Ancestry: Firbolg (5.5)

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Ancestry: Firbolg


Firbolgs are fey-oriented half-giants. Their tribes cloister in remote forest strongholds, preferring to spend their days in quiet harmony with the woods. Centuries later, the magic of the forest still thrums inside the firbolg, even one who has never lived under the boughs of a great forest. A firbolg’s magic is an obscuring sort, which allowed their ancestors to pass through a forest without disturbing it. So deep is the connection between a firbolg and the wild places of the world that they can communicate with flora and fauna.


Firbolgs appear as tall, hairier humans with slight bovine facial features, long floppy ears, and a bovine tail.

Firbolg Traits

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and another by 1, to a maximum of 20.


Age. As humanoids related to the fey, firbolg have long lifespans. A firbolg reaches adulthood around 30, and the oldest of them can live for 500 years.


Alignment. As people who follow the rhythm of nature and see themselves as its caretakers, firbolg are typically neutral. Evil firbolg are rare and are usually the sworn enemies of the rest of their kind.


Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.


Size. Firbolg are between 7 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 240 and 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.


Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.


Darkvision. Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, 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.


Fade Away. As a bonus action, you can magically turn Invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack, make a damage roll, or force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.


Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.


Speech of Beast and Leaf. You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.


Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.

 

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