Homebrew Forest Troll Species Details

Forest Trolls are the smaller and more inferior cousins of Giants. They are long of limb and covered in fur and mossy hair, with wedge-shaped ears, pointed teeth and big noses. They have a formidable build, but are not often not the most intelligent of creatures.

Creating Your Character

At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.

Languages

You know common and one language of your choice.

Creature Type

You are humanoid, but you are also considdered Giant.

Life Span

Trolls reach adulthood at the age of 17 and can live for well over 200 years,

Height and Weight

Trolls vary widely in height and build, from 6 feet to 8 feet tall if your size is Medium, to 2 feet to 4 feet tall if your size is Small.

Forest Troll Traits

As a forest troll, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a giant for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a giant.

Size

You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Regeneration

At the start of your turn, you can roll a d12 and add your Constitution modifier. You recover that many hit points. You can use this feature as many times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain all uses after a long rest.

Long-Limbed

When you make a melee attack, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.

Powerful Build

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

Born Strong

You are proficient in the [Tooltip Not Found] skill.

First Strike

If you hit a creature with a melee attack roll on the first turn of combat, the creature takes an extra 2d6 damage