Homebrew Winter Goblin Species Details

A once subterranean folk, winter goblins can be found in every corner of the multiverse, often in mountains or wintery tundra.

Winter Goblin Names

Along with their personal names, winter goblins identify themselves by their tribe. A member of the Fjori tribe with the personal name of Grypphon, for example, would likely style herself as Grypphon of the Fjori.

Female Names: Alet, Antigony, Dem, Dox, Est, Erst, Groshe, Padma, Konia, Oram, Seizah, Ziorena

Male Names: Apht, Athozur, Barg, Bryg, Ere, Gryph , Grex, Ozir, Pyxis, Tozen, Xem, Xiang 

Pride Names: Eskeld, Fjori, Gavnoc, Irstik, Synov, Tryvni

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

Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign.

Life Span

The typical life span of a winter goblin is around 300 years though most barely reach the age of maturity. Winter goblins age much slower than humans maturing around the age of 50.

Height and Weight

Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Winter Goblin Traits

As a winter goblin, you have the following racial traits.

Additional Proficiencies

As a winter goblin you and your tribe have learned to survive the harshest of conditions. You gain proficiency in survival and medicine.

Creature Type

You are a fey and monstrosity. You are also considered a goblinoid for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a goblinoid.

Size

You choose between small or medium when you select this race.

Speed

Your walking speed is 25 feet. Your climbing speed is 20 feet.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.

Bullet Bite

Through years of evolution and eating in completely frozen hellscapes your teeth have developed a razor edge. Your teeth are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you can deal piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Winter Veil

You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.