Homebrew Grippli Species Details
Grippli, also known as the frog folk, are a race of amphibian humanoids who resemble tree frogs. They are a peaceful and reclusive race who prefer the company of others of their kind in the swamplands and rainforests they tend to settle in. They prefer to spend their days playing among the trees, collecting fruit, and hunting insects with their kinfolk. As many a potential foe has learned, however, they are skilled warriors in their own right when in defense of their land. They can be somewhat skittish around unfamiliar faces at times, but are typically happy and enjoy the simple pleasures in life. A grippli often only has a single name for themselves in their tongue which has some kind of meaning associated with it, usually some important event in their childhood before reaching maturity.
Grippli Traits
These short but dextrous frog folk are at home in water and land.Age
Grippli are typically born as young tadpoles and spend the first few years of their life underwater. As they mature, they slowly become amphibious, grow limbs, and their tail falls off. The average grippli reaches full maturity at age 25, which coincides with the first fertility cycle of the average female grippli. Most grippli tend to live long peaceful lives, with 180 years being common.
Alignment
Grippli tend to be neutral, as often they have little regard for what occurs outside their home lands. Being peaceful and care free, they are quite often good - an evil grippli is rare indeed and most likely an outcast of his or her village.
Size
The average grippli is about two feet tall, and they weigh anywhere from 25-30 pounds.
Speed
Their base walking speed is 25 feet.
Darkvision
Gripplis possess darkvision with a range of 60 feet. When using darkvision, they cannot distinguish colors and only see in shades of grey.
Impressive Jumpers
Grippli have strong legs and often develop their leaping ability from hopping from tree to tree collecting fruits every day. When making a long or high jump from a standing position, grippli treat the action as if they had taken a running start of 10 feet or more (as per the rules for Jumping under Movement). If a grippli moves at least 10 feet on foot immediately before he does a long jump, he can jump the distance equal to double his current Strength score (the average race can only jump equal to their Strength score). If a grippli moves at least 10 feet on foot immediately before he does a high jump, he leaps into the air a number of feet equal to 6 + his Strength modifier (the average race can only jump 3 + their Strength modifier).
Natural Athletes
Grippli gain proficiency in the Athletics skill as a natural ability.
Prehensile Tongue
A grippli's tongue is long and dexterous, able to manipulate objects as if the grippli were using the spell [mage hand]. However, the range of the grippli's tongue is limited to 10 feet and can go no further unless the grippli himself moves. All the usual rules and limitations of the spell [mage hand] otherwise apply.
Toxic Resistance
Grippli have advantage on savings throws against poisons, and have poison resistance.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity increases by 2, and your Wisdom increases by 1.
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