Description
The first goliaths lived on the highest mountain peaks—far above the tree line, where the air is thin and frigid winds howl. Distantly related to giants and infused with the supernatural essence of their ancestors’ mountainous home, goliaths stand between 7 and 8 feet tall and have a wide array of skin tones resembling different types of stone. Goliaths and Firbolgs share a lot of ancestry and they have lived together in the Wildlands peacefully, with Firbolgs living in the meadows and forest and Goliaths up in the mountains. Both were seen as large sized protectors of the lands that smaller creatures were afraid to provoke their wrath. With the passage of time, however, Goliaths started coming down from the mountains, exploring the lifestyle of the smaller creatures down below. They are very traditional race, with a lot of emphasis on hierarchy, honor and strength.
Origins
Despite their imposing size, their creator was not one favoring violence. Andralte was the one that designed the goliaths with Oromne and Refelia fine tuning some details. They were designed to be overseers of peace, ready to step in if the smaller races were causing too much destruction.
Genetics
Goliaths have naturally neutral alignments, with a tendency towards order than chaos. However some Goliaths that have grown into civilized areas rather than tribes, struggle with their inner instincts, as the life of a city is chaotic and often a call to do good or evil appears.
Lifespan
Goliaths live up to 100 years.
Homeland
Also found in
No Man's Land, Eratus, Unified Caldar, Ironbeard
Reputation
Children of Giants is what many call them and many fear their anger. Mortals around the wildlands always say that they feel the eyes of the giants, looking down upon them, from the snowy peaks, judging their acts and deciding whether they should intervene or not. They are also known to be people of few words.
Goliath Traits
As a goliath, you have the following racial traits.
Ability Scores: Increase your Strength by 1.
Creature Type: You are a Humanoid.
Size: You are Medium.
Speed: Your walking speed is 35 feet.
Little Giant: You are descended from Giants. Choose one of the following benefits—a supernatural boon from your ancestry; you can use the chosen benefit a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest:
- Cloud’s Jaunt (Cloud Giant). As a Bonus Action, you magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see.
- Fire’s Burn (Fire Giant). When you hit a target with an attack roll and deal damage to it, you can also deal 1d10 Fire damage to that target.
- Frost’s Chill (Frost Giant). When you hit a target with an attack roll and deal damage to it, you can also deal 1d6 Cold damage to that target and reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.
- Hill’s Tumble (Hill Giant). When you hit a Large or smaller creature with an attack roll and deal damage to it, you can give that target the Prone condition.
- Stone’s Endurance (Stone Giant). When you take damage, you can take a Reaction to roll 1d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled and reduce the damage by that total.
- Storm’s Thunder (Storm Giant). When you take damage from a creature within 60 feet of you, you can take a Reaction to deal 1d8 Thunder damage to that creature.
Powerful Build: You have Advantage on any saving throw you make to end the Grappled condition. You also count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity.
Large Form: Starting at character level 5, you can change your size to Large as a Bonus Action if you’re in a big enough space. This transformation lasts for 10 minutes or until you end it (no action required). For that duration, you have Advantage on Strength checks, and your Speed increases by 10 feet. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
Languages: Your character can speak, read and write (writing requires INT score 6 or higher) Common and one other language of your that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character's backstory. A list of languages and their regions can be found in Languages.