Homebrew Half-Storm Giant Species Details

"I've met the fella, hes quite the cocky bastard, but hell of a good sailor, honestly we were going to try gore his ship, but it was as if he saw us coming.

— Brego Stoneheart, sea captain

 

Child of the Mighty

Your the child of the greatest race of giants, your kind and well mannered, but on the inside haughty and arrogant. Like your parent, your a hard thinker, strategy and magic are likely a large part of your arsenal. Although your half humanoid, the sheer size of a giant is near impossible to mitigate, leaving you as a large creature. your skin tone ranges from a pale resemblance to your humanoid parent, or usually dominated by the giant having pale purple-gray skin and hair, and glittering emerald eyes.

 

 

Personality

Far from flawless, these giants of good mean well, but they are easily frustrated by others. You can select, roll, or adapt a  quirk from the Quirks table. Use the quirk to inform how you portray your character.

 Quirks

d6	Quirk
1	Your very quiet, and tend to observe rather than act.
2	You are quick to boast of the greatness of your civilization.
3	You learned an antiquated version of Common and drop “thee” and “thou” into your speech.
4	nothen
5	The surface world is a wondrous place, and you catalog all its details in a journal.
6	you think aloud and try to predict what will occur

Names

Most storm giant children will be bestowed their fathers name, or be left to create there own, or be named after an event that the storm giant observed and took interest in.

 

Half-Storm Giant Traits

Your Half-Storm Giant character has the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are both humanoid and giant creature.

Giant Inheritance

For a number of minutes equal to your proficiency modifier, your carrying, push, lift, and pull capacity can becomes huge. For every full minute that this skill is used, you take 1d6+4.

Big and Strong

Additional 2 health every level

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength increases by 2, Constitution, and Charisma scores each increase by 1, and Dexterity score decreases by 1.

Your Max Strength score increases to 22

Age

Half-Giants reach maturity around age 15 and can live up to 300 years.

Alignment

Half-Storm Giants tend toward Chaotic good. Their heritage pushes them toward benevolence, although quick to anger.

Size

Half-Storm Giants are rarely shorter than 8 foot, averaging most commonly around 9 feet tall. Your size is Large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Traits of the Storm

You can cast fog cloud with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast gust of wind with it, and starting at 5th level, you can also cast wall of water with it. Once you cast a spell with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

you have proficiency in Insight.

Coming from home

Adapted to even the most extreme ocean depths and the highest altitude , you have resistance to cold damage.

Languages

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