff can try to knock a creature over; if the giff
","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.Multiattack. The giff makes two Longsword, Musket, or Pistol attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size and
unforgettable appearance, giff are noticed wherever they go. Giff put their great size to use in all sorts of ways, from lifting heavy loads and tying tight knots to opening stuck doors and seeing over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Giff Giff
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 16 (breastplate)
Hit Points 60 (8d8 + 24)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
17 (+3)
INT
11 (+0
enables it to ignore the loading property of muskets and pistols.
Headfirst Charge. The giff can try to knock a creature over; if the giff moves at least 20 feet in a straight line and ends within 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Giff It’s easy to spot giff in a room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed people. In Wildspace and its associated ports, giff are most often encountered as spacefaring mercenaries
many giff regiments. The bigger the boom, the brighter the flash, and the thicker the smoke it produces, the greater the glory for the one wielding the weapon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Giff Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size
and unforgettable appearance, giff are noticed wherever they go. Giff put their great size to use in all sorts of ways, from lifting heavy loads and tying tight knots to opening stuck doors and seeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Giff It’s easy to spot the giff in a room: a group of 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed humanoids attired in gaudy military uniforms, with gleaming pistols and muskets on display. These spacefaring
mercenaries are renowned for their martial training and their love of explosives. Military Organization. Every aspect of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Giff My travels in Wildspace are always brightened by my giff associates. Their use of gunpowder reminds me of my own explosive wizardry. Spectacular!
—Mordenkainen
It’s easy to spot giff in a
room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed people. In Wildspace and the associated ports, giff are most often encountered as spacefaring mercenaries. These troops are renowned for their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Giff Shipmate Giff shipmates, who make up the bulk of the crew on most giff vessels, are disciplined sailors. Giff Shipmate
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 75 (10d8
a ship, the giff has advantage on ability checks and saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone or shove it overboard.
Actions
Multiattack. The giff makes two Longsword or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Giff Traits As a giff player character, you have the following traits. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You are Medium. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed
the giff, who delighted in such weapons. You have proficiency with all firearms and ignore the loading property of any firearm. In addition, attacking at long range with a firearm doesn’t impose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Giff Warlord A high-ranking giff who takes up the life of an independent mercenary might amass enough power and influence to become a warlord. A giff warlord usually commands a small fleet of
up of mages who helm the ships of the fleet and provide magical firepower, sellswords of various species, and guns for hire in the form of giff shock troopers. Giff Warlord
Medium Humanoid, Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Giff Shipmate Giff Shipmate
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
17 (+3
of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Steady as She Goes. On the deck of a ship, the giff has advantage on ability checks and saving throws made against effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Giff Shock Trooper A giff shock trooper is trained to mount assaults on enemy strongholds. Each one is adept at softening up the enemy from a distance with firearms before charging into melee to mop
up the foes that remain standing. Giff Shock Trooper
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 18 (plate)
Hit Points 93 (11d8 + 44)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
20 (+5)
DEX
Equipment
bombard;Bombards are built by giff. The major feature of each ship is an enormous cannon that fires massive cannon balls capable of blowing other ships to smithereens. (The cannon is included in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
.”
As soon as the giff land on the Flighty Foundling, the damselfly ship swings around to the other side of the academy’s tower, heading to make its second deposit—the team to extract Miken. The
damselfly ship then departs. Creatures The two giff shipmates have orders to secure the Flighty Foundling while an extraction team retrieves Miken, dead or alive. The giff give the characters a chance to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
means of providing hints and guidance. If the characters get over their heads in a fight, Petty Officer Ryeback can back them up at range, using his musket. He uses the giff stat block (see “Creature
Statistics” later in the adventure), though his Longsword attacks are made with a giant cleaver that deals the same amount of damage. Petty Officer Winston Ryeback
Giff Galley Cook
Petty Officer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
disgust at his own cowardice and failure. Raising Krux’s Spirits Characters can persuade the giff to “buck up” with a successful DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check. Those who motivate the commodore with a
check, the giff sulks in his cabin; when he emerges 1d8 hours later, he is pickled in equal measures of ale and shame. What Krux Knows If his spirits are raised, Krux shares the following information: He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
with a map of Doomspace. Her tower is at the very edge of the Wildspace system. Having a new venture to occupy his thoughts lifts Krux’s spirits. The giff stops drinking and moves about his ship with
purpose and authority, barking out orders like the military commander he once was. Any time the conversation turns to Krux’s history with the Xaryxian Empire, however, the giff becomes quiet and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
four giff shipmates and four githyanki warriors (not including Qitru). As the tyrant ship moves away from the asteroid, the damselfly’s canny giff captain, Mustaf Shultz, instructs the ship’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
naval patrol drives off the neogi raiders, after which the patrol sees the party safely to the Rock of Bral. There, the characters part ways with Captain Sartell, who encourages them to seek out a giff
insurgent named Commodore Krux. The giff brings the characters to his spelljamming vessel, the Second Wind. They set out into Wildspace pursued by Hastain, a deadly ally of the Xaryxian Empire. Before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Challenge 3 Archer
Bulezau
Cave fisher
Choldrith
Deathlock wight
Deep scion
Derro savant
Dolphin delighter
Duergar screamer
Flail snail
Giff
Illusionist wizard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Humanoid 2 Lunar dragon wyrmling Dragon 2 Psurlon Aberration 2 Space clown Fiend 2 Thri-kreen hunter Monstrosity 2 Vampirate Undead 3 Aartuk elder Plant 3 Astral elf warrior Humanoid 3 Giff shipmate
Celestial 5 Murder comet Elemental 5 Night scavver Monstrosity 5 Starlight apparition Celestial 5 Thri-kreen mystic Monstrosity 5 Vampirate mage Undead 6 B’rohg Giant 6 Giff shock trooper Humanoid 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
who has free will Giff, a hippo-headed being of impressive size Hadozee, a simian being who adapts well to the hazards of Wildspace Plasmoid, an amoeba-like person Thri-kreen, a telepathic, insectile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Chapter 5: Living on the Edge The Xaryxian Empire attacked the characters’ world, forcing them to take refuge on the Rock of Bral. There, they met a sympathetic giff named Krux. Aboard his ship, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
seconds later, a uniformed giff bursts through the foliage with a musket in one hand and a look of panic on his face. “Apologies in advance!” he shouts as he makes his way to the rope ladder.
Pellets
of radiant light fly through the air, narrowly missing you as several starfish-like plant creatures creep out of the jungle and advance threateningly.
Warwyck Blastimoff, a lawful good giff shipmate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
quarters is 10 feet wide and 60 feet to the bend at the south. The bodies on the floor belong to two dead sailors, two dead guards, and two dead members of the extraction force—one giff and one
dead giff’s grenades was primed but not released when the giff died at the bend in the corridor. At the end of each turn in combat, roll a d6. On a 6, the grenade rolls from the giff’s hand and goes off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Enchanter wizard
Evoker wizard
Giff
Githyanki gish
Githyanki kith’rak
Githyanki supreme commander
Githzerai anarch
Githzerai enlightened
Grung
Grung elite warrior
Grung
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
shoulder. The haggard figure squints at you over the top of an enormous tankard, then waves invitingly to the seats across from him.
Commodore Krux Krux is a lawful good giff shipmate (see Boo’s
Astral Menagerie), a soldier who believes his glory days are behind him. Krux has spent the last few years working as a mercenary on and around the Rock of Bral, but lately the giff has been spending more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
tools, contraptions, and alchemical tubes and containers. Behind the counter, a door bears a sign that reads “Staff Only.” Breakfast of Champions When the characters arrive, a stocky giff named Petty
addition to Realmspace charts going missing, one of the thefts saw Ryeback’s quarters robbed of a custom pistol. The giff loudly voices his frustration around that event if any characters talk about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Chapter 7: Trust Issues To save their world from the Xaryxian Empire, the characters embarked on a dangerous voyage across Wildspace. Along the way, they joined forces with a giff commodore, helped a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
to help the party. If the characters inquire further, Sartell informs them the contact is a giff named Commodore Krux, but she can’t tell them more than that since she knows Krux only by reputation