Grippli

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Overview

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Physical Description

The Grippli are a race of swamp-dwelling sapient tree frogs with anthropomorphic intelligence and bipedal locomotion. They can utilize their powerful legs to leap large gaps and elastic tongues to catch their prey. They’re adept at swimming too. The average Grippli stands 2'6" high and weighs about 25-30 pounds, although particularly ancient warriors may have twice that height, with an equivalent increase in mass. Their bodies are essentially identical to frogs, but they have humanoid hands and prehensile feet.

Grippli love brightly coloured clothing, but wear it only for decoration, or for the sake of having pockets. Some Grippli only wear thin belts or loin cloths to hang weapons or other items from.

Culture & Social

The Grippli language is composed of croaks, groans, clicks, and squeaks. There is also a Batrachian Common tongue they can use to speak (rarely) with other froglike humanoids such as bullywugs.

Grippli were original from tropical swamps and jungles. Traditional Grippli villages were made of small wood or mud huts built on the ground, hidden in the deep shaded areas beneath heavy jungle foliage, or in the boughs of large trees. Ceremonial areas on the ground contained remnants of bonfires.

Game Facts

• Height: 2'3" to 2'9" / 2'6" (Size: 0.7, Small)
• Genus: Animal
• Rarity: Uncommon
• Faction(s): Vermillion Freeholds, Cerulean Kingdom

Grippli are a fan-favourite excuse to play as a heroic frog person, despite their small size, they greatly make up for it with high agility and perception for self-defense. The high dodge/accuracy attributes are offset by their lowered physical attributes that better reflect their size. While the natural Athletic Skill-Focus ensures they will at least be off to a hopping start.

Base Stats & Archetypes

Grippli

The Grippli are amazingly agile and quick for their size, however when it comes to physicality, their strength can be lacking.

♦ Grippli gain a +2 attribute bonus to Perception, Agility and Luck, but suffer a -1 penalty to Strength and Endurance.
♦ They all gain a Skill-Focus in all Athletics skills.
♦ Grippli are considered to be Small-sized, this gives them a size-rating of 0.7.

Traits

Passive: Aqualung

Grippli can breathe in bodies of clean water as one can breathe air.

♦ Grippli can submerge under bodies of water for unlimited amounts of time, they cannot suffocate in bodies of clean water.
♦ Contaminated or polluted bodies of water will have similar effects to toxic air, /this/ can kill Gripplis if exposed for too long.
♦ Grippli can still breathe in open air as if they were land-dwellers.