Grimlock (5e Race)

## **Grimlock**

"It was night, so... W-we didn't see anything. Figured it was safe, we did... Then my arm was ripped off by a powerful jaw, and I ran like hell..."

-Jonathan Green, lone survivor of a Nightian caravan raid.

### Physical Description

Nightians are very tall creatures, with the shortest of their race being 6 feet tall, and their tallest being 7 feet tall. They have very extendable jaws, being able to open up to 4 and a half feet high, and one foot wide. They have very sharp teeth, and jet-black skin, with a smooth texture. They have either dark blue, black, white, or dark brown eyes. The males are either completely bald, or have rough black fur on the top of their heads. Females can have either long black, dark brown, white, or purple hair.

### History

Nightians history is kept only by memory, and while they do have good memory, they also have a very confusing way of speaking to one another, causing meanings of past events to eventually distort. From what they can all remember, they were created by a disgusting mating ritual between a Troglodyte, a Drow, and an Orc. They don't remember the exact details; some claim magic, some claim chance, but the first Nightian was formed, somehow. The child was abandoned, left to fend for itself in the Underdark, and survived, hunting the weaker things there was, and populating it's species with women of different races.

### Society

Nightian society is similar to wolves, in that they each have a sort of 'pack', or 'tribe'. These consist of between 10-30 males, and at least 5-10 women, if not more. They have a leader Nightian, the strongest warrior, which they choose via a non-lethal duel. The leader is always male, and they have a **very** fierce patriarchy: Women Nightians are treated almost less than objects, with their only tasks they're already to do be reproduce, take care of the children, eat, and sleep. Women from other races are treated even worse; They aren't allowed to sleep, and are given smaller portions of food, causing many non-nightian women to die before their first decade of captivity. They either dig holes into the sides of caves, cliffs, or hills, or they might build huts out of rocks, for shelter.

### Relationships

Nightians are on tense relations with other races at best, and hostile at worst. The one race they can respect is the Hobgoblins, which usually do not show the same respect back. Any male within 100 feet of a Nightian tribe is hunted down and killed, while any female is kidnapped and brought back as a slave, for reproduction and taking care of the young.

### Grimlock Names

Nightian names have two different patterns, depending on gender: Males are named after how much kills they have made, then their parents up to grandparents, forming a full name of three numbers. For females, this is replaced with children, instead of kills. For obvious reasons, females never have a middle name of Zero. Rogues that abandon their names go instead with anagrams of the names they used to have.

**Male:** Zero Zero Seven, Four One Three,

**Female:** Two Twelve Nine, Zero One Two,

**Rogue Male:** Oerzzero Nevse, Heretofore Nu,

**Rogue Female:** Nettle Eniwvow, Weeron Tozo,

### Grimlock Traits

Predators of the dark, Nightians are very dangerous when they face an opponent of weaker, equal, or even slightly greater might than themselves.

***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Constitution score increases by 2. Your Strength score increases by 1.

***Age.*** Grimlocks age at the same rate as humans do, becoming mature at the same time as them.

***Alignment.*** Grimlocks still perceive the world as if their eternal war is ongoing, sacrificing humanoids to the illithid gods, leaning them towards Evil alignments.

***Size.*** Grimlocks are taller than humans, about 6 and a half feet tall for most, however they weight only about half as much. Your size is Medium.

***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

***Blind.*** You are blind, and have a blindsight of 60 feet, which is reduced to 20 feet if you are deafened, and 0 feet if you are deafened and unable to smell. You automatically succeed against any illusion that would rely on your sight, and are immune to the blinded condition.

***Keen Hearing and Smell.*** You have advantage on all Perception checks that rely on hearing or smell.

***Blind Hunter.*** You have proficiency in two skills from the following choices: Athletics, Perception, Stealth, Survival.

***Languages.*** You can speak Common, and Undercommon. Grimlocks are almost always unable to read and write, due to their blindness, however, you are able to read the writing language of the illithid, Qualith.