<style> /* Background */ .phb{ background-image: url('https://gmbinder.com/images/UCIUXyr.jpg') } .phb{ background-size: cover } /* Notes */ .phb blockquote {background-color: #ebcec3} .phb hr + blockquote tr:nth-child(odd) td {background-color: #FDF1DC;} /* Tables */ .phb hr+section blockquote tr:nth-child(odd) td {background-color:transparent; } table tr:nth-child(odd) td {background-color: #ebcec3} /* Footer */ .phb .pageNumber {color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)} .phb .footnote {color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)} .phb:after{ background-image: url('https://gmbinder.com/images/EsLXSby.png') } </style> ## Giff Loyal and proud, the Giff are a race of hippopotamus humanoids with a penchant for combat and gunpowder. From the moment they are born, the giff's life revolves around combat, warfare, and explosions. ### Military Hierarchy Giff society is structured around a complex military hierarchy. Once a giff can stand, they are given a military rank. Training and education focuses on combat techniques, military history and how to use all manner of weapons and armors. Promotion is garnered not by age, but through combat prowess and victory on the battlefield. Giff are required to always follow orders given by a superior officer, no matter how outrageous or deadly. ### Gun for Hire Giff are famous throughout the planes as the penultimate warriors for hire. From a platoon to an entire army, the giff can be hired to wage battle if you are willing to pay their price. The only caveat is that the giff will not fight other giff, no matter what the bounty offered. Otherwise, they will regard their employers enemies as their own, and will fight to maintain and uphold the giff's reputation as fearsome fighters, even if that means sacrificing themselves for that cause. ### The Allure of Gunpowder Worth more than gold to a giff, gunpowder is the currency in which all giff seek to be paid in. Firearms and grenades are the favorite weapons of every giff, and they are forever on the hunt for weapons that provide a bigger boom. It is not uncommon to find a giff carrying around a keg of gunpowder under each arm, looking for something or someone to blow up. Negotiations with potential employers will always come down to how much black powder they are willing to pay the giff, who will usually use their bounty on the battlefield the moment they are paid. ### Giff Names Giff names are unisex and are typically short and direct, as it is easier to bark out orders to giff with uncomplicated names when in battle. **Giff Names:** Amos, Blythe, Calliope, Gelabrious, Langston, Octavia, Shadrack, Viola \columnbreak ### Giff Traits Your giff character has the following racial traits. ___ - ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1. - ***Age.*** The giff mature slightly faster than humans, reaching adulthood around 15 years of age. They can live well into their 70s, but few do given their lifestyle. Those that live to this old age are constantly trying to prove they are still young and spry. - ***Alignment.*** The giff's strict adherence to military ranks and steadfast belief in honor before all else make most giff lawful creatures. There are the rare giffs who abandons their society to become an outlaw or pirate, but they are far and few between. - ***Size*** Giff are on average 7-8 feet tall. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier: -   -     *Size modifier* = 2d12 -     *Height* = 6 feet + 6 inches + your size modifier in inches -     *Weight in pounds* = 550 + (10 x your size modifier) -   - ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. - ***Military Training.*** You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Athletics, History, Intimidation, or Survival. - ***Headbutt.*** Your massive head can be used to deliver a devastating blow, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier. - ***Headbutt Charge.*** Immediately after you use the Dash action on your turn and move at least 20 feet, you can make one melee attack with your horns as a bonus action. - ***Gunsmith*** You gain proficiency with firearms. In addition, you ignore the loading property of muskets and pistols. - ***Languages.*** You can speak, read, and write Common and Giff.