Homebrew Half-Troll Species Details
Trolls are dangerous, reckless, and cruel giants reknowned for their regenerative abilities. On some rare occasions, they produce off-spring with one of the smaller races. These half-trolls straddle two very different worlds, and even their own bodies can reflect the strain, marked by unusually long arms and mutations that result from the regeneration process.
Half-Troll Traits
Half-Trolls share a number of traits in common with each other.Long Limbed
When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.
Flammable
Half-trolls double any Fire or Acid damage they receive.
Mutated
Roll once on the Mutation Table for a starting mutation to reflect the life you've lived so far.
- Something falls off.
- An extra eye grows on a random part of your body.
- Your mouth rotates 90 degrees.
- You grow a prehensile tail that can be used like a hand.
- A 12"x12" patch of thick hair grows on your body.
- Your nose grows 6 inches.
- A small curly horn grows on your head.
- You grow another neck. To the same head.
- Your incisors grow 1 inch.
- A tumor grows somewhere on your body. It is sentient, and opinionated, and has a mouth.
- Your ears double in length.
- A gland forms on your torso. Every long rest it produces 1 ounce of:
1 Acid 2 Poison 3 Milk 4 Oil 5 Alcohol 6 Glue
Darkvision
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.
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
Age
Half-trolls age slightly faster than their non-Troll parent race. Due to their healing ability, it's difficult to say how long they live, as many die from complications related to mutations before reaching old age.
Alignment
Although exceptions always exist, most trolls are unpredictable brutes. They tend towards the chaotic evil alignment.
Size
Half-trolls are shorter and slighter than most of their kin, but still tower above humans. These trolls stand between 7 and 9 feet tall, and can weigh approximately 300 to 400 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Keen Smell
You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Regeneration
As a bonus action, you can spend one Hit Die to heal yourself. Roll the die and regain a number of hit points equal to the total. If a 1 is rolled, you develop a mutation by rolling on the Mutation Table. You cannot use this ability if you have taken fire or acid damage since the end of your last turn.
Whenever you complete a long rest you regain all Hit Dice.
Mutation Table:
- Something falls off.
- An extra eye grows on a random part of your body.
- Your mouth rotates 90 degrees.
- You grow a prehensile tail that can be used like a hand.
- A 12"x12" patch of thick hair grows on your body.
- Your nose grows 6 inches.
- A small curly horn grows on your head.
- You grow another neck. To the same head.
- Your incisors grow 1 inch.
- A tumor grows somewhere on your body. It is sentient, and opinionated, and has a mouth.
- Your ears double in length.
- A gland forms on your torso. Every long rest it produces 1 ounce of:
1 Acid 2 Poison 3 Milk 4 Oil 5 Alcohol 6 Glue
Powerful Build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.
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