Homebrew Ice Troll Species Details

Ice trolls are somewhat smaller than normal trolls, but they possess greater intelligence and cunning and are just as voraciously hungry. They display the typical hunched posture of trolls, combined with long arms tipped with sharp claws and the distinctive troll underbite. Like normal trolls, ice trolls possess amazing regenerative powers that enable them to recover from almost any wound. Unlike most trolls, ice trolls often use weapons in battle, but in the heat of combat, they often cast aside weapons in favor of their rending claws. An ice troll stands about 10 feet tall and weighs up to 900 pounds.

Because of their greater intellects, ice trolls sometimes work as mercenaries, and often serve as soldiers in monstrous armies. They frequently ally with frost giants, and may even be found among northern barbarian tribes, as long as they are well fed and well paid.

In combat, ice trolls are more cautious than normal trolls. They do not normally rush headlong into battle, instead focusing on weaker foes or those bearing fire. They do not hesitate to attack opponents armed with fire, but work together to defeat such enemies before they can bring their dangerous weapons to bear.

Ice troll society is more patriarchal than normal troll society, and while males may form gangs to hunt or raid, most ice trolls live in small family groups comprised of a male, a female, and their offspring.

Ice Troll Traits

This large creature has light blue-green skin and cold, piercing eyes.

Size

Ice Trolls are somewhat larger and bulkier than humans but not as large as a generic troll. They range in height from 9 to 10 feet tall. Your size is large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your cave dwelling ancestors, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Menacing

You gain Proficiency and Advantage in the Intimidation skill.

 

Tooth and Claw

You are proficient with Unarmed Strikes and the base damage before modifiers is doubled. Your Unarmed Strike deals both bludgeoning and slashing damage. 

Relentless Endurance

When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.

Savage Attacks

When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Shape Ice

You know the Shape Ice cantrip when you reach level 2. The range and size of the spell increase by 5 feet per character level attained after 2. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Language

You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.

Climbing

Due to your rough habitat, you have a base climbing speed of 15 feet.

Icy core body temperature

Due to your cold climate and body temperature, your skin is cold to the touch and you are Immune to cold attacks. You gain Advantage in saving throws involving fire damage or fire spells and the Difficulty Class and opposing ability check against you is halved (rounded down); however, any fire damage you recieve is doubled before modifiers.

Ability Score Increase

Both your Strength and your Constitution scores increase by 3.

Regeneration

You gain Advantage in Constitution saving throws and ability checks.

At the start of your turn, you recover 1 hit die  of your highest denomination. If you took acid or fire damage before your turn, this effect does not activate in your next turn. You die only if you start your turn with 0 or negative health and do not regenerate.

 

Age

So long as they can keep their core body temperature down, Ice Trolls have been known to live more than 750 years. They age noticeably quicker than the average human and reach adult-hood at age 14.

Alignment

Ice Trolls inherit a strong tendency toward chaos from their parents and are not inclined toward good.

Keen Smell

You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Powerful Build

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

Ability Score Decrease

Your Charisma score decreases by 2.

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