Homebrew Grippli Species Details

Communal Effort. Grippli rely on ambushes and guerrilla warfare to defend themselves and their settlements. They can snare foes with their tongues to make them easier targets. Grippli villages are generally built from mud bricks and other natural materials harvested from the immediate vicinity.

Young grippli are raised by the community rather than by a single set of parents, and all of a community’s eggs are kept in freshwater pools until they mature. Protecting their eggs is a major concern for grippli, since lizardfolk, yuan-ti, and other creatures are known to have a taste for them.

Close to Nature. Most grippli care more about survival than they do about abstract ideals such as good and evil. Grippli religion is based in animism and nature spirits; the frogfolk do not pay reverence to a single deity, but they might beseech a particular nature spirit for aid from time to time.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by +2, and your Intelligence score increases by +1.

Age. Grippli mature at 30 years old, and can live up to 700 years.

Alignment. Grippli tend to be neutral aligned, while some may lean towards good. An evil grippli is very rare and would be outcast from their village.

Size. The average grippli is about 2 feet tall, and they weigh anywhere from 25-30 pounds.

Languages. You can speak Common, Grippli and the Batrachian Common tongue that may be used to speak to other froglike humanoids such as bullywugs. Grippli is composed of croaks, groans, clicks, and squeaks. Grippli has no written form. Furthermore, it is rare for grippli to learn to read and write in other languages, as traditionally only the tribe mother is permitted to create written records.

Grippli Traits

Froglike Nature

Darkvision

Accustomed to nocturnal living as much as diurnal, 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.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by +2 and your Intelligence score increases by +1.

Camouflage

You have grown accustomed to hiding yourself from predators. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made in forest and swamp environments.

Grippli Weapon Training

You have become a great hunter gatherer in your years of living with your grippli tribe. You have proficiency with the blowgun and the net. 

Prehensile Tongue

Grippli possess a long tongue that can be used for grabbing items that are less than 10 pounds and can be used for delivering touch spells, disarming and other maneuvers. This tongue is also a natural weapon and can be used to grapple creatures (escape DC 10+STR modifier) of medium size or smaller.

Powerful Legs

When you make a long jump, you can leap up to 30 feet horizontally. When you make a high jump, you can leap up to 20 feet vertically. You do not need to make a running start to leap these distances, but they cost movement as normal.