Your strict diet of insects and roots requires you to know how to find food to fend for yourself. You have proficiency in survival, but purchasing suitable ration packs may cost more or be unavailable to you in standard shops that are not accustomed to catering to your particular diet.

You have proficiency in nature and use of herbalist's tools.

Any creature using a combat action to grapple you while you're unarmored or wearing specialized armor takes 1d4 + CON piercing damage, which accumulates each turn while they're grappling you. Only light armor can be made to allow use of hedgehog quills like this, and the specialized armor is notably more expensive than standard humanoid armor would be.

As long as you are either unarmored or wearing specialized hedgehog armor, you may roll up into a ball as a bonus action on your turn, raising your AC by 4. While using this ability, you cannot perform any action except to exit or move 30 ft on a flat surface. You cannot enter and exit quilled defense on the same turn. Any unarmed or natural attacks against you while you are in this form take 1d4 + CON piercing damage to the attacker.

Your Wisdom, Charisma, and Constitution scores each increase by 1.

Giant hedgehogs live considerably longer lives than standard hedgehogs. They generally reach maturity at around 1 year old, and have natural lifespans between 15-25 years.

Hedgehogs as a whole, regardless of size, tend towards Good alignments.

While standard hedgehogs are considered Tiny beasts, Giant Hedgehogs are Medium creatures.

You have darkvision out to a range of 60 ft. You can see in dim light as if it were well lit, and through darkness in shades of grey.

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