Homebrew Giff Species Details

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.

 

Giff Traits

Giff share a number of traits in common with each other.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores each increase by 1.

Age

Giff have lifespans comparable to humans. They enter adulthood in their late teens and usually live less than a century.

Alignment

Giff tend toward Lawful and Neutral alignments.

Size

Giff are between 7 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 280 and 340 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Firearms Knowledge

The giff’s mastery of its weapons grants you proficiency with firearms and enables you to ignore the loading property of muskets and pistols. In addition, you may add a musket, pistol, 8 packets of smokepowder, and 40 bullets, renaissance to your starting equipment.

Headfirst Charge

Immediately after you use the Dash action on your turn and move at least 20 feet, you can make one shove attack as a bonus action.

Powerful Build

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

Grenadier

Starting at 3rd level, you may throw a grenade up to 60 feet. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus. Note that the explosion doesn't spread around corners as a fireball spell would. A target takes 5d6 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.

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