Homebrew Frost Born Species Details

In the cold north — where trees grow, where the air is crisp, and icy winds howl — dwell the fierce Frost born. They hunt raid and some protect in a freezing realm of unrivaled cold. Their bodies look as if they are chiseled from the strongest dragon ice blessing them with a marvelous physique. Their spirits take after the cold itself, making them unfazed by the temperature of their home. Their hearts are filled with comradery and fierce but friendly competition with the responsibility to earn a place in the clan through skill and resolve.

Driven Competitors

each day brings a new challenge to the Frost Born opting to rarely import food but instead hunting and foraging. Food is a hard hunt in the Frost Lands providing a challenge for hunters forcing them to prove their capability's

The Frost Born place a premium on self-sufficiency and individual skill. They have a compulsion to keep score, counting their deeds and tallying their accomplishments and celebrating it to compare to others. Frost Born love to win, but they see defeat as a prod to improve their skills not a reason to give up.

This dedication to competition has a dark side. Frost Born are ferocious competitors, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a Frost Born slays a dragon, he or she might seek out a larger, more powerful wyrm to battle. Few Frost Born adventurers reach old age, as most die attempting to surpass their past accomplishments.

Fair Play

For Frost Born, competition exists only when it is supported by a level playing field. Competition measures talent, dedication, and effort. 

 Frost Born Names

Frost born names are typically any kind of name that could be considered Norse in the real world or any words that are from the dialects, Family names typically are words that can describe your characters physique or personality in the same language.

Birth Names: Male: Arne, Birger, Bjørn, Svend.      Female: Astrid, Bodil, Frida, Svanna.

 Strength Is Everything

These unrivaled combatants are don't see a need for gender roles and only care about the capability of an individual they do not care where you are from if you are not an enemy you are welcome to their homes but they do have more appreciation for those that can hold their drink.

  Economy

Frost Born typically are surprisingly wealthy despite their environment. They live in rather large long houses built by some of the best carpenters in the world which is another skill that can be attributed to a Frost Born, their drink is only rivaled by Dwarves as well as their smiting and masonry their main exports being gems, mead, and frozen goods via a form of ice magic unique to frost born genes. They make a lot of their money form trade but also from raids and exploration. 

Frost Born Traits

Frost Born share a number of traits in common with each other.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Size

Frost Born are between 6 and 7 feet tall and weigh between 200 and 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Natural Athlete

You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Glacier's Endurance

You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to roll a d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled and reduce the damage by that total. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Kin of the Frost lands

You have immunity to cold damage. You’re also acclimated to icy cold weather and suffer no penalties to walking on slick terrain.

Draconic Invocation

• At 6th level you can transform your hands and arms up to the elbow into draconic talons for up to 1 minute providing +1 to ac and +2 to strength. you can preform Multiattack with claws or fists for 2d6 of slashing or bludgeoning damage. 
• At 8th level you can choose to include you legs up to your knees and the duration also increases to 2 minutes providing a +2 to ac and +2 to Strength.  Multiattack with claws or fists for 2d6 of slashing or bludgeoning damage. 
• At 10th lvl you may invoke a full body transformation for up to 3 minutes using a 3rd level spell slot and may dispel at will you still are able to preform partial transformations. While in full body you obtain Cold Breath and Paralyzing Breath, gain a +4 to your ac and your strength increases by 25% of your current value, you sprout dragon wings allowing you a flight speed equivalent to your walk speed, and you gain the abilities of "True Sight" and "Frightful Presence". You can also preform "Gust"  and  Multiattack with claws or fists for 2d8 of slashing or bludgeoning damage. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Bjordish (draconic in 5e), and Svellish (frost born native language).