Homebrew Fire Goliath Species Details
Towering over most folk, goliaths are distant descendants of giants. Each goliath bears the favors of the first giants—favors that manifest in various supernatural boons, including the ability to quickly grow and temporarily approach the height of goliaths’ gigantic kin.
Fire Goliaths have vibrantly coloured hair of red or orange, although shades more reminiscent of brass, bronze, and copper are fairly common. Their skin is often a ruddy brown. Of all Goliaths, they are the shortest but broadest, typically just under 7ft tall and a little under 5ft wide at the shoulders. They are renowned for their tireless drive, impulsive attitudes, and excellent smithing skills.
Goliath Traits
Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 7–8 feet tall)
Speed: 35 feet
Titan's Endurance
You can supernaturally draw on the might of your Giant ancestors to shrug off harm. 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. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Fire Forged
Your ancestors could bathe in molten steel and you inherit a fragment of this ability. You have resistance to fire damage.
Headstrong
Fire Goliath's are known to act before they think. You add your proficiency bonus to initiative rolls.
Natural Smith
Your people's mastery of metalwork is part honed skill, part intrinsic talent. You gain proficiency with smith's tools.
Giant Ancestry
You are descended from Fire Giants. You gain a supernatural boon from your ancestry; you can use the chosen benefit a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest:
Fire’s Burn (Fire Giant). When you hit a target with an attack roll and deal damage to it, you can also deal 1d10 Fire damage to that target.
Large Form
Starting at character level 5, you can change your size to Large as a Bonus Action if you’re in a big enough space. This transformation lasts for 10 minutes or until you end it (no action required). For that duration, you have Advantage on Strength checks, and your Speed increases by 10 feet. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
Powerful Build
You have Advantage on any ability check you make to end the Grappled condition. You also count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity.
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